One Day, I Picked Up a Mom - Chapter 38

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One Day I Picked Up a Mother – Episode 38

 

“…Brother.”

 

Gaien’s expression slowly turned to shock.

 

Anyone watching would think he had just confessed his love.

 

“It’s just like that.”

 

Ludrio lightly shook his head as if telling him not to make a fuss.

 

“What do you mean by comfortable?”

 

However, Gaien’s eyes began to sparkle like a child who had found an interesting toy.

 

Ignoring Ludrio’s restraint, he leaned forward and asked.

 

“Is there a ‘how’ to comfort?”

 

Ludrio reached out and firmly pushed away Gaien’s forehead that had gotten too close.

 

But the more he did so, the more his younger brother pushed his face forward and spoke again.

 

“In the first place, I’m surprised that you were someone who could feel uncomfortable with others. You’re always the same no matter who you’re with. So I thought you didn’t care about anyone.”

 

The corner of his mouth curled up slightly.

 

“What is it? At what point exactly did you feel comfortable?”

 

Watching Gaien get up with an excited voice, Ludrio let out a light sigh.

 

He belatedly realized he had misspoken, but there was no way to take it back now.

 

“So that’s why you’re getting married so quickly.”

 

“I think you’re the only one who would say that.”

 

Even though he had accepted the fact that he would have to wait for Gaien’s interest to wane, Ludrio lightly refuted once more.

 

Twenty-eight. An age where being unmarried was no longer natural.

 

So marriage wasn’t such a special choice.

 

Yet Ludrio didn’t like Gaien’s sparkling eyes, as if his decision was very amusing, as if something remarkable had happened.

 

“Stop the teasing there. It’s not as interesting an emotion as you’re expecting.”

 

“Okay.”

 

At the bright answer that came back immediately, Ludrio’s brow furrowed a little more.

 

“I will.”

 

“…Look, even with this, you really didn’t know I found you uncomfortable all this time?”

 

Looking at the pure white teeth revealed through the bright smile, Ludrio finally spoke the words he had been holding back.

 

“Oh, come on.”

 

However, Gaien brushed off Ludrio’s sincere confession with a wave of his hand as if he had heard an uninteresting joke.

 

Eventually, Ludrio got up from his seat in resignation. It seemed Gaien had no intention of changing the subject.

 

“There are new refreshments. Have some tea and snacks before you go.”

 

Ludrio approached the wall of the study and pulled a cord to call an employee.

 

During this time, Gaien finally became quiet. Whether he was saving words in front of the employee or because of the eviction order was unclear.

 

“But brother…”

 

As expected, his threat hadn’t worked, as Gaien opened his mouth again as soon as the employee withdrew.

 

“Does the Previous Count know about this too?”

 

The topic shifted in a slightly different direction.

 

“He’s coming up today.”

 

Gaien’s eyebrows immediately contorted. Then he hurriedly checked the clock hanging in the study.

 

“He’ll arrive late at night.”

 

“Ahem, who, what did they say?”

 

Looking quite embarrassed, he coughed and put his hand to his shirt collar, slightly loosening the knot that was choking his neck.

 

As the knot loosened, a long sigh escaped from him.

 

“Not a single rumor has spread in social circles, and you’re only telling me now. There’s no way you would have told the Previous Count and Countess.”

 

Gaien, who had been muttering in a low voice, slowly shook his head.

 

“They’ll arrive quite angry.”

 

Then he checked the clock once more. His face looked like he didn’t want to encounter them even for a moment.

 

After briefly scanning Ludrio’s face as if gauging the situation, he carefully opened his mouth.

 

“Still, they wouldn’t be violently aggressive toward a woman who’s even pregnant with a child, would they?”

 

Ludrio frowned slightly.

 

“Of course they shouldn’t be.”

 

When was the last time he saw them? Four years ago?

 

Ludrio briefly thought of his grandfather.

 

The Previous Count in his last memory wasn’t as sharp as before. Perhaps because his energy had weakened with age.

 

Anyway, both he and Ludrio had changed a lot.

 

So even if they showed violent behavior, there was no longer any reason to endure it.

 

It wouldn’t be bad to send them back, making an issue of such behavior.

 

“And Luna isn’t pregnant right now. The child the woman brought is already seven.”

 

Ludrio then corrected his younger brother’s misunderstanding.

 

“…Seven years old? She brought such a big child?”

 

Gaien’s expression turned to shock once again.

 

“Is he at this estate? Right now?”

 

“How long are you planning to keep being surprised?”

 

“Brother, everything is shocking to me right now.”

 

Tired of following Gaien’s emotional changes, Ludrio sat at the study desk and shuffled through documents.

 

“First, you getting married! I thought you’d continue living like this for another five years or so. I thought you had no interest in things like marriage.”

 

He had tried to do some work until his younger brother’s emotions calmed down a bit.

 

But Gaien, who had followed him to the desk, had no intention of letting him go and began rattling off very long sentences again.

 

“But your child. Already seven years old. I have a nephew now. Can I say hello before I leave?”

 

“Later.”

 

“Later? …Well, okay. But I think it’s a boy. Right?”

 

“Yes, that’s right.”

 

Ludrio answered roughly while scribbling a short memo on the documents.

 

“That woman from earlier, I thought there wasn’t much age difference between us, but she’s the mother of a seven-year-old child. This is also a bit surprising.”

 

“…”

 

“But what shocked me as much as the fact that I have a seven-year-old nephew is that you called someone by a nickname.”

 

Pause.

 

Ludrio, who had been ignoring Gaien’s endless stories and reading through the documents, finally lost track of the words.

 

“Just how comfortable are you with Miss Luciana Oren?”

 

“…”

 

“Hm? I’m really curious.”

 

Gaien pressed down on Ludrio’s documents with his hand and pushed his face close again.

 

“I’ll greet my nephew later as you said. I want to prepare a gift too. But I really want to hear today about how well you get along and what’s so comfortable.”

 

Finally, Ludrio closed his eyes tightly and pressed his temples firmly.

 

Ludrio watched Gaien bouncing around and spinning frantically around him, constantly reminding himself that he was his only family.

 

That he was the younger brother who had left the Capital City this morning and come all the way to the estate because he missed his older brother.

 

However, despite such constant efforts, Ludrio ended up chasing Gaien away before the tea the employee had brought had even cooled completely.

 

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“I know that too.”

 

Luna had tried to keep Iban close to her side, saying a guest had come to the estate, but Iban escaped from her with the lie that he would do homework in his room.

 

That’s how he followed Ludrio down to the entrance.

 

When he pressed his ear close to the door, he could hear the unfamiliar guest’s voice.

 

“I won’t say anything until brother officially announces it.”

 

Ludrio Rharhart had said he didn’t need to rack his brains and could just live here as his and Luna’s son.

 

But Iban couldn’t just stay still despite his warning.

 

“What exactly do you think of me?”

 

Since Ludrio had decided not to let him and Luna go, there might be no way for him to escape from his grasp.

 

But that was all the more reason he couldn’t just stay docile.

 

‘That’s right. I need both a son and a wife.’

 

The reason he accepted Luna as his wife despite not even liking her.

 

Why would he choose a fool that everyone avoided.

 

What could possibly be the reason he specifically needed a fool for a wife.

 

Iban slightly opened the entrance door and looked over the person Luna had called a guest.

 

Short blonde hair and shorter than the Count….

 

However, due to the increasing distance, he could no longer hear what the two were talking about.

 

“How annoying. What are they babbling about.”

 

It was the moment when Iban leaned his face a little closer to the door.

 

Thud.

 

The large door closed tightly without any gap, crushing his small nose.

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