For reasons unknown, Laches had always been generous to me since our first meeting.
Judging by the fear other servants had for him, I could tell his tepid care was specifically for me.
But it wasn’t love. The numerous attentions and considerations were nothing more than fleeting curiosities.
He was just curious about the new wind blowing from the capital to the north.
I had always reminded myself never to forget this.
“……Really making me tend to the entire garden alone.”
It was only after completing my work in the early dawn hours and returning to my room that I felt a strangely intense sense of betrayal.
I grumbled as I changed clothes and suddenly realized that my room was as warm as the Niriel mansion.
“When was the fire lit?”
The fireplace was warmly ablaze.
I had never lit the fireplace to this extent, raging as if the room might catch fire.
Servants had a limited amount of firewood, just enough to fend off the cold.
It would be impossible to light such a fiercely burning fire.
Who entered my room? Glancing around the small room, I saw a bottle of wine and a small note on a makeshift table.
[Great job]The note was written in a balanced and neat handwriting.
Although no name was written, the sender was clear. I ran my thumb over the neat handwriting and then looked at the wine.
Unpleasant memories surfaced first.
The memory of dying from drinking poisoned wine.
‘…Laches did search for Demaroxin.’
Could this wine boldly contain poison too?
I opened the wine cork, wrapped it in cloth, and poured it into a glass.
The provocative deep red hue filled the glass. Unlike the wine I had drunk before, a sweet aroma instantly assaulted my nose.
After deeply savoring its flavor, I swirled the wine in the glass.
‘What should I do with this…’
Knock knock.
While I was pondering, someone knocked on the bedroom door. I guessed who it might be.
Holding the glass, I approached and opened the door.
“Hello.”
My guess was correct. Laches was there, leaning casually to one side.
Seeing the wine glass in my hand, he burst into a hearty laugh.
“I sent it so we could drink together. Did you start without me?”
Laches too, like me, held a wine glass in his hand.
“…I haven’t drunk it yet.”
“Really?”
Laches quickly leaned in close, startling me into stepping back, but he caught my hand holding the glass.
“Don’t spill the precious wine.”
He closed his eyes tightly and leaned his head near my lips.
His long, curled black eyelashes were beautiful. His face, seen so closely and unsuitable for a guardian protecting the north from beasts, was stunningly pretty.
His long eyelashes fluttered like butterfly wings. The calm eyes, seen up close, faintly glowed.
“Ah.”
Feeling as if my face would burst, I averted my gaze without realizing it.
It was a dangerously stimulating sensation I had never experienced while living as Repherentia Niriel.
“Really didn’t drink it? I can’t smell it.”
“…I said I haven’t.”
“It’s hard to believe when you’re good at lying.”
Not wanting to show my flushed face to someone who contemplated killing me, I turned away.
Laches chuckled softly, then straightened up and walked past me into the small bedroom.
“I didn’t invite you in.”
“I know.”
Without permission, Laches stepped boldly into the bedroom. He approached the wine and, as if to disarm my suspicions, demonstratively filled his glass from the bottle.
“As you opened the door, I just pushed in. I’m good at that, barging in uninvited.”
Unable to find a way to chase out Laches who had entered so brazenly, I closed the bedroom door, worried someone might see, and approached him.
Even though only one person entered the small bedroom, formerly a storeroom, it was filled with an unusually warm heat.
“Aren’t you worried about the guests? You came in so suddenly, there must be a lot to prepare for.”
“Yeah. I prepared in advance, so it’s alright. I have nothing to do.”
Didn’t Dettore and Delia end up here because their carriage broke down?
Now that I think about it, the chef did say this morning that he had a lot of work to do. And a full banquet was prepared for the two guests without any shortage.
“Did you know the guests were coming?”
It was impossible to explain it otherwise than that he knew in advance.
Instead of answering, Laches clinked his spinning glass against mine.
A clear and pleasant sound echoed.
“Cheers.”
He looked at me as he touched our glasses together and took the first sip of wine.
After I saw his Adam’s apple move, I followed and took a sip.
The taste was incredibly sweet.
The wine I used to drink was bitter and too strong to enjoy, but this was different.
“Delicious, isn’t it?”
Laches smiled subtly, noticing the change in my expression.
“It’s a wine made for the first time this year.”
“Wine made in the north?”
“Yes. It’s from the winery you were going to work at. The first wine produced each year is not sold but offered to me.”
“So you drink it alone?”
Drinking something this delicious alone…
As I sipped the wine, Laches refilled my glass and drank with me.
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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