I Faked a Pregnancy, but My Husband Returned - Chapter 137

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“A secret?”

Karl had a dumbfounded expression.

“Why on earth?”

“Well, that’s…”

It was somewhat unfair for Judith as well.

She had learned the child’s gender just before entering the wedding hall.

“There’s a foreign doctor who looks after me like a niece. Her name is Kastin…”

According to the Empire’s medical texts, it was still impossible to determine the child’s gender.

However, Kastin’s medical knowledge was somewhat different from the Empire’s. Until last night, she had cheerfully said, ‘I’m not sure about the baby’s gender, let’s wait and see!’ But while holding Judith’s hand as she sat in the bridal waiting room, she suddenly gasped and whispered, ‘It’s a boy?’

“As soon as I heard it was a boy, didn’t they tell the bride to enter? Without any time to ask more questions, I just asked her to ‘keep it a secret for now’ and the wedding ceremony proceeded.”

Moreover, the wedding was conducted in a sacred and splendid manner. It was natural since many important guests attended.

That meant there were many watching eyes and many people staying close to them.

Furthermore, as soon as the wedding ended, people flocked to Ekian and Judith’s side. It was natural since it had been a very long time since meeting everyone from the Meius Marquis family to the imperial couple.

Even Karl had been grinding his teeth waiting, saying he had something to tell Judith.

“But.”

Karl said carefully.

“Even so, it’s not like you couldn’t even say ‘It’s a boy’ to my brother. You two must have had plenty of time together, right? And why is that even a secret in the first place? You could tell everyone now.”

The boy was logical even in his surprise.

“And why did you tell this person called Kastin to ‘keep it a secret’ in the first place?”

“Ah…”

Judith rolled her eyes and muttered.

“Well…”

There were actually circumstances behind it all.

The topic of the child’s gender had naturally come up in conversations between Judith and Ekian. It was natural since they had been continuously thinking about everything from the baby’s nickname to its real name.

Ekian had literally cherished Judith dearly until the wedding day.

With the mindset of compensating for everything he hadn’t been able to take care of before, he surrounded her with all good things and wouldn’t let her strain herself even a little. When Kastin said appropriate exercise was necessary, he even taught her exercises directly.

“Now, Judith. Try doing it like this.”

“Aaaaaaaah!”

“…Then like this?”

“Uaaaaaaaaaah!”

“Surely you can’t be unable to do even this much?”

“Kyaaaaaaaaaah!”

Of course, he gave up after teaching her a little. Judith had absolutely no aptitude or talent for exercise.

Since she would scream even when trying to move her muscles just a little, Ekian eventually gave up on ‘proper exercise’ by his standards and decided to just have her take walks.

“Shall we walk a bit, Judith.”

“Eek… Yes. That sounds good.”

“You were being a bit dramatic.”

“I was, actually.”

Eventually, while taking a walk around the estate, Judith said as if embarrassed.

“If this child is a boy, he should definitely resemble you.”

“Pardon?”

“If he inherits my athletic abilities, the son will resent me too much. He’ll keep comparing himself to his father. All sons want to resemble their fathers, don’t they.”

“Well…”

Ekian nodded slowly.

“I think I always thought that way when I was young too.”

Of course, the ‘father’ he was referring to here was Ben, not the Emperor. Judith immediately noticed the hesitation mixed in his slow words.

“Why? Is there something bothering you?”

“Ah, not particularly.”

Ekian said with a slight laugh.

“I just hope the child doesn’t necessarily resemble me. I’m sorry I can’t share your wish with you.”

Only then did Judith realize she had misspoken.

After all, Ekian had killed his biological father with those excellent athletic abilities. She didn’t need to say the child should ‘definitely’ resemble him.

“Whether it’s a son or daughter, I hope they resemble Judith anyway. I’d definitely want them to take after their mother.”

When Ekian said that, Judith thought she shouldn’t talk about the child’s gender anymore.

No matter how much he said it didn’t matter whether it was a son or daughter, saying ‘I hope they don’t resemble me’ seemed like he didn’t want a son.

“Don’t worry about our child.”

Ekian said with a gentle smile.

“It’s fine if they don’t have athletic abilities. I’ll always carry them around and show them the world. I’ll be the sword and shield for both Judith and the child.”

Judith smiled warmly, but her heart couldn’t help feeling slightly unsettled.

Because the late Emperor and Ekian’s appearances were remarkably similar. It was even more so now that Ekian had returned to black hair. From a distance, you could believe he was the Emperor’s younger days.

In the midst of this, if the child was a son who looked exactly the same, she worried whether he might be reminded of the biological father he had killed when looking at that child.

Seeing Judith become somewhat quiet, Ekian said tenderly.

“Judith, I don’t know what you’re thinking about, but you mustn’t cast shadows over the child and yourself.”

“What about you? Shouldn’t you be free from shadows too?”

“I have killed many people. So it’s inevitable that I carry my share of shadows. And that’s not your and the child’s burden to bear.”

Everything Ekian said was right.

But seeing his own shadow in that child wouldn’t be a pleasant thing. However, she decided not to continue that line of thinking.

Because she agreed with Ekian’s words that ‘that’s not the child’s burden to bear.’ Negative thoughts about the child weren’t right. The child had done nothing wrong.

“The thought that our child should resemble you… isn’t that perhaps a natural wish?”

Ekian said while brushing Judith’s hair back.

“Because I love you. I like everything about you so much that I want the child to have those qualities.”

Then he added jokingly.

“Although you said you hoped a son would at least inherit my athletic abilities…”

“You have a talent for fabrication. I said I hoped they would inherit ‘your athletic abilities,’ not that I hoped they would inherit ‘only your athletic abilities.'”

Judith also responded wittily.

“Truly befitting the despicable leader of the Grey Information Guild. Your skill in handling and processing information is extraordinary.”

The peaceful walk continued.

However, Judith didn’t bother bringing up the topic of the child’s gender after that.

Even when she later learned that the baby in her womb was a son, Ekian was someone who would fully accept and love that child as they were. Even if the child was born with the Emperor’s face.

Judith believed this without doubt. So she had no intention of being disappointed or anxious just because it was a son.

However, when she heard that story from Kastin, she instinctively thought, ‘I shouldn’t mention this at the wedding.’ Because there were too many watching eyes.

With so many people paying attention to them, if she whispered ‘It’s a boy’ to Ekian and his expression stiffened even a little…

Honestly, she thought she would feel hurt. It would be better to hide it for now and tell him slowly later when the wedding was over and the guests had returned.

If Ekian’s expression stiffened somewhat at hearing it was a son, she could immediately remedy the situation by saying ‘This child is an independent being and also has my blood mixed in.’

Of course, she couldn’t tell Karl all of this story. She couldn’t even bring up the ‘Emperor’s assassination’ story to Karl.

“Well, well… um… that’s how it happened. It just happened that way.”

So Judith just mumbled vaguely. While doing so, she glanced at Karl’s reaction. She was worried he might sulk again saying ‘So you can’t tell a kid?’

Earlier he had been dejected, saying ‘I was the only one who didn’t know because I’m a kid.’

But surprisingly, Karl’s lips were twitching.

“Then… then this fact is…”

Karl’s eyes sparkled as he finally spoke.

“You’re telling me first, right? Ah, I’m so excited! I have a secret too! Not just the adults! Me too! I have one too! Hooray!”

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