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Vlll

⭑. ݁ ˖₊˚✩.𖥔 ݁ ˖๋ ࣭ ⭑.𖥔 ݁ ˖₊˚✩.𖥔 ݁ ˖๋ ࣭

At the unexpected words she heard from him, Judith hurriedly took off her hand from her lips. Only after doing so did the word ‘opportunity’ reach her ears.

“An opportunity for me?”

“I’m talking about the opportunity to have a successor.”

At that moment, Judith’s mind became blank. Perhaps it was obvious in her expression as Vinsen, who was looking at her while calmly sipping on his tea, added.

“Why are you so surprised? Judith, isn’t this something that you are also longing for?”

“That… That is so, but…”

There was one thing that troubled Judith when her husband died —the absence of a successor. It was true that they did not use the same bedroom and that they had not held each other’s hands ever since their wedding ceremony. Still, she felt empty, despite knowing that it wasn’t something worth wishing for.

Even if an aristocratic young lady would marry into another family and would become the Lady of that family, one could say that her existence couldn’t remain in that family forever. Because they were in a relationship where they would become strangers with just a divorce anytime.

The only way a lady could fully belong to the family was to have a successor who was born with the family’s blood. This was to establish the foundation of blood ties in the family and solidify her position.

In fact, during Derrick’s funeral, people consoled her mostly on the fact that she had not given a successor. It was a testament that the other aristocrats in the capital were deeply concerned about that aspect.

“Why don’t you give it a try once more?”

Vinsen was also aware of the fact that the relationship between them was not that good. As such, his voice that had whispered to her of taking advantage of Derrick’s amnesia made her feel lightheaded, as if the temptation of the devil was awaiting her.

T/N: Dear author, I love your prelude here.

But could that task be really easy? Derrick had lost his own memories, but wouldn’t Judith remember all that had happened between them as a married couple?

Even though it was obvious that Derrick had become a completely different person from before he had died, she would still feel anger and other such emotions once in a while when she saw his face, and her mind would recall the past where things didn’t go well. But, be that as it may, she couldn’t pour that anger out on her husband who didn’t remember anything at the moment, so she continuously calmed herself.

‘Sleeping together……’

After ending their brief conversation and sending Vinsen off to return home, Judith was lost in her own thoughts and was concerned as she entered the mansion by herself.

It was natural for a married couple to share a single bedroom together, especially when they had the intention to have a successor. Of course, it wasn’t just sharing the same bedroom, but also the same bed. And they would need to have intercourse often until she would become pregnant. She felt embarrassed for no reason, even if everything she had just thought of was something learnt through theory.

‘Now is the perfect time.’

The thing that she was most anxious of was his womanizing ways that could have made another woman pregnant and she wouldn’t know. Fortunately, whether there was a thing that had happened, he must have controlled himself as no such thing had occurred during their two years of marriage. Still, she couldn’t put her agitated mind to rest.