Don’T Get Caught By Your Husband! [EN]: Chapter 127

“You’re talking about the child who picked flowers nearby and sold them to us. Was he about…… seven years old?”

“That’s right!”

‘His memory is better than I thought!’

Belladonna smiled brightly and nodded. She felt good that he didn’t remember his own birthday, but he hadn’t forgotten the small memories with her.

“I met that child at the market yesterday too.”

Belladonna approached the vase, squatted down, and touched the delicate petals of a white wildflower.

“Children grow up so fast. Before I knew it, he had grown up to be a respectable young boy, and he was selling flowers yesterday just like that day……”

“So you bought them on impulse because you were happy to see someone you knew?”

Escalion, who had gotten out of bed, approached Belladonna from behind.

As the distance narrowed, he could feel the warmth on her back. Belladonna smiled and picked a flower, facing him.

“That’s not exactly it! More than anything, Escalion is a flower boy who looks great with flowers.”

“What flower boy?”

Escalion immediately frowned.

Belladonna ignored his reaction and tucked one of the plucked flowers into Escalion’s ear.

The delicate flower went well with Escalion’s dark skin.

She nodded with a satisfied smile. It suits him so well……!

“Is it fun?”

“Very. Pretty, haha.”

“As long as you’re having fun.”

Like that day, Escalion smiled softly and replied. He would probably wear that flower in his ear all day today unless she touched it.

Escalion, who was staring at her, bent down towards the vase.

He began to gently touch the petals here and there with his rough hands.

Under his palm, which couldn’t properly control its strength, the petals were slightly crushed.

‘I guess that’s how he…… cherishes flowers?’

Belladonna quietly watched his actions, unsure whether he was admiring or unintentionally damaging the delicate wildflowers.

“Nice. It’s a change of pace.”

“I was really worried about what to get you, but Escalion has almost everything. So I decided to give you memories and recollections instead!”

“It’s a great gift. I don’t think I’ll ever forget it.”

“I’m glad.”

She was glad that she could peacefully celebrate his birthday with him without any worries, and she was glad that he seemed to like her gift quite a bit.

Belladonna went behind Escalion and hugged his waist. It was a difficult position because of her protruding belly, but she wanted to do it anyway.

“Happy birthday again, Escalion.”

He gently released the hand that wrapped around his waist, turned his body, faced her, and hugged her.

He playfully lifted her up slightly and carefully lowered her to the ground.

“Thank you. I’m happy because of you.”

“Me too.”

Belladonna leaned her face into his warm, broad chest. A pleasant throbbing continued to ring in her ears.

* * *

Several months later.

Hasty footsteps echoed through the long corridor of Gribalta Castle.

Volff, who was running breathlessly, tried to catch up with Escalion, who was far ahead of him, and increased his speed.

“Lord, ha, you must go together!”

He shouted. He had just arrived at Gribalta Castle and was barely managing to follow the lord, grabbing onto the hem of the doctor’s robe.

“Lord! Please slow down! What are you going to do alone without the doctor!”

At Volff’s plaintive voice, Escalion, who had been striding ahead, stopped abruptly.

He clenched his fist tightly as if enduring something, took a stifled breath, and turned his head sharply.

Volff and the doctor, who met his dark, cold golden eyes, gasped.

“Not running properly?”

“I, I will go! Doctor, hurry!”

“Ah, yes! I, I will hurry!”

They moved their bodies as if they had suddenly woken up and ran towards Escalion.

Escalion, having confirmed that the distance had narrowed to some extent, increased his speed again. He climbed the stairs quickly and threw the door open without hesitation.

Wet towels, a basin full of water, disinfectant solutions, and surgical tools, among other items necessary for childbirth, were placed here and there in the room, and maids were bustling around them.

“……!”

Escalion stopped in his tracks, startled by the pungent smell of disinfectant.

The maids, who saw Escalion standing frozen in the doorway, shouted at him.

“Lord!”

“Where is the doctor? Is he coming?”

“……I brought the doctor.”

He squeezed out his voice, belatedly regaining his senses.

This piercing smell was something he had only smelled on the battlefield when someone was dying.

Fear filled his mind in an instant.

But this was not a battlefield, but a room prepared for his wife’s delivery.

He took a breath, tried to regain his composure, and turned his gaze. Where was Bella?

“That’s a relief! Please come this way.”

“Hah, hah……. Is this the room?”

Escalion roughly pushed the doctor, who had arrived belatedly with his arms rolled up and his hands cleaned, into the room.

The doctor, who was suddenly thrown forward, struggled to regain his balance and approached the bed covered by a tent [a canopy or screen, often used for privacy or warmth].

Unable to approach it himself, Escalion grabbed a nearby maid and asked.

“Where is Bella?”

“She was in pain until a little while ago, but she took a breather. She is currently exhausted and has fallen asleep for a moment.”

“Damn it……”

Escalion, whose face had turned pale and bloodless, muttered lowly.

He repeatedly clenched and unclenched his increasingly wet hands, muttering all sorts of curses in his mind.

How could that weak body…… She had been uncomfortable since this morning, complaining of stomach pain, and eventually, her water broke.

“I will go in.”

The doctor, who had already rolled up his arms and cleaned his hands, slowly lifted the tent covering the bed where Belladonna was lying.

Escalion tried to follow him as if possessed, but Volff, who was standing next to him, stopped him. He shook his head and said.

“There is nothing you can do, Lord. Please wait here for now.”

“If I could just hold her hand……”

“The doctor, the midwife, and even the magician are taking care of the Lady with utmost devotion. Now is the time to trust them and wait.”

Escalion, blocked by him, eventually buried his face in his hands and bowed his head deeply.