Douglas neatly knelt down.
It was a strange sight as he did not look demeaning at all, even in a subservient posture.
“Elizabeth is a benefactor to me and my family.”
“So?”
“Miss Elizabeth does not wish to marry Your Majesty. Please consider her feelings and refuse.”
Nikolai let out a short laugh, a snort.
The corners of his mouth curled up.
It was the most eerie smile I had ever seen.
‘This man was that charming smile? He’s more like a murderer than a tyrant? Douglas, run away!’
Cold sweat was about to form in my hands, but there was no change in Douglas’s expression.
It seemed to twist Nikolai’s evaluation.
“The decree is not for you, but for that woman.”
“Your Majesty!”
“Only the Nettleton family, the owners of the decree, have the right to command. That woman who divorced you has no rights.”
“But…!”
“Look, bring the empress here as a prisoner!”
The Imperial Guards grabbed me.
I involuntarily furrowed my brow from their overpowering strength.
“Let go!”
“Do not resist. You will get hurt.”
Anger seeped into Nikolai’s beautiful face.
“What are you doing?”
He seemed angry at the knights who couldn’t quickly dispose of the sight he found unpleasant.
“Elizabeth!”
Douglas reached out to me.
I wanted to hold that hand.
“Douglas!”
But the knights did not allow it.
Neither did the emperor.
“If you wish to live with your body intact, do not act rashly.”
Nikolai spat out the words.
A murderous intent flowed from his body.
Douglas, not yielding, held up the decree box with both hands.
“Please accept the honor and loyalty of the Nettleton family.”
“You dare defy me to the end?”
“If your conscience marries Elizabeth, doesn’t she gain the right to command?”
“!”
“I, Douglas Nettleton, will take Elizabeth Emster as my wife here!”
A silence like cold water had been poured overcame the room.
The nobles, shocked, looked at the young lord of a fallen viscount family.
Douglas’s brown eyes, moist and soft like freshly baked bread, were filled with unshakable determination.
He did not bring the decree, but himself, prepared to die.
Only to save me from the hands of the tyrant Nikolai.
“I have brought the marriage vow. Please grant it.”
Perhaps thinking determination alone was insufficient, Douglas took out a neatly folded paper from his pocket.
I widened my eyes.
It was the marriage vow that the original Elizabeth had written 5 years ago to torment Douglas.
‘Get on your knees and beg, Dougie. What if I accidentally get this document notarized?’
He had kept the vow even after that humiliation.
What had Douglas felt waiting for Elizabeth?
What had Elizabeth meant to him?
For me, who had never experienced love or romance, it was a too difficult and frightening question.
“Hahaha!”
Nikolai burst into laughter at the edge of the suffocating silence.
But his turquoise eyes were colder than ever, flashing like a finely honed blade.
I instinctively sensed danger.
Nikolai had completely removed the Casanova mask.
“There is no law against remarrying a divorced woman. But I never let go of a woman I want.”
“Your Majesty!”
“Did you think you could stop me with this piece of paper?”
Nikolai tore the marriage vow to shreds.
Douglas’s hopes were scattered all around.
A momentary despair brushed across his neat face, but Douglas did not give up.
“Please remember the promise of the first Emperor!”
Nikolai picked up the tribute box with an expressionless face.
“Good. Accept the tribute.”
“Your Majesty.”
“The marriage with Duke Nettleton cannot be accepted, but I will accept the imperial concubine’s appointment.”
“This favor, I will dedicate my life to repay! I swear as the head of Duke Nettleton’s family!”
“Do not forget that oath.”
Douglas’s shoulders seemed to lose their tension.
The frozen nobles also seemed to have released some of their stress.
But I couldn’t erase my unease.
Sure enough, Nikolai’s lips curled upwards.
It was a chilling smile that demonstrated why he was the villain.
Soon, a voice was heard.
“I will appoint Elizabeth Emster as the Empress.”
“WWhat are you saying?!”
“Is the imperial concubine and the empress not different? If you want to resist this order, offer another tribute.”
As if to say hurry up and bring it, Nikolai snapped his fingers.
‘He’s making me the empress? This man is definitely insane!’
A shock comparable to the heavens opening swept reality.
The nobles were trembling as if they’d been struck by lightning.
Nikolai did not seem satisfied with that.
His eyes gleamed ominously sharp.
“If you so want to be with Elizabeth, I will give you the opportunity to serve as a slave to the imperial family. Wouldn’t there be an opportunity to occasionally see the empress?”
He was speaking sarcastically, but everyone including the heads of noble families and influential people seemed frozen by the cold, wintry tyrant’s rebuke.
“Your Majesty, please take back your words….”
“Not enough? I will also grant your younger sister the honor of serving the emperor.”
“YoYour Majesty!”
Douglas collapsed with a pale face like a corpse.
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.
