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

A Happy Family?

Translated by: S3

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「Waaaaaah!」

The crying of a baby echoed through the large ducal mansion.

Next came the sound of adults running around in a panic.

「Eh, again?! Hey Mira, he's been fed and changed, right? Then what is it this time?」

「Ummm... I'm sorry, I don't know! Lady Melissa, you raised three brothers, didn't you? Can't you tell from experience?!」

「Well, no, because my mother was the one who mainly raised my brothers...」

「Tch, useless!」

「Did you just click your tongue at me?!」

Ever since the praying mantis hunting expedition was put on hold, my personal maid, Mira, has been in a terrible mood. From the moment it was decided we would take in the baby until he actually arrived, and even now, she’s been grumpy!

「I said I'm sorry, Mira. We'll go looking for mantises another time, okay?」

「While you're saying that, winter will arrive. I promised I'd bring them to the children at the church...」

「But those kids didn't seem to want mantises that much, you know?」

What came to mind was the church in town that had an orphanage annexed to it.

The person looking after the children at that church is Mira's lover. There are priests and sisters, of course, but he is hired as a laborer.

By extension, Mira helps out with various things there. And I help out with that, too.

But thinking back to the last time we met, I feel like the children's enthusiasm for mantises was quite low compared to Mira's enthusiasm.

...But let's set that digression aside for now.

What needs to be done right now is taking care of this sobbing baby!

「Hmm, I don't know. In that case, it has to be this!」

Saying that, I abruptly picked up the baby. The baby stopped crying immediately. It's bad for the child, but his teary eyes are just too cute.

「Oh my, he has definitely developed a habit of being held now. It is because you spoil him, Lady Melissa.」

「It's fine, isn't it? He should be spoiled as much as possible.」

When I said that and rubbed my cheek against the baby's, he immediately started laughing happily, going "Kya-kya." Ooh, I can't get enough of this!

It has been a month since the baby came to our house. Mira keeps muttering 「Mantis」 like a curse, but in reality, she dotes on the baby very much. As do I, of course.

And...

「Are you two alright?」

「Oh, Lord Cloud. Is it okay for you to leave your work?」

Popping his head into the room was the master of this mansion, my husband.

He is also one of the people who dotes on the baby.

「I just went on a break. Now, let's see... is my cute son fussing again?」

When he peered at the baby saying that, the baby laughed again, and my husband grinned.

From the outside, we must look like a very happy family. ...In reality, the baby is my nephew, though.

Although he calls him "son," we haven't gone through the formal adoption procedures yet. There is a chance Lord Rauldo's feelings might change, after all.

We decided to ask him to think it over carefully once he gets used to life in his new post.

「Come to think of it, husband, please decide on a name for this child soon.」

「Hmm, I just can't think of a good one.」

「It will be three months since he was born soon.」

「True. Will you think of one too, Melissa?」

「Then how about Dekirudo?」

「What is that?」

「Cloud, Rauldo... Dekirudo. Doesn't it sound good? Dekiruko works too.」

「Correction. You don't need to think about it. I will think about it.」

「Why?」

I'm not convinced, but fine.

In my arms, the baby reached out his hands, making cute sounds like 「Aaah, uuuh.」

「Yeeees, what is it? Mama is heeeere~」

「Pfft!」

When I responded to the baby completely in "mother mode," I heard a strange sound behind me. I turned around to find a sea of blood.

Lord Cloud's face was a bloody splatter film.

「Scary!」

「M-Melissa as a mama... it's too cute, the destructive power is dangerous.」

You are the dangerous one.

I wasn't the one who said that; Mira muttered it quietly beside me. Well, I thought it too.

Since the baby arrived, my husband's brokenness has been extreme.

At every opportunity, he says things like, 「Melissa holding the baby... so precious!」 or 「What a lucky man I am.」

On top of that, he's virtually killing off his brother on his own, saying things like, 「Rest in peace, brother... I will make the child happy.」

Your brother is totally fine. He sent a letter yesterday, and he sends one every day. It was too hard to write replies every day, so I asked Alas to do it, and he clicked his tongue at me. Between Mira and Alas, our servants really have a lot of freedom.

While I was thinking that, the butler shouted, 「Don't skip work! And stop bleeding from your nose!」 and dragged my husband away. You have my pity.

However, the liveliness lasts only for the moment the baby is awake.

Once he sleeps soundly, silence visits.

「I will go do the laundry.」

When Mira left the room saying that, a leisurely atmosphere immediately began to flow.

I peeked into the crib, and the baby was sleeping, looking completely secure.

Beside him was the pacifier he was sucking on until a moment ago. It must have fallen out when he cried.

「So cute.」

Saying that, I leaned back on the sofa myself.

Since Mira and I decided to raise the baby, we don't have a wet nurse. He doesn't cry often at night, but I'm still a little sleep-deprived.

Before I knew it, I had fallen asleep.

The soft breeze felt pleasant.

「...y.」

So my sleep was deeper than I expected.

「...Hey.」

Someone called out to me.

「Hey, wake up!」

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TL note:

so in JP Cloud name is Kuraudo, Rauldo is Raurudo (I think it may be his name is Rauld but I'll keep Rauldo) and the pun is Dekirudo>Dekiruko, which mean "a child that can success in anything", can do anything. Think Dekisugi from Doraemon which also a pun, which name mean "too resourceful, can do anything so much" something to that effect.

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