“It’s traditional for the noble maids to choose the dress, I wonder if I may choose the dress for Your Highness, the Empress…”
I looked Sharon up and down, taking in her neat appearance.
“I’ll trust your judgement, Sharon. Please do it.”
Sometimes, a simple warm word from a superior can ignite a loyalty in the hearts of the servants, especially when it is perceived as genuine. The effect is even doubled.
“Rreally, Your Highness?”
Sharon’s excited voice rang out cheerfully.
“Yes, I think you’ll know well what dress suits me.”
Sharon nodded vigorously at the trust in my eyes.
“I will choose the most beautiful dress with all my best!”
“No. Not the most beautiful dress, but the one that suits me the best. That’s all I need.”
I calmly instructed the somewhat excited Sharon with a smile on my face.
“And tell the maids in charge of the bath that there’s no need to heat the water.”
“What? But Your Highness, you’ll catch a cold if you immerse yourself in cold water, even if it’s summer!”
Sharon exclaimed in surprise.
“It’s okay. I’ve been used to bathing in cold water since I was young. It doesn’t feel refreshing if I wash with warm water.”
Sharon couldn’t argue any further at my gentle but firm tone, although she still looked worried.
When I immerse myself in cold water, the temperature of the water gradually rises and stays warm until the end of the bath.
If I use warm water from the start, the water becomes increasingly hot, and later my skin turns red hot.
Sometimes, as the water temperature gradually rises, steam rises like a hot spring, so I had to drain some of the bath water and mix in cold water from time to time.
This phenomenon started happening after I suffered a burn on the right side of my face.
I was curious why it happened, but I felt I had to keep it a secret from others.
Not only my family, who had no interest in me, but also my only friend and colleague, the maid Bonis who bathed with me, did not know this fact.
It was a mystery why such a reaction occurred when I touched water, even though other people couldn’t tell when I had a fever.
“Ah, and I don’t need any help with the bath. I’ll call you when I’m done, so wait outside.”
“……Yes, Your Highness.”
After Sharon left, I immediately headed to the bathroom attached to my bedroom.
[Star Icon][Star Icon][Star Icon]The water in the Lapion Empire was much colder than in the Kingdom of Shat’onil where I lived.
I felt refreshed as I immersed myself in the tub filled with cold water by the maids.
As expected, the water slowly heated up over time.
As I stroked my whole body with both hands, the memories of last night rose like steam.
My first night with Emperor Rinel.
The unfamiliar feeling that spread within me, his expression at that moment.
The low whisper from between his trembling lips.
The sensation of his firm muscles touching me.
The mysterious look in his eyes as he looked down on me.
As I recalled his rough breathing, I felt a chill run through my body.
My heart pounded.
After a while, bubbles began to rise in the bath.
I quickly got up from the bath, thinking that if I sat any longer, my skin would be completely cooked.
I stood in front of the fulllength mirror, naked, to cool down for a moment.
“Can I face him at the meal?”
I felt uncomfortable at the thought of facing Emperor Rinel.
I wiped the foggy mirror with my palm and looked into my flushed face.
I touched the spot where the burn scar on the right side of my face had disappeared after drinking the magic potion.
I still couldn’t believe the burn scar had disappeared.
The pain, which felt like the hot summer sun had descended on the right side of my face, I first felt when I was 7 years old.
I never told anyone what had happened that day.
It was due to the earnest request of Prince Tesler.
Only Prince Tesler, Princess Resilia, and Logan, the royal magician, and I knew the secret of that incident.
“Zelda, listen well. You must endure that pain that feels as if it will consume you. If you can’t overcome it, you’ll die. But if you do, someday you might own this entire continent! Don’t ever, tell this to anyone. Do you understand?”
Logan, the magician, sneaked into my room through the window on the night I was burned and implored me several times.
Despite suffering from a high fever at the time, I clearly remember what Logan said.
Logan left me with words I couldn’t understand and disappeared the next day.
Abandoning even his beloved only daughter, Bonis.
Regardless, I endured the pain that felt as if it was consuming me.
And in the end, I survived.
Moreover, as time passed, the burn scar, which initially had no specific features, began to take on a shape like a symbol.
People muttered that I might be cursed when they saw the shape of my burn scar.
“It’s not a curse.”
I muttered every time I looked in the mirror.
But those weren’t my words.
They were the whispers of another existence inside me, the Avatar of Fire.
Whenever I experienced the pain that felt as if my body was being consumed, the Avatar of Fire spoke to me.
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.
