Soon, news came that the emperor and the staff were entering the palace. In the end, Aster gave up his work and stormed in.
“Do I have ninety-nine lives? Do you think I’ve layered my shoulders with layers? Aren’t you afraid? Even children tremble just by sticking thorns in my hand, but that child…!”
“Aster-nim, please observe the etiquette. It is the palace.”
“It’s a damn etiquette. Cozette will scold me from the sky, and my step-niece can’t take care of herself. What do I take care of!”
Do you know how to observe etiquette when you see the royal family?
My step-niece went to the punitive front, and that child, frightened, threw his life away on the ground.
“You seem to be tough.”
Benjamin called Aster over and stood him up.
“Are you going to blame me?”
“It was wise to have the means to protect yourself. My concerns are just concerns, separate from my heart.”
“But why are you so angry?”
“He rushed into the punitive front without a word. There’s no news. Very, I can call it nothing more than correct.”
Aster patted his stuffy stomach. Shouldn’t he have talked about it with his mouth?
Wherever he went, there was neither a word nor anyone to watch over him, staring with silent eyes.
“Where is the empress?”
Sijongjang answered instead.
“She is in the hof.”
“Then, I’ll step back.”
Aster was worried about that child as if it were family, the child of his deceased younger sister.
When his younger sister was alive, he had never seen the child.
The child who came to collect the remains after his younger sister’s death had an uncomfortable distance that was not easily narrowed.
However, did he express his sorrow in front of his step-niece? No, he did not.
“You’ve held on, so go ahead and speak freely.”
The child resembled his mother. Well…
“You don’t have a baptismal name.”
It was the first time Aster brought up the story when he saw Shal after a long time.
“You didn’t stop by the temple to get a baptismal name, and you didn’t have the blessing of the Pope. The temple’s baptismal name is just a past custom, but if you receive a baptismal name when you’re young, they say you’ll live longer. When a child is born, parents go to the temple to receive a baptismal name and declare the birth at the temple…”
“I didn’t.”
“Why didn’t you get a baptismal name?”
“They told me not to attach something to my soul.”
“Did Cozette say that?”
“Well… yes, someone like that.”
Do not accept obligations obtained through coercion. It is like brainwashing that has been exposed since childhood.
“Shal.”
Aster advised carefully.
“How about getting a baptismal name?”
“Is it about the Holy Spirit Baptism?”
The ‘Holy Spirit Baptism’ washes away sins embedded in the soul, creating a new identity in one’s nature.
Even though human skin is accustomed to falsehood, the soul inside is clear.
“You often catch colds, and your body is weak.”
“It takes a long time for my body to recover.”
“I worry about you.”
When you receive a temple baptism, there is a belief that the child will grow up healthy.
“You often faint. How about going to the temple?”
Shal, who should have received a baptismal name when he was a child, has never received a temple baptism.
“A long time ago. When you were very young, around two or three years old? Since you couldn’t get a baptismal name and stayed confined to the mansion, grandfather was worried and went to find Tutor.”
“Ah…”
“And that day, Cozette protested at the door.”
That day, Leandro was an outsider and an invader. The family became outsiders, and he bared his nails.
Evil became apparent, biting and tearing with teeth, forcing it against its will.
“It was a form possessed by evil.”
Aster recalled that day. Who severed it? Was it that child? Was it Windsor?
“The family relationship may be severed, but blood ties cannot be cut off with human will. Even if you block the water with dirt… Like water pushing through the dirt, blood ties tend to continue. It’s like you came to us.”
“The water eventually flows.”
Shal put down the teacup.
“It seems that the forcibly severed connection has been restored.”
Aster trembled his hand. I hope you didn’t get hurt. I’m afraid the child with the knife in my hand will rush into the front, get hurt, and die alone.
Suddenly,
Aster spat out his words with pursed lips.
“Do you know this thing?”
Aster took out an old paper box.
“It’s my mother’s diary.”
“Okay. It’s Cozette’s diary. Despite trying to unlock it for inspection, no one in the family has dared to open it for fear of damaging the diary. Shal, on the day you visited, it was bewildering that the diary was opened. That too, considering that the waterway opened while you were visiting, it’s probably correct.”
Aster pressed his sore temples firmly.
“You keep it.”
“…This is an heirloom left before marriage.”
“It seemed like a possession left by the deceased Cozette to her daughter. Recognize it, Shal. The diary seemed to recognize its owner, and the lock naturally loosened.”
Aster trembled his hand. I hope you didn’t get hurt.
I’m afraid the child with the knife in my hand will rush into the front, get hurt, and die alone.
“Don’t get hurt.”
“I won’t get hurt.”
“If you walk a difficult path, at least tell me.”
“I’ll tell you.”
“You should answer that you won’t walk a difficult path. This, this…”
“What about Grandfather?”
“The hardships of old age seem to have been tough.”
Aster’s words trailed off.
“Are you unwell somewhere?”
“My body has weakened, and I need rest. Sending Cozette and living without rest, resting a bit. I told him to take a break.”
“We’ll send the palace physician…”
“Ah, Uncle mentioned, ‘It’s just a bit of joint stiffness.’ Put some ointment on your hands. Grandfather already knows everything. He knows about you handling a knife, the stories of the suppression front and demons. There’s nothing you need to forcibly extract memories for explanation… because, all of it, please, don’t get hurt.”
Shalroth stiffly searched his throat. Aster continued.
“Baptism is an act of wishing the child’s safety.”
It’s just that feeling.
“I’ll get a baptismal name.”
“If you stay safe, I’m fine with that.”
Aster grumbled with a grunt.
“Even nameless wildflowers in secluded places are not denied their existence. However, if a name is given, someone might take a closer look.”
But, if someone cares for you…
We won’t ask for more than that.
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.
