Brand New Life Online: Rise Of The Goddess Of Harvest

“So yeah! I’m pregnant… You’ll be getting a little sister… or brother, Elena,” I said with a giggle.

“Yeah I’m really happy myself…” Mark smiled. “I thought we would take longer to reveal this, but I suppose it’s now… Hahah…”

“What do you think, Elena? Um, are you okay?” I asked my daughter.

“E-Eeeeeh?” Elena was still processing it. “W-Wait a damn second mom, this is just too much! Let me think! I am thinking right now!”

She was indeed still processing it, poor girl, I guess I shouldn’t have done it like this? Was this too much for her?

Ahh, so many thoughts in my head, perhaps I hurried up too much with the reveal!

“I-I’m so happy for you, miss Elayne!” Monica said with a gentle smile. “I hope the baby is born strong and healthy! Y-Yeah!”

“Thank you Monica! Yeah I actually learned this like only a week ago? It is quite recent,” I said. “Gabriel are you okay?!”

“I-I’m fine…” He said. “I was just shocked! It is a very rare occurrence for an angel to get pregnant, did you know big sis? It usually never happens I think! Especially because most angels don’t reproduce at all.”

“Wait so how do you reproduce?” I asked. “No wait don’t answer me that!”

“We are usually born from the realm itself through the accumulation of Heavenly Essence… I think,” Gabriel said. “Huh, wait a second… How come I know that? I don’t remember anybody teaching me!”

“Hmm, well, maybe you come with such intelligence and information already within you once you’re born,” I said.

“Oooh okay, that makes sense!” He nodded.

“We wanted to talk about this a bit earlier, but it was Elayne’s choice to keep it a secret for now,” Mark said. “So yeah, that’s about it… Sorry if it was too surprising, Elena.”

“A-Ah, I’m fine, s-sorry, I was too shocked…” Elena sighed, finally coming back to her senses. “I never thought that mom would… really get another kid I always assumed it would be the two of us forever… Hahah, that’s dumb right?”

“It isn’t dear… Maybe it would have been that way if I didn’t meet Mark,” I said with a gentle smile, holding his hand. “But I’m sorry if this… Made you upset. I know why you would be, and I understand if that were to be the case… I just want to tell you I love you… and I also still love your father. I haven’t forgotten him at all.”

“Mom…” Elena smiled lightly. “I know… Don’t worry! I can’t wait now… I wonder if it’ll be a boy or a girl… If it’s a girl then that would be sweet, a little sister! And if he’s a boy, then that would be sweet too but… Hmm, I wonder which one would like games more?”

“I think either of the two, heheh,” Monica giggled cutely.

“You think so?” Elena wondered. “Hmm, but…”

The girls went on and on about how the kid would be and such, which was honestly very adorable. We didn’t really know what they would be like at all…

But I secretly hoped for a boy myself, but another girl is fine too! I don’t really mind.

I caressed my belly as I thought about the baby.

FLASH!

“Hm?”

I felt a small, dinging sound, which came accompanied by an internal light, a sparkle of something, of life, which seemed to touch me.

It was the baby, probably!

Although I still don’t even have a big belly yet, it seemed that could have been the child’s soul, maybe.

Did it respond to my thoughts? To me wanting them to come soon?

I wonder…

…

DING DONG!

“Huh?”

The peaceful morning was suddenly interrupted when someone seemed to have arrived.

I ran to the door with Mark behind me, noticing a pair of agents.

“Ah, Elayne! It has been a little while.”

“Good morning.”

It was Rose and Albert, who had arrived after I reported to them the issue with the Warlocks hunting Urban Spirits.

“Ah, you guys! Welcome back!”

I quickly opened the door outside and let them in, they walked inside and then sat down on the nearby sofas.

“Sorry for coming so early today, we got some jobs later, so we had to hurry here,” Rose said.

“Yeah, more Wild Monster extermination, since the First Contact that jobs like these never end…” Laughed Albert.

“I’m glad you’re here!” I said. “It is about the Warlocks right?”

“Yeah, we came running because we’ve received some reports from them as well,” Said Rose. “It seems that a large underworld organization of Warlocks is creeping into the city as of late. Those that attacked your domain and killed the two Druids were most likely members of this group.”

“They were?!” I wondered.

Wait a second, if that’s true, then these Warlocks know about BNLO too, right? Because those knew we were inside of BNLO busing as we fought the demons and such!

Does that mean that they’re actively targeting us knowing this?

Then that means it’s not just a coincidence, they might be truly after us or perhaps they want to use us or this Domain for their goals.

This also would mean that the Demon King of Death is working with them in one way or another, or perhaps one of his Generals, which he is very capable of summoning into this world through Gates.

“It’s only speculation but the things we’ve learned so far really fit together,” said Rose. “The ones that attacked you also used Dark Sorcery, right? And Cursed Spirit Magic… While using Hollows as Familiars. Indeed, those are Warlocks.”

“We got someone that knows more about them though,” said Albert with a smile. “She’s getting here as we speak.”

“Wait, she?” I wondered, looking around.

And then…

Knock, knock.

I felt a presence enter my Domain, passing through the barrier with ease.

The spirits didn’t fear this presence, and instead seemed to respect her for some reason.

“Yes?”

I opened the door and found who this person was.

“Hello, Elayne, I have found the time to come here and have some tea while we talk about a rather serious subject… I hope you don’t mind Sweden biscuits, that’s all I found inside my magic casket as a souvenir!”

“O-Olivia!”

It was nobody else than Olivia Coyett, the Sweden Magus from the Clock Tower!

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