「I"m Having a Baby」So My Husband Told Me
My Wish is for the Child's Happiness
Translated by: S3
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「Melissa, you are absolutely my wife, and that is a fact that will never change eternally. Please never forget that. I have no intention of letting you go.」
「W-wow, I feel like I'm receiving a passionate confession of love.」
「It is a confession of love!」
Wow.
Even though my husband is older than me, this side of him is childish, passionate, and cute... Hmmm, I love him.
If I were to say that out loud, our excellent butler would destroy the mansion while thinking, 'Stop flirting and move the conversation along,' so I won't say it.
「Umm, so what does it mean for me to become a mother...?」
「It means we adopt my brother's child into our family...」
「And make him the heir?」
「Right. I will contact our parents later, but the right to decide lies with me, my brother... and you, Melissa. What do you want to do, Melissa?」
「Setting aside the adoption part for a moment, we certainly can't send a one-month-old child to a land that is politically unstable and freezing cold. Let's take him into our home first, then think about it.」
「I-is that so? I'm sorry to put this on you.」
「Not at all. It concerns my beloved husband's brother and his child. If someone like me can be of help, then gladly.」
When I thumped my chest and said that, he hugged me, crying, 「Melissaaaa!!」
BAM!!!!
「Save the flirting for lateeeer!」
「「Yes siiiir!!」」
Our butler is seriously scary!
「Brother, Sister-in-law, I am terribly sorry to cause you trouble this time.」
My brother-in-law, Lord Rauldo, whom I hadn't seen in three years, bowed his head to us as he said this. It surely isn't my imagination that he looks thinner than I remember.
(He must have gone through a lot...)
Working busily as a Count at such a young age, only for his wife to run away leaving behind their finally born child. There is no way that wouldn't be hard. His hardships can be easily inferred.
Though he looked gaunt, Lord Rauldo held the presence in his arms with extreme care.
「Is that the child?」
「Yes. He is my son.」
「I see. I heard about it, but he looks just like you.」
「Yes.」
In Lord Rauldo's arms, a small baby was sleeping soundly, looking completely at ease. His hair was a magnificent green. It was the exact same shade as Lord Rauldo's, not a shade different. That alone was proof that this child was unmistakably Lord Rauldo's biological son.
「His name?」
「That is... I haven't... I was too busy... If you don't mind, could you and Brother decide on one?」
「Are you sure?」
「Yes. That way, I can depart for my post without lingering regrets.」
「I see. Then as soon as we decide, I will let you know by letter.」
「Please do.」
Lord Rauldo nodded and looked at me. Then, he held out the baby.
「Um...」
「Please, I leave this child in your care, Sister-in-law.」
「Lord Rauldo, I have told you many times you can just call me by my name...」
He is 22, and I am 18. Feeling resistance to being called "older sister" by someone older than me, I told him three years ago that my name was fine. But he still calls me Sister. I suppose that's a line he cannot cross.
Lord Rauldo silently shook his head and held the baby out to me once more. I timidly took the child into my hands.
「He's cute... and smells nice. It reminds me of my little brothers.」
I have three younger brothers left at my parents' home. They are all growing up healthy, but the time when the youngest was a baby is still fresh in my memory.
I narrowed my eyes at the sweet scent peculiar to babies.
「I will raise him with care... and love.」
「I am counting on you.」
With that, Lord Rauldo departed hurriedly. I don't know when he will return.
We were told it wouldn't be for at least five years, but if things go poorly, it could be a permanent assignment...
「If the situation improves, he might be able to come back, even temporarily. Or once things settle down, we can go visit him.」
Perhaps out of consideration for my worry, my husband spoke to me gently.
That is a future we cannot know. A future no one can see.
Even so.
I look at the baby sleeping soundly in my arms and think.
「May this child's future be filled with happiness...」
That is what I wish for from the bottom of my heart.
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