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

Bedtime Story 9 ~ Wait, Did I Make a Mistake?

Translated by: S3

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「Huh?」

I tilted my head, not quite grasping what he was trying to say. Don't laugh at the child I am. No, I genuinely have zero knowledge about things like that. They were irrelevant to me.

Lord Cloud looked away from my puzzled face and spoke with difficulty.

「I... due to an illness in my childhood... lack the ability to reproduce.」

「Ah...」

I didn't quite understand. But I gathered that, essentially, he couldn't have children.

「So, you and I would have a white marriage forever?」

「That's correct. I have a younger brother, and I intend to make his future child the successor.」

「I see.」

No heir is needed. That's a bit of a surprise.

「Then what is it that you wish from me?」

I thought that what a noble, especially a Duke, would want from a marriage partner would be something that benefits him.

I considered that perhaps he thought I could provide an heir since I am young, but he said that was not the case.

The Viscount family has no appeal.

And I myself have no appeal (this part makes me a little sad).

Then what exactly is the merit of this marriage for the Dukedom?

Making a marriage proposal without any benefit is nothing but suspicious.

（He's not planning to use me as a sacrifice for some weird ritual, is he?）

The situation was so fishy that my caution level instantly spiked. I was starting to be glad I hadn't accepted the marriage easily.

But Lord Cloud quietly shook his head and said,

「Nothing.」

「Excuse me?」

「I wish nothing from you, Lady Melissa. Ah, no, that's wrong. I wish for only one thing. ...Please stay by my side.」

「Huh?」

「I love you. I couldn't bear to see you marry another man. I cannot wish for children, but even so, would you stay by my side?」

Huh?

Wait?

Eh.

...Uwaaaaaaah!?

Wh-what did he just say!?

Did he say he loves me!?

Hold on, wait a minute.

In my fourteen years of life, I haven't had my first love, I've never been courted, and in fact, I've lived a life completely unrelated to romance. I'm a national monument of single life.

And he said 「I love you」 to me!?

That's enough to short-circuit my thought process!

「Ah, a-wa-wa-wa-wa...」

「Lady Melissa? A-are you alright?」

I'm not alright! So don't rush over to me, and don't look at me with such a worried expression!

I was so embarrassed that I couldn't think straight.

I was only thinking about how to escape this critical situation.

Just then, my eyes unexpectedly met his blue eyes as he peered at me.

The moment I saw those eyes, a brilliant idea popped into my head—or maybe it didn't.

（This is too much! I'm going to make him give up and go home!）

Whether he was handsome or whether the marriage would be easy didn't matter anymore.

All I wanted was to escape this situation.

Pathetically, I was half-tearing up. Crying because I was surprised by a declaration of love... I felt even more like a child, which made me want to cry more.

And looking at his eyes, I came up with the perfect excuse to get rid of him. —I came up with something absolutely insane.

That is, (I'll make him think I'm an eccentric and send him home!)

I tried my best to appear calm, cleared my throat once, and said,

「Ahem, please excuse me. However... I am afraid I cannot accept this proposal.」

「W-why not!?」

I don't know if he expected to be rejected or not, but Lord Cloud looked deeply hurt. It pained my heart a little, but I was at my limit right now. I'm sorry.

「The truth is, I have someone I've set my heart on.」

「Eh!?」

Yes, this wasn't entirely a lie.

I had been thinking about one particular being. A being that I couldn't stop thinking about, constantly occupying my thoughts. No, that's not right, to be exact...

「To be exact, it is not a person.」

「...Eh? Wh-what do you mean?」

I stared into the perplexed Duke's eyes and spoke.

I spoke while recalling the being with the same colored eyes as his.

I spoke while recalling the being that made me feel the bzzzt connection.

「I am fond of wolves.」

「...Huh?」

However, this must have been too unexpected for the Duke. As his eyes glazed over in surprise, I continued speaking.

「The truth is, I cannot forget a certain wolf I met just once. No, this is love. I am in love with that wolf. It was too large to be an ordinary wolf, and it was covered in pitch-black fur. And above all, the color of its eyes... the eyes, which should normally be gold for a wolf, were a deep blue, like a clear sky. Yes, just like yours, Lord Cloud...」

How about that? Surely you no longer want to marry an eccentric like me, right?

The moment I looked up at his face, expecting this reaction.

（Wh-why!?）

Before me was Duke Cloud, completely flushed—his ears were even red—to a degree that left me utterly confused.

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Note: It just missed me in the last chapter that he might only be able to perform... in his beast form. Am I walking into dangerous area here? And the MC just confess that she's into bestiality.

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