“Your Highness, the Grand Duke!”
The Countess’s assistant, having rushed out to find a doctor but unable to locate one on the train, hurriedly greeted Karl and looked nearly on the verge of tears as she explained Celeste’s sudden collapse.
“How long has the Countess been in this state?”
“It hasn’t been long, about 10 minutes, I think.”
“Why so suddenly?”
“I don’t know… She was fine, and then she suddenly started gasping for breath and just collapsed.”
Karl’s brow furrowed deeply at this news. Collapsed after gasping for breath?
“Did the Countess have any pre-existing conditions?”
“No, Your Highness, she did not.”
“Your Highness!”
While questioning the assistant, Klovis appeared, leading others with him.
“Doctor, this way!”
At Klovis’s direction, a medical officer dressed in a white uniform, as pale-faced as his outfit, rushed to Celeste’s side.
He set down his emergency medical bag, took out a stethoscope to check her pulse, lifted her eyelids to check her pupil reflex… The few minutes it took to examine Celeste felt excruciatingly long.
Fortunately, Celeste soon regained consciousness.
Even after regaining consciousness, there were moments when it was unclear whether she had fainted again or fallen asleep, moments that made everyone’s hearts skip a beat. However, as time passed, her overall complexion and pulse returned to normal.
According to the medical officer who examined Celeste, there were no external injuries on her body. It was speculated that something internal had caused a disturbance, suggesting she might have suffered internal injuries due to magic.
Karl immediately ordered an investigation of everyone on the train. Since all the passengers were members of his knightly order, the investigation focused on the attendants, but nothing suspicious was found.
What had harmed Celeste? Karl had her moved to a cabin next to his and thoroughly searched her original cabin.
The only suspicious item was the food Celeste had brought on board.
However, she had only eaten one bite of pie while caring for the child. Karl recalled what Celeste said after regaining consciousness and immediately sealed the leftover pie as evidence.
Using magic to harm someone through food, akin to poisoning, was a known tactic. Though black magic was officially banned in the empire, it hadn’t disappeared entirely, just driven underground.
Karl recalled the explosion in Urentum.
“There were magic stones in the cabin in Urentum, weren’t there?”
“Yes, Your Highness. Two undetonated magic stones were found.”
They had to leave Urentum immediately due to urgent circumstances, but Karl had left some knights behind to investigate the explosion. Klovis had been in constant communication with them via the Luizette transmitter.
It wasn’t a coincidence. Someone was trying to harm Celeste. Karl came to this conclusion.
“Contact the capital’s police department. Arrange for double the originally planned security at the train station.”
Once his thoughts were organized, action was necessary.
“Yes, Your Highness.”
“Also, contact the Ministry of Magic and request the black magic control unit.”
“Yes, Your Highness.”
“And…”
Karl looked through the window of the adjacent cabin where he had placed Celeste and the child. He then issued an order to contact the Countess’s mansion and have the Countess’s personal soldiers stationed there.
It was total chaos.
All I did was eat a bite of delicious pie, but soon my stomach started churning as if I was going to throw up, and then I felt dizzy, and everything went dark. When I opened my eyes again, I was surrounded by worried-looking knights.
Karl told me that I had been unconscious for more than half a day. He asked what happened right before I collapsed, but all I could remember was eating the pie. I had nothing else to add.
The tall, brown-haired knight, Klovis, brought a medical officer who closely examined me, asking various questions about my health.
At that time, I didn’t understand why they were looking at me with such serious faces.
Later, after we had arrived in the capital and some time had passed, I was horrified to learn that the pie might have been cursed with black magic. At the time, I thought I had just had a severe case of indigestion from eating a single bite of pie.
“How are you feeling?”
“Much better, thanks to you.”
I shrugged my shoulders in response to the medical officer’s question. It felt like an overly generous treatment for what I thought was just a case of indigestion, with five medical officers hovering around me.
“I feel a bit heavy, and sometimes my stomach churns a bit. But it’s bearable.”
Whether Valery knew about my condition or just sensed that the situation had become serious, she didn’t fuss and stayed quietly in my arms.
Several attendants offered to take care of her, but Valery refused to leave my or Hanna’s side.
Male lead says he’s pregnant — and it’s female lead’s child
Something seems a bit off about this world.
Wang Zhao thought as she watched a pregnant man walking towards her…
Intro
Female lead finds herself in a world where the men who possess the ability to bear children.
As she navigates this unfamiliar reality, she is caught off guard by the sudden appearance of her boyfriend, who reveals that he is pregnant.
Is this truly her boyfriend?
Why can’t she recall any details about their time together?
She begins to doubt whether the child her boyfriend is carrying is even hers.
Is there a hidden reason behind her amnesia, or could it be a side effect of her sudden arrival in this strange new world?
Just when it seems the protagonist’s life couldn’t become any more entangled, her ex-boyfriend makes an unexpected appearance, raising questions about the protagonist’s past.
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