Chapter 177
Chapter 177
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Translator: Ebonarch
Chapter: 177
Chapter Title: The Lord Exercising the Right of the First Night (18)
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I tried denying it, got angry insisting it couldn't be true, but nothing changed. Whether Agon suffered or not, Rozina gradually became the lord's woman.
If he could at least send a reply, it wouldn't have felt so suffocating... But Agon had no means of resistance. All he could do was pray that Rozina would come to her senses while reading her letters.
'Please... Goddess, please... Return Rozina, my Rozina... to me. I'll pray like this. Please...'
But... in a way that made his prayers seem laughable, the one thing he desperately wished for never happened. Rozina, who had said to just endure for a few days, kept pretending to be married to the lord even after one week, then two weeks had passed. In the end, she even started calling herself the lord's wife. The absolute worst had befallen Agon.
'No way... It can't be... Right? Please, Rozina... Oh God! This isn't right... Aaaah! Damn it! Rozina, you can't do this!'
However, there's always a rock bottom beneath the pit... The true nadir was something else entirely. Rozina had become pregnant with the lord's child. Upon hearing the unbelievable news of their offspring, Agon completely lost his mind. Afterward, he became a shell of himself and was essentially kicked out of prison.
'Agon, you...! Get a hold of yourself! Did they torture you or something?!'
Fortunately, thanks to his friend Henrik, he avoided starving to death on the streets... But Agon, having lost his wife, his merchant guild, and everything else, was shattered beyond repair.
In the end, he gave up on life entirely, turning catatonic and rotting away day by day in Henrik's home.
'How can you be so idiotic? It could all be fabricated by that lord. You have to trust your wife until you've seen it with your own eyes!'
But Henrik's younger sister Hena, frustrated by the sight of him, scolded him harshly—and that's what finally snapped Agon out of it. Even for someone who seemed utterly hopeless, a glimmer of hope still remained.
'You're right... That scumbag could totally pull something like that...! My Rozina would never betray me! That bastard must have forced her to write those letters!'
He should have trusted Rozina until the very end... Agon berated himself for nearly ruining everything again with his premature assumptions. To rescue Rozina, who was trapped in the lord's castle, he boarded a carriage bound for Freha.
All while desperately pretending his own suspicions weren't wrong.
After finishing a short stroll during her stabilizing phase, Rozina returned to her room. Sera, who had been waiting with her arms crossed, grumbled at her. Sera's displeased expression made it clear she had some grudge against Rozina.
"Lady Rozina, enough already. If you have any conscience, you should at least respect the rotation. Or what, are you some bitch in heat?"
"Oh my, if you want to complain, take it up with him. He was the one who chose me last night."
But Rozina brushed off Sera's complaints lightly and walked past her. For the Rozina who was no longer intimidated by her, Sera's barbs were nothing more than an annoyance.
Last night, even though it wasn't her turn, she'd coquettishly wheedled his cock out of him. Was that such a grave sin? Far from it, Rozina thought—proud of her allure, she shot back confidently.
"You were the one throwing a tantrum, Lady Rozina. Whining that your pussy felt empty because it had been too long since you'd had any."
"And? Whether I did or not, he ended up choosing me, didn't he?"
"...Tch. Such a slut... No wonder you went and dirtied your cunt with some other dick."
"......Are you done talking?"
"Oh? You heard my little mutterings?"
But even Rozina couldn't just ignore what Sera had said this time. Insulting her pussy as "dirty" was a clear line crossed.
She was already irritated that Sera had stolen the principal wife's spot, and now this—poking right at her trauma. Furious at Sera's nastiness, Rozina trembled as she fired back.
"Hmph! I'll chalk it up to the pathetic jealousy of a flat-chested woman."
"......W-what did you just say?"
"I said I'd generously overlook the petty jealousy of someone whose scrawny body made her personality just as scrawny. Heh heh heh heh."
"You want to go at it today? When you're not even an official concubine yet."
But Sera wasn't one to take it lying down. She glared daggers at the sneering Rozina, shoving the reality in her face that Rozina desperately tried to ignore: unlike Sera, who had claimed the lord's principal wife position, Rozina was still legally Agon's wife.
"Ugh... That's...!"
The psychological warfare between them, which had begun the day Rozina learned Sera's true identity, raged on today as well.
From Sera's perspective, Rozina was impossible not to hate. To her, Rozina was an interloper who had rolled in out of nowhere, threatening her hard-won position.
Fortunately, Sera's noble status—and the fact that Agon still hadn't returned, preventing Rozina from divorcing—had allowed her to boldly claim the principal wife role. But even the mere threat to that position was enough to make her despise Rozina.
On the flip side, Rozina harbored her own resentments toward Sera. She'd felt a pang of guilt upon belatedly learning the two had been involved, but Sera's actions, now laid bare, rubbed her the wrong way.
Whenever things got intimate with the lord, Sera would inevitably show up, dragging him away on some "urgent matter." It was obvious jealousy—deliberately sabotaging their alone time. So Rozina couldn't stand her either.
Thus, whenever the two of them were alone, they inevitably traded barbs like this.
"Hmph! You're right—not even a concubine yet. But unlike a certain principal wife, I've already gotten pregnant. Heh heh, we must have amazing chemistry to conceive this quickly. I hear his principal wife still hasn't managed it!"
But today's spat was exceptionally vicious—the first time it had escalated this far. With Rozina's stabilizing phase underway, Sera's monopoly on the lord's attention had ended, sparking her anxiety. She'd assumed she'd get pregnant too... but she hadn't. If Agon returned now and Rozina pushed through a divorce, Sera's principal wife spot could be in jeopardy. That was why she'd overreacted today.
"Tch... It's not about who gives birth first. It's who births a son first. If you pop out a girl, Lady Rozina, you're no better than me. Got it?"
"Y-you...! That won't happen. This baby's definitely a boy."
But Rozina was every bit as on edge. Sera's words rang true. Sure, she had the lead now—but birthing a girl would strip away her smug superiority.
-knock knock knock
"The lord is summoning you."
As they warily eyed each other in mutual unease, their master called for them both. A disappointment for Sera, a delight for Rozina.
"Rozina, word is your husband has finally returned to Freha. Raced straight here to the castle, it seems."
"Oh my! Is that true? Wonderful! Now I can finally be properly joined with my husband!"
"Tch. Still just a concubine, though."
"Kuhaha! Come on, let's go show him how well we get along."
Hearing the lord's booming laugh, the two took his hands and exited the room with polar-opposite expressions. But those faces soon synced up when the lord shook them off and began groping their breasts.
"Hey now! I said harmonious, didn't I? You're both precious women of mine, so quit squabbling. I love these tits... and these tits too."
"'Understood...'"
They murmured meekly in response to the lord's scolding, but Rozina secretly thrilled at the thought that he'd prefer her larger pair. She caressed her now-visibly swollen belly, savoring his touch. And to the shocked Agon staring at her, she finally delivered the line she'd always longed to say.
"Agon, let's get divorced."
Result: S-Rank
Points Gained: 41,230 Achievements Unlocked:
'Right of the First Night', 'Vile Lord', 'Status Reversal' Clear Privilege: 'Poker Face' Skill