Chapter 226

There was nothing strange about Diana's condition. Sleeping more, feeling queasy, struggling to digest her food — all of it was perfectly natural.

"You're pregnant."

"......"

Neither Diana nor Cassion could get a word out.

"Are you sure?"

It was Rumdrax who asked Lebert.

"Yes, I'm certain. From now on, she needs to rest, by force if necessary. A baby is stronger than we tend to think, and also far more fragile."

Lebert rattled off a long list of precautions for pregnancy.

It was coming from a man who had never once been pregnant himself, and yet not a single person raised an objection.

Beside him, Janice nodded along, taking diligent notes like the researcher she was.

Even then, Cassion and Diana just stood there looking dazed, with no reaction to speak of.

Lebert glanced back and forth between the two of them, then herded Rumdrax and the rest of…