"This..."
Lin Ke looked at Antova.
Antova shook her head, "Don't look at , you guys chat, just pretend I'm not here."
Saying this, Antova sat upright on the chair, playing the part of a statue.
Lin Ke then looked at Rica, full of suspicion, "You wouldn't have thrown our son out early just to go fight, would you?"
Rica rolled her eyes at Lin Ke, "My relationship with the son is much better than yours, isn't it?"
As she spoke, Rica touched her belly, "Do you want to listen to our son's voice?"
Our son's voice?
So Lin Ke couldn't hold back any longer, he gently kneeled on one knee and placed his ear against Rica's belly.
At the sa ti, a thread-thin, barely discernible, nearly non-existent spiritual power ventured into Rica's belly.
Lin Ke was extrely careful; in this lifeti, or rather, in both his lifetis, he had never been this cautious, fearing he might make a mistake he'd regret for life.
Then he clearly heard a strong heartbeat in his ear.
"Thump thump... thump thump..."
Heartbeats!
A mysterious bond thicker than blood ward his spirit, bringing an involuntary smile to Lin Ke's face.
It seems Rica was not wrong.
He had previously thought Rica might be like a dragon, pregnant for ten years or so.
After all, it's been nearly two years without giving birth, proving the bloodline is different from the Human Race!
The Human Race's gestation period is ten months; anything longer or shorter—three years, five years, two months, three months—is abnormal.
Now it seems Rica's labor isn't as quick as the Human Race, but it also isn't as long as a dragon's.
When Lin Ke heard the heartbeat, his spiritual power also detected a strong soul.
Though still small, this soul pulsed as vigorously as a heart.
When Lin Ke's spiritual power ventured in, the soul emitted feelings of curiosity and closeness.
Lin Ke couldn't resist the overwhelming emotions and, fearing he might startle his son, quickly withdrew his spiritual power and then excitedly pointed at Rica's belly:
"I... I, I... he, he... he, he..."
So excited!
My son!
This magical feeling!
Happiness, excitent, joy, contentnt, responsibility... a mix of emotions intertwined.
This emotion was even more exhilarating than hearing that he was going to be a father.
Seeing Lin Ke stuttering like that, Rica and Antova exchanged a glance and smiled happily.
"Alright, alright, you still act like a child." Rica patted Lin Ke, "Sotis it's fast when you think about it, Little Lin Ke."
Rica's eyes showed a recollective look, as if recalling the ti she first t Lin Ke as a little girl.
Back then, as a princess, she silently watched Lin Ke's growth from behind.
Ahem, although it wasn't exactly "silently"... Rica blushed slightly and looked at Lin Ke.
"Hurry, hurry." Lin Ke was still imrsed in the excitent of touching his son's soul power, his heart still surging, even more so than being swept by the turbulence of the Star Realm.
His power could overturn a giant subplane, but it couldn't hold back the joy of the coming new life.
Antova saw that Rica's emotions were stable and didn't care how excited Lin Ke was, as long as it didn't affect Rica.
"Hey, you n just don't understand." Rica looked at Lin Ke acting like that and said with a hint of annoyance, "Alright, alright, anyway, the baby's due around that ti. You go do your own thing, just rember to co back then."
Indeed, she should have kept this guy as a pet back then, so he wouldn't be so busy now... Rica couldn't help but chuckle inwardly.
One week?
Lin Ke was thinking of pushing off all duties to spend ti with Rica.
But considering the mountain of affairs in Naseng, he felt he couldn't be too irresponsible.
After all, it's also a period of rapid developnt for Naseng.
The Naseng Continent, composed of countless planes, is too vast.
If not properly governed, it might yield a result less than the sum of its parts.
"But it's just one week."
Lin Ke scratched his head, "Just one week; it's not a big deal, right?"
Only one week—wouldn't it be better to accompany his wife and child rather than be busy?
"Yeah, one week, what's there to fear?"
Rica smiled, "After giving birth, I'll first challenge that Gladiator Master in the arena, then you accompany on a trip, handling business along the way!"
Rica was thoughtful, naturally seeing that Lin Ke was also concerned about Naseng.
Being a leader doesn't an forgetting about family, but it also doesn't an only rembering family.
After all, there's still a week, Lin Ke could finish his work, and it would be just right.
Lin Ke was undecided and looked at Antova, "Godmother..."
"Leave out of you young people's affairs."
Antova waved her hand, "Anyway, I'm here to accompany Rica; where you go is up to you."
Lin Ke looked at Rica again.
"Alright, hurry and go." Rica sneered, "Don't think I don't know, you must want to et John and them, huh?"
Lin Ke rubbed his nose, "Then I'll handle so affairs quickly and co back. About the childbirth..."
"My mom has already arranged it." Rica replied, "Only a few people know about my childbirth, just co back quietly then."
"Understood." Lin Ke solemnly nodded, forcibly suppressing his excitent, "Then I... I'll co back once a night?"
He couldn't help it, too worried about Rica's safety.
Even though it's heavily guarded here, it's still his wife and son!
Which father wouldn't worry?
"Alright, alright, if you keep talking, I'll be in a bad mood, and it won't make our son happy either!" Rica stared at Lin Ke.
"Okay, okay, then I'll co back every other day?" Lin Ke tentatively asked.
"Aiya, you're so annoying!" Rica couldn't help but smile wryly, "Do as you like, I'm just worried it'll affect your work, aiya!"
Lin Ke foolishly scratched his head, "What work could be more important than you two?"
"Alright, alright, go on, you can co back whenever you want. It's up to you." Rica showed a cheerful smile and said to Antova:
"Godmother, co, let's go over the travel route again..."
"Sure." Antova smiled and agreed, sitting over to accompany Rica in reviewing the post-pregnancy travel route for the 123rd ti.
Honestly, Antova also looked forward to that travel route, planning to invite Lagaro Sai along when the ti cos.
Seeing the two won hinting for him to leave, Lin Ke just smiled, then left the treehouse.
He had a chat with Loli, then left.
Of course, when leaving, he could only exit through the abyss, because while the space on the Main Plane was strong, he could tear it forcefully but couldn't control where the spatial rift would open on the other side.
After several twists and turns, Lin Ke finally returned to Great Wilderness City.
Just off the teleportation array, he looked at the bustling Great Wilderness East Station and couldn't help but feel a little emotional.
Back to familiar territory, he took out the Magma Staff, the power of teleportation back in hand.
"Let's check the town hall first."
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