Chapter 18 : A change in the daily Life

Finding Enhen will take a long time.

Still… I should be able to find a clue before Caspar wakes up.

I’ve raided an S-rank Gate now.
Surely Saradoryeong will provide information about Hell now.

-Rustle.

Caressing Caspar’s cheek calmed my heart.
No matter how many times I look, I never tire of it, and a sense of happiness fills my heart.

Yes.
It should be okay to rest for just one day.

The corners of my mouth keep turning up.
With a loosened smile, I realize how overly stark the room has been.

“…I need to bring in some furniture too.”

Until now, I lived with just the basic setup, without much thought.
The wallpaper was old, and even essential furniture was mostly absent.

Well, naturally.
My body didn’t necessarily need food, clothing, or shelter.
For me, who could regenerate my body with a snap of my fingers, a house was merely a living space.

However… Now it’s different.

Don’t I have a cohabitant now?
Unlike me, Caspar needs food, clothing, and shelter.
Of course, he could endure for a long time without them, but he wasn’t a being who had completely transcended the physical body.

Though he’s still sleeping, various devices will be needed for a quick recovery.
I plan to bring those in too.
Top-grade life support devices to maintain his body in peak condition, mana ventilation systems, things like that.

Haah.
Thinking about it, I seem to have been too negligent until now.

Wife.
No, not yet a wife, but…

Anyway, as a woman, I should probably take care of the housework beforehand.
Before Caspar arrives.

***

After Caspar’s resurrection, my daily routine gained considerable vitality.

First thing after waking up, check Caspar’s condition.

‘Normal today too… Fufu. Always nice to see.’

Gaining energy to endure the day by looking at my lover’s face, I lightly wash my face and change out of my pajamas.
Into a clean one-piece dress worn only at home.

For reference, outside, I still wear jeans or t-shirts casually.
My cultivated appearance is solely for Caspar, after all.
Dressing up outside too feels like flirting with other men.

Anyway. After changing, I prepare breakfast.

Though I’m the only one eating, I diligently prepare and set out portions for two.
I have plenty of money anyway, so it doesn’t matter if it’s thrown away.

Because I’m still not used to food.
This way, I won’t make mistakes when I actually serve Caspar later.

Cooking is essential for a good wife and wise mother.
Nowadays, the ‘bad at cooking’ attribute for people is actually a demerit.

And who knows?
Maybe Caspar will wake up right at mealtime and see me cooking.

If I serve up a plausible meal with a bright smile, as if nothing happened, he’ll surely like it.
If I don’t know when he’ll wake up, I just need to prepare for all situations.

Putting extreme care into making all three meals of the day surprisingly makes time fly.
Thanks to that, there’s almost no time left in the morning.

In the remaining morning hours, I handle the occasional cumbersome paperwork from the Hunter Association or the government, and simultaneously clean the house.

Spending time like that… only in the afternoon can I finally handle personal matters.

Usually, that’s when I buy clothes or groceries.
Since the house was neglected for months, there were many things to buy.

Han Sol helped me choose clothes.
Since Seocheon Flower Garden was subjugated, there was hardly any work requiring A-rank Hunters, so both Han Sol and I had plenty of time.

“…Did something happen at the Gate? Why are you so…”

“Looking happy?”

Han Sol nodded uncertainly.
She didn’t know about the Seocheon Flower Garden raid or the Honsali Flower, so it was understandable she felt that way.

I roughly recounted the story, embellishing the important parts.
My lover, suffering from an incurable disease and barely kept alive in cryo-storage, finally found a cure after I returned to Earth.

“Ah. That person from back then…”

She was convinced.
Though she didn’t know exactly who the lover Agathe cared so much about was, she knew about the world Agathe came from.

A ruined world rife with decay and plague, so the lover must have contracted a disease.
Fortunately, it was the kind curable with modern medicine and magitech, and I found the cure.

“Yes. So I’ve been feeling really good lately. Thinking about meeting the person I love after such a long time. Especially since it was something I had completely given up on.”

Han Sol’s assumption wasn’t entirely wrong.
After all, death is also a disease, and it’s true I cured him with technology from another world.

“Unni. You said you were married, right?”

“That’s right.”

Actually, I wasn’t.
Though ‘couldn’t’ seems more accurate…

Anyway.
Externally, I let it be known I was married.
Because some b*tch might try to covet my Caspar.

“…No wonder you seemed so interested in children lately. I thought you just liked playing with Bari-nim’s triplets.”

Mmmhmm.
Even though they’re someone else’s kids, they were cute.
Though Bari looked like she was dying raising three kids alone.

Still, she looked much happier than when working at the Association.

“I’m quite lacking in that area. Need to learn beforehand.”

What kind of wife shoots her husband in the heart and kills him?
Losing Caspar changed my personality entirely, but there’s still much room for improvement.

“Hmm. Do you want to have babies too? It’ll be tough with Hunter work.”

Worrying about unnecessary things.
Hunter work, I can just quit.

Thinking that, I chuckled softly.

“Well. Shouldn’t I have about 10?”

I haven’t been pregnant yet, so I don’t quite know how it feels.

But Caspar wanted many children, so having many would be good.

Caspar was an abandoned royal.
A royal born without the blessing, regarded as an ill omen and cast aside.

Without my help, he would have tried to kill everything out of resentment and hatred towards the world, just like in the original scenario.

“Uh, huh? Unni. That, that’s. A bit much, isn’t it? Raising kids isn’t a joke…”

Han Sol looked flustered.
Right, Korea was famous for its low birth rate.

“It’s not a joke. Where I lived, status and the number of children were related.”

In a world where people were born with innate abilities, the obsession with bloodlines was on a different level than Earth.

Incest occurred routinely, and women of good lineage who lost in political struggles often ended up as breeding vessels.

“In the Land of Prosperity, having many children was considered a virtue for those of high status. Conversely, the number of children lower statuses could have was limited. That’s why my husband wanted many children too.”

Caspar, born without the blessing, was supposedly unable to even marry.
That’s why such a handsome young man hadn’t even held a woman’s hand before meeting me and Enhen.

Untouchable.

No matter how royal his seed, without the blessing flowing in his bloodline, he was avoided by all women.

Growing up in such an environment, it wouldn’t be surprising if Caspar developed a complex about having children.

Han Sol still looked unconvinced by my explanation.

“No. Even so. That’s basically telling you to just retire and watch the kids.”

Correct.
That’s why, separate from the fact I was male, I originally had no thoughts of marriage or producing heirs.
It felt like losing my own life.

Even after getting together with Caspar, we fought several times over such issues.

Back then, I disliked that aspect of Caspar, but…

Heh.

Smiling faintly, I gently patted my belly and told Han Sol.

“Well… Since it’s my husband’s wish. I should grant it. If necessary, I can just take a concubine.”

Retiring and living just watching the kids’ antics.

Wasn’t such a peaceful life exactly what I yearned for so much?

Thinking about it now, it’s just an absurd worry.

***

A pair, a man and a woman, lay awkwardly, conversing.

“…Hey. And. If you ever finish inside me, I’ll kill you, understood?”

As the half-naked woman twirled her hair and blushed, the young man with impressive golden eyes asked the woman back with a bewildered expression.

“Contraception…? Why? We’re not low status anymore? At our Current status, we should have about five kids…”

“Ah, anyway! If I say don’t, then don’t!”

Along with those words, she struck the man repeatedly with her smooth limbs, but to the sturdy young man, it only served to arouse him further, not being a very effective countermeasure.

However, he nodded and gently stroked his lover’s bare skin tenderly.

“Hmm. I don’t quite understand, but since you say so. Alright.”

And the memory after that is…

.
.
.

…Post-meal drowsiness is rare for me, so I must have dozed off.

Thanks to that, an old memory surfaced briefly.

Ah.
A little embarrassing.
Staying in a physical body for long had side effects like this.
And additional, more embarrassing side effects.

The sun is setting.
Normally, I should check Caspar’s condition and get some deep sleep, but…

Right. Mmmhmm. It’s night.

I’ve endured for a long time.
A little, just a tiny bit should be okay.

“Hnngh…”

Being careful not to wake Caspar.
Touching his biceps and firm muscles, I comforted myself.

Hmm.

So what happened was…

Let’s just say, if Han Sol hadn’t called the next day, my physical body might have broken down from dehydration.

Indeed.
Not waking Caspar immediately was a wise choice.