The Monster Knight Wants Maternity Leave (Completed Main Story) - Chapter 184

Escaping the Archpriest’s chamber wasn’t difficult. I truly was nothing more than discarded waste to them.

Yet the moment I became pregnant, my strength returned. It was all thanks to the power of the Saintess I carried within me. I spent those happy years regaining the faith I’d lost through my husband’s love, but their attempts never ceased.

So focused was I on protecting my child that I failed to notice the secret had already leaked, and my husband was left utterly devastated by that betrayal. He and I tried desperately to shield our daughter, defying fate itself—but it was all in vain.

Then, one day, I finally understood. I realized who the black weight in the prophecy truly referred to.

And on that day, I resolved never again to remain merely a pitiful thief.

—Scratch, scratch.

Her brief life, condensed onto a single page of her diary as though recording a flickering reel of memories.

Even afterward, the sound of her fountain pen continued amidst anguish and tears, until at last it came to an end.

“……”

Tears streamed down without pause.

She couldn’t even bring herself to close the diary, despite hearing the carriage arrive to take her away.

It was probably because of the dream she’d had that day.

The same prophetic dreams she’d always had whenever events concerning the Saintess occurred.

In that dream, the ducal manor was engulfed in flames.

Thus, she knew.

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