When Helene patted Aurelia's back, Aurelia tried to wrap her arms around the former as well… like how a child would cling to her mother."Be good, hush," Helene said softly. "I'm here, it's okay…""Mm!" Aurelia nodded and wore a genuine smile."Princess Lene, will you protect me?""I will." Helene smiled without much thought."Why?""Y-You're my baby.""Princess Lene, I told you, your baby's over there!" Aurelia pointed at the pillow with a smile.Helene paused before she smiled embarrassedly as if realizing something. She scooped the pillow over with a hand and kept another around Aurelia so both were in her arms."Both!" she said loudly. "Both are my babies!"Aurelia giggled happily, a different sense of bliss engulfing her.There was a noise at the door then.Aurelia got up, alarmed, but the person had already entered before she went over."Mr. Irwin!" Aurelia's eyes shone.Rowan hushed her and asked her softly, after looking around to see that there was no one, "How h
Jim focused on looking up information these few days while Cordelia and Zephyr stayed in his study.A lot of the materials Jim was going through were not in Chaisene. Fortunately, Zephyr was a decent translator and translated the materials smoothly.When Zephyr completed the translation of a whole page of Latiumo, Cordelia could not help her brimming admiration and gave him a hug."Darling, you're amazing!" She looked at him like a fangirl. "You know Latiumo too?"How much more about him was what she did not know?Zephyr felt rather triumphant.Actually, learning Latiumo was sort of an accident for him.Josiah had signed up for the Latiumo course, citing that the royal families and nobles of Eropah all picked up Latiumo and that girls would dig guys who could speak Latiumo, but gave up after three lessons.In order to have enough credit hours and not jeopardize graduation, Zephyr helped him finish up the rest of the course. If he had known that he would receive Cordelia's sta
At Southeast Aciatic, in the secret chamber at the palace…Victoria looked around at the door. After ensuring no one was behind her, she asked her maid to wait outside and entered discreetly.Carmella was already inside, standing facing the wall. An oil painting portrait of her and the king, Martin, was hung on it.It was the year Martin had just become king. He was high-spirited, commanding, and confident. Dressed in formal attire with a crown on his head, he stood behind Carmella, who sat in front with a soft smile.There were two days in Carmella's life that she had been the happiest—one was watching Martin become king, and the other was becoming his bride.Victoria came up behind her and called out softly, "Auntie."Carmella broke out of her daze. "All done?""Don't worry, Auntie," Victoria said with a smile. "I just came from a call with Suzanne and Joy. They've found the husband and wife in Melorian…""Really?" Carmella arched her brow."Yes!" Victoria nodded and did not
It was no wonder that Aurelia had been sleeping so peacefully these days and that the mosquitoes only bit Helene instead of her… She really thought that it was like what the Internet said about mosquitoes only biting certain blood types and felt lucky that her blood type was not what the mosquitoes liked.It was actually because…It was not that the mosquitoes were not biting her. It was because someone was chasing them away for her."You're awake?"Helene stopped what she was doing in the dark and looked at her stiffly, lowering her head like a child who did wrong."I… Am I too loud, and you can't sleep?“Mosquitoes… There are mosquitoes…"I'm afraid that you will get itchy…"Aurelia bit her lips. She could no longer hold back her tears and threw herself into Helene's arms.Back when she stayed in the basement as a child, she had cried after being bitten by lice and fleas, but her mother had kicked her to the wall, finding her annoying.Helene patted her back softly and coax
While Aurelia was still dazed, the mysterious person behind Alexander showed his true face.Aurelia's hand flew to her mouth as she nearly shrieked."Don't be so surprised…" Alexander was trying to hold back his laugh as well.How could she not be surprised, though?When the two of them entered just now, Aurelia had thought that the one following Alexander was a… maid!She scanned Neil from head to toe with widened eyes.He was in a short-sleeved blouse and a long narrow skirt—a large-sized long narrow skirt. He was even wearing floral-embroidered flats and had a headscarf.If one did not look carefully, one would think he was just a maid with a bigger build! This maid with a bigger build had walked in swaying hips just now!Aurelia's face was growing red. When she saw Neil's glower, she could no longer hold herself back. A loud giggle escaped along with her tears."Shh!" Alexander shushed her and asked Neil to wear the headscarf properly. There were still guards and maids at
Neil turned back and saw Helene, who was glaring daggers at him with her hands on her hips.Neil was annoyed that he was hit for no reason and wanted to vent it on someone, but he had goosebumps once he saw Helene’s temperament…“Let go of her!” Helene shouted stubbornly, “Let! Go!”Neil was frustrated. He would have lashed out if it was a usual day, but it was strange today.Helene, who was pale and fragile, seemed to tower over him somehow. He could only stare at her without being able to get a word out.After a long time, Neil could only say, “W-What are you doing?”Helene harrumphed loudly and shoved him away to put herself in front of Aurelia.Her frail body formed a stark contrast against the tall and muscular Neil.It was just that she did not seem afraid at all facing this big man.Neil could not help thinking of a story. A hunter was hunting in the forest. His hound had found a baby bird that had fallen to the ground from its nest and was going to sniff it out when th
However, Neil could not leave. Helene stopped in front of him and shoved him the half-done clothes!"You can only leave after you're done with the embroidery!""What!?"Aurelia laughed until her stomach hurt seeing Neil's face that could be made into a meme.Helene grabbed Aurelia's hand and raised her head proudly. She took her to the side place."Let the bad guy do it! Let him do it all!"He can't bully you if he's doing embroidery!""Hmph!"Neil looked at the two of them in disbelief. Aurelia turned her head to show her tongue and made a silly face before leaving.…Zephyr had been helping Jim translate the documents the past few days.Apart from Chaisene and Feransai, he had also mastered a bit of Espany. With the help of a dictionary, it was not too difficult for him to do the translation.It was close to midnight. Cordelia brought a glass of milk to the study and placed it into his hand. She then massaged his shoulders."Is our son sleeping?" Zephyr looked up from th
Cordelia could not help but laugh when she saw Zephyr's miserable face.She stretched her arms to hug his neck and kiss his lips.He saw something from her sly doe eyes. Was this lady just pulling his leg?Seven sons? She was funny to be able to come up with that!He would not allow her to, even if she wanted that many sons!How would it be like to have seven brats?! He did not need a water polo team!Zephyr thought and smirked. He unleashed his wild side while grabbing her shoulders…"Ah, Zen!" She did not expect to be exposed so soon. "Do you really want seven sons?""Wifey, why don't we make a bet?""What?""I bet the next one… will definitely be a daughter!""Mmph!" He kissed her before she managed to say anything.…On the next day, Cordelia felt sore everywhere. She lay in bed, willing to move.She had assumed she would trick him by saying they would have seven sons before having a daughter… However, her husband was terrible. Not only did he expose her, but he even