#2: The Beloved’s Attending Physicians
“Listen, you must do everything in your power to ensure that nothing happens to Lady Beloved.”
“Hokay!” the doctors who’d been called to assist with Ruri’s delivery replied, their answers almost incomprehensible as they trembled in fear.
Standing before the doctors was Agate and the other elder retainers. They had initially jumped for joy at the news of Ruri being pregnant with Jade’s long-awaited child, but they soon came back to their senses. Childbirth was a matter of life or death.
Agate and the others had no personal experience with it, but they knew that childbirth was extremely taxing on the mother, especially for someone from a different race like humans.
Truthfully, they weren’t worried at all about the baby. A child of a human and a dragonkin was most likely going to be a dragonkin. Since they had sturdy bodies even as newborns, there was no need to worry about them. The real problem was Ruri. She had a sturdier body thanks to being in tune with Jade, but that didn’t mean that she was completely out of the woods.
After all, Ruri was a Beloved. She had subjugated supreme-level spirits like Kotaro and Rin, both as overprotective as Jade, and if anything happened to her, they would both bring the nation to its ruin. This all simply had to go off without a single hitch.
That was why Euclase had taken the initiative to make preparations, but the anxiety still remained. Although parents with children themselves, Agate and the others had no medical knowledge, so all they could do was put pressure on the doctors, but it was honestly counterproductive.
The team of skilled doctors, midwives, and court ladies were assembled quickly to assist with the Beloved’s delivery, but due to Agate’s team’s intimidation, they were all scared out of their minds.
“The fate of this nation rests in your hands,” Agate said. The group turned pale, looking as though they might collapse under the immense pressure cast upon them.
“She’ll be delivering any moment now. Make sure to keep your eyes peeled for any problems with Lady Beloved.”
“And if anything does happen to her...” The elder deliberately cut his sentence short, leaving the team to dream up the worst possible outcome.
Their faces screamed “get me out of here right now.” However, under the vigilant eyes of Agate and the elders, they weren’t allowed to squirm away, so preparations steadily chugged along.
The doctors, anxious about when Ruri would go into labor, couldn’t put down their stomach medicine. They were a group of veterans who had experienced this many times before, but they’d never imagined that one delivery would shape the fate of the entire nation.
They had been gathered because they were trusted to handle the birth of a Beloved child, and they had agreed without hesitation, considering it an honor, but they soon regretted their choice.
Amid the many people suffering stress-related stomachaches, Ruri went into labor and gave birth. She was so spent that she couldn’t even get out of bed, but both mother and child were declared healthy.
Needless to say, the ones most elated by this successful birth were the doctors delivering the child.
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