Chapter 78 - Why is it not swelling? (1/2)

The sky is gray. It's going to rain soon. The distance between me and Li Jun is enlarging. I don't think that he will be able to find me.

The timekeepers were quite skilled. They helped me leave the capital smoothly. They didn't talk to me though. They didn't speak much among themselves. It's like there is an agreement among them that the traveler must not hear or know anything. They were following my anchored timekeeper's instructions. After traveling for days, we reached the port. They helped me get on the ship. Before boarding the ship, I asked them to deliver the letter to my aunt because she would worry about me. They accepted my last request.

I have no money or clothes. The people on the ship are kind. They asked me some questions out of curiosity. I told them a soapy story about a boy that I saw on a drama once. Anyway, they believe me. It is not unusual for a boy to leave the country after his family is slaughtered by a bad noble lord.

I work in the kitchen to earn food. I have to pretend to be a human after all. Fake sleep. Eat. Keep it to myself as much as possible.

I wish I could embrace Li Jun once before I left. I didn't say goodbye. I didn't send any letter to him. I have so much to say, but he wouldn't understand a single word. I am the only one with the weight of memories. He can't understand how I feel.

But, this Li Jun isn't mine.

I have already lost my Li Jun when I turned back time. The man I met on the battlefield for the first time. The man who loved me without asking anything in return. He was mine and mine only. I can never forget the way he cherished me.

I won't regret ever for saving him.

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Yoori feels like she's going to die. Her head is dizzy. The nausea is killing her.

The empress bullies her whenever she goes to meet her. She makes her drink poisonous teas and chats with her as if nothing happened. She would insult her every time and compare her with princesses. The worst part of the deal is that Yoori can't stab the two-faced woman. She has to pretend and listen to everything.

At night, she gets bullied by the misfortunate prince. He is keenly interested in studying her body. Every nook and cranny of her body is explored, touched, and licked. He wouldn't be satisfied with that only.

”I am starting to worry that my antidotes are weak.” He would pat her flat tummy every night. ”Why is it not swelling?”

It hasn't been a month. Why would it swell? Is it her fault that she's not getting pregnant?

She's always too exhausted to reply.

”I don't want to go.” She whɨnės like a kindergartner who doesn't want to go to school. ”Xiao Luo, I would rather die.”

”Lady.” Xiao Luo pities her. ”You can't deny the summon.”