“His Majesty seems to be running a bit late.”
Good heavens.
Did the Duke not know either?
The excitement that had made my heart pound a moment before quickly subsided.
“No, Duke.”
My clasped hands grew cold.
“He will not come.”
I had offered sacrifices to appease him, but there was no chance he would come.
“He won’t come?”
“Perhaps.”
Bianca, who had been cautiously adding her thoughts, suddenly smiled bitterly.
“…….”
Even though I realized it was a sacrifice, I had habitually looked around for reactions.
I was about to be dealt with by an angry Duke soon, pointlessly.
‘How dare the one born of devouring its mother speak in front of me!’
‘You lowly creature. Where do you think you are to speak?’
The foul habit of having to be careful with my words all my life because my existence itself was considered a sin continues to make me miserable.
Somehow, my facial expression was not wellcontrolled, and Bianca quickly lowered her head.
Thump.
With a heavy sound resonating off the marble floor, a black shoetip came into view.
“Have you been forsaken?”
Bianca, who reflexively lifted her head, momentarily froze when her eyes met the Duke’s.
Briefly, his golden eyes shimmered with worry beneath his lowered eyelashes.
“……I won’t deny it.”
I hadn’t intended to sound weak.
But my mouth moved on its own at the first warm glance I had ever received.
“But, Duke. It’s also hard to affirm. Initially,”
“Initially?”
I tried to recover by speaking, but the Duke’s expression was so gentle that my lips, which should have been tightly sealed, quivered again.
“I haven’t been allowed a relationship to be called forsaken…….”
My voice, whispering as if chipping at stone, felt strange, as if it was someone else’s.
I quickly shut my mouth, but mistake after mistake made it feel like my head would fly off.
I had never wavered in the face of the humiliations and mockeries I had borne all my life.
Was it because I thought it was about to end?
Or was it because of the warmth of a stranger for the first time?
The walls I had firmly built began to crumble, and my true feelings kept spilling out.
How ridiculous, to be swayed by shallow kindness from the man who will kill me.
“Sor……”
“Good.”
I’m sorry.
Please pretend you didn’t hear it.
My brief apology was cut off by the Duke’s laughter.
“I like it, Your Highness.”
Thump.
Once again, a long step.
Duke Barlock leaned his head to meet my eyes.
His golden eyes shone as if they were the sun.
Was that why?
Wherever his gaze touched, it felt warm.
“I must be the first.”
With those incomprehensible words, Duke Barlock took out a neatly folded document from his coat pocket and signed it.
Swoosh.
More than the incomprehensible conversation, Bianca was more concerned about the document the Duke had pulled out.
What is that?
The golden paper was something only allowed to the royalty, something Bianca knew well.
Without even checking it, the Duke signed it, then stamped it with his seal.
Thunk, as the Duke pressed down, the red wax oozed out, bearing Barlock’s symbol.
Thump, thump, thump.
Watching this, I somehow felt anxious.
“What is that?”
Finally, Bianca succumbed to anxiety and spoke.
The Duke glanced at Bianca’s question.
Beneath his lowered eyelashes, his golden eyes looked somehow joyful.
“What you desired.”
“Desi……”
Following his words, Bianca checked the paper the Duke had shown and shut her mouth.
It was a marriage certificate.
The presiding authority was the Emperor, the bride was Bianca Termina, and the groom was Gillian Barlock.
The sight of unfamiliar signatures and unused seals stamped on the document was clear, but that wasn’t what mattered.
The Duke signed.
The small piece of paper, which had no effect as Bianca’s own, became fully effective with his signature.
Did he really understand what this meant right now?
“Did you really sign it?”
“Yes.”
“Why?”
‘I’m trying to arrange the marriage with him somehow. If the Duke of Elian’s ship sinks, how sad will your dead mother be?’
Aside from not having to die for the fleeing Emperor, and really being happy to save the Duke of Elian, Bianca could not understand this situation.
She is the daughter of an enemy.
He pushed his daughter into marriage without a proper apology, and he accepts it?
“Duke Barlock, this is a serious matter. I know what I am. Instead of the Emperor of Termina,”
“Do you understand? Madam.”
“Madam…!”
Bianca had a lot to say, but she was stunned and could not say a word.
The way he called her was too shocking.
“Madam…?”
At the unbelievable word, the Duke slightly nodded his head.
“Since I’ve also taken an oath, isn’t it right to call you ‘madam’?”
“But, Duke.”
“The word ‘Duke’ feels too distant. Please call me Gillian, madam.”
“Well…”
“You can call me ‘husband’ or ‘dear’ too.”
“Mr. Gillian.”
“Gillian.”
After a stubborn argument, Bianca let out a small sigh.
“Gillian.”
At the muttering sound, the Duke smiled faintly.
“Yes, madam. Shall we go home now?”
“Home?”
“This place is no longer your home, isn’t it?”
Male lead says he’s pregnant — and it’s female lead’s child
Something seems a bit off about this world.
Wang Zhao thought as she watched a pregnant man walking towards her…
Intro
Female lead finds herself in a world where the men who possess the ability to bear children.
As she navigates this unfamiliar reality, she is caught off guard by the sudden appearance of her boyfriend, who reveals that he is pregnant.
Is this truly her boyfriend?
Why can’t she recall any details about their time together?
She begins to doubt whether the child her boyfriend is carrying is even hers.
Is there a hidden reason behind her amnesia, or could it be a side effect of her sudden arrival in this strange new world?
Just when it seems the protagonist’s life couldn’t become any more entangled, her ex-boyfriend makes an unexpected appearance, raising questions about the protagonist’s past.
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