Chapter 1151 – #275_New Family (2)

#1145

One.
The basic department research building is busy today as well.
As the regular semester begins in earnest, the number of curricula to refer to is increasing rapidly.

“Woohuhu, this is easy.”
“Compared to that time when it was comparable to hell, this is just one bite of a cracker.”

But who are the basic science researchers?

They are research leaders who successfully led two large-scale projects while working under an absurd schedule according to the instructions of the president of the academic society.

“I hope the president of the society will give me one more project.”
“Right, something… Something is lacking…”

Even though they are already carrying out more work than in the past, there is no sign of fatigue on the faces of the members.
Rather, it makes me wonder, ‘Can I work this little?’

“Okay, work done for this morning! “I’ll report to the president of the academy!”

Daphne, a researcher who escaped in the past but returned in tears, bravely held the documents in her arms and headed to the academic president’s office.

My steps are very light.

It felt really good to receive praise from him with a calm smile when I successfully completed a task.
Sometimes, as a reward, we can have tea time and ask about various things related to individual research.

“Reel? President, where are you going?”

However, when Daphne entered the president’s office, what she found was Siwoo getting ready to go out.

“Oh, I have half-day today.”

Daphne opened her eyes blankly and checked to see if there was anything wrong with her ears.

President Shin Si-woo is basically a workaholic.
Even basic science researchers, who have more stringent work requirements than other research institutes, pale in comparison to his passion.

He was like that, and it wasn’t even lunch yet, so he had half a meal.

“Is something wrong?”

After thinking for a moment, Siwoo hesitated before answering.

“I have a benediction service scheduled for the afternoon.”
“… ?”

The benediction ceremony is one of Gehenna’s oldest traditions.

Is this a small party where when a witch hires a new apprentice witch, her acquaintances come and bless her with gifts?
This can be seen as a characteristic of Gehenna, which cares for other apprentice witches and shares the sentiment of co-parenting.

Normally, it would be held three days after taking in an apprentice witch, but this blessing ceremony was held a generous week considering Amelia’s physical condition.

“This is my child.”
“Yes?!!”

Daphne jumped and was surprised at Siu’s shocked declaration.
I roughly thought, ‘Well, the president of the society has a wide network of people, so I guess one of them would have hired an apprentice witch,’ but it turned out to be his own child.

Siwoo briefly explained the situation.
One of her lovers, Amelia, was pregnant and she had recently given birth.

During her pregnancy, there were a lot of things to worry about, such as prenatal care, and I didn’t want to make Amelia the subject of spectacle or gossip, so I hid it, but now that her baby was born, there was no need to hide it anymore.

It’s not like she’s hiding her child in her closet and raising him.

“You’re saying you’re not an apprentice witch, right?”
“Yes. Oh, by the way, I’ve taken care of the expenses, so you can finish your work properly today and have a dinner party with the researchers. “Then I’ll see you tomorrow.”

Daphne stood there with her eyes closed for a long time even after Siwoo had left the room, saying something she couldn’t believe.

2.
The newborn baby in the swaddle weighs 3.2 kg.
For Siwoo, who is a spirit, it is a weight that he can hold in one hand and do dumbbell curls all day without getting tired at all.

But it’s still this heavy.

A small, precious life that seems to crumble if you hold it tightly, and the fruit of love.

Is this the weight of being the head of the family?

Even though she’s still a little wrinkly, her fluffy blonde hair and her facial expressions changing here and there with her eyes tightly closed are so cute.

“Oh, what a cute thing.”

Siwoo quietly laid Sprouts back on the baby bed.
It was something I bought with Amelia a while back in this world.

“Your eyes resemble Siwoo’s.”

Amelia gently hugged Siwoo’s waist and laughed tickly.

Perhaps the first time in history that a witch gave birth.
It’s a long time ago that we were anxious because we didn’t know what the prognosis would be.

After a week of rest and Yebin’s treatment added to her excellent spiritual body’s recovery, Amelia’s physical condition was very good, returning to almost her former self.

According to Yebin, if she rests for about a month, she will be able to use magic like before.
I can feel once again how great the spirit body is.

“Is that so? “I think Amelia’s genetic power is very strong.”
“The eyes are black.”

The only thing that’s different about Amelia from before is her slightly enlarged breasts and the overall vibe on her face.

How about strength and kindness?
It was surprising that he looked so similar to Amelia’s teacher.

The girl who became her mother changed a lot in such a short period of time.

“…”

There was no answer, so she turned around and saw Amelia with her lips pursed in pain.

For reference, this is Amelia’s style of ‘I’m upset!’

“Siwoo.”
“Yes?”
“Not Amelia, Amelia.”

She was also charming in her own way.
Even as she spoke, she rubbed her cheek against Si-woo’s body like a friendly fox.

“I just say Siu.”
“Amelia… “Something feels awkward.”
“Even informally. In fact, I was jealous of how friendly I could talk to Miss Sharon every day.”

I paused.

There is a reason Siwoo has her default politeness.

It’s not that I don’t like informal language, and age isn’t particularly important to witches, but it’s still because I’m not used to it.
I’ve been using only honorifics for over 5 years.

“Is it because I’m too old?”
“No way. It’s still awkward… Yo. This. But why is Amelia an honorific?”

“I’m comfortable with this. “She’s been an honorific for over 150 years?”
“…”

A shameless joke, uncharacteristic of Amelia, leads to teasing.

A little worry about Sprout continued in her mind.

Although she knew this from prior examination, Sprout’s body was a spirit body.

Usually, when an apprentice witch is a newborn, she grows up to have a body identical to that of a human. Only after she is four or five years old is she given a vessel by her teacher to become a reflector, and only after receiving a brand does she become a complete spiritual body.

You might think that’s because the mother and father are both spirit bodies, but even so, it was a body with a truly strange structure in which there were no separate ‘vessels’ and ‘stigmas’ within the body.

Simply put, it is the first spiritual body that was pure from birth.
She doesn’t even know yet whether she can grow up to be a witch.

Only time will tell for more details, but so what?
There are no health problems, so I just hope that he grows up strong.

-Clink!

At that time, the sound of dishes breaking was heard from the kitchen on the first floor.
It looks like there was an accident.

“Wait a minute. I checked… Oh, I’ll check and come back.”
“Let’s go.” Honey.”

After Amelia’s cheerful greeting to see us off, the stairs started to become crowded.

“You stupid! “Why don’t you become a great witch and forget your plate?”
“Would you like to have Yeomdong for dessert later?”
“Sharon said she shouldn’t use magic for cooking.”
“You have to pick up the falling dishes!”
“You made it a foul to use magic when making songpyeon, and now what!”
“Kids, be quiet! “There’s Miss Amelia above!”

It can’t be anything other than a truly homely noise mixed with a fragrant and savory smell.
With a wry smile, I went down to lend a helping hand and saw Sharon and the triplets wearing her apron.

“I’ll help too.”
“Ugh, please save me…”

“Assistant, Lulue broke the plate!”
“No. “Odile woke up while playing!”
“Come on, I’ll clean up, so everyone do what you’re doing.”

The kitchen seemed very complicated compared to preparing the simple menu of sea urchin and seaweed soup.

The Marigold cabin itself is not that spacious, and the kitchen in particular is narrow enough for four people to have their shoulders pressed together, so there is nothing we can do about it.

When the rest of the people arrive later, it will be more crowded than now, right?

Siwoo really liked this kind of noise.
Because we all feel like family.

What I learned after losing my family is that family is truly precious.

“My teacher says he will come around 4 p.M.”
“Until then, I’ll have to finish cooking quickly.”
“The luggage has been taken care of.”
“Wow, you did it really neatly?”
“Is cleaning this kind of sea urchin a big deal for the great man?”

Lulue carefully cleaned the sea urchins he had found along with the seaweed and handed them over.
I’ve felt this for a long time, but I think I’ve become more mature since I took on the professorship.

“We also washed all the rice.”
“It was washed so cleanly that not even white water came out.”
“Well done.”

Even the twins with extreme cooking skills fulfilled their role thanks to Sharon’s excellent distribution of roles.
Looking at his expression, he seems very proud.

“Me and Sharon will do the finishing touches, so you three can get some rest.”

By the time Sharon and Siwoo’s joint sea urchin seaweed soup smelled of fragrant perilla oil.
The guests began to arrive one by one.

“Howdy! Hisashiburi! My friend!”
“Long time no see. Count.”

Takasho and Count Adonai have been close friends for a long time.

“Oh, president of the academy. Are you clear?”

Her friend Sophia, who was always by Amelia’s side when she was clumsy.

“Darling~ It’s out! “Did you bring a lot of presents?”
“… I think I’m going to die.”

Dorothy is smiling and Periwinkle is dead after being dragged around shopping.

“I wanted to see you.”
“Linne. “Stay safe.”

Rinne jumps into Siwoo’s arms as soon as he sees her, and Eloa flinches as he unconsciously tries to hug her.

“Siwoo, I’m here!”
“Deneb… I was very excited about the flower decoration from the morning and then… Phew… Is it in the twins?”

Big mother-in-law and little mother-in-law.

“Siwoo, it’s been a while. Diana, should I say hello?”
“… Oh, hello…”

Diana and her foolish daughter, Lucy Maman, are troubled when there seem to be too many people.

“Uh? Is it seaweed soup? “I like seaweed soup.”

Yebin has already become Amelia’s doctor.

“Oh my, thank you all for coming.”

Thanks to this, the small cabin became much more crowded.

It was still a pleasant commotion.