Disguised as a Male Servant in the Duke's House - Chapter 20
The woman in the green dress who was coming down with Closet disappeared so quickly that I couldn’t examine her closely.
She was wearing an eye mask similar to Closet’s, but it was difficult to identify her as it covered half of her face and I only caught a glimpse of her for a brief moment.
Klaus, who had quietly approached Closet, glanced in the direction where the woman had disappeared and spoke.
“Who was that woman just now?”
“Ah! You startled me!”
Closet, seemingly genuinely surprised by Klaus’s sudden voice, clutched her chest and glared at him.
But soon returning to her usual blunt expression, Closet replied with feigned nonchalance.
“She’s a young lady I’ve become friends with.”
“Which family’s daughter is she?”
Not expecting him to probe this much, Closet was momentarily flustered and pretended to be annoyed.
“Since when did you care about the young ladies I’m friends with? Why are you suddenly asking?”
Despite Closet’s prickly response, Klaus seemed accustomed to it and silently sipped his champagne while gazing in the direction where the woman had disappeared.
It was then.
The crowd in the banquet hall suddenly began to stir, looking towards the entrance.
The doorkeeper, momentarily flustered and failing in his role, belatedly announced the arrival of guests.
“The, the Sun of Rugvelzet. His Imperial Highness Crown Prince Esteban Vandelupe de Rugvelzet and Her Imperial Highness Crown Princess Ivellionne de Rugvelzet!”
Klaus and Closet’s gazes simultaneously turned towards the door.
There stood Crown Princess Ivellionne with her elegant demeanor and Crown Prince Esteban with a displeased expression, arm in arm as they entered.
The Crown Prince and Crown Princess were wearing golden eye masks.
It wasn’t surprising since it was the mask that the Crown Princess had made fashionable in the original story.
As the royal couple wearing elaborate eye masks stepped into the banquet hall, the crowd parted, naturally creating a path towards Closet and Klaus, the protagonists of this banquet.
As the Crown Prince and Crown Princess approached them, Klaus bowed his head respectfully with a stiff expression.
“I am honored to be in the presence of the Sun of Rugvelzet. I apologize for causing you both the trouble of coming here.”
In response to Klaus’s courtesies, Ivellionne smiled gracefully and replied.
“Closet is like my own younger sister. It’s no trouble at all.”
After saying this, the Crown Princess glanced at the Crown Prince.
It was a signal to at least offer a greeting out of courtesy.
However, Crown Prince Esteban’s gaze was fixed somewhere as if entranced.
Klaus, who was watching Esteban’s behavior with displeasure as he was distracted despite having the Crown Princess by his side, unconsciously turned his head towards where Esteban was looking.
There stood the woman in the green dress whom he had been questioning earlier, with an upright posture.
And the moment their eyes met, Klaus had to frown at the face that suddenly came to mind.
It was clearly the woman who had slipped away from the tavern. But how could she be here…
As Klaus was pondering this question, Esteban started walking towards her before him.
Roselia was taken aback by the Crown Prince’s approach.
As the Crown Prince moved, the crowd naturally parted like the Red Sea, making way for him.
As a result, everyone’s attention was drawn to Roselia, who was at the end of the path the Crown Prince was heading towards.
The sight of all those masks with only eyes visible staring at Roselia at once was almost terrifying.
As Roselia unconsciously took a step back, her gaze inadvertently met Klaus’s, who was staring at her.
Startled by Klaus’s intense gaze fixed on her, Roselia quickly averted her eyes and had to look back at the Crown Prince.
The Crown Prince, who had now approached close, leaned in towards her ear with a slight smile.
“We meet here.”
Roselia’s eyes widened.
Could it be… he recognized her?
He had only seen her once before, and she was wearing an eye mask, even if it was just a mask…
As Roselia froze, unable to respond promptly, Esteban curled up the corners of his mouth and whispered softly.
“I have quite a keen eye, you know.”
Roselia, ignoring her pounding heart, tried to reply gruffly.
“I think you’ve mistaken me for someone else…”
Esteban raised his head at Roselia’s words and grinned.
“Is that so?”
While they were engaged in this unintentional battle of nerves, the surrounding crowd, unaware of the situation, began to stir.
“My goodness, is His Highness the Crown Prince showing interest in another woman?”
“Who is that young lady? I can’t tell who she is because of the mask.”
“To be so bold in front of Her Highness the Crown Princess… This is terribly embarrassing for Her Highness.”
The Crown Princess and Klaus’s expressions hardened at the nobles’ murmurs.
Closet, next to Klaus, also had a very intrigued expression.
Among them, Klaus had the most unpleasant expression.
Klaus furrowed his brow with an inexplicable displeasure.
He tried to think that he was irritated by the sight of the willful Crown Prince making a spectacle of himself while neglecting the Crown Princess.
Klaus glared at the Crown Prince and the woman he had seen at the tavern, trying to convince himself of this.
Regardless, the Crown Prince was looking at Roselia with a relaxed expression.
Roselia rolled her eyes, feeling awkward.
She couldn’t ignore the Crown Prince, nor could she slip away unnoticed as she was the center of attention of all the nobles.
At that moment, as if enjoying Roselia’s awkward situation, the Crown Prince opened his mouth with a smirk.
“Alright, whatever your identity is, let’s put that aside for now. If you cooperate with me for a moment, I promise to let you go peacefully.”
Roselia looked up at him with wide eyes at the Crown Prince’s sudden proposal.
“You just need to dance the first dance of this ball with me.”
As he said this, the Crown Prince’s gaze briefly turned towards the Crown Princess.
Only then did Roselia realize the Crown Prince’s scheme.
This psycho Crown Prince…!
It was clear that he was intentionally trying to embarrass the Crown Princess by dancing with another woman.
She had just unfortunately caught his eye, that’s all.
He was truly the epitome of a regretful man.
How much would he regret and grovel in front of the female lead later for doing this?
As Roselia frowned with displeasure and was about to refuse, her gaze fell on Klaus, who was approaching with a fierce intensity.
Surprised, she unconsciously grabbed the Crown Prince’s outstretched hand.
“Good decision.”
The Crown Prince, with a mischievous smile, took Roselia’s hand and walked to the center of the ballroom, making sure the Crown Princess could see.
As a result, Klaus, who had belatedly approached Roselia, was left staring at the Crown Prince and Roselia like a dog that had lost its prey.
Roselia, tensing at the Crown Prince Esteban’s hand naturally wrapping around her waist, tried to speak gruffly.
“You’re quite mischievous, aren’t you?”
At her blunt words, the Crown Prince’s gaze fell on her quizzically.
“You’re doing this on purpose to embarrass Her Highness the Crown Princess, aren’t you?”
Esteban curled up the corners of his mouth at Roselia’s words.
“You’re quite perceptive.”
Saying so, Esteban pulled her waist strongly and grinned.
“I’m quite perceptive too.”
For a moment, as Roselia’s eyes met Esteban’s, she unconsciously gulped.
“I don’t know what you mean…”
Although she tried to pretend to be calm, Esteban seemed to see right through her, appearing completely at ease.
Soon, one of Esteban’s hands that was holding Roselia’s hand naturally slid down and grasped her wrist.
Just like how he had grabbed Roselia’s wrist that day at the Imperial Palace.
“I thought the wrist was too thin.”
Saying this, Esteban smiled meaningfully and met her eyes.
Roselia quickly pulled her wrist out of his hand.
The Crown Prince, seemingly unconcerned by her behavior, simply held her hand naturally to lead the dance.
The Crown Prince’s gaze, which had been casually leading her, briefly turned towards Klaus.
On the side of the central ballroom where numerous noble couples were dancing, Klaus was glaring at her and the Crown Prince with a cold expression.
The Crown Prince, who seemed to find this amusing, continued speaking.
“It seems Duke Balthasar doesn’t know yet?”
When Roselia didn’t respond, Esteban, taking it as affirmation, narrowed his eyes with interest.
“It seems we’ve ended up sharing a secret with each other.”
At Esteban’s meaningful words, Roselia looked at him as if she found it ridiculous.
“I don’t know any of Your Highness’s secrets.”
“Don’t you know that the relationship between me and the Crown Princess is strained? That’s a secret important enough to concern the safety of the Imperial family.”
Roselia exhaled in exasperation.
“It seems everyone already knows from the moment you started dancing with me.”
Esteban grinned at Roselia’s words.
“No, this much isn’t enough.”
Saying this, the Crown Prince suddenly pulled her waist and brought his face close, almost touching her lips.
Their lips didn’t actually touch, but from the perspective of those around, it was a position and posture that could be misunderstood as them kissing.
The Crown Prince, who raised his head leisurely over Roselia’s wide-eyed face, smiled mischievously and added.
“This much should be enough for everyone to know.”
While Roselia was dumbfounded, the surroundings began to stir noisily.
“Di-did you see that just now?”
“Oh my, what is this!”
Everyone’s gaze naturally shifted from the Crown Prince to the Crown Princess, who was standing completely stiff.
Ivellionne was standing there rigidly, trying her best not to show her hardened expression.
Her stance, standing like a stone statue as if to show that no matter how much he acted out, it wouldn’t affect her, made Roselia feel guilty for no reason.
On the other hand, the Crown Prince was in the middle of a staring contest with the Crown Princess, wearing a triumphant expression.
No, damn it, if they want to have a lover’s quarrel, they should do it themselves, why drag me into it!
Barely restraining herself from wanting to poke two fingers into the Crown Prince’s golden eyes that looked so triumphant, Roselia suppressed her boiling emotions.
But then, her eyes met with Klaus, who was glaring at her from beside the Crown Princess as if he wanted to devour her.
It was unclear why that man was glaring at her with such murderous intent.
Whether it was because of the scene of her kissing the Crown Prince, or because she had driven a nail into the heart of his beloved Crown Princess, his eyes were burning with an indecipherable emotion.
Feeling wronged for no reason, Roselia glared at the Crown Prince, but he just shrugged.
“I won’t forget this debt. Antonio.”
Roselia looked around frantically, afraid someone might hear, and growled back.
“It’s Roselia now.”
“Hmm, that name’s not bad either. Yes, Roselia. But…”
Esteban suddenly cut off his words and grinned, looking behind Roselia.
“It seems the Duke has something to say to you.”
Puzzled by the Crown Prince’s words, Roselia turned her head and stiffened her shoulders.
Klaus, looking like an enraged rhinoceros, was walking through the dancing crowd towards the center of the ballroom.
More precisely, towards her.
Top Celebrity Younger Brother Bears Her Child (Female-dominant)
One-line summary: Forced to live stream romance with a top celebrity in a female-dominant world.
Yan Jin transmigrated into a brothel, with a fellow transmigrated junior beside her.
Hearing the obscene words coming from outside, the unfortunate junior covered his ears tightly, his cheeks flushed red, and whispered to comfort her, “Don’t worry, I will definitely help you escape.”
“Don’t worry, I will definitely defend your chastity.” Yan Jin looked at the flawless and delicate features of the unfortunate junior and gently comforted, “Because we have transmigrated into a female-dominant world.”
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Top celebrity Yu Shu suddenly fell into a coma during a concert.
Research scientist Yan Jin fainted in the lab after working overtime.
Two people with no connection were rushed to the same hospital.
Three days later, neither of them had woken up.
Suddenly, the entire nation discovered that a live streaming app had been forcibly installed on their phones.
Upon opening it, they heard the two discussing how to escape from the brothel.
The entire internet was in an uproar.
After the two successfully escaped from the brothel, Yu Shu’s fan group rushed to make a banner and sent it to the hospital overnight.
“Big sister bravely took action to defend the chastity of our idol!”
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When Yu Shu was diagnosed with pregnancy, Yan Jin stared at his belly for a long time.
Covering his stomach, he muttered gloomily, “If you don’t like it, I’ll go get an abortion.”
“It’s not that I don’t like it.” Yan Jin hugged Yu Shu and said softly, “I just feel like I’m not human.”
Yu Shu comforted Yan Jin, “I was already an adult when we got together.”
Yan Jin hesitated, “But you won’t be of legal marriageable age even after giving birth to the child.”
At the same time, a flood of bullet comments appeared in the live streaming room that the two couldn’t see.
[Although it’s inappropriate, I also want a young and handsome boyfriend to have my child.]
①Male pregnancy (highlighted)
The female lead is five years older than the male lead, and the male lead is already an adult when he appears.
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