In the midst of trying to speak, a rumbling sound echoed from all directions. Did he notice? Carlos felt that the unconscious Lou he held was breaking into pieces and opening up.
“I’m going to find you. Then, I’ll teach you what etiquette is from the beginning.”
There was no more time to speak. The dream shattered, and Lou opened her eyes.
“Did you wake up?”
A man, illuminating the dark night with bright light, was touching her forehead.
“Wow.”
“Yeah?”
“Keep talking. My head is throbbing.”
“What did that guy say?”
“He’s going to start a war.”
Hayden made a noise like a deflating balloon. At the same time, gently, with his warm and large hands, he stroked her head.
“Is that the only thing he said?”
“He seemed sincere.”
“…I guess so.”
“I’m not worried.”
He smiled.
“Really. I’m not worried.”
“Do you believe me now?”
“Yeah. I really don’t worry. Looking at how calmly he faces everything, he’s probably already prepared for the war, right?”
Hayden nodded.
“I’ve never not done it. It’s fast, though.”
Moreover, Carlos declared war to Lou, not Hayden. Even that was so Carlos-like. The Emperor of the Beleru Empire refused to acknowledge Lou as the emperor.
“I’d better keep feeling pain for a while. Going out now won’t help. If it continues like this…”
Although Lou truly wanted to fight alongside Hayden as a knight by his side, she reached a conclusion with a knight-like judgment. Even if Hayden healed her, she didn’t know how Carlos would use her on the battlefield.
“You’ve never not been helpful, Lou.”
He murmured softly while gently pressing his lips against hers.
“Don’t worry and rest.”
“It means not to heal me quickly. It’s better to be bedridden than to go out.”
Hayden chuckled briefly but did not respond to that statement.
A few days later, on the day when the new Duke of Alanka came to swear allegiance in Shalea, the Calleta Embassy was empty. And the gate of the barrier that the Emperor Perseta had opened wide was tightly closed, returning to its original state.
The more powerful Calleta Emperor personally closed it.
Cedric Lambert, the Alanka Duke who was entering the Shalea Palace to pledge allegiance, directly witnessed the sound of the door at the end of the Viel closing with a thud.
The citizens of Shalea were watching with an ominous feeling. Was it better for it to be closed, rather than open for Perseta? It had simply returned to its original state. However, who closed that door?
Cedric Lambert recalled the first time the door connected to the Viel opened.
Back then, it opened after the news spread through the media that the Emperor would open the door. However, the door closed again without any warning. So, it wasn’t the Emperor Perseta who closed the door.
“Please come inside, Duke Lambert.”
The courtier who came out and conveyed that quietly guided him. Cedric glanced at the end of the Viel once again before following the courtier.
Shalea Palace was quiet, clean, and very calm today as well. Originally, it was customary for family members to participate in the loyalty oath, but he came alone today.
His mother, the Duchess, couldn’t bear the fact that her son would bow to the emperor, and she was weakened due to losing her husband and eldest son consecutively. And his younger sister, Catrin, well…
“That girl won’t willingly step forward to acknowledge the Emperor.”
Catrin, who voluntarily became a disgrace and a criminal in the household. She would never step foot in Shalea again, and she wouldn’t show herself at official events. She happily accepted that fact.
As for ambitious younger siblings, Cedric, who had been forcibly stuck in school, walked towards the returned imperial palace. Silent servants, secretaries, and knights were watching him. Gazes clung to him, pressing heavily on his shoulders.
Meanwhile, inside, the Emperor, waiting for the new Duke of Alanka, was looking out the window.
“The first thing he does after gaining power is that.”
The man who used to make the gentlest expression in the world to Lou smiled coldly and maliciously. Today, the Emperor, who ruled and dominated just by standing still, watched the wall connected to the end of the Viel close, letting his hands drop.
Behind his broad shoulders, a soft cape flowed down like a waterfall as he wore formal attire after a long time.
“Your Majesty, Duke of Alanka is here.”
When the courtier quietly conveyed, he gestured casually with a gloved hand. It meant to come in. He was still looking at the Viel with pleasure. Cedric Lambert, who had quietly entered, bent his waist.
“I greet the sun of the empire.”
The Emperor, who was not much older than Cedric, was overflowing with majesty from head to toe. Although he was initially underestimated by the nobles for being too young, no one regarded him lightly after seeing him once. Cedric thought of the Emperor as a very strange existence.
“No matter how I think about it, it’s impossible to have such majesty at that age.”
Because of his good looks? However, while Cedric had seen some faces that were quite mixed due to the antics of noblewomen and self-proclaimed knights, he had never seen someone with such a frightening impression. He had never seen a face more handsome than the Emperor’s.
“You’ve come a long way.”
That’s why the fear towards the Emperor reached its peak. Cedric remembered his younger brother who had committed folly.
An existence that one wanted to distance themselves from even if they had to endure the finger-pointing of the Eastern ‘Great’ nobles. An inconsistent ruler with actions and strategies that didn’t match his young age, who had a commanding presence. He was beautiful, usually showed no emotion, and never committed any actions without thinking.
Even now, he might be quietly watching the wall close just because he has a purpose in mind.
Cedric Lambert had come to pledge allegiance despite enduring the finger-pointing of the Eastern ‘Great’ nobles. Following the guidance of the courtiers and palace guards, he willingly kneeled before the emperor in the Imperial Audience Hall set up by the imperials.
“Now that you have become the new Duke of Alanka.”
Bestowing a suitable reward upon the Duke of Alanka, who is pledging loyalty, the Emperor spoke briefly.
“I hope you will solidly support the empire as a pillar in the East.”
Cedric thought that those words had significant meaning.
“I will do my best, Your Majesty.”
“I heard that you are bright in both administrative and military affairs.”
“That’s an exaggeration.”
The Emperor chuckled.
“I consider you a capable leader who can lead the Duke of Alanka quite differently from your school days’ evaluation.”
“Thank you, Your Majesty.”
Cedric Lambert, who had been playing around quite a bit, was happily managing the upper echelons that he had not dared to reach out to, overshadowed by his brother and father.
He remembered the woman who made him realize that he “enjoyed” that work. She stood quietly in front of him, the Emperor’s fiancée, who was overwhelmingly overshadowing him.
Is she happy?
Catrin trembled with fear. She was delighted to be excluded from accompanying her brother when news of the lightning striking Shalea Palace came. She had no intention of making a fuss here in the future. Even though his younger sister was so frightened, would Rustica Genesis be happy?
“Countess Plache is a very brave person.”
And it seems that the Duke of Alanka has the blood of a cowardly coward flowing through him. Cedric, who had not dared to attempt to become an enemy with the man in front of him, looked down at himself, who had knelt straight down.
He was curious about how Lou was doing, but he would never speak it out loud to avoid the Emperor’s wrath.
It was just a tiny thought that he couldn’t even reach out with a hand or give a glance. The small heart that was swept away by his father’s death, the dizzying successor tasks, and the disappeared mind. Cedric Lambert did not dare to dream of confronting the Emperor and bowed his head.
When the male lead is punished by carrying the female lead’s child and having periods like a woman
“I’ve given birth to two children for you, yet you still think about him.
Was I nothing but his substitute to you from beginning to end?”
Synopsis:
Meng Huan, a scumbag who has dated countless girlfriends, transmigrates to a female-dominated country.
Day 1: Whether it’s female dominance or not doesn’t matter. The beauties here are passionate and amorous. Isn’t it easier to date them than in modern times?
Day 2: After a night, Meng Huan discovers the differences in the female-dominated world. Men here actually have chastity locks and menstrual cycles. This hinders his ability to perform, damn it!
Day 3: What’s wrong with sleeping around? I don’t want you to marry me. I’m meant to be a playboy. I don’t care about male virtues… What? You want to drown me in a pig cage? Marry, I’ll marry!
Day N: Meng Huan inexplicably vomits and receives the shocking news of his life… He’s pregnant.
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