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Because there was still no noticeable change even after I put on clothes, I understand why he was surprised.
When I nodded once more, Callisto smiled faintly.
“I don’t feel…… anything. Is it not moving now?”
“It seems like it’s not moving that much yet. It was moving earlier when Phoebe touched it.”
I spoke defensively without realizing it, and he touched my hair with his other hand.
“Your hair isn’t completely dry, Lou.”
Pink hair was caught between his white, long fingers.
Perhaps due to the dampness, the color was darker than usual.
“Ah, I was applying oil and suddenly the baby started moving……”
“……How do you dry it? I want to help.”
Unfortunately, this wonderful world of magic did not have hair dryers.
If Ren were here, he could dry it with a poof, but that meant there was no way to borrow the power of tools.
“Just leave it, Cal. It takes a long time. Phoebe will do it later.”
“……Would you not like me to do it?”
Of course not.
I eventually gestured towards a nearby towel, and Callisto carefully picked it up.
Rough hands that had probably held swords or pens their entire life clumsily held the towel and patted my long hair.
“……It really takes a long time.”
I mumbled apologetically, and he whispered softly.
“I wish that were true.”
Because of the subtle atmosphere in his words, all the facts I had forgotten for a moment, excited about the baby, came back to me at once.
Things like my thin indoor dress, bare feet, the dim bedroom……, and the strong scent of a man in an enclosed space.
‘It’s a relief that I can’t see his face because he’s turned around.’
A tense silence filled the air, punctuated only by the monotonous sound of him patting my hair dry with the towel.
Time cruelly passed slowly.
If it weren’t for that sound, he would have heard my heart pounding.
“Lou.”
Callisto finally slowed his movements and called me.
“……Yes?”
He, sitting behind me, rested his forehead on my shoulder.
The warmth of his body was transmitted through the thin cotton dress.
He made me incredibly nervous and then changed the subject.
“I’ve been thinking, I’d like it to be a daughter. If it’s a daughter who resembles you, I’ll hand over Babenberg, and every time those incompetent fools dare to ask for your hand in marriage, I’ll cut off their heads.”
I laughed in disbelief.
His hair tickled my neck.
“The baby in my belly will be surprised to hear that, Cal. And what if it’s a son? What will you do if he feels hurt?”
In fact, it might not even be his child, but I said it without realizing it.
“Then……”
Callisto corrected himself.
“Even if it’s a son, I hope his hair resembles yours. I know you’re beautiful no matter what your hair color is. But…… I like your current hair color.”
Actually, I like my hair color too.
‘How can hair be so beautifully cotton candy-like?’
In my previous life, I had never even seen a doll with such beautiful hair.
I proudly looked down at my hair, and Callisto leaned down further and kissed my cheek lightly.
“I think it’s dry enough now.”
He whispered softly like the wind.
If he raised his voice a little, he wouldn’t have to whisper in my ear like this.
I turned my gaze and stared blankly at him, and he gently curved his lips.
“Good night.”
He was close enough for me to feel his breath.
If I hadn’t come to my senses at that moment, I would have turned my head and kissed him first, as if possessed.
I quickly picked up my almost-dropped heart and put it back in its place, and laughed as if nothing had happened.
“Good night, Cal.”
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Early in the morning, I woke up to the baby’s movements.
‘Should I go show Cal?’
Callisto naturally came to mind because of the previous night’s events, but thinking about the subtle atmosphere, I didn’t dare to go to him first.
‘Is Cal really my type after all?’
I frustratedly examined myself.
‘But now is not the time to choose the man I like, but to find the father of my child.’
I sighed and got up, opening my diary.
For the past few days, Louise’s academy life had been as peaceful as life in Edessa.
After reminiscing with Ren, Louise had brightened up a lot and made some enjoyable memories.
As expected, Ren’s name appeared again.
Today, I almost died of laughter because of Ren.
He gave me a rolled-up wafer cookie when class ended, and when I tried to sneak a taste in the afternoon, the cookie was too chewy.
I looked closely, wondering why, and saw a small note rolled up inside the cookie.
「Let’s watch the stars on the dormitory roof tonight.」
Sitting on the roof and looking up at the stars was one of my few good memories, something Master Moghald only occasionally did at the Imperial Palace’s Star Palace……
The sky seen from the dormitory roof was even more beautiful than then, and nothing about reality came to mind.
We had a pretty date-like experience, didn’t we?
I giggled and turned to the next page.
As I placed my finger on the embossed pattern, words began to appear again.
I had a terrible dream.
A dream where I die.
No wonder I was uncharacteristically happy.
Suddenly, my head throbbed, and a dream I had never seen before played out like a movie.
Louise lying still as if asleep.
So pale, and with no heartbeat.
And the shock and pain Louise would have felt upon seeing that scene pierced my heart.
“……Ah.”
I moaned softly and closed the diary.
Louise in this timeframe, writing in her diary after waking up from a nightmare, seemed to overlap with me.
The flower of the Imperial Family, born with beautiful looks, but in reality, a lonely and unhappy childhood because she was not loved at all.
Because of that, she grew up overly conscious of others’ gazes and afraid of being hated, with a passive personality.
‘A foolish girl who thought the good fortune before her eyes was just a lie and was willing to endure misfortune.’
I crouched down and caught my breath, and a small sound reached my ears.
“Your Highness? Are you already awake?”
I don’t know what kind of expression I had on my face.
However, Phoebe’s approaching footsteps became increasingly urgent.
“Your Highness! Your Highness, are you alright? Is there anyone outside? Bring the physician!”
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After lying back down with Phoebe’s help, the physician arrived.
He examined me thoroughly and declared with a troubled expression that there was nothing physically wrong with me.
‘Of course.’
At least my body was fine.
I must have fallen asleep without realizing it.
In my dream, I saw Louise’s death, again and again, and again.
‘It seems I saw all the dreams Louise had over the years at once.’
Sometimes, when I read the diary, the emotions within it would wash over me as if they were my own, but seeing them in a dream made my head throb and my heart pound.
‘It seems the assimilation with the character that any transmigrator experiences has finally come to me after three months.’
Unfortunately, Louise was a truly melancholy girl.
When I woke up with a bruised heart after being tormented by the dream, I saw Callisto.
“Are you feeling unwell?”
I looked up at his worried blue eyes, and suddenly remembered a conversation I had with Ren.
“The date you mentioned has passed. I’ve done everything as you wished. Even at this very moment…… I’m by your side. Are you still anxious? Still unable to choose anyone?”
At that time, I really couldn’t understand those words at all.
Now I think I know.
The reason why the three men who claimed to be the baby’s father didn’t completely turn against each other and only maintained a moderate rivalry.
‘Louise thought death was approaching.’
I would have thought the same if I were her.
The nightmares were that persistent.
If I had the same dream so many times, anyone would think that way.
‘Not only that, but all three of them knew it.’
That’s why they didn’t force Louise to choose and continued to wait.
Hoping with all their hearts that the unfortunate dream wasn’t true.
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