The Villainess Doesn't Want Love - Chapter 56
Mikhail half-raised Karina’s body to support her.
Although it was for treatment, Jeremiah’s eyes flashed with displeasure at Mikhail’s action of holding Karina in his arms.
His dissatisfaction was clearly evident.
“……”
Jeremiah was very reluctant, but he endured it because Karina’s treatment was more urgent.
Mikhail opened the lid of the potion bottle and carefully poured the liquid into Karina’s mouth.
Then, as if her airway had cleared, the sound of her taking a deep breath was heard.
Karina’s pale complexion also gradually returned.
After feeding all the elixir to Karina, Mikhail wrapped his palm around her neck.
“What are you doing?”
Jeremiah asked with a terrifying intensity.
“I’m going to use healing magic directly on Lady Karina’s wound.”
Since Karina’s wound was on her neck, he meant to wrap her neck and use healing magic.
Jeremiah gritted his teeth in displeasure at the fact that Mikhail was touching Karina’s neck.
“…Finish it as quickly as possible.”
That was the best Jeremiah could say.
Mikhail glared at Jeremiah with hostile eyes before concentrating on Karina’s treatment again.
A bright light enveloped his palm wrapped around Karina’s neck.
The light slowly wrapped around Karina’s wound and seeped in.
Very gradually, the deep stab wound on Karina’s neck began to heal.
In addition, Karina’s breathing gradually became more comfortable.
After pouring healing magic into Karina for a long time, Mikhail stopped the magic when her wound had healed to some extent.
“Phew.”
Beads of cold sweat had formed on his forehead.
The physician who had watched the healing magic from beginning to end exclaimed repeatedly that it was a miracle, his eyes shining.
“Is the treatment over now?”
Jeremiah asked Mikhail.
“She’s passed the critical point for now. I’ve done all I can, so now we have to wait for her to recover.”
Mikhail carefully laid Karina back down on the bed.
“I see.”
Thwack!
As soon as Jeremiah finished speaking, he threw a punch at Mikhail.
“Ugh!”
Mikhail fell backward with a thud at the sudden punch.
It was so strong that it felt like his internal organs had ruptured.
“Cough!”
Mikhail, who had fallen, spat out blood welling up from inside.
“You failed to protect the Duchess, so you no longer qualify as a guard. From this moment, I’m revoking your qualification as the Duchess’s guard.”
Jeremiah said coldly, his eyes flashing fiercely.
But Mikhail didn’t back down easily.
Mikhail wiped the blood flowing from his mouth with the back of his hand.
Rising to his feet, he met Jeremiah’s gaze head-on with sharp eyes and said,
“I was employed by Lady Karina. I don’t need to listen to you.”
“An incompetent guard who can’t even protect their master is not needed. Don’t ever appear before the Duchess again.”
As Jeremiah hit a sore spot, Mikhail bit his lower lip.
But even so, he didn’t give up.
“I clearly said that Lady Karina hired me. I’ll do as Lady Karina wishes.”
“Lady Karina?”
Jeremiah’s expression twisted unpleasantly.
He didn’t like that Mikhail had been calling Karina by her name since earlier.
“How dare you casually call the Duchess by her name. How impudent.”
“Lady Karina permitted it.”
A tense atmosphere settled between the two.
It was a fierce atmosphere, as if they might pounce on each other at any moment.
The physician alone was restless between them.
“Um… Excuse me… The patient needs absolute rest. If you fight here… it… it would be troublesome…”
At the physician’s words that Karina needed rest, the two men who had been fiercely battling with their auras immediately subdued their energies.
But the fight wasn’t over.
“If you insist on remaining as the Duchess’s guard, I can’t just leave it be.”
Jeremiah opened the door and ordered the knights standing outside the room.
“Lock this guy up in jail immediately. His crime of leaving the Duchess in danger while being her guard is not light.”
“…!”
And so, Mikhail was imprisoned once again.
The sun set and it became late evening.
Ron and the knights, who had roughly finished sorting out the situation, returned to the Grand Duke’s residence.
Hearing that Jeremiah was in Karina’s room, Ron headed there.
As he arrived in front of the room and was about to knock, Jeremiah opened the door first.
Bam!
“Ah…!”
Ron was startled.
“Your Highness, regarding this incident…”
“Shh! Be quiet. There’s a patient inside.”
Jeremiah cautioned Ron while glancing towards where Karina was, and asked,
“What is it?”
“It’s a report about the escaped prisoners who caused the hostage situation this time, but…”
Ron began speaking in a noticeably lower voice than before.
“……”
Jeremiah’s expression wrinkled as he received the report.
“So you’re saying that the Duchess’s guard who appeared later killed all the escaped prisoners, so there’s not a single one left alive?”
“Yes…”
“And that’s made the situation investigation difficult?”
“I’m sorry.”
Ron bowed his head with an apologetic expression.
“And traces of magic use were found this time as well. It seems like there was a force backing the escaped prisoners, but it looks like there was some internal conflict.”
“……”
“Anyway, I think Your Highness should go and see the scene again.”
“I see.”
Despite saying that, Jeremiah didn’t seem inclined to move.
“Your Highness…?”
“I’ll go after I see the Duchess wake up.”
“Pardon…?”
Ron had heard just before coming here that Karina had been treated by the guard mage and her condition had stabilized.
Looking at her condition, she didn’t seem to have woken up yet, but he thought she had passed the dangerous point.
“Is the Duchess’s condition still very critical?”
“……”
Jeremiah gave no answer.
Meanwhile, the physician returned with a decoction he had prepared.
“Your Highness, I’ve prepared the medicine.”
“Come in.”
Jeremiah let the physician in without delay.
“Quickly give the medicine to the Duchess.”
Jeremiah prioritized Karina’s treatment over investigating the incident.
“……”
Facing this unfamiliar situation, Ron was quite perplexed and wore a dumbfounded expression.
The servants who were following orders and attending outside were the same.
They couldn’t hide their surprise as Jeremiah, who used to practically live in his office, stayed by Karina’s side and didn’t come out.
[This is the timeline separator]“How did that matter get handled?”
Revals asked his aide.
“Genon Youngshik is dead, and that maid was also perfectly taken care of.”
“Good work.”
“However…”
“…?”
It was unusual for this aide, who rarely added follow-up comments.
One of Revals’ eyebrows rose diagonally.
“Did we leave any traces?”
The aide answered Revals’ cold inquiry.
“No, sir. No evidence will be found. The cleanup was flawless, but the Duchess keeps requesting reinvestigation and is suspicious about the maid’s death.”
“The Duchess?”
Revals didn’t understand.
“If she stayed quiet, Caroline would face an even harsher punishment with a murder charge added, so why is she complicating things?”
Revals knew to some extent about the things Caroline had done to Karina almost daily.
If he were in Karina’s position, even if he felt it wasn’t right, he would have just kept his mouth shut.
‘So this is why Caroline disliked the Duchess even more.’
Revals curled his lips in a sneer.
“But it seems we’re lucky. The escaped prisoners caused a hostage situation in the northern town center, and the Duchess who happened to be there was taken hostage.”
“A hostage situation by the escaped prisoners?”
“Yes.”
Revals’ expression showed interest.
“So what’s happened to the Duchess now?”
“I heard she was severely injured when taken hostage and hasn’t woken up yet. I haven’t received a more detailed report, but it seems this incident will overshadow the maid’s death.”
“It’s good that attention has shifted there. The timing was perfect.”
The corners of Revals’ mouth turned upward.
“Then when do you think Caroline’s punishment will be decided?”
“It will likely be decided within this month.”
“Haa.”
Revals let out a deep sigh.
“What a waste. We put in more effort than expected, and now she’s become useless like this.”
“If we had known it would turn out like this, we should have asked for his help.”
Revals didn’t agree with his aide’s words.
“We can’t bother him. There are plenty of replacements for Caroline. The fact that she’s the Grand Duke’s only daughter is a bit of a shame, but if she can’t live up to that value, there’s no need to keep her.”
“You’re right, sir.”
The aide agreed with Revals’ opinion.
“More importantly, is the mine excavation progressing well?”
“Yes, we’ve only brought orphans without parents or hometowns, so there shouldn’t be any issues.”
“That’s fortunate.”
Revals had tried to dig out the collapsed tunnel and send miners back in, but it was impossible.
As soon as they dug out the piles of dirt and rocks to open the blocked passage, the walls would collapse again.
In the end, Revals had to find another method.
He used thick wooden pillars to temporarily support the tunnel walls, and sent small children into the narrowed tunnels to work.
“Be extra careful not to let any word get out.”
“Understood.”
“It’s goods to be sent to him, so we must meet the extraction quota. We absolutely can’t fall short.”
“Don’t worry.”
Revals wore a satisfied expression.
[This is the timeline separator]While Karina lay unconscious, talk about her became a hot topic among the territory’s people.
“Did you hear about the hostage situation in Navilloga?”
“They say it was the prisoners who escaped from jail before. They even had weapons!”
“One of the hostages was the Duchess!”
“I heard the Duchess risked her own life and told them to release the hostages!”
“They say she acted boldly without yielding even when the escaped prisoners threatened her with knives!”
“To think such an amazing person is our Duchess of the North!”
“Isn’t that a lie? How could the Duchess be taken hostage in the town center? The Grand Duke’s knights must have been guarding her tightly.”
“No, it’s true. An acquaintance of an acquaintance of mine was caught up in that hostage situation, and it was really the Duchess.”
“That’s right. That’s why the Grand Duke himself rushed into the building where the hostages were being held.”
“Oh my goodness!”
Among them, the Duchess became the epitome of a noble who wouldn’t yield to any threat to protect the people of the northern territory.
In the hearts of the territory’s people, she was firmly established as the mistress of the Colsberg Grand Duke family, the masters of the North.
And at the same time, public opinion sympathizing with her arose.
“Come to think of it, didn’t the Duchess almost have something strange happen to her at the Grand Duke’s banquet held recently?”
“That was also quite a commotion for a while. Sigh, why do such unfortunate things keep happening to such a person?”
Not only among the territory’s people but also among the nobles, interest in Karina was intense.
“It’s amazing that the Duchess went to such lengths for the people of the North.”
“Incredible. Where did she get such courage from?”
“We’re really fortunate to have such a person as the mistress of the North.”
This was the case among nobles who viewed Karina favorably.
“She didn’t seem like that at all, it’s unexpected. I guess this is why they say you can’t judge a book by its cover.”
“In any case, you can’t deny that the Duchess has gained a lot of support among the territory’s people because of this incident.”
“Should we try to get on the Duchess’s good side now?”
It was the same for nobles who viewed Karina unfavorably, and even those who were watching the situation carefully between them.
But the public opinion favorable to Karina was overwhelming.
If Karina had known, she would have been averse to it, saying it was unnecessary.
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.
_____
Please help me, I want to bring you the best possible things.
If you find any chapter or novel with poor translation and editing quality, let me know by commenting directly under that novel or chapter. I will retranslate it as soon as possible.
[Touch the gear icon in the bottom right corner of the screen to move to the next chapter if you want.]