Loen combed his disheveled hair behind his ears, trying his best to look neat and tidy.
“Where have you been? What’s with your appearance?”
“I encountered a monster on the way here… The blood is fresh, so it will wash off.”
The woman delivering a long speech in front of him was the idol of the rebel children.
The reincarnation of the goddess Aiona, the only direct bloodline of the ancient elven empire, the beauty of the century.
These grandiose titles were all nicknames attached to one person.
‘Beauty of the century, I’ll never hear such words even if I live my whole life.’
Loen, frozen stiff like a winter log, carefully observed the woman’s expression.
“…It seems you failed to gather information, and of course, you didn’t bring back any hair either?”
“…I’m sorry. I tried to cut some with my sword on the way back, but things were chaotic…”
“On the way back? You mean someone accompanied you here?”
“One of the targets saved me. Diana de Arnel.”
The woman’s eyes widened as if in astonishment.
“No wonder… I wondered where she was rushing off to…! You still can’t forget her. Even now!”
Her beautiful face, dazzling enough to daze the eyes, suddenly crumpled like a piece of paper.
‘S-scary.’
For a moment, Loen thought Ayla looked like a witch. Just for a fleeting instant.
‘If I tell the kids this, they’ll call me a liar and stone me…’
Loen quietly denied the woman’s second nickname.
‘The commander may be the beauty of the century, but she doesn’t seem to be the reincarnation of a goddess. A goddess would be merciful and gentle…’
And he recalled Diana’s voice soothing him.
The woman’s voice was as soft as a cloud.
Every time she spoke, his palms and soles tickled as if running through a vast field, and drowsiness washed over him as if lying in a well-dried blanket.
Moreover, she embraced his ghostly thin and unsightly body. Without hesitation, several times…
It was truly strange.
‘That woman is the worst among humans. Among nobles, she’s the notorious Diana de Arnel…’
But in Loen’s eyes, Diana seemed like a rather decent person.
No, perhaps she had the kindest voice, manner of speaking, and impression among all the people he had met in his life.
She didn’t slap the slaves’ cheeks or brand their flesh with heated iron spears as the rumors said, nor was she the villainess of the century who regarded slaves as less than insects.
‘And she saved me… Even when I threatened her…’
Instead of slapping his cheek, Diana held his hand, and instead of branding his flesh, she applied medicine. Her action of carrying him in the forest was clearly meant to protect him.
“Ah!”
It happened while Loen was lost in thought for a moment. A heavy finger flicked his forehead.
“What do you mean by ‘ah’?”
“…I’m sorry.”
“If you feel sorry for your dead comrades, get your act together from now on. Lord Eledore is not generous enough to embrace even incompetent children.”
He didn’t feel particularly sorry. Those kids called him a mismatched-eyed monster and tormented him as viciously as humans.
However, his conscience pricked at the thought of saying humans and those kids were the same. Loen bowed his head with a sullen expression.
“But there was some gain. I discovered a strange record in the duke’s office.”
“…Record?”
“Yes… It was a diary.”
Loen explained with slightly more confidence than before. His unique talent was his only pride – remembering everything clearly as if photographed.
“It seems Duke Carlyle can’t forget his dead wife. He read a book called ‘For M’… He said his wife died three days after giving birth due to a severe mental illness. He also blamed himself, saying it was because of him who had angered the imperial princess.”
However, the response was unexpectedly cold, contrary to his expectations.
“So what?”
“I-it was written that he had no choice but to cooperate with the imperial princess to use summoning magic… To resurrect his dead wife…”
Summoning magic? Only then did Ayla show great interest.
Until now, numerous spies had been sent into the castle, but they lost their lives before infiltrating or were caught by the warlock and breathed their last.
This was the first time such an achievement had been made.
“You mean he’s still in collusion with the imperial princess?”
Loen flinched and quickly nodded.
The imperial princess seemed to have completely cut ties with the duke after becoming the queen of the island nation.
Her husband, Hikart II, was a military man born as an illegitimate child who had established a military regime, and he was a ruthless warmonger.
Although the country itself appeared to be a peaceful trading nation, if one delved into its internal affairs, it was a nation that had shed much blood in the struggle for the throne.
A man who had killed as many as thirteen princes to ascend to the throne was unlikely to turn a blind eye to his wife’s infidelity.
“I thought she had given up completely after becoming pregnant with the prince… So they’re not just lovers, but political partners?”
Ayla bit her lip with a serious expression.
“You.”
“Y-yes!”
“This information is accurate, right? The duke wouldn’t conspicuously hide such top-secret information.”
“It’s accurate. It was placed normally on the bookshelf, but the contents were all recorded in the lost ancient language… If not for my ability, I wouldn’t have been able to decipher it.”
Loen was the owner of a special ability.
She could remember even a briefly seen signboard or a complex document as clearly as if it were photographed. Therefore, she was able to interpret the diary written in the ancient language.
‘It’s a good thing I read related books in the past…’
Ayla released her bitten lip and pointed her finger far across the lake.
“I understand. Go and wash up for now. The smell of blood is giving me a headache.”
Loen was at a loss when the beautiful hero pointed her out. She felt like a useless child, ugly and dirty at that.
“Yes…”
Mumbling softly, Loen ran into the cold lake.
Her stomach growled like a navel clock, and her wet shoulders trembled incessantly, but she dared not even think of complaining.
‘Would things have been different if I had gone to the monastery…?’
Loen, who had been starving for days, imagined warm bread, soup, and kind people like Diana.
Just the thought of it made her feel as if her stomach was warming up, but soon her heart shrank at the thunderous shout.
‘It’s impossible after all.’
Her father would never allow such a thing.
It would be a hundred times better to die honorably as a rebel.
[This is the timeline separator]Sebastian, who joined late, buried his nose in the nape of her neck and sniffed.
“Wh-what are you doing?”
“Sniff- ah, a savory and sweet scent emanates from you. Is it because of your mana?”
They say mana is the daily bread for divine beasts… Sebastian clung to Diana as if she were a human catnip.
‘I can’t push him away because of my hands…’
“Get away from me. It tickles.”
Diana struggled, half lying down.
“Just a little more! You haven’t even taken me to the sacred land these days… I’m starving.”
Come to think of it, she had been neglecting Sebastian. It was just an excuse, but there were more than one or two people to worry about, from Raoul to Asa to Lu.
“Okay, do as you please. I need to find a place to wash up.”
It would be nice if he could transform into an animal or a woman. Sebastian always transformed into a man, even if it killed him. The cheeky fellow.
Diana looked around in the form of the ponytailed servant she had seen before, pouncing on her.
‘If I go back in this state, I’ll leave footprints, right? Isn’t there a place to quickly rinse off?’
That’s when it happened.
“Aaaagh!”
With a sharp scream, Sebastian was thrown off.
“…Raoul?”
Diana’s eyelids opened wide at the sudden appearance. It was a reunion that came too soon, even if it was fast.
She alternately looked at the two, dumbfounded, with her arms propped behind her.
“It hurts! It hurts, I say!”
“A divine beast, huh.”
“Yeah, it’s me!”
“You’ve always been a lewd bastard.”
“Hiiieek-!”
Diana was startled and hastily pulled Raoul away.
“What are you doing!”
“It’s self-defense.”
“Let go first and then talk!”
As Diana separated the two, Raoul’s face distorted in a pleasing way.
His eyebrows, raised diagonally, seemed to pierce the sky as if showing how angry he was.
“Where did you suddenly appear from?”
“Is that important right now?”
“No… Anyway, let Sebastian go. It’s nothing serious, he’s just lacking mana.”
“Nothing serious? The entire forest is reverberating with your scent!”
“Scent?”
“That’s right.”
Raoul bit his lip hard and swallowed a rough breath.
“What if wild beasts are attracted by the scent of blood? Outside the castle walls, it’s an unmanaged forest. It’s different from inside the castle!”
She hadn’t thought that far.
Diana looked around with a sense of realization.
Auuuu-.
The howling of wild dogs could be heard faintly from afar.
“…I was just about to return. You don’t have to worry so much.”
“You shouldn’t have come out in the first place! How much attention are you giving to a single slave?”
Raoul spoke as if he already knew the whole situation.
“…How do you know that…?”
“Diana! Being kind and being naive are as different as heaven and earth! The ones who infiltrated the castle are trained rebels. They are killing machines who learn to wield a sword from the moment they start walking!”
“…”
When Raoul seriously got angry, even the animals living in the forest held their breath. Sebastian had also disappeared somewhere long ago.
Diana scratched the ground with a dazed expression.
She was at a loss for words when he suddenly appeared and furiously scolded her.
“…I’m begging you, don’t throw yourself into danger. I’ve told you many times before that I’ll go crazy if something happens to you…”
Raoul said with a sigh.
“…It wasn’t greatly dangerous.”
“Diana…!”
“…Okay. I won’t do anything to make you worry from now on.”
“Promise me.”
Diana moved her lips slightly and had no choice but to nod.
‘For now, let’s make sure Raoul can leave with peace of mind.’
Sometimes, well-intentioned lies were necessary.
“From now on, I won’t get involved with any incoming slaves… I’ll only think about ‘us’.”
Come to think of it, it wasn’t a complete lie.
For ‘us’ to be happy, ‘I’ had to take care of myself first.
Helping to liberate slaves as in the original story wasn’t out of simple goodwill, but to shake off the sense of indebtedness.
‘So please try to understand a little. This is something I can’t help.’
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.
