Special Chapter. Interlude – Mrs. Moira (4)
Moira was in the middle of looking around the garden for a while in an exhilarating mood after having cleaned up Ludwig’s homemade meal.
“It is a pleasure to meet you, Mrs. Kirtland. You found me.”
“oh… ! You are Mrs. Bayemurn. I’ve heard the story a lot. It is an honor to meet you.”
Upon hearing the news that she had come, Yulia, who went out to the garden herself, readily spoke to her first.
After greeting each other, the two of them sat face-to-face across a table in the garden and started talking.
Ludwig and Emilia were also with him, but the two of them were forgotten before they knew it.
Eventually, with the two wives by their side, it was difficult for them to talk among themselves, so they quietly got up and decided to look around the garden alone.
Emilia, who was silently watching the two chaste women conversing hahahaha over the tended bush, pouted her lips in a strange feeling.
“How do you feel left out?”
“You were having a hard time until a little while ago, but in the meantime, you seem to have become close with Mrs. Moira.”
“That, it’s not like that. It just feels weird.”
“hahahaha, I understand. That’s what Mrs. Moira was originally like.”
Ludwig hadn’t met Moira too many times, but her personality he’d seen so far was close to that of a child.
If there is something novel, it is impossible to use it, and even if there is something new that previously felt strange, if something new appears, it is a personality that quickly focuses on it.
As a typical example, he focused his attention on Ludwig and immediately shifted his gaze when Emilia appeared, so it could be said that it was a similar case even now.
“Anyway, you have a very peculiar personality. I’d say it’s innocence… … .”
“It is similar to the impression I had when I first saw Mrs. Moira. After all, the human eye looks almost the same.”
“Huh, maybe only Ludwig and I are similar.”
“That would be even better.”
Emilia, who was touching her swollen belly, entered his eyes with a soft smile.
“Anyway, shouldn’t we go back to the mansion soon? There are maids over there, so I think we can go back without worrying.”
Amman said that she had very good physical strength and did not neglect to train right up until the moment of pregnancy, but with this body now, even taking a walk was quite a burden, so he was worried.
However, despite his concerns, Emilia shrugged and stretched out her swollen breasts.
As if to let people know that there is nothing wrong with this level of work.
“What is this? Besides, my child also says he wants to see more of the scenery outside?”
“Well? I couldn’t hear it.”
When Ludwig deftly refused to take his side, Emilia also responded in a playful tone.
“It’s a story my dad never hears. It’s like a secret story that can only be shared with mom.”
“Ah, then I understand. Anyway, this is troublesome.”
“Are you in trouble?”
“Now that I’m in my mother’s belly, even if I try to do that, I think my father will be disappointed if he only plays with my mother even after he is born.”
Emilia burst into a small laugh at this uncharacteristic act of kindness and declared that it would never happen.
In response, Ludwig wanted to ask where the hell did such confidence come from.
“How can you be sure?”
“That’s the child I gave birth to. If I had only played with my dad, I would have played, but I don’t think he would have played with me alone.”
Ludwig somehow felt like he was being persuaded, even though he had only a feeling without any valid basis, or even the process of developing that feeling was sloppy.
“… It is strangely persuasive.”
“Right?”
When Emilia asked for consent, Ludwig shook his head, put his hand on his chin, and asked a question.
If that were the case, wouldn’t it be that the child to be born conversely would play only with Ludwig and ignore Emilia?
Of course, it was a joke, but according to her logic, this would be a more plausible story.
“Then, what if the child only likes me and doesn’t get close to Emilia?”
“I see. then… … .”
“then?”
Even though the question was quite out of the blue, Emilia tried to come up with an answer without worrying about it.
Ludwig was both amused and embarrassed, wondering if his wife had already had that in mind, but on the other hand, he was anticipating what kind of playful words would come out.
However, the answer that came soon was quite serious and resolute, contrary to his expectations.
“It’s mine, so I have to tell them not to take it away. I can’t give my husband even a child.”
“… … .”
At the same time, he realized anew how great his wife’s possessiveness was.
This was enough to make me wonder if Emilia should have been concerned about the child to be born instead of worrying about Mrs. Moira.
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In the end, after that, Moira and Yulia had a good time talking about all kinds of things, and in the meantime, the two of them spent a good time alone in the room.
I wanted to wander around the garden a little longer, but it was too hard to go outside when the baby might be born, so I quickly returned to my room.
“Anyway, I’m glad the misunderstanding was resolved.”
“Mi, I’m sorry. Ludwig.”
When Ludwig quietly spoke out to reap the day’s harvest, Emilia belatedly apologized.
It wasn’t that he doubted Ludwig, but rather that he doubted Moira, that she might have had a crush on him, but it was a test of his integrity anyway.
In addition, as a result, it was also an insult to his benefactor, who had highly appreciated his paintings, so he was not familiar with seeing him.
“There are some things I didn’t say properly, so it’s not just Emilia’s fault.”
“Nevertheless. Ludwig clearly said that would not happen, but I did it on my own… … .”
“It’s strange to believe completely in that situation. You had some kind of physical evidence, right?”
If Emilia hadn’t witnessed Moira’s actions at the time, even from afar, she wouldn’t have wanted to see it with her own eyes.
In the end, misunderstandings piled up, so it was ambiguous to point out whose fault it was.
Even if he said that he had no such intention toward a man who had affection even if he was gathered, it is true that he acted in a way that could be misunderstood, and Ludwig hadn’t revealed it earlier.
“But why didn’t you tell me beforehand? That Mrs. Moira has that kind of personality… … .”
Now that the misunderstanding had been resolved, Emilia asked a question to clear up the doubts that had accumulated over the years.
“Well, to be honest, I thought it was an incredible story. Besides, my wife told me the other day that she really wanted to see Emilia.”
“ah… … .”
I never thought there would be such an inside story.
Emilia let out a sigh as if she finally understood.
Certainly, at that time, it would have been hard to believe that Ludwig had that kind of personality and did it for that reason.
Rather than Ludwig’s words being unreliable, it’s because he harbors bad feelings about Moira, so it’s because of the accumulated prejudice.
Besides, Ludwig is also a person who is grateful to himself, so he arranged this place to repay and let him meet Emilia.
In a way, it could be said that it was a place to kill two birds with one stone, where he resolved misunderstandings and expressed gratitude to Moira.
“Thanks to that, my mother-in-law and Mrs. Moira also became good friends, so it can be said to be a good result.”
“Did Ludwig know that Mrs. Moira wanted to see her mother?”
“Please. Of course, I thought that if the two of them met, the story would go well, but I didn’t expect it that far.”
Ludwig wasn’t a fortune teller, so there was no way he could have foreseen that far.
In the first place, I knew that Yulia often participated in such events, but I didn’t know that she was that famous.
It was just a coincidence.
“Anyway, I’m sorry about this again, Ludwig. I will definitely express my apology again later.”
“There is no need to do that. As I said, I think it was misleading enough, so you don’t have to worry about it. Emilia.”
The apology he had just handed over was enough for Ludwig.
However, despite his answer, Emilia looked at him with a coy look and quietly placed her hand on her chest.
“I don’t mean that… … ?”
“… Um, I don’t know what you mean.”
However, despite this blatant tone, Ludwig continued to laugh without knowing.
Since they hadn’t had a relationship since becoming pregnant, they knew that they had a mutual desire, but they didn’t pretend to know it.
My wife’s reaction at this time was so cute.
“really… It comes out like that again, right?”
“It’s not like that. I’m saying this because I really don’t know.”
“Hey, it’s okay. I will force you to accept my apology, so be prepared.”
What kind of determination did that resolution refer to? Ludwig was deeply curious.
Anyway, I decided to leave it as entertainment for later, and since I couldn’t spend passionate time between husband and wife just yet, I decided to stay as it is.
“Daddy pretends not to know how Mom feels. Maybe good?”
“… I can’t use it if I already teach my child strange things, Emilia.”
“Is that strange? You said you didn’t know until a little while ago.”
“ah.”
Maybe it’s the right time.