Due to the sudden challenge to a duel, people crowded into the guest room.
As Hertian opened the door, knights and courtiers looked on curiously.
“Is it true that you’ve challenged to a duel?”
“The Duke, His Grace, challenged the Crown Prince first.”
“So, the Crown Prince didn’t challenge the Duke but the other way around?”
“That’s right.”
“But why did you challenge to a duel?”
“I really don’t know.”
Everyone was curious about the reasons for the duel, so they listened closely to the conversation between the two.
Hertian silently removed his gloves and threw them onto Serdice’s chest.
“Do not show disrespect to my wife in front of me anymore.”
His words stirred up the room.
“Hah! Are you trying to tarnish my honor by challenging me to a duel? Well, I should be thankful that you’re not throwing the gloves at my face, shouldn’t I?”
“It seems like you’re frightened to accept it willingly.”
Hertian continued to provoke incessantly, as if deliberately picking a fight.
“If challenging to a duel is your way of repaying gratitude for saving you on the battlefield, I understand. I never expected to hear a sincere thank you from you in the first place.”
Serdice, without yielding, retorted.
“Is there a custom in the Crown Prince’s residence to express gratitude to the one who gives and receives harm?”
“Living in the North seems to have deepened your imagination.”
The verbal sparring turned into attacks against each other. People gathered, and it seemed challenging to reconcile between the two.
‘Why is everyone acting like this?’
While Serdice might be like this, it was the first time for Hertian to directly confront, and it was perplexing.
“Let’s stop this pointless argument now, shall we? If you don’t have the courage to participate in the duel yourself, you can send the Knight Commander.”
Avoiding a real fight alone was already a significant disadvantage for a Crown Prince.
Naturally, Serdice’s choice was predetermined.
“I accept.”
“You’re acting unlike yourself.”
I expressed doubt about his sudden provocation.
“If you’re going up to the North soon, you won’t see me. Why did you go so far as to challenge to a duel?”
Hertian seemed deeply contemplative.
However, he didn’t seem to regret challenging to the duel.
“I can’t stand by and watch you disrespect my wife.”
To him, Serdice seemed to have been a consistently irritating presence, much like to me.
“It’s just for a moment. It was a matter that could be endured for a moment.”
“Do you plan to endure it like that every time?”
“The opponent is the Crown Prince. And this is not Hertian’s problem, but my problem, as I clearly stated.”
“Your wife may be able to endure it as always. But I can’t. If, even for a single moment, my wife is in distress or suffering because of the Crown Prince, I will cut it off completely.”
His veins bulged on his neck. He was furious, as if he was about to confront Serdice with a sword.
“Why are you so angry?”
“I’m not angry at my wife; I’m angry at myself for being so powerless. Because I’m weak, my wife is suffering. Even if it led to war instead of a duel, it wouldn’t matter. I won’t be powerless and let my wife suffer anymore.”
Hertian averted his gaze, exhaling heavily in a rough manner.
It was the first time he had directly spoken his mind, so he seemed taken aback.
“Why today? You seem unusually uneasy.”
He looked more uneasy than I did.
‘What on earth happened?’
Beyond the questions, I felt a sense of wonder.
Hertian only chewed on his dry lips and didn’t offer any response.
The conversation with the Emperor ended poorly even before, with a clear reduction in words.
That meant only one thing.
“I had missed one thing.”
The incident in the Imperial Medical Office.
“I saw both of you with Evangeline earlier.”
Only then did Hertian turn his head.
“Wife.”
Ignoring him, I approached the mirror, letting down my clothes to examine my back. To show the brand clearly.
The truth that had been hidden so tightly was now revealed.
A small time bomb engraved on my body.
“…The pattern has changed.”
It began to change.
What used to be a small bud had grown into a large petal, and the ends of the petals that were once tightly closed were slightly open.
‘Since I collapsed last time, my body has been strangely unwell.’
The day I invited Michael, there was a definite change.
But I was more disappointed than desperate at the discovery of the changed pattern.
“So, both of you remained silent earlier. Because it wasn’t the pattern I mentioned. You thought I wouldn’t know if you hid it?”
“I couldn’t bring myself to speak because it would be painful for my wife if she knew.”
Hertian squeezed out his voice with a more pained expression than mine.
“That’s right. Call it the sentiment you have for me. Then, is it right for you to challenge the Crown Prince to a duel, fearing that I might die soon?”
“If you don’t want it, then?”
“Without a doubt, he will continue to torment my wife unless I make it clear.”
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.
