It was the first time Annette had ever given someone permission to call her by her name.
She fidgeted nervously with her hands, and the Empress asked in surprise,
“Really?”
“Yes, but only if you’re comfortable with it…”
“Of course, Annette!”
Charlotte eagerly called out her name, and Annette, feeling a bit embarrassed, rolled her eyes playfully.
On the way to the Dowager Empress’s palace for tea time, they didn’t encounter any palace attendants.
‘Being here in the palace in this state is indeed a burden.’
Annette commented with a bit of bitterness.
“Right now, being called ‘Your Highness’ feels odd.”
And when she returns to her original form, she will be addressed as the Duchess, not as a knight.
“Is that so? I was okay with it. Of course, calling by name is better.”
Charlotte spoke cheerfully, unaware of Annette’s mixed feelings.
But more than the joy of being called by her name, Charlotte was curious about something else.
“How was your conversation with the Duke? I was so surprised to hear that you dined alone; I thought you would certainly have lunch together.”
Serina, who had been quietly following, also perked up her ears, having subtly inquired about Cardin’s first impression earlier, to which Annette had shyly kept her mouth shut.
“Um, His Grace went to the temple.”
As the subject of Cardin came up, Annette avoided eye contact and spoke awkwardly.
“To the temple?”
“Yes. He went to get the engagement vow notarized.”
“Ah.”
Upon hearing the news of Annette’s arrival in the empire, he even rushed to the capital, shrugging off his own discomfort, and I had wondered why he was too busy to even share a meal with her. It turned out to be a really important matter.
“So the engagement must have been finalized by now!”
Annette blushed slightly, diverting her eyes at Charlotte’s clapping hands and enthusiastic words. She casually mentioned, “Yes, I even gave him a strand of my hair, so probably…”
“A strand of your hair?”
“Yes. He said it might be needed at the temple.”
Normally, the notarization of an engagement vow required the personal visit of the involved parties to the temple.
However, given Annette’s current challenging situation, Cardin had offered to go alone to receive the notarization. He planned to explain that Annette was in a critical condition due to an attack on the Heyworth Kingdom’s envoy during their journey to the empire.
During this, he had also requested a strand of her hair to present to the clergy as proof, considering her unique, flame-like red hair as evidence of her identity.
“Princess, may I have just one… no, two strands of your hair?”
Annette nodded, recalling how Cardin had politely and shyly asked for it.
“Good heavens…” Charlotte exclaimed in astonishment.
Generally, for the notarization of an engagement, the presence of the parties at the temple was the norm, but nobles often sent representatives from their families. The seal of the family head was deemed more credible than the signatures of the engaged couple, sufficing for the purpose.
The absence of any members of the Heyworth envoy was a concern, but given the fact that the other party was a member of the Alkan royal family, who were believed to possess divine blessings, their mere existence and abilities were proof enough for the temple, which held the royals in high regard, almost to the point of worship.
Charlotte and Serina, fully aware of this, were baffled and speechless. Sensing something unusual in their reaction, Annette tilted her head in confusion.
“What’s the matter?”
“Oh, it’s nothing…”
To Charlotte, Harzent Duke was like a real younger brother, as well as a brother-in-law. She was the first to know when the adolescent Cardin was suffering from the fever of first love.
Knowing Annette had become a follower of hers out of curiosity about who Cardin was deeply infatuated with, Charlotte felt a tickle in her mouth but smiled awkwardly and kept silent.
She couldn’t reveal Cardin’s true intentions at this point.
Although she felt sorry for Annette’s naivety in believing Cardin’s words at face value, and found Cardin’s use of this to satisfy his personal desires ridiculous, Charlotte also did not want Annette to be shocked upon learning the truth.
Annette, who had wielded a sword all her life for a country that had given her nothing in return and was now entering into an arranged marriage, was surely a person of strong responsibility.
She might not flee upon discovering Cardin’s true nature, but Charlotte hoped she would learn about it as late as possible.
‘At least after the marriage, and maybe after having a child…’
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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