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Chapter 265
Ways of Blessing
Thirty minutes after the marriage declaration, both families were turned upside down.
They must have wondered if this was some kind of dice-rolling board game, hearing that the wedding ended like roasting beans in lightning and a son was born immediately after.
After the birth, when both families were gathered together, Ludmilla explained the entire sequence of events without omission.
They knew the bride was full-term, but they didn't know labor had started during the ceremony.
Listening to the midwife, it was truly a spectacle.
Ẇе̄ b ṅо̇ v́ е l̆ Ẽn u̇ m̄ ȧ_
-In all my years, I've never seen such a reckless young lady even for a first birth. When she arrived at the delivery room, the head was already halfway out. If it had been just a bit later, she would have given birth during the wedding. The only thing this old woman did was check the eyes, nose, mouth, hands, and feet—it finished that smoothly.
They were relieved at the safe delivery but angry at the incomparably reckless behavior.
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They tried to scold her, but Consillus and Purity saw the tiny creature moving in their hands, and that anger didn't last long.
It's easier to ask forgiveness than permission.
While they were spending family time, someone carefully entered the recovery room.
"I pay my respects to the Great Phase of Fire."
Еn̂u mа̄ . і̂d
Valdroba quietly nodded.
Consillus and Purity grasped the visitor's intent and tactfully withdrew.
"Now that I've seen the child is safe, I'll go greet the banquet guests."
"Please enjoy your time, Arwen. You come too."
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"Yes."
In the room remained Ludmilla holding the baby, Ferda, and Valdroba.
Е n̆uṁȧ
With the watching eyes gone, Valdroba removed her mask.
Valdroba's face, flushed bright red, could no longer be hidden.
"Is this... your child?"
"Yes, cute, right?"
"Mm."
Ludmilla turned her gaze toward Ferda.
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She recalled what she had said and blushed with embarrassment.
"I should apologize to the Regent-nim first. The future countess threatening and cursing the dragon's consort..."
"It's in the past, don't worry about it."
Ferda rather found that appearance creepy.
The look in her eyes when he last saw her was the face right before she joined the witches, the Philias, but now she's so gentle?
It wouldn't be strange even if what she carried in her womb wasn't a baby but all the world's sins—the change was that extreme.
E̊n̈ ŭṁа. і̀ d́
Even while the two's conversation went back and forth, Valdroba kept looking down at the child.
"The child... would you like to hold?"
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Ludmilla slightly tilted the baby toward Valdroba.
"M-me?"
Valdroba flinched and pulled her body back.
Ludmilla smiled brightly as if it were nothing and said.
Ẅе̄ b ñ о̂ vѐ l̂ Е̃ṅ_um ӓ
"It's okay. It's just holding. I'll teach you how."
"Uh, yes...!"
"I won't eat you, so don't worry! Our kid isn't like that!"
She eased the stiff atmosphere with a light joke.
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She nodded, but Valdroba's hands were still trembling.
Only when the baby, wrapped round and round in swaddling, was placed in her two hands did the trembling finally stop.
Wë bn̄ о v̀ӗl Én̄ǔm̈ a
With the fear gone, wonder filled its place.
'Incredibly... light.'
Light but heavy.
She had the power to send even mountain-sized monsters flying in one hit, but why was this small child's weight so burdensome?
Valdroba was swept up in an indescribable emotion.
Scared of that unfamiliar feeling, she unconsciously turned her head and called one name.
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"Ferda-ssi..."
"Yes."
She couldn't move at all, so Ferda carefully stood beside Valdroba.
He looked down at the child she was looking at.
Wrinkled skin, eyes swollen as if badly beaten.
He could understand what it meant for a newborn to look like a rice cake.
Еn ů ṁ a
"Th-then, what should we call the name?"
"Ah, the name is..."
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Ludmilla making a flustered face.
It was natural.
Commoners' children aren't named before age 7, and nobles' children aren't named until past 100 days.
They say 100 days, but formally naming happens at age 7 like commoners.
W_е bn̆ о̂ vẽl̃ Е n ǔ m а̇
It was a folk belief to prevent wicked demons from arbitrarily calling and taking children.
"That's right."
But Ludmilla smiled.
"With Valdroba-nim, whom even the Great Demons of Hell revere, as the godmother, what is there to fear?"
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Ludmilla said.
"When the child turns 7, we were going to name him Ulbera II."
W̊é bn̄ӧ v̆ е́ ľ. Ě n umӑ
"Ulbera..."
"Yes, the current Family Head-nim. I heard he lost both wife and child through many hardships and reached this position."
Ulbera Consillus.
A promising central noble who was even close with Grand Duke Golt, but a man who lost his family and chose to exile himself to the Far East.
"Of course, it's just my arbitrary thought. I became cautious thinking it might be rash since the child can't inherit that person's blood..."
"He will surely be pleased."
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Since before adopting Arwen as his son, he treated him like his own, so what does a grandson's name matter?
"Then..."
Valdroba looked down at the child she was holding.
Three syllables of a name came from her mouth.
"Ulbera."
Her eyes moistened, as if tears would fall any moment.
Е̌n um̆.â.іd
But unlike the sad eyes, the corners of her mouth rose toward the sky.
Valdroba put the emotion swelling in her chest into words.
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"May peace dwell in the family, and may you grow healthy until adulthood..."
It wasn't a standardized blessing like a Bible verse, but her sincerity was clearly felt.
Knock knock knock.
-Excuse me, Ludmilla-yang. May I come in?
Ė nǔ m а̇. і̃ d
Kindness and warmth felt from the first syllable.
Ludmilla told her to enter, and a woman showed her face.
No, not a woman.
A man beautiful enough to be easily mistaken for a woman.
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It was Rize.
"I came after receiving the telegram about the birth."
Е̂ ň u̇ m̆á. i ď
"Yes."
"Is this the child Her Highness the Grand Duke is holding?"
"Mm."
"If it's not rude, may I hold?"
"Uh, yes. Here..."
Valdroba handed the child to Rize.
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Rize received the child carefully yet skillfully.
"So cute. The birth of new life is truly wondrous."
Rize smiled like a single pure flower.
Mischievous spirits circling Rize circled the child and giggled.
-Wrinkly!
-Ugly!
W̃ eb̃ ň о v̌ el̆ Е̂ n̄ u̇ m̂ a
-Kyahaha!
"Kids, you can't say things like that. Sorry, Ludmilla-yang."
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Rize blushed and apologized repeatedly, but knowing the spirits meant no harm, Ludmilla just laughed it off.
Rize quickly recited the blessing spell she had prepared.
"Mother who has rooted to the continent's deepest place, grant joy at the new life's birth, and please protect the child until the wondrous moment they stand on the land."
-Blessing to the ugly child!
Е̌n̂ů m а ..ï d
-Blessing to the wrinkly child!
-Bwessing!
With High Elf Rize and even three spirits, playful as they were, joining to bless together, there was no happier day for Ludmilla.
-Waaaaah!
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A frivolous voice that ruined the happy day in an instant.
-Let go! You beast-like savages! What are you trying to do to this delicate girl!?
Е̄ n̄ü ṁа . ĩ d
-Why is this crazy woman so loud?
-Won't do. Let's stuff her mouth.
-Ah, no! Something that big won't fit in my mouth, uweb!
A vulgar voice was heard from beyond the recovery room.
Rize reflexively hugged the child tight as if to cover ears.
Soon the voice approached, and Ludmilla's older brothers Sergei and Igor entered.
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What the two carried together was a pink-haired woman.
"Sister, as you said, we caught this lady Penelope."
An apple was stuffed in her mouth like a whole pig on a barbecue skewer.
"Oh my, thank you, brothers. But you didn't need to bring me tied up like this..."
"Did we want to?"
"She said the bride was looking for her and told us to go, but she tried to run first?"
Ẽ ń um̈а̃
"She flopped around so much we had to tie her with the ham string we brought."
"Is that so?"
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Ludmilla blinked and reacted naturally.
"Could you stand her there for a moment and leave? I have something to say."
"Okay."
Sergei and Igor stood Penelope as is and went out.
Е́ n̆ u ma
The pink-haired woman, Penelope, rolled her tongue and barely pulled out the apple in her mouth.
She carefully watched the mood and said to Ludmilla.
"Oh my, congratulations on your first child, Ludmilla-yang~."
"Thank you, Penelope-ssi."
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"Looking at this, it seems our Grand Duke-nim and the fake food guy already gave blessings, but do you need this body's blessing too?"
"Hoho, a demon's blessing, what an excessive joke."
Еǹ ůma . іd
"I told you, brain development promotion, night vision enhancement, posthumous hell high position priority?"
"Hoho, we don't need that?"
"If not a blessing, a curse works too? If I spit here, it's a demon's curse..."
"Penelope-ssi."
"That won't do? Ugh, this mouth of mine is really trouble!"
A tone chilled enough to raise goosebumps.
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The face right before becoming a witch.
Seeing that face, one would surely shut up, but Penelope couldn't.
"Anyway! Thanks to me it passed without incident, right? Instead of giving a reward, why bring me like a criminal?"
"You ruined my wedding?"
"The marriage happened!? Safely!"
"Not safe. Some demon ran wild and passed through."
W̌е̃b̈n̆о ṽе̃l̆ Ẽ nûmа
Penelope frowned and said.
"No, then what should I do!? You want to spread rumors that the bride was pissing herself!?"
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"....."
!"The groom was so hateful she pissed her skirt, the story gets twisted and they say the ducal house's young lady was actually threatened!?"
"....."
!"Is it okay to be this upset about something you should be grateful to me for!"
Ё nũm̂ а́. ïd̆
Why won't that mouth shut?
Hearing those words, Ludmilla thought for a moment then nodded.
"Right. If Penelope-ssi hadn't stepped up, the wedding would have been the worst. I'm truly grateful."
"Right? Grateful, right? So hurry and untie me?"
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"Let's do that later. I want Penelope-ssi to bless us, can you do that?"
"Blessing? Of course! That's a piece of cake!"
Ẅ eb́ňо́v̄е́l̊ Е̊n̂ ú m̌ а̊
She laughed.
Like a fisherman waiting for a big catch.
!"I asked a favor once before, right?"
!"What... favor?"
!"Like I said, there's the Autumn Festival Exorcism Ritual in the North, right?"
!"...Ah, was there something like that?"
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!"There's a custom of hanging a doll mimicking a demon on a cross to pray for prosperity and family safety. I was going to do it together at today's wedding?"
!"...Don't tell me you'll hang me on a cross?"
!"....."
Ludmilla didn't answer.
She just gazed at Penelope with a gentle smile.
That gentleness seemed to burn Penelope like fire.
Е_ñ u m̊ а
!"You're going to burn me to death as is!?"
!"No, no matter what, how could I burn Penelope-ssi?"
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!"Then?"
Ludmilla glanced outside.
The autumn sky was cloudless and high.
!"Just hang her for about 3 hours under the blazing sun."
Е̊n ûmӑ
Sunlight is poison to demons.
With the Archdemon's Life Vessel she won't die, but it's not painless.
!"...Don't joke."
!"....."
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!"Say it's a joke!"
Ludmilla just smiled.
Ẇẽb ǹ оv ё l̇ Е̊nu m̃а̊
!"Brothers."
Igor and Sergei, waiting outside, entered.
!"Hang Penelope-yang on a cross and raise her to the highest place."
!"Uh..."
!"Are you serious?"
Asked about the ruthless command, she said this.
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!"And put an apple in her mouth like before so she's not hungry."
In that situation, what was clear was that the bride's command at a wedding is absolute.
!"Kyaaaaaak!!"
Penelope dragged away screaming like a demon.
Receiving dragon and elf blessings, and even hanging a demon on a cross to create a sacrificial vessel, Ulbera II's future will surely be bright.
Ferda watched that and said.
Е̇ ǹ ũ m̈а̌
!"Truly ruthless."
!"Ruthless? This is all for everyone."
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Ludmilla said calmly.
!"Among today's attendees, there are some naive young ladies. They're innocent enough to be easily swayed with a little coaxing. If there's an anxiety factor that could cause trouble at someone else's wedding..."
Smiling eyes.
!"Shouldn't we eliminate it?"
W̄ė_bṅ o v̀ е l Е́n um а̄
Ferda suddenly wondered.
What would happen if that naive Arwen fought this woman?
Ludmilla, who had been sitting on the bed, vigorously stood up.
!"Then let's quickly prepare and go out!"
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!"Not resting more?"
!"Resting is for tomorrow! Today's the wedding! On a joyous day like today, dance can't be missing! Come on, Your Highness the Grand Duke, let's go together!"
Е n u mа . і d
Ludmilla returned to the banquet hall with Valdroba.
No one would believe she had just given birth, she moved so energetically.
Ludmilla danced enough to be scary for the aftermath, but all that came was just slight muscle pain.
