Chapter 174

Side Story 4 (1)

The ship gradually called in. Knox didn’t seem to like the change in her body at first.

“Don’t look so unhappy. Take it.”

She told Knox to take it every day.

“Do you think I’ll like something with a different soul?”

She doesn’t know what the difference is, but Knox refuses again and reaches out to spread the distance.

Arthur only stared at Knox’s behavior, waiting and seeing if it was interesting.

“Oh, really! If you have a baby, you’ll get drunk again.”

“So, why?”

Knox shut up at what she said. He approached her and put his hand on her stomach, bowed his head, and muttered.

“Move.”

“What?”

“I guess Knox saw the child’s movement.”

Arthur got up from the chair and hugged her from behind and whispered. He looked straight at the stomach and touched it.

‘I can’t feel anything.’

Even after a few minutes, only the stillness lingered. Eventually, she didn’t feel the beginning and had to give up.

“So, what happened to the bill proposal?”

She asked, rummaging through the papers on the desk. Fredio and the Gassins said she had to rest thanks unconditionally to having a child. Eventually, she left her job to Arthur, who refused.

“Regular support for children’s welfare centers has been passed.”

“Hmm, what about continuous interaction with the Beretic country?”

“We decided to host a banquet for exchange every year, and each country’s arts and studies were asked to check their achievements through studying abroad.”

“What’s the support of the country?”

She kept asking Arthur about work because she was anxious. Eventually, Arthur hardened his face and nodded to Knox.

“Argh!”

“If I don’t take care of your soul, you should stay still on your own.”

“Can’t you think of this as more surprising?”

She jumped and floundered in the air. At Arthur’s wit, Nox floated her on the bed to take her off the desk.

“Mary, listen carefully.”

Nox looked at her and Arthur alternately, gently put her on the bed, and began to preach with a serious look.

“The moment you overdo it because your body is not intact, the child is in danger.”

At the same time, Arthur and her mouth opened. She looked at the stomach with surprised eyes and hurriedly hugged it with her hands.

“So take care of yourself.”

She became an obedient child and immediately shook her head. Arthur was also quite surprised, drawing documents and being wary.

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“What’s this?”

Fredio shrugged at my question. He brought her all kinds of books, such as ‘How to Do Parenting Well’ and ‘How Children Grow Up’.

“Your Majesty, what if something goes wrong because you has no knowledge of the child?”

“……How the hell am I.”

Fredio’s words made her speechless. In addition, she could see other nobles waiting for what they brought.

“Is it my birthday today?”

“Isn’t it more important than your birthday?”

“……Your attitude toward the Emperor of this country seems very insufficient.”

The nobles were busy avoiding each other’s eyes. She thought they were hiding the gifts they brought but smiled awkwardly.

“So, what did the Lords bring?”

Eventually, she had to receive gifts from the nobles for an hour. Most of them were medicines and children’s supplies for physical care.

Among them were rare items such as jewels.

“Let’s leave this and use it well in the state.”

“However!”

“If that raises my reputation, wouldn’t it be all thanks to you?”

She conciliated the nobles with smooth words. It was a gift brought for the child, but it was burdensome to receive in kind.

Once received, wouldn’t everyone else prepare for it?

“Mary, it’s time to go to bed.”

“Again?”

Arthur helped her and took her to bed. Her body got better but she was bored thanks to him who took care of her sincerely, saying that she should eat well, rest well, and not get stressed.

Whenever she rebelled, Arthur would hold her one by one, but today he gave her a children’s book that is popular in the Berrederic Kingdom.

“It’ll be good to read for your child.”

“You told me to take a nap.”

“If you read a book, wouldn’t you be sleepy?”

She immediately accepted it. These days, her stomach has become heavy and she has been drowsy all the time, but especially when she read, she quickly fell asleep.

“I’ll be by your side until you fall asleep.”

At the end of Arthur’s words, a cool wind blew from somewhere. When a pleasant scent passed by the tip of her nose at the right temperature, her body relaxed.

When she looked up with her eyes up, Nox was sending her the wind. He appeared quietly without anyone knowing when he came, creating the best space next to her until she fell asleep.

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