“Uwaaaaaaah! Byaaaaaaaah!”
“Ah, yes, yes, I"m just cooling down the milk right now, so just wait a minute.”
“Au”
“Yes, where are you going, Princess? Come back.”
“Byaaaaah! Baaaaah!”
“Nana? Can you wait a bit?”
“Nnn! Nnn!”
“No, please behave Jaja.”
While holding Nana, who has become hungry and was bawling, in one hand, I pulled Jaja who was floating with the finger of the hand holding the baby bottle.
They have been flying longer these days, and they have learned to move freely to some extent.
Jaja"s curiosity was directed to every conceivable corner of the house.
“Look, it"s ready.”
“Fuuu, guu…”
“It may not be as good as mama"s, but be patient.”
I sat on the sofa and put the baby bottle in Nana"s mouth.
Since it was made quite a while ago, it should have cooled down enough.
It"s difficult to get body temperature.
“Nuku, Nku”
“Ah!
“Just wait a bit okay? After Nana"s meal, it"s Jaja next.”
I gently held Jaja, who was wriggling, down.
We will struggle later if we do not match the timing of their meals.
We also take care to not shift their nap times too much.
For now, Jaja and Nana go to bed and drink milk at the same time.
They have become more comfortable with drinking baby formula, so it has probably been easier on Aoi.
She had to hold onto the two of them during breastfeeding, and Aoi couldn"t move during that time.
Anyone can feed them with a baby bottle, so the burden on Aoi is lighter.
“h.e.l.lo~”
“Ah, Yuri-san. h.e.l.lo.”
Yuri-san appeared in the garden, outside the dining room window.
If you"re at the entrance, you can"t cope with the troubles of twins, so people who come by often like Yuri-san, enter the house from the garden.
Yuri-san, from the golden retriever dog tribe, is similar to her daughter Doggy-san.
Her style doesn"t make her look like she"s over 60, slender and cool.
She"s a veteran mother who has raised four daughters, including Doggy-san, and is very reliable.
“Sorry for the intrusion, is Nanchan eating?”
“Hahaha, she just finished crying.”
I didn"t lock the window because I knew she would come at this time.
Yuri-san slid open the window, took off her shoes and came into the dining room.
She was carrying a large shopping bag in her hand, and some vegetables were poking out.
“What about Jajchan?”
“Yes, I was about to.”
“From the looks of it, Kunpei-kun hasn"t had lunch yet. Jajchan, come eat with Obsan.”
“Ah!”
When her legs were released, Jaja slowly started flying.
She arrived at Yuri-san"s chest with both hands outstretched.
“Yes, how skillful. You"re really good at flying, no?”
“Yes, recently, whenever we take our eyes off them, they fly off to ridiculous places. Everyone was panicking.”
There are only two nurseries in the vicinity, where beastmen children can go.
Yuri-san, who worked for one of them until recently, has seen most of the different types of beastmen babies.
It seems that there are special methods to take care of babies from mermaids to birds, so she"s somewhat used to it.
But as one would expect, she has never taken care of dragon babies.
I"m very grateful to Yuri-san, who helps us as we"re worried about their growth.
Alba Germain, the rat who should be familiar with dragons, unexpectedly did not partic.i.p.ate in childcare. He only appeared during mealtimes.
I mean, with his size, he"ll probably be mistaken as a stuffed animal when he approaches Jaja or Nana, and will be grabbed. So it"s correct that he cannot partic.i.p.ate.
An extremely thorough rat.
“Where – is – Jajchan"s meal?”
“Ah, dah!”
Yuri-san walked across the dining room and headed to the baby bottle warmer on the kitchen counter.
It"s a skill to entertain Jaja while speaking with a rhythm.
Jaja is happily raising her hands and laughing.
“Yes! I found it!”
“Dah, dah!”
Yuri-san took the baby bottle from the plug-in type warmer and pressed it against her cheek to check the temperature.
“Let"s wait for it to cool down a bit.”
“It"s difficult checking the temperature, isn"t it?”
The warmer regulates the temperature, but it actually gets a little hot.
“It"s much easier than in our days. That"s the good thing that came out of the worlds colliding, the convenience of civilization.”
Ah, that"s right.
Yuri is from the generation before the worlds collided.
The beastman civilization seems to have been behind considerably behind.
“We were lucky because our village was fortunate enough to connect to j.a.pan.”
When the worlds collided, there seemed to be conflicts between races around the world, but j.a.pan was comparatively calm.
The government at the time, who was trying to control the chaos of the world, was said to have been criticized for something, but is now generally praised.
“When I was little, it was hard to imagine that gla.s.s, which was rarely seen, would be so cheap, and I didn"t expect ma.s.s-produced alternatives to breast milk.”
Hmmm. It"s interesting to talk to people who struggled.
“Was officer Doggy"s older sisters married?”
“The older two are, the third daughter seems to be enjoying herself in Tokyo. She should at least say so over the phone, but that"s probably admitting defeat. Recently she"s rushed to get married since she"s already over 30 and getting anxious.”
While rolling the baby bottle on her cheek, Yuri-san"s lips quivered a little.
No matter what she says, she must be worried about the third daughter.
“Au”
“Jajchan, just wait a little longer.”
“Ah”
Jaja sucked her right thumb while looking at Yuri-san curiously.
“When I got married, it was time for the village to be strong. I was a childhood friend of my husband, and had decided to marry since I was little. There were some dissatisfaction here and there, but he was a good person. I was fortunate enough because of him.”
Yuri-san had a nostalgic expression.
“Well, because the world has changed, it"s natural that the way the children now live will change. Let the girls live as they please.”
“Ahaha…”
Yeah, I had difficulty responding.
“Okay, here you are!”
“Ah! … nku”
Jaja, who responded cheerfully, grabbed the baby bottle held out by Yuri-san with both hands and held it in her mouth.
“Yes, what a good girl.”
Yuri-san bent down and picked Jaja up.
After a short walk and sitting on the couch, she looked down at Jaja with a maternal expression.
A mother, how nice.