I had a dream.
Around the time when Rudi went to the Kingdom of the Dragon King.
A child was crying inside that dream.
A child with green hair was crying.
There was some kind of black shadow in the surroundings.
The black shadow surrounded the child and threw something like black lumps at him.
The child was desperately trying to run away but the black shadow persistently chased after him.
But there was a light ahead of that child.
The child approached the light and the light surrounded the child, the light then drove the black shadow away by throwing a ball of light towards it.
The child was tenderly wrapped up by the light and the child slept peacefully.
When I had that dream I thought that it was a dream of the past.
That the dream was of the old days when I was being bullied by the village's children.
I thought that 'I really love Rudi, don't I.' after having such a dream at this point.
I writhed like a little girl on the bed after thinking that.
Several months after that.
During the time when Rudi went to the Demon Continent.
I had a similar dream again.
But it was a little different from that time.
The child having green hair.
It wasn't my face.
The child who had Rudi's face was being chased by the black shadow.
And for some reason, there was no light ahead of that child’s escape.
I rushed towards that child in a hurry and decided to protect him from the black shadow.
I tried to drive it away bare handed as I couldn't use magic within the dream.
The black shadow had been sticking to me and didn't easily vanish.
The child was trembling in my arms.
When I had that dream I got anxious that something might had happened to Rudi.
He might had gotten injured or had been captured.
Even though Eris and Roxy were there......
I seriously started considering how should I make my move if that had happened.
In the end, he came back the other day and my anxiety was liquified but........
In exchange for that a different anxiety rose within me.
The stomach which was getting bigger.
I thought whether the dream was this child's within this stomach.
However, I immediately considered it as needless anxiety.
Rudi will definitely protect the kids.
This child is sure to have the light.
I thought that I had become just a little nervous because of pregnancy.
I immediately forgot about the dreams.
And then Rudi came back from the Demon Continent.
I tried asking him about the child's name.
It had been 6 months since I asked him to think about it.
It would had been fine if I asked after the birth but since he was leaving on a trip again I wanted to ask beforehand.
"......I'm sorry. I haven't thought about a name yet."
At that time, the thing about the dream crossed my mind.
The figure of the child coiled about by the black shadow and no one would come to his rescue.
I thought that perhaps this child won't be loved by Rudi.
'No, that couldn't possibly be' I immediately thought that but---
As excepted, I had a dream the evening of that very day.
The black shadow was swarming the child who was too far away from my hands reach.
I desperately ran and tried to save him.
But I couldn't make it.
After I finally arrived the black shadow was disappearing and the child was dead.
I was drenched in sweat after I woke up.