She felt a presence from the garden. Thinking she had finally found someone who knew about the palace, Lina turned her steps to ask for directions.
“Who is there?”
Then, she saw the red rosebuds blooming among the rose vines.
Despite the autumn weather, the red roses flaunted their fresh petals, temptingly blooming.
“Roses at this time of year.”
Seeing the roses that usually bloom in early summer in the fall, Lina was touching the roses with curious interest when
Suddenly, a strange voice was heard from behind.
“Roses in autumn, isn’t it fascinating?”
“!!!”
Startled, Lina hurriedly looked back, and a man was there, plucking a bloomed rose and smelling its fragrance.
“You were there back then……”
It was that man she had met at the square not long ago. Still with his sunlike hair, and rosered eyes.
“These are all flowers that have been magically bloomed. Empress Mama especially likes red roses, so they are being maintained with magic like this.”
He explained why roses were blooming even in autumn, but Lina’s ears did not catch it.
‘Why is that man here?’
To organize her thoughts, Lina looked the man over. He was dressed too casually to be called a courtier.
Moreover, the place where she now stood was called the Rose Palace, a restricted area of the palace.
The only people who could enter here freely were the people of Duchess Greta’s family, the empress’s kin, the emperor, and.
Ah.
With the realization, Lina let out a small sigh.
The golden hair that reminded her of the first prince.
“I apologize for the late introduction. I am Briteus.”
And the name Briteus. Lina stumbled to show respect.
“I apologize for not recognizing Your Highness, Prince. My introduction is late. I am Lina of the Viscount Dernamis.”
Would there be anyone in the empire who doesn’t know the name of the second prince? He is the person opposing the first prince, Alex, for the throne.
‘I’ve heard that he’s very frail.’
She glanced at the man’s face, but other than his skin being pale enough to be white, he did not seem particularly sickly.
Rather,
“It was you. The noble young lady from the rumors.”
“Do you know me?”
“There probably isn’t anyone in the empire who doesn’t know you now. Perhaps you are the most famous woman.”
‘Is that so?’
Without reading the gossip magazines usually read by women or interacting with others, Lina had no way of knowing how her rumors were spreading.
‘Whatever it is, it’s probably not good.’
“But what brings you to the Empress’s palace?”
“I have arranged to visit Empress Mama.”
Then, Briteus’s expression changed subtly.
“Oh, Mother is not in the Rose Palace right now.”
“…What?”
Lina asked with a blank face, as if saying, “What do you mean?”
“Mother left for the lake this afternoon to go boating with the ladies.”
[But, your Grace of Dynames. Do not worry too much, nothing will happen.]Upon hearing Blytheus’s words, what Prince Adenmir Presil Willeunt had said a few days ago crossed her mind.
‘So that’s why.’
It seemed that the Empress didn’t even regard her at all. No wonder there was no one in sight in the palace.
She knew that being nobility overnight would attract unwelcome glances, but feeling it firsthand was different.
A heavy sigh welled up inside Lina, and suddenly a small question popped into her head.
‘But why was the second prince in the palace without the Empress?’
Despite it being his biological mother’s palace, the behavior of the second prince alone in the empty palace seemed strange.
“Isn’t magic amazing? The fact that it can breathe life into something that should rightfully be dead.”
At the second prince’s words, Lina stared blankly at the roses.
Would flowers that bloom out of season truly be happy?
“I’m not sure.”
Was it really a good thing to artificially sustain a life that wasn’t wanted with magic? Lina’s lips parted as she thought deeply.
“Perhaps the wind that comes after the scorching summer feels as cold as the chill wind of midwinter to the flowers.”
A bitterness spread across Lina’s face, gently caressing the petals. The roses, blooming while ignoring the natural flow, seemed to her like herself.
“These flowers will continue to bloom. Forever here.”
Even if they wanted to wither.
As Lina looked on, Blytheus seemed to murmur.
“Do you pity them?”
Was it an illusion that the man’s voice asking if she pitied them felt suddenly cold? Lina responded by cautiously nodding her head.
Then, ‘snip’, Blytheus who had been smirking picked a single flower nearby.
“Then this justpicked flower must be almost redeemed. It will soon find peace in death.”
What should she respond? Just as Lina’s body began to stiffen at the second prince’s seemingly angry attitude.
“Are you the Grace of Dynames?”
A woman dressed as a maid approached from afar. Lina responded with relief, able to escape this awkward situation.
“Yes, I am, but…….”
“Her Majesty the Empress sends her regrets. She forgot today’s appointment and will not be able to meet you.”
She wasn’t even angry at the message, delivered without a hint of a lie. Should she thank for at least sending a notice that they wouldn’t meet?
Thanks to the sudden appearance of the maid, Lina could avoid the awkward situation with the second prince, and she curtsied to him, putting significance on that.
“Then, it was a short meeting, but it was enjoyable. Your Highness, the Prince.”
As she lifted her bowed head, the rose that the second prince had picked was held out to her.
“This is a gift. Your Grace.”
“Tha……nk you.”
Accepting the rose with an awkward gesture, Lina conveyed her brief thanks.
“Then, I hope to see you again.”
The second prince briefly kissed the back of her left hand, the one not holding the rose.
Lina’s body flinched and stiffened for a moment.
It was just a greeting common among nobles, but the spot where the man’s lips touched felt as if it had been burned by fire.
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.
