Ollentia, as far as she remembered, had never visited the Odor Parish Church, but she asked just in case. Adults tend to remember things from childhood better.
Count Odor furrowed his brow in thought.
“Well, I don’t know. You or your sister usually roamed the outskirts rather than the city. But you might have come here once. Why do you ask?”
“Right, I must have been here.”
That’s why she had such a vivid dream.
Ollentia accepted this and was about to enter the church with her uncle.
However, her eyes caught sight of an orange seashell hairpin flickering like a candle flame. A woman had just arrived at the church.
“Aah!”
Startled by the continuing nightmarish situation, Ollentia screamed and covered her face with her hands.
Count Odor, more startled than she, jolted, and the woman with the orange seashell hairpin also turned to look at Ollentia.
Ollentia was on the verge of fainting.
She couldn’t understand why she was seeing the woman and hairpin from her dream here.
As she twitched nervously, Count Odor looked at her curiously.
“What’s wrong?”
“It’s nothing.”
To reassure the bewildered Count Odor, Ollentia forced a smile but then made eye contact with the woman wearing the orange seashell hairpin.
The woman was a beauty with lush brown hair, a beauty mark under her right eye, and a sly smile that suggested she had broken quite a few hearts. Ollentia could also detect a faint scent of perfume.
It was just a bad dream, she thought.
After calming down, Ollentia entered the church with Count Odor.
Honestly, she was quite startled upon entering the church too. The magnificent frescoes, the golden altar, and the oak door with its acanthus pattern were just as she saw in her dream.
In the twinkling light of the stained glass, Ollentia finally saw the face of Archbishop Werbu, whom she had longed to meet. He had an overall gentle demeanor, but his eyes were sharp, befitting his direct visit to Odor Parish Church to solve its issues.
“It’s a pleasure to meet you, Lady Armeniaca.”
At his words, Ollentia greeted him politely.
“It’s an honor to meet you, Archbishop.”
“You’ve come a long way. I heard you have something important to discuss with me, is that right?”
The Archbishop seemed to dislike wasting time.
Ollentia nodded a bit nervously. Could she really cancel her marriage to Duke Lucius? She was worried about the uncertain outcome.
Beside the Archbishop was another man with an even gentler, almost kind demeanor, who also greeted her.
“I am Priest Ankedo, temporarily assisting Archbishop Werbu during his stay in Odor.”
Ollentia smiled and accepted the greeting.
“Yes, Priest Ankedo.”
“If there’s anything you need from the church during your stay at Count Odor’s mansion, feel free to ask Priest Ankedo. The Count might be too busy.”
The Archbishop’s words conveyed his solid trust in Ankedo.
Ollentia nodded, and Ankedo led her and Count Odor into the reception room.
The interior of the reception room was tidy. A white tablecloth covered the table, and several golden religious figures were placed around.
Ollentia, feeling nervous, swallowed hard. She fidgeted under the table and felt her legs trembling. She was worried about being harshly rejected by the Archbishop.
Then her uncle seemed to be about to speak on her behalf. That would be the worst – relying on his power or connections to even slightly sway the Archbishop.
‘I should speak first, before my uncle does.’
As soon as her uncle took a sip of tea, she took the initiative.
“There’s something…”
“I’d like to say it myself, please.”
Ollentia calmly presented her case, eliciting a slight smile from the Archbishop, while her uncle Count Odor looked at her in surprise.
“No, but still.”
“Uncle, I’m fine.”
After silencing her uncle, Ollentia cleared her throat briefly. She wished she could borrow her mother Malisa’s wisdom at this moment. Her mother was a famous philanthropist in Bonnus Empire, known for her eloquence even in large plazas.
‘Mother, please give me strength!’
After a brief prayer, Ollentia looked at the Archbishop with wide eyes.
“I’m really sorry, but please cancel my scheduled wedding. I never agreed to the marriage, and the Count of Armeniaca, who was my guardian at the time, applied for it on his own.”
It seemed like the right thing to say. After all, the Archbishop disliked wasting time, so beating around the bush was out of the question.
Honestly, she wanted to tell everything. How treacherous Sokor and Kikozelia were, how bad Duke Lucius, her intended husband, was.
But to Archbishop Werbu, all of that was irrelevant.
Ollentia thought she had conveyed her opinion succinctly.
But the temperature in the room seemed to have dropped since earlier, perhaps due to the subtly chilly atmosphere.
The Archbishop, after a pause, touched his teacup and finally spoke.
“It’s not possible, Lady. A special marriage permit from the cathedral is as heavy as a promise, as it allows for a quick marriage.”
“Even though I knew nothing about it? I was practically deceived.”
Male lead says he’s pregnant — and it’s female lead’s child
Something seems a bit off about this world.
Wang Zhao thought as she watched a pregnant man walking towards her…
Intro
Female lead finds herself in a world where the men who possess the ability to bear children.
As she navigates this unfamiliar reality, she is caught off guard by the sudden appearance of her boyfriend, who reveals that he is pregnant.
Is this truly her boyfriend?
Why can’t she recall any details about their time together?
She begins to doubt whether the child her boyfriend is carrying is even hers.
Is there a hidden reason behind her amnesia, or could it be a side effect of her sudden arrival in this strange new world?
Just when it seems the protagonist’s life couldn’t become any more entangled, her ex-boyfriend makes an unexpected appearance, raising questions about the protagonist’s past.
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