The discovery of such a situation in the capital, where the royal influence was strongest, meant that it was happening frequently even in remote regions.
“There must be someone watching their back.”
The audacity to kidnap people while avoiding the royal scouts in the capital. It couldn’t happen without someone watching over them from behind.
“I was going to inform you straight away, but luckily Philip was in the capital.”
Alex pointed at Philip as he spoke.
That day, the First Prince’s people who followed Philip out of the tavern told him about it, and the news allowed Philip to hastily take the Duke to the capital from Harlen’s territory.
“You must have been tired getting here, so let’s talk again tomorrow when the day breaks. It seems you’ve had some trouble in Harlen’s territory.”
Alex blinked as if he knew all about what had happened in Harlen’s territory, and stood up from his seat.
In a tone that seemed to mock him, Valige sighed.
“Then, let’s continue the conversation tomorrow.”
It took him three full days to reach the capital. He hadn’t rested at all since leaving Harlen’s territory, so even for a duke, it was naturally exhausting.
The Crown Prince’s words were about to take the Duke to his room, but Philip stopped him.
“It’s about the task you asked of me, Your Grace.”
“What I asked?”
The Duke pondered for a moment what he had asked Philip to do, then his eyebrows twitched as he seemed to recall.
“Ah, that.”
“Yes. I inquired around the capital, but there was nothing about the maid Lina you spoke of.”
Hearing Philip’s words, Lawrence seemed to have expected as much but Valige surprisingly said calmly.
“You don’t need to inquire about Lina anymore.”
“……Excuse me? What do you mean?”
“There’s no need to know about Lina’s origin or identity anymore.”
The Duke’s words darkened Lawrence’s expression.
“Your Grace. All the citizens’ birth records are meticulously organized in the capital. But if we can’t find Lina’s records there, she is dangerous! So we must immediately get rid of that maid…….”
The Duke cut off Lawrence’s words about Lina’s danger.
“Then create a suitable status for her.”
“Do you mean to officially recognize that maid as a noble?”
Rumors of being a noble and the Duke officially recognizing her were two different matters.
“No.”
“Then, why…….”
“Didn’t you and others keep telling me to marry day in and day out?”
“……Yes?”
“There’s an empty spot for the Duchess, too.”
“You can’t mean.”
“I’m going to marry Lina formally when I return to the territory.”
A short sigh involuntarily escaped from Lawrence’s mouth.
“Duke! She is a commoner! A commoner becoming the lady of the Fermenens family, there has never been such a case before.”
“Then, make her a noble. Or else, change the rules.”
Looking at the Duke’s firm expression, Lawrence lost his words. Philip, who had been watching their conversation, muttered quietly.
“The former would probably be easier.”
“Philip! Even you!”
Lawrence looked at Philip with a resentful expression, but he merely shrugged.
His lord was not a man to speak out of both sides of his mouth. Once the Duke had made such a decision, nothing would change.
“Then, Philip, you take care of it. Find a suitable family for Lina….”
The Duke was giving further instructions to Philip when someone knocked at the door, requesting to see the Duke.
“Come in.”
With a creaking sound of the door, a man entered.
“You are?”
The Duke quickly asked, sensing an unknown ominous feeling. Someone who should be in the capital is here.
“Is there anything wrong at the mansion?”
“The butler said to tell you this. It’s very urgent.”
Valige quickly unfolded the letter the man handed over and began to read. Gradually, the Duke’s complexion began to darken.
Soon, the Duke, who had crumpled the paper and thrown it on the floor, recited in a chilly voice.
“We return to the territory immediately.”
“What? What on earth is happening…..”
Philip carefully picked up and read the letter the Duke had thrown.
“Duke, did you have a fiancée?”
“A fiancée?”
At Philip’s question, Lawrence snatched the letter as if he didn’t understand what he was saying and read it.
“What is this……! Wasn’t that engagement broken when you went to the battlefield, Duke! This despicable Count Lintz! When the family was in trouble, he pretended not to know, and now he brings up the engagement again! How shameless!”
The Duke immediately went outside.
‘I should have brought her along.’
Valige repeated his regret several times in his mind. Not bringing Lina to the capital, fearing she would get tired from the long journey, had been a big mistake.
What he had said to Lina a few days ago kept circling in his mind.
[There’s no such thing as a fiancée.]What was Lina thinking about him now?
He was only anxious and restless.
What had his words meant to Lina? Perhaps, had they hurt her?
Valige’s footsteps gradually quickened.
When the male lead is punished by carrying the female lead’s child and having periods like a woman
“I’ve given birth to two children for you, yet you still think about him.
Was I nothing but his substitute to you from beginning to end?”
Synopsis:
Meng Huan, a scumbag who has dated countless girlfriends, transmigrates to a female-dominated country.
Day 1: Whether it’s female dominance or not doesn’t matter. The beauties here are passionate and amorous. Isn’t it easier to date them than in modern times?
Day 2: After a night, Meng Huan discovers the differences in the female-dominated world. Men here actually have chastity locks and menstrual cycles. This hinders his ability to perform, damn it!
Day 3: What’s wrong with sleeping around? I don’t want you to marry me. I’m meant to be a playboy. I don’t care about male virtues… What? You want to drown me in a pig cage? Marry, I’ll marry!
Day N: Meng Huan inexplicably vomits and receives the shocking news of his life… He’s pregnant.
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