Don't Be Kind Rashly (Completed Main Story) - Chapter 3
The wall has been breached.
Lu’s mind was in turmoil—she’d fled with nothing but a basket, too embarrassed to face the person she’d spent the night with.
Just how many times had she fought monsters at the wall?
Whenever a terrible battle erupted, she was inevitably summoned to fight. That was before her talent vanished overnight—back when she was at the peak of her fame as a prodigy knight.
Yes. Without any reason or warning, one morning she suddenly couldn’t cast magic anymore, and her body grew sluggish.
She couldn’t even swing her sword properly. No amount of extra practice or special potions brought her abilities back. And so, Lu had no choice but to take off her knight’s uniform and leave the wall behind.
After all, the Empire never crossed the wall the gods supposedly created—they only dealt with the occasional monsters that popped out.
‘Could it be that I lost my talent as divine punishment for daring to point that out to His Majesty the Emperor?’
Lu gave a dry chuckle. No one knew when the wall first appeared.
It simply existed there. No one knew what lay beyond it—many had been dragged away by monsters, but none ever returned.
Wizards speculated that a Demon King ruled over the monsters. Countless knights and soldiers kept dying just trying to slay those overwhelmingly powerful beasts.
Why? If monsters could cross over, why couldn’t people go beyond the wall? If people were being taken, shouldn’t they figure out how to breach the wall and rescue them?
Lu had always wondered—and she’d dared to voice that doubt aloud. That was precisely what happened right before she lost her talent.
“Mister.”
“Yikes!”
Lu watched the only general store owner in town jump in fright and thought,
‘…Surely he’s just lying.’
How could the wall possibly be breached?
“Oh my! You startled me. You’re that young lady who lives in the woods, aren’t you?”
“Hello.”
She greeted him expressionlessly. Any lone woman smiling sweetly and acting kindly anywhere would only invite trouble.
“Ahem, ahem. What do you need?”
“…Butter and flour.”
With another person to feed, she needed to buy more provisions. So far, this countryside remained peacefully ordinary.
“Over there.”
For once, she leisurely began shopping. She carefully selected butter and flour—the only kinds available—and neatly stacked them into her large basket, then looked around to see if there was anything else to buy.
“Anything unusual lately?”
“What could there be? How about you, mister?”
Lu deflected casually.
“Well, nothing much. Same for the whole village… Say, you’re from Calleta, right?”
“Yes.”
Everyone in this rural area knew she hailed from the Calleta Empire.
She rarely came into town, only slipping in briefly to buy necessities before vanishing again—so she remained an object of curiosity.
‘How could the wall possibly be breached?’
It was an immense natural barrier—something that simply couldn’t be breached. It stood massively, impossible to climb over or pass through.
Even when Lu had personally pounded on it, the wall proved far too solid—neither magic nor physical force had any effect. It was baffling enough that monsters even appeared at all.
Yet they claimed it was breached? Perhaps the belief that “the wall cannot be breached” was even larger and sturdier than the wall itself. Lu’s head felt numb.
“Take this too.”
A bundle of eggs was plopped into her basket.
“It’s just a gift from me.”
“Huh? Why?”
“Well, you’ve been caring for the kids and teaching them numbers. Even if we can’t pay you proper tuition, we can at least give you something like this.”
“Teacher? I haven’t even properly taught them…”
“Just take it, take it. Few people here even think about teaching kids. Do you know how rare it is to find someone who can read and do sums?”
The rural situation was obvious. Teaching children was an impossible dream—everyone had to raise cattle, make butter, harvest wheat, and sell it just to scrape by.
“At least things here have gotten decent enough to afford luxuries like this.”
The shopkeeper’s thick, calloused hand pointed toward his modest display shelf.
“The kids need more teaching so they can someday work in the lord’s castle.”
After saying all this, he smoked his pipe thoughtfully, his expression complicated.
“…Don’t you ever think of returning to Calleta?”
Lu, who had been opening her small coin purse to pay, looked up.
“A merchant passing through said the northern wall’s acting very suspicious.”
“The wall? Why?”
“He kept spouting bizarre nonsense about it being breached, so I asked if he’d been drinking noon liquor at Ben’s.”
“That place does serve strong liquor.”
“Exactly.”
The shopkeeper nodded with a strange look.
Damn it. So this old man knew she’d guzzled down liquor at Uncle Ben’s. There are no secrets in the countryside!
“Goodbye.”
“Alright, take care.”
Her basket felt heavier than expected. On impulse, she also bought some meat from a hunter—bear meat was tough and unappetizing anyway.
Yesterday, while that man slept, she’d quietly slipped out to hint at selling the bear hide to the lord’s castle. They’d probably come to negotiate soon.
Selling the various byproducts from the bear carcass would bring in a decent bit of coin—though, realistically, it’d all just go toward feeding the very man who caught the bear.
‘Anyway, they say the northern wall has been breached.’
Already, this was the second outsider who’d come here claiming the wall was breached.
‘This is strange. Really strange. It’s not something anyone would say lightly.’
It was impossible to casually utter words that shattered the absolute truth: “The wall cannot be breached.”
As Lu walked, carefully pondering, she soon found herself back at her cabin—the very shelter that had isolated her from the world for the past four years.
‘If the wall really was breached… and it’s the northern one, that means right before the imperial capital, Katat.’
As long as the wall existed, she—who couldn’t protect it—was useless.
That’s why she came here. At twenty-one, her retirement had been far too early.
Her thoughts suddenly grew tangled. Lu opened the cabin door.
“Oh. You’re back?”
The man occupying her bed beamed brightly from under the fluffy blankets. Lu hesitated slightly upon meeting this unfamiliar greeting.
Entering her home usually brought no sound at all.
Occasionally a cat or squirrel would come by for food—that was all. No one ever came out to greet her or offered salutations. The forest cabin was pure silence, yet suddenly a stranger had appeared.
“I’m so bored.”
A man with a slight headache, incredibly handsome, and living proof of her reckless indiscretion.
“Recovering is always boring.”
“Did you buy food?”
Lu set down what she’d brought from her basket.
“…Thank you.”
As she placed the egg bundle on the large wooden dining table, Lu glanced sideways at Hayden.
“Thanks for taking care of me.”
“I never said I bought it for you.”
At her blunt remark, his already large eyes widened even more as he stared at her—ready to burst into tears if poked.
“…Surely you wouldn’t starve a sick person…?”
Good grief. Lu set down her precious butter and gave a dry laugh.
“Why did you come all the way here?”
What business could he possibly have at the very edge of Momentum—a tiny western nation that lived only by watching the Empire’s every move?
“I came to find you. You never listen to a word I say.”
He pouted childishly, sticking out his red lips.
“I tend to be wary of strangers. You should be too.”
Yet, looking closely, he treated Lu with remarkable familiarity.
“Strangers? When a man and woman enter a relationship by mutual consent, they must take responsibility for each other! I’ll take good care of you, Lu!”
Lu looked at him, either exasperated or pitying.
“…I’m fine. You should find someone better. You’re more than capable of that.”
Someone that handsome wouldn’t even need to try—good women would flock to him on their own.
“I’m only interested in you, Lu. If there’s something about me you dislike, I’ll fix it.”
“No, that’s unnecessary. I prefer living alone.”
Hayden’s eyebrows drooped limply again.
“…You really plan to live here alone?”
“Yeah.”
That wasn’t true. Lu intended to visit the northern wall—the one rumored to be breached—as soon as Hayden left.
She wanted to verify everything: whether it was truly breached, if one could actually cross beyond it, and why there were no reports of monsters pouring out if it really had opened.
Among all the Imperial Knights who’d devoted their youth to guarding the wall, she alone had questioned it—and because she questioned it, she’d spoken up—and then lost all her talent.
It was as if she’d been swiftly punished for entertaining a forbidden doubt. Lu’s abilities vanished unnaturally fast—so drastically she became utterly unfit to remain in the knighthood.
The genius knight, whom the Calleta Emperor had cherished for her unmatched prowess in magic and swordsmanship, had simply disappeared.
“Do you like living here?”
Hayden asked, watching Lu lost in thought.
“It’s not a bad place. It’s fine.”
With that, she stepped outside to fetch water. Left alone, Hayden quickly reached a conclusion.
“…So it’s not actually fine.”
Hayden’s recovery was strangely swift. His bones mended at an alarming rate, and his complexion steadily improved.
Under Lu’s suspicious gaze, Hayden merely replied with a cheerful smile.
“I’ve been crossing the wall, you see. It made me stronger and even taller.”
Lu didn’t believe him, but she didn’t press further—she preferred to treat him as someone who’d leave soon.
But he absolutely refused to let her.
“I need to get better quickly so you won’t be burdened.”
Yes, recovering fast and leaving would be the best way to help Lu.
Now that Hayden was slowly getting up and moving carefully, he’d become terribly awkward for Lu. Just when had he started calling her name so casually?
‘Ah… I must’ve told him to call me Lu while drunk…’
Lu covered her face with her palm and fell silent for a moment.
“I chop firewood well and work hard. I’m useful.”
True to his word, he stayed close to Lu—adjusting the hearth fire, tidying everything lying about, preparing meals, and hanging laundry.
“Why are you doing all this? You’re not fully healed yet.”
“I’m fine now. Give it here. Carrying heavy things is hard for you.”
“That’s my line.”
She tried to speak calmly and gently, but Hayden had already snatched the heavy mortar—used for pounding and grinding herbs—from her hands and placed it back in the cupboard.
“I told you not to use your hands…!”
“It’s not your broken arm. Which one do you need? This?”
Hayden, standing behind her yet easily reaching the cupboard shelves, asked.
“Uh, that one…”
His firm muscles brushed against her back; his towering, lean frame enveloped her; even his freshly washed clothes carried the same scent as hers. All of it made Lu inexplicably tense.
After sharing such an intense night, it was impossible not to be aware of him.
This man who’d abruptly dropped into her ordinary life was deeply suspicious—and precisely because he was suspicious, he was also incredibly kind.
“Here.”
“Thanks.”
Whenever she said thanks, he’d beam. His handsome face, when smiling, seemed to gather all the sunlight streaming through the kitchen window, making him glow.
Lu felt slightly proud that, even drunk, her judgment hadn’t failed her. Her choice hadn’t been wrong.
“Still, be careful. Don’t use the part that was broken—ever.”
Hayden smiled again and nodded agreeably.
Having an outsider enter her solitary home couldn’t be called comfortable—but there was no friction with this suspicious man.
He always followed her around with a smiling face, clearly showing no intention of leaving.
What should she do?
‘I lived alone, then one day picked up a ridiculously handsome man and decided to live together—end of story?’
It probably wouldn’t end with “and they lived happily ever after.” Especially since Hayden had far too many suspicious traits to simply let slide.
‘His recovery rate is ace-of-aces level… Someone like that would’ve been immediately recruited by the Empire. Yet he claims he crossed the wall—has the knighthood finally advanced beyond it…? But there’s no sign of Riga.’
The Calleta Emperor would never have permitted it. The same Emperor who’d flatly rejected his prized genius knight’s proposal to cross the wall would never allow this.
Though her mind grew tangled, whenever Hayden approached with a smile, those thoughts quickly faded away.
“Oh, the soup must be boiling…!”
“I already did it.”
When she turned around, he was already portioning out steaming soup, folding the laundry he’d taken down, and wiping the table spotless.
“You handle chores like someone who’s done them many times. Do you live alone?”
“No. I live here with Lu.”
He grinned. For some reason, it felt peaceful and nice.
She’d thought she was doing fine on her own—but even with this suspicious man, just having someone with her felt “good.” Only now did Lu realize how lonely she’d truly been.
‘No. I still need to keep my wits about me.’
She shook her head.
“Oh, someone’s here.”
No sooner had Hayden spoken than a knock sounded at the cabin door. Lu wiped her hands on a cloth and stepped outside.
“Oh. You’ve come.”
He was someone from the castle. Whenever Lu obtained something valuable, she’d meet him to trade—it was, after all, meant for the lord.
“Yes, the tanner said the bear hide is excellent. It would’ve been perfect if it were a bit less damaged.”
“It was tough catching.”
“Anyway, they agreed to pay well—fifty florins each. If it were better, they’d have paid eighty.”
The servant from the castle wore a regretful expression.
“Come along then. His Lordship wishes to pay you himself.”
“Yes. I’ll go right away.”
Transactions with the castle always went like this. Having once served in the knighthood, Lu understood the market well—she knew exactly which items fetched money and who had the means to buy hers.
“Hayden, I’ll be back shortly.”
She quickly slipped inside to whisper this, then put on her outer coat and followed the servant out again.
Fifty florins each, totaling a hundred—more than enough. She’d buy good ingredients to feed Hayden until he regained his strength, then send him off with proper travel funds.
She could keep the rest under the guise of “medical expenses.” Yes, she’d remain just a fleeting passerby in his life.
Peeeeeeeee!
Lu looked up. A white hawk soared through the sky, crying out long and loud.
“Oh dear, what’s this hawk? I’ve never seen one like it.”
“Really?”
“I’ve never seen that color before. Such a rare hawk—who’s raising it? I’ve never seen it in the lord’s aviary.”
“So the lord keeps an aviary too?”
The servant snorted at Lu’s remark.
“There’s an old black hawk perched on top, and beneath it, a chicken coop.”
The owner of the old hawk and chickens met Lu in the cold study of the lord’s manor.
“Here’s your payment for the bear hide.”
The lord extended a coin purse with his wrinkled hand.
“Go ahead and count it.”
“Thank you.”
The lord was quite approachable in this regard—he even provided a seat so she could count the gold coins right before him.
“You’ve lived here quite a while.”
“Oh, come on—you need at least ten years to hear that. I’ve got a long way to go.”
Lu answered amiably while diligently counting the coins. It never hurt to stay on a powerful person’s good side.
“Since you’re from Calleta, haven’t you heard the news yet?”
“What news?”
“They say the wall’s been breached.”
“…Are you joking?”
The lord shook his head.
“You truly know nothing.”
“I rarely meet anyone or hear anything. Is it really true?”
“That’s what they say…”
“Then will war break out?”
Lu carefully chose her question. The lord was her only source for official information.
“That’s the odd part… Rumor has it the King of Monsters beyond the wall has appeared—a man with black hair, beautiful as an angel.”
A man with black hair, beautiful as an angel.
Lu already knew one such man.
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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I’m not sure where Lu gets the patience to deal with Hayden. He’s like a bulldozer. He seems convinced he’s helping her yet he doesn’t consider her opinions throughout it all.