522 – Sogaju – 2

When I first loved someone, I felt like I had the whole world.

When I first got married to someone, it felt like the world was blessing me.

And when my first child was born.

“You are a wonderful master.”

I couldn’t think of anything, as if the world had stopped.

Weird. It’s definitely, definitely a happy thing. It’s a moment I’ve been looking forward to since the day I found out I was pregnant with Mar, and this is my child that I wanted to see as soon as possible.

But why? I don’t know why I can’t open my mouth or why I can’t lift a finger.

‘The first snow.’

My child, me and Mar’s child.

As if to prove the intense nature of the birth scene, the sweaty empress ‘maid grinned and showed me her first baby.

It’s the first snow that can’t even open its eyes properly yet, it’s wrinkled and red, and it’s so sad that it’s crying for the room to leave.

“Are you both okay?”

“Yes, your wife is tired, but there is no problem with her health.”

The maid finally opened her mouth and answered in a soft voice.

At that moment, my legs almost lost their strength. There is no problem, whether it is the first snow in front of me or the horse that has suffered for several hours. This was the news I had been hoping for right outside the door.

“Your Excellency, please give it a hug. I think you will like your embrace more than mine.”

At those words, I began to tremble in a different way than before.

‘Hug?’

That kid? That small and delicate child who seems to disappear if you touch him wrong?

Is that okay? The clothes you’re wearing right now are the clothes you wear when walking around outside, so they’re probably covered in dust and dirt, right? Your hands will also be sweaty and dirty. Holding a newly born child with a body like that—

“Don’t be too nervous and just hug them. Is there anything warmer than a parent’s embrace for a newly born child?”

My father-in-law passed by with a gruff voice and a slap on the back. Looking at her hurried steps, she must have been checking on Mar’s condition after a fierce battle.

It was a bit of a stinging touch, but thanks to it, my lost consciousness came back.

“Okay, go ahead and give it a hug. Don’t worry about cleanliness.”

Trixie came up next and lightly patted my shoulder. Then, I felt my body her her, which had been sweaty and uncomfortable, become refreshed.

Yes. There was magic. No matter how dirty it is, with just one magic, it can be made into first-class clean water.

“Well, then, wait a minute.”

Her first snow was carefully handed to her with trembling hands.

Light. It’s too light. To exaggerate a little, it seems to be lighter than the wooden sword used during training. No, maybe it really is lighter than that.

Suddenly, laughter came out. This little girl was kicking in Mar’s arms, and she was often complaining that she wanted to eat something. This little guy is the one who made my family and the residents of the mansion tremble.

“Knife.”

While she was watching her first snow in a daze, her father approached her and opened his mouth.

“Congratulations. Now you too have become a father.”

“Father…”

After hearing my father’s words her her her, I looked at her for the first time again. Just as Mar made me her her husband her her her, so this child has made me her her father her her her.

Starting with this child, my family will gradually increase.

“There is no need to endure it. No one can stop a parent’s love for their child.”

As I gently bit her lip, her mother patted my back. Unlike her father-in-law’s spicy touch her, it was a touch that calmed her mind her.

I don’t know if that’s why, but tears came out before I knew it.

I just burst into tears.

After a strange chorus in which the son cries and the father cries as well. She gave Mar, who had regained some of her strength her, her her her her her first snowfall her her her her.

“He looks exactly like Carl.”

Marr smiled brightly as she saw her first child and said those words.

‘Do we look alike?’

I wiped my still damp eyes and thought seriously. How do I project myself onto that still wrinkled child? First of all, it looked similar in that it had eyes, nose, and mouth.

“This is our first snow. It should grow up healthy and become a great head of a small household?”

Anyway, even though she was tired, Marr was holding her first child tightly and muttered in a watery voice.

It was a voice mixed with many emotions. The joy of seeing her first child, the relief that it was born safely, and the relief of giving birth to her eldest son as her first wife.

‘It didn’t matter if she was a daughter.’

As I have told Mar before, the gender of her child is not important. If a child was born between us, what would its gender matter? In the first place, it’s not a world where it’s impossible to pass down a title to a woman.

However, deep down in Mar’s her heart, it seems she secretly hoped for her son. As in the cases of Trixie, Duke Hyeonjang, and the Crown Princess, women are not legally prohibited from inheriting titles, but there are nobles who secretly exclude daughters by insisting on inheritance priority for sons. To that extent, Mardo seems to be relieved that her first child is a son who can succeed without any problems.

Of course she is Mar. She would have liked it if she had been a daughter by nature. She just wants to go safely.

“If you look closely, you can see Mar’s face her.”

Meanwhile, my father-in-law showed a satisfactory response, which made me even more confused.

How on earth do you think she looks similar? Let’s find out more together. I’m the father, but I feel like I don’t know the most.

“So, did she think of a name?”

“Yes?”

“A name. You can’t keep calling a healthy child by its birth name her her her.”

My eyes rolled back and forth at the surprise attack from my father-in-law.

Actually, I did think about it. It is her parents’ intention to buy clothes and toys for their unborn child in advance, and of course she decided on the name she will be called for the rest of her life.

However, after the Lou incident and the Titi incident that happened in the past, I began to lose confidence in my naming skills. If I open my mouth this time and get criticized, I might cry again.

“If you have something in mind, please tell me. There are only a few people gathered here, and even if it’s strange, we’ll find a good name quickly.”

However, I gained courage not from the comfort of my father-in-law, but from the comfort.

Yes, this is a place of collective intelligence where parents, in-laws, and other lovers have all gathered. Even if I make a mistake, there are many people who can correct it.

“Well, when the boy was born, I was planning to name him Ferdinand.”

At first, I thought of him as a soft and normal Chris, but if you shorten it, it turns out to be something like Karl Marr, and the Ausn Workers’ Solidarity may be launched.

So it’s Ferdinand. After all, my grandfather was Reinhardt, his father was Wilhelm, and his younger brother was Erich. Since they are all German names, it would be good for the grandson to be named Ferdinand in German.

‘Wait a minute.’

Come to think of it, why am I a sword? If you guess it German, wouldn’t it be Karl?

As the question of birth arose at an unexpected time, I glanced at my mother. I think I heard that my brother’s name was chosen by her mother.

“That’s a good name. Among the ancestors of the Crasius family, there was someone who used the name Ferdinand. He was brave and wise, and was loved by his acquaintances.”

But her mother must have understood my gaze her her as a call for help, and she supported my decision with a gentle smile.

‘Whatever?’

Still, as soon as she saw her mother’s her smile her her her, the doubts about her birth her her her disappeared like snow.

In a world without Germany, it’s ridiculous to talk about German-style names, after all.

“Ferdinand…”

Mar seemed to really like the name, so he muttered the name Ferdinand several times and carefully stroked the cheek of the first snowman.

The first snow from today is Ferdinand Crasius.

***

The first snow that cried loudly—no, our child, now named Ferdinand, fell asleep as if he was tired from crying.

“Congratulations on becoming a grandfather. This year is a year of successful happy birthdays.”

“It’s my first time having a grandchild, so I’m still in a daze. Please give me a lot of advice.”

“There’s not much for a grandfather to do. Raising is a parent’s job, so it’s enough for us to just give him a lot of love.”

I burst into laughter while listening to the conversation between my father and my father-in-law.

After the two became officially in-laws, my father began to treat my father-in-law with respect. I am glad that my father, who reigned as a duke, is the only one who shows respect to his in-laws, other than the dukes of the imperial family. That means he is sincere about his children’s marriage.

“Of course, since we are a beginner couple, there will be a lot of inexperience, so you only need to help a little in those cases.”

“This is the most difficult thing.”

“It’s always like that to raise new life.”

After listening to the two people’s friendly conversation, I bowed my head towards Ferdinand again.

‘This child was in my arms.’

I’m still dazed. I can’t believe this life was in my arms just a few hours ago. The human body is truly mysterious.

‘Ferdinand.’

I was also surprised that Carl had a normal name. Who would have thought that Carl, who named his dog Beatitudo and Lou, shortened to Luise, would look like this.

I was slightly moved. Have I woken up because my child’s name is at stake?

“So cute…”

My brief thoughts were broken by the voice of older sister Erzebet.

“There’s no way this cute kid is the manager’s kid. If she wasn’t Mar’s kid, I wouldn’t have believed her anyway, right?”

“Hehe, is that so?”

She smiled again at the sight of her older sister her her her sparkling in her eyes her her her.

Thankfully, Ferdinand was born in celebration, not jealousy. Everyone was delighted with the birth of the future Earl of Tyglehen, both in name and reality.

Actually, I was a little, very slightly worried. He wasn’t even married yet, but how complicated would he feel if someone younger than him had a child? So I thought that Erzsebet and Fenelia might react indifferently.

“Ugh, it’s so cute… I was tired from work, but it seems to be healing…”

“Master, your child…”

Fortunately, that delusion ended with me alone. I guess I was mentally unstable because it was my first time having a child.

‘Shame on you.’

How can you think of such kind sisters? It is a shameful memory that I will keep secret for the rest of my life.

“…I have to go to work again in the morning like this.”

I felt a solemn feeling hearing Erzsebet’s mutterings

It’s already early in the morning, do you normally go to work in the morning? That’s too much.

‘Being a bureaucrat is not an ordinary job.’

I felt it while looking at the knife, but I realized it again.

Our Ferdinand should not recommend becoming a bureaucrat unless he really wants to.

“Huh?”

While thinking about that, Sophia, who was cleaning up after herself, made a surprised voice.

“Wow, it’s snow!”

Eventually, the eyes of the people who were having a loud conversation turned to the window at the words of Juris, who was moving with Sophia.

Pure white blessings were pouring from the sky.