RETURN OF THE FEMALE KNIGHT

149. Before The Flowers Wither

The sun rose the next morning. Lalisa muttered her annoyance as the rays fell on her eyes, but she got up early and waited nervously for the results of the pregnancy test. She barely managed to keep her breakfast down. Fortunately, the doctor knew of her restlessness, and rushed to see her and report the result as soon as he confirmed it.

"Congratulations, Your Majesty."

"Ah..."

"You are with child! You can go and tell the Emperor the good news."

Lalisa nodded with a dazed expression. She had suspected that she was pregnant, but was still a little shocked to hear the results. She subconsciously laid a hand on her abdomen.

'...Is there really a child in here?'

A strange feeling she could not put into words coursed through her. Was she amazed or scared? It was a complicated emotion that could not be defined.

In the end though, she did not hate it. Although it was unplanned for, there would be a child born between herself and Jungkook. Nothing made her happier than to carry the child of the man she loved.

The doctor spoke again with a brightened expression.

"I'll go and tell everyone the good news right now."

"Oh, please don't. The Emperor has left the Imperial Palace for a while, so I'll tell him in person later. And I think it would be a good idea to inform the nobles later as well."

"Ah, of course. I wasn't thinking. I will gladly follow your wishes, Your Majesty."

As Lalisa looked at the jovial doctor, her mind began to ease and her rational thoughts returned.

"Until then, please keep my pregnancy secret from everyone."

"Yes, Your Majesty. I'll prepare some healthy medicine for you once I go back."

"Very well."

"Then I'll take my leave and leave you to rest."

"Thank you for coming all this way."

As soon as the doctor left, Nayeon and Taehee, who had been quietly listening to the conversation in the background, burst into excitement. The nanny was the first one to cry, and she spoke in a thrilled voice.

"I'm overwhelmed with a thousand emotions. Oh, to have seen you grown up and finally become pregnant."

Nayeon applauded in joy.

"Congratulations, Your Majesty. I had a nice dream last night, and I knew that something good would happen."

In face of their excitement, Lalisa responded with an embarrassed look.

"Thank you. But please keep it a secret between us."

Nayeon and the nanny replied at the same time.

"Yes, Your Majesty."

Lalisa wondered if Jungkook would be as happy as these two once he heard the news. Although he did not express it outwardly, he did not want to pass on the family's cursed blood onto a child. He once said that he wanted their child to look like her, but to put it another way, he didn't want a child like himself.

'...I want to have a child that looks like Kookie.'

She would be very happy if she had a boy with the same beautiful blue eyes as Jungkook. However, there was still one problem to be solved first. If the boy inherited much of the dragon's blood as Jungkook did, then at around the age of ten years old...he would have to be fed human blood.