Teishar Spencer led the crows of the Spencer Dukedom through the forests bordering Isuter and secretly infiltrated the empire. The crows of the Spencer family were a moniker given to the shadows.
The day grew darker and darker. In other words, Brant’s death was approaching.
Teishar just wanted to quickly steal the seal of Count Pol Heredian and return to Lorencia. When the reward he received from her automatically came to mind, heat rushed to his face again. Thinking that he would receive a bonus upon returning since he had already received the reward in advance, he once again imagined Lorencia squirming on the bed. It felt like his heart was being assaulted by someone.
Even now, just thinking of Lorencia, the corners of his mouth loosened and kept rising.
“Master. We are approaching the south gate of the Pol Heredian residence.”
Teishar nodded to the crow who reported with a stiff, expressionless face, forcibly tensing his loosened mouth.
According to Lorencia, the Pol Heredian residence was in the north, and to the west, there was one large, ornate gate that only nobles or royalty could pass through, and one small gate that only servants or commoners could use.
“The intrusion alarm magic is not active.”
A crow who had checked the south gate and wall approached Teishar and whispered in a low voice. It was just as Lorencia had said.
As Lorencia had stated, there was no magic triggered when someone trespassed through the south gate and wall of the Pol Heredian residence.
Teishar signaled to the crows, and they easily climbed over the wall of the Pol Heredian residence. Landing quietly after crossing the wall, they surveyed the pitch-black surroundings and sensed the presence of knights coming and going.
Avoiding the eyes of the knights guarding the residence, they headed east along the wall. A tower illuminated by moonlight came into view.
“Everyone wait here.”
After a fleeting moment, Brant appeared at the base of the tower, carefully surveying his surroundings while holding a small lantern. His face, illuminated by the lantern, looked very haggard, and his eyes were swollen, as if he had cried a lot.
“What should we do?”
One of the crows asked Teishar.
“Wait until the viscount exits the tower.”
Teishar bit his lower lip. The more he thought about it, the angrier he became. At Brant, who would meet a peaceful death by taking his own life, when he should have suffered the pain Lorencia endured for the rest of his life.
Around the time when approaching clouds obscured the moonlight illuminating the tower, Brant came out of the tower. After exiting, he looked up at the tower with an expression of lingering attachment, then turned his back and disappeared.
Long after he vanished, Teishar and the crows quietly entered the tower.
Teishar quickly ran up the tower stairs without a sound. And he arrived at the room at the very top.
Countless locks were attached to the door.
“It seems to have been a room where someone was imprisoned.”
One of the crows pointed to the locks that could only be locked from outside the door and a space at the very bottom of the door where a single plate could fit, and spoke.
Teishar felt an eerie feeling. Lorencia’s past words came to mind one by one.
“Why are you like this? Master.”
A concerned crow, worried about Teishar’s suddenly pale complexion, asked while examining his countenance.
“It’s nothing. Unlock all the locks.”
“Understood.”
The heavy locks began to open one by one. The first lock fell with a thud.
The second lock fell.
Teishar shook his head slightly. He was gripped by the feeling that surely this couldn’t be the room where Lorencia had been imprisoned.
“We have unlocked all the locks, Master.”
As the crow slowly pushed the door, it creaked open. Teishar took a step through the open door. It was a room filled with old, worn objects.
“Everyone wait outside.”
Teishar, who entered the room alone, closed the door. And he stared at the closed door. Eight to ten thin lines were etched across the door. It looked as if someone had scratched it with their nails.
Teishar looked around the room. There were signs that someone had lived in the room. Broken dishes and water cups for meals were crawling with bugs from rotten food, and the room was damp and musty.
Teishar approached the window to open it. As he opened the window, the moonlight that had been obscured by clouds revealed itself and brightly illuminated the room.
Turning around, a worn bed caught Teishar’s eye. Recalling Lorencia’s words that a space would appear if he punched the head of the bed, he approached the bed. As he got closer, his red eyes grew wider and wider.
On the worn blanket and pillow on the bed, there were spots of dried, caked blood here and there. And on the pillow, he saw strands of familiar red hair.
Teishar gathered the hair on the pillow. The hair clutched in his hand was undoubtedly long, red hair. And upon realizing who the owner of this hair was, who had been imprisoned and lived in this tower, his heart ached.
The words Susanna had said to him when she first bathed Lorencia came to mind.
Teishar lifted the blanket. In the moonlight, the blanket with spots of dried, twisted bloodstains may have been Lorencia’s blood, and the thought filled him with anger rising to the top of his head.
The words Lorencia had said to him before leaving for the Pol Heredian residence came to mind. Teishar was certain.
The room he was in now was the room where Lorencia and Musilla had been imprisoned.
Teishar shed tears as he looked down at the blanket and the gathered strands of red hair. Carefully setting down the blanket and hair, Teishar quickly wiped away his tears with the back of his hand.
“This is not the time.”
Teishar, who restrained his sad heart and the surging anger, took the seal and a certain letter, and left.
[This is the timeline separator]“Damn those Di Gloston cockroaches! So filthy and vulgar!”
Ruans tore up the letter from the Di Gloston family as soon as he received it.
“How dare they send a letter like this?”
-To Emperor Ruans von Isuter.
Please come directly to the Di Gloston estate in the Poloid Empire with the proxy signatures and seals of the head of the Pol Heredian family, along with the royal edict welcoming the concubine stamped with the seal of the Pol Heredian family.
Ruans was too angry to contain his rage, panting furiously.
The person who calmed such Ruans was Pelina.
“Damn it!”
“Calm down, Ruans.”
“Mother. How can I calm down! When that foolish Illina can’t even properly find a single family seal, she can’t even stamp the seal on the edict!”
Ruans bit his thumbnail. Although Illina had clearly promised to find the seal of the Pol Heredian County family, days passed without any news of her finding the seal.
When he was told that the seal could not be found no matter where they searched the residence, he couldn’t believe it and sent people to find the seal.
On top of Lorencia already making him feel like his head would explode, he slapped Illina on the cheek for not being able to properly find a single seal and arguing with him.
Lorencia cried quietly by herself, so he didn’t pay much attention to her, which was good, but in contrast, watching Illina sitting on the floor and miserably crying only made him feel irritated.
Just thinking about it made him sick and tired. He regretted even having a good relationship with Illina for a short time.
“Ruans.”
“Yes, Mother.”
“We can forge a seal as much as we want.”
“What do you mean by that?”
“I heard it’s a trend among commoners to make seals like nobles do.”
Pelina laughed as if it was amusing.
“This mother will bring a craftsman who makes commoner seals for money.”
“You’re thinking of making a fake seal? Mother.”
“Of course. Isn’t what those Di Gloston insects want is to verify the royal edict welcoming the concubine?”
“That’s right.”
“After the person who made the fake seal confirms that the seal is completely made, we can just frame them for impersonating royalty and execute them.”
“Yes, Mother. That’s a good idea.”
Pelina took out a new royal edict welcoming the concubine and handed it to Ruans.
“As soon as the seal is finished, this mother will personally stamp it on the edict for you.”
“Understood, Mother.”
Ruans took the edict, signed and sealed it, then handed it back to Pelina. Pelina wrote Lorencia’s signature and seal as a proxy right below where Ruans had signed and sealed.
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.
