(AC FF-ENG) Yangcha : The Child of Shahati ✔

Never Ending Story

I think my story just ended happily with a beautiful marriage. But I was wrong. Marriage is not the happy ending, but the beginning of happiness.

I still have much to learn, as the husband of the Highest Priestess, father of a son, and the head of my little family. All that is not easy. Many new things that I experience every day.

One of them was today, when she stood before me with both hands placed on her belly, while saying...

"I'm pregnant."

I was stunned.

I never expected this would happen. Alright, we are already married. It is normal to have children after marriage. But I think, Daepyeong is enough for us. It has been seven years of our marriage, we never talked about giving Daepyeong a younger sibling.

How should I react?

Because this is a good news, maybe I should smile.

"Aren't you happy?" She asked.

"Of course I'm happy," I replied, giving my best smile.

And also confused...

She turned around, entered our bedroom, and slammed the door.

I forgot that she could still hear my thoughts.

I followed her. She was sitting on the bed with her back to the door. I approached her, crouching in front of her.

"I'm sorry, I can't react appropriately. Honestly, I'm confused. I don't know how to be a new father."

"You say that after being Daepyeong's father for seven years?"

"I mean, we have Daepyeong in baby form. We have never passed this phase. I'm a little nervous."

"I'm also nervous, and scared. Especially if I remember the process of Taealha giving birth to Daepyeong."

My saliva caught in the throat when I swallowed it. I'm more nervous now. I did not see when Taealha gave birth, but I heard her scream all night. And she died.

"Oh my Gods, you scared me even more!" She cried, covering her face with her palm.

I realized, she heard my mind again. I hugged her waist, I put my head on her thigh. My forehead pressed to her belly.

"I'm sorry, dear, I can't calm you down, but I'm worried too. I'm a bad husband."

Tanya played my hair, she must be braiding. She always does this when my head lies on her lap.

"You're wrong. You are a good husband. There are rarely men who worry about their wives who are pregnant. Men assume that pregnancy and childbirth are normal for all women and need not be feared. Even though we are betting lives."

"Everyone is different. You will not end up like Taealha. Our friends, our friends' wives, all can delivery their children safely. Nunbyeol even has four children."

"She's Neanthal."

"Chaeeun has three."

I looked up, clasped her hands, "I will make sure you'll eat nutritious food. I'll call Chaeeun every day to check on you. I will gather the best midwives in the country."

Tanya's teary eyes began to shed tears. I got up and sat by her side, wiping away her tears.

"Ssshhh ... don't cry. Eunsom will kill me if he know you're crying."

She chuckled. Still crying. I want to kiss her lips, but she immediately closed her mouth with her palm. She ran to the basin in the corner of the room, spewing out the breakfast she had just eaten.