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Lyria was feeling really anxious. She hoped it wasn't what she feared. But the next sentence from the system completely crushed that hope.

[I am Fertility System 65. Of course, the reason I brought you here is to carry out the childbearing mission.]

What?! Could she still die again and escape this?

[Host, better to live miserably than to die. Since you're not afraid of death, then what could possibly scare you now?]

"You can hear my thoughts?"

[Host, I'm inside your brain. Of course I know what you're thinking. I not only know your thoughts, I also know everything you've been through.]

"Really?"

**[Of course. Host, everyone meets one or two scumbags in their lifetime.

You have to look forward. There's a reason the heavens let you miss out on someone. It's because the best is saved for last.

So you can't stop believing in love just because of one failed marriage. Trust me, you'll find happiness in this world.]**

"Really?"

Can she trust it? Should she?

In her past life, he had said the same thing. He told her to believe him, to marry him, that he would make her happy.

She believed him. She quit her high-paying job with a bright future and became a full-time housewife.

He would earn money and support the family, and she would be beautiful and take care of the home.

But once Lyria really became a housewife, she was shocked by how different real life was from what she imagined. When she wanted to return to work, he refused. Then she got pregnant, and he was even more against it.

So, Lyria had to constantly adjust her mindset, change herself, and try to adapt to the new role.

However, the endless daily chores and constant care for the young child gradually wore her down. The mess of her life slowly shattered her hopes for happiness.

She didn't know when, but she and her husband had fewer and fewer conversations. In the end, he told her she was worthless and asked for a divorce.

She gave birth to his children, managed the household, gambled her youth on him, and stayed by his side through the hard times. But in the end, the mistress took everything, and she lost everything.

Now that she had a second chance at life, Lyria was determined not to live a life where she had to rely on anyone. She refused to be a caged bird, a parasitic vine, or a baby-making tool.

Who cared about this childbearing mission? She wasn't doing it!

[Beep! Beep! Beep! Warning! Detected resistance to mission from host]

[Host, if you refuse to carry out the childbearing task, this system will cut off all your supplies. And there will be punishment.]

Lyria: It knew everything she thought. She had no privacy at all. That just made her angrier.

"Cut off supplies? Go ahead! I only ate one piece of bread from you. It's not like you gave me some great blessing!"

Have children? Have your own damn child! What, no women in this world can have kids? Why drag me here? Did I even agree to this?" Lyria shouted.

If you need someone to give birth, find someone else! The last thing she wanted to hear now was anything related to having kids.

In her past life, she was exhausted every single day doing everything for the kids. And in the end, what did she get?

Her three older children all chose to stay with that jerk of a man for a better life. Only the youngest son stayed with her, and even that jerk wouldn't let go of him, saying she was useless and that staying with her meant starving.

Over more than ten years of marriage, she gave her all, and he couldn't see any of it. After the divorce, he trampled on her dignity like she was nothing.

She had already been heartbroken enough, and now even after dying, she didn't get peace. Instead, she was dragged into another world to have babies.

What, just because she was easy to bully?

[Host, don't be so angry. You're already here, getting mad won't help! At least hear me out first!]

"No! I won't listen! You lousy system! Dragged me here without my permission and now expects me to carry out some stupid baby mission. And now you're even threatening me?

Punishment? You think I'm scared of you? What can a broken system like you do to me? I'm not easily scared!"

Lyria snapped back. She might have a small body now, but her soul was over thirty. She wasn't scared of having supplies cut off.

That's why people must rely on themselves. Depending on others only leads to being controlled and threatened.

She was the perfect example in her past life. And she wasn't making the same mistake again.

[In that case, this system will ask once more. Host, are you willing to carry out the childbearing mission?]

"No."

Right after Lyria said that, a sharp pain shot through her brain.

She groaned in pain, clutching her head with both hands, trying to ease the sudden agony.

But the pain only grew worse, like a demon cruelly tearing at her fragile nerves.

Her face instantly lost all color, and huge drops of sweat rolled down her forehead, soaking her hair and clothes.

Lyria couldn't take it. She collapsed to the ground, her body convulsing uncontrollably.

"Damn it!"

She cursed through gritted teeth, rolling on the ground in pain for over thirty minutes before it finally stopped.

"You win."

She should've known there's no such thing as a free second life. There was always a price to pay.

[Host, are you now willing to carry out the childbearing mission?]

Damn it. It still had to ask? This was clearly torture until she gave in.

It was nothing but forced submission.

They wouldn't allow even the slightest resistance.

And yet it still pretended to give her a choice. What was the point?

"Fine," Lyria answered through clenched teeth.

If you know what's smart, you adapt to survive. If she refused again, she'd probably be tortured even worse.

She'd wait. One day, she'd get her revenge.