The Hero's Mother Becomes Infertile
The princess had been the symbolic presence of the Liberia Empire and held an important position to succeed the throne later.
But now that opportunity had completely vanished.
The news reached the Empire's camp as well.
Amid the murmuring voices, some cheered.
"Now the enemy nation is finished!"
"The bloodline of the imperial family will be cut off, so the Liberia Empire will be engulfed in political turmoil."
However, Adolf Kareha said nothing.
He merely paced before the field hospital, his face locked in an expression of shock.
In the novel he remembered from his past life, Aisia had to give birth to the 'hero'.
That was the key to the fate that would save the world.
Yet the news that she had become infertile meant the 'hero' would never be born.
Realizing that the future foretold in the novel had been shaken to its core, he trembled with extreme fear and despair.
"This can't be..."
He sighed lowly.
"I... have ruined history."
The surrounding soldiers and officers were puzzled by his expression.
"General, why are you so dejected? Isn't it rather beneficial for us that the enemy's princess has been diagnosed as infertile?"
But he heard none of it.
He slowly walked out of the tent.
The night wind blew fiercely, and from beyond the darkness came the faint sound of Liberia soldiers murmuring in fury.
"What should I do now..."
He stared at the moon with empty eyes.
It was not the red moon, but that night the moonlight shone unnaturally pale.
Various thoughts raced through his mind.
If the memories from his past life were the original history, Aisia should have been the one to continue the bloodline of the 'hero' yet to be born.
But if she became infertile, the hero would never be born.
Then the being who would confront the Demon King's revival in the future would disappear.
"This world might head toward destruction..."
That fear ran through his spine like a chill.
Even with superb command abilities, he knew he could not stop the Demon King from reviving without the hero's power.
In the end, he had broken one of the inevitable flows of history with his own hands.
When he had been staring at the night sky for a long time, the adjutant approached.
"General. Are you all right?"
He answered in a trembling voice.
"I'm not all right. This war itself... and what will happen in the future... everything is very unsettling."
The adjutant did not understand the meaning and fell into awkward silence.
Adolf Kareha did not enter the tent again and walked the battlefield all night.
His expression was pale, and his heart was gripped by anxiety.
The next morning, the delegation from the Liberia Empire tried to take the princess back to the homeland, but since her condition was so critical, immediate movement was difficult.
Eventually, the opinion came out to move her to a safer field hospital nearby and continue treatment as soon as possible.
However, Adolf Kareha took explosive action.
He strongly advised the Empire's military headquarters that he would take the princess as a prisoner and hostage.
"Since we won the duel, we will demand the princess from the Liberia Empire side."
When the Empire officers and nobles heard this outrageous proposal, they were initially startled.
"As a hostage? The princess herself?"
"What are you thinking? Are you planning to execute her?"
However, Adolf Kareha utilized his immense influence and authority.
Due to the multiple merits he had won in the war and the Emperor's thick trust in him, the proposal eventually passed.
The Liberia side naturally reacted with shock and resistance, but since they were behind in the current war and Aisia's condition was infertility, and she had become an unnecessary long-term card for the Empire side, they had no choice but to accept it.
In this way, Aisia was transported to Adolf Kareha's base.
There, as intended by Kareha, the Empire's top medical personnel gathered to treat her, but with the condition that she maintain the status of 'prisoner'.
The Liberia Empire soldiers were naturally swept up in extreme anger and fear, saying that 'Adolf Kareha would execute the princess', but they had no power to reverse the situation.
Aisia, who had been taken as a prisoner, had not fully recovered her consciousness.
In the tent, barely catching her breath, she only let out a weak groan.
"Treat the princess as much as possible."
But the Liberia side nurses were able to be with her, and under Adolf Kareha's command, the Wurt Empire medical staff also tried their best to treat her.
"What do you intend to do now?"
One Wurt Empire doctor asked Adolf Kareha cautiously.
"Is there no way to treat her infertility?"
"The princess's wounds may heal to the point where they do not affect her life, but her reproductive function is already damaged. I will earnestly research if magic can recover it somehow... but hope is slim."
That word stabbed like a knife into Adolf Kareha's chest.
He could not openly say the problems that would arise if she could not give birth to a child.
He simply answered with a firm expression.
"Find all possible methods. I will allow it. Gather the best mages and doctors from the Empire. No matter how much it costs, it is fine."
The doctor showed a surprised expression for a moment.
"But... unless a miracle happens, this problem is..."
He shook his head.
He got angry at the doctor's continued words and said.
"Just do it. I will never give up."
The doctor's words were cut off by his firm attitude.
The soldiers and subordinates could not understand why he was so obsessed with this reason.
Instead, they were murmuring that trying to treat the Liberia princess this much was to hold and shake the enemy nation like a mockery.
However, Adolf Kareha's true intention was different from theirs.
"If the hero is not born, in ten years when the Demon King appears, the world will truly face destruction."
He muttered alone with eyes filled with fear, the small possibility of stopping the Demon King had disappeared.
A few days later, Aisia regained consciousness for a moment.
She was lying with her body unable to move, staring at the unfamiliar ceiling of the tent, and soon detected where she was with severe pain.
"Where... what is this..."
When she opened her eyes slightly and let out a weak groan, a Liberia nurse rushed over and lowered her voice.
"Your Highness the Princess, you must not move. This is a field hospital tent of the Wurt Empire."
Aisia's pupils shook as if looking around.
"The Wurt Empire...? Then... am I a prisoner?"
The nurse showed a troubled expression.
"But it is okay. For now, His Majesty is safe. The Wurt Empire is treating..."
"Treating?"
Aisia let out a dry, mocking voice.
At that moment, the tent door opened, and Adolf Kareha entered.
She saw his face and her heart dropped.
The man who defeated her in the field duel.
The figure rumored to be a cold-blooded man without mercy in the Liberia Empire.
"You..."
She barely squeezed out her voice, and Adolf Kareha approached with a quiet, expressionless face.
"Speak carefully now. Your wounds have not healed yet."
Aisa glared at him with eyes mixed with fear and anger.
She had already heard the soldiers' gossip.
The rumors of Adolf General torturing enemy prisoners slowly and then killing them cruelly were vivid in her ears.
"Ultimately... are you planning to torture and execute me?"
Her lips trembled.
She had already faced death during the mana explosion, and although it was unfortunate, she thought it was an honorable death.
But the man in front of her, how cruel was he? Even if she received an honorable death, he had recovered her to make her a prisoner, and fear of what would happen next overwhelmed her.
Adolf Kareha saw her expression and understood what she feared, but he did not explain it.
"I will protect you. So, focus on the treatment."
Because his words somehow sounded cold, Aisa's fear only increased.
"Protect? It would be better to just kill me?"
She gave a faint, bitter smile.
Instead of answering, Adolf Kareha instructed the doctors beside her to check her condition.
"Check her condition again. We need to observe the progress and find the next treatment method."
The doctors approached Aisia and performed magical and physical examinations at the same time.
At this time, she had to slightly lift her clothes, and the extreme humiliation she felt as strange male doctors examined her body was profound.
It felt less humiliating to die from bleeding on the battlefield.
'Where is this... why am I being treated like this...'
She looked at the faint lantern hanging from the ceiling with a confused gaze.
But despite the humiliation, Princess Aisia did not break.
'I am a princess, different from an ordinary young lady. Did you think I would show tears?'
After the examination, the report continued to Adolf Kareha.
"Unfortunately, infertility is difficult to recover. The trauma will heal over time, but since mana is greatly damaged, it is hard to find a clue for recovery at the moment."
When Aisia heard this news, she tried to sit up, but screamed in pain.
"Ah... infertility...?! That's impossible."
She trembled with despair, not fully understanding her body's condition.
"How... how did I end up unable to give birth to a child?"
The Empire medical staff and nurses around her lowered their heads.
Only Adolf Kareha stood with a firm face.