Chapter 365: How Many Children
After the short trip / outing to A- Country, Talia and Arthur returned to Esteria. Rebecca was unwilling to let Talia leave, but let her go anyways.
Talia asked Joe if he had any preferences for his girl’s name, but he said he had none. He said that from his side, he had none he could honour by naming his firstborn after them.
Talia, who was under the impression that he might want to name his child after his late sister, understood he didn’t want that. She then decided to find a name from Rebecca’s side. Through the stories she heard from Rebecca, there were a handful of people Rebecca respected.
"Four? Really Iris? Four?" Arthur held Talia’s hand as she was seriously contemplating, looking through the window. She didn’t even respond to the stewardess who offered her a drink. There was a slight turbulence as there were thick clouds and thinking that she might be scared, he decided to change her mood.
Well, not only that, he was blindsided when that repugnant woman snickered as she asked him about Iris’ plan to have four kids. They have always wanted to marry and having kids is part of the plan but they never discussed about that topic deeply.
She really wants to have four kids? That is four years gone just for pregnancy! Isn’t two enough?
"Why not?" Talia looked at Arthur with a smile. His face looked a bit restless and that made Talia chuckle. "It’s not like we can’t raise four children. We have lots of money and we can get all the help we need if necessary. And four is the minimum amount. I don’t mind seven or eight even. Grandpa said twins run in my grandma’s family, so I might have eight kids in four pregnancies. Wouldn’t that be-"
"Horrific!" Arthur went pale imagining eight children calling him ’dad’. "Which century do you belong to anyway, Iris?" he held her shoulders and shook her gently. "You are a Princess; not a brood mare!"
"Wait... since when did wanting to have more children considered regressive? And broodmare? I am not going to just shut myself in giving birth to children. I will work too. It’s not like my brain cells will disappear with pregnancy." Talia knitted her brows as she was offended. She didn’t know when her heart changed, but now she wanted a lot of children around her. She knew eight is a lot but his words made her feel like she was asking for something so abhorrent.
Horrific? How is having a lot of kids horrific?
"But eight Iris? Even four is a lot and you’re casually saying eight? Think of your health, Iris. Can you handle four pregnancies? You’re weak as it is. I can only agree for two and no more." Arthur said firmly and covering his eyes with the sleep eye covering and leaned comfortably at the seat.