My eyes widened for a moment. What was he thinking to call me depraved?
Though I earned a new nickname as a depraved mushroom, I did not give in.
From that day on, I acted depressed.
I’m a worthless hedgehog. I have no friends. That pile of dung is my home.
Especially when Rodrigo came, I would quickly get up and sit facing the wall, or curl up under the desk.
“Why are you like this, Thorn King……”
The little one fell easily into my trap.
“Do you miss your friend? But……”
Don’t you dare scorn the pure friendship between the pincushion and me, you young one.
“……It’s not that friend from before, but should I find something similar?”
A few days later, just today, Rodrigo appeared with a new pincushion.
You finally found it, you brave little one!
“Don’t be lonely anymore.”
Though Rodrigo’s complex expression weighed on me, that wasn’t important now.
I circled the fake friend. As thanks, I licked Rodrigo’s hand. Rodrigo flinched but seemed to like it nonetheless.
My escape preparations were almost complete.
I planned to win over the chef, Bigus, who brought my meals every day.
I stayed by the window curtain every time Bigus brought lunch.
“Do you like looking out the window, Mr. Hedgehog? I mean, being stuck here must be frustrating. I wonder why Idrish keeps you here. Maybe he wanted a pet but couldn’t say so?”
Bigus babbled on as usual.
But only one word was crucial. ‘Mr. Hedgehog likes looking out the window.’
Yes. That’s it!
The day of the showdown, Idrish was gone. I heaved my fake friend up onto the window sill.
Hmm, the thorns were rather weak, but it looked like a hedgehog from beyond the curtain.
That’s okay. I only need to deceive them until I escape this mansion.
Just as I finished preparing.
Knock, knock.
My heart raced at the knock. I quickly hid behind a white tiger ornament near the door.
The door creaked open. Bigus came striding in with a clatter of plates.
“Mr. Hedgehog, looking out the window again?”
Now!
“Mr. Hedgehog has been looking so down lately, so today I baked a lemon pound cake…….”
I slipped out quickly before the door closed, while Bicus was chattering with the needle holder by the window.
Thud.
The door closed behind me. Bicus had set my meal in the room, and there was no one in the hallway.
I was very free.
Run!
I went to Bicus and Zeros’ room first. I quickly changed into a human and hurriedly stuffed my arms and legs into the clothes. Both the shirt and pants were all loose. I thought the raccoon was small, but somehow, I seemed even smaller.
‘Phew, it’s fortunate that I have suspenders. If I didn’t have them, I would have been bragging about my threestep underwear.’
I tightened the suspenders so that my pants would not fall.
‘A hat, there must be a hat somewhere.’
My red hair was too conspicuous, so I desperately needed a hat.
Sure enough, there was a hat on the wall, above the mirror. But before picking it up, my eyes were first captured by the mirror.
It was the first time I encountered my face.
Beneath thick double eyelids and lush eyelashes, deep brown eyes gave off a round and warm glow.
The smooth skin was full of vitality, and the red, plump lips made one want to press them. Overall, my face was small and round, with smooth red hair flowing down.
It wasn’t glamorous, but it was lovely.
Moreover, somehow, it seemed like I could see the face of a hedgehog.
“Pretty.”
It was an embarrassing word to say to myself, but since it still felt like someone else’s face, the words inadvertently slipped out.
Then, snapping back to reality, I took out the brown hat as originally intended.
I rolled up my long hair and stuffed it into the hat.
Hmm, it’s a raccoonlike fashion.
Although the top and bottom were both large, swallowed by clothes, it didn’t stand out. Unless looked at closely, one would think of it as an ordinary, rustic fashion sense.
Good. Shall we go?
No, I almost forgot the most important thing…….
I hesitated for a moment, then opened the drawer next to the bed.
It must be around here.
Clink.
I took out a heavy pouch.
Inside were a few silver and copper coins, along with glittering buttons and jewelry.
Bicus, Zeros. I’m sorry. I need money too.
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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