Despite being wrapped in a shawl, Lea shivered as the cold wind infiltrated her clothes.
Why is it so bonechillingly cold? Moreover, Lea had been bothered by the intense sunlight reflecting on her eyes since a while ago.
‘So dazzling.’
Dazzling? That can’t be.
Lea had been awake since early dawn, simmering the decoction as ordered by the Count.
She was certain she had closed her eyes briefly while stoking the fire under the predawn sky. Realizing something was off, Lea’s eyes sprung open with surprise.
“My goodness! Did I fall asleep?”
It seemed that her brief rest had turned into a sleep, due to the fatigue washing over her. Lea hastily rose from her spot and hurried to put out the flame beneath the simmering pot.
‘Darn it. I promised to serve the tea first thing in the morning and here I am oversleeping!’
She had planned to bring it in sync with breakfast, but looking at the sun high in the sky, her heart sank.
“Excuse me. Has the Count started his breakfast yet?”
Lea, who had been frantically looking around, stopped a maid. If she remembered correctly, the woman worked in the kitchen.
“Yes. Jane should have brought up the meal by now.”
Lea’s face turned pale at the maid’s nonchalant reply.
‘I’m late. Terribly late!’
Worried about overcooking it again, Lea hurriedly transferred the medicine into another container. After just barely getting enough for the Count to drink, she moved.
She felt dazed and there was no strength in her body. But, thinking of the Count who would be waiting for her, she felt a chill down her spine.
“Cough, cough.”
Lea coughed dryly. Being outside all night seemed to have given her a cold.
On top of that, perhaps due to climbing the mountain, all the muscles in her body were screaming.
I should deliver this quickly and then take a rest in my room. Lea quickened her steps towards the Count’s bedroom.
[This is a time separator.]However, unlike the frantic Lea, a leisurely smile played on the Count’s face. Lea, who promised to bring the decoction, had not shown up.
‘I knew this would happen.’
Just as expected, she was only good at lip service.
From the beginning, it was unlikely she would bring the laborintensive decoction every morning.
But it was rather strange. The fact that the apothecary broke her promise was surprisingly comforting.
Perhaps he caught the apothecary’s stupidity. Even Ackia, who could not understand his own behavior, shook his head.
It was when he heard the knock. A ripple spread across Ackia’s lips.
‘Could it be.’
He, who had been sitting by the bed, moved to sit on the sofa. As a sign of permission, he knocked on the table twice and the closed door opened.
“Your Grace, you are awake? I will prepare your meal.”
Unknowingly, Ackia let out a sigh of relief and stiffened his body.
‘It really seems like stupidity is contagious.’
It’s a relief that it wasn’t the apothecary. What exactly is a relief?
“I will be leaving now.”
It was when the maid, who seemed to have finished her task, was about to leave. The door opened along with the sound of rushing footsteps.
“I, I’m sorry.”
Lea, panting heavily, rushed in and bowed before Ackia. Her cheeks were burning red.
At first, he thought it was because she was running, but then he noticed her red hair, tangled and sweaty.
“I fell asleep while simmering the medicine. I apologize for being late. Here, this is the decoction.”
Lea placed the tray she brought in front of the Count. A bowl of medicine, which was the result of meticulous four hours of simmering, was placed in front of the Count.
However, due to dozing off, the medicine was slightly overcooked, and she didn’t have the time to make a new batch, so she brought it as is.
‘It seems a little bitter……’
As the medicine was originally quite bitter, she watched the decoction nervously, worried whether the Count would dislike it.
Ackia stared at the bowl of medicine before him, and then picked it up.
Just taking the medicine. Lea watched Count Heidern, who was sipping it with an elegant gesture as if drinking tea, holding her breath.
‘Surely it will be bitter, he might even spit it out because it’s too bitter….’
However, the Count’s reaction was more monotonous than she expected.
“Go out for now.”
“……Excuse me?”
Whether the medicine suited the Count’s taste, he drank the medicine she had brewed without any discomfort.
“I will drink the rest of the medicine myself. I said, go out now.”
“Ah, yes! I’m sorry for being late today. I won’t be late tonight.”
In fact, it was agreed that she would develop treatment with the Count from tonight in the annex.
As the Count nodded quietly in lieu of a reply, Lea left the room with a smile.
[Dash] Thud.Akia stared blankly at the bedroom door that Lea had left.
An act of kindness for oneself. When did he last feel this? It must have been more than ten years.
When his mother died, and not long after, the nanny he had been following also died.
Yes, he hadn’t felt it even once since then.
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.
