episode_0514

“How does it taste, Miss?”

“… It’s delicious. The chef is very good.”

“Thank you, Miss.”

“No. I am the one who should be grateful that you granted me such a sudden request.”

-Huruk.

…I never thought that I could recreate seaweed soup in this world.

Among the ingredients that Lizzy brought, there was something similar to dried seaweed, so I asked her to make it for me, and it tasted about 80% similar to what I had eaten in the world.

The only regret is that I had to fry the seaweed in rapeseed oil because I didn’t have any sesame oil. Still, it was enough to give me the feeling of eating something similar to seaweed soup.

‘Next time I’ll ask them to boil the pasta noodles for me too.’

-Huruk.

If you roll it in thin pasta noodles, it will probably taste similar to the seaweed soup ramen I had in my past life. Or you can just roll it in rice and eat it.

After giving birth and regaining some energy, I couldn’t help but think about the food from my past life. Pork belly, kimchi fried rice, cold noodles, sushi… I didn’t mind fried chicken though, since I could eat something similar at the academy.

“Ewww!! Eww! Aaaah!!”

“Yeah, yeah, Eris. Are you hungry again? Should I give you some mama?”

“Ewww!!”

“… Everyone except Isabel, go out.”

“““Yes, Your Majesty!”””

As soon as Ethan saw you breastfeeding the baby, he started to spit out all the servants in the restaurant. All of them, male and female, except for Isabelle.

Now, I can see that the servants are disappearing naturally and I can breastfeed. Now that I am not so heavy, I eat at restaurants like this while exercising, but my daughter usually cries and asks for food once or twice during mealtimes.

By the way, the name Eris is a combination of my and Ethan’s names. After all, she’s my first child. For some reason, I couldn’t think of a better name.

… Of course, that doesn’t mean I have any intention of having a second child with Ethan or anything like that.

‘… No matter what, suffering once is enough.’

Fortunately, this world is one where women can inherit status if they have the ability. Even if you can’t give birth to a boy, you don’t have to keep having unwanted pregnancies until you give birth to a boy.

And more than anything else… I can’t have sex with Ethan while I’m pregnant.

Come to think of it, wasn’t it almost ten months? It’s been almost a month since Eris was born, so it should be about that long.

I really don’t really care, but the problem was Ethan. I was a little worried that he, who was still physically close to his early twenties, would be able to hold back his sexual desires for nearly a year.

… I really don’t have to do anything, because Ethan isn’t like that.

“… … .”

“What’s wrong, Lilith?”

“… It’s nothing.”

Let’s think about it slowly. To be honest, it’s not easy to find time for just the two of us right now.

… At least I should finish night feeding and do something.

⁎ ⁎ ⁎

“Miss Release, here’s a letter.”

“Huh? To me?”

“Yes. I assume it came from the Ermia branch of the Aurelia Church, but do you have any idea?”

“Aurelia Church Ermia Branch… Ah, ah! There it is!”

… I completely forgot. Yeah, come to think of it, I sent a letter to Mirif a few months ago. I thought he was mad at me because I didn’t get a reply or any news.

Unlike other letters, the letters I wrote to Mirif felt like a confession, explaining in detail all the lies I had told when I met her.

In fact, I originally was a student at the Academy of Magic and went there until my third year, and I had some kind of relationship with the Blackwood family’s young master, and we met during a time when we were apart due to a misunderstanding, and now that I’m back at Blackwood, if you happen to be nearby and visit the mansion, I’ll treat you well, and so on.

The last words, ‘From now on, think of me as ‘Assassin Lily’ rather than a nobleman, and think of me comfortably like you did back then,’ may have felt like a deception to Mirif.

After sending it, I regretted it because it seemed like I was saying, ‘Actually, I’m a noble wife and you and I are completely different people.’ But I couldn’t take back the letter I had already sent.

So I was expecting it to be like that even though I didn’t get a reply, but I never thought I’d get one. Well, since Mirif was from a church, I guess he’d be a bit more angry than other people.

The fact that he never once yelled at that idiot whose name he can’t even remember proves Miriff’s character.

I was delighted to hear news of her return after a long time and immediately checked the letter from the church, but the contents of the letter were somewhat unexpected news that I had not expected at all.

“How have you been, Miss Lilith? I’m sorry for the late reply, I’ve been so busy lately.

“I have been recognized for my ability to become a D-class adventurer in just one year at the Aurelia Church, so I will be preparing to enter Luminor Academy next year… .”

“… … Huh?”

What? Preparing to enter the academy?

⁎ ⁎ ⁎

The contents of the letter were nothing special, except that Mirif was preparing to enter the academy.

She wasn’t particularly angry that I kept the news that I was a maid from a noble family hidden from her, and she didn’t seem to think that it was a deception directed at her when I revealed that I was in a relationship with Duke Yeong-sik.

There really seemed to be no other reason for the delay in replying to the letter, as it was due to preparations for admission to the academy. … In fact, considering Mirif’s personality, it was rather regrettable that he even attempted to suspect something like this.

‘If I enroll next year, I might be able to spend a year seeing each other.’

In the original world, it would have been almost a miracle that Miriff was even alive, let alone admitted.

In a way, this was another fate. Lizzy and all the people I saved got into the academy.

‘It’s a joy to be reunited. We’ll be able to share it to our hearts’ content at the Academy next semester.’

Because now was the time to enjoy ‘joy’ in a different sense.

About three months after Eris was born, he and I were quietly observing Eris lying in her cradle, holding our breath.

“Ugh, ugh… .”

“… … .”

“… … .”

“Ugh, ugh… . Ugh… .”

“… … .”

“… … .”

Eris struggling in the cradle, trying hard to do something.

The baby, who was struggling to move his tiny arms and legs and tossing his body from side to side, continued to make a sound as if something was bothering him, while also twisting his body vigorously, and after struggling in the cradle for almost 10 minutes… .

-Roll around.

“Ugh, hehehe… .”

“… … !!!”

“… … !!!”

It was Iris who succeeded in ‘flipping’ just 3 months after birth.

“Look, did you see that, Ethan?! Eris just flipped herself over!”

“… Yeah. I was watching too.”

It seems like only yesterday I was barely able to move my tiny arms and legs, and now I’m already rolling over.

As expected, Eris was a genius. She successfully rolled over a whole month earlier than other babies, which usually takes 4-5 months.

Well, it’s natural since he was born between Ethan and me. Even though I look like this, I’m the second-ranked student at Luminor Academy’s Magic Department, and Ethan is a genius born with Thanasia and Harold’s bloodline.

“Ehehe, ugh… .”

“… … .”

“… … .”

“Ugh, euaaaahh …

“Ah, that, yeah yeah, Eris. Are you hungry? Or should I change your diaper?”

“Ewww!!”

…It seems like it’s still difficult to turn it over and then return it to its original state.

He held Iris in his arms as she burst into tears and breastfed her to calm her down.

In my head, I was making plans to return to Luminor Academy, where I had been taking a year off.

“I guess I should start heading out soon. If I don’t head out now, I won’t be able to make it to the academy graduation ceremony.”

“… Phew, that’s right. I’ll have to go back anyway to resume school next year, and it would be better for Eris to go early to get used to the academy dorm environment.”

In fact, it was a bit burdensome to take Iris, who was only three months old, to the academy, but there was nothing I could do about it. Since I had applied for a leave of absence last semester a bit too hastily, I had to return to school next semester no matter what.

It was Harold who somehow managed to resolve my absence from school last year because he was my professor. Originally, the absence without permission last semester would have resulted in expulsion without exception.

If I don’t return to school this semester, I’ll never be able to graduate from Luminor Academy, and the past three years of hard work were just too much to waste.

I didn’t want to miss out on the second chance Harold had given me. Especially since the academy diploma would be more important to Ethan, the next Duke of Blackwood.

I even suggested that I just stay in the mansion and watch the kid while Ethan goes back to school, but he naturally dismissed it. It seems like after the incident last time, he developed a disease that makes him anxious if he doesn’t have me in his sight.

I refused to hire a nanny to raise the child instead. But since it was Ethan’s child and mine, I wanted to raise the child with my own milk.

… and to be honest, the biggest thing was that I didn’t want to leave my child and Ethan’s with a married woman whose face I didn’t even know.

“If I were pregnant like Lilith, I could have raised her while breastfeeding her instead. If Lilith is okay with it, should I get pregnant next time Lilith gets pregnant?”

“… Do you have a partner?”

“Uh… Maybe I could make it if I wanted to?”

“… Don’t be crazy, Isabel. What kind of maid would get someone pregnant just to be her friend’s nanny?”

…Isabel made some crazy remarks, but of course I warned her. I did it because it contained my unicorn theory that love and pregnancy should not be chosen for such simple reasons.

I don’t really intend to interfere with her finding the man she loves and getting married, but if she plans on continuing to be my exclusive maid, I would like Isabel to remain a virgin forever.

“Ah, should I drive the carriage to the Academy for the first time in a while, Ethan?”

“Don’t even joke about that, Lilith.”

… he’d probably be even angrier if I told him I wasn’t joking.