The Duke Only Needs My Child (Completed Main Story) - Chapter 38
“Huh, huh… I can’t do this anymore… Let’s take it easy, okay…?”
“It’s not like you’re human…”
The Delmarque knights groaned one by one and collapsed onto the training ground.
But their complaints fell on deaf ears with Caligo.
“Stop whining! Anyone who collapses before me—who only arrived at the mansion yesterday—won’t be able to hold their head up for the rest of the day.”
“But we also went out hunting monsters yesterday, you know?”
“Then we’re about the same. Me, sleeping uncomfortably for several days in a place that isn’t even my home, versus you lot, who slept soundly with both legs stretched out and then went monster hunting. Doesn’t that seem fair?”
Caligo kicked his subordinates to get them up. Instead of rising, the knights rolled away across the ground to avoid his feet.
Caligo was considered one of the elite knights within the order—strong, skilled, and personable—making him a top candidate for the next captain.
Yet the knights prayed that the day he became captain would never come.
The reason lay in his brutally intense training regimen.
‘Please, someone just stop this training already…’
Just as the knights desperately rolled on the ground with that plea in their hearts, someone appeared at the entrance of the training ground. Every eye instantly turned toward them.
There stood Blair and her servants, each holding a basket.
“I thought you all must be working hard, so I brought some snacks.”
The knights’ eyes, which had been dull as if near death, suddenly sparkled.
The gods have answered our prayers!
Even those who usually disliked Blair saw her as an angel at this very moment.
“If I’m interrupting, I’ll just leave these here, and you can eat them a bit later…”
“No! We want to eat them right now!”
“Since you went to the trouble of bringing them, it would be rude not to eat them while they’re still warm, wouldn’t it?”
The knights, who had been sprawled like corpses, scrambled to their feet and rushed toward Blair and her servants.
Caligo kicked one subordinate in the rear as he approached Blair, but the man ignored him.
Finally, Caligo threw up his hands.
“Fine. Since the lady herself came all this way, it’d be impolite not to greet her properly. Thirty-minute break, starting now.”
A cheer erupted among the knights.
The servants distributed snacks—baguettes filled with meat and vegetables, along with apple juice.
While watching his men eat, Caligo received his own portion directly from Blair.
He took the snack and beamed like a child.
“Oh dear, you brought this yourself? I’m honored, my lady. Truly, a household needs its mistress.”
“I was worried I might be interrupting your training, so I rarely come here—but if I’d known everyone would be this happy, I should’ve brought something sooner.”
“Those rascals are happy because they get to slack off when training’s interrupted. Anyway, I’ll dig in.”
Indeed, he must have been hungry too, as he immediately started eating the baguette.
Blair, watching him from the side, now regarded him with a noticeably colder gaze.
In truth, Blair hadn’t come to the training ground purely out of concern for the knights.
That morning, as soon as Herdin had left her bedroom, Blair had sent Mikhail a letter requesting an investigation into Caligo.
But with the very man who killed her standing right before her eyes, she couldn’t just sit and wait. She’d used the excuse of bringing snacks to the knights to do something—anything.
“Oh, this is delicious! All the way from the estate, I kept craving freshly baked, warm bread… The bread they sell at inns is like rocks, you know. You’ve never tasted it, have you, my lady?”
“Bread as hard as stone?”
“I’m serious! Next time you visit the territory, you should try it yourself. It’s so good you’ll lose all your teeth—”
“…Lose your teeth?”
“Oops—I shouldn’t be using such crude language in front of a noblewoman… My apologies. I grew up rough, so I don’t know better…”
Caligo belatedly slapped his own mouth, then spotted a passing subordinate and nudged him.
“Go get me another bread.”
“You?”
“Can’t you see I’m talking to the lady?”
The subordinate grumbled as he went to fetch the bread. The fact that he dared to complain was proof that Caligo was a good superior—he tolerated such behavior.
Blair stared blankly at Caligo. The man who had killed her seemed far too ordinary to be a murderer.
He was happy someone cared for him, delighted by tasty food, got along well with others, and held no prejudice against her.
That made him all the more terrifying.
The thought that someone like him could have killed her.
“You must have been with Delmarque a long time. Everyone seems to follow you closely.”
“I’ve been here longer than those guys, at least. I think I was thirteen when I first came to Delmarque.”
“Then where were you stationed before that?”
If Caligo hadn’t killed her for personal reasons, he must have been acting on someone else’s orders.
If his current master wasn’t behind it, then someone from his past was the likely culprit.
“Before I came to Delmarque…”
Just as Caligo began to speak, a presence stirred near the entrance of the training ground.
Turning toward the disturbance, they saw Herdin stepping inside.
“Your Grace? What brings you here at this hour? Isn’t this when you’re usually busiest?”
“I finished my work early and came for a sparring session—but it seems I have guests who arrived first.”
His gaze, fixed on Blair and Caligo, carried an oddly chilling edge.
Blair frowned at his sudden appearance.
‘If only I’d gotten a bit more out of him, I might have guessed who’s behind this…’
But with Herdin here, that conversation was over.
Moreover, seeing him made her deeply uncomfortable—it had only been this morning that they’d argued.
Especially because, the moment she saw him, the words she’d said came rushing back, making her want to avoid him even more.
‘I really… hate you…’
Why had she said that? She wasn’t a child.
‘He’s certainly not the type to be hurt by something so trivial.’
It was just that, among all the things she knew how to say, that was the only phrase that expressed her feelings—and in her anger, it had slipped out.
Didn’t it sound exactly like something a six-year-old would say in a huff?
Of course she resented him. Of course she disliked him.
But it frustrated her that those few words made her complex emotions feel unbearably light compared to the weight in her heart.
“I only meant to drop off some snacks quickly, but I’ve taken up too much of your time. I’ll be going now.”
Blair fled the training ground with her maids as if escaping Herdin. His cold eyes followed her retreating figure.
Watching this, Caligo let out a small, knowing exclamation.
“Ah, you two had a fight, didn’t you?”
“…”
“They say a husband and wife’s quarrel is like cutting water with a knife.”
Instead of an answer, Herdin returned only a frosty stare.
Yesterday, the moment he’d returned to the mansion after the monster hunt, his mood had soured at the sight of Blair with Caligo.
Her inability to look away from Caligo, her questions about him while nestled in his arms, that letter whose recipient he couldn’t identify—it was all of it combined that had led to this moment.
“This is perfect timing, perfect timing.”
Oblivious Caligo gave Herdin’s arm a friendly nudge.
But Herdin’s expression, when he turned, was icy cold. The knights watching Caligo paled instantly. Only then did Caligo realize something was terribly wrong.
And that belated realization proved entirely accurate.
With a nod toward the rear, Herdin issued his command.
“Go fetch my sword.”
Thus began the hellish sparring session.
[This is the timeline separator]“Is this tiny thing really the forest’s predator?”
Melly stared in wonder at Pipi, who was happily drinking milk while sprawled across Blair’s lap—looking every bit the little master.
Blair nodded and eagerly shared what she’d read about ferrets in books.
“Yeah. They hunt in packs and even take down animals bigger than themselves, like roe deer and stags.”
“Huh. So cute-looking, yet fiercer than it seems?”
“That’s why some nobles who love hunting occasionally keep ferrets and bring them along on hunts.”
“I’d better stay on this little one’s good side, then—unless I want to end up hunted myself.”
Blair laughed at Melly’s playful remark. Since Blair had entrusted Pipi to her, the two had grown much closer—as had Blair and Rina, of course.
Just as Blair and Melly were chatting about Pipi, footsteps sounded.
Blair turned absentmindedly and brightened at the sight of Rina approaching.
Maybe, just maybe, there was news from the guild.
But the words that left Rina’s lips were merely about everyday matters.
“Melly, the steward asked if you could come by for a moment, if you’re not busy?”
“Go ahead, Melly.”
Blair’s face briefly showed disappointment as she sent Melly off, but it quickly vanished behind a bittersweet smile.
‘It seems this will take a while after all.’
Half a month had passed since she’d requested information about Caligo from Mikhail.
And half a month had also passed since her argument with Herdin.
Perhaps cooled by their quarrel, he no longer visited her bedroom at night as he used to.
They still shared meals as before—but that was all. Their meals had become silent affairs, devoid of real conversation, merely eating side by side.
That day—why, suddenly, for what reason—he’d shown such a twisted mood, she still didn’t know. But maybe it was for the best.
Ever since she’d considered the possibility that he might have killed her, facing him had become unbearably difficult.
She’d need to reconcile with him before securing Asiel—but for now, she didn’t want to think about it any further.
Just as Blair shook off her thoughts of Herdin and resumed playing with Pipi, a maid entered through the open door.
“My lady, Madam Lorelain has arrived.”
Male lead is a clingy little husband
One-line summary: The male lead is initially an arrogant, noble, love-deprived brat, later a cute, clingy, scheming little jealous one.
Introduction:
One day, Lu Yuner’s soul transmigrates into a female-dominant world. She enters the Imperial Academy and takes up the position of a doctoral instructor, teaching classes and grading schoolwork.
One day, she encounters the young prince Su Qingwan secretly skipping class from the male academy.
As a result, Su Qingwan is punished.
From then on, Su Qingwan sees Lu Yuner as a “thorn in his side”.
But before long, this “thorn” becomes the person he cherishes most, and he goes to great lengths to win Lu Yuner’s affection.
Mini scene 1:
One day, the sun is high in the sky but Su Qingwan still hasn’t gotten up for class.
Servant Xiaoyuan: “Young prince, it’s time for class. You’ll be late otherwise.”
Su Qingwan says arrogantly: “I’m not going. I am the esteemed prince, my status is so noble, why should I suffer this hardship? Besides, isn’t learning all this just to please women? Hmph, they’re not worthy!”
Mini scene 2:
After Su Qingwan falls for someone, he completely changes. He no longer skips class and diligently learns how to be a good husband and father. But he discovers that Sister Yuner is always surrounded by admirers.
Drunk and overcome with jealousy one day, he clings to Lu Yuner, crying beautifully like a pear blossom in the rain.
Su Qingwan: “Qingwan likes Sister Yuner.”
Lu Yuner: “Young prince, you’re drunk.”
Su Qingwan: “Qingwan isn’t drunk. Qingwan likes Sister Yuner, likes you so much, likes you to bits…” Before he can finish, Lu Yuner’s eyes flash with emotion and she leans in closer.
[Reading Guide]
1. The female lead is gentle, gracious, humble and polite but not weak. The male lead is initially an arrogant, noble, love-deprived brat, later a cute, clingy, scheming little jealous one.
2. 1v1, a bit torturous in the beginning but definitely sweet later on.
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Chapter Comments (740)
The empress thinks she will persuade Agnes, little does she know that Agnes is loyal to her masters.
Seriously!!! Some should not have children…..
For me what happen in past Herdin tried to turn back time since he is a mage since it is a forbiden magic he cannot recall the past events like blair. I think he really cared for his wife from the past
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What were these memories?
His memories started with seeing her bloodied body, than perhaps he was there when she died but then wouldn’t he have tried to stop the assassin from killing her? So many questions
Merely imagining it sent a searing, painful desire through him—and a surge of ir
He genuinely can not think about anything but desire. He has rarely seemed concerned about her personality or life only He body and looks. It is quite disgusting
“Your Grace. May I come in?”
Agnes We trust you. Give us some advice on how he should treat his wife with affection; it’s not all about sex. This chimpanzee deserves some guidance!
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VKotaku28
Asiel!!! Come to your mother soon..
Jojo Did
Caligo.. Does perhaps have something to do with the Empress side? Like Blair was killed in previous life as she no longer served and purpose??? 🤔🤔
Salima Merci
What a nasty, obsessive monster! 😡 I feel so sorry for poor Blair. 😭