My Ex-Boyfriend Gave Birth to My Child? What Does That Mean? - Chapter 35

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My Ex Got Pregnant with My Child — What on Earth Is Going On? Episode 35
The Beast Colosseum, which served as Second Prince Adrian’s private domain, had implemented strict management to prevent Beast escapes by dividing all creatures across three separate facilities.
The absurd news was that Beasts in one of these facilities had undergone Mana Rampage, grown rapidly, and destroyed half the building in the process.
“Additionally, twenty-two Beasts that were quarantined in Cage 3 have confirmed escaped.”
Though they’d apparently gathered every available Mage in the Capital, the number remained pitifully small — perhaps twenty-some Mages spoke over one another, their faces drained of color.
“Multiple Beasts underwent Mana Rampage simultaneously? Does that even make sense?”
“I heard from a lady named Casey who lives in District 4 that there was a small explosion nearby before the loud crash came from Cage 3……”
“Wait — I haven’t used Combat Magic in twenty years!”
The Mage who’d summoned us looked equally flustered. And with good reason — in all my years, I’d never witnessed a magical disaster of this scale in the Capital.
“Ahem. All Mages with Combat Magic qualifications are to proceed to your assigned districts and support the Knight Order’s Beast hunts. Those unfit for combat will provide rear support!”
Leon leaned close to my ear and whispered softly.
“Whoever it is, they’ve made a bold move — trying to cover their tracks.”
“I’m sorry?”
“The Beasts in Cage 3 were forced into Rampage. No question about it.”
His eyes gleamed with the sharp, predatory light of a hunter sighting prey.
“To hide the earlier explosion.”
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Of course, Lea Ocker lacked the capability to orchestrate something like this.
The Ocker Family was far too small-minded for an operation of this scale. All they cared about was money — more money.
Which left only one remaining thread to pull.
‘Emil’s biological father.’
A figure whose existence I’d never known, not in my previous life nor in this one.
Someone who’d subjected Lea to Brainwashing Magic, hurt Siril, worked with Pascal — and had vanished from sight after I became engaged to Leon Voltein.
A master with the power to endanger the entire Capital was now moving from the shadows into action.
Leon Voltein looked at me with those pale blue eyes and asked.
“Should I help?”
I nodded at him.
“Please.”
Leon Voltein seemed as though he’d been waiting for exactly those words, his expression brightening.
“How?”
In the serious, subdued atmosphere of the summons, he alone smiled.
“Should I tear off Pascal Ocker’s limbs and extract information from him? I’ve been thinking it’s past time to raze that neglected back alley to the ground.”
A Mage radiating overwhelming magical aura barely differs from a powerful Beast.
“I could send along anyone who dared touch what’s yours as their companion without issue.”
Leon’s deep blue mana swept through the assembly hall like a tangible wave. The air grew heavy and cold, and the candelabras hanging on the walls rattled as if screaming.
The Mages, driven back by that razor-sharp pressure, staggered with their hands clenched over their chests.
Terror-stricken eyes.
Pale-faced Mages gasped for breath, unable even to mount resistance.
I grasped Leon’s hand to prevent the madman of the Mage Tower from tormenting anyone further, and spoke calmly.
“Let’s catch the escaped Beasts first. We need to keep people safe.”
Leon’s eyes rolled toward me and blinked once. The overwhelming pressure from moments before vanished as if it had been a dream, and everything returned to normal in an instant.
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And then, back to now.
After escorting the girl and her grandfather to the evacuation shelter, Leon and I walked while gazing up at the sky, waiting for a signal.
I had to be more careful of the powerful Mage at my side than of the Beasts themselves — to keep him from doing anything more reckless.
Leon Voltein was more unstable than usual, like someone hiding crackling unease beneath an easy smile.
“Leon, why are you so on edge today?”
“It’s that day.”
At those unspoken words, I found myself wincing uncomfortably.
“Oh. Already? Why didn’t you say something sooner?”
“You were busy.”
“Ah……”
“Be good to me.”
“Of course.”
As if coming to my rescue, a Signal Flare rose from far away.
It was a blue Signal Flare — a call for help.
Leon and I immediately sprang into action.
Since the flare had risen nearby, we dealt with the Beast quickly. As the situation concluded, I watched blankly while another Mage fired a green Signal Flare into the air, and I opened my mouth.
“But how did they force the Rampage in the first place……?”
It was common knowledge that for a Beast’s mana to undergo Rampage, a special High-Mana Zone or ancient ruin — somewhere with concentrated, high-purity mana — was necessary. That was why the Kingdom regularly dispatched the Knight Order to such locations.
There is no way to artificially induce a Beast Rampage. That was a fundamental axiom understood by every mage in the Mage Tower.
“Is it possible that this is also classified information, like Brainwashing Magic, and there’s actually a separate method to trigger a Beast Rampage?”
Leon shook his head at my question.
“Artificially triggering a Beast Rampage with human magic? No. Impossible.”
“Then what in the world is happening right now?”
“It must be an extraordinarily rare artifact.”
Leon flicked blue blood from the tip of his shoe as he spoke, as though the matter were trivial.
“A Powerful Artifact—one capable of temporarily transforming the surrounding area into a High-Mana Zone. Something with the potency of a ruin’s heart.”
Another green Signal Flare rose into the distance.
The crisis was beginning to subside.
“……But there’s no guarantee that artifact is single-use, is there?”
Leon’s eyes lit up, as though he’d just heard something entertaining.
“No guarantee at all.”
My blood ran cold.
The Colosseum didn’t have just one cage.
There were three in total.
Creating a far larger second explosion to mask the initial one is an extraordinarily extreme tactic. But the person we’re facing was bold enough to use forbidden Brainwashing Magic—someone willing to use methods that drastic.
If he was truly committed to sowing maximum chaos, would he really limit himself to just one location?
I wouldn’t.
“Let’s go!”
I pushed my Mana to its maximum, reinforced my body, and bolted toward the city’s edge.
Leon kept pace beside me, his voice carrying an odd note of excitement.
“Where to?”
“The nearest one from here is…Cage 2!”
There was no time to navigate around the alleyways. I calculated the straight-line distance to Cage 2 and drove my legs harder. Leaping over buildings that rose two stories high, vaulting across streams of considerable width—I had only one prayer: that we wouldn’t be too late.
I arrived at Cage 2 with a margin nearly matching Leon’s.
He showed no signs of breathlessness, while I gasped as though my lungs might give out at any moment.
The armed guards stationed at the entrance, vigilant in response to the Capital’s emergency, tensed at the sight of us.
“No entry!”
“Turn back!”
“I’m Irina with the Temporary Capital Defense Department. I have my Identification Badge. I just need to verify there are no problems inside the building, and then I’ll leave immediately.”
“This facility is directly managed by the Second Prince’s security detail.”
“There’s been nothing unusual so far, correct?”
The guards, without answering, leveled their spears at me. The faint tremor emanating from within the Beast cage—designed to suppress Mana leakage—made my unease sharpen.
Something was happening behind these thick stone walls.
“This is an emergency situation for the Capital. If this location also goes into Rampage, we won’t be able to contain it. I’m detecting suspicious Mana fluctuations inside right now!”
Leon, watching me cry out in desperation, spoke a single phrase.
“Brainwashing Magic.”
“Pardon?”
Almost the instant his words ended, the guards opened their mouths again.
“No entry!”
“Turn back!”
“This facility is directly managed by the Second Prince’s security detail.”
The phrasing, every single word, repeated without a single variation.
Goosebumps erupted across my entire body.

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