Chapter 353 – A New Life.

“WaAaAaaaah…”

“Congratulations, it’s a boy!”

“…”

“He passed out…”

“Waaaaahhh”

“My baby…”

A woman reached out for her newborn son while trying to ignore the passed-out father next to her bed. The baby cried out almost instantly after getting smacked on the bottom by the attending cleric. This feline nun was performing the rites and quickly infusing divine energy into the tired mother.

‘Hm, so that’s how they do it in this world. Interesting…’

To the side was Roland who was having to pick up the passed-out father from the ground. Dyana had finally given birth to a healthy baby boy that didn’t seem to have any abnormalities. It was the first time for him in this world and his old one to witness a birth. After a quick scan with his analyzing skill, he was given a mostly blank scotus screen with no name or classes.

‘The name is blank and all the stats are at one besides charisma and luck…’

Roland had to take a second to look at the child’s luck stat which was a lot higher than the one he had at the age of five. This was a strange stat that kept going up with his age and had an obscure use that even people in this world weren’t sure about. The consensus was that the higher the number, the more a person was favored by god and good things happened to them. Considering that he had a lot of close-death experiences in his youth, perhaps he was disliked for some reason.

After looking over the status he peeked at the midwife, Sister Kassia. Thanks to his involvement Bernir’s wife Dyana was given one of the better clerics in the city to help her through the pain. This was considered a luxury as most commoners could not afford a higher-level priest to attend. Physicians existed in this world but they were seen as lesser to a priest. They lacked skills related to healing and had to use bandages or medicine made by alchemists as a substitute.

With the help of a priest giving birth didn’t seem that bad. Kassia was able to cast spells to relieve pain and there were also potions that did the same thing. Using potions was somewhat inferior as they varied in quality. There was a possibility for them to affect the child as they had a hidden toxicity rating. When a threshold was reached it would produce a debuff that could last for a while.

“Hey… wake up…”

Roland moved his palm towards Bernir’s cheek and gave him a few smacks. His strength was quite up there so he tried to not give the new father a concussion. Finally, after a few seconds, Bernir opened his eyes widely.

“Huh, what?”

“I think you should join your wife and son.”

“My son? I have a son?”

“Can you stop embarrassing yourself already? Get over here you idiot!”

Bernir had passed out around the moment the child’s head was emerging. The sight even made Roland look to the side. It didn’t seem like it was Kassia’s first rodeo as she didn’t even flinch and kept infusing the areas with divine spells. Thanks to them the mother didn’t have to suffer through the pain and the baby finally emerged.

He stood back while watching Bernir, who was his assistant awkwardly touch the baby. This reminded him of the reason that he was even here. The two new parents didn’t really have anyone they knew in this city. They had arrived here to start a new life and they had been successful. Yet there was a lack of certain people in their life that could take on the role of a Godfather or mother.

There were a lot of traditions in this world and it was quite similar to his old world. While there were multiple gods here it didn’t mean that people didn’t get baptized. One of the important parts of this world was the concept of a godparent which kind of fell into his lap. Roland was supposed to take on this title which would somewhat tie him to this family even more. If something were to happen to both of the parents, it would be his duty to take care of their child.

At first, he was apprehensive about it but after recalling the past history he had to agree. Bernir had proven to be a good assistant and also a good friend. When his home was getting attacked he protected it and even went against Valerian knights to protect it. There would probably not be that many other people that he could trust as much as Bernir.

‘I bet he wouldn’t even hesitate if I asked him to do the same if I ever got a kid. A kid huh?’

Roland felt strange when looking at this family before him. He had never really thought about getting and with so much work there was no time for one either. Perhaps it was an excuse to postpone the decision but he didn’t feel that bringing a child into this world at this time would be the best decision. Before he could have some deeper thoughts about the issue he was interrupted by the midwife priest.

“The Lady of the Sun has graced us with another life, it’s life is like the rising sun that illuminates the world we walk on.”

“Ah yes…”

It was quite early in the day and the sun was rising. For the worshipers of Solaria, this was a good sign when a child was born. A new dawn signified longevity while giving birth at sunset wasn’t as welcomed. Then in some other religions like the ones worshiping the moon, it was the exact reverse. Birth by day with the blessing of Solaria and birth by night with the blessing of Lunaria and Lunaris. Some people even attributed these birth cycles to indicating future classes a person could possess.

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“Oh look at the time, I think Dyana needs to rest so I’ll see myself off now that the ceremony is finished…”

While Kassia started babbling on while praying in the direction of the rising sun, he approached Bernir. His assistant wasn’t even looking in his direction as he was too busy having his newborn son clinging to his pinky with that small hand of his.

“He has quite the grip! Ha ha, he must have gotten it from his mother!”

“Hey, what’s that supposed to mean.”

“N-nothing…B-boss did you want something?”

After seeing a large vein appearing on Dyana’s forehead Bernir decided to turn to Roland for some help. He didn’t really want to get involved in the squabble but instead decided to offer the two some free time. In this world, things like maternity or paternity leave didn’t really exist. Usually, the mother took care of the kids while the husband never stopped working. Luckily for the two, Roland was able to offer them some more time with their newborn.