Because the room was a repurposed storeroom without windows, the only exit was the door leading to the pharmacy. In a hurry, I pulled the bedsheet to cover my mouth and nose and grabbed the doorknob to get out.
“Ouch, it’s hot!”
The heated doorknob burned my palm. A searing heat seemed to pool in my hand, causing excruciating pain.
Enduring the pain, I forced the door open. Struggling out of the bedroom, I was met with the sight of the pharmacy ablaze.
Wooden pillars supporting the roof were engulfed in flames, crackling menacingly. The sound of the flames creating a hot wind struck terror in me.
I had to escape at all costs. Although it pained me to see the herbs I had carefully cultivated burning, at that moment, my life hung in the balance.
Escaping wasn’t easy due to the remnants of flames flying around. My head grew foggy from inhaling too much smoke.
“I have to stay conscious…”
Just as I tried to move, a burning wooden pillar fell, bringing down a wall-mounted grandfather clock and shelves, all crashing onto me.
“Cough!”
The clock’s pendulum swung, making a hollow ‘tong-tong’ sound.
Struggling to move under the weight of the debris on my back was futile. The toxic gases from the fire blurred my vision. The will to escape faded away; there was no way out.
All I could do was watch the herbs I had nurtured turn to ashes in the flames.
Ding, dong, ding, dong.
The grandfather clock, even in front of the raging flames, seemed determined to fulfill its final duty, ringing twelve times.
‘It was the clock decorated with a golden dragon…’
The clock, a gift from the royal family to my great-grandfather for his great service, was adorned with a golden dragon, a symbol of the Emperor.
‘What a ridiculous turn of events…’
〈Jane was crushed under a huge dragon and spoke to me calmly.〉
It seemed like the ominous dream Ian had mentioned during my visit to the palace was about this. Even as consciousness faded, I couldn’t help but laugh at such an absurd death.
Was this the line I was meant to say, just like in Ian’s dream?
“Your Highness, the crown prince, I’m sorry, but it seems I won’t be able to make your medicine anymore. As you can see, this ferocious dragon is the reason. So…”
It was a bit disappointing that there was no audience to witness my final lines.
Ding, dong, ding, dong.
As the distant sound of the clock tower announced the hour, I let go of the last thread of life.
Was there really a fire in the pharmacy? I thought that was the end of my life, but…
“Where am I?”
I was surprised to find myself not in my familiar, shabby room. It was an unfamiliar space.
“I thought I fell asleep in my bed as usual… Ah, my head hurts.”
Sitting up, I brushed the bed I had been lying on. Unlike my own bed, stuffed with straw and rough homespun, this one felt light and soft, filled with goose down and silk – it definitely wasn’t a dream.
“Who could have moved me here… Oh my! You startled me!”
Next to the bed, a man with the stature of a bear, large and imposing, was dozing off in a chair. It was surprising how I hadn’t immediately noticed such a massive presence.
“Who is he?”
He was a stranger to me. Proud of having met many people while running the pharmacy, I had never seen someone of his immense size.
“It’s impossible not to remember someone with such a strong presence.”
I carefully mulled over what had happened before I fell asleep. But no reason came to mind as to why I would wake up in such a place.
“Why am I even here?”
Had I been kidnapped? That seemed unlikely; the motive was unclear. What gain could there be in moving me here so peacefully?
I was about to wake the large man to ask why he had brought me here when the door opened and a woman entered the room. She wore a light sky-blue dress adorned with white embroidery and her curly golden hair was loosely tied. Though not overly extravagant, her stylish dress suggested she was of noble birth. Upon entering the room, she caught sight of me sitting on the bed.
Her expression twisted in an instant, her large eyes brimming with tears. She rushed toward me, exclaiming, “Claire! You’re finally awake! I knew you would be!”
“How worried I’ve been, thinking you might never open your eyes again. Thank you for regaining consciousness.”
She buried her face in my lap and sobbed bitterly. Her grief was so profound that, despite not understanding the situation, I comforted her by patting her shoulder. To an onlooker, it might seem as if someone had returned from the dead.
Why was she crying like this? Her near-hysterical crying woke the large man who had been dozing off beside my bed.
Locking eyes with the bear-like man, he showed a pitiful smile and murmured incomprehensibly, “Did you come to see me like this? But I can’t let you go yet.”
“Don’t look so sad and please calm her down. She’ll exhaust herself crying like this.”
Startled by my words as if seeing a ghost, the man mumbled something about a dream, then, incongruously, burst into loud sobs.
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.
__________
Please help me, I want to bring you the best possible things.
If you find any chapter or novel with poor translation and editing quality, let me know by commenting directly under that novel or chapter. I will retranslate it as soon as possible.
[Touch the gear icon in the bottom right corner of the screen to move to the next chapter if you want.]
