The Monster Knight Wants Maternity Leave (Completed Main Story) - Chapter 28

Knock knock.

Someone knocked on the door as if trying to snap Emily out of her headache-induced daze, and those people turned out to be priests who had come to perform baptisms.

Emily quickly shook her disheveled hair, straightened her posture, and called out.

“Come in!”

When the door opened, two figures entered—tall hats, clerical robes, and white masks.

One of them appeared to be an assistant priest, wearing an undecorated robe with only a belt, carrying holy water.

After a respectful greeting, as the priest called each child’s name, holy water was sprinkled on their heads, accompanied by a brief blessing.

Finally, it was Nia’s turn, and the priest who saw the child’s hair quietly approached the head priest and whispered.

“Priest Mordo… she has black hair.”

Priest Mordo was quite surprised.

Though not across the entire continent, black-haired children born within the Empire were specially monitored and rarely slipped through the regulatory net.

Of course, since the Empire comprised many nations, unexpected black-haired births could occur—but this was the capital, where small chapels were stationed everywhere.

He reviewed the child’s record book received from Emily.

‘The parents’ names… Lucia? Could it possibly be that black monster? If so, does that mean the black hair is hereditary?’

Priest Mordo recalled the last war five years ago, when the temple had been attacked and turned into a sea of blood from enemy corpses.

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