Becoming a king required a lot of money and people.
“It’s okay, Elise. You’re doing this for me. I don’t think of it that way. You’re doing something noble. You’re rewriting history. I’m always grateful to you.”
Every time Chase took the money Elise had prepared, he embraced her.
Elise couldn’t help but fall deeper into his warmth.
“The king’s illness is getting worse. I’m worried.”
The king, who had lost his queen and exiled his beloved first son, was ailing but managed to hold his position for quite a long time.
Chase seemed concerned, but his true intentions were different.
‘Kill my father for me.’
Elise bit her lower lip. She couldn’t bring herself to kill someone.
Eventually, while she hesitated, the king died.
“Elise, I thought you would do it for me.”
Chase believed Elise had acted. She hadn’t, but she smiled awkwardly. She liked his sweet kisses…
Naturally, Chase ascended to the throne.
Now they could marry. Elise was filled with dreams, but a year after becoming king, Chase distanced himself from her.
“Elise, there’s so much I need to learn. So much to do. Can you wait a little longer?”
How many years had she already waited?
There was no reason she couldn’t wait just one more year.
Instead, Chase gave Elise a room in the palace to stay.
But his visits to Elise noticeably decreased.
As Chase stopped visiting Elise, strange rumors spread.
Chase and Iris enjoyed tea time, Chase and Iris spent intimate moments in the greenhouse, Chase and Iris…
Elise was tormented and deliberately stayed in her room to avoid hearing such talk.
She wanted to ask Chase, but he had become too hard to see.
As these memories flooded back, Elise felt a tightness in her chest. She clutched her heart, gasping for air.
“Are you okay?”
Regina looked after her. Elise smiled awkwardly and straightened her back. She couldn’t afford even the slightest fault.
Many in the palace disapproved of Elise.
Regina forced brightness into her voice.
“His Highness is planning to propose in Aubrey Hall, how romantic.”
Aubrey Hall was a sacred place, housing portraits of past kings and the Pope.
Only a few select nobles, royal family members, their direct attendants, and high priests could enter Aubrey Hall. Just being invited was an honor.
Before they knew it, they stood in front of Aubrey Hall.
The grand Aubrey Hall seemed to loom over Elise.
“A proposal just two weeks before the ceremony. It’s late, but understandable since it’s in Aubrey Hall.”
Regina spoke as if it was not her place to understand, but Elise quickened her pace instead of pointing this out.
In public, she pretended to be indifferent about the marriage, but Elise wanted to start a family as soon as possible.
She envied others’ marriage news.
Though she denied it, she felt slighted that Chase hadn’t proposed.
After today, she would no longer envy others or feel disappointed in Chase.
A faint smile lingered on Elise’s lips.
The knights guarding Aubrey Hall’s door recognized Elise and bowed. One of them stopped Regina.
“Regina is my maid.”
“Only Lady Warton may enter.”
The knights were unusually strict today. Elise narrowed her eyes.
Elise was kind, but she didn’t tolerate anyone mistreating her people.
She had lost too many already.
‘Were they never really mine to begin with?’
Elise briefly thought of those who had passed through her life, then dismissed the thought.
“Put away the spear.”
Elise’s voice chilled, and Regina stepped forward.
“My lady, please don’t. It’s an important day. I’ll wait here. It’s not my place to intrude.”
Regina stepped back and whispered in Elise’s ear.
“It seems like His Majesty needs some private time with his lover. He’s quite the romantic, you know.”
It was Regina who had been more eager for the proposal than Elise.
“It’s His Majesty’s wish.”
Elise, hesitating, made the decision because of Chase.
“If that is His Majesty’s wish.”
Elise looked back at Regina. Regina was already standing under the shade of a distant tree.
“Open the door.”
The sculptures of a lioness and a lion, symbolizing the king and queen, moved apart as the door opened.
Elise clasped her hands together. She thought she wouldn’t be nervous, but she was.
She clutched and then released the hem of her dress as she slowly entered Aubrey Hall.
“Have you arrived, Lady Warton?”
Elise stopped abruptly, startled.
She had expected Chase to be alone. But inside the circular Aubrey Hall, there were more people than expected.
The sages of the Ivory Tower, the commander of the knights, and even Elise’s sister Iris.
The most out-of-place person was Iris.
Elise’s eyes widened.
“Why is sister… here?”
Iris wore a cool smile on her lips.
She conspicuously placed her hand on Chase’s forearm.
“Have you been well, Elise?”
Elise’s eyes flickered back and forth.
“Behave properly, as Lady Warton should.”
Before Elise could gather her thoughts, she instinctively curtsied. Her ingrained etiquette helped conceal her confusion.
“Elise Warton, in the presence of His Majesty.”
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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