The midday sun was very hot. Even with an umbrella, the heat radiating from the ground made it impossible to escape completely.
“Carl. I feel dizzy.”
“Stop being troublesome. Let’s just go back.”
“We’ve waited this long, it would be a waste to just go back.”
Carlott finally exploded, unable to bear it any longer.
“Why are you so stupid? Just buy the damn patisserie, no need to wait like a fool!”
Perhaps he didn’t receive Ferdiastyle financial education or didn’t need it because he was Ferdia to the bone…
‘Just buy the shop.’
The thinking was on an incomprehensible level.
Startled by such an amazing idea, I looked up at Carlott, and he seemed to come to his senses, clearing his throat and opening his mouth again.
“Ahem, just have a maid buy it tomorrow.”
“…….”
I looked down and closed my mouth tightly, protesting silently.
Sigh. Soon, a suppressed sigh came, and Carlott’s hand gently pushed my shoulder.
“Then rest in the shade over there. I’ll go buy it. What’s it called, Fond…”
“Fondant Chocolat.”
“Yes. Damn Fondant Chocolat.”
Carlott grumbled but diligently stood in the shrinking line.
I headed toward the shade Carlott pointed to, but suddenly turned back to capture his image.
‘He’d be in trouble if I disappeared.’
I felt a little, very little sorry, but I couldn’t help it.
[Star Icon][Star Icon][Star Icon]“Hey, isn’t that Ferdia’s young prince?”
“No way. Why would he be here?”
“Really! Look over there!”
“Kyaa! Carl?”
“Really Carlott, it’s him!”
From here and there, people recognized Carlott, and the atmosphere got shrill, his nerves getting sharper and sharper.
“Why am I running this damn cake errand…”
The more he thought about it, the more he concluded that he had been tricked by Elodie Ferdia.
금방이라도 이 줄에서 이탈해 집으로 돌아가고 싶은 마음이 굴뚝같았지만, 벌써 반 절이나 줄도록 기다린 시간이 아까웠다. 아까 엘로디가 했던 말이 어떤 의미인지 이해가 되는 순간이었다.
기어코 기다린 끝에 드디어 카를로트는 파티세리 안에 입성할 수 있었다.
계산대에 선 카를로트가 외운 그대로 주문했다.
“Damn, one fondant chocolate.”
“No, one fondant chocolate. Your order, sir. Do you need anything else?”
“No.”
It was the moment he was about to say no.
“One of each kind, to Duke Ferdia’s mansion. You do deliver?”
“We do deliver, but everything… are you sure?”
“Yes.”
“Yes, understood.”
After paying, Carlot left the patisserie with a relieved feeling.
‘I’ve wasted all this time, and it makes no sense to buy just one cake.’
Of course, he intended to pass them all onto Elodie. Imagining her surprised face as she looked at the mountain of desserts somewhat eased his mind.
Eat all the cake you’ve wanted so much that you burst, he thought.
“Kyaa! Lord Carlot?!”
“It’s Lord Carlot, isn’t it?”
Ignoring the people still screaming at the sight of him, Carlot headed to the alley where he had told Elodie to wait.
Entering the alley at the end of the street, Carlot momentarily wore a dumbfounded expression.
A single umbrella, fallen on the ground.
“Hey.”
An empty alley.
“Elodie Ferdia?”
There was no response.
Elodie Ferdia had disappeared.
The Villainous Demon Lord Laid an Egg for Her (Female-Dominated)
Several months after transmigrating into a book, Yu Wu found herself facing the demon lord Li You, who could no longer conceal his dragon horns. With one hand on her aching waist and the other gripping a sharp sword, she stared at him.
The demon lord’s eyes were red with fury:
“This is all your doing! Today, I won’t rest until I kill you!”
Yu Wu rubbed her temples. Putting aside the taboo against bloodshed during pregnancy, wasn’t it this very man who willingly walked into her trap that day?!
Warnings:
- Male pregnancy.
- Height ratios are set to mirror typical male-female height proportions.
- Characters include a foot-loving demon lord and an eldest daughter from an immortal family’s concubine lineage.
