It was too quiet beyond the tightly closed door. Whether it was screaming or moaning, none of the sounds that should be heard during a childbirth could be heard. Fearing that the monarch’s dignity might take a hit if the sounds leaked outside, the Imperial Family’s mages had prevented it in advance. 

But because of that, Kim Seon-Hyeok felt like he was going crazy. He wanted to immediately open the tightly closed door and run in. However, he remembered what Ophelia had said with a pale and weary face.

“Grand Duke, I do not want you to see me like that.”

She bit her lips until they bled, but she didn’t want to show him such a frazzled appearance. He was a bit hurt by her unwillingness, but what could he do? She was born from a monarch, and raised with a monarch’s disposition. There was nothing he could do about it now. 

“Why’s it taking so long?”

He stood impatiently in front of the door for a long time. The sun had glimmered at the bottom of the window sill, but now, it was in the middle of the sky

Clack.

As if struck by lightning, Kim Seon-Hyeok startled at the sound of the door and raised his head.

An old matron appeared through the open door. She carefully closed...