Inheriting a Lost Bloodline, My First Task is to have heirs?!

Chapter 228: Chapter 228 - Going back to the academe and my home

Late last night, the carriage which had my two shadow aides whose codenames are Haze and Cipher, have already arrived at the gates of Hoffen. I have earlier given them instructions to stay at an inn for now and wait for their next tasks. For now, they simply need to observe the ins and outs of the city as a reference on how they can further improve Sklavryet. I gave them the address of my property so they can visit as a ”secret shopper” for me at this time too. I want them to check if there are any issues on how the business is run. The point of view of an unrelated person is the most honest and unbiased which is what I urgently need the most at this time before moving on to expanding to other businesses.

Having the temporary housing and initial tasks settled for my two shadow aides, I let them do whatever they wanted for the rest of their first week here as long as they do not get into any trouble. I can see the pure joy in both of their faces as they realized that they technically had a week off all to themselves without missions that puts them to any life or death situations. I also gave them some pocket money since I am their current employer so to speak.

I only have three days to settle everything I need to do in the city before I return to my life as a student in the academe. My free days would have been way shorter if I did not teleport immediately to here from Arista. And honestly, I felt that those three days went by so fast that it was like you took a nap and woke up after two or three hours. I was proud of myself though since I accomplished a lot in those three days than I normally could in a week. I have visited all the necessary offices and people to get back on track in terms of my other roles and money-making sources.

On the morning of the fourth day since I came back to Hoffen, I walked leisurely back to the academe gates. I had to show my identity documents at the gate before I was allowed to come in, seeing that the guard seem to be new on the job. Instead of going to the villa, I reported to the student affairs office first to tell them that I have successfully returned from my immersion as well as submit to them the proof that I completed the recommended working hours during my two and a half month stay in a far flung place. It only consisted of the names of my employers, proof of my salary being paid, some signatures and proof that I worked there.

My next stop was the office of the headmaster. This time, I did not teleport and walked in as a normal person would. I even knocked for a change! I only went in after I heard an ”Hmm” coming from inside the door. As I walked in, the face of Headmaster Fredrick immediately lightened up as if getting an unexpected gift and he immediately greeted me with a smile.

I walked towards the headmaster’s table and bowed in greeting. I smiled and submitted my detailed report of how my two-month immersion went. I also gave the proof of how much money I have earned. I was not required to give it to the academe though and I get to keep all my earnings which is a good thing. Part of the immersion curriculum is that my reward for successfully completing the program would be the conversion of all the money I earned in to academe points. The old man immediately hastened the process so I can get my reward which I really appreciated. Once all the official stuff has been completed, it was finally time to go home to my villa.

I left the headmaster’s office with a spring on my step, feeling the burden of the immersion, reports and all the deadlines finally leaving my mind and body. I hurriedly went to my villa, entered the house and like a whirlwind went to knock on Ioannis’ door. It took every patience I have in my body to prioritize the submission of all my return papers and immersion completion documents for the school before going home.

I haven’t even knocked for a few times when Ioannis pulled the door open abruptly. What followed was a bump on my stomach and a tight hug coming from the man inside the room. I hugged him back tightly but made sure not to squish his huge belly too much. I heard him panting as he must have walked too fast towards the door when he felt my presence enter the villa.

I carried him like a princess just like I normally do and placed him back on the bed. he gained a lot of weight but it did not matter since I was still able to carry him with no sweat. I scold him a bit and forbid him from doing strenuous and abrupt actions just like what he did earlier. We also talked for a bit and I gave him updates on how my stay in Sklavryet went since the last letter I sent to him.

From the time of conception, which I was able to easily confirm, the child is already five months and twelve days old right now. With our previous calculations, Ioannis has now officially entered the last few weeks of his pregnancy. He has to be more careful since he insisted in carrying the child to full term.

I suddenly remembered how I easily confirmed that Makisig was carrying twins simply because of the abundant mana and the children being pure blooded mystiques. I did connect that to me thinking about a conspiracy about Ioannis’ pregnancy before I left for Sklavryet months before. To confirm my theory, I placed my hand on his protruding belly, closed my eyes and gently poured my mana inside his womb to check the child inside.

Only after a few seconds, my eyes abruptly opened as I discovered something shocking. Now, I finally think that the gods are still somewhat helping me complete my mission more easily. I just confirmed that I now have four children on the way. As if trying to put the balance back on to the population, for both Makisig and Ioannis, each set of twins was a little boy and a little girl. I have a gut feeling that this will be the norm from all the pregnancies from here on out. To test my theory, I may have to check with Kayden and then Dimitri eventually.

Ioannis looked confused as I suddenly turned quiet after scolding him about being careful with his heavily pregnant body. It was followed by a sudden touch on his womb, the feeling of mana entering his body and the abrupt opening of my eyes as I discovered something unexpected. He hurriedly asked me with evident worry in his eyes if everything is okay with the child and if he did something wrong, his eyes already about to cry any second.

I looked at his face and shook my head. I explained to him, ”I was just surprised. The children wouldn’t even let me check on them that day before I left for Sklavryet. At least, I was able to check on them now.” I then smiled brightly while looking at Ioannis, waiting for him to catch on what I was trying to say.

He stared blankly at me for a wile. After a few more seconds, his eyes gradually widened as my statement slowly sank in to his understanding. He gasped and then he looked down on his stomach and hugged it with both his arms. He then started sobbing as he asked, ”There’s more than one in here?”

I gently leaned to kiss Ioannis stomach and then I hugged him gently while whispering, ”There’s one little boy and one little girl in there.” The hands that were hugging his stomach loosened and then he placed them around my waist. He then whispered back, ”Thank you so much for choosing me.”

I tapped his back waiting for him to calm down from the amazing news. After a few minutes, I seriously talked to him about keeping this as a secret for now. I don’t want others to know about this great news. They can just know about it once we are back from Eieneos carrying the children that are a bit grown up.

While hugging, I heard him giggle. I pushed him off of me a bit and then asked what was funny. He then told me that he thinks that even if we don’t tell people about the twins, I will still face a lot of headache in the next couple of days in the form of marriage proposal letters. I looked at him blankly as if asking, ”What are you talking about?”

Ioannis then explained to me that as he reached the fourth month of his pregnancy, it was like a trigger for the other noble and powerful families to take interest in me who got him pregnant. He said that it was normal for males to lose their children during the first trimester due to poor health, stress and weak seeds from their partner or any combination of all these.

Since he passed the first trimester which was a critical stage, it proved to everybody monitoring his pregnancy closely that my capabilities as a woman in taking care of all my partner’s needs was excellent. It also proved that I am also healthy and the chances of me getting a man pregnant is higher than other females. This is the reason why the marriage proposals started coming for me. If they knew that I produced twins on the first try, I will be harassed even more.

I nodded in understanding and I noticed Ioannis staring at me with a smile. I stole a kiss from his lips and did not comment about the news he just said. He then laughed and said, ”I already know that you wouldn’t care. You will definitely need benefits before taking in someone.” I looked at him and with my chin up responded, ”No matter how rich and powerful they are, I have to like their sons first.” Ioannis scoffed and replied, ”Yeah right. I know who your next target is. Lark has already been roped in so you’ll work on the next one, huh?”

I looked at Ioannis and stole a kiss from his lips again, this time it was a longer and more possessive kiss that left the guy breathless. I then looked into his eyes and gave him a naughty smirk, ”You really know me the best! We’ll take in the guy in the letter you sent me. I’ll tell you more about how we would go about it.”