Chapter 014🗝️

“I’ll have to call the lady physician and the doctor.”

At her muttering, Izuli stifled a quiet snort to herself. Since their third year of marriage, Evelon had been pushing for a child—and had always looked for problems with Izuli, never once saying a word to Kalyon. Izuli couldn’t understand why she always assumed it was the woman’s fault. Even though Evelon had only had a daughter and seen the marquisate pass to an illegitimate child, she always took the man’s side when it came to fertility.

“Yes, Mother—I’ll do as you say.”

Since there was nothing actually wrong with her, Izuli answered calmly. It was only natural she’d have no children when she and her husband never shared a bed—if she had gotten pregnant, that would have been far more bizarre and unsettling.

Seeing her obedient attitude pleased Evelon, but Melaria spoke up anxiously:

“Auntie, what’s the point of…