“But the investigation is ongoing. Even Your Highness cannot enter…”
“Didn’t you hear me to move?”
Joshua pushed aside the spear of the knight blocking him. The knight stumbled back with just a light push.
Without looking back at the fallen knight, Joshua walked inside.
The inside of the mansion was in even worse disarray. The bodies of the guards lay scattered, with blood splattered everywhere.
Joshua quickly headed to Duke Adrian’s office.
“Master!”
But what greeted him was Lucas’s heart-wrenching cries.
“Father! Please open your eyes, Father!”
On the floor, Lucas was holding Duke Adrian in his arms. The Duke looked like he was peacefully sleeping, but his left chest was stained red.
It was a sight Joshua couldn’t believe, even seeing it himself. He stood dumbfounded at the door, then unknowingly stepped back.
Feeling someone’s presence, Lucas turned. His cheeks were already smeared with tears.
“Your Highness.”
“……. ”
“Father has…, uhuh…”
Lucas cried out like a child. Joshua, coming to his senses, approached. Kneeling on one knee, he placed his hand over the cleanly pierced chest of the Duke.
There was no sensation of a heartbeat. Desperate, Joshua began to use healing magic. The wound began to heal from the edges, disappearing without a trace.
But the already stopped heart showed no signs of beating again. Joshua started performing CPR he had once learned, pressing hard on the sternum repeatedly.
But there was no response. The Duke, who always greeted him with a kind smile, no longer smiled.
“Stop it, Your Highness. Father is already…”
Only when Lucas intervened did Joshua stop the CPR. He stared blankly at his blood-stained hands, tears finally falling.
“Master, why…”
Joshua first met Duke Adrian when he was three years old.
At that time, the still-living Duchess of Adrian was the first friend Ophelia, Joshua’s mother, made when she came to the empire.
Duke Adrian had been reluctant to teach Joshua, but started the lessons at the request of his wife.
Sometimes strict, sometimes kind, Joshua was fonder of Duke Adrian than the cold and unaffectionate Emperor. He even saw him as a father at times.
Duke Adrian was the strongest person Joshua knew, both inside and out. That’s why Joshua never thought he could die so suddenly.
After crying for a while, Joshua composed himself and stood up. He next went to Daniel’s room.
There, next to the fallen Daniel, sat Isabel. Unlike Lucas, she wasn’t crying. She just stared blankly at Daniel. Even as Joshua approached, she didn’t look up.
Joshua silently observed Daniel. His eyes were still open in death.
Having already seen Duke Adrian, Joshua felt no tears, only a hollow laugh.
He gently closed Daniel’s eyes and asked in a low voice, “Who did this?”
Isabel, still with a vacant expression, replied, “We don’t know yet.”
“The assassin? Did they escape?”
“No, they were caught.”
“Caught? How?”
It was unbelievable. The assassin had killed Duke Adrian and Daniel. And yet, they were easily captured?
“When the knights and I arrived, the assassin was just standing quietly in front of my brother’s body.”
“Why?”
“I don’t know.”
Isabel clasped her face with both hands, took a deep breath, and continued, “It was a young girl.”
“What?”
“Why she got involved, I don’t know. It’s unclear if she really did it. Please find the truth.”
“You speak as if you’re worried about her.”
As Isabel stood up, she murmured bitterly, “Father would have done the same.”
He probably would have. Duke Adrian had a soft spot for children.
Then Joshua noticed a difference between Duke Adrian and Daniel.
‘Master didn’t show any signs of a fight. Daniel had other injuries.’
The only wound on Duke Adrian was a hole in his left chest. It was implausible for even the most skilled assassin.
That meant Duke Adrian hadn’t resisted at all.
‘He must have been unable to strike back, seeing the assailant was just a child.’
That made it even more despicable. The assassin had exploited Duke Adrian’s nature.
Joshua clenched his fists.
“On my name, Joshua Ernhardt, I will uncover whoever is behind this.”
“Thank you, Your Highness.”
Joshua took one last look at Daniel, then left the mansion.
He felt like his insides were burning, but there was no time for grief.
13 years ago, when his mother Ophilia Ernhardt died, he was just twelve. He wanted to uncover the truth behind her death but was too young to act.
But now it was different. He was an adult with power.
He would find the truth.
This time, without any regrets.
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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