At his words, Aidan and River simultaneously thought of the same person. However, Aidan frowned, and River shook his head.
‘Based on that clue, it’s Bri, right?’
‘It’s not her. Such beautiful descriptions would be embarrassing for her.’
River replied.
“That clue alone makes it too difficult to find her. Such beauties are abundant in the North. Ah, of course, I don’t dispute that your woman is unparalleled, but are there no other clues?”
“Her height is average, and her figure is… ordinary. Ah, her skin is a bit on the pale side.”
How are we supposed to find her if everything is ordinary? And citing skin color, which can change depending on the situation, what kind of fool is he?
River was about to shoot back when the hesitant Jacks opened his mouth.
“……And, she has extensive knowledge about plants.”
You should have said that first! River frowned but then realized what Jacks had said and was startled. Aidan’s face, too, was no less surprised.
The two thought of the same person again.
But this time, neither of them shook or nodded their heads.
Both stood frozen.
“Bri…?”
“No, what did you hear? It’s Brody. Oh, poor woman. Not hesitating to sacrifice herself for love! I am a sinful man.”
Aidan felt like he had been hit on the head with a hammer.
Am I on a battlefield right now?
Have I ever been hit this hard on the head before?
“Your Grace! Urgent news!”
But before he could make sense of the situation, a soldier rushed into the barracks.
“You should go down to the plain! The Royal Family… The Royal Family wants to negotiate…”
Negotiate before the battle tomorrow? Are they tucking tail so easily?
Aidan turned outside the barracks with a troubled look.
“Oh, Her Highness the Princess. You haven’t abandoned me.”
The loud, stupid voice of the golden fool from behind made his nerves stand on end.
Suspecting he was sent for psychological warfare, Aidan and River, after entrusting the prisoner’s watch, headed for the battlefield.
[This is a time separator.]The plains were eerie with twilight and dark clouds.
Along with a few knights at a distance beyond the reach of arrows from the walls, the Duke of Bingberg looked up at a woman standing on the walls.
She was dressed in elegant clothes, her golden hair shining under the chaotic sky of the setting sun.
“Show your respect to Her Highness Princess Maira of the Laili Royal Family.”
The messenger standing next to the princess shouted loudly.
The Duke of Bingberg merely tilted his head in greeting, keeping his arms crossed and standing crookedly.
“How rude!”
The messenger was angry.
“Respect is something you show to someone worthy of it. Loyalty is something given to someone who deserves it.”
Aidan spoke coldly.
When the messenger tried to shoot something more, the princess raised her hand and stopped his speech.
The princess spoke quietly and dignifiedly, but her voice clearly resonated across the plain.
It seemed as though she was using an artifact left from the nowlost magic, ancient magic era.
“Your Majesty has recognized your own situation. But does that mean you intend to claim that this treacherous rebellion is justified?”
Situation? Can it be described with such a simple word?
Aidan wanted to grab the emperor’s hair, take him to the north, and show him what a frozen corpse looked like.
The north’s predicament had been dire enough to make even the normally composed and pedantic him feel this way.
“Whether it’s justified or not, judge that yourself. I didn’t come down here to hear such meaningless words.”
The princess frowned but kept her composure.
She soon hid even her furrowed expression and spoke with a blank face.
When the princess gracefully raised her hand, the soldiers lined up on the wall raised something. No, someone.
A soldier with good eyesight shouted.
“It’s the village chief of Lanyoung!”
“My son, who was drafted five years ago, is also there.”
“The woman next door, Mrs. Liji.”
A commotion arose among the northern soldiers who recognized them.
Aidan looked around the wall, deep in thought.
“If you do not respond to my words, I will kill them.”
Above the people’s disturbance, the princess’s calm words settled effectively.
Seeing the surroundings quiet down, the princess took a step forward. Her mouth opened.
“Northern Duke Aidan, heed the emperor’s command!”
“You talk like the emperor!”
The one who interrupted the princess was not the Duke of Ice Wall.
The voice was coming from the wall.
“My lord! There’s no need to listen. Do you think we can survive if we return to the north? There’s only the option to starve to death. This old man doesn’t want to rob the future of the northern people!”
The village chief of Lanyoung, with a face marred by deep wrinkles and scars, said so, and writhed out of the hands of the soldier holding him.
In the blink of an eye, a small object fell from the wall, splitting it, and at the end of it was a soft thud.
It was a small sound, but in the terrible silence of the plain, it made everyone’s hearts go cold.
“My lord! Please make the north where our children can live happily!”
A nameless woman screamed and writhed. The Duke of Ice Wall saw dried tear streaks on the falling woman’s distressed face.
Then, one after another, there were agonizing screams and shrieks, the sound of people flowing to the ground, and the cruel sounds created by their determination as they met the earth.
The soldiers turned their heads or closed their eyes, but the Duke of Ice Wall, Aidan, looked straight at them with a stern expression.
His eyes were bloodshot, and the sinew on his clenched fist trembled.
“Stop!!”
Then, one voice cut through the plain and echoed.
The scream from the wall stopped for a moment, creating a brief silence. The hurling stopped.
What stopped them was a woman’s voice that seemed to be burning.
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.
