The Duke Only Needs My Child (Completed Main Story) - Chapter 17
Herdin’s ancestor, the first Duke Delmarque, was a national hero who saved the Empire during the Last Magic War.
He made a pact with a divine beast—now a creature of legend—to gain the power needed to protect the Empire.
In return, he received a powerful body capable of wielding both aura and magic simultaneously.
By nature, humans can only use one of the two powers—either aura or magic.
But through his pact with the divine beast, the first Duke Delmarque gained the ability to wield both aura and magic, and that power led the Empire to victory in the war.
Yet great power always comes at a great cost.
Using aura and magic together was like using fire and oil simultaneously—when controlled well, they created incredible synergy, but if mishandled even slightly, it led to a catastrophic loss of control.
The power granted to the first head of the house flowed through his bloodline and was passed down to his descendants.
Most of the time, this power served as an immense asset that saved the nation, but occasionally, it also brought misfortune.
Herdin’s father, the previous duke, was one of those descendants who inherited this power. Like his ancestors before him, he used his strength for the sake of his people and the Empire.
Everyone in the Empire both feared and admired him.
But misfortune struck without warning.
In the year Herdin turned twelve, during a family trip, his mother was found slain by a monster.
Upon discovering her body, the previous duke lost control, ruthlessly slaughtering every monster in that forest, and then took his own life to protect his son from his own rampaging power.
The fall of House Delmarque, once revered by all.
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Hari_zumboe Chapter 18BRO! She could’ve said anything other than “I can see into the future.” LITERALLY!!! I had to stop reading and go outside from the level of embarrassment. 😭
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Aahima Srivastava Chapter 18 — Paragraph 15His voice carried unmistakable murderous intent.
Why does a child have a murderous intent ?? What has he gone through to develop one, yeah I know that with all types of people around him he definitely did not grow up living a fairytale life but still it won’t be enough to make a kid have a nature of personality which can have or express murderous intent
Aahima Srivastava Chapter 18 — Paragraph 8Though the whole scene felt bewildering, concern for Herdin outweighed her confu
She is truly naive yet kind, I mean despite having I suppose one of the worst kind of mother ( Katrina) she sees the better version of people or at least used to prior t9 her assassination
Aahima Srivastava Chapter 18 — Paragraph 19“To be honest, Herdin isn’t exactly an affectionate child. He carries many emoti
The empress should have been alive, I believe if she would have been their relationship also would not have deteriorated as much as it did
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Yuki
If only they start off a little better, I guess they could atleast have somewhat kind of attachment from their childhood…😭🤣
Hanna lea Yalda
How old was Herding again in this timeline? Because in my head the young they meant is like 8 y/o lol
Latifa Alameri
That’s sad hearing about what happened to his parents I’m sure he feels so much pain and sadness poor him
AKUMA is an akuma
Ok ADULT! I am always pissed with those big mouth nobles in those stories! Like can you shut up!!!
Shelly
Blair is truly a pure soul. How I wish she would have stayed that way 🥲
debban23
they have already met in their childhood and started wrong