Then every time I attempt to walk the thorny path in the future, I’ll think of Levanfell’s help. He won’t be by my side forever.
“It’s not that I would cut off the Princess’s hands and feet. I was just worried that it might be dangerous for you.”
“Don’t worry. I’m not going to act recklessly with my life at stake. My life is the most precious to me.”
I’m not the kind and loyal princess from a fairy tale.
“I’m not saying I’m going to do everything myself, either? If it’s a risk I can’t handle, I’ll throw it to Your Majesty and run away.”
I have to live a long life. As long as I’m alive, my mother said she’ll give me everything?
“Please take care of the rest, Your Majesty.”
I looked at Levanfell and smiled bashfully. His frozen face thawed, like snow melting.
“Are you telling me to clean up after the Princess now?”
“Clean up? It’s just division of labor. I create the mess, Your Majesty, you clean up.”
“I think so every time. The Princess is truly an admirable person.”
“……In a good way?”
“I’ll leave the interpretation to the Princess’s imagination.”
“You, Your Majesty, are also an admirable person.”
“Such as?”
“……Uh…… So……”
I didn’t think he’d ask.
“Um…… For example, the strong determination to cut a person’s neck at any time?”
“……”
“Clear abs?”
Turns out there’s not much to praise. Our Majesty.
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Levanfell took me to the dressing room and left, promising to return at midnight. The wedding was approaching, and there seemed to be much to do.
After Levanfell left and I finished dress fitting, I called Jaelim, using the wedding ceremony’s order as an excuse.
“Princess. Did you call for me?”
“I was nervous as the wedding is soon. Can you briefly tell me the order of the day and what needs to be done?”
Purely, Jaelim explained to me the tasks to be processed on that day.
“……And this is how the wedding ceremony ends. More details will likely be provided by Lady Merina.”
“It doesn’t seem that difficult.”
“On the wedding day, Lady Merina, I, and those who will assist you, will not leave your side, so you don’t have to worry too much.”
“Jaelim, assistant to the king, I have something to ask.”
“Yes. And Princess, please call me more casually now.”
Jaelim looked up from the documents.
“Okay. Then…… Jaelim.”
“Yes, Princess.”
“Why did you recommend Duke Liranep to me?”
Jaelim didn’t falter at my sudden question. His eyes sparkled with an inscrutable glint.
“I could tell just by looking that Duke Liranep and His Majesty were not on good terms. I didn’t think Jaelim wouldn’t know.”
“There’s no special reason. He was one of the powerful in social circles.”
“Even if he was on bad terms with His Majesty?”
“Politics cannot be done solely with personal feelings. As I told you at that time, not all power is good. But if evil power is used for good, is it really a bad thing?”
“……”
“I am one who assists His Majesty. Even if personal feelings are strained, even if it’s a dirty trick that shouldn’t be played, if it helps His Majesty and His Majesty’s work, I would gladly advise him to join hands.”
Jaelim was firm. His usually cool and expressionless face felt colder today.
“But usually, such powers, even if used for good, eventually lead to ruin.”
Certainly, here is the translation:
“Evil and good are but a hair’s breadth apart. I don’t think good and evil are much different, Your Highness.”
Jaerim put down the documents he had been holding on the table. Then he spoke, massaging the wrinkles near his eyes.
“If evil helps me, it can be considered good in my situation. Shall I give you an example?”
“An example?”
“I think I know why the Ferdia Experiment came to be.”
“……!”
I was surprised and quickly looked around. Fortunately, Jaerim was the only one there since everyone else had been sent out.
“Are you crazy? If someone heard, it would mean immediate execution.”
“Are you worried about my execution now?”
Jaerim casually shrugged his shoulders.
“I don’t agree with human experimentation. It’s clearly a crime, and ethically, it shouldn’t happen. The experiment should have been conducted in another way.”
“…….”
“But…… the world is now on the brink of destruction. If the world is destroyed, we all die in the end. Is there anyone stepping forward to prevent this world’s destruction now?”
“Jaerim.”
“But what if, really, the alchemist’s experiment succeeds and he creates the world tree? What if the world doesn’t get destroyed?”
“It won’t happen.”
“What if the experiment succeeds?”
“I guarantee…… it won’t succeed.”
Levanfell was a success story that survived that experiment, but he couldn’t create the world tree. I wanted to argue that the experiment was a failure, but it was a secret I couldn’t speak of.
“A coastal village in the southernmost continent sank a while ago.”
“…….”
“There was no time to save them. The rising sea level simply engulfed the village. Such incidents will become more frequent. That’s what it means for destruction to be upon us.”
“That doesn’t make that evil act right.”
The Villainous Demon Lord Laid an Egg for Her (Female-Dominated)
Several months after transmigrating into a book, Yu Wu found herself facing the demon lord Li You, who could no longer conceal his dragon horns. With one hand on her aching waist and the other gripping a sharp sword, she stared at him.
The demon lord’s eyes were red with fury:
“This is all your doing! Today, I won’t rest until I kill you!”
Yu Wu rubbed her temples. Putting aside the taboo against bloodshed during pregnancy, wasn’t it this very man who willingly walked into her trap that day?!
Warnings:
- Male pregnancy.
- Height ratios are set to mirror typical male-female height proportions.
- Characters include a foot-loving demon lord and an eldest daughter from an immortal family’s concubine lineage.
