The Unwanted Successor

"LORD KALEL, I'm thinking of naming our child 'Julian,'" Lucina Morganna excitedly told the father of her child. "What do you think?"

Kalel turned to her with a smile. "It sounds nice."

That made her heart flutter with delight.

Right now, she and Kalel were spending time inside their baby's room while having tea. Their son, on the other hand, was sleeping peacefully in his crib. If only she could immortalize this moment using a spirit stone, she would have done it.

But she was still a little awkward with Kalel since this was the first time that they had gotten this close.

[I'm quite nervous.]

"Is that what you expected to hear from me?"

She flinched when Kalel's voice turned from warm to taunting. Even his expression changed. He was now looking at her as if he found her disgusting. That sent shivers down her spine. "W-What do you mean by that, Lord Kalel?"