Duke, I Want a Child

Chapter 2

The Archduke  blinked. It was as if he had not expected all of this. Of course, those quiet eyes made the outfit of the loyal lieutenant pop even more. The knight leader of the Archduke Astorf’s Sedanta, was a person who believed that his superior’s habit of passing it over as if it were someone else’s business even when he had to be angry was more of a disadvantage than an advantage.

That’s right, there were six. The woman who was murdered in connection with this Astolf family.

The hero of the Empire, but a thorn in the eyes of the Imperial Family, that Archduke Theo Astolf had more enemies than his allies and they harmed the most helpless opponents, not the powerful warrior ‘Theo Astolf’.

The Archduke’s first betrothed was assassinated the next day. Since it was a match made by the imperial family, he would have used it against them .But that was only the beginning.

The second fiancée was also signed by the imperial family. The Archduke, unable to disobey the imperial orders, was also engaged to her. Because there is precedent, He paid a little more attention. However, she committed suicide without meaning to protect her from assassination. It turned out that she was being threatened by the imperial family.

When a third fiancée was decided, things were a little better. She wanted to live. Despite pressure from the imperial family, she cried and begged. The archduke protected her completely. but about to get married . He  was ordered to go out, and when he returned victorious from the war, she was found dead.

After that, rumors began to circulate. As all the bride-to-be are dying, the betrothal order of the Grand Duke falls to the wife of a family who looked disliked by the imperial family.

And it wasn’t wrong. It was when the woman of a nobleman who was imprisoned after offering advice to the imperial family was selected as the fourth fiancee. The woman who saw the good and faced him said to the Archduke with a face that gave up everything. Since she won’t be able to live anyway, She asked him to get her some poison to die in peace. The Archduke could not refuse.

And the fifth, unexpectedly, was the empress’s cousin sister.