I Faked a Pregnancy, but My Husband Returned - Chapter 140

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“This child coming to us is a miracle.”

Ben said in a low but affectionate voice.

“A precious baby with a mother like my own daughter and a father like my own son. We should do our best for something like this. Isabella is already handling all the noisy, flashy, and expensive things to show off.”

“…Thank you, Father.”

Judith bowed her head and expressed her sincere gratitude.

“Then just show me to Ekian’s private study. You just need to point me in the right direction. Go and rest, you.”

Ben spoke as if it were nothing, thinking of Judith’s condition until the end.

But she couldn’t immediately guide him to Ekian’s private study. Judith shook her head and said.

“But it has no value as research material yet. Just organizing it will take an enormous amount of time. I’ll organize it later and send the materials to the capital.”

“I don’t have anything else to do here anyway.”

Ben shrugged his shoulders and said.

“I can do it.”

“What? You, Father? Personally? No, you can have a servant do it.”

“If it were my own work, I would do that, but since it’s my grandchild’s matter, I want to do it myself.”

But literally speaking, it wasn’t particularly useful work for Ben. He was already busy with affairs of the Meius Marquis Domain. He wasn’t someone who needed to do such trivial work.

“I probably won’t be able to sleep tonight anyway until I roughly organize the entire lineage.”

“What? You’ve already pushed yourself hard today. You must be tired from the journey too.”

“I’m the type of person who needs to handle things quickly once I’ve decided on them to feel satisfied.”

That was true. Judith knew well how he worked.

He wasn’t called the ‘Iron-Blooded Marquis’ for nothing. Once he started something, he had to finish it as quickly as possible.

Usually when such work arose, his subordinates would suffer along with him.

But now he literally meant he would suffer alone. Just for the reason that it was his grandchild’s matter, so it had to pass through his own hands.

It was a very grateful situation, but not particularly efficient work. Ben muttered in passing.

“Of course, if we knew the gender, we’d only need to check people of that gender, so the work would be cut in half…”

Judith sighed slightly inwardly.

Ben was absolutely not someone who would listen if you tried to stop him.

He would definitely investigate the entire lineage of the Last Shaman in Ekian’s study today, make a complete list of all the people’s names, and only then go to bed.

And from tomorrow, he would investigate the life of each and every one of those people. That’s how he worked.

After learning about everyone’s entire life like that, he would give the baby the name he most wanted to give. To prevent situations like casually giving a name thinking ‘this name seems nice’ only to later discover ‘turns out that person was unlucky in their later years.’

“Um… Father.”

So Judith had no choice but to speak up.

“It’s a boy.”

“Hm?”

“This child, it’s a boy. I only heard right before the wedding…”

“What? A boy?”

Ben smiled brightly.

“Congratulations, Judith! A son, he’ll grow up like brothers with Karl. If he does even half as much as Karl’s older brother took care of him, raising that child will be very easy!”

“Yes… The young master said the same thing.”

“Hehehe, Karl must have been happy! It was good that we brought all the toys Ekian used to play with!”

Ben was very pleased and even patted Judith’s shoulders saying ‘a daughter has continued the line of a family that treasures daughters.’

‘I had no choice.’

Judith thought while smiling back.

‘I really had no choice when it came to Father, right? There’s no need for him to suffer making a list of unnecessary female figures too. If you’re human, this is unavoidable.’

Ekian would have to understand this much. Well, it would only be a few hours’ difference anyway.

At that moment, Ekian was having a conversation with Alteon.

“You should stay and keep your place. That’s only natural.”

Alteon said while elegantly drinking wine.

“Pregnancy is such hard work. The Marquis’ wife should naturally go in early and rest.”

Melanie, also heavily pregnant, had already gone in to rest long ago. Though there was still time before the expected due date, it wouldn’t be strange if the child came out right now.

“You must accommodate her well no matter what. Besides, you weren’t there during early pregnancy. How much she must have missed and struggled without the child’s father.”

“I intend to do that. I must do my best.”

Ekian slowly nodded and answered.

Alteon noticed some anxiety on Ekian’s face and laughed out loud.

“Don’t tell me you’re already missing the Marquis’ wife?”

“Well, naturally.”

But many people were hovering around wanting to greet Ekian. They didn’t dare approach because the Emperor was nearby, but there were many who wanted to become acquainted with the new Marquis.

They were all people who had come a long way to congratulate their marriage, so it was both courtesy and duty for Ekian to stay until the end.

“The Marquis’ wife will understand everything. She’s kind and understanding.”

Alteon comforted him like that. However, hearing those words made Ekian’s expression even darker.

“She’s not kind and understanding. She just accepts things well.”

“Hm?”

“Your Majesty, I’m sometimes afraid. No, actually I’m always anxious.”

“About what?”

“I wonder if Judith didn’t accept me, but just accepted the situation…”

Alteon pondered slightly. He could roughly guess what Ekian meant.

From various perspectives, Judith was in a situation where she had no choice but to go to Ekian even if she found him disagreeable.

First, he was the child’s father, all the people who cared for her were actually Ekian’s associates, and most importantly, the new Marquis’ domain wanted her abilities.

Judith probably knew that rather than asserting her own feelings, it would be better for everyone if she rationally stood beside Ekian.

“My parents, Karl, Your Majesty and the Empress, she might have remarried me to avoid making them uncomfortable, couldn’t that be it?

That made sense too. In the end, wasn’t everyone happy at this wedding?

“I think I’d feel more reassured if she showed resentment or distrust toward me like a complaint. But Judith is too peaceful.”

Ekian said quietly.

“No matter how I think about it, it would be difficult to bury and move past everything, yet she acts as if her own feelings are nothing at all… If the situation turns bad again, she might abandon me and leave again without any concern.”

At those words, Alteon jumped up and denied it.

“That’s an overly pessimistic thought. Being anxious because your wife is peaceful, what kind of talk is that? Of course, you did accumulate some karma worth distrusting.”

Ekian, whose expression had started to brighten slightly, groaned again at Alteon’s last words. Thinking he had added unnecessary words, Alteon quickly advised.

“A married couple living together isn’t such a simple relationship. The Marquis’ wife is comfortable? If she truly wasn’t comfortable, things would be creaking somewhere. There would be signs that anyone could see as ‘this is a bit strange.’ Don’t torment yourself with vague feelings you can’t pinpoint exactly. Understand?”

Then he added with a laugh like a joke.

“And surely, she didn’t marry because of other people instead of you? No matter what, you’re the husband. In the end, you’re the one who can be closest to the Marquis’ wife and hear her stories the fastest, Ekian. That’s what being a husband means.”

That’s when it happened.

“Your Majesty! Your Majesty!”

Someone urgently called for Alteon. Looking back, it was Melanie’s maid who had come with them.

“Right now Her Majesty the Empress, huff, huff, Your Majesty is… huff!”

She had run so urgently that she couldn’t speak properly.

“She’s, having labor pains, huk, huff… showing signs!”

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