Some were unable to enter the underground prison and waited outside for the situation to be resolved. Estelle, who was looking at the distant entrance of the underground prison, spoke up.
“So, Crown Prince, you were in the same village as Lady Marion? The Empress, who came later to find the Crown Prince, burned down the village.”
“That’s right. And in that village, only the Grand Duchess and the Crown Prince survived.”
“So, where has the Crown Prince been all this time?”
Edwin immediately answered Estelle’s question.
“Checking his past actions, it seems like he quietly wandered alone. But we found something there.”
“What was it?”
“His living area was similar to where the Grand Duchess was.”
“So, the Crown Prince continued to be around that child.”
“It seems so. And now that I think about it, it seems Your Highness had some connection with her as well.”
In response to Edwin’s words, Estelle nodded.
“Yeah. Right before she escaped, she asked me for a potion to change her hair color. Well, the side effect turned her hair completely brown, but… In reality, it’s just dyed golden, and it will turn back to brown when it touches water.”
Touched by Theodore’s request to apologize to the child with her original golden hair, Estelle couldn’t refuse. After a while, Estelle asked Belion, who was quietly looking at the door.
“You also knew that the Crown Prince was alive because of Edwin, right? So you’ve been looking for him all this time.”
“That’s right. He eventually revealed himself, but…”
At that moment, Delina appeared at the entrance of the prison.
“Delina!”
Estelle quickly called her. Delina, recognizing the three, approached.
“What happened? How’s the situation now?”
“It was as noisy as you expected, but it wasn’t necessary to call the knights. Celine… she was quite shocked, but now she’s calm.”
Celine had lived hating the nobility until now. However, upon realizing that the one who saved her was also of the noble class, she felt deeply confused. The sobbing Celine collapsed as if she had been screaming. Now, only Celine’s choice remained.
“What about the others?”
“They’ll be out soon.”
As soon as Delina’s words fell, Ashed and Theodore walked out. However, no one called the two. Ashed and Theodore quietly left the underground prison and headed to a secluded garden. Theodore, who was glancing at Ashed, hesitated and said.
“Your Highness.”
“Please don’t call me that and feel free to address me casually.”
“… How dare I. I left everything behind when leaving the palace, just a wandering nobody.”
Having stopped walking at those words, Ashed turned his head and faced Theodore.
“… Even though I don’t remember it because I was a baby when you left, my grandfather, who sometimes drank, used to talk about you.”
A weak and incompetent man who abandoned his position as the Crown Prince himself.
Hyr depicted Theodore in this way every time. However, Ashed didn’t go so far as to say those words. But Theodore, as if he knew everything, smiled bitterly.
“It must not have been a pleasant story, I suppose?”
“……. ”
“But I can’t refute that. I know it very well myself.”
Seeing Theodore, familiar with Hyr’s harsh words, Ashed spoke again.
“My aunt also spoke about Father.”
“……. ”
“She said he was very kind and gentle. And she told me he left the palace to protect me.”
“Did she now? Grace…”
Recalling the missing person, Theodore mumbled softly. Then Ashed continued.
“Honestly, I dare not make any judgments about a person I don’t remember at all, whether he had abilities or not, whether he was kind or not. But if I ever meet him, I wanted to express my gratitude.”
“What…?”
“Whether he had abilities or not, whether he was kind or not, he tried his best to protect me in the best way he could at that time. I know that very well.”
Hyr had tried her best to marry Theodore to a noble lady. Ashed knew that well. However, despite Hyr’s pressure, Theodore did not marry another woman. Ashed understood that it was for his own sake.
“So, although it’s late, I was able to say this.”
“……. ”
“Thank you, Father.”
Watching Ashed bow to him, Theodore’s eyes reddened. Ashed smiled slightly.
“I don’t know about other things, but I can see that Father is a person with many tears.”
“I-I’m not crying. It’s just that some dust got in…”
In response to Ashed’s joke, Theodore quickly wiped his eyes. In doing so, he, too, smiled.
“Really, whether I can dare to say this or not…, thank you for raising me so well.”
Theodore, with a deeply moved expression, looked at Ashed from various angles. In response to those words, Ashed raised his hand and pointed towards the garden.
“It would be better if you expressed your gratitude to someone other than me.”
Ashed pointed to where Grace was standing. Theodore’s eyes widened when he noticed her. Grace, seeing Theodore, also approached with a surprised face.
“Oppa…?”
“Grace…”
“Oppa!”
Confirming Theodore, Grace ran towards him and embraced him. Ashed watched the scene from behind. Grace touched Theodore’s body all over.
Male lead is a Love-Obsessed Merman
When he discovers she has gone, he risks everything to pursue her on land, enduring agonizing pain to transform his tail into human legs…
One-line summary: Male lead chases female lead. The male lead’s love is a bit sick, an invincible love brain.
Synopsis
During a voyage at sea, Jiang Yang accidentally captures a merman.
Servant: I heard that mermen are fierce and brutal.
Jiang Yang looks at the merman obediently rubbing her palm like a puppy: “You call this fierce and brutal?”
Servant: I heard that mermen have no human nature.
Jiang Yang looks at the merman with wet puppy eyes, obsessively calling her ‘A Yang’ like a childish infant: “You call this having no human nature?”
With great difficulty, she releases the merman back into the sea and returns to shore.
Who would have thought that in less than half a month, the merman, who should have been freely wandering in the South China Sea, would shed his scales, endure the pain of losing his tail, transform into human legs, and come ashore to find her?
He kneels at her feet, rubbing her palm, with merman tears rolling down: “A Yang, don’t abandon me.”
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