I wanted to break my old vow for the first time: not to steal anything of his.
Yet, I forced myself to believe. I refused to think that he was distancing himself from me because I was defiled by a barbarian like others thought.
He was the only person who treated me well when I was a despised nobody. It was hard for me to let go of the hand that shone like a jewel.
The servants, who had always looked down on me for my sudden rise in status, now glanced at me as if I was something dirty.
Life in the count’s house was becoming more and more joyless.
Then one day.
「Eigraine, wake up. Hurry!」
“Leo?”
At Leo’s urgent voice, I sprang up from the bed.
“Ah! Barbarians! They’re invading!”
Tearing cries.
Ching! Chaang! Chingching!
Screams and sounds of weapons clashing came from outside.
“Kyaaaoooooo!”
Excited, strange sounds. The voices of barbarians.
The kingdom, rich in resources and fertile land, was often invaded by barbarians from the empire.
But to invade the capital?
Especially since they struggled with the desert climate and other geographical factors of the kingdom.
‘Something’s off.’
Despite the chaos, my room was quiet. No one came for me.
“Ah!”
A servant’s cry came from nearby. The barbarians had entered the mansion.
Suddenly, I thought of Hubert.
‘He’s in danger.’
“Hubert!”
I hurried to his room and flung the door open. It was empty.
Had he gone to handle the situation?
As I contemplated going down, another possibility struck me.
‘Could it be…’
With a sense of unease, I rushed to my destination.
It didn’t take long to reach the room I aimed for, closer to his than mine. It was Aris’, a collateral member of the Lorentz family.
Before I opened the door, I sensed it. What was inside would not be pleasant.
In stark contrast to the effort it took to get there, my hand wouldn’t move to open it.
“Ah!”
The screams were getting closer.
Unable to delay any longer, I pushed the door open.
Inside was a world apart from the chaos outside.
“I’m so scared.”
“Don’t worry. The soldiers are handling it. The palace guards will be here soon. You might as well sleep a little. I’m worried you’ll faint again.”
There was Hubert, whom I’d been searching for desperately.
He was soothing Aris, tears streaming down her blonde hair.
My limbs, full of energy just moments ago, went limp.
“Eigraine?”
Lady Emern frowned.
“Why are you here? What about outside?”
Hubert flinched when he finally noticed me.
I looked in from the doorway.
There were the former count, now a baron, and his second wife, Lady Emern. People who scorned me as a blot on their noble lineage, my former masters.
And Hubert and Aris, whom I served as a young lord and lady.
They sat together, waiting out the crisis—a perfect family, minus me.
‘Was I ever really part of this group?’
Overwhelmed by futility, I didn’t want to do anything. But I mustered my last bit of patience.
“The soldiers are dealing with the barbarians. Is everyone okay?”
The baron nodded tiredly.
“Why has such an absurd thing happened! At least you, go check what’s happening outside. Everyone’s too shocked to move.”
Hubert avoided my gaze at his words. Lady Emern urged me.
“Didn’t you hear the baron? What are you waiting for, go out!”
That moment, I realized.
Since the night at the palace, they had never looked me in the eye.
The screams outside dwindled.
The chaos was quelled by the palace guards and the brutal prince from the empire.
Inside the mansion, and he in the garden, our eyes fleetingly met through the window, but no sooner had they met than they diverged again.
It was momentary, yet strangely, the man’s black eyes were etched clearly in my mind.
The ordeal of that day was not just for the Lorentz Count’s house. Out of nowhere, a barbarian tried to kidnap the princess.
Though thwarted promptly by the quick actions of the imperial prince, the king’s rage at nearly losing his only daughter simmered.
The empire excused themselves by claiming these warriors were nameless and unrelated to them, a clear case of turning a blind eye.
People said the conflict between the empire and the kingdom was escalating.
If war broke out, many would be hurt. I hoped people would remain safe.
Was it wrong not to pray for my own well-being?
A week later, I was arrested by the palace guards.
Even when dragged to the courtroom’s waiting room, I couldn’t grasp what was happening to me.
I seriously considered bribing the guard.
‘No, wait. Maybe there’s been some mistake.’
Fleeing would be like confessing to a crime I didn’t commit.
“How dare you try to sell the kingdom to the empire.”
“Traitors deserve the harshest punishment.”
Yet at the courtroom, I faced disdainful scorn. It made no sense.
Betray the kingdom to the empire?
Who would?
‘I’ve fenced stolen jewels, but never betrayed a country.’
But nobody explained the situation to me.
Only during the trial did I understand the false charges against me.
Others were caught like me. Some, beaten to a pulp, lay like slabs of meat.
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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