But the saddest fact was the certainty that no one would come to help her.
Neither her late mother and father.
Nor her colleagues at the clinic.
Nor her cruel first love, who had promised to marry her long ago but eventually left her and cut off all contact.
No one could come to save her, so she had no choice but to save herself.
Edith, trying to suppress her rising anger and shame, spoke in as calm a tone as she could.
“I understand what you’re saying, so put away that dagger.”
“What did you say…….”
“You said we were equal wives. And besides, you said it earlier, didn’t you? If you talk too much, you tend to give advantageous information to the other side.”
“So?”
“That means you also don’t have a child to carry on your family. If you want to shake off all the people inside and outside the family and monopolize the inheritance, using me to pretend there is an heir seems to be the only way.”
“…….”
“If you treat me like this, I’d rather die to make you uncomfortable. I don’t feel like cooperating.”
Edith had heard patients gossiping about Fortrion’s first mistress. Though fallen, she was of local nobility, dignified, and clever, managing the family business in her husband’s stead.
‘Dignified? Even a passing dog would laugh.’
She seemed to be a person with excessive greed, judging by her plan to monopolize the inheritance by using her.
“What… you seem to have understood my words, so I won’t threaten you anymore. But if you rebel, you should be prepared.”
Sophia soon spoke forcefully and sheathed the dagger. It was blatantly obvious she was trying to hide her irritation and appear indifferent. Edith slightly nodded in agreement, trying not to scoff.
(This is a time marker.)
“The carriage seems to be in good condition except for the bruise.”
The doctor Sophia brought examined Edith and spoke in a matteroffact voice. It was a businesslike attitude, like inspecting the quality of a newly acquired item.
“Thank you for applying the medicine.”
Edith thanked him with a bitter smile. Perhaps this man was the chief physician of this castle.
He didn’t show any particular reaction, seemingly loyal to Sophia.
“Then, please stay here quietly until Lady Sophia arranges your accommodation.”
The chief physician left. Once his footsteps were completely distant, Edith clutched a thin tweezer she had stealthily taken from his medical bag.
She had planned to pretend to cooperate and let down their guard, but they had accepted her more unquestioningly than she had guessed. As if there was no other choice for her.
‘Either they’re stupid, or there’s something hidden. One of the two.’
But whatever it was, now was her only chance to escape. If she obediently stayed put, she was bound to be used and eventually killed.
“Let’s take the night carriage straight to the capital as it is. I’ll do whatever they ask me to do at the academy, be it paperwork or cleaning, so please let me enroll, even if they just pretend to listen. If it doesn’t work, I’ll seek sponsorship from a powerful family. They said they don’t treat talents lightly.”
They would have had to give up if they were stuck in the academy until graduation. The capital’s academy, where they cultivate talents to take on national responsibilities, made it impossible for provincial nobles to cause a fuss within it.
Squeak―
Using the sharp edge of the pincers, she was able to tear the cloth that had bound her ankles.
Edith, instead of examining her sore ankles, went straight towards the door. Her battered body, added to fatigue and fear, was in pieces.
“There’s no one here. We have to escape now.”
Having confirmed that there was no one around, Edith shoved the pincers between the door cracks.
It was nothing to her, who had grown up almost like a commoner since her family’s downfall in her childhood, to pick a lock with a bolt. She had straightened her bones to the point of bending, repairing a house without a proper roof.
“Please… if I get an unwanted pregnancy in this situation, nothing will work.”
It was then that Edith moved her hands with a more desperate heart than ever before.
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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