After hearing the news Selypa relayed, Bardock's eyes widened immediately.
He asked in surprise, "Isn't the due date still half a month away? Will a premature birth have any negative effects on the child's development?"
Selypa raised an eyebrow in confusion and replied, "What difference does it make if the baby is born a few days early or a few days late? Your Majesty, are you perhaps too nervous?"
Bardock wiped his forehead in exasperation. The Saiyan physique was not as fragile as the humans on Earth in his previous life.
Many female Saiyans even fought on the battlefield while heavily pregnant, and he had never once heard of anyone having a miscarriage.
In truth, Bardock hadn't experienced this before. When Raditz was born, he had been in seclusion. By the time he came out, Raditz had already been placed inside a cultivation pod.
He then eagerly asked, "How is Gine? Is she feeling uncomfortable anywhere?"
Selypa became even more puzzled. What discomfort could there be from giving birth? Just lie down in the Imperial Hospital, and the baby comes out.
Still, she honestly shook her head and said, "No, she's fine. Empress Gine is currently recovering in the recuperation pod."
Upon hearing this, Bardock immediately turned and began walking toward the Imperial Hospital.
He did not fly because Bardock had personally established a no-fly zone over the capital two years ago. As the Saiyan Emperor, he certainly couldn't set an example by breaking his own law.
As for the Anti-Saiyan Alliance, he had no time to deal with them right now.
At that moment, a green-haired girl with pointed ears, resembling an elf, hurried over to Paragus and reported, "Lord Paragus, your wife has given birth to a young master."
Paragus's face lit up instantly.
"Good, good, good! Your Majesty, did you hear that? I have a son! Hahaha, I have a son!"
Bardock, walking ahead, obviously heard him.
He nodded with a smile and said, "I heard. Congratulations, Paragus."
Paragus scratched the back of his head foolishly and chuckled. "Thank you, Your Majesty. This is truly a great joy for me."
Ever since he got married two years ago, he had always hoped to have a child.
Bardock then asked, "Paragus, what are your plans next?"
Paragus immediately replied, "Your Majesty, I will certainly raise my son well so that he can serve the Saiyans."
Bardock nodded slightly. "That would be excellent."
Paragus then asked curiously, "Your Majesty, what name do you plan to give the Second Prince?"
Bardock shook his head honestly and replied, "I didn't name him. Gine named him Kakarot."
Paragus immediately praised the name. "Kakarot, what a wonderful name! In the Saiyan language, it means prosperity and flourishing. It truly is an excellent name."
Bardock shrugged.
To him, any name was fine as long as Gine liked it. Even if she wanted to name the child something ridiculous, he wouldn't object.
"What about you, Paragus? What do you plan to name your son?" Bardock asked.
Even though Bardock already knew the answer would be Broly, he still had to go through the motions.
Paragus replied respectfully, "I don't have the same cultural knowledge as Empress Gine, so I named my son Broly, meaning loyalty.
From my generation onward, my family will serve the Royal Family for generations and dedicate our lives to them."
Soon, the three of them parted ways at the entrance of the Imperial Hospital.
Selypa headed to the recuperation area to look after Gine and Paragus's wife, while Bardock and Paragus went to the infant ward to see their sons.
After all, it wouldn't look appropriate for two grown men to enter the delivery recovery room. If they wanted to see their wives, they would have to wait until the recuperation period ended.
Standing outside the infant room, Bardock suddenly sensed a power level fluctuation of 10,086.
He glanced at Paragus and thought to himself, I didn't expect that. You, with those thick eyebrows and bushy beard, actually produced such a genius War God.
Paragus clearly sensed the same power level and looked at Bardock with envy and admiration.
"Your Majesty, the Second Prince's power level is already as high as 10,086 at birth! He truly is a genius among geniuses! Incredible! As we speak, the Second Prince's power level has already increased by another ten points!"
Bardock smiled faintly and teased, "Perhaps the owner of that power level is Broly."
Paragus immediately shook his head.
"Your Majesty must be joking. My own power level is only a little over a million, and I'm not even a Super Saiyan. How could I possibly produce such a genius son?"
Bardock simply smiled and said nothing.
He pushed open the door to the infant room.
Rows of sealed, cradle-like incubator pods came into view.
At the same time, loud crying echoed throughout the room.
Paragus immediately bowed his head and apologized.
"It must be my son Broly, frightened by the Second Prince's power level and crying uncontrollably. I beg Your Majesty's forgiveness!"
Bardock's expression turned strange.
Originally, he believed that with his own base power level of tens of millions, even if his son wasn't as strong as Broly, he wouldn't cry in fear like in the original story.
Yet the crying was still happening.
Worse still, under Broly's powerful aura, Bardock couldn't even sense his own son's power level.
A bad feeling suddenly formed in his heart.
Ignoring Paragus, Bardock walked straight toward the two incubator pods glowing with blue light.
One pod read:
Name: Broly
Father: Paragus
Mother: Yuri
Initial Power Level: 10,001
The other pod read:
Name: Kakarot
Father: Bardock
Mother: Gine
Initial Power Level: 5
Bardock's brows furrowed as his expression darkened.
He muttered to himself, "Is this really my son? My power level is in the tens of millions, yet my son's power level is only five?"
Then he suddenly comforted himself.
At least it wasn't two like in the original story. Five was more than double that.
Thinking about it that way made Bardock feel slightly better.
At that moment, Paragus suddenly dropped to his knees with a loud thud and slammed his head against the ground three times.
Outside the room, he had praised the Second Prince as a genius among geniuses.
But upon entering, he discovered the genius was actually his own son. Worse still, that same son had frightened the Emperor's child into crying.
Paragus's voice trembled as he pleaded, "Your Majesty, I beg you to spare Broly's life."
Bardock collected himself and looked at Paragus kneeling on the ground.
"Get up, Paragus. As the Prime Minister of the Saiyans, you do not need to kneel before anyone, including me."
But Paragus seemed not to hear him.
"Your Majesty, I will immediately arrange a spaceship to exile Broly to a desolate planet and never allow him to return to Saiyan Star. I beg you to spare his life. He is still just a child!"
Bardock frowned.
"Paragus, stand up first. In your eyes, am I really an Emperor who cannot tolerate even a newborn child?"
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