The Duke Only Needs My Child (Completed Main Story) - Side Story 1
The child born in the snow-covered winter grew vigorously by spring, like a sprout that had held its breath all winter long.
Still small, the child had plump, healthy flesh and felt a bit heavier now.
Herdin stayed by Blair and the child as much as possible even after Asiel was born.
In his previous life, he had missed seeing Asiel right after birth, so every moment with the child now felt wondrous and precious.
Yet, there were days—like today—when he had no choice but to leave due to the overwhelming flood of duties.
“Is this the last one?”
Herdin asked as he handed over the document after signing and stamping it.
“Yes, the paperwork is done….”
Ruth took the documents, trailing off before pulling a letter from his chest. It bore the imperial seal.
Herdin’s brow furrowed at the sight.
“A letter has arrived from Her Imperial Majesty the Empress Dowager. It came earlier today, but I set it aside separately, fearing it might trouble you.”
Herdin stared coldly at the envelope. Unsurprisingly, the addressee was Blair.
In truth, this wasn’t the first time Katrina had sent a letter to Blair.
About a month after Blair gave birth, a letter from Katrina had arrived.
Worried that Katrina might hurt or burden Blair, Herdin had been anxious—but contrary to his fears, she had remained indifferent upon receiving it.
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My Arch-enemy Sealed My Memory and Said That He is My Husband
This is an incredibly captivating story that you absolutely shouldn’t miss! I’ll give a brief introduction here, and below you’ll find a detailed synopsis of the plot.

The female lead is a fierce and powerful demon king. The male lead is a once-in-a-millennium celestial lord, admired by the entire cultivation world.
They are equally matched, legendary rivals who have battled for centuries.
In the final duel, the female lead is gravely injured. The male lead saves her, seals her memories, and hides her true identity. He tells her that he is her fiancé. His entire life has been flawless—except for the one thing he never expected, never controlled, and never wanted to control: falling for his greatest enemy. She is his inner demon, his obsession.
When the female lead regains her memories, she is furious at his deception.
She makes his life a living hell.
And somehow, the male lead—possibly a total masochist—doesn’t mind at all. In fact, he’s happy she’s paying attention to him.
Yep, we’re back to my favorite trope: male lead suffering. If you love this kind of story, jump into the pit with me now!!!
Intro
Dong Xia lost her memory.
Her handsome and extremely powerful fiancé Li Qing comforted her: “It’s okay if you can’t remember. I’ll always be with you.”
Everyone thought Dong Xia’s ancestors must have burned incense to get such a perfect fiancé. He was the number one person in the immortal realm, yet he remained chaste and only loved her.
…
The day before marrying her fiancé, Dong Xia finally remembered everything.
She wasn’t suffering from memory loss at all.
Her arch-enemy had made her fake her death, destroyed her cultivation, replaced her memories, and pretended to be her deeply in love fiancé.
No wonder he said, “It’s okay if you can’t remember”!
Dong Xia laughed coldly as she pulled out her long knife: Li Qing, prepare to die 🙂
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Li Qing, as the supreme being of the immortal realm, was the people’s shining beacon.
The only unknown stain in his life was his affection for Dong Xia, the ruler of the demon realm.
In the final battle of the war between immortals and demons, the sky collapsed and the earth shattered. The ruler of the demon realm was finally slain under the sword of the supreme being of the immortal realm, and everyone in the immortal realm applauded.
The cultivation world lost a ruler of the demon realm.
And in the back mountain of Li Qing’s cave dwelling, he secretly hid away a fiancée.
Notes:
1. The female lead is white on the outside, black on the inside, and the queen of flattery; the male lead repeatedly tests the edge of darkness, a VIP guest at the crematorium.
2. Fantasy cultivation world setting.
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Karamel57 Side Story 2Herdin out here winning wars but losing boss fights to a baby 💀
Mimi Side Story 2They say that children feel everything their mothers feel; perhaps Asiel feels the discomfort and hurt that Blair felt with Herdin 🤔
Hallo12345 Side Story 2Asiel Delmarque: the Rofan boss baby. Terrified of fathers and benevolent of mothers.
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Aahima Srivastava Side Story 2 — Paragraph 100Why?
Because he too retains memories from his previous life
- Minisha Side Story 2 — Paragraph 102
Unable to even speak with the child, he felt utterly helpless.
You need to feel that way…the way your behaviour in past life and in present life before getting your memories back was awful 😞…I can’t even tolerate reading this…wonder how our PRINCESS must have endured…..it’s all in past now…make great efforts to win then now…
- Minisha Side Story 2 — Paragraph 95
Yet, whenever his father picked him up—even after playing happily with others—he
May be he has kind of sense of feeling that you are a bad person… feeling bad vibe from you like that…
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hoor포플러
Alright, I’m happy with their lives now and that they’re happy, but excuse me! What do you mean that Seel will also remember his past life?! To what extent exactly will he remember?! I want to see it!!! The chapters are killing me.
xLiAshan25
The latest part of the chapter is funny, HAHAHA. We’re already in the kinda steamy scene and then baby Asiel decides to like stop the situation, anyway IT’S REALLY CUTE, hihihi!
Karamel57
not the baby pulling a jump scare right in the middle of romance 😭💀
Herdin can’t win for 2 seconds fr
debban23
what does the queen want,hidden objectives to gain power again
Aush Gandhi
so everyone is saying the baby will also remembers the past