147. Pregnancy Magic

147. Pregnancy Magic

“Something’s strange.”

“Yes, it’s strange.”

Claire brushed her hair, which was being blown about by the cold wind, aside. She calmly watched the monsters swarming like rats beyond the horizon.

“Every time my sister sends a letter these days, she adds a postscript saying ‘I love you, Priscilla♡’. She even adds a heart at the end. Why on earth is she doing that?”

“No, not that…”

Claire calmed her twitching eyes and shook her head as she continued.

“Freya. She’s been giggling since this morning, it’s strange.”

“Isn’t it because she had sex with Skadi? She was given the whole day yesterday for her birthday, so they must have done it.”

“Hmm…”

It was highly likely, but something kept bothering her. Even if they had been intimate all day, there was no need for her to be so smug. But the Freya she saw this morning was like… someone confident that they had won a competition.

And her skin was so soft and smooth, as a bonus.

“I want to have sex too!”

“Pipi is still too young, so no… Don’t take off my skirt. It’s cold!”

Claire pondered the reason and shook her head to clear her thoughts. The monsters were slowly approaching.

“Skadi said she’d be tired today and wouldn’t come out… she hasn’t even shown her face. How much did they do?”

“I know, right? I can’t even imagine Skadi being tired. She’s never gotten tired with us. Even when the two of us do it together, we’re always the ones who pass out first… Pipi, let go of my skirt.”

“I don’t know, I just don’t like it… Tsk, they’re coming.”

The condition Skadi’s father set for allowing Priscilla and Claire to reside in the North was to help defend against the periodic monster invasions.

The first time they followed Skadi and saw the monsters rushing in like waves, how panicked the two of them were. Claire thought back to her appearance a year ago and let out an incredulous laugh at how she had already adapted.

Claire lightly kicked off the ground and plummeted below the watchtower. Priscilla watched her calmly, then spoke to Pipi, who was naked and biting her skirt beside her.

“Pipi, you’re going to ‘judge’ those monsters. You can do it, right?”

“Yes!”

Pipi let go of the skirt and shook her red hair as she opened her mouth towards the horizon. As a signal, Priscilla extended her staff and gathered red magic with all her might.

“Attack!”

“Pipi!!!”

With a slightly uncool cry, a massive flame swept through the area. The snowfield instantly melted, revealing the ground hidden beneath the permafrost, and the melting snow vaporized, showering the monsters with immense heat.

As the heat filling the surroundings, unable to overcome the northern cold, dissipated, golden trajectories streaked horizontally, cleaving the sky and the earth. Priscilla, watching intently, then rained down dozens of meteors from the sky.

“Hehehe… It paid off to train hard for a year. I’m glad I asked Skadi’s mother for guidance… Kya?!”

“Pipi… I want to have sex now!”

“Pipi, I told you not to pull my skirt! I, I need to aim the meteor! Wait…!”

A moment later, Claire’s scream from below reached the watchtower.

——

The long battle finally ended. Claire, who had returned to the watchtower, completely disheveled, sighed at Priscilla.

“…”

“I tried my best, Claire.”

Since Skadi, the main force, was absent, they had to face more monsters than usual, and Claire’s appearance was completely ruined as she had to dodge meteors flying at her. Fortunately, she was wearing clothes that didn’t matter if they were damaged.

Of course, Priscilla was just as ruined as Claire. Her skirt was torn, and she had no panties. Her clothes were also riddled with holes. The missing panties were probably in the belly of the dragon chewing over there.

Either way, no one was unharmed. Claire sighed deeply again.

“…How did it get like this just because Skadi was gone?”

“Haha… Of course, Pipi is largely to blame for this one… “

“That’s enough, let’s go back. And I need to ask Skadi what exactly she did with Freya yesterday.”

Claire brushed off the snow that had started to cover her head white and returned to the mansion. After handing over her weapons and coat, stained with monster blood and flesh, to the servants, Claire, now in comfortable underclothes, headed in a different direction than Skadi’s room.

“Huh? Weren’t you going to Skadi’s?”

“I need to wash up before I go… change clothes, and, well, put on a little makeup.”

Claire’s cheeks were slightly flushed with embarrassment as she said that. She, who had always been far from makeup, didn’t want to show such a free-spirited appearance in front of Skadi.

Seeing her looking like a woman in love, Priscilla chuckled and followed Claire.

“Then I’ll wash up with you!”

After bathing, changing, and a quick makeup session, the two headed to Skadi’s room. Knock, knock, the familiar sound of knocking on the spruce door was heard.

“Skadi, I’m coming in?”

“Ah, Claire, Priscilla. You’re here.”

Skadi, who was sitting on the bed, was wearing a pure white dress. It was a loose-fitting garment, designed for ease of movement. It looked similar to pajamas, but the design was subtly different, such as the absence of a waistline.

“You’re not hurt, are you? I’m sorry for sending you two alone.”

“It’s okay. I almost got hurt… Anyway, what’s with that outfit?”

Claire, who had received an apology kiss from Skadi, asked as she was held in her arms. Skadi, holding Claire, who fit perfectly in her arms, lifted the hem of her skirt slightly and said.

“This? It’s my mother’s maternity wear.”

“Right, maternity wear… What?!”

Claire and Priscilla, the words they heard were impossible to overlook. Priscilla quickly opened her mouth.

“You… Skadi, you don’t know what maternity wear means, do you?”

“Hey, how stupid do you think I am? It’s clothes for pregnant women. My mother told me this morning, so I remember it clearly.”

“So, you’re just wearing it because it’s comfortable, right? Well, maternity wear is comfortable… it’s made to be comfortable-“

“Ah, I haven’t told you guys yet.”

Skadi patted her stomach, the area where her uterus would be, and continued.

“I’m pregnant.”

It was a truly shocking statement. Claire, who first snapped out of her shock, spoke.

“Wh, who are you pregnant by?!”

“From Freya. It’s normal for a sister to get pregnant by her younger sister.”

What kind of absurd nonsense was this? Claire, who was stammering, clung to the hope that it was just a misunderstanding, a trivial incident stemming from Skadi’s low intelligence.

“Skadi, you don’t understand. Two women cannot get pregnant, ever. Freya must have tricked you yesterday. It’s impossible for a sister to get pregnant by her younger sister.”

But Claire’s voice trembled as she said it. Although she was denying it verbally, a corner of her mind was considering the worst-case scenario.

Freya’s smug demeanor this morning. That annoying way she brushed off their provocations as if they were barking dogs. That look of having a strong backing. What if there was something different? What if there was a reason for her to be so confident?

And then, Skadi’s current appearance, wearing maternity clothes and stroking her belly, overlapped with that thought. Soon, an answer confirming the worst-case scenario came from Skadi’s mouth.

“No, look. I’m pregnant. When this heart is filled, you’re pregnant. My mother also said that it was successfully implanted, even though it was the first time.”

“”…””

Priscilla and Claire both gaped at the uterus tattoo Skadi showed them. The white tattoo, pulsing slowly with the rhythm of a heartbeat, was clearly not an ordinary tattoo.

Priscilla whispered.

“If Mother didn’t say anything, it seems real, Claire?”

“…Huh. How on earth? Magic? No, wait, then what was she doing locked in her room all day yesterday? Was she researching how to impregnate her own sister?”

It was sheer, insane obsession. Priscilla, with a look of disgust, said to Claire.

“What should we do?”

“…”

Freya impregnating Skadi meant that pregnancy between women was possible, or at least that the possibility had opened up. It was certainly good news, but the price was quite high. She never expected to be beaten to the punch.

“Should we tell her to abort it?”

“Are you crazy?”

Even so, she couldn’t tell her to abort the baby. She wasn’t that much of a degenerate. Besides, the child in her belly was Skadi’s child. How could she hate the child of the person she loved?

“Oh, by the way, it’s twins. Freya got her pregnant twice.”

“…”

Claire corrected ‘child’ to ‘children’. Then she opened her mouth.

“Skadi.”

“Yeah?”

“Do you know that it’s common sense for werewolves to get pregnant with quadruplets?”

“Really?”

It was a lie, of course. But the possibility of pregnancy itself existed.

Whatever method Freya used, it wasn’t a normal one. Therefore, it was highly likely that she could get pregnant again even though she was already pregnant. If so, what was needed… was a way to create a baby.

Claire, who had wiped her face with her hand, said to Priscilla.

“…Priscilla.”

“Yes!”

“Lock Freya in her room and tickle her until she talks.”

The question of what she should talk about was not asked. Priscilla smiled and went outside, while Skadi tilted her head and embraced Claire.