“What on earth happened while I was gone?”
“Happened? The real culprit here is Idel!”
Countess Fleur, feeling wronged, wiped away her tears at the Count’s tirade.
“She deceived us all, and secretly took the Imperial University exam… and she even decided to marry the Duke on her own! It’s simply outrageous!”
The Countess, clutching her handkerchief as if she was wringing it, cried out in her frustration.
Count Fleur, feeling a headache, touched his forehead and let out a deep sigh.
Could this have been because he didn’t pay attention to family matters, being busy with his territory? He got a hunch about it from a letter he received from the Duke on his way back home after the inspection of his territory.
Is, is this true?
Yes, it is. This is a newspaper published today. The Duke himself officially announced it.
A messenger from the Duke was waiting for him in the alley that led from the Fleur territory to the capital. He handed over the Duke’s letter and the newspaper, delivering shocking news.
The Duke and Idel are getting married! What is this sudden news? What parent doesn’t know about their child’s marriage?
Upon that, the Duke’s messenger took out another letter.
His Highness asked me to deliver this letter too.
The second letter was prepared in case the Count objected to the news of the marriage with Idel.
What, what?
Count Fleur was far more shocked than when he read the first letter announcing the marriage between the Duke and Idel.
She is engaged to Count Shale… Is what is written about Count Shale here true?
The second letter was more like an investigation report.
The Countess had arranged the marriage between Count Shale and Idel, and it even detailed the ‘dowry’ she tried to secure.
Moreover… the peculiar wall surrounding Count Shale’s castle and the suspicious deaths of the Countesses were also listed in an orderly manner.
Could there be a lie in the content sent by the Duke? And please accept this too.
The Duke’s messenger took out a document from his pocket. The count’s eyes widened when he took the document and checked the content.
This is……
It’s supposed to replace the value of the dress for the prospective Duchess. The Countess said she should leave everything behind when she leaves home. It’s the value of the only item she brought out when she left the mansion.
The cost of some dress is equivalent to a year’s budget for the Fleur territory…! The amount listed on the transferrable Imperial Bank account was unbelievable.
After being stunned for a moment, he regained his senses and hurried back to the mansion, where he began to question the Countess about the whole thing.
“Do you know what kind of person the Count is to proceed with the marriage?”
“What kind of person… Of course, he is the head of a noble family rumored to be wealthy in the Empire! Isn’t it a blessing for the first child to become his wife?”
“Didn’t you know about the wall the Count has? Even if you didn’t, you tried to proceed with the marriage and get a reward from him without saying a word to me!”
“Ho, how could…”
The Countess stammered, remembering the secret contract about the conditions of handing over Idel. The contract had become useless with the cancellation of the marriage.
“Is that important? The important thing is that you tried to conduct the marriage like a business deal!”
“Ha! What’s wrong with it being a business? That’s what marriages between noble families are. I’m only guilty of trying to find a good marriage for my aged first child.”
“You’re right, Father! Stop it. It was out of love for my sister that Mother… was worried that my sister, who doesn’t socialize at all, might miss her marriageable age.”
As the voices of the Count and Countess got louder, Roselin interjected and defended the Countess.
“Mother and I… we did it for my sister. It’s really sad. My sister, who decided to enter the University and decided to marry the Duke without a word.”
Roselin blinked back tears with a sorrowful expression. Seeing his daughter like that, the Count’s voice softened a bit.
“Phew… Alright. It has already been decided like this.”
Count Fleur felt a deep guilt for what had happened in his neglect.
“Idel…….”
Even if he could not express it, his eldest, Idel, who was born without a scent, was his painful finger.
At first, he too had found it odd that his daughter was born without a hereditary trait. His lack of active advocacy when his previous wife was suspected of infidelity from the family was also the reason.
After the woman he loved and his former wife left this world, and only a child remained, he raised her with a sense of responsibility.
Father…….
The child who wanted parental love quietly followed him, and she spent more time in the study. The child who read the books he was reading had grown up into a lady before he knew it.
Idel would try to say something, but in the end, she could not and would write in her notebook. One day, he was shocked when he saw what she had written in her notebook.
The Villainous Demon Lord Laid an Egg for Her (Female-Dominated)
Several months after transmigrating into a book, Yu Wu found herself facing the demon lord Li You, who could no longer conceal his dragon horns. With one hand on her aching waist and the other gripping a sharp sword, she stared at him.
The demon lord’s eyes were red with fury:
“This is all your doing! Today, I won’t rest until I kill you!”
Yu Wu rubbed her temples. Putting aside the taboo against bloodshed during pregnancy, wasn’t it this very man who willingly walked into her trap that day?!
Warnings:
- Male pregnancy.
- Height ratios are set to mirror typical male-female height proportions.
- Characters include a foot-loving demon lord and an eldest daughter from an immortal family’s concubine lineage.
