Chapter 1053 – #250_Pregnancy(5) – DeepL

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1.
Xiu collapsed from overwork once, but after she got up, she worked harder than before.

To this day, I don’t think she worked in vain.
Still, didn’t I work until this strong spirit collapsed?

But it’s a strength of character.

I was concentrating harder than ever, getting twice as much work done as usual.
Amelia came to me.

“Xiu, there’s somewhere I want you to go with me.”
“What?”
“Come on.”

It was unusual for Amelia to come to Xiu and ask him to do something, so Xiu gladly put aside his work and gave her two days of his time.

“Sounds like a good idea.”

Aside from wanting to take care of Amelia, there was a practical requirement at play here.

He desperately hid his emotions for fear of upsetting Amelia or any of his other lovers.
Xiu has a nagging anxiety that he can’t put to rest.

Xiu has a nagging fear: he doesn’t know what Amelia’s birth will mean for the future.

Thankfully, Yevin has been digging through old records, but for now, there’s no clear outcome.

Even if Yevin says ‘it won’t be a big deal’, citing complex theories of medical magic as examples from what he knows, there’s always a chance, right?

That’s why he’s going to the Prophecy Center to try and find a straw man.

If they can predict the future, they might be able to give us some answers to our current situation.

2.
Xiu was worried about Amelia, but Amelia had two other reasons for coming to this world.

First, although she had spoken with the other lovers yesterday, she had not yet met Linnaeus and Dorothy.

Even if they were from public life, they had left everything behind for Xiu.
We must convey this to them as well.

Amelia made her intentions and opinions known to Dorothy and Linnaeus as plainly as possible.

“Marigold. I want you to pass on the secret.”

Linnaeus wanted the secret, as did the twins.

Only this time, she was more serious than the half-joking mood of the day.

A longing for an idealized world burned in her eyes that could not be concealed by her characteristic mask-like expression.

Even her new hobby of poetry, which she practiced without skipping pregnancy gymnastics, was something she was willing to do, even if it was nothing more than superstition.

“A script, do you think I could write it for you?”
“A script?”

Linnaeus’s eyes widened at the out-of-place word, but he took Amelia’s newspaper in silence.

“Indeed. Amazing.”

Rinne nodded like a legendary swordsman.
It was indeed a surprise.

Instead of simply improvising a situation play, which is just one of their sexual games, they gave me instructions.
I felt like I had discovered the secret to laying an egg.

There’s a slim chance that this is actually the secret to getting pregnant, but even if it isn’t, she looks like she’s gotten a good enough harvest.

“Congratulations, I have a parenting notebook that I used when I was raising the Queen, I’ll lend it to you. You might find it useful~”

Dorothy gladly handed over the parenting diary, which was one of her favorite things, to Amelia.

Xiu had never had a coach before, but now she was a savvy woman.
Dorothy’s normally nonchalant demeanor was different, she realized.

“Ms. Dorothy.”
“Yes? Why, darling?”
“Do you have a moment?”
“Huh?”

After looking at both of them, Dorothy and Xiu asked cautiously.

“Are you okay?”
“Fine with what?”

Dorothy giggled, as if she knew how to act to make herself look cute.
Neither the smirk nor the laid-back smile are Dorothy’s own, but….

I can’t help but feel uncomfortable with her.

I can see that she cares deeply about this.
However, Dorothy’s characteristic bluff is to hide her feelings with all kinds of bravado.

Xiu has a trick for that.

“Uh-oh.”
“Darling?”

Xiu scooped Dorothy up into a princess hug.
Dorothy is quite tall, but Siu is long and muscular.
Eventually, with her wrapped up in his arms like a baby, he laid her on his lap and stroked her hair quietly.

It’s like he’s nursing a grumpy cat.

“What is it~ suddenly.”
“You look like you’re in a bad mood, grooming, grooming. They say it releases oxytocin.”
“What do you mean~ I’m not?”

Even as she said that, Dorothy buried her head in Xiu’s chest.
Dorothy was quiet for a while, breathing in colorful gasps whenever a loving hand swept through her hair.

Dorothy knew.
She knew that Xiu was secretly paying attention to her lover’s mood swings, even if he seemed to be in denial.

He’d seen right through Dorothy’s lies, even when she’d been too embarrassed to be honest with him.

There was no point in hiding more.

“Jealousy.”

Dorothy blurted out in a pointed tone.

It should be something to celebrate.
But Dorothy couldn’t help but feel an ugly pang of jealousy as she watched Amelia bow her head and beg.

She couldn’t help but feel an ugly pang of jealousy as she watched Amelia stoop so low.

“I’m so jealous of you, but I hate you for being so jealous of me.”

But it’s not Amelia she hates, it’s her ugly self.

“I want to have a darling baby, too, and it sucks that I can’t, don’t you think? It’s not fair, is it?”

It’s a tantrum she can pull off because she believes in him, but in the end, she’s just being silly.
It’s a calculated foolishness because she knows he’ll be embarrassed and accept it anyway.

Instead of answering, Xiu squeezed Dorothy’s hand.

“I’m not in the mood for this.”
“Thank you for your honesty, Dorothy.”

After that, Xiu said a lot of things.

It’s sudden, it’s new, and she may not be able to see her surroundings very well.
But I don’t want this to be a distraction.
Someone who doesn’t deserve it has gotten it, and I want to protect it.
“Dorothy is important, too,” etc.

Every time I hear that, the green weeds of jealousy die as if they’ve been sprayed with herbicide.

It’s breaking news, but that’s what Dorothy wanted to hear.
Even when she thinks about it, she can’t help but laugh at the simplicity of it all.

Dorothy’s blessing is a little belated.

“Congratulations, Darling. May God’s holy blessings be upon you, Amelia, and the child.”
“Thank you.”

3.
If telling Dorothy and Linnaeus how much she loved them was her first goal in this life,
Amelia’s second goal was as follows.

“There’s something I want to do with Siu just once.”

The two stopped by a local department store.

She wasn’t lying when she told her lover she wasn’t looking for special treatment.
But there was something she wanted to do with him just once.

She wanted to do something that would make her feel like a newlywed.

Fourth floor, a baby and children’s store.

Cozy beds and colorful mobiles.
Clothes and shoes in sizes so small that they could have been made for dolls were lined up in rows.

Amelia changed into her earthly clothes and strolled through the department store with a quiet smile on her face, her arm tightly around Xiu.

Now that the witch’s existence has been revealed, and Xiu’s clips once circulated all over the internet, they’re sure to attract attention, but the air around them is quiet.

“You’ve gotten really good, Xiu.”
“Oh, magic?”
“Yes.”
“I learned a little from Linnaeus.”

Or should I say, a mixture of Count Zemernai’s singing magic and Linnaeus’s stealth magic.

The only downside is that I have to tap the clerk on the shoulder to talk to him, as his entire presence disappears, but other than that, it’s great.

“This outfit is cute.”
“I don’t even know if it’s a boy or a girl yet, is that okay?”
“It’s a baby outfit, it’ll be fine.”

Or picking out clothes together like this.

“From what I’ve read, the material is important, because babies are sensitive to their environment.”
“Siu, what about this comforter?”
“Oh, it looks fluffy.”

They spend some time together picking out bedding.

“I still can’t decide on a name for it. I’m thinking strawberry because I’ve been craving strawberries, but that might be too dry. Oh, and….”

Spending time with Amelia, who speaks in such a bubbly way, is quite intimidating.

Looking back, my first date with her was in a drizzly Border Town.
Amelia burned down the love hotel treehouse that Sophia had set up, and they were attacked by a group of sailors who had been paid to stay at the inn.

Up until then, Xiu and Amelia had been nothing more than enemies.
Now she’s a valued companion, and they’re shopping for baby supplies together.

Time has a way of changing things.
Just as Amelia means the world to Xiu, so does Xiu mean the world to Amelia, and they are now inseparable halves.

“Xiu, did you get something on my face?”

I’m suddenly afraid.

No matter how hard I try to think optimistically, there’s one possibility I can’t ignore.
If the day I give birth to my child will be my last day with Amelia, will I be able to accept that reality?

“…Shiu? Hey, this place is still too conspicuous….”

Amelia, who was suddenly hugged from behind, panicked.
Such an intense make-out session in the middle of a department store is bound to embarrass her.

However, a true lover would be able to recognize the emotions just by their breathing.

“Shhh.”
“…….”

Amelia stretched her arm back and stroked Xiu’s hair quietly.

“It’s okay, it’s really okay, everything’s going to be okay.”

Her voice sounded so grown-up.
A girl becomes a mother overnight.

After finishing their shopping and dropping off their items at Witchpoint, the two headed straight to the prophecy center.

To find out what their future holds.