Foreigner Volume 7, Chapter 110

Volume 7 Chapter 110, Magic Sword ~ 18

　For now, he has created a chart of hiragana, katakana, and their correspondence to the characters of this world. The usage of characters is unusually almost the same as that of Japanese, so Solor will probably get used to it soon.

　Then, he heard panicked footsteps approaching from outside the room.

「Satoru!」

「What's wrong?」

　It was Rico who jumped in. Rico, looking dismayed, then caught her breath.

「Solor, Leia, sorry, Minerva is ....... I think it would be faster if you came to her directly rather than explaining it.」

　The three of them looked at each other and sat up without hesitation.

　The time is a little before dusk, and the orange sun is shining through the thick clouds. Don't tell me she didn't wake up just like that? Satoru was momentarily dismayed, but Rico, leading the way, went outside. It seems she was awake.

　There was Minerva, naked and crying on the ground. Beside her, Liz was standing there with a troubled look on her face.

　Seeing Satoru, Liz breathed a sigh of relief, and Minerva's face twisted into a crumpled mess.

「Fuee......fueeeee~, Danna-samaaaaaa!」

「What's wrong? And you're naked ...... ahhh, don't cry, don't cry.」

　He gently holds Minerva, who has been sobbing and clinging to him, and pats her on the back as if to soothe her. Minerva sobbed and pleaded with him.

「Danna-samaa,...... you see, fuee, Minerva, you know. She can't go back to her original form.」

「Huh?」

　Satoru's surprised at the unimaginable statement. Satoru managed to say just that and then raised his voice again to sound confused, while he was trying to soothe Minerva, who had started crying like a baby.

「What do you mean ......you can't be reverted back to your original form, the art of 【Mimicry】 is in the bracelet, right?」

　Minerva nods her head. Her beauty is ruined by her scowl.

　So you're telling me that she got naked to go hunting for dinner, and then found out that she couldn't get back into flying dragon form ― Satoru looks back.

「Leia.」

　Without needing to call out, Leia approached and switched positions with Satoru. This time, she stroked Minerva's head, who was clinging to her small body and crying hysterically. To the onlooker, she looks like a beautiful girl who is soothing a bewitching beauty who is crying without much sympathy. It is full of discomfort.

「Aaahhh, don't cry........Let's see. 『Appraisal (Estimation)』.」

　First, Leia's willow eyebrows twitched as she appraised the 【Mimicry】 bracelet.

「The bracelet is ...... No, this is. Wait a minute? 『Diagnosis』」

　Leia, who had been carefully diagnosing Minerva's body with a serious expression on her face and her eyes closed, sighed heavily. Leia's reaction, which was full of seriousness, did not faze Satoru. There was no doubt that there was something unusual going on.

「...... Say, Minerva.」

「Yesh?」

　Leia gave Minerva a subtle, airy smile as she raised her head with a sob.

「Congratulations, I say. It appears that you have a little child, just as you hoped, you know?」

　――Shiiiinnn, The area fell silent.

　For a while, the only sound was the rustling of the leaves on the World Tree. Satoru, Rico, and Liz all looked at Minerva and Leia, who had made the announcement, alternately with surprised expressions.

　Minerva, who had been so upset and crying so hard, turned around and stared at the face of the senior slave who had declared the conception with a blank expression on her face.

「...... Really?」

　Leia changed her smile to a big smile and nodded widely.

「Why should I lie about this?」

「Yaayyy! Minerva, you did it!」

　Rico, who grasped the situation, smiled and hugged Minerva. Minerva, perhaps not yet realizing her words, had a look of disbelief on her face and was being shaken by Rico's embrace.

「Eh...... eehhhh......」

　Leia, with a single exhale, puts her hands on her hips and slowly explains to Minerva.

「I don't know why. But it seems that the child in your belly has fixed your art so that you will not be able to 【Remove Spell】 of your 【Mimicry】.」

「If Minerva-sama becomes the body of a flying dragon, perhaps the fetus will flow?」

　Leia nodded at Solor's guess, which he added from the side.

「I think Solor's guess is correct. Perhaps 『Dragon People』 cannot grow up in the belly unless their parent is in human form. It is a frightening story that a fetus can interfere with the magic in its parent's body.」 [TLN: Change Ryujin to Dragon People]

「Really ......」

　Muttering in dismay, Minerva removed her hand from Leia's cloak, which was clinging to her, and placed her hand a little below her own tight waist. She can't tell just by touching it. But there is a long-awaited baby with Satoru――?

「Don't just stand there, Onii-san」

　With a tap, Liz pushed Satoru back. Despite being pushed lightly by Liz, the weakest of the three, Satoru staggered helplessly and slowly knelt at Minerva's feet.

「Oh ......ohhh ......」

　A trembling hand slowly reached out to Minerva's lower abdomen.

　Satoru touched it flat. The skin is as elastic as always. Of course, such a touch would not reveal anything.

　However, perhaps it was his imagination, but he felt a slight warmth.

「There's mine and Minerva's kid in this one......」

　Minerva looked up. She is trembling. An expression of disbelief ― slowly, tears were again pooling, and her well-toned face gradually turned crumpled, and she jumped at Satoru with a cry of joy.

「Waaaaah! Yes, she did it!! Baby, Minerva has a babyyy!!」

「Oh ...... oooh」

　Minerva's crying echoes around the area. Satoru was shaken but held Minerva firmly in his arms as she wailed, confirming once again that there were tears of joy to be shed.

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