“It must have been colder than in the territory.”
Aster narrowed her eyes as she asked.
“You went around like that?”
Charlotte answered with silence, to which Aster touched her forehead, saying she understood.
“You’re just like Cozette.”
The streets were bustling with the spirit honoring ceremony. Street vendors selling lanterns for the ceremony filled the streets.
Those unjustly killed during the old emperor’s reign, and those who died of starvation.
This spirit honoring ceremony was for consoling the masses.
To announce that the long chaos had ended.
“There are already many people even though it’s still early in the evening.”
People were gathering around the tower.
“Is it the central tower?”
It seemed like the center of the square. So, there were more people gathered on this side.
Charlotte looked up at a tower placed in one part of the square. A new tower had been erected next to the central tower.
Charlotte stopped there, and Aster spoke beside her.
“It’s a spirit tower. There’s one in the imperial palace’s mourning palace, and one in the central square of the imperial city.”
“I see……. I don’t remember seeing something like this.”
“You’ve been away from the territory, so you mustn’t have had the chance to see it. His Majesty erected it not long after his enthronement.”
Aster looked up at the spirit tower as she answered.
The spirit tower was to console the loyal subjects and citizens unjustly killed during the old emperor’s reign.
In those days, they were simply killed without a word of protest.
Now, they erected a spirit tower in the central square to alleviate their grievances.
‘I never heard that they erected such a thing in my previous life…….’
Charlotte gazed up at it silently, and Aster looked around restlessly.
“Charl.”
“Yes.”
“Come this way. If you get caught in the crowd, you’ll be lost.”
On the spirit tower was inscribed ‘Rest to them’ in ancient language.
The spirit honoring ceremony began. Priests chanted prayers.
Charlotte closed her eyes quietly.
Has mother found rest now? There are people here now to mourn her death.
There were none when I died.
If I had been granted such rest, I wouldn’t have felt such misery.
‘Rest to them.’
Give rest to all the dead.
“They’re lighting the lanterns.”
Aster nodded her head.
“Yes.”
This lantern is a guidepost to tell the dead not to lose their way.
A lantern that should have been lit long ago, but now, at last, they raise it.
Charlotte felt a gaze from behind. Suddenly she turned her head.
The square was full of people.
And, beyond that, her eyes met.
‘As if he finds me no matter where I am.’
His eyes were fixed only on Charlotte.
(This is a time divider.)
A chilly sensation flowed. It was somewhat creepy.
Her skin prickled from the cold that brushed past her back.
His dark pupils were vivid even in the darkness.
People instinctively avoided him.
As if, instinctively, they knew that contact with this man would not be good.
“It’s His Majesty.”
Leandro also felt the gaze and looked back at Benjamin.
“I’m not sure if he’s more wild than before. I worried if he would be a bit hesitant since he’s unfamiliar……. ”
“Don’t worry.”
“Yes. You are Charlotte, so I have nothing to worry about.”
Charlotte had likened him to a black snake.
Even now, he was similar to before.
Only, there was something more blatant than before.
“You disappeared.”
“Yes. There are too many people.”
People are gathering here and there once again.
He disappeared from view, buried among the people over there.
“Charlotte.”
Leandro called her.
“You’ll get lost if you space out like that.”
“I’m not a child, why would I get lost?”
“The structure of the central square may be simple, but with so many people, it becomes hard to gauge your way. Now, just the central tower, does it look easy to find someone among all these people?”
(This is a time separator.)
Was it because there were too many people?
Charlotte was simply pushed around.
“Charlotte…!”
He missed her hand. Aster desperately reached out, but his fingertips missed.
Charlotte struggled to escape from the tight crowd that was pressing her body.
She couldn’t see the path from where they had come, perhaps because of the people, as she brushed her long hair with her hand.
There were so many people in front of the tower of souls, only the top of the tower was barely visible.
“If you’re pushed like that.”
The voice echoed by her head.
“Are you trying to get lost here?”
Someone gently pulled Charlotte.
“Come here.”
As Charlotte lifted her head, she saw a broad chest in front of her.
When she tilted her head back further, she saw the neck.
Black eyes pursued her. Even in the darkness, the facial features exerted presence.
It had become slightly firmer. It also seemed a bit harder.
His grasp enclosed her wrist.
Rough yet firm calluses overlapped her soft skin.
There were full of scratches and wounds on the back of his hand.
His shoulders had widened, and his physique had grown. This is what you look like at this time.
Benjamin Visennov reached out and cupped her cheek.
Her entire cheek was covered by one palm. That alone made her acutely aware of the difference in their physiques.
Charlotte took a step back.
Benjamin Visennov looked down at that step and muttered.
“Charlotte.”
Charlotte looked up at him, tilting her neck.
“What are you doing, spacing out like that? Pull yourself together.”
Benjamin Visennov’s black eyes were particularly dark today.
“You can’t walk alone here, Charlotte.”
He had not only changed in physique, but also seemed different in other ways.
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.
