The Romantic Trials Of A Transmigrated Empress
Chapter 172: An excited grandfather to be.

Chapter 172: An excited grandfather to be.

Roland looked at the time on the wall of the kings royal study. It was a quarter to three. The king was late, he had made them wait for an hour and Sigrid was running out of patience.

It was his wife’s first time in the royal study and she was trying hard not to flip over everything and see what was beneath, on top, on the side.

Roland handed a candy and walked to one of the three windows in the office, the middle one. He stood there and looked outside.

The view from his father’s office overlooked the stream and trees. At the moment, it was dull, with nothing of interest outside so he turned back around and sat down next to his wife.

"Maybe he fell asleep." Sigrid suggested.

"Its not impossible." he answered.

Sigrid looked at the door and sighed. "Is he always this late?"

"A king is never late, the right time is whenever he arrives." Roland shared with flourish.

As if on cue, right after Roland’s words, they heard a patter of footsteps and then the door to the large study was opened. The king and an exquisite looking princess Elarin framed the doorway. Beside Elarin, hanging on to her dress with small fingers was the youngest prince.

Sigrid grinned at him and he hid behind Elarin.

"You don’t need to stand." King Raff gestured at them just as Roland was getting to his feet.

Sigrid did not intend to stand in the first place so she was glad to remain where she was. The king and Elarin sat down in the opposite chairs. Elarin carried the little prince and he made himself comfortable in her arms.

"I hear that you both have good news." King Raff looked at Sigrid, his eyes trailed from her head to her stomach. "Congratulations are in order I suppose."

Roland beamed proudly, "Indeed father, we do have great news. The crown princess is expecting, we found out when we were on our honeymoon."

The king scowled at his son. "Yes, the honeymoon where you both nearly killed my grandchild because none of you could handle one woman with hopeless dreams to become a queen. Is this how you intend to protect what could be the next crown prince?" He slapped the arm of the chair.

The smile on Roland’s face died down. "It was my fault father, I apologize. Next time...."

"Next time!" The king barked.

"There will be no next time." Roland remedied his words.

Sigrid could barely move past the apology. Why was Roland apologizing to his father for the supposed failure to protect the child? Wasn’t such an apology meant for her, the pregnant woman?

"It could be a girl you know." She chimed in.

"And that is also a good thing." Elarin grabbed the king’s hand before he could say something outlandish like he preferred a male grandchild.

King Raff cleared his throat. "Yes, uhm, yes, that will also be a good thing. Girls are good too, boys ensure that our Maximus line continues and my descendants can continue to rule Eldoria but girls are good too."

"Perhaps you should say those words on television. I am sure Eldoria’s women that have just come to love, support and respect you would love to hear this." Sigrid snorted.

King Raff growled as if he was offended and about react but he calmed himself like a train that had run out of steam.

"You are going to give me a grandchild so I will ignore that sarcastic remark. Also, I want to make it clear that I have nothing against girl children." He stuck his chest out. "I am just hoping for a male child because it means Roland will have a successor. Is it wrong?"

He huffed and crossed his arms on his chest. Strangely, he resembled a child throwing a tantrum.

"Maybe we should give the children the gifts we prepared." Elarin suggested.

The gifts were brought in, some wrapped and some opened. Some in boxes and other in bags.

"Elarin and I went shopping as soon as we got the news about the pregnancy. We bought some shoes, cloaks, a baby crib, toys...." King Raff told them in an excited voice.

He did not stop at telling them, he pulled some things out so that they could see. So many things had been bought that it made Sigrid realize she did not need to do any shopping the next time she got pregnant, others would do it for her.

"After your first trimester, we will throw a party and announce the pregnancy." King Raff informed Sigrid as he folded the small cloaks carefully before putting them back in the box. "Elarin will be in charge of the party, when the time comes tell her if you are having any cravings and she will be sure to see to it that they are made available."

Sigrid just nodded along, she could not bring herself to be excited. An hour later, they left the castle with so many baby items in tow.

By the time they reached the Vale, the nursery was being prepared by excited servants. Roland joined them, he and Jesting who had followed them back were discussing what decorations would be fit for the walls of the nursery.

Sigrid did not have the heart to watch, she excused herself to her room and locked herself inside the bathroom. Immediately, she closed her eyes and made a trip to The Bank of Eternal Fate.

Hers was no longer a new face and she was taken to the feamle senior officer of the bank she wanted to see, the one that had thrust her to Eldoria with one wave of a hand.

"You are back again." she said. Her voice held minor irritation because Sigrid was one of the most persistent clients that bank had ever had. "Are you here to beg for the life of the child again? I think I am beginning to like this dance, you beg, I say no and you beg again and I say no again. Let’s begin today’s five minute round, go on, beg me."

Sigrid remained quiet, standing in a corner of the office. This time, she had not even bothered to sit as she had done on previous visits. It would be her last visit to the bank on this matter.

"What’s the use, you will just say no anyway. Has something changed since I was here last? Is there any slim possibility of you letting me keep it?" she asked, a little hope dangling at the end of her question.

"You know you way out, goodbye." The woman waved a hand and Sigrid vanished from the bank.

When she opened her eyes, she was back in the bathroom again. Nothing had changed, the decision of the bank was still the same and for the Ye family, this meant their fate was sealed as well.

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