Karaf, surprised by her calling him, looked at her with widened eyes.
“I will quietly follow Your Majesty.”
With his eyes wide, Karaf asked, “Is that really true?”
“Yes. But in return, could Your Majesty promise me one thing?”
“What is it?”
Desperately questioning, Karaf looked at Asha with a desperate expression.
“Please promise me that if I lower this arrow, no one will die in my place.”
At those words, the Lycaons shed hot tears from behind.
They felt pitiful for themselves, unable to protect her, and feeling too pathetic to be saved by her once again.
The sound of sniffling and sniffles could be heard here and there, creating an atmosphere of silence along the lakeside as if they were in a communal graveyard.
Karaf clenched his fist so tightly that blood seemed to be forming in his hand.
On the day of the Empire’s grandest event, the Day of Enlightenment, the Lycaons were the culprits who kidnapped Barnetza.
It felt like he could tear them apart and kill them right now, as if they were complete traitors. However, if she didn’t die, if she returned safely to him, he had to endure.
He struggled to grasp his lost sanity and exercise the little restraint and patience he had left.
Exerting self-control and restraint was never easy for him, as he, cursed, found out.
Finally, he said, “I promise. No one will die here.”
Seeing Karaf trembling with suppressed anger, Asha, only now, dropped the arrow that had been aimed at her neck.
Lifting his head and shouting at the knights with a stern face, Karaf declared, “All forces! Surround the Lycaons and Barnetza!”
The news of finding Barnetza caused a stir in the Empire.
“…This time, are those minority folks, the Lycaons, trying to kidnap Barnetza or something?”
“Why can’t the minority folks just kidnap Barnetza already and stop causing trouble?”
“Don’t you know? This time, Barnetza is from the minority too!”
“So, if Barnetza came from their own people, shouldn’t they consider it more honorable? Moreover, didn’t His Majesty highly cherish Barnetza? I heard he even received a wanted order for the minority this time.”
“They’re just kicking away the opportunity to live comfortably in the Empire. Stupid fools.”
“By any chance… could it be a romantic escape?”
“Hey! Don’t talk about such absurd things! What if someone overhears!”
People covered their mouths and looked around to see if any patrolling knights were present.
Even so, nobles were organizing social gatherings to discuss this incident so openly that it seemed like the most shocking and intriguing topic in the Empire.
Meanwhile, in the underground prison of the palace, intensive interrogations were taking place.
Jackal’s hands were chained to the ceiling like a slave, and he was wearing a ragged gray piece of cloth around his waist, which could hardly be called clothing.
The iron bars opened, and Karaf’s cold voice echoed.
“…The damn traitor, the leader of the Lycaons. Have you been enjoying deceiving me all this time, secretly colluding with Barnetza using your filthy, naked body?”
Jackal lifted his head and stared at him with blue eyes in silence.
Karaf smirked.
“Indeed, blue eyes are the distinctive trait of a betrayer, aren’t they?”
He walked steadily toward Jackal, grabbing his chin roughly and lifting it.
“How does it feel? Betrayed by your own minority. You might understand how I feel a little.”
In response, Jackal chuckled.
“…Are you accusing me of betrayal now? I never had any expectations from the minority in the first place. So there’s nothing to disappoint me. However, I don’t think the one who cunningly set traps from behind and threatened to betray his own people has any right to speak to me.”
Karaf’s eyebrows twitched slightly.
With Jackal’s chin still lifted, he glanced down at him and said, “You seem to enjoy threatening people’s lives; was that talk true? But for Asha, shouldn’t you be pleading instead of threatening? After all, your precious life depends on her.”
Karaf’s brow furrowed even more.
With a cold stare, Jackal said, “Sorry, but Asha’s ability isn’t for flourishing you. It’s her power for herself. So don’t hang onto her like a beggar; set her free if you truly love her.”
As he casually mentioned Asha’s name as if she were his lover, Karaf finally exploded.
He reached out and tightly gripped the wound on Jackal’s side.
“Ugh…”
In excruciating pain as Karaf dug into the wound, Jackal closed his eyes tightly, bowing his head.
The still-healing wound was reopened, and blood trickled down again. Karaf’s hand became stained red with the blood flowing from the injury.
“…Are you speechless because you’re about to die? Pathetic words in front of me.”
Karaf, with a proud expression, pushed Jackal’s face closer, saying, “How dare you tell me to let her go? A vile creature who stole another man’s woman, and that too, the woman of the Emperor.”
His red eyes gazing at Jackal’s profile flickered with madness.
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.
