I Am Trying To Divorce My Villain Husband, But We Have A Child - Chapter 73

Chapter 73

‘Really… a baby is growing in my stomach…’

Until now, Elisha couldn’t grasp the idea of a baby growing in her stomach. She vaguely understood that a baby was growing inside since she had symptoms of pregnancy and her belly was forming little by little. While talking to the baby she felt like she was talking to herself. Even referring to herself as a ‘mother’ felt strange. However, when she felt the child moving as if telling her that he was growing up well, tears welled up with emotions that couldn’t be described in words.

‘My baby.’

Only then did Elisha realize she had become a mother. ‘You will have a family connected by blood.’ Even a small movement of the baby seemed to melt away the troubles of the past. There was a lot of discomfort and pain that she had to go through while having a child, but she was able to accept the discomfort and pain with ease. Elisha wrapped her arms around her stomach, which had become still again, and whispered in a tearing voice.

“Thank you for saying hello to mom, love.”

The child did not respond, but she was no longer impatient. If she waited a little longer, the child’s kicks would be visible to the naked eye. She was willing to wait for that moment.

‘It would be nice to be with Richard.’ The moment she thought so, the door opened.

“Elisha…?”

As Richard entered the room, he paused when he saw Elisha’s eyes wet with tears. He was already troubled by Elisha’s difficult pregnancy situation, so seeing her like that, his heart sank. He strode up to the bed where she was sitting.

“What happened, Elisha? Why…”

He hurriedly hugged her and wiped away the tears first, but for some reason, unlike her teary face, Elisha’s face showed a happy expression.

“Richard, I just felt the baby move.”

“What…?”

Elisha smiled, pulled down his hand, and placed it on her stomach.

“Love, please say hi to dad too. Daddy has waited a long time for you to respond, mh?”

Richard put his hand on Elisha’s belly with a puzzled look. But despite her whispers, there was no response. Elisha frowned, focused on the movement inside her, but there seemed to be no answer.

“Mmh… I guess he’s still too shy to say hi to dad.”

Elisha gave a look of regret and touched Richard’s hand, which was placed on her belly.

“At first, it felt like a tiny little fish creeping through my stomach. So I was like ‘Oh?’ But then it was like drops of water popping in my stomach, like pop pop! Like that.”

“Really?”

“It was so amazing and I felt proud that he’s growing so well… and so lovely.”

Richard glanced at Elisha who was chatting nonstop filled with joy after the first baby’s kick. It was lovely to see her smiling brightly and talking with her eyes still wet. Seeing her talking in an excited voice brought a smile to his face.

“Me too, I’m curious.”

“In a little while, you will be able to feel it too. It’s still a small baby, so it’s hard to feel it.”

Elisha yawned and continued. Richard, noticing her sleepiness, took out the massage cream from the side table drawer. He was going to give her a massage before going to bed. He began to carefully apply the cream to her round belly. As she lay comfortably feeling the familiar touch, opened her mouth suddenly as if she had remembered something.

“You know, Richard.”

“Mh…”

“Can I be a good mother even if I don’t know what a mother is?”

This was the thought that came to her after hearing the story of the lady who was spending time with her mother before giving birth. At that, Richard’s hand stopped for a moment, but then he answered, gently stroking Elisha’s stomach again.

“You’re still a good mother, Elisha.”

“Mmm… I feel like I’m being praised out of obligation.”

Elisha said so, but she smiled as if happy at his praise. Then, she lowered her heavy eyelids. Soon after, her even breathing was heard. After she fell asleep, Richard covered Elisha’s stomach and lay down next to her. She had fallen asleep with a faint smile on her face.

Richard looked at Elisha’s sleeping face in his arms. It didn’t matter which family she was from. The only thing that mattered was that she was carrying his child and she was his beloved wife whom he loved more than his own life. Just…

“Can I be a good mother even if I don’t know what a mother is?”

Unlike other people who became a ‘mom’ by learning and relying on their mothers, Elisha had to experience and accept this strange change alone and become a mother by herself. Even though she must be afraid and terrified of the changes she was going through for the first time in her life, it broke his heart to see her smiling and asking without any sign of such feelings. Even if would do anything for Elisha, he couldn’t take the role of her mother. Richard looked fondly at her, who was asleep and whispered softly.

“I’ll do better, Elisha.”

He gently kissed her forehead.

“Sleep well.”

“Move the goods and things according to the orders of the priests, and send the rest of the wagon back to the mansion. Only the escorts should be waiting.”

“Yep. I’ll follow madam’s command.”

“Or you can pray in the temple, too.”

“Oh, that sounds good, too. Thank you for taking care of me, ma’am.”

Thompson smiled happily and led Elisha into the temple first, then turned around and delivered the orders to the knights. She left them behind and entered the temple. The temple was busy welcoming the foundation day. Not surprisingly, the founding festival was the only event held at the temple among the three major national events of Arencia, including the New Year’s Festival and the Harvest Festival.

Elisha tried to find Leon first.

‘Leon is probably…’

At this time, the children’s service was over and it was time for each of them to do their respective future work apprenticeships. Leon was still four years old and could not work, so he must have been playing alone in the annex inside the temple where Aiden lived. Elisha headed to the inner annex along the path she was now accustomed to. Upon arriving there, as expected, she saw a small, familiar figure crouching in front of the flowerbed.

‘Cute.’

It felt even cuter and lovable as the small child was crouching.

‘What are you doing over there?’

Elisha tried to hide and sneaked up to Leon to observe his actions. The child was crouching on the flowerbed, digging hard with his bare hands.

“Leon?”

At Elisha’s voice, Leon, who was busy digging in the soil, looked up at her with surprised eyes. Those big eyes quickly shone in delight.

“Noona!”

The child’s forehead and cheeks were dirty with soil. Seeing Leon’s face like that, Elisha burst into laughter. Then, she took out a handkerchief and wiped out the child’s scruffy face.

“Sigh… you got dirt all over your face. What were you doing here?”

“Puck weebs!”

Proudly, Leon lifted up the weeds he had plucked so far. Seeing the ‘weeds’ in the child’s hand, Elisha smiled with a puzzled face.

“Even to me, who doesn’t know much, those weeds look like flowers…”

“Uh?”

“No, it’s nothing. As long as you are having fun.”

The important thing was the heart trying to help His Holiness. Elisha wiped Leon’s face as she prayed that the ‘weeds’ that Leon had pulled out weren’t Aiden’s favorite flowers.

“Leon, shall we stop pulling weeds and wash our hands? What is this on your face? You’re not a crow.”

“Cwow?”

“Yeah. You’re so dirty that a crow will mistake you for his friends. Let’s wash up before that.”

Elisha tried to take Leon to a nearby well. However, the child avoided her hand with a smile, perhaps due to a sudden bout of playfulness.

“No~ not gonna wash. I’ll be cwow’s friend!”

“What?”

“Kaaaak! Kaaa- aaak!”

Leon ran away excited, pretending to be a crow, and shouted as if summoning the birds. Elisha burst out laughing out of absurdity and followed the small child running and flapping his arms.

“Leon, come here!”

Leon laughed and ran to the outside of the annex to avoid Elisha. Just as he turned around the corner, “ouch!” Leon, who was running frantically looking back at Elisha following him, bumped into someone who appeared from around the corner and fell backward.

“Leon are you alr–”

Elisha, who was about to approach Leon in a hurry, stopped walking in surprise when she saw the face of the person he collided with.

“Eishh, what’s with this rat-sized thing?”

In front of Leon, Christian stood with a frown on his face.

(e/n: Idk Christian, why don’t you tell us since you contributed to his genetics. Luckily, baby Leon seems to take after his Mom.)

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