The Death Mage that doesn't want a fourth time

35 A new life has been born, so let's adjust our living environment

The room that Zadiris had prepared for Bilde's childbirth was one of the countless rooms in the ruins of Talosheim.

The room had been cleaned and a rug made of the soft fur from a Needle Wolf's belly had been laid out on the floor, and Bilde was lying on top of it.

「First,【Sterilization.】Bilde, are you alright?」(Vandalieu)

There were three other Ghoul women in the room other than Bilde. They were likely women who had experienced childbirth before, acting as midwives.

「V-Van.」(Bilde)

Probably due to the pains of labor, Bilde's breathing was rough and there was sweat on her forehead as she realized that Vandalieu was there and reached a hand out towards him. Vandalieu took that small hand... that was still bigger than his own, and she gave his hand a squeeze.

「I-I'm going to do my best and give birth to a healthy baby, okay?」(Bilde)

What was a man supposed to say in response to this? This was a difficult question to answer in Vandalieu's position. He was aware of his own expressionlessness and flat tone of voice, so he thought he might come off as cold if he just said,「Do your best」, so he hesitated. Trying to sound as reassuring as possible, he said...

「It's alright, I'm here with you, so just relax.」(Vandalieu)

Vandalieu didn't have a doctor's license, nor had he ever witnessed childbirth before, so he didn't know what exactly was alright or on what grounds Bilde could relax, but encouraging her was the top priority right now.

In fact, his expressionlessness was convenient in situations like this. His lack of confidence didn't show on his face.

「Okay!」(Bilde)

It seemed that Vandalieu had succeeded in encouraging her. She definitely seemed to be in pain, but she still smiled.

When Vandalieu thought about the fact that had made her smile, the pain of her claws digging into his right hand seemed to be a trivial matter. Ah, they pierced his skin.

... But he could see a faint shadow of death on her face.

「Control your breathing, short breaths in, long breaths out.」(Midwife)

「Check your Status if you can; has your Vitality dropped?」(Midwife)

「I will make sure to deliver your baby. Rest assured.」(Zadiris)

Looking at everyone else, Vandalieu realized that Bilde wasn't showing any strangeness or visible signs of her condition worsening. She showed no signs of being ill, and there shouldn't have been anything abnormal with the baby, either.

「I'm going to examine you a little, okay?」(Vandalieu)

But Vandalieu could definitely see the shadow of death, so he used【Spirit Form Transformation】to transform his unoccupied left arm into spirit form and placed it inside Bilde's abdomen.

And then he found that the umbilical cord had wrapped itself around the baby's neck. At this rate, the baby would be strangled.

『I'm glad Zadiris called me over here.』(Vandalieu)

Thinking this, he loosened the umbilical cord from around the baby's neck... though it would have been easier to do it with his right hand.

「How is everything, boy?」(Zadiris)

「It's fine, I've resolved it.」(Vandalieu)

The bones of Vandalieu's right hand were creaking and Bilde's claws had dug into it so that her paralyzing venom was entering, but there was now no problem with the mother or the child.