episode_0026

“Baby.”

The baby smiled at the gentle words. The woman’s warm body heat settled over the child. The orange hair covering the baby’s neck was filled with a faint fragrance.

“Baby.”

After a while, the elegant voice echoed once again. The child opened his eyes with difficulty at the voice calling him. He was reluctant to see the light more than other children, so it was the moment he first opened his eyes to the world.

“Hello? Am I your mother?”

What grave mistake had she made? It was bewildering to see the red-haired woman introducing herself as “mother” with tears welling up in her eyes.

The baby looked at his mother quietly and then glanced around, mumbling with his lips.

It was a bit frightening, but she had such a gentle demeanor. It was clear that this moment wasn’t entirely bad for the child. Though she seemed tense, he couldn’t avoid her gaze.

The breeze blowing through the window rustled the woman’s hair and settled on the baby’s nose. It was so sweet. The sweet scent of tangerine mixed with the woman’s fragrance brought a smile to the baby’s face.

“Kael…”

The baby who had only cried finally smiled, and a smile finally appeared on the woman’s face. He cried more than other children, so the worry wasn’t just a passing concern.

– Gently.

To feel a little touch of life’s emotion, she gently stroked the baby’s eyes with her thin fingers.

Her only flesh and blood was such a precious presence that she couldn’t treat her own child carelessly.

The wounds from losing parents to barbarians in this world were healing through this child.

– Eukya.

The baby murmured softly and slowly moved his head. Even the movement of his limbs was truly sacred.

– Hoo, hoo.

However, the exhaled breath was truly precarious. According to the doctor, a chronic illness had developed in one lung, but she didn’t expect it to show so soon.

“Baby, are you having a hard time…?”

Darin sobbed as she confined the child in the product. Once the child grows, I must definitely transplant my lungs. If necessary, not just one side, but both sides. No, even my life.

The mother slowly pushed a rubber bottle containing milk into the child’s mouth. Since the breathing was unstable and the child couldn’t suck properly, it had to be sent this way. Fortunately, the child did not refuse breast milk and took it slowly.

“I’m sorry, I couldn’t give birth to you healthily…”

Fifteen years old. It was too early to call her a mother. However, if she gave birth to a child, she had to fulfill that role. The girl did not turn away from the harsh but inevitable reality.

Tap tap.

Darin patted the child’s back firmly. She heard that after eating, she should quickly burp the baby.

The child, who hadn’t even grown hair, blinked. Still, looking at the clear wall, it was evident that she was Bayoren’s child.

The little mouth seemed to want to say something. Maybe she wanted to express gratitude to the being who showed kindness to her for the first time.

“So beautiful…”

Darin couldn’t take her eyes off the child, whose eyes were full of moisture. It was a beauty that couldn’t be seen on her own face. Beautiful like the blue sea. Although it had the same color as her husband’s, the purity contained within could not be compared.

– Flutter flutter.

Every time the child closed and opened her eyes, the flowers inside repeated blooming and withering. Darin opened her mouth in awe and made a dazed expression.

First love, a pure emotion felt for the first time in her life. Something deeply moving and warm blossomed in her heart. Darin was experiencing this feeling several times today.

Darin was a girl loved by everyone.

It wasn’t just about being beautiful; it was because she had an unusual charm and personality. She was a woman with a warm heart, reluctantly giving affection even to Bayoren, who attacked me relentlessly.

Is her nature inherited by the child as well? Darien was helplessly captivated by the deep blue eyes, like the night sky, filled with light. In any corner of this world, tears flowed once again in the face of an unattainable nobility.

Darien slowly reached out to caress the baby’s cheek. However, the timid baby turned its head slightly, perhaps a little afraid.

The mother made a startled expression and bit her lip. She was terrified that she might have been too harsh on the child.

“…Sweetie, can Mommy touch your cheek a little?”

Taking an overly authoritative tone with a child not even a year old. But to Darien, the child was just as precious.

Did the child appreciate this parental care? The child hesitated for a moment, then stopped sobbing and began to smile again. Seeing this as permission, Darien let out a sigh of relief.

The mother gently wiped the child’s eyes with her sleeve, took a deep breath, and then gently patted the child’s cheek again.

“Wow, wow…”

The girl, who was floundering in the sea of ecstasy, kept mumbling without pause, not knowing what to say, constantly smudging her red lips. She couldn’t find words to express this happy sensation.

Darien smiled softly and pinched the child’s cheeks here and there. It seemed she had given birth perfectly without any flaws.

Although not entirely healthy, ultimately it was my fault for not giving birth properly, I thought I would have to bear the consequences later.

– Sigh.

The child’s distressed face, panting heavily, gradually regained composure. Realizing that this woman’s embrace was her home, she felt no need to be tense.

A soft breath hovered near the child’s mouth, now much more relaxed. Darien leaned her ear against Cael’s mouth and savored this sense of calm. Truly fortunate. She wasn’t as fragile as she had feared.

Darien gently stroked the two tightly clenched hands. Pressing the lips that seemed to be showing some dissatisfaction…

– Smack.

Unintentionally, I ended up kissing her.

‘Oh, this shouldn’t have happened…!’

And then, a feeling of immediate apology arose. Stealing the child’s first kiss from the mother, what if the child later feels unjust?

“Mi, I’m sorry, Kael.”

Darin, who cautiously watched, offered an apology to the child’s ear. But Kael seemed to like his mother’s kiss quite a bit, puckering his small lips as if asking for more.

A bright, happy smile spread across the little child’s face. It was the behavior of a filial son who would gladly receive anything his mother did for him.

“Oh…”

Overwhelmed with emotion, Darin once again burst into tears. It was difficult to control her emotions because she felt so grateful to the child who repaid her with small touches no matter what she did.

“Kael, Kael, Kael…”

The woman’s mouth repeated her child’s name incessantly. Before giving birth to the child, she had even harbored resentment towards the child when her belly swelled. But now that this moment had arrived, the despair from back then felt like nothing at all.

Even if it wasn’t really like that. Darin thought this way. Perhaps I was reborn in this world just to give birth to this child.

Today is a day when I can only feel grateful to the god I used to dislike for some reason.

Taking the soft hand of the baby, barely born, like a white fluff, Darin spoke to the child. The baby probably couldn’t understand these words yet.

But she wanted to express her overflowing heart.

– Thank you for coming to find the lonely mother, my dear.

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The man moved the disheveled mother to the bathtub.

From head to toe, he meticulously cleaned every part of her body, as if serving a god, since there was not a single clean spot left. Just as his mother always did for him.

The man’s face, which had committed a despicable act, was filled with a triumphant smile. This moment was one that had wounded the mother, but ultimately, it was also the moment when he made this woman his own.

“Kael…”

Even though I am immersed in sleep, the figure of the woman who calls me with tears flowing is truly pitiful and endlessly beautiful. It must be her first time, so she must have been very surprised. But even this will be resolved by time.

Have I come too far to be lost in compassion? The worries and fragile emotions were all sorted out during the three years of self-discipline.

I had no intention of giving up the one and only love of my one and only life for the reason of being a vampire.

The man made up his mind as he gently stole a glance at his mother’s eyes. From today, little by little, he would apologize to his mother and repay her kindness. It is to make her accept me.

Because of the most charming mother, I engaged in intense affection contrary to expectations, but satisfaction was much greater than regret. Seeing this, it is clear that I am also a barbarian with Bayoran blood flowing.

But what can I do? Because of the young men who look at their mothers, I became unable to endure the impatience that surged madly.

“Hahaha…”

A wicked smile appeared on the man’s face. A white beast is expecting something. It is the moment when his mother becomes a bitch who violates the same principles as me.

I decided to become a beast that had long ago departed from the principles. The beast that ignored all worries was no longer rough.

Above all, if my mother accepted me and fell into the abyss together, there would have been much to give and much to enjoy.

Seeing the face of a woman where pain and happiness coexist, it is certain that the bride is trying to escape despair in dreams.

But even this will become impossible when she opens her eyes.

Her reality will be an unreachable despair that cannot escape anywhere.