Choosing the Baby’s Father From the Following – Chapter 19

𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝟏𝟗
But Helena only seemed very flustered, not like she realized anything.

‘Huh? Wait, she’s a regressor……?’

I clearly set Helena as a capable regressor.

Well, Helena realized she had regressed after meeting Lurik.

‘Time-wise, it’s already earlier than that, but I guess she can’t realize the regression without the event of meeting Lurik.’

Then should I make her meet Lurik for now?

While I was internally weighing various possibilities, Phoebe spoke to Helena.

“I am Phoebe Nillo, the maid who serves Her Highness the Princess. The Head Priest recommended you attend the morning prayer. Shall I guide you to the chapel right away?”

That was a really good idea.

Because if we go to the chapel now, we’ll definitely be able to meet Lurik.

“Of course. I’ll lead the way.”

Watching Helena turn around briskly, her left arm and left leg moved simultaneously, perhaps because she was quite nervous.

‘Pfft.’

Feeling a secret sense of camaraderie with her, I followed Helena.

‘Yay! I found my sister-in-law!’

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When we actually arrived at the chapel, the prayer had already begun.

Lurik had already arrived and was sitting in the front row, so Helena, who only guided us to the entrance, couldn’t run into him.

‘Sigh, this isn’t right……’

My mind was completely elsewhere while attending the prayer.

‘I need to make them bump into each other somehow.’

I carefully reviewed the contents of the novel in my mind.

When Lurik went on a rampage and was imprisoned in Kaisarea’s underground prison, Helena received the priest’s order to bring food to the imprisoned prince so he wouldn’t die.

So, she bravely approached the robust man who was causing all sorts of trouble even with his limbs tied, and fed him.

‘She did that even though Lurik had injured several of the servants who went to him before.’

Of course, Lurik also acted violently in front of her, and Helena accidentally grabbed the back of his hand while trying to stop him.

‘At that moment, Lurik suddenly came to his senses.’

However, it was such a fleeting moment for Helena that she left the prison without properly realizing what had happened.

Just relieved that she had saved a life.

But that night, Helena suffered from a long dream.

‘She saw the future where Lurik soon breaks out of the monastery, seizes the Imperial Palace, and executes all the other members of the Imperial Family.’

If it had stopped there, it would have been bearable.

‘If Lurik had come to his senses even then and become a great emperor, it might have been okay.’

But Lurik completely lost his reason due to the magic sword, and eventually became a tyrant who would go down in history, ruining this great empire.

The moment Babenberg, which had been struggling alone, collapsed, the entire continent fell into the hands of the barbarians.

‘This place, Kaisarea, is unfortunately in the north.’

As such, the barbarians quickly pushed down to the monastery, and Helena clearly saw the future where she and the monks would die at their hands.

‘After waking up from the dream, Helena didn’t doubt it in the slightest.’

The devout Helena was convinced that she had seen the future, or had returned to the past after experiencing the future.

And then she remembered the feeling of the raw magical power that was raging inside Lurik being absorbed into her and disappearing.

‘So, you see……’

It’s not enough for Lurik and Helena to just meet.

‘They need physical contact.’

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After the prayer, we all went to the dining hall, but unfortunately, Helena was nowhere to be seen.

I was preoccupied with the new challenge when I spotted Ren’s sullen face and chuckled.

He pretended to lie down and whispered to me.

“The bread is dry and the fish is fishy. Are we really going to spend ten days here, Lou?”

Unlike his appearance, he was said to be from a noble family, but he was shamelessly picky at the age of twenty-seven.

Well, both the Magic Tower and his hometown, Cesena, are inland, so they’re not areas where people eat a variety of fish.

‘Not only that, but Ren is the Tower Master.’

It’s common in fantasy worlds for the Magic Tower and monasteries to be at odds.

‘Even the good-natured Head Priest Didio only nodded briefly to Ren as a greeting.’

Thanks to Ren’s anti-nausea medicine, I picked up a piece of fish and tasted it as I said,

“If you’re uncomfortable, Ren, you can go to Babenberg Castle first. Or you can go back to Brentania.”

He immediately grumbled.

“Lou, you’ve become too cold lately. Normally, you would have picked up some fruit for me instead of the fish, and said I could go first if I didn’t like it.”

Louise, was she originally that kind of character……?

Feeling a pang of guilt, I quickly picked up a piece of fruit and offered it to him.

“That’s because being picky is bad for your health.”

As I hurriedly made excuses, Ren ate a cherry with a satisfied face.

“Well, I understand. Lou is going through a sensitive time these days. Did you take your medicine?”

I chuckled and nodded.

“Thanks to that, I can even eat fish like this. I’m planning to go to Kaisarea Falls after the meal.”

Ren said with a serious face,

“Isn’t Kaisarea Falls famous for its hot spring water? Right now, for Lou, it’s not really……”

His voice gradually trailed off.

“It won’t be good.”

Ah, is he saying it’s not good for the baby?

I realized something I hadn’t thought of, but pretended not to and shook my head.

“I’m not going to take a hot spring bath, I’m going to see the flowers. They say blue camellias bloom around the waterfall.”

Ren cautiously asked,

“Then can I go with you?”

“Hmm……”

I pretended to think for a moment, but soon shook my head.

This was because I was planning to make an excuse to ditch Phoebe and go to the waterfall alone with Helena.

“Since it’s a hot spring, you can dip your feet in. Wouldn’t Phoebe be uncomfortable?”

Ren sighed.

“That’s true. Then what am I supposed to do here without Lou?”

I suddenly handed him a piece of fish.

“Eat this first.”

“I said I don’t want to……”

And then I whispered the secret knowledge of this world to the repeatedly refusing Tower Master.

“I heard this is very good for men. Especially at night……”

Ren’s palm hurriedly crossed the table and covered my mouth.

“Stop it, Lou. Don’t say things you can’t be responsible for……”

His trailing words somehow became muffled.

I giggled at the sight of him blushing.

The fish that Ren complained about being tasteless was eel.

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Towards the end of the dinner, Lurik was caught by Priest Didio and went to meditate.

I gave a vague smile to my brother who was sending me a pleading look and quickly returned to my room.

Then I rummaged through my luggage, pulled out an embroidery frame, and handed it to Phoebe.

“Phoebe, take this.”

Phoebe asked with wide eyes,

“Your Highness……? Why the embroidery frame all of a sudden……?”

The original Louise didn’t particularly like embroidery, so Phoebe often embroidered but never recommended it to me.

“My brother made a huge donation to stay at the monastery, but I came empty-handed, right?”

I shrugged and continued,

“I thought it would be nice to give Priest Didio a handkerchief as a gift before I leave.”

Phoebe was immediately touched and replied,

“That’s a wonderful idea, Your Highness. This Phoebe is so moved.”

“But Phoebe, right now……”

I uncomfortably patted my chest.

“My stomach has been so upset since yesterday. I think I must have had a severe indigestion because of Lord Heim.”

“Really? What should we do? Ren-nim might have some digestive medicine……!”

As I dramatically sighed, Phoebe hurriedly started rubbing my back.

I purposely groaned in pain and replied,

“It’s not serious enough to take digestive medicine. I was thinking of calling that maid from earlier and going to the hot spring. Since we’re short on time, could you draw the outline for me in the meantime?”

Fortunately, while suffering from an incurable disease, I tried various indoor hobbies, one of which was French embroidery.

After becoming Louise, I looked at the embroidery works of this country, and luckily, there wasn’t much difference from the embroidery I often did.

“But……”

Phoebe hesitated.

“Wouldn’t you be uncomfortable receiving bathing assistance from a maid you’ve never met before? She might be clumsy.”

I quickly shook my head.

“Even though the guards are guarding the entrance, I don’t want to bathe outside. I’ll just dip my feet in.”

Phoebe worriedly asked again,

“You’re planning to go to the hot spring near the waterfall, right? And you’ll be escorted by the Imperial Guard?”

“Of course.”

“Okay, then……”

My loyal maid finally relaxed and pulled the silk on the embroidery frame tighter to fix it.

“What kind of design should I draw?”

I smiled confidently at Phoebe who was asking diligently.

“Blue camellias.”

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“Y-You called, Your Highness?”

A little later, Helena appeared, even more flustered than before.

I was worried that Phoebe might insist on coming along if Helena acted unreliable, so I spoke quickly.

“Hello, Helena. I want to go to Kaisarea Falls to help digest lunch. Would you guide me?”

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