episode_0073

Even after the wedding, the day was no different from usual.

“Evil God! Is Mari really pregnant? Are you having a baby now?”

“…It just happened to be like that.”

She was having a normal day every day, but she suddenly found out that she was pregnant.

I could feel both at the same time.

I felt the energy of life gestating, and Marie, who possesses the power of the World Tree and the power of stories, was also able to recognize it at once.

So, there really was no problem finding out that she was pregnant.

“Anyway, it looks like the news arrived quickly.”

“…It’s been two months, and how difficult it was because I couldn’t come because I was dispatched!”

“Yes, it must have been very difficult.”

The evil religion continued as usual.

The three of them, including Lilin, Petrania, and Descartes, took an indefinite vacation because they couldn’t afford to spend it alone.

We will always be here, so we will come back someday when your trip is over.

And, I will always be here.

“Lucia, what did you come here to do in person?”

“Well, I’m not sure. I just came here because I was bored?”

“I don’t know if it was really a good thing to send Adele to the Holy Kingdom. Since the Holy Kingdom’s national power has weakened, we sent the strongest child among those we could send right away.”

“Adele is really great at what she does. How can she be so cute every time she eats dessert? It’s so different from you.”

“…It’s not even my child, it’s just the child I cherished in my heart, but there’s no way it could be the same as me.”

Along with trivial words, I too was going about my daily life, sipping tea.

…Of course, Mari was always by my side.

“You’re living a tight life. It must be very boring.”

“Is that possible? Even this brings me greater happiness than anything else.”

Marie smiled, closed her eyes, and rested her head on my shoulder.

As the sunlight shining through the window turned towards her, it was literally like a scene from a movie.

This kind of calm peace made me happy, as if a dry desert had been filled with water.

“Therasia, you said she became completely immortal, right?”

“That’s right. I guess it’s not just a joke, it’s possible that a real god will be born.”

“If you are immortal, you have met the minimum conditions to ascend to godhood, so this may indeed be the case.”

Marie is also half immortal.

As a story, it is a being that cannot be destroyed until the world is destroyed.

Even if you die, you are a being who must be reborn and repeat endless reincarnation.

Because it was bound by a power higher than God, and because it was the central point of this world itself, it was not something I could stop.

If she passes away like this, we will meet again in the next life.

Because for the rest of my life, I decided not to set my sights on other women.

That oath had to continue even after she was reincarnated.

That was what I wanted most.

“It’s really sweet. I also have a lot to do in the Holy Kingdom, so let’s meet next time.”

“Of course.”

How much time has passed?

As I became immersed in this routine, the time I spent with Mari increased and we were always together.

The first birth is approaching.

“Therasia, can I trust you?”

“Sir, if you bring me anyone in the world, I guarantee that no one will be better at the art of medicine than me.”

“….okay.”

I couldn’t help but feel nervous and anxious.

As Damien and myself, even when I look back on all my memories, I have never had a child.

How can I explain this tension and anxiety?

“Whoa….”

Silence enveloped this place.

Perhaps because of this atmosphere, no one opened their mouths.

How long did I wait?

When even the sense of time disappeared completely and I couldn’t tell if it was day or night.

Therasia calmly came outside.

“…Sir, please come in.”

No words came out.

As if my tongue was dry.

My hands trembled every time I moved.

Like I got real feelings.

Marie, whenever I’m around you, why do things that I thought I didn’t have keep popping up?

Is this love?

“It says it’s a girl.”

Marie said with a grin.

Even though it was a difficult birth, and it was the birth of God’s child, she still held on strong.

“Thank you, yes, thank you. Marie…”

Does love make people emotional?

For a long time, I didn’t really believe in love, but every time I’m with you, I start to believe in love more and more.

If this feeling of your dry emotions being filled with you is love.

I will love you so much

After my child was born, each day passed so quickly.

Parenting was harder than I thought.

However, I was able to endure it well enough.

Every day, when I saw the child crying, a part of my heart felt warm.

As I watched the wiggling child, I felt that all the footprints I had left in this world had finally become one to form a huge mountain, nature, and a forest.

The child was named Elena.

“are you okay?”

“Okay, sleep better. You need to rest at night.”

It doesn’t matter to me because I’m a god.

Marie, shouldn’t you rest a little more?

No more. Instead of speaking that way, I returned to my natural speaking style.

I just feel like I’ve gone back to the pure past.

Even though I was tired, there were people, children, and Marie who could wash away the fatigue.

“Rest a little more.”

A day is like one hour.

As time passes so quickly and the world accelerates, the child grew up so quickly that he forgot what he was like when he was young.

I remember this cute baby successfully turning over for the first time.

“…Ah, evil spirit! Elena…successfully flipped!”

I was also dazed.

As usual, I had time to watch my child and read at the same time.

Because I kept my eyes on Elena while reading the book, Marie and I were able to see her clearly.

“…I need to call Cecilia right now and make today a public holiday across the continent. No, it would be better to just make a festival to commemorate this day every year.”

“Don’t be like that. Then, if even when you take your first steps or speak for the first time, everything becomes a day off, how will you make a living?”

“…Wouldn’t it be okay for about a month?”

Marie also no longer called me evil spirit, but called me you.

The daily routine was repeated with her becoming a little more peaceful and docile.

…Of course, it was the same at night, and it was also the same as not looking at other women carelessly.

Perhaps Marie is also becoming more mature after having a child.

As the days passed, Elena’s growth grew so quickly that it was difficult to follow with the eye.

“Sir, Elena is clearly a genius. Where in the world would a child be able to master alchemy at the level of an academy teacher at just seven years old?”

“It’s natural because it’s me and Marie’s child.”

“Aren’t you even learning Abel’s spearmanship, Caesar’s dagger skills and stealth, politics from Beatrice, and arithmetic from Cecilia!”

And yet, you are good at everything at the level of an ordinary teacher, or better?

You’re only seven years old?

It’s natural.

Isn’t it more natural than anything else in the world that our children excel?

“dad!”

And it was only natural that he was the cutest child in the world.

“I got some delicious food from Abel! Dad, eat it too!”

Before I knew it, I had grown into this proud girl.

I was so happy.

“Oh, and Terrasia also taught you alchemy this time? And… Oh, Uncle Descartes came and went. He said he would travel a little more and then come back?”

“…You left without showing your face again.”

“Uncle Descartes said he wanted to show me his face when everything was done!”

The Spirit King of Wind always brings me news of trouble going on in the spirit world, but I wonder if they don’t know what they are doing.

Of course, this was an area I could sufficiently cover, so it didn’t matter much.

As I spent a peaceful day thinking about that, I could see Marie pregnant again.

“Mom, when was Robert born?”

“Hmm… I guess I can see Robert if I sleep just a hundred more times?”

“I’m really going to be nice to my little brother! He’s going to be cute, right? I’m sure he’ll be cute just like me, right?”

It was so nice to see her lively appearance, so I hugged Elena in my arms and hugged Marie.

It was something I did on impulse because this quiet daily life was so beautiful.

“You want to have a third child too, right?”

….huh?

“Am I going to have another little brother? I’m happy!”

“If Elena sleeps well every night, we might have another little sister.”

“Mom, I love you so much!”

I was dumbfounded for a moment and then burst into laughter.

It wouldn’t be a bad idea to create a soccer team.

Time is always on our side, even if you are reincarnated.

“Are you… Mr. Han Won-ho?”

If you are reincarnated.

So much time has passed, even if history has now forgotten me.

Even if the time comes when you and everyone else but the immortals will forget me because you will not remember me.

“Yes, nice to meet you, Mr. Hanryeong.”

Because then I will come find you.