“It seems more suited to the floor, doesn’t it? Maybe it can be used to clean the floors of the Empress’s palace.”
“Miss Selina!”
Linette, unable to contain herself, stepped forward. She was ready to face any consequences, even if it meant punishment for confronting the Emperor’s hidden mistress.
How could a noble lady, without any official position in the palace, act so arrogantly in front of the Empress?
Just as Linette was about to lash out at Selina, a dark shadow approached them.
“Rivel…?”
Iliad stepped back in surprise, alarmed by the unexpected arrival. Everyone was startled; they hadn’t noticed his presence before.
He ignored the shocked onlookers and quietly looked at the mud-soaked white fabric.
“Ah!”
Selina screamed as Rivel suddenly appeared, causing her to fall. Her dress got stained with the muddy water.
“My dress…! His Majesty gave it to me!”
Regardless, Rivel silently picked up the dirty fabric. The once white and beautiful fabric was now stained brown.
As he held the fabric, his grip tightened. The stained fabric was crumpled lifelessly in his palm, leaving deep creases. Iliad guessed what he was about to do.
Before she could stop him, Rivel threw the mud-soaked fabric over Selina, who was frantically sitting on the ground.
Loud cries echoed in the middle of the palace.
Passing servants and maids glanced at the commotion, turning Selina’s face bright red. With the help of her maids, she barely cleaned the stains from her face and hair, then shouted furiously.
“What is this!”
“Covered in mud as it is, this fabric seems fitting for you.”
Rivel looked down impassively at Selina, who was sitting disheveled on the ground. His upright stance exuded a well-contained anger.
“It seems you’ve found the right master.”
Selina, ignoring the hands of her maids, abruptly stood up. The veins in her trembling neck were visibly prominent.
“How dare you, a mere mercenary! To insult nobility like this? Do you think you’ll survive after this?”
“I’ll have to try my best to survive.”
“You act as if you have a spare life. Do you even know who I am?”
“…Who are you?”
Rivel’s indifferent response showed he had no interest in Selina. His nonchalant retort was met with a hollow laugh from her.
It was natural for a foreigner, new to the palace, to be unaware.
Being from the North, he likely hadn’t heard the secret rumors circulating in the capital. Selina frantically tried to gather her thoughts.
“I am…”
She struggled to introduce herself. What should she say to this insolent mercenary who neither knelt nor bowed before nobility?
Selina Diobe, the daughter of Count Diobe? Mentioning her family name might invite ridicule.
Already among the nobility, her family was whispered to be “those who sold their country for survival.” It would be a disgrace if this mercenary knew that truth.
The hidden mistress of His Majesty the Emperor? Introducing herself this way would only add to her humiliation. Likely, his response would be “So what?”
If she had been the Empress, she could have slapped him. If only it wasn’t the day before the coronation! She would be officially the Empress then, and she could have taken action against him.
Finally, Selina put forward her highest authority as a noble.
“Yes, you lowly creature! If you are a commoner, you should show respect to the nobility…”
Her proclaimed authority sounded feeble. Selina’s reprimand didn’t affect Rivel at all. He continued to look at her with his cold, grey eyes.
“Then, perhaps the lady could enlighten me, a lowly one, on what proper manners are.”
Iliad, observing the unfolding drama, sensed the cold leisure at the end of Rivel’s sarcasm.
It was a look seen on someone who had stood on the brink of life several times.
Struggling desperately on the thin line between life and death, he seemed unfazed by the impending doom, exuding a subtle ease.
Selina realized she had nothing to claim. Her only trump card was Claudius himself.
“Impudent man… The one paying you is His Majesty the Emperor!”
“Your relationship with His Majesty and why you’re showing such a serious face to me, I truly cannot understand as a humble person. Could you please explain it to me properly?”
He seemed to know everything about Selina and Claudius’s relationship. Speechless, Selina glared at him, her lips tightly sealed, tears brimming in her eyes.
“Enough. Both of you, that’s enough.”
Iliad intervened, unable to bear it anymore. If left unchecked, who knew what rumors might spread in the royal court. Just a day after the mercenary commander’s arrival, it had to be stopped before rumors of him insulting the Emperor’s ‘shadow’ began to circulate.
When the male lead is punished by carrying the female lead’s child and having periods like a woman
“I’ve given birth to two children for you, yet you still think about him.
Was I nothing but his substitute to you from beginning to end?”
Synopsis:
Meng Huan, a scumbag who has dated countless girlfriends, transmigrates to a female-dominated country.
Day 1: Whether it’s female dominance or not doesn’t matter. The beauties here are passionate and amorous. Isn’t it easier to date them than in modern times?
Day 2: After a night, Meng Huan discovers the differences in the female-dominated world. Men here actually have chastity locks and menstrual cycles. This hinders his ability to perform, damn it!
Day 3: What’s wrong with sleeping around? I don’t want you to marry me. I’m meant to be a playboy. I don’t care about male virtues… What? You want to drown me in a pig cage? Marry, I’ll marry!
Day N: Meng Huan inexplicably vomits and receives the shocking news of his life… He’s pregnant.
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