It felt as if a huge boulder had fallen on her head. Roxiana stared wide-eyed at the smile visible between Elise’s hands. That cruel smile etched itself into Roxiana’s eyes, piercing and tearing them.
Her heart pounded as if it would burst. Blood boiled in all her veins.
Woooong-
For a moment, the ground beneath the prison shook, and a faint breeze blew even though there were no windows. But the anomaly disappeared before anyone present could notice it.
“The bodies of my family…?”
When Roxiana asked in a hoarse voice, Elise lowered the hands covering her face.
“Aren’t you curious why I did this?”
She was curious, but that wasn’t important right now.
Nothing would change by hearing why her good friend had betrayed her and her family. She had trusted someone she shouldn’t have, and her family had let in someone they shouldn’t have.
As a result of poor judgment, her family lost their lives, the royal family fell, and the country was taken away.
That was all. Just one of those things that happen anywhere on this continent.
The problem was the bodies of her family.
For the souls of her family to enter the embrace of God Weden and find peace, the bodies had to be placed in coffins engraved with the ‘Adelia flower’, God’s emblem.
If not buried or cremated in those coffins, the souls would lose their way and wander eternally in limbo, unable to find peace. Abandoned corpses might be invaded by evil spirits and become undead – dead but not dead.
Even the poorest paupers made coffins engraved with the ‘Adelia flower’ on wooden boards when their family members died.
“Please tell me, Eli. What happened to my family’s… my family’s bodies?”
At the desperate plea, the corners of Elise’s mouth twisted upwards. Elise looked down at Roxiana with an indescribable expression and said,
“You’re still selfish and cold-hearted, Princess. At a time like this, you should ask why your old friend did such a thing… Really, I can’t bear how pathetic and pitiful I am for thinking such a person was a precious friend.”
Elise sniffled again and covered her eyes with a handkerchief.
Roxiana couldn’t understand. She was the one who lost her family, lost her country, and was betrayed, so why was Elise crying over there? Why was she blaming the one who was betrayed and lost everything?
“You know, Princess. You shouldn’t have saved me. You shouldn’t have shown me pity. You should have just, just left me to die with my family. Just left me like that!”
Elise lowered her handkerchief. Her bright blue eyes pierced through Roxiana.
Roxiana couldn’t understand the intense hatred in those eyes.
Elise shouted, distorting her fairy-like face,
“You should have let me go, Roxiana! Then your family wouldn’t have died and been thrown into the well!”
At that moment, the light disappeared from Roxiana’s eyes.
“Thrown into… the well…?”
“Yes, Roxiana. Your father, your mother, your brothers who adored you and their families – I threw them all into the well! Do you think I would throw even a single Adelia petal for them? I threw them in the well and sealed the entrance, so your family won’t smell the scent of Adelia even when spring comes!”
It was a curse. A curse of eternal restlessness, even after this world crumbles and disappears. An unspeakably terrible and horrific curse for those who believe in God Weden.
Roxiana’s eyes were wide open, but there was no life in them now.
Her family was not only dead but also prevented from entering the land of peace. Perhaps they would become neither alive nor dead, wandering in the dark well. The terrible despair tore apart Roxiana’s barely holding on sanity.
Thus, Roxiana didn’t even realize when the men holding her branded the slave mark on the nape of her neck.
Sizzle-
Even though the hot iron burned her flesh, she sat there like a soulless doll, unable to feel the pain.
Watching Roxiana’s wretched state, Elise’s eyes wavered for a moment. Elise sniffled again and crouched down in front of Roxiana.
“I’m sorry, I’m sorry, Princess.”
Elise stroked Roxiana’s cheek, but Roxiana still didn’t move.
“I know you’ve been so good to me. I know you cherished me very much. But what can I do, really what can I do…”
Elise pressed her finger hard on Roxiana’s collarbone where the iron had burned.
“I wish the Princess would die without even smelling the scent of Adelia… That’s my wish…”
Roxiana’s blank eyes turned towards Elise. Roxiana saw Elise crying and laughing at the same time. Tears flowing endlessly, yet lips spread wide.
On Elise’s pretty face coexisted sincere sadness and about-to-burst joy. It was such a bizarre scene that Roxiana thought she would remember this sight even after her death.
Elise gently stroked Roxiana’s cheek and said,
“But Princess, I’ll let you live. If you find a good master, they might put you in an Adelia coffin. This is my last gift to you as a friend.”
That night, Princess Roxiana, once beloved in the Kingdom of Kanta, became a slave who needed her master’s permission even to breathe.
The ill-fated princess was sold to a slave trader, but the people of Kanta heard the despairing news that even the princess had died, completely cutting off the bloodline of the Franche royal family.
For a long time, mournful cries echoed throughout the Kingdom of Kanta, now a colony of Gania.
+++
Back to the 11th month of the Imperial year 1577.
Floyd burst into laughter watching Count Conte fleeing with his tail between his legs.
“Look at that. Doesn’t he look like a rat with its tail on fire!”
“My lord, you seem too pleased.”
Despite Arsen’s remark, Floyd didn’t stop laughing.
“How can I not be pleased? That old fox from Gania still tries to treat me like a kitten in her bosom, how can I not be excited!”
The smile disappeared from Floyd’s lips and his eyes blazed. A haze shimmered around his broad shoulders.
“How can I suppress this urge to run right now and break that woman’s neck? Don’t you agree?”
The heat that had been warming the surrounding air subsided in an instant. Floyd’s ashy eyes, which had been burning with anger, regained their original light. However, his body was still hotter than that of an ordinary person.
This flame that had followed him since childhood was once a curse, but now it was called a blessing that saved him and saved people. But to Floyd, this fire still felt like a curse.
Floyd irritably removed the black cloak he had worn to meet the envoy and turned around abruptly. His subordinates followed behind him as he strode away.
“My lord, where are you going?”
To Adrian’s question, Floyd answered cheerfully.
“Let’s go drink. I’m in a foul mood.”
“Alright. Shall I bring out the wine imported from Huttenche?”
“No, beer. Today’s mood calls for beer!”
Adrian grumbled discontentedly, wanting to drink expensive wine, but Floyd completely ignored him and left the building, climbing up to the tower connected to the castle walls.
From atop the tower surrounding the Grand Duke’s palace, one could see the vast expanse of the sea at a glance. Although it was November, the wind was just cool, and the sky was cloudless and blue. Under the afternoon sun, the dark blue sea sparkled like jewels with every wave.
As it was a frequent drinking spot, a table and chairs were already prepared. Employees hurriedly brought snacks and a large barrel of beer.
The subordinates sat in chairs, but Floyd perched on top of the round beer barrel. After gulping down a wooden cup of beer as large as his face in one go, Floyd wiped his mouth with the back of his hand.
It was behavior unthinkable for a ruler of a country, but it was a familiar sight to his subordinates.
“By the way, the Franche royal family met such a pitiful end.”
It was Cain who broke the silence. Cain wore a black eye patch over his left eye, giving him a fierce look, but he had a soft heart.
Adrian, Cain’s twin brother who looked nothing like him, snickered.
“Pitiful? It’s not like the fall of a royal family only happens in Kanta. Those who sit at the top should be prepared to fall from there.”
“But Lucas, that madman, went too far, didn’t he? Killing even children… They say there was even a 3-year-old among the dead!”
“That’s what it means to inherit royal blood, you know. How many people born into royal bloodlines haven’t faced assassination threats at a young age?”
“Still… Ah, damn. I really can’t talk to you!”
As Cain, losing the argument, burst out in frustration, Adrian smiled slyly and lifted Cain’s chin with his index finger.
“It’s not ‘you’, but ‘brother’, little brother.”
Cain angrily swatted away Adrian’s arm. Floyd watched this scene and smirked.
His ashy eyes, like a cloudy sky, were fixed on his subordinates, but his mind was filled with a different scene.
‘The Franche royal family…’
He had completely shattered and erased the memories of his wandering days, but hearing about what happened in the Kingdom of Kanta suddenly brought back memories of his days at Eder Palace.
The Eder Palace of the Franche royal family, where he had briefly stayed during his wandering days without retainers or knight escorts.
Although it was similar in size and splendor to the Robois Palace of the Gania Kingdom, it was filled with a different kind of brilliance and warmth than Robois Palace.
While Floyd had received only kicks, curses, and contemptuous looks at Robois Palace, everyone at Eder Palace treated him kindly. Although he didn’t like the occasional pity in their eyes.
And the young princess with platinum blonde hair he saw there. The small, pretty princess who shone like the moon even on a rainy day.
‘What was her name again…?’
-“Roti!”
Yes, the princes of Franche called her ‘Roti’.
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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