Unlike Elaion, where only sons inherit the throne, in Tigrium, where the blood of the beast people is relatively more precious, even women inherit the throne. The former king, who had a deep love for his young wife and affection for his daughter in his later years, designated Charlotte, who had a higher succession order, as the next heir to the throne, which was the beginning of the tragedy that befell the mother.
Naturally, the elder brother, who believed his own son would inherit the throne, and the nephew, who thought he would succeed to the throne, had no choice but to become enemies of the mother.
As if misfortune strikes when one is most off guard, just before the mother, who married a father who was the eldest son of the eagle family but not a beast person, gave birth, the former king was said to be on the verge of life and death.
The moment the former king passed away, the mother’s elder brother and nephew, who had been building their strength for a long time, even killed Chloe’s father, who could have been the mother’s strength.
It was just when the labor pains began, so the mother could not do anything, but at the last moment, with the help of her father’s family, she was able to escape from the palace and safely gave birth to twins.
The Lionel family, who had economic power but weak military force, said that was all they could do in the face of a sudden attack. Although they continued to provide support behind the scenes, the Tigrium king was powerful and cruel, making it difficult for them to exert their power.
In the end, the mother took the twins and hid in Elaion to raise the two children. However, Tuscan Staxton, the current king of Tigrium, continued to track down the mother. It was to eliminate the children born to the mother.
Since he had not yet had a tiger beast child, it was a persistent attempt not to leave any grounds for his cousin to take away the heir’s position if the cousin was a tiger beast person.
Due to the experience of losing her husband in the struggle for the throne and having her own life and her children’s lives threatened, the mother never wanted to be involved with the Tigrium kingdom again. So, for Chloe, she continuously received suppressants, but that reached the ears of the Tigrium king, and he, convinced that his cousin was a beast person, finally found the mother’s place of seclusion and attacked Clyne.
Among the fraternal twins, Chloe and Clyne, only Chloe actually inherited the blood of a tiger beast person…
King Staxton, who did not know that the mother had given birth to twins, thought he had eliminated the aftermath by killing Clyne and returned. Thanks to that, Chloe, the real beast person, was able to survive.
So the brother died in her place. If someone really had to die by fate, it should have been Chloe herself!
To Chloe, who was shedding tears, the mother said it was not her fault.
On that day, the mother said it was her who knocked Chloe unconscious by biting her shoulder, and she had no choice but to do so in order to save at least Chloe, who was trying to rush out, as Clyne could no longer be saved.
But none of the mother’s words could comfort her. After all, the fact that her brother died in her place does not change.
The mother was also well aware of most of the influential beast families. Even about the duke’s imprinting and the story of the alpha that she did not know.
It even seemed like she saw through the fact that the duke had imprinted on Chloe.
In the end, the mother spoke as if she was almost pleading. Apologizing for hiding everything and feeding her suppressants, saying it was the mother’s decision.
While feeling guilty in the face of Clyne’s death, Chloe felt disgusted by her own selfishness in wanting to fulfill her love. Nevertheless, it was hard for her to suppress her desire to return to the duke.
Even if he did not love her, the duke had already imprinted on her, so he would need her too.
But even with Chloe’s tears and pleas, Charlotte was adamant.
Somewhere along the line, the heart that was troubled by the problem that the duke did not love her had disappeared without a trace, and only the feeling that she could not give him up remained clear. Come to think of it now, trying to take time away from the duke to sort out her feelings was due to the extravagant desire to have the duke’s heart as well, without any intention of giving up.
But when the mother mentioned ‘Clyne’, Chloe could not say anything more. Clyne died because of her. Since the mother had lost Clyne, she should not make the mother any sadder. She had no right to desire something like love.
It was too brazen for her, who survived in Clyne’s place, to desire to love someone and be loved by them.
Embracing Chloe, who was endlessly shedding tears, Charlotte whispered once more. Chloe desperately suppressed her welling tears and prayed that her mother was right and that she was just confused. Although it was as painful as if her heart was being twisted, she prayed earnestly.
[This is the timeline separator]The situation in the border area with Schneider was more serious than expected. In the midst of endless large and small fights, blaming each other for the responsibility of the forest fire that engulfed the mountain that was the boundary between the territories, an accident occurred just before the duke’s arrival where a child died in a bloody incident. The dead child was from the Schneider side of the territory. The Duke of Schneider had already arrived on the Schneider side.
“I am sorry for the accident in which the child died.”
Hugrey was the first to mention the accident. Although the circumstances before and after need to be investigated, the accident in which a twelve-year-old child died was not something that could be overlooked for now.
“Sorry… Is it because Duke Ulpaz doesn’t have children yet? Saying sorry is all you have to say about a terrible incident that destroyed a family and drove parents to a miserable situation. It’s a very convenient way.”
“After investigating how the accident occurred, if there is anything to apologize for and compensate, I will do so. For now, I have nothing more to say.”
“I will tell you how to compensate. Hand over all the people of the territory who killed the child. I will try and dispose of them within my territory.”
Hand over the people of the territory. That meant he would kill them.
“That would be difficult… The truth has not been investigated yet, and even if the investigation is over, if there was an inappropriate act, they are my people, so I have to try and punish them within my territory. Of course, I will give you the right to speak if that happens.”
“The deadline for handing over the people of the territory is one week from now. If you do not hand them over by then, it will be war.”
The Duke of Schneider seemed determined to place the blame for the child’s murder on the people of Ulpaz’s territory. Completely excluding Hugrey’s words, he added a notice that he would try them himself.
My Step-brother Is Obsessed With Me (Female-dominant)
A gentle female protagonist vs pitiful in the early stage, and a sick male protagonist in the later stage
Cheng Songer transmigrated into the body of a vicious cannon fodder female supporting character with the same name as her in a female-dominant novel.
In the original story, the cannon fodder female supporting character was inhumane, committing domestic violence, gambling excessively, being lustful, and even wanting to sell her stepbrother to a brothel for money.
As luck would have it, she just happened to transmigrate at this time.
Seeing Cheng Qingzhi biting his lip, enduring the tears in his eyes, looking pitiful, her heart softened.
She stuffed the money back into the Madam’s hand and reached out to him.
“Brother, come home with me.”
