Chapter 93: Letter to Diana
──𝘛𝘰 𝘮𝘺 𝘥𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘋𝘪𝘢𝘯𝘢-𝘴𝘢𝘮𝘢.
𝘐𝘵 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘣𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘦𝘦 𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘩𝘴 𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘐 𝘨𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘣𝘪𝘳𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘰 𝘮𝘺 𝘧𝘪𝘳𝘴𝘵 𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘥 𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦.
𝘐 𝘮𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘳𝘦𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘯 𝘵𝘰 𝘮𝘺 𝘩𝘶𝘴𝘣𝘢𝘯𝘥’𝘴 𝘴𝘪𝘥𝘦, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘐 𝘳𝘦𝘨𝘳𝘦𝘵 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘣𝘦𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘥 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘣𝘳𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳-𝘪𝘯-𝘭𝘢𝘸’𝘴 𝘸𝘦𝘥𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨.
𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘳 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘥, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘱𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘳𝘦𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘯𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘌𝘪𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘥𝘵. 𝘞𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘴𝘶𝘮𝘮𝘦𝘳 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘴, 𝘸𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘨𝘰 𝘵𝘰 𝘗𝘢𝘣𝘴𝘵 𝘷𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘢𝘨𝘦 𝘢𝘨𝘢𝘪𝘯 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘢 𝘴𝘶𝘮𝘮𝘦𝘳 𝘳𝘦𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵. 𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦, 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘢𝘣𝘺.
𝘐 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘋𝘪𝘢𝘯𝘢-𝘴𝘢𝘯 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘨𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘣𝘪𝘳𝘵𝘩 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘶𝘮𝘮𝘦𝘳. 𝘐 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘷𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘰𝘶𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴 𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘮𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘣𝘦 𝘶𝘴𝘦𝘧𝘶𝘭, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘐 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘨𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮 𝘵𝘰 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘸𝘦 𝘮𝘦𝘦𝘵 𝘢𝘨𝘢𝘪𝘯.
𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘺𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘢𝘣𝘺.
𝘐 𝘩𝘰𝘱𝘦 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘥𝘳𝘦𝘯 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘧𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘴. 𝘔𝘺 𝘩𝘶𝘴𝘣𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘴 𝘢𝘭𝘴𝘰 𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘮𝘦𝘦𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘮𝘶𝘤𝘩.
──𝘍𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘚𝘰𝘧𝘪𝘢.
𝕠𝕠𝕠
──𝘛𝘰 𝘮𝘺 𝘣𝘦𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘥 𝘴𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘳.
𝘏𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘬 𝘐𝘝 𝘮𝘢𝘥𝘦 𝘢 𝘥𝘦𝘤𝘭𝘢𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳 𝘪𝘯 𝘌𝘪𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘥𝘵 𝘢𝘧𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘢 𝘥𝘪𝘧𝘧𝘪𝘤𝘶𝘭𝘵 𝘫𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘯𝘦𝘺.
𝘎𝘶𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘷 𝘢𝘭𝘴𝘰 𝘭𝘰𝘴𝘵 𝘲𝘶𝘪𝘵𝘦 𝘢 𝘣𝘪𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘸𝘦𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘥𝘶𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘫𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘯𝘦𝘺.
𝘐 𝘢𝘮 𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘱𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘗𝘢𝘱𝘢𝘭 𝘈𝘳𝘮𝘺 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘤𝘢𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘻𝘦𝘯𝘴.
𝘓𝘰𝘰𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘣𝘢𝘤𝘬 𝘯𝘰𝘸, 𝘏𝘪𝘴 𝘔𝘢𝘫𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘺 𝘮𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘴𝘶𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢 𝘸𝘢𝘺 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘱 𝘪𝘵. 𝘏𝘪𝘴 𝘦𝘹𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘮𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘢𝘣𝘯𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘢𝘭, 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘬𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘧 𝘶𝘯𝘢𝘷𝘰𝘪𝘥𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳 𝘴𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘞𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘭𝘴, 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘤𝘩 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘶𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘪𝘥𝘴𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘮𝘪𝘴𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘶𝘯𝘦.
𝘞𝘦 𝘢𝘭𝘴𝘰 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳 𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘌𝘪𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘥𝘵 𝘗𝘢𝘭𝘢𝘤𝘦.
𝘐𝘵 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘢 𝘩𝘶𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘰 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘩𝘪𝘮 𝘴𝘪𝘨𝘯 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘪𝘳𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘢 𝘱𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘢𝘯𝘵, 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘏𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘬 𝘐𝘝 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘴𝘱𝘭𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘥.
𝘙𝘢𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳, 𝘢𝘴 𝘢 𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘱𝘱𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘪𝘷𝘪𝘭 𝘸𝘢𝘳 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘴𝘶𝘤𝘤𝘶𝘮𝘣𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘩𝘢𝘮𝘦, 𝘩𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘨𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘥 𝘧𝘢𝘮𝘦 𝘣𝘰𝘵𝘩 𝘥𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺.
𝘐 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥𝘯’𝘵 𝘴𝘢𝘺 𝘴𝘶𝘤𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴, 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘪𝘵’𝘴 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨.
𝘠𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘷𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘢𝘨𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘥 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘴, 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘪𝘴 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦?
𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘢 𝘮𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘴𝘶𝘮𝘮𝘦𝘳 𝘢𝘳𝘳𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘴.
𝘐𝘵 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘣𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘢 𝘺𝘦𝘢𝘳 𝘰𝘧 𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘴, 𝘴𝘰 𝘱𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘦 𝘵𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘵𝘩.
𝘐 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘷𝘪𝘴𝘪𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘪𝘯𝘯 𝘣𝘦𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘢𝘣𝘺 𝘪𝘴 𝘣𝘰𝘳𝘯.
𝘞𝘢𝘪𝘵 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘮𝘦, 𝘐 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘣𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘶𝘱𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘥𝘶𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘥𝘣𝘪𝘳𝘵𝘩.
──𝘍𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘐𝘭𝘴𝘢.
𝕠𝕠𝕠
Diana lifted her face from those letters and gritted her teeth.
“…I won’t make it in time!”
Diana had just gone into labor and bit down on the nearby sheets due to the intense pain.
Beside her, Leon was pacing anxiously.
“Oh, calm down, calm down, calm down.”
“You calm down!”
“But, I didn’t expect the labor to start this early…!”
“I’m already at full term, right? It wouldn’t be strange for the baby to be born anytime… ahhhh!”
“Diana!”
Leon turned pale and rubbed his back.
“Not there! The lower back!”
“Yes, yes!”
“Rub harder!”
“Like this?”
“No, different! More… different… you useless!”
“Eh…?”
“Is the doctor still not here?!”
Diana tried to leave the house, clutching her large belly.
“Oh no, Diana, you can’t!”
“I’ve had enough! I’ll go to the doctor myself! The pain is unbearable!”
“Diana has gone mad…”
“Bring Regina here, Leon. Quickly!”
Just then, George opened the door from the other side.
“? Diana…”
“I’m going to the doctor now.”
“Are you crazy? I brought the doctor. For now, let them check your belly and head.”
The doctor chased the two men out, examined Diana’s cervix, and quickly came out of the house.
“Doctor, how is Diana?”
“She’s progressing fine. If everything goes well, she should give birth in about eight hours.”
The siblings exchanged glances.
“Eight hours?”
“Yes. So when the baby is about to be born, call me again. If there’s a tear, I’ll stitch it up. I’ll leave for now.”
Leon confronted the doctor.
“Will you stay and watch…?!”
“I won’t. Even if I’m here, it won’t change anything.”
“!”
“Childbirth is like that, you know. The doctor can’t take away the pain. The doctor’s role comes after the baby is born, I’m sorry.”
“But…”
The doctor quickly left.
Diana continued to walk around, but soon collapsed weakly.
As Leon massaged her lower back, George spoke up.
“Diana, is there something you want to eat?”
Diana lifted her sweaty face.
“Huh? Food?”
“Yeah. Eating something during the early stages of labor can help progress the childbirth.”
Desperate to be relieved from the pain as soon as possible, Diana responded.
“A bowl of edamame soup, rye bread… roasted lamb with wasabi wine sauce… blueberry sorbet with prosciutto and ricotta cheese…”
I can’t make all that!”
“What’s with you, George? You told me to say it…”
As she said that, Diana burst into tears. Seeing her vulnerable state, which was so unlike her usual strong self, the two who knew Diana well lowered their shoulders.
“…I’ll go and get it.”
George goes out of the entrance once again. As Leon stands up, his brother turns back and says,
“You stay by Diana’s side. Our mother ate a lot before giving birth. If you eat… a healthy child will surely be born.”
Blushing, Leon comforts the suffering Diana.
“…I’m counting on you.”
George leaves without responding to Leon’s words.
His destination is Daniel’s inn.
It’s summer, and Daniel had returned here from the urban area after a long time.
Seeing George walking towards the entrance of the inn, Daniel approaches.
“Oh, long time no see. What can I do for you?”
“Fava bean soup, rye bread. Roasted mutton with wasabi wine sauce. Blueberry sorbet with prosciutto and ricotta cheese. Can you make them now?”
“Huh? What’s with the sudden request? I can’t make all of that.”
“Diana’s going into labor. She wants to eat those before giving birth.”
“What… Is that true?! Hurry up and tell me!”
Daniel, as if scattering everything around, hastily retreats into the back.
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『”𝙰𝚠𝚎𝚋𝚜𝚝𝚘𝚛𝚒𝚎𝚜.𝚌𝚘𝚖” – 𝙳𝚒𝚜𝚌𝚘v𝚎𝚛 𝚊 𝚌𝚊𝚙𝚝𝚒v𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚠𝚘𝚛𝚕𝚍 𝚘𝚏 𝚕𝚘v𝚎, 𝚙𝚊𝚜𝚜𝚒𝚘𝚗 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚊𝚍v𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚞𝚛𝚎, 𝚠𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚎 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚌𝚊𝚗 𝚒𝚗𝚍𝚞𝚕𝚐𝚎 𝚒𝚗 𝚊 𝚌𝚘𝚕𝚕𝚎𝚌𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗 𝚘𝚏 𝚝𝚛𝚊𝚗𝚜𝚕𝚊𝚝𝚎𝚍 𝚗𝚘v𝚎𝚕𝚜 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 “𝚍𝚊𝚒𝚕𝚢 𝚞𝚙𝚍𝚊𝚝𝚎𝚜” 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚎𝚡𝚌𝚕𝚞𝚜𝚒v𝚎 𝚊𝚌𝚌𝚎𝚜𝚜 𝚝𝚘 “𝚊𝚍v𝚊𝚗𝚌𝚎𝚍 𝚌𝚑𝚊𝚙𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚜”.』
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