“Why?”
“Shouldn’t an apology come first? Even if it’s a mistake, that’s what you should say first.”
With indignation in her voice, Sesenia spoke, to which Elzer snickered and nodded.
“Sorry.”
But Sesenia knew too well that her sister wasn’t sincerely apologizing.
“…”
“That’s right… But this is not something that can be settled with an apology.”
“Sorry, but it’s not enough, huh? You’re really uptight.”
Elzer, looking at her sister, scoffed as if she was the enlightened modern woman. Yet, Sesenia didn’t stop speaking.
“Do you think this is normal? If you had any sense, you wouldn’t have started an affair with your sister’s husband in the first place.”
“What do you expect me to do?”
“I might have been foolish before, but not anymore. Unfortunately for you, sister. No matter how hard you try, you’re just a woman who spreads her legs for any man and a piece of trash who stole her sister’s husband. You get it? Trash that can’t even be recycled?”
“Hey!”
“It’s not ‘hey.’ Before you stands the Empress of this country. And you will never be an Empress. Maybe if you could turn back time. If we could go back to when the Crown Prince was to be betrothed. But I am already the Empress, and I plan to punish you, unlike before. Take her away.”
Elzer’s face turned pale at the completely unexpected situation.
“Wait a minute. You weren’t like this before. You just used to kick me out.”
“Yes, I did. But not anymore. I’ve been too lenient, and you haven’t learned.”
“Wait. Empress. No, Sesenia. This isn’t right.”
“What’s not right about it? I couldn’t do anything about you, the Emperor, but with my sister… I can’t just let it slide. I’m going to make this public.”
The Emperor, who had been lounging on the bed, suddenly jumped up.
“Sesenia. Publicize it?!”
“I’ve been quiet because you’re my husband and I didn’t want to tarnish your reputation, but I’m going to take this issue public and ensure Elzer is properly punished.”
“Just wait. Isn’t it okay not to do this? Sesenia. Why must we go to such lengths? Besides, it won’t do you any good. Women are supposed to be obedient and quiet by nature. Why make such a fuss?”
Maybe she had tolerated his infidelities for her own sake.
Being the Empress, not wanting to be the talk of others, she had indulged the Emperor. But not anymore. Sesenia was resolute.
“Empress, listen to me…”
The Emperor naturally got out of bed and grabbed Sesenia’s shoulder. As he stood up, the blanket covering his nakedness fell, exposing him. Perhaps that was why Sesenia’s expression hardened even more.
“Don’t touch me with your filthy hands.”
She brushed off where his hand had touched, her face stern as ever.
“Sesenia. How dare you, to the Emperor…!”
“An Emperor needs to act like one.”
‘Did you ever understand what I’ve been going through?’
Sesenia didn’t even glance at the shouting Emperor, instead, she looked at the guards by the door.
“Take that woman and lock her in the dungeon.”
“Me…? But…”
“What are you worried about? The Emperor’s mistress? Or the Empress’s sister?”
“…Is this really okay?”
“I’ll handle this. Now, take that filth away.”
“Yes.”
The guards, without further objection, took Elzer away. For a moment, Elzer’s gaze shifted to the Emperor in the room.
Realizing that she was now the one in trouble, the Emperor watched Elzer being dragged away without reacting, merely looking worriedly at Sesenia.
“But… I just want to stop all this now.”
As soon as she looked at him, the Emperor playfully teased Sesenia with a mischievous face and expression.
“Sesenia, this is just a momentary… a brief lapse. You know how much I love you.”
She thought they loved each other.
That his actions were mere deviations. She wanted to protect him, to avoid harming him, she never made his actions public. But now, Sesenia no longer felt the need to guard her position, to protect him.
“I’m going back to my room.”
“Just wait… listen to me. Sesenia. Sesenia…?!”
But that was all.
Sesenia didn’t listen to the Emperor. She just returned to her room.
Time passed. What had been a tumultuous period in her life, each day now seemed monotonously long.
All Sesenia could do as the Empress, as the head of her ducal family, was to step down from her duties and not leave her room.
No matter how reckless the Emperor was, she never neglected her duties, but now she had become negligent.
She was just tired of everything. Even when she saw her sister with her husband, she wanted to immediately kill her sister and make it public. But as time went on, she was overtaken by a sense of powerlessness.
“I heard the rumors.”
Even until the day her only friend, Ian, visited her, Sesenia hadn’t met anyone. She had even skipped meals.
As Sesenia, who had been sprawled on the sofa, lethargically got up to face him, her body wobbled, perhaps from days of starvation.
Despite expecting him to catch her, Prince Ian just watched her silently.
Her vision darkened, then cleared again. Sesenia forced a weak smile.
“…Such rumors spread so easily.”
“What are you going to do about it?”
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.
__________
Please help me, I want to bring you the best possible things.
If you find any chapter or novel with poor translation and editing quality, let me know by commenting directly under that novel or chapter. I will retranslate it as soon as possible.
[Touch the gear icon in the bottom right corner of the screen to move to the next chapter if you want.]
