I Transmigrated into the Nameverse, and My Name Came with a Time Limit - Chapter 28

At that moment, Duke Wittgen, who had been silently listening, suddenly stepped forward and spoke.

“It is certainly true that Your Highness’s health and safety are the most important. However, if we are to wait for a Name to appear during that one-year period, then Mina must inevitably undergo treatment as well. After all, she must remain alive for that year. The problem is that Your Highness cannot recklessly sleep with another while you already have a fiancée. Is that not so?”

Everyone’s gaze immediately turned toward Leopold. Leopold pretended not to notice their sharp looks and slyly passed Duke Wittgen’s question directly to the court physician.

“I believe that is indeed the problem. Court Physician, while we observe the situation for a year, is there perhaps any method to determine the Name pair?”

Now pointed out again, the elderly physician slowly blinked and spoke.

“Yes. Normally, Names tend to manifest between people who share some sort of connection. In Lady Wittgen’s case, both of these gentlemen could naturally qualify. Therefore, if some time is taken and the lady has closer physical contact with them, it may hasten the manifestation period for either side.”

However, the physician’s statement immediately provoked strong opposition from Duke Wittgen, his wife, and Rose.

“But His Highness is about to marry our Rose. Does it make any sense for him to sleep with another woman in order to induce a Name manifestation? And for an entire year at that!”

Rose, Gisella, and even Tilda’s expressions changed immediately. Yet Leopold didn’t budge. He calmly turned to the Duke and continued.

“However, I feel extremely uneasy about the future because of this Name. Duke Wittgen, if I marry Rose while this matter remains unresolved, and Mina’s Name manifests on me afterward, would that not also be unfair to Rose?”

On the surface, it sounded reasonable, so several people nodded. If both sisters ended up sharing the Crown Prince’s bed, it would be an unprecedented scandal. The rumor would spread throughout not only the imperial palace but the entire Berg Empire in less than a day.

However, even if such reasoning existed, there was no way Rose would accept it. As if proving that fact, she was glaring at Mina as if fire might shoot from her eyes.

Although Leopold wore a deeply apologetic expression toward Rose on the surface, his thoughts were quite different.

‘…Well, even so, it doesn’t really matter. Mina is already someone with no prospects left anyway. She won’t be able to marry anyone. When the time comes, I can simply take her as a concubine.’

At that moment, Leonhardt, who had been silently listening, suddenly spoke.

“But what happens if neither His Highness the Crown Prince nor I manifest a Name?”

Once again everyone’s attention turned to the court physician. Now sweat was pouring down the elderly physician’s forehead like rain.

“In that case, the one-sided manifesting person has no method of treatment, and they will ultimately die. On the other hand, if the person who is the target of the Name dies first for any reason, the Name disappears from the one who manifested it. After that, they can return to living a normal life, though in rare cases a different Name may appear later.”

Everyone was shocked by this unexpected fact that no one had considered.

In other words, the danger of this one-sided manifestation didn’t apply only to Mina. It could also affect both Leopold and Leonhardt.

If the Name of a powerful person became known to enemies, it could become a major weakness. That meant someone could use this fact to eliminate them. After all, both men possessed claims to the imperial throne.

Tilda shuddered. The thought that her precious son might die was something that must never happen. That powerless girl could never harm Leopold, but the moment she imagined Leonhardt turning the situation against them in the same way, cold sweat ran down her back.

‘I will never allow that to happen!’

After organizing her thoughts for a moment, Tilda decided she must firmly instruct her son to stay away from Mina. Then she glanced sideways at Leonhardt.

‘Then it would be best to keep that guy as close to Mina as possible.’