“Fine. Fine. Thank you.”
Eric helplessly smiled, lifted his head, and shifted his steps, carrying the twins.
“There’s no choice but to return to the Order of Knights. Let’s go.”
As he headed back to the carriage William had left, the coachman looked perplexed upon seeing Eric suddenly appear holding children.
“Why are you looking like that?”
“No, it’s nothing.”
The coachman hastily averted his eyes and opened the carriage door.
‘But whose kids are these? The Count’s children? I heard he was engaged, but was he actually married?’
Sitting in the driver’s seat, he questioned this with a puzzled look.
Anyway, seeing Knight Commander Russel bringing children to the Order of Knights in this emergency, it clearly couldn’t be an ordinary relationship.
The coachman firmly gripped the reins, resolving to drive carefully.
Inside the carriage, Eric carefully seated Ryan and Lyla next to him.
“Where are we going?”
“To the Order of Knights. Do you remember the knights from before?”
“Mmm—”
The twins simultaneously rested their chins on their hands, puzzled.
“We’re going to see those knights.”
“Why?”
“Why, you ask?”
Eric almost sniped, ‘Because that kid abandoned you and I took you,’ but managed to restrain himself.
“Because Chase is busy.”
Then, for a moment, he looked intently at the twins and forced himself to ask in a somewhat tender voice.
“Do you dislike going with me? Would you rather be with Chase?”
“Mmm—”
‘Are you hesitating? How could you do this to me?’
Just as he was about to be shocked by the betrayal, the twins looked at Eric and grinned.
“We want to go with Big Bro.”
“We want to go with Bro—”
“Good. That’s how it should be.”
As the twins tightly hugged Eric’s arms, his mood instantly improved.
‘Ah, this isn’t the time to be happy. What do I do once I bring the children to the Order of Knights? Duke Edinberg is waiting for a meeting.’
Although Eric frowned for a moment in contemplation, he didn’t come up with a concrete solution.
“······We’ll figure it out when we get there.”
Right now, Eric was too mentally exhausted to think logically.
(This is a time divider.)
Upon arriving at the Order of Knights and entering the conference room, he’d caught the attention of everyone he passed.
Thankfully, the children had neither cried nor fussed; they’d quietly snuggled up to him.
Had they started crying in this unfamiliar environment, it would’ve been a real mess.
Moreover, this was the Order of Knights.
Unlike last time, there wouldn’t be anyone reliable to look after a child causing a scene.
While contemplating entrusting them to his subordinates, he encountered Duke Edinberg in the corridor.
The Duke looked back and forth between Eric and the twins and then opened his mouth indifferently.
“······The kids look just like their mother.”
“No, they don’t.”
“Ah. I thought so. They seemed too old to be your children.”
“Your Grace, your joke isn’t funny.”
“Is that so.”
Ryan and Lyla stared intently at Duke Edinberg while tightly clutching Eric’s neck.
‘It’s hot.’
He couldn’t tell whether it was because his neck felt choked or actually hot, but in any case, Eric couldn’t bear to separate from the children.
“Why did you bring the children?”
“I had no one to leave them with.”
“Hmm. That’s a tricky situation.”
“Indeed. Alicia was supposed to watch them, but she left.”
“Sis is like—”
“What?”
“Big Bro and Sis are like—”
“!”
Struck by the words, Eric scowled.
He was fooled.
‘This kid handed the children over to me and is now alone with Alicia······!’
“Your Grace, could you look after them for a bit?”
“What?”
It sounded absurd, but Eric was so serious that Duke Edinberg reflexively took the twins.
“It’ll take just an hour.”
“What?”
“Look, if the kids get startled or something, then what—?”
Ryan and Laila chuckled as they hugged Lord Edinbur.
“Then I leave it to you.”
With those words, Eric hurriedly left the room.
Outside, when the sound of children was heard, the subordinates of the First Knight Division who had come out wondering what was going on, froze in surprise seeing their commander holding the twins.
“Commander? Why are you holding the children?”
“It just happened. Can we postpone the meeting for about an hour?”
“Ah, we can. But shouldn’t we check with Commander Russell’s schedule?”
“I’ve already agreed with Commander Russell. So let’s start an hour later.”
“Understood.”
Admiring the twins who didn’t cry even while being held by the intimidating Lord Edinbur, the subordinates returned to the conference room.
Then, Lord Edinbur carefully began to cradle the children.
(This is a time separator.)
The Emperor sat alone in his office, looking at a letter envelope with a serious expression.
The letter itself wasn’t strange, but the seal on the envelope was special.
‘A formal letter from the Zero Knight Division Commander, it’s been a while.’
The Emperor opened the envelope with a serious face.
“Ho. A recommendation for an acting commander.”
My Ex-Girlfriend Is The Regent In The Female-dominant World (Male lead transmigrates to the matriarchal world)
Two years ago, Gu Sui picked up a homeless woman in ancient costume from the street.
Apart from occasionally claiming to be a princess from a female-dominant country due to illness, her figure, appearance, intelligence, and martial arts skills were impeccable.
Naturally evolving from roommates to girlfriends, as time went on, Gu Sui found it increasingly difficult to tolerate her queen syndrome.
“Mu Jiulu, can you stop controlling me inside and out? Let’s break up.”
Gu Sui made a breakup call, and since then, he couldn’t find any trace of her.
A year later, Gu Sui, who was planning to move, woke up the next day and found himself in a different place.
“Young Master, today is the day you choose your Wife-master through martial arts competition at Jade Dew Pavilion. Please get up quickly.”
Gu Sui: Who am I? Where am I? What am I doing?
As the only son of a general’s mansion in a female-dominant dynasty, the young empress personally issued a decree allowing Gu Sui to select his Wife-master through martial arts competition. Whoever could defeat him could marry him.
Gu Sui: “……”
He didn’t inherit the original owner’s martial prowess, so anyone could defeat him! And what the hell is a Wife-master?
Forced to come to Jade Dew Pavilion, the densely packed women below made Gu Sui’s agoraphobia act up, and his face was full of resistance.
Until he saw the Regent sitting on the second floor, with a smile on the corner of her lips, her eyes wicked and nonchalant.
Hmm… she looked a little familiar.
It turned out that the Regent also found him a little familiar.
Mu Jiulu fiddled with her bone clasp, her deep gaze locked on the man who was out of place in this world.
“Finally, I found you.”
Male transmigrates into female-dominant world
One-sentence summary: What goes around comes around, taking turns in the crematorium
