Chapter 815 – [From Conception to Birth]

Shion has now passed the 6th month of pregnancy.

The human gestation period is 10 months. Not even half of them are left. Realizing that, Shion gradually began to feel more realistic about the future.

“……Honestly, it’s a bit scary.”

“That’s why I said I’d give birth.”

“I still wanted to do something once.”

Fear of childbirth is common to everyone. My wife, in particular, grew up beautifully and has little pain tolerance.

If the most painful thing was bumping your pinky toe into the closet, I’d say that. It hurts, but compared to the pain of childbirth, it’s new blood.

In particular, as the child grew and the stomach grew, Shion’s fear grew. The healthier the child, the more nervous the mother must be. This is her pregnancy dilemma.

“Now anyone can see that I’m pregnant”

“Thanks to that, it’s hard to go out. Up until now, I was able to hide it somehow if I wore wide-legged clothes.”

“Should I stay at home for a while… Honestly, isn’t it boring because I don’t have anything to do?”

“I have that, but it’s okay because you are here.”

Zion has a position that is no different from the pinnacle of this earth socially. Even the US president can break out a scandal if he likes, and in terms of power, the power of Utopia members is so strong that even dozens of people in Korea cannot defeat it.

In addition, Zion’s patents, technology, financial power, power, etc…. Considering its influence, no one can ignore Zion. Even the Korean president wants to see Zion at least once, but there is no news from him, so he must be stomping his feet.

But that was an unknown fact. The location or existence of Zion was not revealed in the sun. Corporate presidents often appear on TV and are famous, but Xion is not.

In other words, when you go around outside, most of the people who don’t know anything will look at Zion and point fingers that her child is pregnant with her child.

It’s better not to go out than to build up stress by hearing such things.

“I’d like to raise animals. I also have a yard, so I can raise large animals, right?”

“I like dogs and cats, but besides raising children, they say raising animals is good for them emotionally.”

“It’s still unclear what to raise. You don’t know what your child will like, but you can’t raise it in advance.”

“That’s true. Then, after the child is born, will you raise the pet after hearing what you want to raise?”

Raising children and animals together can have many problems, but on the contrary, there are advantages. As I said, raising animals has a good emotional effect on children.

Besides, children in their prime are overflowing with stamina… If you have a dog, it will be a good friend to a child who does not even go to daycare.

“And it will be an education of its own.”

“What education do you mean?”

“To take responsibility for life means to be prepared for it. Even if it’s an animal’s life.”

I might have forgotten because I killed people so well, but I am a person who knows the weight of life. My self-hatred and self-denial were the feelings I had for myself, who knows the weight of life and kills it easily.

All parents want their children to be better than they are. So, I also hope that my child will not inherit this kind of degenerate personality.

For this, education from childhood is important. I plan to educate them early by raising a companion animal.

“By the way, I suddenly want to eat pizza”

“Huh? Then you have to make it.”

“It’s not just pizza, it’s Italian style pizza.”

“You know I’m pretty quick about that. So don’t worry.”

It’s been a while since the morning sickness has subsided since I’m six months pregnant, but apart from that, I made everything Shion wanted to eat and served it to her.

When I had morning sickness, I craved something I hadn’t eaten before, and now, as I gradually get fuller and get tired, my appetite disappears, so I had to feed myself what I wanted to eat.

“But to make it real Italian, you need a fire pit.”

“Well, you can bake it in the oven, but it doesn’t really taste like it.”

“Shouldn’t it be better to make one? You can keep it and use it later when grilling meat.”

“I think it’s okay to grill meat at home.”

It is better to have a lot of cooking utensils. An oven and an oven are similar but different. Because the taste changes from that subtle difference, I had to make it more delicious.

Besides, if there’s one thing I’m good at next to Korean food, it’s Italian food. Ana, who was her wife in the first playthrough, is from Italy, so she’s pretty strict about that.

And Italian pizza is also wood-fired pizza!!!!

“If you want to start with the stove, you have to make it by airlifting firebrick. It will take some time to build and harden the cement. It will be around lunchtime, so what do you want to eat first?”

“Isn’t that supposed to end in a day or two?”

“It’s enough to airlift the material from Horizon, and it’s enough to harden it with time acceleration.”

“Oh, can I help you with that?”

“No, that’s fine. You can’t do anything to your child while working hard on that. Wife, just sit down.”

It’s just that I’m not a major, but I can also speed up time. It makes no sense to interfere with the concept of space and jump over space, but not be able to deal with the similar concept of time.

However, it is not a major, so the efficiency is different. The amount of willingness to enter and the fine adjustments are incomparable to Zion. I’m not going to use it for combat, so I’m using it.

I brought in refractory bricks and other materials from Horizon and started building the fire pit in a corner of the front yard. It can be done with telekinesis, but I like doing it by hand because it seems like it takes more sincerity.

Besides, making something with your own hands is a lot of fun. So, like Lego, not only children liked it, but also adults liked it.

Bricks are laid, cement is applied, and the furnace is gradually completed. It wasn’t a big oven anyway, but it was big enough to fit three or four pizzas, so it didn’t take too long.

“You have dexterity in this way.”

“I don’t know about machinery like an oven, but I can make things like this that I can be self-sufficient.”

Finish by applying ocher to the outside of the oven that is almost finished, and you’re done. In one corner of the garden, a pretty nice fire pit was placed.

“And skip the cement and soil drying with time acceleration!!!!”

In addition, while speeding up time, I also pull out some grass around the stove. Safety first. It’s not even a funny story if you start a fire in an oven and then the embers fly out and spread the fire.

And in a few hours, the oven was finished.

“Well, it’s well made. It’s architecturally fine in my opinion.”

“Isn’t it supposed to be ergonomic? This isn’t a building, it’s like a cookware, right?”

“It’s made of bricks and cement, and it’s half a building.”

“Then let’s do it”

Firewood is also airlifted from Horizon and piled up in one corner. And I went into the house and got ready to make pizza.

Unlike regular pizza, the Italian-style pizza Zion mentioned doesn’t have too many toppings and the dough is thin. If you show them a pizza you know in Italy, they might exclaim, ‘What kind of pizza is this?!’

Of course, that’s not to say that pizza doesn’t exist. Italian pizza is divided into two types, one is Neapolitan and the other is Roman.

The Roman style is good when you think of the kind of pizza we normally think of. On the other hand, Neapolitan pizza is the same wood-fired pizza that comes to mind when thinking of Italian pizza.

What Shion wants to eat is that Neapolitan style pizza. Married life is comfortable when you know what you want to eat without being unaware of it.

“Dough, mozzarella cheese, tomato sauce, and basil. With this, the ingredients are ready.”

“It’s very simple”

“The most famous and basic type of Margherita pizza. The ingredients are simple and easy to make.”

The green of basil, the white of mozzarella cheese, and the red of tomato sauce. These three colors symbolize the Italian flag, so they are popular even in the home country. Of course, it is also delicious.

I made a full-fledged pizza with the prepared ingredients. Spread the dough widely, spread tomato sauce on it, and top with mozzarella cheese and basil. It’s done with that, so it’s ready to put in the oven right away.

The stove was also sufficiently heated by lighting firewood. Put the prepared pizza in there and you’re done.

“Fire control is important for this… No, but that’s not my specialty, it’s the Phantom guy’s specialty.”

“I still like your food the most.”

“Hey, it’s also my wife.”

Inside the oven, the intensity of the fire varies depending on the location. But I had the ability to figure it all out and bake a pizza in minute detail. Even if it’s not phantom-level ability, I was able to bake it at a sufficiently delicious level.

And not long after, the first pizza came out. The dough is baked to a golden brown color, and the tomato sauce and cheese on top are simmering in the remaining heat. The combination of white cheese on a red background and green basil whets your appetite.

“Now, even if you’re careful with hot food, it’s best to eat it when it’s hot.”

“Um!! I’ll eat well”

Shion took a slice of the pizza I cut and blew on it to cool it moderately before taking a bite.

The cheese stretches and the aroma of basil and the taste of pizza harmonize. It’s a simple pizza with few ingredients, but it’s just as tasty.

“As expected, your culinary skills are top-notch. It would be nice if there were some Cokes here…”

“Ugh, soda is bad for kids. Especially cola is worse. How much sugar is in it?”

“Ugh, it’s painful to have to put up with cola for pizza. I think he said he’d eat pizza for no reason.”

“If you want to drink something to refresh your mouth, I’ll make you lemonade. Towards Cloudy.”

“I’ll drink that too”

There are three main types of lemonade: clear, cloudy, and sebum. There are three of them. I’ve explained it once before, so I’ll skip it, but when I say cloudy lemonade, I use only lemon juice, sugar, and plain water.

It does contain some sugar, but I can adjust it. It’s refreshing, so it’s kind of mouthwatering.

“Well?”

Originally, this type of wood-fired pizza was not as large as expected, so Shion ate one slice in no time, so while he was about to bake the next slice, he felt someone staring at him.

Through the gap in the main gate made of iron bars, a familiar little girl can be seen. She was Min Ji-hee, who lived next door.

“Hello, mister!”

“Oh, Jihee. Are you going to school?”

“No, today is Saturday, so I didn’t go to school.”

“…….Then?”

“Academy. I went to math academy and English academy.”

In the past, there was a day to go to school even on Saturday, but these days, it seems that I don’t go to school. But apart from that, it’s an academy… To think that he went to two academies in the morning at an age where he should be playing.

Judging from the way they do it, it doesn’t seem like there will be no schedule in the afternoon. Maybe in the afternoon, there will be a lot of things to study while doing private academies or tutoring.

“Hey, I thought there was a fire because of smoke, but what is that, mister?”

“It’s a fire pit. You can grill pizza or meat here.”

“Pizza?!”

At that moment, Ji-hee’s eyes change. Naturally, at that age, kids are at an age when they really like pizza or hamburgers.

Today’s Margherita Pizza is not a pizza with lots of toppings that kids will like, but at least the taste is guaranteed. If you don’t like it, just add some more toppings and that’s it. After all, there are materials.

“If you haven’t eaten yet, would you like to eat?”

“That…… My mom told me to eat at her house.”

“I’ll contact you separately. It’ll probably be fine.”

Staying at home mostly, I did a little bit of work to manage the reputation around me. One of them is to occasionally serve side dishes that I made.

Of course, if I do it too often, I feel it as a favor, so I used it only occasionally, and as a way to implicitly promote my cooking skills.

Thanks to that, whenever I visit, the neighbors around me greet me. One more side dish means less effort, and it’s even better if the side dish you get tastes good.

The same goes for Jihee’s house. I’m not going to say much about feeding the kid because I’ve talked enough to say that I’m familiar with that wife’s wife.

“Can you give me your phone for a minute? Give me a call to your mother.”

“Yes, here.”

I got Ji-hee’s cell phone and called Ji-hee’s mother. You hear a few beeps, and then the other party picks up.

-Hello? Are you Jihee?

“Oh, hello, Jihee’s mother. I’m Choi Seobang, who lives next door.”

– Oh, how are you? But why did you call Jihee’s cell phone?

“Nothing else, the weather is nice. I was eating in the yard, and I saw Ji-hee. They don’t notice that I have big hands. So, since I made it, I’m going to feed Ji-hee and send her off. Is it okay?”

– Doesn’t the menu make you fat? That’s not good for your body.

“Ah, my wife and I are eating it together. Pregnant women eat it, so of course it’s okay.”

– Uhm……

Just as I have been rewarded with managing my reputation so far, Ji-hee’s mother allowed it in a limited way.

-Instead, could you send Jihee home by 2:30? At that time, there was a separate tutoring class.

“Yes, I understand. Then I will feed Jihee here and send her off.”

I expected it, but Jihee had a separate schedule. Academy in the morning, tutoring in the afternoon… I don’t know how much time my child will have to rest or play, thinking about reviewing and homework.

I don’t think I should help, but this is a neighbor’s job, but on the contrary, this is also a man’s job. No matter how much you think your child is being abused, it is foolish to interfere in other people’s family affairs.

Besides, on the surface, there is nothing wrong with it. It’s just that the child receives a lot of education, such as private academies and tutoring, and there seems to be no physical violence at all.

“Wow…”

Jihee was staring at the firewood and flames in the oven that were blazing in front of the stove.

Living in a city, where would you see a fire as big as this? At best, it would have been about a briquette fire at a meat restaurant. And fire has the power to attract attention. It is a good spectacle for curious children, just like having a campfire on a trip.

“It’s nice to see you, but keep your distance. Looking at a fire for a long time will make your eyes worse.”

“Yes!!”

Ji-hee sat on the chair next to the table where Shion was sitting and performed the sutra. She is so cute that I wonder if my daughter, who will be born later, will be like that.

“By the way Jihee, do you like pizza?”

“I like it very much!! But at home, I can’t eat it often because it’s bad for my body.”

“Oh, um…”

I was going to just skip it because it was about someone else’s house, but since I heard that my child isn’t eating well, I feel like I have to repeat that.

Of course, it’s natural to care about what your child eats, but no matter how much you do, shouldn’t you feed your child when he wants to eat? It’s not like I’m eating pizza all day.

It seems that I saw a fragment of the atmosphere of Ji-hee’s house at the point of suppressing such things.

………I had a hunch that Jihee’s house would collapse someday.