Before and after meeting her, Vlady could confidently say that there was no one who could replace Daphne.
Daphne was an irreplaceable existence for Vlady, who had never felt attachment towards family, friends, or even his closest associates. She was incomparable even to the kingdom he had protected; she was the very reason for his life.
However, despite Vlady’s earnest requests, she remained steadfast.
In the end, yielding to Daphne’s firm will, Vlady chose a different approach.
To protect her health, he scoured the continent for the best foods and medicines and took meticulous care of her whenever he had the time.
Nevertheless, Daphne gradually lost her vitality and withered away.
As the due date approached, she increasingly experienced hemoptysis and fainting spells.
Though he summoned some of the best doctors from the continent to the palace to look after Daphne, the results didn’t change.
Eventually, a few days before childbirth, she left words akin to a last will.
“I’m sorry, Vlady. I thought I could spend at least some time with our baby… It looks like this is as far as I go.”
“Don’t talk like that. You’ve held on well until now. As soon as the baby is safely born, everything will quickly return to how it was. I promise.”
“……I think Bella would be a good name for the baby. It means ‘rose’ in Elvish. Please think of me whenever you call her name.”
“Daphne, please.”
“Promise…… me?”
Unable to resist her desperate plea, Vlady reluctantly nodded.
Not long after, as she had predicted, she passed away shortly after giving birth.
Drained of all energy from childbirth, she never even saw the face of the baby she had brought into the world and quietly drew her last breath.
The child, born after so much hardship, fell into a lifeless sleep without even opening its eyes.
The vampire’s hibernation usually comes after they’ve grown, in this case, it was a state as good as being dead.
‘Everything feels like a nightmare.’
Vlady looked at his life partner lying in the coffin in her pure white dress with a sorrowful expression.
Her skin was still as soft as if she were alive, and there was a faint trace of vitality left on her cheeks.
It seemed as though she could yawn and wake up any moment, smiling as usual.
Although it was attributed to the gradual fading nature of the fae, from his perspective, the scene was unbearably painful.
‘What if the child had died, and she had lived instead?’
The child Daphne had so longed for.
His daughter and she were but empty shells, still breathing.
The fact that Daphne, biologically dead, still seemed so alive, while not a trace of life could be found on the pale face of the baby, was ironically amusing.
And infinitely resentful.
The worst choice made by his companion and her child.
‘I will not acknowledge that child as my daughter.’
Vlady chose a method to distance himself from the child to suppress his aimless rage and anguish.
He sent his daughter to the place where he and Daphne had spent their happiest moments, making it inaccessible to anyone.
If the presence of those two didn’t immediately vanish from his life, he felt he could no longer go on.
For decades, he focused solely on his work, sealing away all memories and painful moments in the Rose Palace.
He began to grow numb to everything.
The boundaries between joy, sorrow, and anger became unclear, and he rarely felt emotion.
Until he met Daphne in a dream that seemed almost real, during a period of relentless exertion.
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.
