The Duke played the recorded voice of his daughter, who had not been able to sleep last night, more than a hundred times.
“…!”
“Sister Leia?”
“So always stay healthy, cherish Edith and Isaac. Please convey my love to Melissa, Hestia, and Liriet. Oh! Also, please ask Yumo and Vain for me. And also…”
When the last part of the recorded voice played, the three people, including Franz, who had already heard it once, had hot tears in their eyes.
“Goodness, where did you find this?”
“Sister gave a wonderful name to her son.”
“But the name Edith, I feel like I heard it somewhere recently.”
When the expected question came, Franz responded with a feeling of being the most miserable person in the world.
“Edith is the name of Lady Portrian, and Walter is the name of Lady’s bodyguard.”
Lady Portrian and her bodyguard? The Duke nodded as if understanding the situation, feeling that the situation was not quite clear. Until yesterday, he himself had the same reaction.
When the Duke gestured, Vain repeated what he had reported to him this morning.
“I think the ladies will remember what Nicholas Portrian did.”
The expressions of the three people turned grim at the mention of Nicholas’s name.
“There’s no way to forget.”
“The bodyguard accompanying Lady Portrian, who was carrying out her duties, was the stablekeeper that Portrian had confined to the mansion for seven years.”
“What does that mean…?”
“It seems that Lady Portrian recognized and took with her not the bodyguard Walter, but the young master who had been confined in the Portrian mansion after Nicholas kidnapped Lady Leia’s son.”
As Vain struggled to speak, a heavy silence descended.
“Leia’s son is in the capital?”
“You treated him properly, Father?”
But looking at Franz’s face, which was despair personified, it didn’t seem so.
“I made a mistake. I didn’t even know that Leia had sent the two away…”
Melissa, the eldest daughter who felt the severity of the situation, stopped Franz and turned her gaze away.
“Vain, speak only the accurate facts.”
“That, that’s…”
In the end, Franz nodded his head slightly as if to say, “Tell them everything.”
“He applied some pressure with magic.”
“What did you say?”
They knew. Franz Lexion’s magical pressure was never perceived by others as ‘some pressure.’
“As expected, his mood was upset, and this time he didn’t even taste the tea prepared. He pretended to sip it, but…”
The hearts of the three sank. What kind of face had Leia seen in the sky?
“If it was a treat prepared by the mansion, even if it was expensive, he would have tasted it. But if he only pretended to drink, how hurtful would it be.”
Liriet mumbled weakly, then touched her head.
Sharp-witted Hestia noticed the part about Edith pretending to drink the tea.
‘Not completely untouched. It means she pretended to drink.’
According to Vain’s further explanation, the Duke had even sent her an invitation to the mansion. If that’s the case, she wouldn’t have thought he poisoned it. Even if she pretended to eat for courtesy, Hestia had a gut feeling that there was another reason.
Leia had clearly said that her son liked Edith. If that’s the case, the feelings might be mutual…
With a somewhat doubtful heart, Hestia asked.
“Vain, please tell me that the prepared tea wasn’t poisoned.”
“… How did you know?”
“Goodness.”
The three daughters of Lexion looked at Franz and Vain alternately with a sense of impending doom.
“Father. There’s only one reason a woman wouldn’t touch a cup of tea. When she has a child.”
“……!”
Franz froze as he recalled Walter’s affectionate gaze directed towards Edith upon hearing the word ‘child.’
“Why would Lexion suddenly send a guard to the Portrian mansion?”
Helen, who was dressing up and finishing her hair, asked. It was because of the sudden change in Lexion’s attitude towards them, not just because of Walter.
Edith brushed it off lightly, though she had a suspicion.
“Well, maybe he regrets the rudeness we experienced last time or… Oh, Lexion is currently putting strong pressure on the Gutterk side, so maybe they want to monitor any foolish actions they might take.”
She casually shrugged her shoulders and adjusted the slightly askew hair ornament on Helen’s head.
Helen, finally taming her disheveled appearance, let out a relieved sigh.
“Thank you, Edith. I’m so nervous at the thought of meeting the Emperor at last that I can’t even be on cloud nine.”
“I was nervous too.”
“No way. If Edith is nervous, who else can demonstrate cunning in my place?”
With a light joke, the prepared group boarded the carriage heading to the palace.
The official escort of Lady Portrian was supposed to be handled by Reinhardt, and Cassius and Walter were expected to follow as his subordinates.
“Well then, let’s depart.”
With Helen’s words, the Portrian carriage left the mansion.
Theos, who was on his way to work again today to perform odd jobs as his magic power hadn’t fully recovered, spotted the carriage.
‘Today must be an important day. I hope everything goes well.’
Feeling an unnecessary familiarity with the kind lady, he was gazing at the carriage when suddenly a hand appeared from behind and covered his mouth.
“Magician Theos. Can we have a brief conversation? You visited the Portrian mansion not long ago.”
“Uh…!”
Eisen grabbed the struggling boy with strength, suppressing a sly grin.
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.
