Deeply touched by the Duchess’s settled place in the Duke’s life, Gregory offered prayers to the gods for the first time in many years.
May the Duchess safely return to the Duke’s side.
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“It’s all my fault. I should have stayed by Her Grace’s side no matter the situation.”
Upon arriving at the scene of the Duchess’s disappearance, Bien immediately knelt before the Duke. His face was puffy from crying, and he shed more tears.
“……I’m truly ashamed.”
Raynien, also disheveled, bowed his head sorrowfully next to Bien. His usually neat appearance was gone, replaced by a ragged look, as he seemed barely able to hold back his emotions.
“I’ll accept any punishment for failing to protect Her Grace. Please punish me.”
The Duke’s attendants also knelt in unison. Despite Idel’s warning not to follow her, regret filled their faces.
“……Everyone, get up.”
Caeron’s cold and low voice echoed. At the Duke’s command, Bien and the attendants awkwardly rose to their feet.
“Use this time to find more clues about the Duchess’s whereabouts.”
Upon hearing his icy command, both the personnel already searching and those who came to beg the Duke for forgiveness hastened to find any clues related to the Duchess’s disappearance.
“This is the cloak Her Grace left behind.”
Bien, trembling, handed Idel’s cloak to the Duke. The cloak bore Idel’s name on the inside.
Caeron brought the cloak close to his face. As the faint scent it carried reached him, his grip on the cloak tightened.
Holding back his emotions as he smelled the familiar scent, Caeron clenched his eyes shut. His knuckles, and even his neck below his tightly sealed lips, were turning red.
Just as the tension within him felt like it would snap, an attendant hurriedly approached to report news.
“Your Grace! We’ve found the factory manager and a child named Ena.”
“Bring them here immediately.”
His eyes flashing open, Caeron spoke through gritted teeth. His eyes, burning with a fierce intensity, turned to the man and child being led by the attendants.
“Why are you doing this? Let go of me!”
A man of slim build and nervous demeanor was shaking his arms, held by the attendants, as he protested.
“I didn’t do anything wrong! Please, let me go!”
The young girl who had followed the Duchess was also crying and pleading to be released.
Only when they felt the gaze of the Duke upon them did their cries cease.
“Ah, could you be… His Grace, the Duke?”
The man, who was the factory manager, was so shocked that his mouth fell open. The overwhelming presence of the Duke he was seeing for the first time made his legs tremble involuntarily.
“Are you the manager of this dye factory?”
“Yes, I am.”
“Where did the woman who was here with this child go?”
“The woman you met here?”
“Yes. The woman wearing this hat.”
The factory manager looked with startled eyes at the cloche in the Duke’s hand. He quickly lowered his head.
“I’m not sure what misunderstanding there may be, but… I haven’t met anyone! I wasn’t near the factory since this afternoon.”
As the man proclaimed his innocence, Caeron’s gaze turned to the attendant who had brought the man. The attendant, understanding his intention, bowed his head and spoke.
“I found this man in a bar on the way here. Before bringing him, we verified his whereabouts; he was indeed in the bar since around four in the afternoon, as corroborated by the bar owner and staff.”
“Is that so…”
If this factory manager had not met the Duchess… then there was only one other witness left.
“Tell me. Where did the woman who came here with you go?”
As Caeron’s veiled, sharp gaze landed on her, Ena’s small body shivered violently. In her rising terror, Ena couldn’t even shed tears and simply collapsed on the spot.
“I, I…”
Ena’s lips and chin trembled so much that she couldn’t speak. A middleaged man with a mustache had instructed her to claim ignorance, but Caeron’s pressuring gaze seemed to freeze all her muscles.
Looking down at Ena, who was curled up on the ground and shaking, Caeron’s gaze was icy cold. He slowly bent down to meet the terrified child’s eyes.
“It would be best if you tell me everything you know, without a shred of falsehood.”
His voice was cold, devoid of any compassion.
“Unlike the Duchess, I have no mercy to offer simply because my interlocutor is young.”
As if piercing through everything, his penetrating gaze fixed on Ena. Her already pale complexion turned deathly white.
When the male lead is punished by carrying the female lead’s child and having periods like a woman
“I’ve given birth to two children for you, yet you still think about him.
Was I nothing but his substitute to you from beginning to end?”
Synopsis:
Meng Huan, a scumbag who has dated countless girlfriends, transmigrates to a female-dominated country.
Day 1: Whether it’s female dominance or not doesn’t matter. The beauties here are passionate and amorous. Isn’t it easier to date them than in modern times?
Day 2: After a night, Meng Huan discovers the differences in the female-dominated world. Men here actually have chastity locks and menstrual cycles. This hinders his ability to perform, damn it!
Day 3: What’s wrong with sleeping around? I don’t want you to marry me. I’m meant to be a playboy. I don’t care about male virtues… What? You want to drown me in a pig cage? Marry, I’ll marry!
Day N: Meng Huan inexplicably vomits and receives the shocking news of his life… He’s pregnant.
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