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「I'm Having a Baby」So My Husband Told Me

Bedtime Story 2 ~ Life Doesn't Offer Such Convenient Encounters

Translated by: S3

Treat me to a Ko-Fi to give me more motivation!!!

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「Oh my, Lady Melissa, such a shabby lunch box again today!」

The person who said this flicked my empty lunch box with a sharp finger.

I looked up to see a Baron's daughter who attended the same academy. A young lady who, like me, did not attend the exclusive academy for nobles.

Lady Mintia the Baroness's daughter, scoffed at me.

「Excuse me, but it's an empty lunch box that I've already finished eating. Do you know what was inside before I ate it?」

「I don't need to look to know. It's nothing but egg sandwiches every day, is it not?」

「Today it contained lettuce salad too!」

「I don't care about that.」

「That's mean, you should care! I'm not a woman who only eats egg sandwiches! Today, lettuce descended, and yesterday, ham was bestowed upon me!」

「...You really are an oddball.」

I was feigning collapsing in tears when she said this with a cold expression. Don't compliment me so much.

「I'm not complimenting you.」

「Since you're such a twisted person, Lady Mintia, I took it as a compliment.」

「Twis... You're always so positive, I envy you.」

「You won't get anything out of complimenting me so much.」

「I said I'm not complimenting you!」

「You two are really close, aren't you?」

This is business as usual.

In an academy for commoners, nobles are few and far between. Whether because of that or not, Mintia is the one who constantly picks fights with me. And these kinds of conversations happen almost every day.

Linda, who witnessed this, called us close. I'm flattered. No, I'm not.

Mintia, like me, grimaced at being called 'close.'

Then, she said, 「Well, whatever,」 and regained her composure, looking at me. What is it?

「By the way, Lady Melissa, I have secured a fiancé.」

「Oh, good for you.」

「...」

「Hey, you should at least ask, 'Who is the lucky guy?'!」

「Do you want me to ask?」

「It's normal to ask in the flow of conversation, isn't it?!」

「Hmm, I'm not really interested. I'll ask if you beg me.」

「I beg you, please ask.」

She's honest about that.

「Fine, since you asked. So? Who is this eccentric person?」

「I'll be happy to buy that fight from you.」

As our conversation went nowhere, Linda once again said, 「You really are close.」 That's outrageous!

If we digress too much, the precious lunch break will end. I decided to quickly hear her out and wrap things up.

「So? Who is your partner?」

「Fufun, prepare to be surprised! It's the son of the Maranda Trading Company!」

「Wow, I'm so surprised, I thought my heart was going to jump out. Okay, are we done now?」

「Ask me more details!」

Oh, this is so troublesome!

According to Linda, Mintia, who is just as eccentric as I am, doesn't have many people she can talk to.

So, she supposedly picks a fight with me under the pretense of complaining, just because she wants to talk to me. What is with that tsundere attitude?

Then Linda cut in.

「The Maranda Trading Company—the one that mediates trade between farmers and foreign countries, handling the import and export of all general agricultural products?」

「Linda, you know them?」

「It's not a matter of knowing them; they're quite a large establishment.」

「Huh, really?」

「...It's actually strange that you don't know them.」

When I tilted my head, Linda gave me a wry smile. I basically have no interest in my surroundings. I know a bit about our own territory, but a trading company like that has nothing to do with a barren place like ours.

However, Mintia was probably happy that Linda knew them, as her eyes sparkled, saying, 「That's right, that's right!」

「Their son, who is the apprentice to the next successor, came to my father, the head of our Baron family, for a business negotiation. That's when I met him... and I felt the bzzzt connection!」

I see, Mintia also felt the bzzzt connection. I wonder if there's a system where you feel numb when you meet the person you're going to fall in love with? I wouldn't know since I haven't experienced it.

Well, at least I know what to say in a situation like this.

「That's wonderful. I wish you happiness.」

How was that?

Wasn't that the optimal answer!?

Sure enough, Mintia blushed happily. See, she has a straightforward and cute side after all.

「Thank you very much. Lady Melissa, please forgive me for getting ahead of you, won't you?」

「...Huh?」

「As a noble, yet at fourteen, without a single romantic rumor and no shadow of a fiancé, your future is surely dark. A marvelous single life awaits you, I'm sure. But don't give up! I'm sure you can master that path!」

「U-um?」

「Since you are Lady Melissa, who possesses a flat chest that shows no sign of growth even at age fourteen, I'm sure gentlemen will continue to overlook you.」

「Alright, I'm buying that fight. Give me back the few seconds I spent thinking you had a straightforward, cute side.」

「A fight is dangerous. You might slip off that flat chest and fall.」

「I'm going to grow from now on!」

「That's called a pessimistic future prediction!」

We glared at each other, sparks flying, until the warning bell rang. So, I shooed her away as if flicking an insect, glaring and saying, 「Hurry up and go back to your own classroom!」

Mintia, who I thought would just storm out with a fun snort, actually turned back and asked me.

「By the way, when was your first love, Lady Melissa?」

「Not yet.」

「Huh?」

「I said, not yet.」

「What isn't?」

「I said my first love.」

「Your first love?」

「My first love.」

That insistence is seriously annoying.

And finally, Mintia laughed as she walked out, saying, 「Buh-fuu! I'm shocked there's such a rare person who hasn't even had their first love at fourteen! I'm so surprised!」

She'll regret this next time we meet.