Eilidh collapsed, gripping the iron bars. Rust formed by the damp air stained her white hands.
“Brother…….”
She quietly uttered Limeres’ name. Inside, the previously motionless Limeres weakly stirred.
Incredibly, a faint sound of laughter was heard.
“……I’m sorry, Your Highness.”
It was just like her brother to maintain formalities even now. Ever since she became the Crown Princess, he had always been meticulous about etiquette. His closeness to his younger sister was no exception.
The jailer, after a silent nod, stepped aside to allow for what might be the siblings’ final encounter.
“Why have you become so gaunt…….”
Even with both his arms broken, he was more concerned about his sister’s well-being. Eilidh fought back tears that threatened to burst. Crying here would be uncontrollable.
“Brother, your body…….”
“As you can see. Should I maintain decorum in this state, what a sight it would be…….”
“Don’t move. I’ll gather the nobles. There will be a parliamentary session soon, maybe there…….”
“Eilidh.”
His voice was clear and firm, despite his near-death condition. Limeres struggled to move closer to Eilidh.
“Don’t do that.”
“Should I just stand by? I’ll save everyone’s life. I’ll even secure an exile order.”
“If someone is determined to cut off a person’s breath…… they’ll do anything.”
Eilidh knew. From the start, the intention was to brand the entire Melfiram family as traitors.
How long had Claudius been planning this? Unlike the openly hostile Empress Mother, he seemed somewhat moderate, but it was a complete misjudgment.
Limeres leaned against the bars and murmured to himself.
“……I shouldn’t have sent you.”
“What?”
“When you were appointed as Crown Princess, I should have dissuaded you to the end.”
Entering the royal palace didn’t necessarily pave a golden path. In fact, even minor issues were magnified and mercilessly criticized in royal life.
A sigh-like word slipped through his cracked lips.
“More than anything, Eilidh…… I fear leaving you alone.”
Silently, Eilidh reached through the bars towards Limeres. His face, stained with blood and injuries, felt the touch of her cold hand.
Limeres’ biggest worry was clear. With Melfiram branded as traitors and purged, no force would back the princess of a traitor’s lineage. Who would support a queen with such lineage?
The once strong Melfiram support was gone, leaving her to survive alone.
Limeres, despite his battered body, looked up at Eilidh. His eyes, though surrounded by torment, hadn’t dimmed.
“This might be the last thing I say to you, sister. Survive to the end, Eilidh. It will be unbearably hard at times, to the point of preferring death…… but the one who survives to the end wins.”
“……”
“Promise me, Eilidh.”
It was both a final request and a promise. Eilidh met his gaze and nodded firmly. She would survive. She wouldn’t be broken by them, burning through life until the very end.
The jailer who had brought Eilidh down approached with a troubled look.
“The guards are about to change. It’s dangerous to stay any longer.”
“……Escort her safely to the royal quarters.”
“Yes.”
After Limeres spoke, Eilidh lingered by the bars for a long time, words swirling at the tip of her tongue, unspoken.
Why couldn’t I say anything? If I had waited a little longer, maybe I could have expressed my tumultuous feelings, perhaps for the last time. The regret in reality continued even in my dreams.
But I couldn’t delay, so Limeres gestured firmly to the jailer. As I reluctantly walked away, it seemed as though I could hear my brother’s crying behind me.
“I told you not to cry…….”
As a child, he was always so full of tears and laughter. I had so often harshly told him that neither excessive laughter nor tears were suitable for him. Only now, the regret overwhelmed me.
Limeres slowly closed his heavy eyelids. His final moment was approaching.
“Your Highness, let’s not meet again for a long while.”
The next day, Limeres Rowen Melfiram was sentenced to death in court and executed immediately. His appearance, dragged to the scaffold in the square, was pitiful.
It was a spectacle. The gathered crowd saw it as a warning: this is what happens to those who dare conspire against the Emperor.
Even the fact of his treason was likely fabricated. The people weren’t as foolish as Claudius thought.
Battered and bruised, Limeres stood before the people. It was said he shouted with all his might before the execution.
“Claudius, you’re next!”
And right before his execution, he reportedly smiled faintly, whether for someone he saw or imagining Claudius’ future fate.
I only heard about Limeres’ execution but why does it appear so vividly in my dreams?
I saw Limeres, bloodied, in front of me. His blood, streaming down the scaffold, reached my feet.
What followed was even more horrific. The Earl and Countess were also sentenced to hanging and executed immediately. Normally, wives would be exiled or stripped of titles and property, but this was an exceptional case.
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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