Jin is relieved that Reiko is in charge of the heat.
Then Reiko turned off the heat. All that was left was to steam.
He let it steam for about 10 minutes and took off the lid.
"Well, it's alright."
She stirs the rice with a wooden spoon and makes rice balls, this time without removing the lid.
The rice is not ready to be made when it gets cold, so it's best to make it while it's hot.
Since he could not prepare any garnish, he simply used salt to make the onigiri.
"Reiko, please do it.
"Yes, I'll take care of it."
Reiko can handle even molten iron.
She sprinkles a little salt on the hot rice and makes a triangle shape. Jin prefers the triangular shape to the bale shape.
About 30 bite-sized rice balls fit for Reiko's hands are made.
"Now all that's left is the tea. Reinhard, do you have hojicha on hand?"
"Yes, I think we do."
Jin looked for tea leaves and found a bottle of hojicha tea leaves.
"This is good."
He boiled water and brewed hojicha with boiling water.
Put it in the pot, and the gift is complete.
Reiko took the rice balls, Jin took the hand towel and the tea cup, and Reinhardt took the pot of hojicha.
There was a lady-in-waiting at the door, so they asked her to come in.
Since it would be some time before the baby was born, she allowed us to enter the room.
"Ah ...... Jin-sama!"
Bertsche was lying on the bed with a greasy sweat on her forehead.
"Oh, you don't have to get up."
Jin restrained Bertsch with his hand.
"And if you'd like, you can all join us. Elsa, thank you very much.
"Thank you, Jin."
In the room there was an old woman, Elsa, and a middle-aged maid of honor.
The maid of honor usually worked in the kitchen and was about to cook something for the guests.
"Onigiri, is it? It's easy to make, but delicious, isn't it?
"It's delicious even with just salt. Thank you, Jin and Reiko.
Bertsche only drinks Persian juice.
"Belle, I can't do anything for you, but good luck."
"Yes, honey."
I look around the room and see that the water is in the trough that will be used for the birth water. If Elsa were here, she could turn it into hot water with .
As I was doing so, Bertsche suddenly began to suffer.
"Ugh!"
"Oh my god, I'm in full blown labor! ...... men please leave!"
The woman said, and Jin and the others quickly left the room. Only Reiko remained inside.
In turn, the maid at the door entered the room to help.
"...... bell, good luck!"
Reinhardt muttered in a low voice before the door closed.
Then it was a long time.
Behind the door, Bertje's moaning could be heard incessantly.
And the voice of the birth mother cheering her up. In contrast, Elsa's voice was not heard.
Soon after, the door opened and the birth mother came out and said a few words to reassure us.
"It's a healthy baby girl. The mother is fine.
"I see! Thank you, thank you ......!
Reinhardt is in tears.
Then the door closed again, and this time it opened again after about 30 minutes.
"Come on, look at her face.
Reinhardt steps into the room, the old woman urging him to come in.
"...... you."
"Thank you, Berthe."
Reinhardt gently brushes a strand of hair from Berthe's forehead with his finger.
Next to Berthe, a newborn baby was sleeping peacefully.
"You really have a red face, don't you? So it's a baby."
The baby's face is wrinkled because it's still newborn.
"...... It's a girl," he said.
"Yes, I heard. Jin told me that it's easier to raise children in this order: first a girl and then a boy.
"Well, is that so?"
Then Jin came in with permission.
"Thanks for your hard work, Bertsche.
"Thank you, Jin-sama. Thank you for your help with Elsa-san.
Yes. Young Mistress has a wonderful healing magic, doesn't she?
Thanks to her, the bleeding was kept to a minimum and the mother's body was not in danger.
Elsa, thank you.
"Yes."
Elsa was also providing various support services, such as sterilizing the room with sterilization to prevent infections.
"Congratulations, Reinhard.
"Thank you, Jin.
I'll send you a baby gift some other day.
"Oh, don't worry about it. You really helped me today.
It's a good thing we were on Horai Island.
Hmm? ...... Ah, ah! Jin! And Erza! Thank you, but you guys have another wedding reception tomorrow!"
Finally, Reinhardt's head started to spin.
"Don't worry. I'm going to Leuthardt to get some rest.
"Oh, really?"
Since the unveiling party will be held in the Kingdom of Celluloid for three days from tomorrow, the time difference will be less if we move from the house in Leuthart.
"That's a good thing, isn't it?"
"Yes.
So don't worry. But more importantly, what's your name going to be?
I've thought about it a lot. We'll have a long talk with our parents after this.
"I see. Well, we'll take our leave now.
"Oh, thank you so much, Jin and Elsa."
Jin, Erza, and Reiko greeted Reinhard and Bertsche, and then moved to the Reuzert compound. <
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Using the warp gate, you will be in Leuthart in no time.
"Come, master.
Butler D welcomes Jin and the others.
The bath is already prepared.
The old man had instructed them to be ready by the time Jin and the others arrived.