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Rey lightly shook Bella, who was about to turn black.
Bella looked at her child with round and round eyes.
royalty? An imperial family, not an aristocrat?
The imperial family came out of my ship?
After wandering for a while, Bella covered her mouth and shouted.
“I, who the hell am I sleeping with?!”
“…”
Ray had a headache.
Most commoners had a learned fantasy of nobility, and Bella was no different.
For Bella, who was taught that nobles were noble people from birth, the imperial family was really close to beings in the sky.
But is the child I gave birth to the royal family? Did I spend the night with the royal family?
As Bella couldn’t control her emotions and burst into exasperation, Ray made a sound of pain.
“Gosh…”
The perceptions of each other’s nobility were very different.
Rey said from Bella’s mouth, “The prince strangled me!” I never wanted to see the same exclamation come out, so I tried to calm Bella.
Bella frowned a few more times, and only after some time got her gun back.
“My child… the royal family…”
Bella remembered later.
That his child inherited the blood of the imperial family is by no means a blessing.
Even the blood of aristocrats was difficult to bear alone, and she received help from those around her.
But now it is the blood of the royal family, not the blood of aristocrats.
A child of a noble was not born with the word noble written on his forehead, but an imperial family was born with the characteristics of an imperial family.
Fear filled Bella’s chest again.
Rey glanced at Bella’s face as she ran wild with emotion, then ran her hand over her brother’s head.
With Aftel’s help, a simple illusion magic unfolded, and Leia’s hair was dyed black.
Ray said in the most calm voice possible.
“Mom, let’s go like this for now, then dye it later. If you dye your hair already, all your hair will fall out.”
“ah…”
Bella sighed as she saw Rey who gave the answer without difficulty.
Just by dyeing her hair black, the child looked much more ordinary.
Bella hugged Leia tightly and took a breath.
Bella seemed to have found some stability, so Ray sat down next to the bed and explained the circumstances related to the first prince.
Ray did not reveal that he killed the first prince, but outlines how he was ousted and where he died.
Bella’s complexion darkened as she listened to Rey’s explanation.
Bella was short-lived and could not fully understand how the world was going, but she was able to intuitively realize that her child was born with a precarious fate.
After waiting long enough for Bella to accept reality, Ray brought out the most important story.
“Mom, the Count knows what kind of blood Leah has inherited.”
Bella’s eyes widened with astonishment.
Rey grabbed Bella’s hand lightly.
“The Count won’t hurt my brother.”
but.
“You may have to leave the Countess, depending on the Count’s decision.”
Ray laughed bitterly.
Bella looked at Rey without saying anything.
Bella knew that Ray had accomplished so much in the Count of Phillips and was loved by so many.
She knew, but Bella couldn’t tell Chama Ray that she was allowed to stay in the Countess of Phillips.
For Bella, saying that she should give up the child she had already had was something that would not be worth dying for.
However, Bella’s persistence was no different from forcing Rey to sacrifice in the end.
Rey opened her mouth first so as not to lengthen Bella’s self-blame.
“So, Mom, think about where you would like to go if you go on a trip.”
Traveling with the family of three will be quite enjoyable.
The end of the conversation was quiet.
*
About a month has passed since Unboxing Day.
The Count has yet to give Rey an answer. Rei calmly waited for the count’s answer.
Even if she left the Count of Phillips, Leah needed time to grow and Bella to recover.
In the end, it was said that one or two months had to be indebted to the Count.
Bella was still staying in Yeongju Fortress.
Others were informed that Bella was physically and mentally injured due to difficult childbirth, and was unable to move outside because of that, and was staying in the Yeongju Castle and recovering.
Of course, it was a lie to avoid suspicion.
Bella has now regained some health, and was still away to take a leisurely stroll in the corridors of the lord’s castle.
Rey looked down at Leah, who was lying on the small bed.
Leah babbled as if she felt popular.
“Ahh!”
“Why? Hug me?”
“Ahh!”
“OK.”
Rey, who was holding Leah, shook Leah’s head very carefully, holding her head well.
Shaking a child’s head the wrong way could literally make you a fool.
Leah continued to babble with a smile, as if she liked Rey’s careful touch.
“Baba Baba!”
“Babababa?”
“Abba! Abba!”
“Dad?”
“Abba!”
“I’m sorry, but you don’t have a father. He got into my hands while he was fooling around.”
“Baba Baba!”
Although Leia heard the shocking truth, she smiled and roamed around in Rey’s arms.
Rey looked down at Leia’s eyes with a complicated mind.
bright red color.
Moreover, the pupils sometimes split vertically.
Even with the illusion magic, it didn’t last long.
A couple of hours at most. After more time passed, the magic was unconditionally broken.
At that moment, Leah’s eyes looking at Rey split vertically again.
Ray asked, feeling a headache coming.
“Why are his eyes like this?”
[Because of hemolysis.]
Aftel answered.
[The pupil is the area where the hemolysis is thickly frosted. Illusion magic doesn’t last long because of that effect.]
“If my eyes don’t split vertically, I’ll be fine, is there any solution to this?”
Leah’s hair was covered with illusion magic, making it appear black.
Red eyes on black hair.
It was a pretty unique combination. However, it was not a combination that was never found in this world.
Because of this, it seemed that the pupils that split vertically would be able to lead their daily lives without being suspicious.
Aftel was silent for a moment.
[…In order to properly handle dragon blood, you need to transplant a dragon heart. If you can handle hemolysis, naturally your pupils will be able to maintain their human shape.]
“Isn’t it dangerous to transplant dragon hearts at a young age?”
[I can’t be sure, but it wouldn’t be particularly risky if there were no problems with the transplant procedure. What you need to worry about is the capacity of the Dragon Heart.]
Aftel, who roughly grasped Leah’s condition through the bracelet placed on Rey’s wrist, continued.
[The fragment of the dragon heart that the master has may not have enough capacity to contain the dragon blood. If so, then as the child approaches adulthood, hemolysis-related problems will arise.]
“Is it possible to suppress the dragon blood by transplanting another type of dragon heart?”
[Even if hemolysis is suppressed, the body will always reject it.]
“I don’t have an answer. Let’s think about it later.”
Ray sighed deeply.
After listening to Aftel’s advice, it seemed that there would be no problem with transplanting the Dragon Heart when it was still in its infancy.
Even if he left the Count of Phillips, the Dragon Heart had to be transplanted and left.
Fortunately, it didn’t seem like Leah had to wait until she was 10, so now only Lopilene needed to complete the transplantation method.
At that moment, with the sound of a knock, Lopilen opened the door.
“Ray, I heard you found me…”
Lopilen hardened her expression without stepping into the room.
Lopilen, who looked down at Leia in Rey’s arms, hurriedly closed the door and struck a few barriers.
“Ummm… Maybe.”
Lopilen looked around Leah and started to laugh.
“Are you planning to change the imperial family altogether?”
“…?”
Ray had a puzzled look, but Lopilen was busy giggling to herself.
“You thought well. It would be a million times better for the Master to lead the empire himself after putting up a scarecrow to be dragged around by those fat idiots.”
“Wait, it’s not like that. It’s just… insurance. Do you understand?”
“Oh, is it?”
Lopilen shrugged and patted her cheek once.
“I thought the Master had a plan to overthrow the Empire.”
“What the hell did you think of when you saw that?”
“Didn’t you prepare something for that… the Countess?”
Rey looked at Lophilen with a puzzled look again.
What the hell did you prepare for the Counts?
I returned the orphan gacha.
Let’s say it’s a big hand that Ray and Count Phillips can pull out right now-
Harsia’s successor, Rei.
Lysilote’s successor, Luna.
A direct descendant of the war hero Casillas from 600 years ago, Ult.
Count Phillips, who has sacrificed himself for the rest of Resina from 600 years ago and has a much more powerful knightly order than it appears.
And Leia, the only woman left by the first prince of the empire, who once held the position of a crown prince.
it was about
“…”
If anyone saw it, they would be misunderstood that they had planned and prepared for treason for decades.
Ray shook her head.
“Lophilen, please complete the Dragon Heart transplant method as quickly and reliably as possible.”
“Okay. Above all else, I will proceed with the research.”
“Try to believe it.”
As Lopilen nodded and left the room, another guest came.
The servant who came to Ray said that the Count was waiting for Ray in the drawing room.
Rey nodded, realizing that it was coming.
Ray adjusted her clothes for a while, waited for Bella to return, and then left Leia and left the room.
*
Rey entered the drawing room and nodded her head.
The Count motionlessly motioned for Rey to sit down.
Rei felt that the wrinkles on the count’s face had deepened a lot in the past month.
Rei fully understood the pain the Count was going through.
‘I deceived the Earl of Phillips.’
Rey deliberately hid information, distorting the Count’s view of him.
Ray looked ahead and packaged himself like a blue-chip stock with no risks.
Because of this, the Count poured generous investments into Rei.
‘But when I peeled off the shell of the high-quality stock, I realized that it was a gift product I was craving for leverage…’
It’s just a pain in the butt.
Rey remained silent with a bit of self-reflection.
Whatever decision the Count made, he had no intention of trying to change the Count’s mind by teasing him now.
The Earl of Phillips was not so arrogant enough to change a decision on such an important matter with one or two words.
The Count must have made a decision after considering it enough.
Rey was going to respect the Count’s decision.
Even if the result was a break with many relationships, it was Rei’s responsibility and karma.
after a long silence.
The Count opened his mouth.
“There are conditions .”
