Ever since Yuri became pregnant, Lakshmi had stopped holding her. One night, about five months into the pregnancy, Yuri finally spoke up. “I want you to hold me, my king. We haven’t been together at all since the month of union ended.” They hadn’t even exchanged a kiss since then. Lakshmi couldn't bring himself to feel that way. “You’re pregnant. There’s no need for that for a while, right? Just rest now.” Lakshmi thought he was being considerate by saying this. But Yuri didn’t hear it that way. Not holding me because I’m pregnant means you were only holding me for the sake of having a child. You don’t love me, do you? For the next few days, Yuri seemed down, and her maids were worried about her. But Yuri didn’t tell them the reason. Then, one day, Yuri disappeared. She didn’t return by lunchtime, so the maids searched the castle and outside, and asked others, but there was no sign of her. This came to Lakshmi’s attention, and just as he was about to send an urgent telepathic message to the clan’s warriors, a message arrived from Victor, the general of the northern fort. “King... the queen... the queen has passed away...” Stunned by the sorrowful telepathic message, Lakshmi was speechless. “It can’t be true!” “What’s wrong, my king?” Mikael, who was beside him, asked, startled by Lakshmi’s reaction. “Victor says that Yuri is dead.” “What?” Soon, the tragic news was confirmed before Lakshmi’s eyes as Yuri’s body was brought back. The sight was so gruesome that neither Lakshmi nor anyone else could utter a word. In the king’s chamber, Lakshmi was absentmindedly gazing at Yuri. Although Lakshmi had been trained since childhood to remain composed, this time, he couldn’t suppress his inner turmoil. Hope had been so close. Now, everything was lost, back to square one. Yuri... Will those black eyes never look at me again? Why? Why did you go outside? No, it was my fault. If I had been more careful... No matter how much he regretted it, the ones lost would never return. In the king’s chamber, Hazark appeared. Hazark pointed out that Yuri's corpse was just a lump of earth. He claimed that Yuri was still alive somewhere. The warriors searched and found Yuri. It seemed the child in Yuri's womb had done this to threaten the father who had hurt the mother. Lakshmi and the warriors were overwhelmed with joy at being reunited with Yuri. After that, Lakshmi treated Yuri kindly and never coldly rejected her again.
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