Helena shouted desperately, gasping for air. People around her seemed to nod in agreement, seemingly believing her words.
All that was left was to clear Koon’s suspicion.
There would be no reason for him not to trust her.
‘After all, there’s no evidence.’
No one had seen her in the library.
The owner of the stolen report never showed up; it was a perfect crime.
“You spoke humbly, but your presentation was flawless.”
“Th-thank you.”
Just when it seemed the matter was resolved, the conference room door suddenly swung open. Dylan appeared, carrying an armful of books.
Struggling, he walked over and placed the books he had been holding in front of Helena.
“I’ve brought all the books you mentioned. Will you find them here? The ones you claimed to have cited in your report.”
Helena looked down blankly.
The emperor had really brought the books she mentioned. Not only that, he also brought the ones she had read earlier.
To prevent theft, one had to leave their name when borrowing a book. It seemed he had managed to find and read them all.
“I-I will look.”
Helena nervously reached for a book. Her hands were trembling; it was a problem.
Even the emperor would have noticed the trembling.
‘What should I do? What should I do?’
She haphazardly flipped through a book.
If she could focus, she might find a similar sentence, but her mind and vision had gone blank. Regaining her composure seemed like it would take a lot of time.
“You seem to be struggling.”
“……”
“Is it because you’re so tense that you can’t read the letters?”
His voice had suddenly become cold.
When Helena bit her lip without answering, the other party continued to speak.
“How much time should I give you? An hour, half a day, a whole day?”
“……”
“So, will you be able to find it?”
She didn’t have to see the eyes hidden behind the mask to know. His light apricot lips were slightly upturned.
A blatant mockery.
The emperor was mocking Helena, who had fallen into the trap he set.
“I, I am…”
This couldn’t happen.
If Helena’s plagiarism was exposed, all her gains would vanish.
Not just that?
Not only would she be humiliated in front of the courtiers attending the conference, her marriage to Callis would be cancelled.
The gaze that suddenly met Callis’s was strange.
If it continued this way, her lover’s suspicious gaze would eventually turn into huge disappointment.
Despairing, Helena looked up frantically.
She had to do something.
“No, Your Majesty. Whatever you’re thinking, what I wrote is correct.”
A desperate voice, as if she would grab onto the other person’s hem if she could.
“I, too, wish to believe you.”
“……”
“So hurry and prove it to me. No, prove it in front of everyone and shake off the false accusations. Helena.”
Everyone?
At the Emperor’s words, Helena discreetly looked around her.
It wasn’t just Callis. Everyone, including the parliament members, was eyeing her with suspicion.
Ah……
Unable to make a sound, Helena merely opened her mouth. Instead of a moan, a deep sigh flowed out.
Helena hurriedly opened another book, meticulously reading the lines with widened eyes.
But as time passed, nothing to make her case could be found. The tick of the clock emphasized repeatedly in her sensitive ears.
“Half an hour has passed.”
Thud.
With Koon’s murmur, Helena ceased her movements. At that moment, the pile on the edge of the desk collapsed.
Her sandcastle, made from scavenging others’, washed away as if by the tide.
“You chose silence even when given the chance to explain yourself.”
“……No!”
“Regrettably, I can only believe the anonymous claim now.”
Koon walked toward where Dylan was. Shortly thereafter, Dylan handed over a paper he had previously withheld.
A paper which Koon happily scanned before returning to stand in front of Helena.
“Do you know what this is?”
“「The Festival Commemorating the Ceasefire between the Empire and the Kingdom」”
The same title as the anonymous report Helena had found in the library.
Though the title was too common, she felt chills for some reason.
Could it be that the ‘real’ owner had appeared?
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.
