Chapter 296

“It’s amazing, right?”

I heard that the birth of the first child is usually difficult to notice.

But with such a brave kick, we can’t get over it without knowing it.

“I guess she wanted to tell her dad and mom. ‘I’m here, and I’m healthy.’”

After stroking my swollen belly several times over and over again, Perez barely opened his mouth.

“…Yes. I think she’s very brave and healthy.”

A relieved smile spread like paint around his lips.

It was a face that made my heart feel at ease just looking at it.

Perez slowly came closer to me.

And gently kissed my stomach.

It was a place where the child moved vigorously a while ago.

“Hello, baby.”

In the meantime, he massaged or stroked my stomach.

However, it was the first time he talked to her directly like this.

The sight of smiling and talking to the child on my stomach touched my heart.

“Can you hear your dad’s voice?”

Then, strangely, the child tapped her foot again.

“I guess it means she’s listening. Hurry up and tell her more.”

At my urging, Perez put his mouth closer and whispered.

“Baby.”

Tuk tuk.

“Dad.”

Tuk tuk.

“Let’s stay well in there and meet. Don’t make your mom suffer too much, okay?”

…Tuk tuk.

“What’s that? Perez, is that the first thing you want to say to your child?”

“It was the most important thing to me.”

Perez answered quite seriously.

“Okay, okay.”

I stroked Perez’s black hair as if it were messy.

“But I don’t think you have to worry much about me.”

“Why?”

“Look at me now, too. I’m working hard so that you don’t feel too anxious.”

It wasn’t empty words.

My mind, which had been cluttered a while ago, has been refreshed as if it had been washed away by my mother’s diary and the birth of my child.

“Let’s not be anxious. Me and you too.”

I made eye contact with Perez and asked him.

“So, sleep tight at night, Perez.”

“Did you… know that?”

He laughed bitterly.

“You wake up in the middle of the night and sat there staring blankly at me, then stroking my stomach a few times before going back to sleep. You think I don’t know that?”

In the early stages of pregnancy, I did not notice, but it was repeated every day after entering the middle stage and when my stomach started to swell.

If left alone, the closer the birth date approaches, the more anxious Perez will become.

“You woke up like that every day, but what are you going to do later? One of us should definitely stock up on physical strength. Parenting is a long-term battle, Perez.”

When I said it again, Perez nodded reluctantly.

“…okay.”

“Right, good.”

I said it like I was treating a baby and messed up his hair once again, and Perez smiled as if he couldn’t help it.

“Huam~.”

Is it because I cried a lot and felt relieved?

Sleepiness came at once.

I have to go to bed and lie down.

It was when I thought so.

My body seemed to float, and I was already in Perez’s solid arms.

It was so stable, I didn’t even have to wrap my arms around his neck.

It was a light movement as if holding a book.

“Hmm.”

Red eyes looking straight ahead and a sculptural profile caught my eye.

After that, my eyes rested on the first button of his shirt and his messy hair, which probably had loosened in the carriage on the way home.

This appearance of a man who is always perfect from head to toe was something that only I could see.

“You know, Perez.”

I was slowly falling asleep.

“I asked Estira today. Now it’s in a completely stable period.”

“That’s a relief.”

Perez smiled softly.

Oh, I’m so frustrated that he doesn’t understand.

“Not that. It’s really stable period, so what I couldn’t do before is okay now. …Do you understand what I mean?”

There was no need for an answer.

Because Perez’s footsteps, which had paused for a moment, have accelerated a lot.

At the same time, a relaxed smile was disappearing from his handsome face.

“What are you thinking so seriously?”

“I’m calculating the shortest distance to the bathroom.”

Oh, I can’t stop him.

I giggled for a moment, then raised my finger and pointed.

“It’s faster to go through that door.”

Feeling the footsteps getting faster, I buried my face in Perez’s arms.

And I closed my eyes and thought.

Really, with this person, I could do anything.

***

For my first child, my pregnancy period went smoothly.

First of all, Estira gave such an evaluation.

Although I was suffering from all the symptoms that came as my stomach getting bigger.

These are the smoothest processes.

I realized every time that it was much greater than I thought to give birth to a new life.

And today is two weeks before the scheduled date.

It was the last day Perez went to work before maternity leave. (TN: ??. Why is it the father who take the maternity leave? LoL)

“Be careful on your way to work, and if something happens, you can postpone your vacation for a day or two. Got it?”

“I can’t because I’m worried. I’ll finish everything today, Tia.”

There is still plenty of time until the scheduled date.

Well, Perez had originally planned a vacation a month before the scheduled date.

Although we eventually reached an agreement two weeks ago due to the tearful dissuasion of his assistant.

“I’ll be back.”

Perez greeted his family members who were having breakfast together and left the dining room.

“See you later”.

I waved my hand with a smile.

After confirming that Perez had completely moved away, I removed my smiling face.

I placed my elbows on the table and glanced through my family.

Grandfather, father, Shananet, twins, Creney, and Clarivan.

They were people who I deliberately invited.

“Okay, now.”

I held both hands slowly and interlocked my fingers.

“Let’s start the Lombardi’s family meeting.”

I could see the shoulders of the family members sitting around the table twitching slightly.

“I’m done eating, so I’ll have to get up now.”

My grandfather tried to escape.

“Sit down, Grandpa. I’m not going to cut you some slack today.”

“No, I’m getting older, so it’s not easy to sit for a long time…”

“You went on a hunting trip for 3 days 2 nights and came back yesterday. Don’t say anything weird and sit down.”

I’ll tell you no matter what today.

“Hmm.”

Seeing that my grandfather’s attempts failed in my perfect blocking, I also saw those who had been measuring their escape soon gave up.

I took a sip of the water and spoke again in a calm voice.

“Today’s meeting will discuss the baby room situation.”

“No, what. Is there anything more to be called a situation?”

My grandfather said, averting my eyes.

Gilieu and Mairon, who were aiming for that gap, also added a word or two.

“Right. Tia is too tight.”

“It’s something that can happen to any house. Don’t you think so?”

“Is this something that could happen to any house?”

Oh, I was trying to calm down.

“What the hell happens in a house with five unborn baby rooms?”

I’m not saying ‘situation’ for nothing.

“No matter how Lombardi you are, four cradles and one room full of toys!”

“But, Tia.”

This time, it was my father.

“That’s a lot because you told me to reduce it. It’s a pity that there are still more gifts that I haven’t brought from Chesail…”

“Even my father…”

Where did the Lombardi go, who was living a simple and frugal life compared to other nobles because they hated luxury and waste?

“Grandpa, stop making cradles. Don’t overdo it if you have bad shoulders. And unless my father intends to put all the storybooks on the continent in the baby’s room, stop buying them. Craney, you’re the same.”

My father and Craney got along very well in a strange place.

Both of them like books, so they were filling the baby’s room with all kinds of books, just like Lombardi, who was second to none.

“Well, then, there is a set of storybooks for children that I ordered from the eastern continent this time. Can’t you just accept that?”

“Me too, sister. I ordered a storybook which the music box rotates when opened, but if you accept that…”

“…Okay. That’s all.”

Next up were Shananet and the twins.

“…Thank you for preparing a lot of pure cotton baby clothes and handkerchiefs, Auntie.”

As expected, the experienced were different.

“But now I have enough clothes.”

“Yeah, I was just about to stop. Next, when the child is a little older, it is not too late to call in a designer to make it.”

…Shananet decides to move on.

I opened my triangle eyes at the twins next to her.

“Gillieu, Mairon, are you aware that the two of you are filling a room with toys?”

“This is all for the baby who will be born. How boring must it be when there are no children of her age in the mansion?”

“That’s right. There should be a lot of toys to play with. We’re all thinking about the baby.”

“The two of you are too much.”

“Wow, are we too much?”

The twins opened their eyes wide as if they were unfair.

“Then isn’t it? You’re just trying to pick it up with toys because there are no children of her age in the mansion. I don’t think the two of you will play directly.”

“Ah…”

“That’s true.”

The twins scratched their cheeks awkwardly.

“So why don’t you stop buying toys and learn how to play with newborns from Estira?”

“No way. We don’t know much about babies yet.”

“It’s absolutely not okay if she cry or get hurt while playing, then.”

“Yeah, well thought. And if you buy one more toy, I’ll ban you from entering the baby’s room.”

“So mean!”

After that, I heard the twins say something, but I listened to it with one ear and ignored it.”

Because I had a target left.

“Clarivan.”

“Yes, Matriarch.”

“You know babies can’t open their eyes properly, right?”

“Yes, that’s right.”

“But why are you decorating the classrooms already because you are already writing a plan and making your own teaching materials?”

In fact, among the people gathered here, Clarivan is the most serious.

The man who is busy running the top of Lombardi is already preparing to become children’s teachers by reducing sleep.

“In the case of the Matriarch, I couldn’t help it because I met you late, but the baby who was born has been educated for gifted children since she was an infant.”

“Clarivan.”

“Yes, Matriarch.”

“You seem to have a lot of free time these days.”

At my cool words, Clarivan’s blue eyes began to tremble sharply.

“That… Education is more important than time…”

“You seem bored because you don’t have enough work, so there’s nothing you can do about it. Take the seat of the deputy householder during my maternity leave.”

“Sorry… What did you just say?”

“I want you to take over the deputy householder, Clarivan. Then there will be no time to talk about gifted education to an unborn child.”

“…Matriarch”

I smiled and nodded at the face I had deliberately made expressionless.

My grandfather had me.

And I have Clarivan.

“…Thank you for entrusting me. I will live up to your faith.”

I smiled refreshingly at Clarivan and wiped my mouth with a napkin.

Having handed over the position of deputy to Clarivan, all preparations for maternity leave are complete.

All that was left now was to rest comfortably and wait for the baby.

“Then I’ll go to my room…”

Then, as I got up from my seat, I stopped with my hand on the table.

“…Tia?”

I thought my stomach was a little ache in the morning.

“Whoo.”

After taking a deep breath, I turned to Shananet and asked.

“Auntie, could you please call Estira for me?”

“Perhaps…”

“Yes. I guess the labor has started.”

Translator Note: Hi Readers. Now I’m trying to translate new novel named ‘Cinderella Wasn’t Me’. It has manhwa adaption. If you like it, you can find the story at my account. ^_^