A New Beginning for the Family

In the afternoon, around 5:30 p.m.

"Strange, where did I put them?"

"What's wrong?"

Rachel Ho had been pacing around the corridor and muttering to herself for the past few minutes, so Asayama finally could not help asking.

"Of course, the carrots prepared for M-chan—"

"Oh, those. Kikuchi put them in the feed refrigerator this morning."

"Ah! So that's where they were. Thanks—"

Wearing long boots, Rachel Ho hurried toward the storage room.

After a while, as if they had caught the keyword "carrots," several curious heads poked out from the stalls on either side of the corridor.

But upon realizing it was not feeding time yet, they soon withdrew with disappointed expressions.

"Remember to cut the carrots into small pieces."

"Rachel Ho, acknowledged—"

Rachel Ho's response drifted in and out from somewhere nearby.

"Be careful not to fall."

"Roger!"

Watching her rush out of the storage room with a container full of carrots, Asayama sighed helplessly.

Then she lowered her head and resumed scrolling through her phone.

The electronic reports for Anna and Moon Shadow's early pregnancy examinations at the Urakawa BTC Light Horse Clinic last week had just arrived from the clinic.

Though she wanted to scroll straight to the part she cared about most, she patiently read through everything before it first.

"Fetal heartbeat was in good condition. Twin pregnancy ruled out. False pregnancy ruled out. No obvious developmental abnormalities. CRL, or crown-rump length, was within expected range."

The final early pregnancy examination had also gone quite smoothly.

The frequent ultrasounds over the past few weeks could finally come to an end.

Once the crucial early examinations were passed, the frequency of checkups would be greatly reduced unless an abnormality was suspected.

Until delivery, the focus of monitoring would shift to the fetus's continued development and the