A Contract Marriage with My Child’s Father - Chapter 31
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Chapter 31
Cain carefully supported her with both arms and immediately headed out to the corridor.
Was she even eating properly? Her weight was ridiculously light.
What could she possibly accomplish with such a frail body? The arms and legs he held were soft without a single muscle.
Cain held her firmly so she wouldn’t shake and headed straight to her room.
Soon he laid her down on the soft bed.
“Mmm….”
As soon as Viola touched the bed, she stirred slightly, then began breathing evenly with soft sounds.
Her chest rose and fell regularly with faint breathing sounds spreading.
Her unstable breathing seemed to have settled somewhat, as if the antidote had finally taken effect.
She was sleeping deeply, unaware of what was happening around her.
How carefree of her to sleep like that.
While making the person watching feel so troubled.
Cain couldn’t easily leave his spot. He had no choice but to wait endlessly for the medicine to take effect. Since the person who used the medicine said she was fine, it would be awkward to call another healer.
The fact that there was nothing he could do was strangely unfamiliar. An unaccustomed sense of helplessness washed over him.
Sigh. This woman really….
He couldn’t understand why she was so reckless. The moment he took his eyes off her….
It was while he was watching Viola that he heard knocking on the door.
From the presence outside the door, it seemed to be the maids and Viola’s daughter.
“Lady Viola? Are you there? We’re coming in!”
The commotion from earlier apparently hadn’t reached the maids in the annex yet, as they announced themselves as usual and came straight in.
“Lady Viola, are you sleep… Gasp!”
The maids who opened the door and entered were startled when they discovered Cain and covered their mouths in shock.
“We greet the Count!”
“We, we, we greet the Co-Count!”
Their greeting voices were clearly filled with bewilderment, as they never expected to encounter Cain in Viola’s bedroom.
A small child with pink hair walked out between the two. Soon discovering Viola lying on the bed, she toddled over.
“Mother?”
A puzzled voice. The maids hurriedly grabbed the child in alarm.
“Me, Melody! You must greet the Count…! Quickly!”
“Huh?”
The child tilted her head as if she didn’t understand, but Cain wasn’t particularly concerned about such things to begin with.
“No, it’s fine.”
“Pardon?”
“Leave her and go.”
“Ah, yes! We’ll take our leave now.”
The two maids bowed and hurriedly left.
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After Marie and Becky hurriedly left, Melody was left behind alone and blinked in confusion.
What? Why did everyone run away like that?
She didn’t quite understand, but actually that wasn’t what was important right now.
There was a man next to Mother…!
Melody looked up at the man who was as huge as the old tree in Hailon Village.
She knew who he was.
‘The Count uncle!’
She remembered Mother calling him that.
Mother had told her he was someone to be grateful to….
‘But why Count? Did he give Mother something?’
The question still wasn’t resolved, but that wasn’t important right now.
Melody furrowed her brow and looked at Cain with suspicious eyes.
Mother was pretty, so men had been constantly hovering around her from before.
Each time, Melody had very bravely defeated them all.
From herbalist Uncle James to the fruit shop uncle in the next village.
How busy she had been chasing away the wolves who coveted Mother! Whew!
Still, since coming here there had been less of that, so she had let her guard down….
‘Could it be that Count uncle too?’
If that’s the case, I have to protect her! Because Mother is mine.
Melody, who had made a solemn resolution, toddled toward the bed.
I have to stick right next to Mother!
However, despite her momentum, her short legs stopped in front of the bed that was as high as the sky. She couldn’t get to Mother’s side like this.
Melody pondered for a moment, then turned her head sharply to look at Cain.
Suspicious is suspicious. But first I need to get to Mother.
“Uh!”
Melody shouted firmly while patting her own chest.
Then the red eyes that had been looking down at her indifferently narrowed.
“…You want me to lift you up?”
Oh?
Melody’s eyes widened in surprise, then she nodded vigorously.
‘Hmm. Count uncle understands better than I thought?’
Except for Mother, no one had ever understood her words at once, so it was surprising.
Cain lightly lifted the child and placed her on the bed. Melody, who landed on the soft blanket, immediately crawled toward Viola.
She was grateful he lifted her up, but she still couldn’t give up Mother.
“Uh? Uh uh? Mother?”
Melody shook Viola’s shoulder with her tiny hands.
Viola, who would normally wake up quickly, remained motionless with her eyes closed. Something was suspicious.
Could she be sick somewhere again? That absolutely cannot happen!
Melody urgently put her ear to her chest.
But instead of Mother’s warm embrace, a hard texture touched the child’s ear.
‘Ugh, it’s hard.’
The culprit was Mother’s necklace.
Melody gently pushed aside the troublemaker hiding under Viola’s clothes. Then she put her ear there again.
Thump. Thump. She could hear the regular heartbeat. Hmm, this sound means…!
‘…I have no idea!’
She tried copying what Mother often did, but actually she couldn’t tell anything.
Melody looked back at Cain with a tearful expression.
“Uh. Uh?”
Is our Mother sick somewhere?
Even as the child asked, she didn’t expect an answer.
But Cain simply answered calmly.
“No, she’s not sick.”
“Uh?”
Melody’s eyes widened. Just like before, did he really understand? If so, there was no reason to hesitate. The child asked again.
“Uh uh. Uh uh…!”
Then why won’t she wake up? She must be sick after all!
When Melody protested with suspicious eyes, Cain shook his head slightly.
“It’s not like that.”
That was the moment.
Viola, who had been tossing and turning in her sleep, stretched out her arm and pulled Melody tightly into her embrace.
“Mmm….”
Huh? It’s not time yet! The conversation isn’t over!
Ugh. Mmph.
As she wriggled her arms trying to escape from the embrace, a quiet voice fell from above.
“Your mama is sleeping.”
“Huh?”
“She’s sleeping because she’s tired.”
Melody tilted her head and looked up at Cain.
An expression as if he had finished saying everything he needed to say. But for some reason, as if something was holding him back, he didn’t leave.
Instead, he just stood there blankly, looking down at the sleeping Viola.
‘Duke Uncle?’
Cain’s gaze lingered on Viola’s face for a long time.
His expressionless face made it impossible to know exactly what he was thinking.
‘…He looks sad somehow.’
Just like Mother’s face when I fall down. Melody had that thought.
After a long silence, Cain slowly reached out and clicked off the lamp beside the bed.
“You sleep too, little one.”
With only those brief words, he turned around without hesitation and left the room.
Click. The door closed.
‘…What a strange uncle.’
In the darkness, Melody only blinked her eyes.
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Only after being dragged away by the maids and thrown outside did Celia finally realize the gravity of the situation.
Dragon.
People called the Ashern Duchy dragonblood.
Beings who inherited the blood of dragons.
Transcendent beings who might be closer to dragons than to humans.
Only after facing Cain’s overwhelming presence that made it difficult to even breathe did Celia realize.
That she might have just touched the dragon’s reverse scale.
Cain’s reaction was not something he would show just because some mere apothecary had collapsed.
It wasn’t just a precious guest as Conrad had said either.
Rather… it was a gaze that conveyed some deep emotion.
Being skilled in romance, she knew very well. No man would ever look at an apothecary or guest with such eyes.
‘What’s so special about that woman!’
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