This is a little treat for you guys. This is a side story about Velvet's pregnancy and how it went under her journey but these will only be uploaded when we head forward a certain point in the story for me to reveal it.

Enjoy!


It was just another day in Camlann. Velvet was fixing breakfast and was about done when she suddenly felt sick and held a hand over her mouth and stomach just as Simon got down the stairs, seeing his wife's expression and instantly got worried.

"Are you alright?" Simon asked worried as he came into the kitchen.

"I'm okay, Simon." Velvet answered while turning to face him. "I just felt a little nausea."

"Maybe you should stay home and rest." Simon told her.

"No, I'll do that after helping the others with the farming for Rolance." The former Lord of Calamity replied. "I promised to help and can't take it back now."

"Ok, I'll have a normin watch over you so nothing happens." Simon said with a small smile as he kissed her on the forehead.

"I'll be fine, Simon." Velvet assured him. "It'll go over in a while, don't worry about it."

After they ate, Velvet left the house and Simon was looking at her worried as she had said herself that she doesn't get sick at all as she's both a therion and a seraph in one body. That's why her expression worried him, Simon knew something was wrong if she had started getting sick all of a sudden as it had been years since the wound on her arm was healed.

An hour later, Velvet was done with taking out the herbs for medicine from the other plants in the big garden. They were going to Rolance so that the village could raise money to buy much more things to seed and use. The Nephilim wiped away the sweat on her forehead with the back of her hand in relief before taking the basket of herbs as she stood up, glancing at the children playing nearby before walking to the cart to place it with the other things going to Rolance.

"I see you working hard." An old woman said nearby as Velvet placed the basket in the cart.

"I just want something to do which means I want to help as much as possible." Selene explained with a smile as she turned to face the woman. "Thank you for the compliment, Setsuna!"

"Don't overwork yourself now, you're still young." The old woman, Setsuna, pointed out gently. Velvet suddenly felt the sick feeling again but stronger now and had to lean against the cart, holding her stomach again and took a deep breath to calm her body down. "Are you feeling alright, Selene?"

"Yeah, it's nothing." Velvet answered. "I'll be home if there's anything I can help with."

Meanwhile, Simon was walking out with Muse out of Michael's house to check on him. The retired Shepherd had fallen asleep on his desk again to finish his book in time to publish it, causing him to work even at night. The two childhood friends were having a small conversation until Simon saw Selene and called her over. Velvet smiled before walking over to her husband and friend but her vision was getting blurred and her legs started to give up as she prepared herself to hit the ground. Muse gasped and Simon screamed her fake name before everything went black.

"Selene, can you hear me?!" Simon called out to his unconscious wife as he took her in his arms. "Muse, get the doctor."

"Of course, I'll bring her to your house as fast as possible." Muse said before running off in another direction.


After what seemed like an hour, Velvet opened her eyes to meet the sight of the roof of the front door porch. Glancing slightly to the side, she saw Simon looking at her with a gentle smile before Velvet realized where she was. The ex-Lord of Calamity was lying on the bench swing on the porch as it slowly rocked back and forth while having her head on Simon's lap.

"You fainted." The alchemist said simply, knowing her all too well.

"I… fainted?" Velvet asked slowly before sitting up, grabbing her head as the Nephilim got a terrible headache. "How long was I out?"

"Just for an hour. Selene, you've been acting strange all day." Simon pointed out worried to his wife. "I know that look you had on your face this morning, you felt really sick and now you fainted. How long has this been going?"

"A few days maybe, I don't know exactly and I've been feeling so tired recently." Velvet groaned her answer and surprised her husband.

"Then those symptoms are all too familiar to me." A woman said and the couple looked up to see Muse together with another woman, who's probably the doctor of the village. "In fact, Muse is showing the same symptoms as well that have started today."

"You aren't joking now, are you?" Velvet asked her friend, who just smiled.

"No, we aren't." Muse replied. "All I can say is congratulations!" Velvet raised an eyebrow at the word.

"Muse isn't that far off. Those symptoms are really common in the state you are in now, you are pregnant, Selene." The doctor told the couple, shocking Velvet before she ran inside.

Simon soon followed after her up to their bedroom, meeting the sight of Velvet having her head in her hands while sitting on the bed with her hair down. Simon slowly walked over and sat down beside her.

"I shouldn't-! I can't-!" The therion said, not bringing herself to believe in the news.

"Selene, breathe." Simon said and Selene took in a few deep breaths to calm down.

"This shouldn't be possible, I have no right to become a parent to a child of my own." Velvet confessed. "I'm not even truly human!"

"You are human!" Simon exclaimed serious.

"Shut up! Shut up! Shut up!" Velvet exclaimed as she stood up angry. "I'm a monster, Simon! And I will always be one!" The black haired woman started tear up. "You don't understand how many bad things I did in the past, I don't deserve this sort of happiness or my dream of making a family come true." The alchemist got up and hugged Velvet in a really comforting way, noticing she was tired both mentally and physically.

"I married you because I love you, not because of other reasons. Listen, there's no such thing as a painless lesson, they just don't exist. Sacrifices are necessary, you can't gain anything without losing something first. Although, you can endure that pain and walk away from it, you'll find you have a heart strong enough to overcome any obstacle. It's okay if you cry, it proves you're really strong."

Velvet started sniffing before she sobbed and eventually, she finally broke down. Unable to control her feelings anymore, she just cried her heart out. She accepted his embrace and buried her head on his chest. Simon just kept on hugging her while caressing her long black hair. He loved when she cried out the pain she kept inside, to have her in his arms and the mood swings Velvet was having can be because of her being tired.

"You should get some rest, we'll wait and see if you're actually pregnant." Simon pointed out as they broke away with Velvet smiling tired.

"You're probably right." Velvet agreed.

The therion then got in bed to rest as Simon left to leave her at peace.


The next couple of days, Velvet was feeling better and she continued to do her chores but in a more easy way just in case. However after two months, Velvet started to feel sick again and stayed at home for most of the time. Now, she was lying on the couch in the living room, failing to notice the small bump on her stomach as a blue normin was keeping her company while Simon was doing an errand somewhere else in the village.

"Is this how Celica felt like?" Velvet moaned to herself.

"Velvet, are you feeling okay?" The normin asked as she was sitting on the table and looked at the woman a bit worried, who took a deep breath.

"No, I can't even sit up without feeling like I'm going to throw up." Velvet groaned before looking at the normin. "Thank you for convincing Simon. I'm glad that the normin still remember me and the others."

"No problem, even the Lord of Calamity have to see people that know her." The normin pointed out as she stood up. "I have another normin getting some medicine for you that might help."

"Thanks." Velvet thanked the little seraph with a smile. "Any word of Eizen and Zavied?"

"Well, Zavied is off traveling while taking care a few strong hellions with that artifact of his. Eizen is still a dragon but isn't rampaging." The normin told her. "Edna, however, hasn't been seen since a hundred years ago when he turned into a dragon." Velvet glanced at the ceiling.

"I think it's because of Eizen becoming a dragon. I know that Edna is Eizen's sister and was probably devastated because of that, I can't blame her. I know exactly how it felt to lose someone that is so close to themselves."

Velvet smiled at the memories of the old days and her friends before she started to sing a song, "In my eye and in my way. In the sky so far away. Are you hiding in the grey. I am on my way to find you. In the shadows where you lay. In darkness I will be praying. One by one in a lonely lullaby. Dancing like a lonely feather in the windy weather. Looking for a beacon and some clarity. Long to fly again together and I wonder whether if we will ever find our melody. Over mountain and below the stars. Light my way so I know where you are. And find me, anywhere and anytime I sing my song for you. My tomorrow and my today. It is time for you to find your way."

"That's a beautiful song, Selene." The voice of Simon suddenly and Velvet blushed before sitting up to the sight of Simon standing in the kitchen. "Where did you learn that?"

"S-Simon!" Selene exclaimed embarrassed. "How much did you hear?!"

"Just you singing all of a sudden." Simon replied and Velvet blushed more red as she laid back down.

"It just came to my mind." Velvet explained as Simon came over to her. "I was just thinking about a person who knew an old companion of mine, she's been alone for some time now to protect her brother."

"I would love to meet this person." The alchemist pointed out before noticing the bump on his wife's stomach and placed a hand on it.

"What are you doing?" Simon just looked up smiling at her. "It can't be-!"

"That would explain why you suddenly got ill again. Looks like it was true, that means that you'll have a hard time these next few months."

"Tell me about it. If this is the start then I don't want to know what happen next." Simon stood up and let out a sigh in relief.

"Thankfully, I brought home pregnancy clothes for you while I was out." The husband walked to the kitchen and came back with a bundle of light blue clothes.

"Then I should put them on now to feel more comfortable." Velvet sat back up slowly.

"Promise me you don't overwork yourself now." Selene just grinned.

"I won't make any promises."

The two laughed before giving each other a kiss. They were happy of the small miracle inside Velvet, something that would complete their little family. Simon snuck out later that night, having looked at Velvet sleeping peacefully before quietly going outside. The alchemist have managed to keep the truth about him knowing his wife's true identity for so long now but he wanted Velvet to tell him herself. Simon walked to the top of the stone stairs to the Empyrean's throne and saw Maotelus there, looking at the sky before noticing Simon arriving.

"Simon! You usually isn't awake at this hour of the night." Maotelus said a bit surprised as the alchemist sat down on the last step.

"Yeah, there's a reason why I came here tonight." Simon explained. "Remember that Velvet fainted a while back? Well, she hasn't gotten sick by a virus. Velvet is pregnant with a child."

"I can't believe it! Velvet is really going to become a mom!" Maotelus said excited and Simon chuckled. "Congratulations, Simon!"

"Thanks, Maotelus." The alchemist thanked the Empyrean with a smile as he thought about his wife sleeping. "To think that I met her three years ago and proposed to her. It seemed like it was just yesterday. And you said she was scary the first time you met."

"She was but Velvet has become much more alive and human now. I can't believe it's the same Velvet."

"True enough. You can't see that she had a terrible past like that, she only show that when she is with either you or me since being the only people she trusts. Actions have always consequences to them, that's why I want to continue my research to transfer someone's soul and heart to a different person without interfering with that person's personality and soul. That way, I can protect my family beyond the grave." Simon stood up as a wind came by and blew through his hair as he looked at the moon in the sky.