Chapter 434: Little Leonard

A bit of a time skip, woo. We love those. Well anyway, things calmed down and we came back to Neelofar, which disappointed my family a bit due to the fact that they no longer have access to my facilities.

Fast forward to now, Eliza is currently experiencing labor, it seems like the baby will be born a bit earlier than our predicted time.

It took ours as Eliza struggled in pain which I helped relieved with light magic, it took hours but the baby was born safely, and for this world's tradition, I have to give my blood for the blood resonance, which sure enough a match.

"Congratulations you 2." Uncle John said as he use magic to clean the baby up and wrap him in a clean blanket "He's healthy and seems to have no conditions, you can hold him. He's yours."

He then handed him to Eliza who took him with steady hands and is trying to shush our crying son. I on the other hand was very nervous. Diana(in her human form) is calming me down who is somewhat shaking.

| Fun fact: In the delivery room, there's usually a nurse who's instructed to keep watch over the father to make sure that they're okay. I'm surprised our protagonist didn't pass out yet. |

I'm not gonna pass out, you stupid idiot! Anyway, I then applied healing magic on Eliza whose face was quite pale and I then see color regaining back on her face. I use some cloth to wipe away her sweat a bit. I can see that the baby is a dhampir, which would cause a ruckus in the Crimson kingdom since there are now 2 living dhampirs.

"His name is Leonard." Diana informed "Leonard Silver. That's what mom told me to tell you guys."

"Want to hold on to our little Leonard?" Eliza asked

"Yeah, s-sure. Diana, please make sure to keep watch, I don't want to drop him by accident."

I then hold my son in my arms, I think Dabria said that singing would helping calming the baby down, but I can't do that. So I just rock him as gently as I can.

"Calm down Leo. Or should I call you Leon?"

I look and see that he inherited my light brown skin and Eliza's brown eyes.

-Doesn't Leonard already suffice?- Dabria asked -It has 2 syllables, you don't have to shorten it.-

"He's crying so much."

"Well he isn't like you." Uncle John chuckled "You only cried because your father pinched you."

Unlike my old world where I can only take the baby away after a few weeks, this world, we just have to wait a couple hours to bring a baby home. Why a few hours? We have to see the conditions of the baby, and even if the baby meet difficulties, my magic can heal him.

I can see that he's sweating a bit so I applied small ice magic to cool him down which calmed him down.

"Here, the mother should hold him for now, you've been carrying him."

"No. He's calmed down, so I don't want to change that, hand him back when he's hungry." Eliza replied quietly to not disturb Leonard.

*****

I got back home after the thing and my family was ecstatic and are fighting to try to hold him, at least in was in hush voices to not disturb him. I then hand him to my dad, me and Eliza then collapsed on the couch.

-Leonard, huh. He's cute and tiny, Diana was much larger as a baby.- Damon commented

-I'm more relieved that he's a dhampir and not a full vampire since the possibility is always there.- Siege commented -We would need a lot of blood pacts then which would make me lose my appetite.-

-That's what Eliza was worried about, so don't bring it up.-

"He resembles you." Eliza commented "Though he inherited my eyes, your original one is a bit darker."

"You'd reckon he'll grow up popular and attract a lot of people?"

"Well with my genes, yes, but with yours, I worry."

"Fair enough."

-Oh, he's crying again.- Ace informed

I then went and got Leonard within my arms and feel that he's shivering, I forgot that Neelofar since it doesn't receive direct sunlight, it's cold and it more so in my house to accommodate Damon and Siege. So I applied a bit of fire magic just to warm him up and he calmed down. I then just tickled his nose a bit and he stopped crying.

"There there. Your dad forgot to adjust the temperature."

"That's my husband." Lia said as she kissed my cheek "He knows what our son wants."

-Damon, Siege, I might turn on our heaters to keep our house a bit warmer, he was shivering, I'll slowly lower the heat again over time once Leo gets used to it.-

-Oh that's fine by me.- Damon replied -Prioritize the baby, I can just cool myself down whenever I want.-

-Yeah, I can just stay in my room since it's cold.- Siege reassured

*****

I was happy at first, you know. I got a son with my girlfriend whom I love very much and a son who I love very much, but over the next few weeks, this baby just choose to cry at everything, hungry, dirty himself...etc. Luckily he sleeps like throughout most of the day.

Even though, it's difficult, I love doing all of this, I can't believe the day of the banquet is near. If we lose, I will lose Leonard, I can't have that. Currently, I'm just keeping watch over Leonard who's sleeping peacefully in his crib in the living room.

"You look worried, you have that face." Eliza pointed out

"I'm fine. Go rest since you're tired."

"I'm just worried, that's all. He's cute, isn't he?"

"Yeah, he is. I just hope to be a good father.

"You worry too much." Lia chimed in as she hand me a bowl of hazelnut ice-cream that she got from the kitchen "You're doing well so far, I'm the one who's lacking despite promising to take care of him like as if he's my own."

"I should bring him to Elektra after this. I shown Nova and Hygeia, so I'd figured it's her turn. She should be happy to see her grandson after working for so long, she needs a bit of a break."