That was when I felt the fireblood in my body coming to a boil and seemed to erupt. It hurt so much that I cried out in pain.

Horrified by my cry of anguish, my maids and guards hurried me into the villa.

The Phoenix Queen remarked cheerily, "She’s surrounded by fire, so it must be a phoenix! There is a sycamore tree house in the villa. Take her there for her to deliver the egg!"

That was when something flashed in Freya's eyes. She cast a spell over herself so she would also deliver prematurely and then let out a sharp yelp. She clenched her teeth and announced that she was going into labor as well.

"What should we do? There is only one sycamore house in the villa!" Emmett played along as well.

There was no need for a sycamore tree if she was only laying a bastard egg! I knew they only wanted to use the chaos to switch the eggs!

Sweat poured down my face from the pain I was going through at this point, and I was losing my cool. All I could do was instruct my maids to surround me with a screen so Freya could not approach. I also forbade any member of the Phoenix Queen's court from entering.

After instructing the guards to guard the formation, I managed to relax a little.

I did my best to cast spells to stall the birth.

'Hold on, baby. Wait for your father to get here first!'

Before I could even take another breath, I heard the Phoenix Queen’s scream through the divider, "Why would you have the guards in there? It’s ridiculous! Get out! You guys can stand guard outside the house!"

The guards refused to budge.

Nevertheless, Freya claimed she was afraid of having so many people inside the house.

Soon, I heard the sound of scuffling coming through the screen.

I bit my lip so tightly that a trickle of blood flowed from the corner of my mouth. I cried out furiously, "What are you doing to my guards?!"

The Phoenix Queen responded from across the screen. I could see her coy smirk in my mind’s eye when she spoke, "Freya is also delivering in this room. We can’t have all these brutes in here."

Then, she suddenly noted, "Since Asgon isn’t here and the situation is so dire, I will have Emmett cast a protection spell over the screen for you and Freya."

This was a reenactment of what happened in my previous life. Just when I was about to pass out from the pain, the Phoenix Queen announced that Emmett would cast a protective spell for me. I had agreed without thinking about it because I wanted to protect my child.

Shortly after that, they cast a spell on me and knocked me out.

When I woke up, I realized I had laid a pheasant egg.

As I was delivering, I recalled being surrounded by a ring of fire, which was the sign of a phoenix's birth! It could not possibly be a pheasant egg!

The Phoenix Queen brushed me off and told me I was hallucinating. She claimed I was in denial over the ominous egg and was losing my mind.

Enraged, the Phoenix King had me thrown into a dungeon.

When I recalled the events of my past life, I realized that I would have been lamb for slaughter if I had let Emmett cast that spell!

"No! I don’t want him casting a spell for me, even if it’s through the screen! I don't want any other men in here. I have already summoned Asgon to come, and I’m going to wait for him!"

The room descended into silence for a moment. All that was left were my agonizing moans.

The Phoenix Queen immediately snapped, "Why are you so stubborn? How could you care about something like that at a time like this? If something happens to the child, the blood will be on your hands!"

Emmett chimed in, "I can’t see you anyway. Let me cast a protection spell on you!"

I could spot the hem of his clothes from the corner of my eye. He was about to step through the screen.

Frightened, I tried to clutch at Somi's hand.

The fire had spread all around and barricaded everyone from me. The Phoenix Queen told them off and shooed them away.

By this point, Somi could tell something was off and refused to leave.

"You damn brat, get out of here!" the Phoenix Queen ordered her men to take them away by force and beat them up.

Emmett stepped across the screen with someone who held a box in his hands. It was clear that Freya had laid the pheasant egg, and they were waiting to swap it with mine!

As the two of them drew closer to me, I felt frozen with despair despite the surging flames billowing all around me.

Was I destined to fall victim to them again in this life?

"Stop!"

When Emmett and the stranger drew closer, I heard a tremendous and powerful voice echoing across the room.

Everyone froze in an instant. Before they could react, Asgon threw the door open and entered.

My husband was here!