My Servant System

Chapter 1594: Chapter 1593: A Tad Bit Early

Forming habits could take as little as half a month or as long as half a year, and in my case I formed a few habits relatively early on during this pregnancy that would likely remain even after it passed… and would most likely return the moment I was like this again.

For one I woke up a bit earlier so that I could just… pace around in the closet, browsing the clothes I had but really just keeping my mind focused on random things that intrigued me – like what I wanted to do for the remainder of the day or what I wanted to do later down the line – as I ’loosened’ up before the day started.

It was one of the few periods of time where I could confidently and completely say that I was alone and had little worry about someone barging in and causing chaos, so because of that I was cherishing these moments as best I could.

It helped ground me mentally and prepare me for the challenges of operating this household day in, day out, all while I slowly got bigger and heavier and just all the more ’impaired’ thanks to my drastically decreased range of motion.

The other large habit that I had formed was just from what I was eating and how often I was eating; there was the large and heavy breakfast followed by a snack a few hours before lunch, then another snack between lunch and dinner before I finally had another snack before bed…

Not entirely healthy and definitely part of why I had gained a few extra pounds here or there when I didn’t need to, but considering there were five new lives kicking and squirming around inside of me I felt I had earned the right to just overindulge a little right now, so I did.

It was during that guilty first snack break that I felt something was a bit… wrong, and by something being wrong I mean my thighs were dry one moment, then they were soaked the next… followed by a sharp string of contractions in my stomach that made my vision swim as I staggered forwards.

“Kat?!”

Thankfully my wives had agreed that someone was always going to be nearby me at all times after the third month passed – not the early mornings, but every other moment they were here with me – so Leone rushed forwards and steadied me, looking at me in concern before her eyes dropped to the puddle on the floor.

“Oh…”

“L-Leone, ’oh’ isn’t fucking helping..!”

My snarl followed by another pained gasp jolted the Vampire free from her reverie and prompted her to swiftly cast a simple healing spell before she hoisted me into her arms and rushed me towards the room that Kavya had demanded we prepare.

As soon as she laid me onto the large bed she pulled the cord and rang a bell, causing Anput to rush over before she immediately turned around and shouted “I’ll get Kavya and some others! Give her that potion and get her comfortable!”, leaving us alone once more.

My midriff was a warzone of sharp stings and dull aches that reverberated throughout my entire body, ensuring that the main thing I felt was pain as my body began the process of labor… which was every bit as hellish as I had thought it would be.

I could feel my skin getting clammy with sweat as the waves of pain continued to slowly wash over me entirely, and I was also barely able to make out what Leone was saying as she frantically moved me around and got me where she wanted me.

My teeth were grinding together as I held back another cry of agony, and this sudden onset of contractions felt like someone was trying to get back at me immediately for whatever I had done instead of giving me that buildup that people had been telling me about.

Time truly began to lose meaning as I felt my insides churning at the behest of those five pups inside of me, each one pushing and wiggling around inside of me as they tried to find their way over to my cervix to get pushed out, and yet all they were achieving was more and more pain for me as they made no progress whatsoever.

That ’enthusiasm’ was apparently ’good’ according to Lady D’Arcon, who had appeared at some point during this laborious period for me, and her saintly white visage was somewhat soothing… and also very harsh on the eyes since everything was just a tad brighter thanks to both the pain and the tears pooling because of it.

Apparently them being so eager to emerge meant I should have an easier time pushing them free, and yet having all five of the little bastards being equally eager and also immensely stubborn meant that all they were doing currently was just clumping up together and making no progress at all.

The potions and salves that were used on me helped alleviate some of the pain and relax my muscles just a little in certain areas to try and further aid me, but the biggest help I had – and the one that I was the most thankful for by a mile – was the leather wrapped stick that had been presented to me after they noticed me refusing to unclench my jaw.

Now that I had something to bite onto rather than my own teeth I was able to alleviate some more of the pressure that was building up slowly inside of me, namely the pressure thudding inside of my skull as I trembled all over, and that… that was what was currently hurting me the most.

I just laid there on that bed, chewing on that apparently indestructible stick to help preserve my tongue and my teeth while also trying to push out five eager, stubborn, idiotic and absolutely chaotic little bastards that were all trying to be the first born.