When Miss Yagna's voice reached the study, a flicker of displeasure clearly crossed Liya's face.
But she hid her emotions well.
Almost instantly, she put on a perfectly gentle smile, as though that earlier displeasure had merely been an illusion.
Lynn pretended not to notice and sat back down. "Come in."
The door opened, and Miss Yagna entered the study with light steps, her face brimming with irrepressible joy.
But when she saw Liya and Mira standing beside the desk, she visibly froze.
Her gaze lingered briefly on the two of them before she quickly approached the desk, her voice rising noticeably. "My lord, I have good news to report."
Seeing her expression, Lynn vaguely guessed what it was and smiled expectantly. "Go on. What good news?"
Miss Yagna lowered her head slightly, her hands unconsciously stroking her flat belly. With a hint of shy sweetness, she said, "My lord, I think I may be pregnant. I haven't had my monthly bleeding since the beginning of May."
After saying that, she did not forget to openly glance at Liya, pride and smugness flashing in her eyes.
Lynn sprang to his feet and crossed to Miss Yagna in a few strides, tightly taking her hands. "Really? Yagna! That's wonderful!"
Once Miss Yagna's pregnancy was confirmed, he could begin making plans for the Shallow Beach Territory to the south.
The current lord of the Shallow Beach Territory was Miss Yagna's nominal half-brother through her father. The territory's guardians were his birth mother and a knight from the territory.
According to Miss Yagna, that guardian knight was her stepmother's lover.
The two had colluded to murder her father and seize the Shallow Beach Territory. Her younger brother was very likely their offspring.
But all of that was only Miss Yagna's side of the