“Oh, he’s just leaving now.”
“Because I’m a princess.”
“Yes, a princess. Congratulations on your rise in status, Princess. But still, it’s better to value that body of yours. I wouldn’t want to see you writhing in pain on the ground.”
“Are you afraid of losing a valuable asset?”
“Yes. I’m sorry for coming into your bedroom without permission. There won’t be such incidents in the future.”
Cyrus disappeared. However, unlike when parting with him in the Eastern Territory, her heart didn’t feel empty.
Cyrus apologized for entering the bedroom without permission, but Ariana didn’t feel bad about it. Instead, an unnamed warm feeling gently settled over Ariana.
Since it was too tiring to give a name to that feeling, Ariana wrapped herself in a cozy blanket and fell asleep.
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Cyrus quietly left Ariana’s bedroom.
He didn’t have a hobby of freely entering a lady’s bedroom, but he couldn’t bear the worry. Unable to sleep without confirming Ariana waking up, he stood quietly in a corner of the room, watching over her for two days.
Russell, too, stayed by Ariana’s bedside for two days, so Cyrus couldn’t approach the bed. But just confirming that she had awakened was enough.
The surprising fact was that a sense of relief was felt.
Why does simply waking up give such a sense of relief?
“Am I doubting Isaac’s abilities?”
Isaac’s medicine was known to be so effective that it was rumored to even revive the dead. Since Isaac had personally performed the surgery and applied the medicine he made, it was only natural for her to wake up as she regained her strength.
Nevertheless, he felt anxious and restless, fearing she might not wake up.
“It’s a waste of time. It’s not efficient.”
Cyrus, who had lived dividing thoroughly between what he could and couldn’t do without medical knowledge, couldn’t understand his own actions.
Strangely, when it came to Ariana, he acted inefficiently. He couldn’t judge the right or wrong of his actions.
“What’s the problem?”
Cyrus entered his estate in contemplation. The moment he entered, he snapped out of his thoughts at the intense smell. The villa was filled with a foul odor.
Cyrus wrinkled his face and walked briskly to Isaac’s room. Upon entering, he was immediately struck by the pungent smell. The room was filled with research materials, herbs, and unknown substances.
In the messy room, Isaac was busy creating something.
Cyrus, in contemplation, approached the window and said, “Open the window.”
“Tene brought a letter. It should be somewhere here.”
Documents were scattered all over the place where Isaac pointed. Sighing at the thought of finding a letter amid the pile of documents, Cyrus said, “Clean up the room, will you?”
“You sound like our mother.”
“Isaac…”
“I’m currently busy making a medicine to completely remove Her Highness’s scar. It seems like she didn’t apply the ointment I gave her last time. There were still faint scars left from the old wound, and the ointment from last time couldn’t remove those old scars.”
Cyrus understood why Ariana hadn’t applied the ointment. Ariana’s scar was evidence of abuse. Initially, she might have left the scar to be accepted by Dongryeong. Later, she could use the scar for custody hearings.
“I’m trying to make an ointment that can remove even long-lasting scars, but it’s not easy. I tried making something similar, but it was too strong. It might work well if you and the Black Knights use it, but not for Her Highness. Her body is too weak, and it might harm her before the scar heals.”
Cyrus silently searched through the piles of documents.
Hearing that Isaac was making an ointment to remove Ariana’s scars, Cyrus, who had stopped complaining, glanced at him with a slight smile.
Finally finding the letter, Cyrus cleared away the herbs scattered on the sofa and sat down. Cyrus’s expression darkened as he read the letter.
Isaac asked, “What’s wrong?”
“It’s not good.”
“I told you it wouldn’t be the Hynan region.”
The Hynan region was where the once great city of “Hedran” built by the Paganus family stood. It had now become a complete ruin.
The previous Northern Emperor died near the Hynan region, and the Black Knights he led concealed their traces. Cyrus was searching for the disappeared previous Black Knights.
The current Black Knights, trained and selected personally by Cyrus, were strong, but not as strong as the previous ones. The magic left in the North was weakening with each generation.
The current Black Knights couldn’t match the power of the previous ones.
Isaac took off his gloves and approached Cyrus, sitting next to him.
“Cyrus, I don’t want to say this, but… isn’t it meaningless?”
“Meaningless…”
“They might all be dead. Maybe the Northern Emperor died when he returned, and the Southern Emperor didn’t report it. Or… the Paganus family. You know.”
“Devoured by Paganus?”
“Those creatures believe that by eating a person, they can absorb the talents that person had. The ice magic of the North must be a very attractive power to them, don’t you think?”
Of course, Cyrus had considered such thoughts. However, he didn’t want to believe it.
Cyrus vividly remembered the grandeur of the Black Knights led by the previous Northern Emperor. The admiration he felt when witnessing their dazzling ice magic was still fresh in his memory.
No matter how strange tricks the Paganus used, they wouldn’t have been able to handle the previous Black Knights, leaving no one behind.
“Even if there’s just one. Even if there’s only one survivor…”
Cyrus thought of his parents.
Above all, there was only one thing he wanted to know.
“They’ll tell us about the end of the previous Northern Emperor.”
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.
