Chapter 358

For staying in touch with her friends, Irene had rented a designated mailbox in a large city.

While she and Michael were busy returning the artifacts, Irene had asked Chomp-chomp to bring the letters from there, and when she saw the letter overflowing with joy, she jumped up in surprise.

Then, with help from Michael and Chomp-chomp, she crossed through space by the method of moving from the monster realm back to the human world and went to find Reyna.

“Irene!”

“Rey…na?”

Though it wasn’t the first time she’d seen a pregnant woman, Irene was still deeply fascinated to see her own friend with a swollen belly.

“It must have happened while we were still at the Fortress. Actually… once the dungeons began to shrink and the pairs started leaving the Fortress, Reyna and I both stopped taking our medicine.”

Felix said this in front of Irene and Michael, looking a bit embarrassed.

“Anyway, I’m so glad you came! The people here treat us well, but it’s still so much more comforting to have a friend from the Fortress with us.”

As she said this, tears welled up in Reyna’s eyes.

As if he was used to such situations, Felix immediately wiped Reyna’s tears away with the handkerchief he had prepared in advance, then spoke.

“Reyna has become a bit more emotional since getting pregnant. As you know, we don’t have good relationships with our families, so we couldn’t even think of calling them… Thank you so much for coming.”

Seeing how delighted they were, Irene decided to stay a little longer.

It was because Reyna wanted Irene to be by her side.

Thanks to that, Irene and Michael ended up staying there until Reyna gave birth.

And finally, Reyna gave birth to her child.

The baby was a healthy girl.

After the village midwife bathed the baby, calling her a pretty child, and handed her to Reyna, Reyna and Felix wept as they greeted their first child.

Watching that scene, Irene also found her eyes brimming with tears.

In the midst of that moving moment, Michael alone was in shock.

‘Was giving birth always this difficult?’

Of course, he hadn’t thought a child would just come out easily. How many women had died in childbirth?

So he knew it was supposed to be excruciatingly painful and difficult… but witnessing it firsthand, Michael felt fear.

‘Irene will have to go through this?’

Michael couldn’t stand even the slightest frown on Irene’s face.

Even now, just seeing a single papercut on her made his own heart ache even more.

If Irene were to be in such pain and struggle so terribly…

‘Maybe… we don’t need a child.’

From that moment, Michael could no longer bring up the subject of children.

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Recalling those old memories, Michael swallowed a sigh.

One of the things he could still do, thanks to his remaining demonic power and magic, was to decide conception according to his own will.

No matter how many times he came inside Irene, if he didn’t want it, Irene would not conceive.

That was why, despite embracing her countless times, Irene had never gotten pregnant until now.

‘And yet…’

Michael finally let out a long sigh.

Facing the desire he had discarded, he had split himself and embraced her madly.

His unrestrained desire, having finally reunited with her, tried to make her conceive no matter what, filling her until she was completely ful.

Ridiculously, Michael felt a sense of anxiety about himself for this. So in the end, he finished inside Irene with the intent for conception.

So, strictly speaking, it was he, who had been holding back for her sake, who ultimately planted his seed inside her.

‘I had… in the end…’

Thinking that Irene might suffer because of his own greed, Michael felt as if the ground was crumbling beneath him.

He was happy, and yet at the same time, he was in despair.

At that moment, Irene’s eyelashes trembled and she opened her eyes.

“Michael? This is…?”

“We’re home.”

Recognizing the familiar room and his voice, Irene smiled brightly.

Michael, feeling even more guilty at her smile, hesitated before speaking.

He had to let Irene know about the pregnancy.

“Um, Irene. There’s something I need to tell you.”

“…What is it?”

Seeing his hesitation, a look of tension came over Irene’s face.

“You… are pregnant.”

“Whattttttt?”

At those words, Irene shot upright in shock.

“If you move so suddenly…”

Startled, Michael tried to catch her and lay her down again, but Irene shook off his hand and grabbed his arm.

“Michael, you!”

Then, as if she couldn’t believe it, she shouted,

“Weren’t you impotent?!”

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