Mana: Before The Rise

The Female lead leaned against the chair as she sat in the lotus pavilion, a foreign game that Rachel had placed before along with some healthy but delicious snacks. At this point the Empress maidservants didn't return and it was Rachel who had taken care of all the Female leads present needs.

Sure enough her hatred of Servants is starting to tip more the longer she stays here.

And just like that two months had passed by, without the Emperor visiting, until today. Rachel stared and observed at the stale conversation between the main couple. When she was done, she went back into her book. The female lead is about to pop soon and depending on the female lead's luck she should have a son first.

The female lead was smiling but her eyes weren't clearly she has lost her love for the male lead. While in the male lead's case didn't care, since to him she was just a means to and end. She was officially his and he had nothing to worry about other then his heir, being born safely.

But, their problems weren't for her to solve.

"HOW DARE YOU TREAT ME THIS WAY!" the Female lead suddenly yelled, clearly shaken by whatever her spouse had said to her.

"My Empress, I am the Son of Heaven….." The male lead started to get into this s.e.xiest speech about how he is King and she is merely just one of his women and he can toss her away anytime he liked. The pretty mush sums up the speech.

The female lead counters back with some nonsense about love, vows, and some promise the male lead made but failed to keep.

So Annoying she really shouldn't have come here. 'Do they both know that this kind of simulation is deadly to a pregnant woman close to labor. What if she 'pops' right now. Ah, Speak of the devil'

Rachel thought just as the Empress made a howl of pain, she is going into labor a month earlier, of Course. Standing up she went to assist, as the Emperor call the servants. As she directed them left and right until the nursemaid finally came in.

"Escort the Emperor out" Rachel said softly as the servants gently lead him away, The Empress began to bleed excessively, as Rachel was poking her with needle after needle coated with medicine. Her screams slowly down as she stopped feeling the intensive pain. But was instead giving the uncomfortable feeling of giving birth.

"Now, Push" Rachel said softly pressuring the girls shoulder to give her more encouragement, some competent servants where on the other end to receive the little Prince. Swirling in the Empress mind was about the modern world and how a lot of people said that birth was painful. But she didn't feel pain at all just uncomfortable.

After a few more extreme 'pushes' the little Prince came out safely with a soft cry. He fidgeted and thrown his hands and feet all over the place.

"Someone informs the Emperor of the little Prince's birth." Rachel said as she took the infant from the servants and quickly cleaned him using warm water that obviously had medicine in it. The little boy was completely calm and comfortable in fact when he was hand to his mother that who was seemingly exhausted but not enough to pass out.

Eventually the Emperor walked in to take hold of his newborn son. The Man lead proud of himself while the female lead was just mad, that her son is in the hands of this hated person.

'I hope I won't end up as a marriage counselor' Rachel thought, but she was in luck she didn't have to. As the next months passed with an annoying rate of slow. She had to deal with a couple constantly fighting and bickering. And a very good baby that only liked her and hated everyone else.

Hurry for Kids

By the end of the year, Rachel met her deadline and was prepared to leave. The old man attached himself to her feet before begging her not to go. She had to knock the old man out before she could leave.

And finally end up back in her personal space.