“This side is a promise, yet you just go away?”
A heavy sarcasm, whether in jest or earnest, came from directly behind her.
Evie swallowed dryly, looking at the Count’s hand beside her right face.
The hand was big enough to cover Evie’s entire face, and it looked very fierce.
The rugged knuckles or protruding tendons were secondary; his hand was filled with large and small scars that looked quite old.
Naturally, she had thought he would have delicate fingers like other young nobles of Tienda, but the Count’s hand was as rough as a mercenary’s.
Thanks to this, Evie realized anew. This man was Bis’s commanderinchief, a soldier who made battle his profession.
“How can a commanderinchief act like a rascal like this!”
So, Evie protested loudly in her heart while calmly trying to pull the latch again.
Of course, it didn’t budge.
The weight of this door was the Count’s obstinacy toward Evie Ariate, and Evie, who understood this, finally humbly accepted the situation.
“That’s right. I have a promise with the Count today. Ah, I intended to visit you after the purification ceremony, but I forgot because the conversation went long. Because of that, I made you walk again.”
Evie escaped slightly from the Count’s arms, reproaching herself cutely.
Then, she hesitated for a moment.
“Should I thank him for helping me?”
That is, thank you for helping me, who was pitifully tormented.
According to the big prejudice formed by Evie’s experience, men with a hero complex usually want such words.
And Evie thought the Count, who had suddenly taken her out where Miel and Rio were, was quite a selfindulgent person.
So she thought a polite compliment was necessary, but after brief contemplation, Evie decided to keep her mouth shut.
Because thanking the Count would acknowledge that what happened earlier was harassment, and moreover, it would indirectly accuse Miel and Rio of harassing a small and precious common girl.
There’s the dignity of a saint candidate, such petty tattling is out of the question.
“So just cover up what happened earlier…”
Evie was thinking exactly that when:
“Do incidents like earlier happen often?”
“If by incidents like earlier you mean Miel Sedro’s harassment, yes, it happens often.”
But the Count asked unexpectedly, and Evie blurted out the truth.
Then she swallowed a gasp. Even the previously expressionless Count looked a bit surprised.
Embarrassed, Evie quickly added:
“But it’s not that bad. It’s also a natural thing. Everyone’s edgy on the day of the purification ceremony.”
Ah, it’s pitiful.
Evie evaluated her own remark like that.
Tattling like a tenyearold, pointing and saying she’s the bad one, then belatedly making lame excuses.
It looked like shoddy intrigue, and as expected, the Count seemed to feel the same, his head tilted askew.
“…Did you come to hear the answer today?”
Evie, unable to bear the embarrassment, changed the subject.
Fortunately or unfortunately, the Count nodded his head without mentioning anything more about Miel or what happened earlier.
So Evie, who ended up facing off with the Count here, took a deep breath to swallow her tension.
The Count’s proposal to give up the position of saint for guardianship is, of course, rejected. But in refusing, she must not offend the Count.
Although it’s a burdensome situation, Evie summoned courage by recalling the purification ceremony just before.
If the Count also saw the purification ceremony, he could no longer say that Evie is not suited to be a saint.
Evie spoke calmly and firmly.
“I have made up my mind, Count. First of all, I am really grateful for your generous offer. It felt like I was dreaming these few days at the words that you would take care of me.”
Of course, that dream was a nightmare with you in it.
Evie struggled to contain her excitement as she explained at length how thrilled she was by the Count’s proposal.
Then she added very gently,
“It seems difficult to accept that proposal, Count.”
The Count was not so surprised at Evie’s refusal. Rather, his expression said he had expected it.
With a formal attitude, the Count asked for a reason.
“The reason is……”
“I really want to become a saint.”
“Why……”
“Because it is my mission to receive the favor of Manyanaya.”
“So……”
“Also for Tienda and Bies, I must stay in the Tower of Manyanaya.”
Every time, Evie intercepted the Count’s questions with a choked voice.
Having experienced Evie Ariate’s way of speaking once before, the Count closed his mouth.
After a heavy silence, the Count spoke softly,
“Do you have a habit of not listening to people’s words to the end?”
“No, I don’t.”
To the Count’s irritated question, Evie answered humbly. Then, behind her suddenly smiling face, she diligently sweated cold sweat.
It was just after the purification ceremony, so she thought the Count would give her a break, but his attitude towards Evie was still highhanded.
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.
