Rennala felt something being "planted" deep in her lower abdomen.
"What is..." She tried to struggle in terror.
But "Rennala" held her down with astonishing strength. (Just who had been putting on an act before?)
"Don't move~ It'll hurt." "Rennala's" voice was still gentle.
"This is a 'seed' made from Marika's blood, you know... the purest Divine Blood..."
She bent down and whispered in Rennala's ear:
"This way, the moon will turn its gaze toward this 'child about to be born' instead of you. You can get a good night's sleep now. Aren't you happy?"
Rennala wanted to shout, to scream, to push this uncanny being away.
But her consciousness was rapidly fading.
"Rennala's" power not only planted the "seed," but also inflicted agony beyond what her life could bear. In that instant, Rennala passed out before she could even scream.
"Sleep..."
"When you wake up tomorrow, everything will be better..."
"You'll be 'pregnant,' the moon's gaze will shift, and you can rest properly... as for where the child will come from... we'll worry about that when the time comes~"
Rennala's eyes closed.
Lilith sat beside the bed, watching the sleeping queen, her red eyes brimming with smug satisfaction.
"All done~ How dare you scheme against my kid? Even I hadn't gotten around to making a move yet!"
She hopped off the bed, her body reverting to her little-girl form, her white dress shimmering faintly in the moonlight.
"Next, it's time to collect 'the pain of childbirth'..." Lilith rubbed her chin.
"Just reliving Marika's experience of giving birth to the Omen twins through her blood isn't enough... I need to see it with my own eyes, experience it myself..."
Her gaze turned toward Leyndell beyond the window.
Her lips spread into an expectant grin.
"Oh, Marika, Marika... next time you