“Insult?”
Who on earth was insulting whom.
Kaius climbed on top of Ariel as she tried to get up again, pinning her hands down on the bed.
Was this why she had been acting like a seductress for the past week? As a final act of kindness since she no longer needed to stay by his side to save him?
Kaius felt deeply insulted by her words telling him to beg for his life by handing his wife over to the demons. He became rough in proportion to that feeling.
Ariel struggled to escape from him, who looked a bit strange in an unprecedented way, but it was of no use. Under his devouring kisses and boorish gestures, Ariel could do nothing. Except endure the sounds she wanted to erase that flowed out uncontrollably.
***
Say it again, Ariel.
Who did you say you’d go to? Go ahead if you want. At that moment, the ceasefire agreement between the human world and demon world will end. Because I’ll kill that crazy demon. If you want to see the human world engulfed in the whirlpool of war again and people dying because of you alone, then go ahead.
I’ll do it as much as you want.
I’ll become a madman as much as you want.
But you can’t leave me. You’re mine. Live miserably until you die. By my side.
Kaius spoke into her ear with a voice tinged with laughter as she moaned under his shadow. He really looked like a madman.
“Don’t do this. I don’t want to either. To Ludvian…”
She tried to say again that she didn’t want to go to Ludvian either. But as soon as the demon’s name flowed from her lips, the time with him that she thought had ended started again.
“I don’t… want to go. So stop. Please.”
She tried to speak again, tilting her head and taking deep breaths, but Kaius’s eyes were unfathomably deep and cold. Under that oppressive appearance, she kept shrinking back, her body stiffening, in stark contrast to how boldly she had treated him in recent times. The faint hope she had held that he might understand her shattered to pieces.
In that despair, Ariel gave up and desperately sought another hope.
He was always someone who showed through actions rather than words. All I want from you is your body. His current actions were imprinting that on Ariel. Come to think of it, it had been that way from the beginning. The thought that there might be something else was just her own delusion.
His words that he didn’t need consideration came back to her mind even more vividly.
It’s better this way. How fortunate it was to realize that even now. She could easily cut off a purely physical relationship that had nothing to do with her heart. Ariel was able to erase the image of Kaius from that day when the first snow was falling sticky.
Now she felt she could smile more prettily and with a lighter heart in front of him.
The thought of paying the price allowed her to muster courage again. She raised her powerless hands to run through his hair, and tightly embraced his sweat-soaked back, letting out hot, turbid breaths. This relationship was nothing more than this.
Perhaps because she had soothed her heart like that, by the time he released her after driving her to the point where it felt like her body would break, Ariel was able to speak to him quite calmly. Without mentioning Ludvian’s name so as not to provoke him further.
“I’m not going. Even if you tell me to go, I won’t.”
“…Right, you should have done that from the start. Ariel.”
He stroked Ariel’s hair as if praising her, smiled with satisfaction, and headed to the bathroom. Watching his retreating back, Ariel’s eyes became blank and dazed.
Whether it was true or false didn’t matter. All she had to do was give him what he wanted and say what he wanted to hear. She had realized it so painfully. Like a fool.
Such an easy thing.
***
The year had changed. That also meant the end of this humiliating time was drawing closer. White snowflakes began to fall one by one in the cold winter air. It was an unusually cold and snowy winter in Tris.
“Lady Ariel, please eat.”
Ariel turned at Anna’s voice calling her as she was looking out the window. Breakfast had been set in her bedroom, and the doctor, Hearn, was there beside it.
In place of Kaius, who had been away from the mansion since yesterday, Dr. Hearn had been designated to monitor her meals. Kaius had announced that there would be no freedom in meals until she regained her strength, saying that even eating healthy food didn’t seem to help much.
“You need to eat more.”
When she put down her spoon after taking a few spoonfuls of soup due to the bitterness in her mouth, Hearn did his duty. Ariel forcibly swallowed the food at his pitying gaze. If she didn’t eat, it would cause trouble for Hearn.
The inevitable examination followed after the meal, with Hearn tilting his head.
Ariel, who had been watching Hearn’s unchanging appearance for the past week, opened her mouth. Now was the chance while Kaius was away.
“Hearn, I’ve completely regained my strength now. I’m really fine.”
“But… something seems a bit off.”
If he suspected the contraceptive pills, everything would be over.
“I’m certain that forcing myself to eat like this will only worsen my health even if it was good before. Don’t you think so?”
Hearn’s eyes began to waver at her words.
“That is true, but…”
“Don’t you think what feels strange might be because my mind is uneasy? Isn’t it most important for the mind to be at ease? I find mealtimes these days too burdensome and uncomfortable.”
Staring intently at Hearn, Ariel quickly added words lest his wavering heart change.
“There’s no need to be perplexed. When the duke returns, just tell him the truth. That an uneasy mind is not good. Hearn, please. Okay?”
She spoke with a polite yet desperate look to the perplexed Hearn.
“Huh… Well. Alright. Let’s do that. But in return, you must eat as well as you can.”
“Thank you, Hearn.”
***
Ariel’s eyes widened as she entered the greenhouse with a much lighter heart.
“What’s going on here?”
The plants in the greenhouse were broken, trampled, some were charred as if burned, and some were completely burned as if struck by lightning. One corner was soaked with water, with flower petals floating on it. The one thing that came to Ariel’s mind in her bewilderment was that the only living creatures that could move around inside the greenhouse were Kai and El.
“Darlings, are you awake?”
There could be no happier news than if the dragons she had been eagerly waiting to wake up had done so. She looked around but couldn’t see the children, so she headed to the changing room.
As she approached the changing room. A red face and a blue face peeked out gently from inside. It was Kai and El. Their appearance was so cute that Ariel couldn’t help but laugh. Ariel approached slowly so as not to startle the children, crouched down to match their eye level.
“You’re Kai, and you’re El. I’m your mother.”
Ariel gently touched the head part of the children with her finger. It was because she thought they might be afraid of her. Even if they were dragons, they were still babies after all.
“Kii.”
Hup! A sigh escaped involuntarily because it was too cute. As Kai blinked his round eyes and revealed his blue body that had been hidden against the wall, his plump belly, short legs, and small wings became visible.
“El, you come out too.”
El’s short red legs, which had still been hiding inside, suddenly stretched out. Whether scared or wary of Ariel, El walked out wobbling and tilted his head. El’s eyes sparkled as if filled with water as he came closer and sniffed her scent, sniff sniff.
“Kii!”
It was then that El leaped up and threw himself into Ariel’s arms. With that momentum, Ariel fell backwards, landing on her bottom.
“El.”
El and Kai seemed to know that Ariel was their mother, as they snuggled into her arms. Ariel’s gaze, which had been looking at the children, turned to the high ceiling of the greenhouse. White snowflakes were falling on the transparent glass. Without realizing it, Ariel was crying and laughing. It was because the size of the hope that she too could become happier had grown larger as she came one step closer to saving him.
Would he be happy too?
On that night when he said he would become a madman as much as she wanted, Kaius went into the bathroom and came right back out. Ariel, who had stood up naked, immediately covered herself with the blanket. Kaius chuckled at the sight of Ariel and wrapped her in the blanket, carrying her to sit on the sofa.
A black mass that wasn’t clearly visible in just the light from the plate, fork, and fireplace. Looking more closely, it was a chocolate cake.
She felt something in her throat and couldn’t speak. Her chest tightened as she remembered the moment she returned from the palace after the “Le Cordon Bleu” competition.
The image of him constantly asking what she liked. His question about whether there were different types of chocolate cake. He remembered her answer that she liked gâteau chocolat.
[Why this…?] [You said it’s your favorite cake.]He sat her on his lap and cut a small piece of cake with a fork, bringing it to her mouth.
[I don’t want to eat right now.] […..] [I’ll take it and eat it later.] […..] [Does it make you happy if I eat it?] […Yes.]As Ariel ate the cake he offered, Kaius brought another piece to her mouth. After about ten bites, he put down the fork and stroked her head. As if praising a good child.
[Well done.]Fortunately, as she was feeling increasingly nauseous, he stopped his strange behavior and headed back to the bathroom. Ariel went straight to her bedroom and rushed to the bathroom. Her golden eyes were tinged with deep sorrow at the memory of that night when she vomited everything she had eaten and continued to retch for a long time.
“Kii…”
The baby dragon’s voice brought Ariel’s consciousness back to reality. Her gaze returned to the red dragon and blue dragon nestled in her arms. Looking at the tiny baby dragons, her heart swelled. They were her hope.
‘Mom. Thank you for waking us up.’
The voices of the two children were transmitted directly into Ariel’s mind. Ariel was surprised for a moment, but soon responded with a smile. These children knew. That it was Ariel who had given them life.
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Daily Life of a Scumbag Man Giving Birth (Female-dominant)
One-line summary: The way for a promiscuous scumbag man to atone for his sins is to let him get… pregnant.
Synopsis:
Meng Huan, a scumbag who has dated countless girlfriends, scammed countless women, 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 scam 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.