NOVEL NEXT Chapter 323: Birth of Eclipsya
"Ughh," I let out a painful groan as Zephyra holds my hand and the maids do their work.
"Tsukuyomi, are you alright?" Zephyra asks, seeing my tears of pain.
"I-I'm..." I murmur as I finish giving birth, the maid takes the baby and begins to carefully and skillfully clean it while the others look at the baby with curiosity.
It's been 2 minutes since the baby came out and the maid is finally finishing, the umbilical cord has also been cut.
"Here is your daughter, Tsukuyomi-sama," the maid says as she hands me my already cleaned baby. I look at the little one with a smile as she doesn't cry and doesn't open her eyes.
"..." Soon everyone is surprised when the baby simply has a slight growth spurt, becoming 70 centimeters tall, about the size of a 3-year-old child.
She has long, snow-white hair, her skin is pale as if bathed in moonlight, and my daughter soon opens her eyes, looking directly into mine. She has deep black eyes like an eclipse.
"..." Everyone looks attentively at the very cute baby, only I find it strange that a newborn baby of 70 centimeters would seem to be three years old, since normally at that age they would be larger.
But at the same time, it makes sense because she just gave birth, I can only say that Pandora's genetics are to blame for this.
"Her Majesty said you can choose the name... Let's give you some privacy," Freya says as she leaves with Calypso, Elena, Kaelith, and the maids, so only Zephyra and Lilith with their heads remain here.
"A... name," I look at my daughter, who stares at me intently. She seems to have a strange intelligence, she doesn't speak or move much, but she stares into my eyes as if evaluating who I am.
"Eclipsya Mikoto Oblivion," I murmur the name that seems to fit her perfectly, her eyes give me this immediate image of an eclipse.
"Your daughter is so cute," Zephyra says as I look at her with a smile.
"Thank you..."
"We'll give you some privacy, Pandora should be entering the room soon," Zephyra says, walking to the door. I had said earlier that I wanted to be alone for a while with my daughter when she was born, so they are giving me this freedom.
Now I'm alone in the room with my daughter, and the first movement my daughter makes is to raise her cute little hands to me. She has a serious and mysterious look that is truly unique.
"You know... you're really incredible," I murmur to her. It's as if her small size defies logic because she already seems like a child, even though she just gave birth.
She doesn't have the normal childish features that a baby has, she almost immediately gained the features of a young child.
"..." I bring her closer to me and she grabs my clothes, guiding herself by touch until she reaches me. She squeezes with all her might, which isn't much, as she guides herself to my breasts.
"Undeniably Pandora's daughter," I speak as she brings her mouth to my breast, seeking food. For a newborn, she is too smart, I help her and she soon begins to suck on my breast, feeding herself without any help.
'I don't know what to think about this...' I expected crying, a more restless child, or perhaps something more different, but she is too serious for a baby, although undeniably cute.
"You inherited my hair and eyes..." I speak as she sucks on my breasts with her eyes closed, greedily sucking up all the milk she can.
She has undeniably inherited these two characteristics from me, but while my eyes are a serene black tone, hers are chaotic, as if the darkness obscures all the light, a characteristic present in Pandora's gaze.
'She didn't inherit the tail or halo that Pandora has...' Her pale skin seems to have been mainly inherited from Pandora, as well as her way of acting.
Soon the door opens and Pandora enters the room, looking at the baby as she closes the door. She can't hide the silly smile on her face.
"Is this my daughter?" She asks, even though she knows the answer. I just nod as the baby stops drinking milk and looks at Pandora. When she looks at Pandora, her eyes seem to shine with joy and she extends her little arms to Pandora.
Pandora also looks at her with shining eyes as she extends her hands to take the daughter. I just hand her over as I sigh, still feeling pain in my intimate parts.
I watch the scene, the little baby hugging Pandora's face as Pandora hugs her.
"My baby is so cute, don't you agree?" She asks, approaching the bed. I just nod as Pandora climbs onto my abdomen, which hurts a little.
"My daughter is hungry, so I should feed her, right?"
"W-Why are you looking at me like that?" I ask, disturbed by Pandora's gaze.
"I need to check your quality as a mother too, so just stay still," she says, approaching as she tears the front of my dress, revealing my breasts full of milk.
"W-Wait, that's for the baby!" I say as Pandora carefully holds Eclipsya, bringing her close to my breast.
"Does it matter? My daughter needs to be taught how to do this right, so I'll teach her while also experimenting to measure the quality," she says.
"T-That's just a stupid excuse to suck on my breasts!" I say as she holds Eclipsya close to my chest. Eclipsya understands, then just clings to my breast and starts sucking.
"Eclipsya Mikoto Oblivion, that was the name you chose, I heard. It's a good name, I approve," she just changes the subject.
"W-Why the hell are you doing this?" I say as she brings her face closer to mine.
"Because I'm hungry and you smell of blood, it's been a while since I had a good meal that I hunted myself, and if it's not your milk, I might end up biting something else."
"And besides, nothing better to bring a mother and daughter closer than a shared activity. Eclipsya can only suck on one breast, so I'll take care of the other," Pandora says as she puts her mouth on my nipple, hugging me with one hand while holding our daughter with the other.
Soon the two of them start sucking on my milk in rhythm, and the most ridiculous thing is that they both end up in some kind of synchronization of sucking and stopping at the same time.
"T-This is so ridiculous..." I murmur irritated. Pandora stops sucking while Eclipsya maintains the rhythm she copied from Pandora.
"See? My daughter learned from me, we're so alike," Pandora says proudly.
"How the hell do you teach that to a baby?" I say incredulously, as she has actually taught her.
Eclipsya is now sucking at a calmer pace, which prevents her from choking by taking more than she should.
"I don't know, it just seemed right? Maybe it's instinct," Pandora says uncertainly.
"I'm satisfied with the results, it seems you're at least a good mother," Pandora says arrogantly.
"Haaa..." I just sigh, I'm in pain and Pandora's weight doesn't help much.
"T-That thing about being hungry, is it serious?" I question.
"Totally, you have a scent that whets my appetite, I've already told the maids to prepare a feast to celebrate the birth of my daughter. Today, September 7th, is a special date," Pandora says with a smile.
"By the way, your milk is delicious, my daughter is lucky," she murmurs in my ear as she gently pulls away, holding Eclipsya, who only releases my breasts to follow Pandora.
"You can go take a bath and rest, Tsukuyomi. I'll take my daughter with me to get her a special outfit and bath, she also smells of your blood and that's not appropriate, don't you agree?" Pandora says with a happy smile, it seems motherhood pleases her greatly.
"Okay..." I just agree, I need to clean the blood off my body. It's a bit ironic that no one stayed to take care of me just because I'm a goddess.
The umbilical cord is still out, so I have to wait until the placenta is expelled from the body, but when I thought I would go through this alone, a maid enters with Zephyra.
"..."
"We came to finish everything and take care of you. Pandora even passed by us and said she would send more maids," Zephyra says with a composed smile.
"...Thank you," I murmur with a warm heart. I thought that after the baby was born, I would have to deal with the rest alone, since Pandora obviously only cares about the baby.
"Pandora said you need to be well and healthy to continue, and that we shouldn't just leave you like this. So as soon as the third stage of labor is over, we'll take you with us to a more private and suitable place for care with your intimate parts."
"And when you expel the placenta from the uterus, Lilith will come to heal you. At the moment, Lilith is talking to Pandora while they both evaluate the little girl's health."
"Hahahahaha Pandora seems like a doting mother this way, can you believe she taught Eclipsya how to suck milk properly?" I laugh at this.
"She's happy, very happy to the point of expressing it on her face, which is rare since we usually see Pandora with fake smiles or sadistic smiles. I think I've only seen Pandora with genuinely happy smiles like this about 3 times in total," Zephyra says with a gentle smile.
"...You must be next," I murmur as she just shrugs.
"Maybe, but when my son is born, at least he'll have an older sister to take care of things," she just speaks in her usual more standard tone. Our friendship has risen in these last few months.
"Can I... hold your hand? I'm in a bit of pain..." I murmur as Zephyra extends her hand.
"You were strong, congratulations on your daughter," Zephyra gives a sincere compliment.
"Thank you..."
"By the way, your daughter is so cute. She's like a miniature version of you and Pandora at the same time," Zephyra says, breaking the mood.
"You're right, it was slightly strange to see that, but she is undeniably a cute and well-behaved girl," We start talking as I go through this slightly difficult moment.