The Villain's End Is Pregnancy - c97
When Ryan opened his eyes, he discovered an unfamiliar ceiling and wondered where he was. Then he suddenly remembered the risky hand play he had with him until he fell asleep.
“Ah, right. We slept together.”
Despite resolving his situation somewhere, Hendrick couldn’t help but want to touch Ryan.
He tried to somehow resolve it with just kissing, but how could that be done as he wished?
An alpha with his beloved omega by his side was a miserable beast in pain from suppressing his instincts. Ryan willingly lent his hand, but even that didn’t resolve it.
After pondering, the method he came up with without overdoing it was using his thighs.
“Ugh. No. Let’s stop, stop thinking about it.”
Ryan quickly put a stop to the uncontrollably continuing memories. If he made the mistake, wouldn’t he have been about to recall the embarrassing situation that unfolded afterward?
Feeling his face heat up, Ryan fanned himself with his hand and finally realized that the spot next to him was quiet. He slightly turned his head.
“Huh?”
But Hendrick, who was definitely next to him when he fell asleep, was nowhere to be seen.
“Did I sleep in?”
As that thought occurred to him, he abruptly sat up. It was scheduled for his family to have lunch with the royal couple at noon. So he had to finish preparing before then, and he worried if he was late.
Just as Ryan was about to pull the rope attached to the edge of the bed, he heard voices.
“Hendrick?”
The voice sounded familiar, so he tilted his head and came down to the floor. As he slowly approached the door where the voices were coming from, the conversation became more distinct.
“Your Highness, if you had realized you were an ultra-dominant alpha, you wouldn’t have acted so hastily. You’re not a beast that can’t control itself, yet you poured out your pheromones so crudely in the hall. Do you know how ashamed I was in that situation!”
“I’m sorry, Teacher.”
Teacher?
“Didn’t I tell you, Your Highness? To always be careful of your behavior.”
Surprisingly, it was the sound of Hendrick being scolded by someone. Ryan stopped in his tracks and glared at the door.
‘What the, who does he think he is to say such things?’
He also knew the owner of that voice. The prince’s tutor who had taught Hendrick since he was young.
‘Who was it… Some marquis…’
The problem was that since his role was so insignificant, Ryan couldn’t even remember his name.
“Please don’t disappoint me any further, Your Highness.”
“I won’t.”
“This is truly troublesome. Why did you make such remarks in front of everyone? What will become of the dignity of an ultra-dominant alpha?”
Whoever it was didn’t matter. What was important now was to immediately stop him from thoughtlessly spouting harsh words at Hendrick.
‘Who does he think he is?’
It was absurd. What? An ultra-dominant alpha who can’t control himself is a beast? What will become of his dignity?
‘What a joke.’
He pretended to be thinking of Hendrick, but wasn’t he just saying that because he was upset and worried it would be troublesome for him?
Ryan opened the door wide without listening any further.
“Hendrick!”
His voice calling for his alpha was nothing but bright.
“You were here? I was surprised when I woke up and you weren’t there.”
Ryan smiled brightly as if he didn’t see the person in front of him and linked arms with Hendrick at once.
“Yeah. Did you come looking for me because I wasn’t there? I’m sorry. I wanted to be by your side when you woke up, but…”
It seemed that Hendrick couldn’t wait for Ryan to wake up because of that so-called teacher who was badmouthing him.
As that fact sunk in, Ryan’s mood fell even further.
“That can happen. But who is this?”
Only then did Ryan turn his eyes to the other person. He subjectively judged that the thick undereye bags, the double-layered chin line, and the plump cheeks seemed to be full of only laziness and greed.
The noble who was Hendrick’s teacher stiffened his face at the blatantly disrespectful attitude, then managed to relax it.
“Hmph… You haven’t even had the wedding ceremony yet, but you spent the night together, Your Highness. You must be careful of your actions. And didn’t something like that happen yesterday as well?”
He asked who he was, but he was talking about something else. Moreover, he brought up words that scratched at Hendrick, raising Ryan’s combat power.
If he had no intention of letting Ryan know, then there was no need for Ryan to treat him as a teacher or whatever.
“I don’t know who you are, but His Majesty is aware that I’m staying here.”
I don’t care who you are, and you dare to nitpick something the king allowed? Hendrick’s teacher understood that implication as well.
‘So what?’
Ryan didn’t miss the momentary flash in those murky eyes. Rather, he openly raised his chin high.
“And coming up to the private bedroom early in the morning, someone of your age doesn’t know the basics. Ah, did you come here after losing sleep from worrying after hearing the news that the prince spent the night with me?”
There was no way Marquis Garrighan couldn’t understand that Ryan was saying “You’re really rude” with an innocent expression.
“What? I’ve never seen someone so impertinent. I am Marquis Garrighan, the prince’s tutor!”
Marquis Garrighan shouted with a red and blue face. No matter if Ryan didn’t know him, having such a brazen person become the prince consort was an unacceptable problem for him as the prince’s tutor.
What would become of his own dignity?
Just as Marquis Garrighan was about to open his mouth again to give a sharp reprimand,
“Marquis Garrighan. As you know, Ryan is the person who will become my consort. So treat him with the courtesy befitting that.”
Hendrick, who had been politely treating his teacher, not only sided with Ryan instead of him but even changed his way of speaking, causing Marquis Garrighan’s complexion to instantly turn cold.
“I have committed a great discourtesy, Your Highness. Then I will take my leave now. Please generously forgive my mistake.”
Although he asked for forgiveness, was Ryan overthinking because he was sensitive right now that it didn’t seem like he was reflecting? Just as Ryan was sharply raising the corners of his eyes,
“You may leave now.”
The prince gave the order to expel the guest. Marquis Garrighan gave Ryan a brief glance before paying his respects to Hendrick and turning his back. Ryan also glared at him without backing down.
“Ryan.”
“What the hell is with that jerk’s manners? Even if he’s a teacher, what’s with his way of speaking?”
Marquis Garrighan? Who the hell is that? Ryan grumbled as he tried to recall the characters from the original work one by one.
But judging from the fact that he couldn’t remember right away, it seemed he was an insignificant character. And yet he said such crude things to Hendrick!
“Haha… Thanks for taking my side. But it’s okay. I don’t mind.”
How could he not mind!
‘Do you know how you sounded earlier!’
Ryan was about to say that out loud but only let out a deep sigh. To him, Hendrick was the epitome of the perfect prince.
To think there was a noble who couldn’t see that and just spouted nonsense.
“He says he’s a marquis, but he doesn’t know how to read people, tsk tsk. I bet he can’t even do his job properly. Whatever.”
Was what Ryan grumbled about funny? A breathy chuckle flowed from Hendrick.
In the end, as if he couldn’t stand it, he cupped Ryan’s small face and showered him with kisses. Of course, it naturally progressed into a lingering and passionate kiss.
* * *
The meeting between the royal family and the Fitzroys took place at noon. The atmosphere was harmonious, and laughter and conversation never ceased.
“If we rush the wedding, there will be many things lacking, which is worrisome.”
At the queen’s words, the marchioness replied with a smile.
“Don’t worry, Your Majesty the Queen. His Highness the Prince is preparing without any shortcomings.”
“Although Hendrick is reliable, I can’t help but be concerned about leaving such an important event entirely up to him.”
It wasn’t just anything, but the wedding of the nation’s only prince. Until now, the queen couldn’t intervene because Hendrick never showed it, but now it was different.
She was hinting that she wanted to be involved in the ceremony somehow. Not only the marchioness but also the other people seated here easily noticed that intention.
“Ryan is pregnant, so we can’t overdo it. That’s why we’re trying to simplify the process.”
Hendrick also knew what his mother was thinking but politely declined.
“Still…”
“Then how about renovating the palace we will use after getting married?”
“Palace?”
The king asked in puzzlement at the prince’s suggestion, as if giving a different point of interest.
“Yes. The current place is a bit cramped for two people to live in. I want to either expand it a bit more or prepare a new palace for the prince consort for Ryan.”
Wait, what palace all of a sudden! Ryan was startled to suddenly have his own place in the royal palace, but the king’s expression turned intrigued.
“Hoho… I see. That’s not a bad idea either.”
Rather, he actively accepted his son’s intention and asked the queen.
“What do you think, Queen? Which place do you think would be suitable as the palace for the prince consort?”
“Well, Your Majesty.”
Of course, it wasn’t that there was no place in the royal palace that the prince consort had used before. However, the queen guessed that there must be a reason why Hendrick brought up this suggestion.
Curious and expectant gazes busily went back and forth among the Fitzroy family members as well.
On the other hand, Ryan became very tense. Just as he unknowingly grasped the reliable hand under the table tightly, Hendrick spoke.
“I would like to renovate and use the palace that has been neglected and left unattended.”
At first, Ryan didn’t realize which place he was talking about. But as he gradually understood the location that came out of Hendrick’s mouth, Ryan’s eyes widened greatly.
No way, really that place?
“Hendrick, that place is…”
Just as the queen opened her mouth as if startled, the king interjected.
“Haha. I see, that place. Hendrick, you’ve been eyeing it for a while, and now you’re finally asking for it.”
With a hearty laugh, the king gave his permission.
“Do that. That place was yours from the beginning anyway.”