"Since the child will be born by her," one day my husband brought his mistress over.

"The child will be born by her, so you don't need to worry about it anymore." With those words, my husband brought along a woman whose belly was slightly swollen. My husband and I were entering our third year of marriage. Despite not using contraception, we still hadn't been blessed with a child. "Still no children?" That's what my in-laws say to me almost every day. Yet my husband had said, "If it comes to that, we can always adopt." And yet... ※R15 (for precaution) ※Since the protagonist is troubled by not being able to have children, this contains somewhat sensitive content. ※This is a three-part short story. ※Also published on other posting sites. ※Thank you for reports of typos and errors.