What could she answer when asked bluntly what it had to do with her?
Officially, Ermedillin was Henri’s wife, but she was nothing to him.
Pellio was now asking if she was daring to interfere in the Emperor and Empress’s affairs.
And no matter how immature Velia might be, she was a full scorer in the language field.
She could follow a conversation of this level.
“Are you forgetting a lot lately, Count?”
“Me?”
“The palace’s mistress will change soon, it seems you often forget that fact?”
“Ha? Is that so? Do I seem to be forgetting that fact?”
“Moreover, didn’t you hate the Empress, Count? You were consumed with resentment, and it seems you’ve forgotten that as well.”
At Velia’s remark, Pellio momentarily flashed a cynical smile and then stared straight at her with an utterly cold look.
“How thankful I am for your concern about my forgetfulness. But that too is none of your business, so don’t call me again regarding matters related to the Empress.”
Pellio, deep in thought, left Velia’s trembling figure and slipped out of her bedroom.
He was already busy preparing the defense for the boy who had stabbed the empress and had many matters to tend to, yet he was summoned back and forth just because of some trivial rumor.
And that’s on a government matter.
‘Forget my resentment? Me?’
Pellio recalled his resentment towards Ermedillin and contemplated his purpose.
When he first helped bring down the Archduke François, it was to close an escape hole for her.
Even the establishment of the orphanage was actually with the intention of collecting evidence if any curserelated experiments were conducted in the orphanage.
But this time?
How does defending the boy help in his revenge?
Logically, he thought it was to pin all the blame on the boy and execute him, thus preventing the Ilenian royal family from being vulnerable to the empress.
But in reality, Pellio only wanted to save the boy’s life. He was swayed by Ermedillin’s desperate eyes, although he himself was not admitting it.
‘That woman? She must have some ulterior motive. Could she really have wanted to save the boy’s life? I’ve been fooled.’
It’s unsettling.
There can’t be anything like sympathy in that wicked woman.
To clear his doubts, Pellio sought Ermedillin before leaving the palace.
After notifying the guards of his visit and waiting, he heard laughter from inside.
‘Laughter? What’s this? Did she take some strange potion?’
When he went in, he saw Ermedillin sitting before Loony, touching her hair.
“Just wait a moment. I’ve almost finished braiding.”
Ermedillin and Loony were busy giggling in front of the mirror, pleased with something.
“Tada! It’s done! How is it? Pretty, right? Your face shape is beautiful, so having your hair braided like this with some strands left to the side looks better!”
Between the loosely braided hair, tiny white flowers could be glimpsed.
“Your Majesty, you’re really skillful! It’s really beautiful! I’ve only ever put flowers behind my ears, never used them like this!”
“Hehe. I used to be known as a hairdresser to my si…”
She trailed off, intending to say that she used to act as a hairdresser for her younger siblings.
Trying to adapt to her new life, she struggled to suppress the nostalgia that would occasionally surface.
The orphanage was always busy, but it was a lonely place.
In kindergarten or school, classmates had families, but the orphans had none.
Although the principal and teachers took good care of them, even the young children knew that they were different from a family.
But the orphans regarded each other as family and had no choice but to rely more on each other.
When it was time to leave the orphanage, what Ermedillin feared most was not being thrown naked into a world without any connections, but the fact that she could no longer see her siblings every day.
In her previous life, Ermedillin loved moments when she would sit the little ones on her lap and braid their hair.
She couldn’t make braids as pretty as those their mother made, but she would tenderly touch their hair, hoping they wouldn’t feel left out wherever they went.
Loony noticed Ermedillin’s sudden silence.
“Your Majesty, are you alright? Why suddenly like this? Did the gentleman’s visit…?”
Loony glanced at Pellio with a hint of resentment in her eyes, protesting his interruption of their pleasant time.
“I, what did I do?”
Naturally, Pellio, feeling aggrieved, widened his eyes in shock, and Ermedillin burst into laughter.
“So true. All my nerves are shattered because of the Prince.”
Ermedillin and Rooni were busy giggling, exchanging glances, pleased with something.
“I didn’t intend to shatter your nerves. I just stopped by to see if the trial preparations were going well.”
Pellio, who was accused of breaking the mood without doing anything, made a sullen face, and Ermedillin herself got up and pulled out a chair, urging Pellio to sit.
Of course, Rooni ran over as soon as he saw her doing that, but Pellio was quicker to sit down.
He had taken his seat, but Pellio’s slightly protruded lips and turned head appeared quite cute to Ermedillin’s eyes.
“People seem to misunderstand you, don’t they?”
“Pardon?”
“Calling you the Ice Prince. To call a Prince who pouts this adorably.”
“Wh, when did I ever!”
His face turned red in an instant at being told he, an adult, had pouted.
“Heh heh. Seems like I hit the nail on the head?”
Ermedillin looked at the bewildered Pellio with a bright smile, as if she found it really amusing, and sat down in front of him.
“How are the trial preparations coming along?”
“Ah, that…… that is…….”
Of course, Pellio knew that Ermedillin’s remark was merely a mischievous joke.
However, he didn’t understand why his reaction was so flustered.
Her light laughter and bright smile all felt as if they were not real.
Pellio’s heated face was almost about to explode when his eyes met Ermedillin’s.
Blood rushed to his head, and he could not even comprehend what he had just heard.
“What is it?”
Ermedillin leaned slightly forward to listen attentively to Pellio’s words.
“It, it’s a secret!!”
Ermedillin and Rooni watched Pellio’s retreating figure, as he blurted out the incomprehensible words and disappeared as if fleeing, speechless.
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.
