Chapter 971 – Ep.969 Smith, a Black Company in Another World
The next morning.
“Uhm…”
Kernax’s long eyelashes fluttered, and then her closed eyelids slowly rose.
Eventually, her blue eyes appeared as if they had copied the clear sky.
“…”
Kernax woke up and blinked her eyes for a moment to organize the information that had come into view.
The embrace of a familiar man.
The sound of the heart that puts the mind at ease like a lullaby.
Warm body temperature that naturally makes you feel tired.
And.
“Puh…”
Kernax laughed at the sight of Winter stretched out halfway between Smith’s chest and stomach.
‘… I usually sleep lying on my back like a doll.’
Cernax, who gently raised her body, gently stroked the head of her daughter, who was fast asleep, stretched out in the same position on top of Smith, who was stretched out like a pillow for me and Siron with her arms.
“How can they look so similar?”
Kernax gently pressed his lips to Winter’s forehead, then grabbed Smith’s arm as she lay down and placed it on the blanket covering Winter’s stomach.
“Chiron also seems to be in good condition.”
She always fell asleep with a tired face, but today she seemed to be having a good dream as she snuggled up to Smith and nuzzled her mouth cutely.
Kernax, who woke up a little earlier than usual but was in the best condition in recent months, came out into the hallway, patting the heads of the three people who were sleeping soundly in bed.
Knock. Knock. Knock.
“Nyaho.”
Cernax knocked on the door Nyaho had chosen to use and called out her name, but there was no answer from her.
She carefully pulled the doorknob and pushed her head through the crack.
“… I think it held up pretty well.”
Kernax quickly closed the door, blushing slightly at the extremely sweet scent and female-specific body odor that filled her room.
Looking at the stained floor and the raised blanket on the bed, it looked like she had been asleep for some time, so she decided not to wake her up.
“Cernax.”
After checking on Nyaho’s condition, Kernax came down to the kitchen and faced him with his apron bare as usual.
“You woke up early.”
“I wanted to make something simple…”
“I see.”
So I took out her spare apron and walked over to Cernax and tied it on myself.
“Didn’t you practice a few times in the drafting system? So don’t worry.”
“Uhm…”
I remember succeeding only at the very end, but as Giena said, that was already a few months ago. However, unlike back then when he was alone and only listened to her advice, today Kernax decided to be a little more courageous as he said he would personally help.
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Wow──
“… ?”
My eyes were suddenly opened by a very familiar texture.
… More than that, when did you fall asleep?
I looked up at the ceiling of my house for a moment for the first time in a long time, and then turned my head to the side.
‘As expected.’
The feeling I thought was familiar was the feeling I felt when Shiron, who had bad sleeping habits, hit me on the cheek with the back of his hand again, without fail.
‘… ‘My daughter is no slouch either.’
And when I lifted my head slightly to check the stomach, I had to make a lot of effort to suppress my laughter. That’s right, Winter is stretched out in such a perfect shape, and it looks so lovely and cute.
I wanted to pinch that soft, warm glutinous rice cake-like cheek right now, but I couldn’t wake up my daughter, who wouldn’t hurt if I put it in her eyes, so I gave up and looked at the seat next to me where Kernax was supposed to be, but was now empty.
‘It must have been a while since I can’t feel any warmth.’
I wanted to go find Kernax, but since I couldn’t disturb Winter’s sweet sleep, I decided to just lie down.
Pat. Pat.
By the way, I heard that other babies wake up several times in the morning, but how can my daughter sleep so well without waking up even once?
For no reason, I raised my head and twitched the corners of my mouth as I took another look at Winter’s sleeping face.
‘Shit. ‘Right now is not the time to be like this.’
But soon I remembered that I had not yet solved a very important problem.
‘I should have told you yesterday…’
If I could, I felt like patting myself on the back for yesterday, when I talked about all the other important things and only left out that part.
No matter how much I thought about it, it was the best time to say it.
‘… I can only talk about it while eating breakfast.’
They would arrive in a few hours and face each other face to face, but if they thought about it more, they might end up making excuses after Genoa and his group arrived, so even a moment of time to think about something was actually a luxury.
Above all, just because you think about it doesn’t mean you’ll come up with a clever solution.
While I was eating breakfast, or after eating it, I decided to tell you what I forgot about yesterday and lay down blankly for a while.
“Flattery…”
“Huh?”
Winter, who was sleeping soundly, suddenly opened her eyes and started whining as if she was uncomfortable.
“Winter? “Where does it hurt?”
“Uh, aww…” …”
“No, does it really hurt? Huh?”
I felt like my heart sank for a moment at Winter’s reaction, which was quite different from yesterday.
“Shiron? “Wait a minute.”
The moment when I was trying to separate the Siron I had held in my arms as carefully as possible, thinking that I had to take care of it first in the winter.
“You’re awake.”
“Cernax!”
“… ?”
I don’t know what my face looks like right now, but seeing as Kernax was quite embarrassed, he seemed to have a pretty serious expression on his face.
“Winter, look where my daughter is sick.”
“… “Is that possible?”
“No, really! Come quickly!”
Kernax, whose face became serious, almost ran to the bed and looked at Winter, who was groaning in my arms.
“Ha.”
“Why? What is it? Ugh… ?”
I was momentarily embarrassed by Kernax’s action of suddenly covering my lips with his index hand and I closed my eyes.
“It’s not painful, so there’s nothing to worry about.”
“Huh?”
“Okay.”
“Uh… Then, why?”
“Later.”
Kernax picked up Winter from my arms and headed towards the cradle and laid Winter there.
“Daughter. This mother sometimes wonders if you are really a baby.”
“Flutter!!”
“Ha… Okay. I lost.”
‘… ?’
Kernax, who suddenly got into a fight with Winter, picked her up from the cradle, took something from her, and left her bedroom.
‘What is it?’
Kernax had been strict with Winter even before I headed to the Demon Continent, but I was somewhat embarrassed because it was the first time I had seen him get so openly angry like he did just now. But apart from that, looking at Kernax’s reaction, I felt relieved because it seemed like Winter wasn’t really sick.
“No, but is it already 8 o’clock?”
I was someone who automatically opened my eyes at dawn.
‘… It seems like I definitely overdid it yesterday.’
Actually, my back still feels a little stiff.
“Shiron?”
“Ugh…”
“Should I get up? Even if you are sleepy, eat breakfast and sleep. Huh?”
“Ugh…”
I hugged Shiron, who was lying down, and whispered into his warm ear.
“Achiyim…”
“Huh. “Morning.”
“My mouth tastes bad…”
“But I still have to eat it.”
“… It’s okay. “I want to sleep more.”
Siron must have been really sleepy, so he shook himself off and answered as if he was bothered by me hugging him from behind.
“Shiron. “Then would you like to drink a little of my blood?”
“…”
Siron, who was shaking himself off as if he was annoyed, stopped.
“Huh? “If you don’t feel like it, let’s get up and drink a little of my brother’s blood.”
“…”
I slowly helped Siron up, and fortunately, Siron did not resist, but stood up calmly and sat cross-legged in my arms.
“Now, let’s eat quickly and sleep.”
“… Are you really drinking it?”
“Because it’s okay. Come on.”
“… Haup.”
Stinging! Then, for the first time in a long time, the feeling of Siron’s cool fangs digging into my neck entered.
… Tsk tsk.
I said while patting Siron’s back, who was sucking on the back of my neck like a baby sucking on a pacifier.
“Even if it’s bothersome, and you don’t have an appetite, you should eat well. Starting tomorrow, let’s eat breakfast even if it’s difficult. “Understand, right?”
“… “Ungh.”
“That’s right. “Good.”
Although Siran hid the fact of Siron’s pregnancy, after she found out, she told me about the symptoms and precautions, and I carefully stored them in my head so as not to forget them.
‘I heard that most nutrients go to the baby during the first year of pregnancy.’
In other races, this would have been a phenomenon that would have made the mother’s body very dangerous, but it was said to be not a particular problem for the blood shark family, which can heal other people’s wounds with just a drop of blood.
However, at that time, the mother’s body becomes very lethargic and her appetite drops, so she said that for the health of both, she must continue to feed them anything.
‘Seeing how active he was at night, I didn’t think that would be the case.’
How much time has passed?
“Shiron?”
“…”
Oh my god.
I thought it was just tickling for some reason, but I couldn’t believe it, it fell asleep while it was sucking blood.
I carefully opened Siron’s jaw and pulled out the fangs lodged in the nape of Siron’s neck, then laid him back on the bed and covered him with a blanket so that he wouldn’t wake up.
‘But her face brightened again.’
Although it wasn’t my intention, I felt heartbroken at the fact that I was able to avoid one person’s anger this morning.
‘Okay. There’s a saying that it’s easier to ask for forgiveness than to get permission, right?’
Even though, before leaving, he reassured her wives that he would never share her love and would only have a physical relationship and would return… The result is known without needing to be told, so I will omit it.
‘But where did Kernax go with Winter?’
It was at that time that she was waiting for Cernax and her cute daughter to return while gently stroking the sleeping Siron’s head.
【You.】
The pure tone of Sith echoed in her head.
But I couldn’t welcome that voice at all.
‘Please, Sis. ‘No, right?’
I prayed to my goddess, almost as if I was pleading.
【I’m sorry, but I hope you come to the temple quickly.】
But the goddess did not listen to my prayer.
【Stop talking nonsense and answer.】
‘Yes…’
I felt like tears were coming out.
