“Your Majesty, the reclaimed Southern lands are too vast. There are many people. Rebellions will break out here and there. It has already begun.”
“It’s not just the Southern lands. As you know, the former Kaletta Empire territory includes the Central and Western regions as well.”
After concluding discussions about the rebels, the ministers, whose expressions had darkened, were now struggling with how to manage the reclaimed territories.
Having been seated in positions of honor, the Emperor urged them harshly to work diligently, but he was not sitting in his seat; instead, he was standing by the window.
Under the window, the sound of murmurs could be heard.
Although the seated ministers couldn’t hear the voices, figures like the Count and Countess Plache, as well as the Imperial Consort, were all listening attentively.
It was the sound of the daughters of the Plache couple, who had come out to the central palace garden to play.
“Sister, um, um, Countess.”
Bella’s tongue was short, so she pronounced ‘Countess’ as ‘baejjeu-bui,’ and Ru, who managed to understand, laughed.
“Your sister is a Countess?”
“Yeah. I want to, um, become a princess.”
“Okay, then let Bella be the princess.”
“Okay, then let Bella be the princess.”
In the empire ruled by the Emperor, there was only the Emperor himself, and there were no Empresses or princesses who received the title of Grand Duchess. The existence of a princess must be like a dream to young girls, just like the protagonists in fairy tales.
“What will the princess do then?”
“Well, I…”
While the second sister went to study, Bella, who looked like she could play freely in the palace where the eldest sister and the grandfather were, was excited. With a sly expression, the child said, “I’m going to have a duel!”
“…A duel?”
“Yeah!”
“So, a duel?”
Where did this child learn the word ‘duel’? Lu, who didn’t know what a duel was at the educational level of a five-year-old, was puzzled.
“Yes! Since my sister is an excellent Countess! I have to fight her!”
“Why? Fighting is not good.”
“No! We are excellent! Excellent, um, knights! Yes, knights!”
As she talked about Countess and princess, instead of playing with toys, the youngest suddenly brought two sticks.
Caught off guard by the determined words of the youngest, Lu, who had momentarily lost focus, watched as the youngest tightly grasped the sticks like the knights commonly seen in the Plache Count’s residence and extended them forward.
“Hold your swords! You have to!”
With her belly forward and one of the ribbons tied to her head coming loose, the youngest daughter of the Plache Count, who already had spilled water on the white tights under her dress, raised the sticks upward and shook them. Fun!
And the eldest daughter made an effort not to smile.
You couldn’t hurt the pride of an aspiring young knight.
However, unlike her, the Emperor standing in the upper conference room was smiling all around.
And the mother of that youngest daughter sent a look to her husband, saying, ‘Stop bringing the child to the military training ground.’
While the high-ranking Imperials were busy holding back their laughter, the greatly wronged Count Plache had a lot to say on his own but couldn’t say it in front of the bored officials, so he couldn’t engage in a tedious conversation.
“The land is too vast, and besides, we can’t just employ the enemy bureaucrats as they are.”
“Moreover, there’s magic there…”
“So.”
Smirking, the Emperor, who had been watching the young lady pestering her sister to spar, opened his mouth.
“It’s too vast, costs a huge budget, and it’s a headache.”
Turning around, the Emperor looked around the audience. His sharp gaze was piercing. Only those loyal could receive that gaze with composure.
“Should we give up the South?”
“I didn’t mean that, but where should we get the budget…”
“Weren’t you gathered here to discuss that? Stop wasting time with useless complaints and use your brains.”
Business was falling apart, and they were putting in effort, but complaining like this was only done once or twice.
The Emperor, known for his competence, took care of everything, so they hoped for the same this time too.
It wasn’t an ordinary headache to absorb an entire empire with no prior interaction.
“If only the security could be resolved…”
Hayden made a face as if asking if they were talking about that now.
One of the officials who was speaking closed their mouth. Especially those officials who were complaining were from the Eastern nobility. They were making efforts to recover the weakened Eastern noble influence due to the recent rebellion.
In the judgment of Duke Sedric Langber of Alanka, who attended this meeting, it was a very foolish effort.
“Did everyone just stop turning their heads collectively after staying up for a day or two? They must be out of their minds.”
Even if they stayed up for a day or two, His Majesty would be fine! Many of the officials, who already had several grandsons, had much to say but just bowed their heads.
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.
