Vainka clearly didn’t care much about the mansion’s décor. Otherwise, such old and dusty decorations wouldn’t still be hanging around.
Although Saint Beril wasn’t particularly well-versed in noble décor, she had honed her sense of aesthetics over two past lives.
And Beril thought this was a blessing.
Otherwise, she would have openly exposed herself in front of the clergy as living in a mansion owned by a demon who has lived laughably over a century.
Then it happened.
“Out! Block the entrance!”
Loud noises and the sound of people going outside were heard.
“A monster?”
Beril looked around the hallway in surprise. Vainka had said that there were many monsters in the area, so she would have to get used to it, but she couldn’t help being startled.
However, Decarabia seemed perfectly composed. She seemed to momentarily listen outside before shaking her head.
“It doesn’t seem to be an entity worth worrying about.”
“That is…”
What had come? Beril finally looked out the window.
To her surprise, something seemed to be right nearby. She could see Naberus and other demons standing at a close distance from the mansion.
Beril’s eyes widened.
Naberus, usually boisterous, looked unusually calm today.
Not only that…
“…?”
He seemed to be bowing respectfully toward something. It even felt solemn or devout.
What on earth was happening?
It was when Beril moved closer to the window. A soft voice suddenly caught her ankle.
“I knew you’d be back soon.”
Beril paused and turned around. It was Beleth, who had said he was preparing an incantation. He threw a brief glance out the window before looking at her again.
“It won’t be a pleasant sight, I’m sure.”
At his words, Beril recalled something Beleth had said on the first day she met him. He had said it when they were attacked by monsters outside the carriage. If you want to stay here for long, it’s better not to look.
Was it similar back then?
What was in front of Naberus? Beril bit her lip.
While the act of monster hunting may be brutal, she had seen it several times in her past life, so it was not something she couldn’t watch. But still.
As a saint, she was someone who stood on the front lines of monster hunting. It was symbolic.
Why would he specifically warn her not to look when it was just ordinary monster hunting?
—Squish.
Then a strange noise entered Beril’s ears. She thought she had misheard, but the noise persistently dug into her ears again.
—Squish. Squelch.
A sound as if flesh were being pierced.
“Screech!”
At the same time, a scream or a wail reverberated.
The scream was filled with pain, carrying a strange resonance. Despite being human, it sounded as if it didn’t come from a human vocal organ.
“Don’t look.”
Belred prevented Beril, who was inadvertently turning to look, by calling her back. He spoke while glancing down briefly.
“But it’s a matter of the mansion.”
Once she became the mistress of the mansion, she had to know what was happening to the servants. At this, Belred shook his head.
“Even if you don’t see it for yourself, your concern alone will make the servants feel highly valued.”
But concern is meaningless if it’s not shown. Beril thought so when Belred spoke.
“So, will you join me later, as the mistress?”
“Where to?”
“The funeral.”
At the short and blunt words, Beril’s heart seemed to drop.
“Could it be.”
Someone died there? In that moment? There’s still no sound of weapons clashing—
—Clang! Zing!
Then, a brief, powerful sound pierced her ears. The sound of something collapsing followed.
It seemed the battle had ended. At the same time, the agonizing wail ceased.
Beril couldn’t move from where she stood. She had no idea what was happening behind her.
“Are you concerned?”
“Well…”
Beril bit her lip. Everyone here was evil. As a saint, perhaps she shouldn’t worry about them.
Especially since they are individuals who harm humans.
However, she was someone who had to show favor towards Vain. More than anything, she couldn’t ignore someone dying right next to her.
Even if they’re demons…, they haven’t harmed me directly, so I couldn’t possibly ignore it.
They were beings who had moved like humans just a moment ago.
In the end, Beril nodded.
“Yes, I’ll go.”
It would be the first event she would attend as the mistress of Vain.
“Get ready.”
As soon as her words fell, Belred gestured to Decarabia. Decarabia glanced outside and nodded.
“Yes.”
Then he left the room.
Belred, as if to escort her personally, extended his hand and spoke.
“You will come to understand Vain more directly.”
Will I end up seeing the bodies of monsters? Beril thought as she took his hand, not knowing what she would see.
Velered took Beril to a scene where a brief battle had occurred. White cloths covered the bodies there.
“Where’s the carriage?”
“It’s brought.”
The one calmly directing the scene was Ronobe. Seeing Beril, he showed a slight surprise, then looked at Velered beside her and nodded in understanding.
Should this scene not be shown to outsiders?
Her eyes returned to the white cloths. Who could it be? Someone I know… a demon, perhaps?
As Beril tensed, the carriage was placed beside her and the white cloth was slightly lifted.
“Huh?”
And Beril was taken aback. What slightly revealed beneath wasn’t a human face, but something covered in scales and feathers.
Did I see it wrong? Or is it… some sort of armor?
Velered, who could have clarified, remained silent. He watched the scene with somewhat downcast eyes.
—Clink.
Suddenly, crimson lights lit along the path the carriage was taking.
Lanterns that seemed prepared out of nowhere lit up the darkness, as if opening the way to hell.
Velered slowly walked along that path, escorting Beril. People started to gather behind them.
An atmosphere of devotion.
Those who followed into the mansion proceeded toward its inner sanctum.
Seems like too many tombs for a noble family’s mausoleum.
Beril tilted her head as she saw the vast graveyard that unfolded before her. The demons holding the carriage walked directly into the center of the graveyard without hesitation.
And arrived in front of a spot that seemed prepared for a long time.
There, a prepared coffin lay. In front of it, the demons finally lifted the white cloth.
“……!”
At that moment, Beril opened her eyes wide. What she had seen earlier wasn’t a mistake.
The face revealed underneath was half-covered with scales and feathers.
No, it was a face that seemed to be somewhere in between human and monster.
“What the…..”
Beril couldn’t finish her sentence. Could this be a demon’s true form? There were rumors that demons had horns and wings, but could it be true?
Yet, something was off. The body half-covered in scales and feathers looked like a human that had halted midway into transforming into a monster.
Besides, aren’t monster corpses usually burned?
As confusion filled Beril’s mind.
—Thump, thud.
The sound of the heavy coffin lid closing was heard. The people silently bowed at the spot. Even Velered slightly closed his eyes and bowed.
What exactly is that being?
Unable to clear the confusion in her mind, Beril watched. And when people finally retreated at last.
The tombstone standing where the coffin was just buried appeared to be already prepared.
…Even if you argue that the demons quickly dug the grave with their abilities, when was this intricately engraved tombstone prepared and brought here?
“Is this place…”
Beril couldn’t make heads or tails of it. She had to ask, starting with the most crucial point. Is this possibly a burial ground for demons?
But she couldn’t bring herself to ask that. Instead, Beril asked,
“Is this the burial ground for Vainka’s people?”
Upon hearing her words, Belered, who had turned his gaze toward her, nodded.
“Yes, this is where Vain’s servants meet their end.”
So, the being who just entered was also a servant of Vain? The one covered in feathers and scales?
Beril’s eyes widened at the statement.
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.