As he gazed at the sleeping Blair for a moment, Herdin took out the vial he received from Ruth.

It was identical to Blair’s pill bottle always placed on the bedside table, both in appearance and contents.

He hesitated for a while.

Even though he had thought, ‘I will do whatever it takes to prevent you from belonging to that man, to keep you by my side,’ he couldn’t bring himself to touch the fake pills.

‘Can I watch you resent me for the rest of your life?’

That question grabbed his ankle.

Even at this moment when he impulsively prepared the fake pills after seeing the missing bedroom last night.

While Herdin was toying with the vial in his hand, Blair’s eyelids quivered.

“Ugh…”

Seeing that, Herdin quickly dropped the vial on the bedside table. Then he placed the vial in his hand on the table.
The fallen pill bottle rolled silently over the thick carpet under the bed and touched his foot. At the same moment, Blair opened her eyes.

“…Herdin?”

Gradually focusing her eyes, tinted with light purple, she soon recognized his figure.

“What time is it now?”

With eyes that contained her and a vulnerable face soaked in sleep, along with the soft whispering voice.

Seeing her alive and moving, the hesitation that had lingered for a while quickly came to a conclusion as futile.

It was a problem that was not worth pondering from the beginning.

“Since there is still time until dinner, you can sleep a little longer.”

Answering like that, Herdin kicked the fallen pill bottle under the bed with his foot and reached out to Blair’s disheveled hair, thinking,

Rather than letting you go, I’d rather become the worst scoundrel in the world.

On the rare day Herdin was absent.

Blair, who had lunch, was sitting by the sunny window, unfolding a book. However, she couldn’t resist the pouring drowsiness and dozed off.

“…My lady.”

A vague voice was heard in the drowsiness, but at that time, which she had trouble waking up from.

A cautious touch grabbed her shoulder.

“Madam?”

“…Ah.”

Blair, only now startled, woke up from her sleep. In front of her were the worried eyes of Lena.

“Are you not feeling well by any chance? You seem very tired lately…”

“Ah, no. I’ve been staying home a lot lately, and I guess I’m a bit exhausted. The weather has also gotten warmer.”

Blair, thinking that Lena might even call the doctor, hurriedly dissuaded her. However, her hand subtly moved toward her lower abdomen.

The reason for the recent drowsiness was probably in her stomach.

‘It’s been more than half a month since the day Asher was conceived…’

The gestation period starts from the day of conception, so by now, symptoms should start appearing.

Of course, there were hardly any noticeable differences from the premenstrual symptoms, but Blair, who had memories of her past life, was almost certain.

However, as the certainty of pregnancy set in, she became anxious along with a sense of relief.

‘If Asher is really conceived, soon morning sickness will start…’

Herdin’s promised deadline was until the end of the trial.

But while pregnancy symptoms were gradually appearing, there was no sign of the trial starting yet.

Moreover, at this point, it would be reasonable to expect contact from Mikhail, but there had been no news at all.

Knowing that she couldn’t do anything directly in this situation, Blair felt a growing uneasiness as nothing seemed to be resolved or progressing.

“Madam, would you like to go out for a while?”

Blair, who had been lost in thought, heard Lena’s suggestion and snapped out of her reverie.

“Go out?”

“The National Foundation Day is coming soon. I passed through the square yesterday, and the festival was in full swing. They were selling delicious things, and there were performances too.”

Lena’s eyes, sparkling with anticipation, shone as she talked about the scenery she saw yesterday.
“How about dressing lightly and going out with the knights for a short while? It might feel stifling to stay only in the mansion.”

Blair, who had been pondering for a moment after hearing Lena’s suggestion, readily nodded.

“Yes, let’s do that. It sounds like a good idea.”

It would be fine to tell Mikhail, on Lena’s side, to be ready to leave at any time, taking the opportunity to get some fresh air. However, the ambitious plan of the two was thwarted by Mason’s words.