The Savior Who Bites My Neck (Completed Main Story) - Chapter 4
“I’m…….”
It was after a long while that Elaina gave any kind of reply to Sinclair’s near-pressing account.
As Elaina softly parted her lips, Sinclair, who had been staring at her injured leg, turned his gaze to meet her face as if nothing had happened.
“I don’t know.”
“What exactly?”
“Whether my marriage would bring any benefit to His Royal Highness.”
Everyone had shunned her and mocked her relentlessly.
But Elaina was no fool, nor was she stupid—quite the opposite.
……Regardless, Sinclair had asked that his wish be granted if he returned victorious from war, and the Emperor had accepted his son’s proposal.
Of course, on the day of his departure, the Emperor had spitefully cut his troop support to the bare minimum, hoping his son would die on the battlefield.
But regardless of the process, Sinclair had returned triumphantly—and so the Emperor had no choice but to fulfill his promise.
It wasn’t a private familial pact; given that even Melissa had heard the rumors, it was hardly an exaggeration to say everyone in the imperial court knew.
Thus, Sinclair could ask for anything.
Of course, he couldn’t ask for the extravagant wish—to be reinstated as Crown Prince, as Layla had once said—but……
Yet he had used that golden opportunity to ask for marriage to a woman like me?
There must surely be a reason behind Sinclair’s absurd act. If there were no reason for something this deliberate, that would be stranger still.
“Are you really in a position to worry about what benefit I might gain, Elaina Asweld?”
But Sinclair replied with a sneer.
“You know as well as I do—that my father, Melvin, plans to sell you for a pittance.”
Since it was true, Elaina offered no reply.
She simply stared at Sinclair.
“I hear Duke Hank offered the largest dowry. If things continue this way, you’ll be his concubine within no more than a month—his seventh concubine, at that.”
“……”
“You’re not seriously thinking of living harmoniously with his other concubines, tending to some old man of eighty, are you?”
He continued in a calm tone.
“Even if you’re lucky enough to die soon, you won’t inherit a single coin.”
Elaina let out a hollow laugh at Sinclair’s blunt words.
“Of course, if that’s your preference, it would be an astonishingly delightful piece of news.”
“……I have never stated that my preference lies in that direction, Your Royal Highness.”
“Then, are you planning to run away?”
Sinclair asked, looking down at Elaina’s ruined leg.
“It’s impossible for someone with legs like yours.”
“……”
“Isn’t it?”
……Yes, Sinclair was right.
With legs like these, she couldn’t run away.
If only her legs hadn’t been broken to begin with—if she had been able to move freely, she would have fled long ago.
Abandoning this cursed Asweld family……
“You’re not in a position to care about anyone else’s situation right now. Do you really need more conversation?”
Sinclair pressed on.
“Or is it that you simply don’t find me appealing? I didn’t think I looked all that bad.”
Then he chuckled.
“……To be precise, I’ve never even considered it—I’m just caught off guard.”
At this utterly brazen reply, Sinclair let out a hollow laugh.
“To be honest, Your Royal Highness’s proposal brings me no harm. As you know, I’m about to be sold off as a concubine.”
“And?”
“But even under such circumstances, shouldn’t I at least know whether the place I’m stepping into is a dead end—or merely a temporary safe haven?”
It was absurd. She had nothing to offer, yet she dared to look him straight in the eye and speak like this.
In the entire empire, there was no one else who could speak to Sinclair like this.
So Sinclair smiled.
“It may not be a safe haven, but at least it’s not a dead end.”
And he added:
“As long as you live as my wife, no danger will ever touch you.”
“……”
“Let the contract last one year.”
……Contract?
Elaina’s eyes narrowed at Sinclair’s utterly unexpected words.
“How much do you truly know about me, Elaina?”
“……Only as much as everyone else knows.”
“In that case, you must also know that I killed the Emperor’s favorite concubine in broad daylight and was cast out overnight.”
Who in the empire didn’t know that story? Elaina thought.
“The Emperor made Hester, my half-brother and the concubine’s son, Crown Prince. If things continue, the Emperor himself will surely become Hester. But I have no intention of watching that unfold.”
“……Your Royal Highness?”
“But the Emperor isn’t quite that foolish.”
“……”
“Even without you, I would have married soon enough—someone from the Emperor’s circle. In other words, a noblewoman who could watch me closely and bind me tightly.”
Sinclair gave a bitter chuckle.
“And I’d be forced to report every single move I make—daily, without exception.”
The Emperor was determined to prevent his eldest son from seizing the throne. Sinclair knew this well—too well, in fact.
“The Emperor knows my schemes, and I know his. I need a woman who has no ties to the Emperor—and who, if I ever become Emperor, would leave Edenbell without a trace.”
……A woman who would leave Edenbell? Elaina hesitated.
“It’s simple. There are countless people who oppose an Emperor who seized power through rebellion. So I must forge a strong alliance with a powerful house. Isn’t that obvious?”
That was true. Even if Sinclair succeeded in rebellion and ascended the throne, public reaction would be far from favorable. The commoners, to say nothing of surviving imperial and noble families, would revolt without question.
In such a situation, the best course of action was precisely what he had just described: marrying a noblewoman from a powerful house within Edenbell as Empress.
“You’re not seriously imagining I sought you out to spend the rest of my life married to you, are you, Elaina?”
Sinclair wore an amused expression.
In the end, his words meant he intended to use Elaina—devoid of any family or power—as a shield, to deceive the Emperor who sought to monitor and control him.
“In one year, when the contract ends, I promise you a fortune so vast you could idle away the rest of your days.”
Sinclair continued, his posture and expression radiating supreme arrogance.
His behavior stirred an odd, twisted feeling in her—how dare he?
“……Your Royal Highness, why are you being so frank with me? If I were to reveal what I’ve just heard, what would you do?”
The Asweld family, after all, supported the Emperor—and thus backed Hester as the next Emperor.
If she ran out now and told Melvin everything, Sinclair’s position would become dire. In the worst case, he might finally be executed for treason.
“Well, I never gave that any thought.”
But Sinclair replied with astonishing calmness.
“Isn’t it obvious, Elaina Asweld? You have nowhere lower to fall.”
With a single sentence from Sinclair, Elaina lost all will. All she felt was the sour stench of utter degradation.
Just as before, not a single lie existed in his words.
“Were you truly so foolish as to throw away your only chance to escape the gutter in such a way? I didn’t think you were.”
“You speak as if you already knew everything about me.”
No reply came. Sinclair remained silent for a moment, staring intently into Elaina’s blue eyes.
Then, after a long pause, he turned his gaze away and spoke again.
“If you need time to think, take it. Surprisingly enough, I am a man who possesses that much generosity.”
“……”
“But don’t take too long. As you know, I’m not a patient man.”
That was it. Sinclair rose from his seat, gathered only the betrothal contract, and walked away without hesitation.
Elaina stared after his retreating figure, then slowly moved her dry lips.
“There are countless people in Edenbell living lives as wretched as mine, Your Royal Highness.”
Sinclair paused mid-step.
“Why me, specifically?”
True, Elaina Asweld’s life was as sunk in the gutter as any. But she wasn’t the only one in Edenbell living such a pitiful existence. Perhaps others suffered even more.
“Though I am treated like a burden in the Asweld household, denied even basic human dignity, there are still gypsies wandering the streets with no home at all, and beggars worse off than I am. Isn’t that so?”
“Isn’t that the simplest thing of all?”
Sinclair’s low voice settled quietly into the reception hall.
“Because, to anyone who looks, you are the most gutter-ridden of them all.”
“……”
“Even the homeless gypsies and beggars are better off than you. At the very least, they won’t be forcibly sold off—especially not to fill someone else’s pockets.”
Ha.
Elaina let out a hollow laugh.
“Is that answer sufficient now?”
Elaina did not reply to Sinclair’s words.
Whether she did or not, Sinclair walked away exactly as before—and Elaina was left alone once more, staring blankly into space.
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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