I Faked a Pregnancy, but My Husband Returned - Chapter 108

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Moreover, since Judith explained everything very kindly and gently, the elderly also came to like her very much.

The elderly went home and told their children these stories, and the reputation of ‘that incredibly clever niece of the foreign doctor’ began to soar.

“Teacher Yus, but aren’t we being a bother?”

Anne, who had first barged into her room, said while watching Judith’s expression.

Since Kastin called Judith ‘Yus,’ she naturally used the alias Yus here.

“Extremely bothersome.”

Judith answered with a bright smile. And before Anne’s face could turn gloomy, she added.

“So it’s hard to explain the same thing two or three times. Anne needs to learn well from me and teach it to more children. You understand, right? For that, you need to ask about everything you’re curious about. If there’s even the slightest thing you don’t understand, make sure to ask detailed questions.”

At her kind words, everyone listening smiled gently. Bright, cheerful, and knowledgeable, Judith easily won the favor of the villagers. And the more they talked with her, the more they came to like her.

“Fighting barbarians is important, but inner growth is also important. When you know and learn a lot, your perspective on the world definitely deepens.”

She was saying this to the children as they headed to school.

“Huh?”

Judith was going down the hill when she encountered a familiar face and stopped in surprise.

“…Huyd?”

She never thought she would see Huyd here.

It seemed the same for Huyd, as he too was looking at Judith with a dazed expression.

Anne, who had been looking back and forth between the two, tilted her head and asked.

“Teacher Yus, do you know this person?”

At Anne’s question, everyone held their breath. Especially the expressions of the elderly who had been slowly following behind Judith and the children were even resolute.

They even put their heads together and muttered things like ‘The baby’s father?’ and ‘Could it be that awful man?’

In fact, Judith hadn’t said a word about the baby’s father here. However, people who learned that Judith was pregnant would secretly ask Kastin.

‘Hey, Teacher Yus is pregnant, right? Who’s the baby’s father?’

‘Ah.’

And good-natured Kastin honestly answered what she knew.

‘She came to the Empire to hear that news.’

Everyone who heard that sad news would sigh.

My goodness, what kind of trash would leave without even telling his pregnant wife the news!

The domain’s people, who had favorable feelings toward Judith, all stepped forward saying they would become godfathers when Judith’s baby was born.

Anne’s father was particularly enthusiastic. Knowing that Anne bothered Judith every day, he always felt sorry and grateful.

‘Teacher Yus, I can’t do much for you, but I can at least become the child’s godfather. Anne will also take good care of the child like a real younger sibling…’

At those words, Anne’s eyes sparkled as she even stamped her feet. Just thinking about being connected somehow to her favorite teacher was exciting.

But Judith stroked Anne’s head at that time and politely declined.

‘There’s already someone who agreed to be the godfather. I’m sorry.’

In fact, there was no such person. Judith simply hoped that if things went very wrong later and she became the Emperor’s target again, innocent people wouldn’t suffer.

Anne was tremendously disappointed, but Judith thought that was still right.

In the midst of all this, an outside man that Judith knew suddenly appeared. Naturally, their gazes couldn’t help but be unfavorable.

“Ah…”

Judith slowly nodded her head.

“Yes. He’s teacher’s friend.”

“A friend?”

“Yeah. Um, a former workplace colleague.”

Instantly, the tension disappeared from people’s expressions.

After all, it would be impossible to use such an expression so casually toward the baby’s father they had been searching for.

“Please just call me Yus comfortably. But what brings you here…”

Judith, who felt burdened about revealing her real name, blinked and said. Huyd had a dazed expression for a moment before slowly answering.

“Well, because of medical volunteer work…”

“Aha.”

Only then could Judith understand the situation.

Huyd was currently running a charity hospital near Soden Marquis’ Domain while hiding his identity. Soden Marquis’ Domain was quite a distance from here, but it wasn’t extremely far either.

If medical support requests had come from foreign countries, Soden Marquis’ Domain would have surely heard the news too.

“Right now all the nearby domains are under inspection. The lords are very busy. They don’t have any time to go out for medical support or anything like that.”

Huyd said while scratching the back of his head.

“That bothered me and seemed really strange… so I came. It reminded me of my childhood when I couldn’t easily meet doctors.”

Since Huyd was currently not fulfilling his noble duties, there was no reason for him to be tied down by things like domain inspections.

However, because of his parents, his information was quick, so he would have been able to know that the lords in this area couldn’t provide support to Aarten.

“I also came for similar reasons. The person I’m currently staying with was a medical professional. I thought the situation might be urgent, so I followed as an assistant…”

Judith said cheerfully.

“But I think you came to the wrong place. Actually, there aren’t many patients, and it’s not an emergency situation at all.”

Huyd showed a bewildered expression. Since he looked somewhat lost, Judith said brightly.

“But since you’re here, please stay for at least one night. Wasn’t it quite a long journey?”

“Ah, should I do that.”

“Then before that.”

Judith grinned.

“Since you’ll have nothing to do, please help me a bit. I had too many students to answer questions for. Huyd also attended the academy anyway, so you know all the general education, right?”

And so, somewhat unexpectedly, Huyd ended up heading to school with Judith.

Huyd wasn’t as good a teacher with the talent for teaching as Judith.

However, since he did his best to mumble something anyway, the students were satisfied in their own way.

“Isn’t that ridiculous?”

During a short break, Judith smiled brightly while drinking water.

“They deliberately didn’t provide education because they were afraid nonsense would get into the kids’ heads… Isn’t the lord here really terrible?”

Judith’s appearance was very different from what Huyd remembered.

First, her hair had gotten shorter. The red hair that jumped up above her shoulders was new. With the large glasses on top of that, she looked quite young.

And she wore plain clothes with few patterns that came down to the middle of her calves.

After only seeing Judith in gorgeous dresses at the Duke’s Mansion, seeing her dressed like an ordinary commoner girl made his heart feel strange.

But more than anything…

‘Has she gained some weight? Or is it because her clothes are a bit big?’

Huyd tried not to look at Judith’s belly, which seemed to be slightly protruding, as he sat across from her and drank the water placed in front of him.

But one thing was the same.

Judith had a natural talent for winning people’s hearts. Even though her personality didn’t seem very sociable, most people in this domain already genuinely liked her.

‘It was like that before too.’

Quite a while ago, he had played the role of sending farewell letters to the parents of students when she worked as a visiting teacher in the capital.

Back then too, people all liked Judith and wished her happiness. The people here had the same look in their eyes as those people back then.

The kind of face that said being with her, who was bright, cheerful, and clever, naturally made them feel good.

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