episode_0128

“Congratulations, mom. You are 2 weeks pregnant.”

Oh my god, this is crazy.

… That’s not it. I shouldn’t be using words like this so carelessly anymore.

An obstetrics and gynecology clinic in the hospital within the Academy. Lager, who had confirmed her pregnancy through an ultrasound, stood next to me with a joyful expression on her face, holding my hand.

But I felt a little complicated and mysterious.

‘Mother’.

It’s the second week of ‘pregnancy’.

Even though I had worn a helmet and gone through two weeks of training, I never imagined that I would become a woman and have the experience of having a child.

I’m a mom.

Neither dad nor mom.

Me, me come… .

I unconsciously stroked my lower abdomen. I couldn’t believe that there was life inside it.

“This is a time when you need to be especially careful, so the mother should also be careful in everything. Your husband should take good care of you.”

“Yes, yes, of course. I will take good care of it.”

“The expectant mother must absolutely not drink or smoke.”

“… Not even a glass of beer?”

“Yes, of course.”

I quit smoking, but this is going to be a bit difficult. I already miss the faint taste of alcohol. If I had known I would have a baby, I would have drank a lot before.

… When I suddenly thought of that, I was suddenly overcome with a feeling of anxiety.

“Excuse me, what if I drink alcohol without knowing it during the early stages of pregnancy?”

“How much did you drink?”

“Ah, um, that’s… . Hey, how much did we drink?”

“I don’t know. It’s not easy to calculate the exact amount because I ate it with soju… What should I do?”

The doctor looked at us both alternately with a bewildered expression.

“Did you two have a baby without any plans?”

At those words, we looked at each other.

‘Ale, do you want to talk?’

‘No. You talk.’

‘I wonder?’

‘It’d be a little embarrassing if I told you.’

‘Ah, um. Okay. Okay. I see.’

Surprisingly, the conversation was all done with eye contact. Maybe it was because they had a child, but they were able to communicate to some extent just by looking at each other.

“I had sex with her three times without knowing I would get pregnant. Before that, I used condoms without fail… .”

“This crazy kid!!”

He hit the man in the mouth with his palm as he was about to say, “This is the fourth time, including the stuff that’s in my mouth,” and then immediately grabbed him by the collar.

“You really want to lose? Why don’t you just brag to everyone in the neighborhood that you ate it?!”

“Eating is too harsh. How can a married couple do something like that? They just had an act of love.”

“The word ‘crossing’ itself is not used for people, man!”

I was about to cast the Rage Grab spell when the doctor stopped me.

“Mother. Please rest easy.”

“Ah… . Yes. I’m sorry. And please forget what you just heard.”

“Well, are you talking about ‘the ignorant, the ignorant, the ignorant, the ignorant’? Or is it ‘the act of love mating’?”

“I wish you could forget both of them, but if you have to forget only one of them, forget ‘Mujisung Kkojabdupang Nokonjilsa’.”

“I’ll try.”

“Are you saying that you are both trying to forget?”

“Yes.”

I don’t think I’ll ever forget it.

Anyway, I decided to believe that he had forgotten.

The doctor emphasized this point again and again.

“The expectant mother must be very careful. Since the fetus is in an unstable period, she must be careful of external stimuli and must remain absolutely calm to avoid psychological shock as much as possible.”

I nodded while patting my stomach. When Lager reached out his hand to touch my stomach, I suddenly remembered the words from before and slapped Lager’s hand away.

“Eww?!”

“Get your hands off me.”

As I glared at him like a poisoned cat and pressed on, the doctor knocked on the desk and warned me again.

“This won’t do either.”

“Ah… Really?”

The strict and serious expression of a doctor and the haughty face of a lager.

Ha… I can already clearly see that it’s been 10 months of suffering.

When I left the obstetrics and gynecology department and got on the elevator to the first floor, the outside scenery seemed familiar. Now that I think about it, I always recovered here when I got injured. Whenever I went down to the first floor, I would always look around the hospital with its circular corridors from the elevator.

“Are all the kids discharged?”

“Probably so. You ate your finger and it was like a quick cure.”

“That worked great.”

“Hmm… I guess I should at least tell the kids.”

Of course, I plan to tell all three of them. But.

“Dakota… is a bit scary to say.”

I was a little afraid that Dakota would be able to react calmly when she found out that the fruit of her love affair with Lager was in her stomach.

I think I’ve sorted things out a bit since declaring defeat that day, but I’m still worried that my suppressed yandere tendencies might come back to haunt me.

Even so… it’s a bit funny that they only leave out Dakota.

“Call them and tell them to come over for dinner at my house. Tell them they don’t need to bring alcohol.”

*

Contrary to my expectations that none of us would be quick-witted, the three people who came to our house that evening even bought a cake in advance and brought it with them.

“Chloe! Godin! Congratulations~! Bam bam!!”

“The fruit of love, Aga Beer, has finally arrived!”

“Now that it’s your first child, the big family will really start to form!”

“Oh, then yes. Since we’re both still 21, if we work hard, won’t we be able to join a baseball team?”

This shady duo can’t say anything they can’t say in front of a pregnant woman. On the other hand, the quiet Dakota was doing something, and he was putting in some candles and lighting them.

Dakota quietly turned off the lights and came over, handing me a cake with an embarrassed expression.

“… Congratulations.”

I still like him though.

There was a strong sense of not wanting to embarrass him.

So I smiled and accepted the cake with gratitude and a little bit of regret.

“Thank you.”

“Please blow out the candles.”

“It’s not even your birthday?”

“Still. It’s to wish for the child’s health.”

Well, good is good. I carefully blew out the candles. The flames of the two tall candles, representing me and Lager, and the small candle, representing the child, went out in a flash.

“Wow!”

“Congratulations on becoming a mom, Chloe!”

Dakota also smiled and fit in with the atmosphere as she watched the two people congratulating her with applause.

“Godin, congratulations on becoming a father.”

When I heard Dakota say that she had specifically asked me to leave out the sparklers when buying the cake, I thought to myself,

Thanks Dakota.

You are a really good person.

Live happily.

From then on, it was chaos as usual.

“Hey, when the hell are you moving! Me too? I want to see that magnificent Tier Black house, you guys!”

“Yes! I also want to play without the noise between floors!”

Why are you complaining about that? When the time comes, you’ll just go foolishly.

“This won’t work. Yooju. Bring some snacks.”

“Where is it?”

“Over there, under the table, in the lower left drawer, there are potato chips.”

Does this bitch really want to die?

… No, I decided not to say that. No matter what, it’s a bit much to go beyond just eating our food and knowing exactly where it is.

And what is truly unforgivable is…

“That’s a drinking snack, don’t take it out and eat it without drinking!”

I learned in college that anyone who only eats side dishes deserves to be beaten to death!

Lina responded in a dull voice as she opened the bag of potato chips Yuju had brought her.

“I can’t help it, I can’t even drink because I’m trying to please you. Please forgive me for this much.”

“There’s no need to bring out snacks and eat them just because you don’t drink, Lina.”

“And you won’t be able to eat this anyway. It’ll all rot in 10 months.”

“It doesn’t rot? And you can drink lager!”

Honestly, this is what I disliked the most.

Why are you eating the food I bought for my husband without permission?

… I had a hard time holding back my mouth from twitching because it was obvious that if I said that, I would be laughed at again.

Dakota, who had been quietly eating cake, raised her head as if she had something to ask.

“Oh, Chloe. By the way, have you decided on a nickname?”

“No, not yet. We found out about the pregnancy today.”

“I see,” I nodded, but then Yuju suddenly stepped forward.

“Then shall we have a ‘Name-Giving Contest’?”

“Is it Idea Bank today? Call!”

“Well… . If we can help, that would be a good idea.”

No, don’t have a contest in my kid’s name!

… Well, but if you think about it, it might be okay. This doesn’t confirm the name, and you might come up with an unexpected good name as a blessing, right?

“Hmm, okay. I’ll give it a try.”

And so, all of a sudden, the ‘Aga Beer Naming Shop’ opened.