Chapter 120

[Third Person's PoV]

Cid grabbed the hand that was grabbing his cheek and gave it a kiss, before wiping away her tears.

"Let's think about our future now…" Cid said with a calming smile.

Aurora nodded her head, smiling as well. "Speaking about the future, I honestly don't believe it will be long before I give birth."

"Just how fast has she been growing?" Cid asked curiously.

"Too fast, seriously. I have never been pregnant before, but even I can tell this is abnormal. Your blood is something special," Aurora said, shaking her head before looking at Cid with panic.

"She isn't going to rip open my stomach and crawl out, right?"

Cid looked at her in surprise, "Huh? Of course not," he said before chuckling.

He then waved his finger towards her belly and started wiggling it at her stomach and talking in a soft voice, "She's too smart for that, she knows she shouldn't hurt mommy, is that right?"

Just as Aurora was looking at Cid in amusement, she felt pain as a foot protruded from her stomach slightly.

"SHE KICKED!" Both Aurora and Cid exclaimed together before looking at her stomach and then back at each other with a look of surprise and excitement.

Upon realizing they were making the same expression, they started chuckling, causing Aurora to let out a satisfied sigh towards the end and lean back further into Cid.

"Like I said, she'll be smart," Cid said smugly.

"You know, I haven't thought of a name. I didn't even try to come up with one," Aurora revealed to Cid.

"Oh yeah? And why is that?"

"Since I had hoped you were the man you are, and would take responsibility, I wanted to try and come up with names together," she said with a proud expression.

"There are just so many names to choose from. It's going to be difficult to pick one… first, let's get this out of the way. Do you have anyone important to you, someone who you would want to name our child after?" Cid asked.

Aurora pondered the question for a bit before ultimately shaking her head, "I don't. What about you?"

To which Cid also shook his head. 'I would have said my master's name from my first life or a girl version of it, but that bastard didn't even tell me his name,' Cid inwardly mused.

"Hmm, let's try combining our names. Ciora… hmm no, Aurid, not it either. Even the first one was better than that," Aurora said with a dissatisfied look.

"What's wrong with Ciora? I think it's nice," Cid said in confusion.

"Thanks for letting me know you have no naming sense," Aurora said with a plain look, raising a hand to stop Cid from continuing further.

"What– I'll have you know I have one of the best naming senses around," Cid said, offended at her accusations. 'Although she isn't wrong, I still have my pride. There's just no way I could admit defeat.'

"Oh yeah? Then prove it, right here and now. Come up with a name that could satisfy me, oh mister naming wizard."

"Fine…" Cid said, narrowing his eyes at her. "But first let the baby council and me discuss among ourselves."

Aurora grew confused until she saw Cid cuff his hand over his mouth and lean in into his stomach, making whispering noises.

He then put a hand towards his ear and leaned towards his stomach to listen. Cid would occasionally nod his head in understanding before repeating the process.

"I see, I see, what a start lady you are," Cid muttered loudly enough for Aurora to hear. After using that time to brainstorm a name, Cid looked at Aurora with the utmost seriousness.

"The council of baby and me have come to a conclusion. She would like to be named Celeste."

"Celeste," Aurora softly muttered the name, intrigued. "How did you come up with such a name?"

Cid looked proud of himself. "Well, for starters, the name starts with a C, which adds a bit of me to it, and both Aurora and Celeste are things related to the sky or the space above.

Aurora means 'Dawn', while Celeste means 'Heavenly' or 'of the sky'. So, although the names and meaning are somewhat different, it all revolves around the same essences. Making a perfect combination of the two of us… so what do you think?"

Just then, the baby kicked again, almost in agreement with the name. Tears then streamed down her face as her lips quivered.

"Was my naming sense that bad? Or did the kick hurt more than it was supposed to?" Cid asked with worry towards the last part.

Aurora's lips continued to quiver and sniffle while shaking her head. "No, it's just… it's beautiful…" Aurora then started loudly crying. "Even the baby thought it was a beautiful name," she sobbed.

Cid just started patting her back as Aurora continued to cry before she suddenly stopped and rubbed her stomach. "You know, I'm suddenly craving something cold…" She said, standing up and wiping her tears.

She then started to walk down the steps carefully. "Come, lead me to the kitchen," she said while waddling ahead.

'What the hell is happening…' Cid inwardly pondered, 'Do hormones really affect her this much? She was literally crying her eyes out, and now this little penguin just wants to waddle to the kitchen all of a sudden?'

"Oi, don't keep me waiting," Aurora called out, snapping out of his thoughts.

"Coming, coming," Cid said with amusement.

Aurora then started to cry all of a sudden.

"What's wrong?"

"You're sick and tired of me already, aren't you?" she cried out.

"What gave you that idea!?" Cid asked in shock.

"People repeat the words they say two times when they're tired of someone. I'm sorry!" she apologized while crying.

"I'm sorry *sniff* for being *sniff* such a fat pig," she apologized once more.

'I'm so thankful you're growing fast, Celeste,' Cid inwardly praised as he started reassuring Aurora that he didn't think of her in any negative light she painted herself in.

"You do know we could just shadow travel us there, right?"

Aurora shook her head. "I need the exercise," she said calmly.

'And she's calm again… that's nice.'

As they made their way towards the kitchen, Cid saw many of the girls running around carrying party objects with a frantic look on their faces.

They would stop and bow towards Cid before they all started running again.

"So are you going to impregnate all the girls in your organization?" Aurora asked curiously.

"Huh!?" Cid's head snapped to look at her in bewilderment.

Aurora then gained a perverted smile as she looked at Cid. "Just imagine, every girl that passed, each with a bloated stomach just like mine, each carrying your DNA inside of them creating a new life."

'Is this the perverted personality of Aurora? Personality no.25?' Cid inwardly sighed.

They soon arrived at the kitchen where people were zooming back and forth with a determined expression.

A girl with black pigtails and glasses appeared before Cid with a bow. "Is the boss in need of anything?"

"She wants to eat something cold, Kuala," Cid replied.

"Hay! It shall be done, My lord!" she said before rushing around and bringing a big bowl of ice cream.

"Hope you enjoy," Kuala said with a smile. "Would you be needing anything else, my lord?"

Cid shook his head. "No need, thanks for the help," he said, patting her head, which caused her to beam before joining the others.

As Aurora was stuffing her mouth, she then asked with a blissful expression, "Do you know the name of everyone here?"

To which Cid nodded with a serious expression, "Everyone that joins and becomes part of Shadow Garden joins for a cause and pays with their servitude. The least I could do for them is remember all of their names."

Aurora looked at Cid in surprise and then respect, while the others who heard him smiled widely, happy to have him as their leader, which caused them to work harder and more efficiently.