Contract Marriage with the Devil Duke (Completed Main Story) - Chapter 74
Did Regalis truly want to marry her, or was he merely coveting something he couldn’t possess?
He was utterly incomprehensible.
Orentia spoke to Regalis with as much composure as she could muster.
“If I’m to remarry, shouldn’t I first negotiate a smooth and amicable divorce with His Grace the Grand Duke? So please, let me go now—with my escorting knight.”
At that, Regalis released the hand propping up his chin and tapped lightly on the table.
“What makes you think I’d trustingly let a lady go—especially with a knight in tow? You’d just run off and conspire with Dimidius, wouldn’t you?”
She hadn’t expected him to release her easily. But this was the Crown Prince’s palace, and once Dimidius returned to the Grand Ducal Mansion and realized she’d vanished, it would only be a matter of time before his fury drove him straight to the palace.
If he stormed the capital with armed knights, that would be outright rebellion. She doubted Dimidius would commit such a blunder—but there was always the possibility. After all, when it came to her, Dimidius sometimes lost his reason entirely.
‘So I absolutely must find a way to escape safely from here.’
Orentia swallowed hard and made a suggestion to Regalis.
“How about drawing up a formal contract instead? Contracts carry legal force, after all.”
But Regalis tilted his head thoughtfully for a moment, then his eyes sparkled.
“I believe there’s something far more reliable than that. A contract is just a scrap of paper, but a person isn’t.”
“What do you mean by that?”
“That knight you brought along as a sort of insurance—leave him here as a hostage. Go settle your divorce with Dimidius Belial and return.”
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.
What about her cousin Sokor? It might explain his personality changes.