episode_0589

“You are pregnant. I think it’s been about 2 months. ”

“Oh, I see… .”

“… Yeah, I see.”

Ethan and I nodded cautiously at the priest’s diagnosis and tried to act calm.

From the moment I felt morning sickness, I had a strange feeling, but hearing the news officially like this made me really panic.

I was trying not to get pregnant a second time, but I never thought I would end up having a second child already.

“What is your pregnancy~?”

“If your mother is pregnant, it means that Miss Iris will have a younger sibling~.”

“Brother~?”

It would be too early to call a two-year-old child “older sister” or “younger brother.”

But since I already had a younger sibling, it was certain that I would have one. However, there was something that needed to be taken care of urgently before that.

“Dress… Is that okay?”

“… It’ll be okay. I just adjusted it recently. ”

… It’s only going to be a week, but even if I gain weight it won’t be that noticeable.

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wedding ceremony.

It was a word that had no connection at all with me in my previous life, and I thought it would probably be the same in this world.

I never thought that I, possessed by a woman’s body, would end up marrying a man in this hypothetical world.

Even when I think about the fact that the opponent was the character I hated the most in my past life, I can’t believe how ironic things in this world can be.

‘I’m so nervous. What if I make a mistake?’

It’s a once in a lifetime wedding, no, to be exact, a once in two lifetimes.

You have to be very careful not to make a mistake and make the atmosphere awkward.

Like walking practice while wearing a dress or basic etiquette at a wedding.

Of course, in this world, it’s not possible to have a wedding rehearsal like in the original world, so this is just a virtual practice assuming you’re wearing a dress.

… In fact, the dress I had ordered in advance was quite tight compared to my current physical condition.

-Whoaah.

“Lee, release… . My heart got bigger again… ?”

“… I think it’s probably because of pregnancy.”

“Uh, what should I do…? It seems a little dangerous if we continue like this… .”

The fact that your breasts get bigger when you’re pregnant was something I learned from experience when I gave birth to Iris.

Rather, the stomach hasn’t come out that much yet, so there hasn’t been an issue with the waist not fitting, but the chest area needs to be resized.

Isabel, who had brought a white lace dress similar to the one I had, came to me, as if she was offering to provide first aid.

“Release, pull down your clothes a little. I’ll just adjust them a little. Senior Katarina, put this lace on the chest area of Release’s dress… .”

“Yeah, yeah… . I’ll do the sewing, so Isabel will cut it… .”

Two people are hastily adding lace to the chest area of the dress I’m wearing and continuing to make repairs.

Even up until just before the wedding, I owed a lot to these two people. Especially in the case of Isabel, you could say that a lot of my life changed because of her.

Thanks to her efforts, I was able to attend the academy with Ethan, resolve the misunderstanding between me and Ethan, and graduate safely even after giving birth to Iris.

I probably won’t be able to repay the favor I received from her even if my whole life passes.

‘In the first place, if it were Isabel, I wouldn’t have even mentioned paying it back.’

If someone finds a good match and gets married, I can give them a generous dowry.

Or, even if I become independent to find a new job, it would be the same. But since I have no reason to receive a dowry or retirement pay, I have no chance to repay the favor.

It seems like she has no intention of quitting being the Blackwood family’s maid for the time being. If Isabel changes her mind later, you can take care of her then.

… In fact, if she had stayed in the Blackwood family, I would have appointed her as the next head maid after Melissa, but it seemed like she didn’t want that.

Rather than being a busy maid with various tasks, it seemed that just being Iris’ exclusive maid would be enough, so for now I’ll just follow her opinion.

“Okay, that’s it, release! Put it back on!”

“… Like this?”

“Ah, it seems better than before… . But I think you should still be a little careful… .”

“Because it’s temporarily attached. If you jump or fall, it might really come off, so be careful, Release. ”

“Oh, I guess so… .”

I have no intention of showing my breasts to any other man. So I put on a dress that barely covers half of my breasts and walked out of the room.

… After today passes, Ethan and I will officially become a married couple.

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As I left the room I was using as a temporary waiting room for the bride and went outside, memories of the past suddenly flashed through my mind.

Like when I saw Dan’s appearance as a child in ‘Luminor Academy’ and fainted from the shock, and then later when I first met Dan while doing some chores in the kitchen.

After that, I got involved here and there and became an exclusive maid, and I got really mad at that little girl and almost tried to kill her.

‘… It’s really useful to be alive, me.’

In fact, if you think about how much Harold cherished Ethan in the original work, it wouldn’t have been strange if he had died several times already.

Right after I was possessed, I thought that I was a character with really bad ‘luck’, but when I look back, there really has never been a case of someone surviving with as much ‘luck’ as I did.

My first experience wasn’t something I was forced to do, I could do it of my own free will whenever I wanted, and I didn’t experience any of the humiliation or training that Lilith did.

‘… No, not at all.’

The vibrator prank I got at the graduation party was a bit too harsh to be considered an expression of affection. And the part where I was crawling around the room with a leash on and my tail on my butt.

Well, to this extent, it was an act of mutual agreement. It’s not something to be particularly concerned about.

I can’t say I was pure because I have a good conscience, but I still think I had a pretty good love.

At some point, I completely forgot my identity as a man in my past life and began to accept my body as a woman.

Things that were thought to be impossible become possible, and things that were thought to be absolutely unacceptable become permitted.

I fell in love with someone I thought I could never, ever love.

… and it will continue to be like that in the future.

“… Phew.”

I felt like I was going to cry if I kept reminiscing, so I just walked down the stairs. I also felt it was rude to make Ethan and the other guests wait too long.

After passing the stairs leading to the 3rd and 2nd floors and coming down the wide stairs in the center of the hall, the Prince of the Blackwood family was already ready and waiting for me.

“Here I come, Ethan.”

“Yeah. Pretty, Release.”

“Ethan too, you’re awesome.”

“Thank you.”

Ethan’s face turned bright red enough that I could recognize it. My face probably wouldn’t look much different from Ethan’s perspective.

Compared to his usual black suit, today he was wearing a white suit from head to toe, which made his flushed face stand out even more.

“Shall we come down, Ethan?”

“Okay, release. Give me your hand.”

Edan took my hand in the middle of the stairs and escorted me step by step.

These stairs, which I had climbed up and down almost every day while staying at Blackwood Manor, felt unusually long today.

The more it feels like reality. If this world were a game based on my perspective, I would say it feels like the happy ending is just around the corner.

It’s as if this story will turn into ‘Actually, everything was a dream.’ All the life and adventures I’ve had so far were just a midsummer night’s dream…

-Squeak!

“Ugh?!”

Oh, it’s not a dream.

Because I was absentmindedly walking while thinking of something else, my leg mistakenly stepped on the last step and stepped on empty air, and along with that, my body lost its balance and tilted to the right.

-Two-wook.

“Release, be careful.”

“… I’m, I’m sorry, Ethan.”

“Do you really need to get hurt on a nice day like today? There’s no need to become a patient on your once-in-a-lifetime wedding.”

“Yes… .”

Fortunately, Ethan, who was next to me, caught me, so I didn’t fall forward or anything. Of course, I couldn’t help feeling embarrassed.

It’s really like this until the end. I’m making another mistake.

I tried to get up from Edan’s embrace to walk again, but for some reason, my body felt like it was tied tightly to his arms and I couldn’t move at all.

“No way, release.”

“… Yes?”

“You can’t even walk today. So instead, just hold me quietly.”

-Flash!

“, Ethan?!”

Edan, who saw me almost falling over, must have felt uneasy for no reason, so he quickly hugged me in his arms like a princess.

While I was making a dumbfounded expression with my legs lifted off the ground, he walked towards the closed front door without hesitation.

“… … .”

“… … .”

-Squeak.

And as soon as Ethan and I arrived at the door, Dietmaier and Melissa opened the doors on both sides without saying a word.

As soon as the gardens of the Blackwood Manor came into view, the shouts of countless people who had discovered me and Ethan echoed in my ears.