That was where the current investigation team, including Prince Raul, was located. As Khaled gave her a questioning look, Velia extended her thin finger and slowly moved it southwards.
The point near the southern desert where the mountain range almost ends.
“Here.”
There was no hesitation.
“Hmm?”
Just as Khaled was about to say something, Velia moved her finger again. That wasn’t the end of it.
“And here.”
This time, she pointed out a river nearby. Many people didn’t even know that there was a river in that area, as hardly anyone lived there.
“Didn’t you mention a gold mine?”
“Yes. The first place I pointed out is the gold mine. If you investigate underground in this area, you will definitely find gold ore.”
“And the other place?”
“This is a river. It’s a very precious place where gold dust can be found.”
“Gold dust… since it’s near the mine, it’s not impossible.”
Khaled gazed intently at the map while rubbing his chin.
Velia confidently pointed out the locations on the map. Could her words really be the truth?
“It may be hard to believe, but I assure you, it’s true.”
Seeing him looking doubtful, Velia hastily added,
“Currently, the investigation team, including Prince Raul, is all exploring here in this area near the empire, on the eastern mountain range.”
Because that’s where the signals for a mine had been coming from using their magical tools.
But in reality, it wasn’t there.
“I noticed that some people who could search for gold mines have come along this time.”
“You have sharp eyes.”
Would she have spent such a long time with Raul for nothing?
Her vast knowledge from books and her astonishingly accurate judgment.
At every critical moment, Velia’s decisions had saved Raul. That’s why she had been elevated to be the queen.
Even though he had Erze, his true love, he couldn’t just abandon Velia right away because she was useful to him.
“Send them to investigate here.”
Velia’s voice was firm.
Khaled couldn’t completely believe her words, but he nodded his head as he planned to order an investigation.
“Prince Raul keeps insisting on an engagement with me. He seems very anxious. His anxiety has increased since you decided to visit Wangsung.”
“That makes sense. He must feel like he’s having something taken away from him.”
Velia didn’t hide her scoffing smile.
“Did he have something to be taken away?”
To be honest, weren’t those things supposed to be enjoyed by Prince Khaled?
Before, since she was Raul’s lover, she took Raul’s side, but the house of the Empress was so pitiful that Raul should never have been the crown prince or emperor in the first place.
Yet, the Emperor loved the Empress too much and had no feelings whatsoever for the Queen.
This drastic difference in emotional temperature determined the fates of Prince Raul and Prince Khaled.
“From the start, the legitimate prince should have been you.”
Why did Raul have to be born first? If not for that, Khaled might have been able to prevail due to the legitimacy of his bloodline.
The human heart is indeed cunning. When she had given her heart completely to Raul, she thought it was a blessing. However, now it has become a stumbling block.
“I plan to find what you’ve lost.”
“Princess Velia.”
“That aligns with my ultimate goal. So, there’s no way I will betray you.”
With that determined statement, Khaled closed his eyes and fell into thought for a moment.
Why does she show such hostility towards Raul?
Khaled also did not like Raul. He was his brother, but from childhood, he was compared to Raul in everything.
What Khaled did well was taken for granted as a prince, but what Raul did well was ceaselessly praised.
When he was very young, when he was with the Emperor and Raul, he often felt as if he were an outsider.
‘I am also your son.’
But the Emperor’s gaze and laughter were always directed at Raul, as if he were his only son.
He had to follow quietly, holding his breath, as he watched his halfbrother holding the Emperor’s hand and walking ahead.
The Emperor always spent time with the Empress, and their laughter echoed endlessly in the palace garden.
And the Queen, upon hearing that clear and highpitched laughter, would stare blankly at them.
One day, after always being left with nothing but misery, the Queen, holding Khaled, her son, said,
“My child, you must become the Emperor.”
“Mom…”
“You must become the Emperor. I am the Queen, and she is merely a fortunate noblewoman. The legitimacy of the royal family is in your hands.”
“……Does Father hate me?”
The Queen held young Khaled’s shoulder with a firm grip.
Her eyes were filled with madness.
“I am the daughter of Count Tessa, the leader of the Western Aristocrat Union, and the empire’s only Queen.”
“……It hurts, mom…”
“I will never give that to her.”
Young Khaled called out for his mother in pain, but the Queen was lost in her own world.
“The Emperor’s position is yours. Do you understand?”
As if brainwashing him, the Queen repeated the same words.
“So, I won’t die. I need to hold my position, don’t I? If I die, she will become the Queen. Then, even the legitimacy that you hold will be stolen by Raul. I can’t allow that.”
However, Khaled did not want to become an Emperor. He just wished for his parents to love him entirely. But that was the most difficult wish to fulfill.
“My child, you must become the Emperor.”
Young Khaled, in his mother’s arms filled with madness, simply closed his eyes tightly.
“Prince Khaled.”
Lost in deep thought, Khaled quietly opened his eyes at the sound of Velia’s voice.
“I will be by your side, helping you to reach the highest position.”
“……Is that a condition for me becoming your hunting dog to achieve your goal?”
A hunting dog.
It was inappropriate for a prince like him to refer to himself as such.
But there was no more fitting term in this situation.
Velia, seeing Khaled jokingly smiling as he snapped out of his thoughts, narrowed her eyes and laughed.
“It would be an immense honor if you do so, wouldn’t it? Hehe. If only you could do that…….”
You would become the Emperor, and I would be able to take my revenge.
At that moment, her eyes twinkled and shone brightly.
“I will stand by your side no matter what.”
Top Celebrity Younger Brother Bears Her Child (Female-dominant)
One-line summary: Forced to live stream romance with a top celebrity in a female-dominant world.
Yan Jin transmigrated into a brothel, with a fellow transmigrated junior beside her.
Hearing the obscene words coming from outside, the unfortunate junior covered his ears tightly, his cheeks flushed red, and whispered to comfort her, “Don’t worry, I will definitely help you escape.”
“Don’t worry, I will definitely defend your chastity.” Yan Jin looked at the flawless and delicate features of the unfortunate junior and gently comforted, “Because we have transmigrated into a female-dominant world.”
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Top celebrity Yu Shu suddenly fell into a coma during a concert.
Research scientist Yan Jin fainted in the lab after working overtime.
Two people with no connection were rushed to the same hospital.
Three days later, neither of them had woken up.
Suddenly, the entire nation discovered that a live streaming app had been forcibly installed on their phones.
Upon opening it, they heard the two discussing how to escape from the brothel.
The entire internet was in an uproar.
After the two successfully escaped from the brothel, Yu Shu’s fan group rushed to make a banner and sent it to the hospital overnight.
“Big sister bravely took action to defend the chastity of our idol!”
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When Yu Shu was diagnosed with pregnancy, Yan Jin stared at his belly for a long time.
Covering his stomach, he muttered gloomily, “If you don’t like it, I’ll go get an abortion.”
“It’s not that I don’t like it.” Yan Jin hugged Yu Shu and said softly, “I just feel like I’m not human.”
Yu Shu comforted Yan Jin, “I was already an adult when we got together.”
Yan Jin hesitated, “But you won’t be of legal marriageable age even after giving birth to the child.”
At the same time, a flood of bullet comments appeared in the live streaming room that the two couldn’t see.
[Although it’s inappropriate, I also want a young and handsome boyfriend to have my child.]
①Male pregnancy (highlighted)
The female lead is five years older than the male lead, and the male lead is already an adult when he appears.
