He even anticipated a public scolding, but Asha didn’t blame him at all.
“Do you forgive me……?”
“What’s there to forgive? It’s my fault in the first place for not informing about the assassin.”
Asha sighed, then glanced at him, still dumbfounded, and jokingly asked.
“Or, do you want to be punished?”
“No, no. Thank you for forgiving me, Lady Vanessa. I will serve you with my best from now on.”
Duran quickly stood up and placed a ledger on the table.
“You’ll officially employ maids after the initiation ceremony, but until then, you will need attendants. Since there may be those who are unpleasant to look at, please choose the attendants yourself, Lady Vanessa.”
As Asha scanned the list, he grimly added.
“If you identify the servants who were rude to Lady Vanessa last time, I will have them immediately removed from the palace. His Majesty will not let them off either.”
Asha recalled the last incident.
Imagining Karaf again chopping off servants’ heads, one after another, causing a ruckus, her complexion naturally paled.
Asha quickly shook her head.
“No, it’s fine. They have all treated me well since that day. However, I do want to entrust Sonja Carnation with the service. She’s the person I trust the most.”
“Understood.”
Duran ordered the head attendant to bring Sonja.
Soon, a girl with curly red hair, shrinking in her stance, entered the room.
Sonja’s eyes widened as she found Asha.
Asha smiled and said.
“You’re here. Sonja Carnation.”
Sonja’s face flushed as she prostrated on the floor.
“I’m honored, Lady Vanessa, that you remember my name!”
It seemed that the news had already spread among the servants about the banquet, and Sonja also seemed to know Asha’s true identity.
Sonja was thrilled to hear that Vanessa had flown into the imperial palace, but she was trembling, not knowing what to do, when she found out that Asha was that butterfly.
Asha spoke softly.
“From today, you’ll work as my personal servant, and you won’t have to work hard in the imperial palace like before.”
At those words, Sonja’s face looked almost tearful.
“Asha ma’am, no, Lady Vanessa……. Why are you bestowing such great favor on someone as insignificant as me?”
Asha’s expression turned wistful at those words.
In her previous life before regression, when she was lying in bed crying due to Karaf, Sonja would always come and wipe her tears, comforting her.
She could never forget that memory.
“Sonja, you’re the warmest person I’ve met in this imperial palace. I trust warmhearted people the most. That’s why I want you by my side.”
At those words, Sonja cried out in excitement with her flushed face.
“Vanessa, my lady! From now on, I will be loyal only to you, Vanessa! No matter what happens, I will never leave your side and will protect you……!”
Though she had already done so in the past without saying it, Asha faintly smiled and responded.
“Thank you, Sonya.”
“Then I will quickly bring the meal, so please wait for a moment!”
Sonya had only done menial tasks like cleaning in the palace, so it was her first time attending to someone of high status.
Therefore, she was very flustered and clumsy, but her best efforts appeared endearing to Asha.
Hearing the door shut with a bang, Asha only then truly felt that she had returned to this palace.
The scenery of this room was very familiar.
It was the ‘Empress’s Palace,’ prepared by Karaf since his ascension so that a butterfly could fly in and use it at any time.
Asha had lived like a butterfly trapped in a collecting jar in this palace for a full 3 years.
As memories of the past suddenly arose, her expression became troubled.
Meanwhile, Sonya was quickly walking down the corridor when she suddenly noticed a man approaching like a lion leisurely strolling from a distance.
“Yo, Your Majesty!”
Sonya quickly stuck to the wall like a magnet, brought her hands politely in front, and bowed her head deeply.
Karaf silently walked towards her.
Sonya dared not lift her gaze and was sweating profusely.
He looked at the very tense girl for a moment before asking.
“Red hair……. A servant I see for the first time, what’s the matter in the Empress’s Palace?”
In Karaf’s voice, a slight caution was evident.
To Sonya, those words sounded as if he were saying ‘Do you want to die, loitering around in a place like this?’
It was not unreasonable for her to think that way, as Karaf hated anyone with red hair, be it men, women, old, or young.
Most of the royal descendants had red hair, and that was why.
Although occasionally a yellow or whitehaired rose might be born, such cases were rare, and red roses were overwhelmingly numerous.
Red eyes were a common symbol of the royal family, but it was natural for him, who had faced all kinds of discrimination from a young age just for the color of his hair, to hate the color red.
Sonya stammered her words, her teeth chattering in fear.
“Va, Va, Vanessa, my lady, said to ha, have me attend to he, her from to, today…….”
Knowing that she was chosen by Asha, Karaf’s expression softened a little as he asked.
“Has Vanessa woken up?”
“Yes, Your Majesty…….”
“How is she feeling?”
At that question, Sonya’s eyes widened.
It was really the first time in the palace that he had asked after someone’s wellbeing.
Considering that the only time she heard him ask after someone was the terrifying inquiry ‘Is the criminal still alive?’ this change in him could definitely be considered a good one.
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.
