Young Master, Please Put Some Pants On! - Chapter 116

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Chapter 116

“This time period…”

Looking at the content before and after, she could roughly guess what the omitted parts were. It was from right after Lilia entered the Imperial Court until before the Prince’s birth.

But something was strange. The most secretive secrets like the imprinting and content related to her own shame remained intact, so what exactly was written on the torn pages?

If she really wanted to hide it, she could have cleanly torn out all the pages, so why did Lilia leave behind such obvious traces of tearing? As if she wanted someone to find it.

For some reason, it felt like the torn pages would still be somewhere in this room. Mellis began to thoroughly search Lilia’s room. Starting with the desk, then the nightstand, the bed. Even the fireplace. However, even after examining the room for about an hour, there was nothing particularly noticeable.

Quite some time had passed, and a dusky sunset was already settling outside the window. The deep sunset light, like dissolved orange paint, filled Lilia’s room through the window.

“Did I guess wrong?”

Well, if something like that had been left behind, the servants who cleaned the room daily would have noticed it long ago.

It was the moment when Mellis returned to the desk and was putting the diary back in its place with a hollow laugh.

“Hm?”

Looking closely, compared to the drawer height of nearly a span, the bottom inside seemed to be raised a little higher. With a thought that flashed through her mind, Mellis immediately pulled out the entire drawer and flipped it over.

Sure enough, there was a small wood groove carved into the bottom of the drawer. It seemed to be a structure that opened when something was pushed in, but the key she received from Lilia didn’t fit that size. After thinking for a moment, Mellis flipped the key and pushed the part with the lily-shaped engraving into that groove.

Then the bottom part inside the drawer lifted, revealing a hidden space. As expected, torn pages were densely stacked inside.

“…”

Feeling goosebumps rising all over her body, Mellis moistened her dry lips with her tongue and carefully took them out. Reading through them with great tension, Mellis’s complexion gradually grew pale.

Today, three days before the wedding, a completely unexpected person came to see me. That person handed me a bottle of potion with an emotionless voice. Along with the words that if I took the medicine, I would not be able to have children…

However, that wasn’t the only thing that surprised me. That person handed me a photograph. In that photograph were the backs of my family members.

My blood ran cold, but I had no choice. The lifeline of my family was already in that person’s hands.

That person didn’t force me to drink the medicine, nor did they make threats about my family. They just stared piercingly into my soul with eyes thickly shrouded in darkness.

In the end, I had no choice but to gulp down that medicine with trembling hands…

“This can’t be…”

Shocked by the incredibly shocking content, Mellis doubted her own eyes for a long time. Someone had been giving such medicine to the Imperial Consort. But at the same time, one question arose. As far as she knew, the Imperial Consort had definitely died from complications during childbirth. She couldn’t easily understand how things had unfolded.

With a seriously hardened expression, she read down to the next page. It was exactly one month after the diary entry she had just read.

When the promised date came, that person came to see me again. And they silently watched me gulp down all the medicine. As if not a single drop should be left behind. When I emptied the medicine, that person left immediately.

When I returned to my room, tears suddenly surged up. I had wanted to have a child who resembled Fel someday… Was that really just my greed? But I couldn’t bring up this story to anyone. Not even to Fel, my mate.

If it were that person, they would surely notice everything the moment I brought up the story to Fel. That person’s eyes and ears are spread throughout the Imperial Court.

I was even more afraid thinking that my rash judgment could threaten my family’s lives. I loved Fel and life here was also happy, but my family was still there.

What should I do? What can I do…? How good it would have been if I weren’t such a weak person, if I had the power to protect myself, I wouldn’t have blamed myself like this.

The paper stained with tears still bore the traces of being crumpled up. She could clearly picture Lilia writing in her diary, suffering alone with secrets she couldn’t confide to anyone.

After that, Lilia continued to receive and take the same medicine from someone every month, and she could feel that Lilia’s mental state was also gradually approaching its limit.

I heard the shocking news from the Imperial Physician that I was with child. Unlike Fel who was happy, I couldn’t just be purely joyful.

No, I was only afraid… How did I get pregnant when I had been steadily taking the medicine that person gave me? If that person finds out about this fact, what will happen to our family? My child?

My heart was pounding and my breathing became rapid. People watching me thought I was scared and afraid of pregnancy and comforted me, but I couldn’t get any consolation.

Ah, it would have been better if I hadn’t gotten pregnant at all… Instead of being happy about having a child, I’m thinking such thoughts. I really, truly am the worst kind of person.

Throughout the entire pregnancy period after that, Lilia continued to write down her anguished feelings. Now only one page of the diary remained. Mellis grasped the final diary entry with clouded eyes.

Last night, anxious from unexplained pain, I secretly sought out the Imperial Physician. The Imperial Physician said there were clear signs of premature labor and that I must prepare for childbirth as soon as possible.

It’s only been seven months and the child is already about to be born… Not only is it difficult to guarantee the child’s life, but early premature birth would also pose a great threat to my own life.

My mind went blank. Why did this happen to me and our child? I looked into it and found that drugs that interfere with pregnancy can also greatly affect the child. Did this really happen because I kept taking that drug? My choice to protect my family… destroyed my family.

If the child and I were to leave this world, what would happen to Fel, left alone? Ah, my beloved Persiana… I have been a burden to you until the very end. I wanted to live happily with a child who resembled you.

I’m sorry for being a weak wife, sorry for being a cowardly mother…

After reading the final sentence, Mellis buried her face in both hands.

“Huu…”

A faint moan escaped from her lips. Imagining Lilia, who until her last moment couldn’t confide in anyone and suffered alone with her rotting heart, made her own chest tighten with emotion. She couldn’t even begin to imagine what feelings Lilia had when she hid the torn pages here.

Filled with indignation, Mellis abruptly stood up from her seat.

“I must tell the Grand Duke immediately…!”

However, Mellis had no choice but to press her lips tightly shut. Lilia couldn’t act because her family was being held hostage.

Moreover, according to the diary’s contents, didn’t it say that That Person’s minions were scattered throughout the Imperial Court? So she couldn’t rashly inform the Emperor or Kermanomon of this fact.

If her wrong move caused harm to Lilia’s family… She could never let her sacrifice be in vain.

Mellis, who barely regained her composure, decided to return to her quarters for now. As she was about to reassemble the double drawer, Mellis stopped when she discovered a small glass bottle placed inside. The finger-sized glass bottle was completely empty of contents.

“This is…”

The moment she peered into that empty interior, Mellis recalled the diary’s contents. Perhaps this was the very medicine bottle That Person had given to Lilia.

At the bottom of the concave glass bottle, a very minute amount of dried medicine was stuck. Perhaps even a little bit of mana traces might remain. Mellis tensed her pounding heart and slowly closed her eyes before opening them again.

“…This can’t be.”

Mellis, who had read the magical flow, gasped softly in surprise. It was an all too familiar energy. It was remarkably similar to the magical power she had felt in the Western Mountains before.

“Revolity…”

She clenched her fist tightly as that name struck her mind.

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