A testosterone-filled, deep voice that seemed to resonate.
Cassus’s face, illuminated by moonlight, was so handsome that Artia hastily averted her eyes. It felt like if they kept looking at each other, a big trouble would arise.
“Sigh… Let’s stay calm. Stay calm, my heart.”
What’s going on? In a dark space with only the two of them, it was hard to imagine what might happen. She would have thought that no awkward feelings would arise under normal circumstances.
However, now that she was lying side by side with Cassus, she couldn’t help but think that ‘something’ might happen.
Even the sensation of their first kiss involuntarily came to mind, making her lips warm. Artia unknowingly brought her hand to her mouth.
A warm heat was felt at her fingertips. She slightly rolled her eyes and looked to the side.
Cassus still seemed to be looking at her.
“…Your Grace?”
Artia felt awkward for no reason and called him.
“Why?”
His low voice echoed in her ears as usual. Artia cleared her throat.
“Ah, it’s nothing.”
“Your tone has become stiff.”
“S-stiff? My tone?”
“What, are you not a rookie knight with a stiff military tone?”
“…”
Artia cleared her throat without saying a word.
Cassus propped himself up with his arm and turned towards Artia.
He gently touched Artia’s soft silver hair, his eyes fixed on the ceiling.
“Although we’ve been married for quite a while, it’s the first time we’re sleeping together like this.”
“T-that’s right!”
“Hmm?”
Cassus narrowed his eyes and chuckled softly.
“Why… are you laughing?”
“I like lying like this with you.”
“Yes?”
“I keep thinking, why didn’t I do this sooner?”
His large hand caressed Artia’s silky hair.
“If I had known it would be so good, I should have paid more attention to you from the beginning.”
“Hehe, that’s true.”
Feeling apologetic, Cassus pulled Artia into his arms.
The petite Artia fit snugly in his arms.
“It’s all my fault. I couldn’t take care of you because of my shortcomings.”
Suddenly being embraced by Cassus, Artia felt her back sweating.
“Haha…”
Not knowing whether to laugh or how to respond, Artia just laughed.
Cassus held her even tighter, as if not wanting to let her go. Artia bit her lip.
‘Even when you sleep normally… do you hug a teddy bear?’
Although Artia felt like she had become a large teddy bear, she strangely found the situation unpleasant yet enjoyable.
Cassus swept Artia’s back with his hand.
His hand moved between the thin negligee Artia was wearing.
“I wish I could take your illness onto myself.”
Today, his mid-low voice sounded unusually tender.
“…Please don’t say that.”
“If only I could endure it a little for you.”
Even just hearing Cassus’s voice made Artia feel like the dark magic ingrained in her body was gently melting away.
‘Ah, why is that person spouting sweet words and making a fuss? Unacceptable.’
At the same time, there was an incredibly bewildering feeling.
“Cough.”
Due to that, Artia coughed loudly while in Cassus’s arms.
“Are you in pain?”
“Oh, no. Cough, I’m fine.”
In her past life, she could sleep anywhere without a problem. However, in her current life, Artia’s body acted up even with a slight change in the environment.
“It doesn’t feel like a cold. The cough persists.”
Whether it was due to the high levels of fine dust in the air or not, Artia’s cough continued for a while.
“Well, even an air purifier would be nice here.”
Meanwhile, watching Artia cough consecutively, Cassus’s expression turned worried.
“Where does it hurt? I should call the doctor right away.”
“No, wait. Don’t call. It doesn’t seem serious; I’m just adjusting to the environment.”
“Just being here for the first time, I had a slight cough. It should get better soon.”
As she said, the cough soon subsided.
But Cassus was afraid that Artia might die any moment.
To get from the North to the Capital, he had to consider countless realistic factors.
In fact, there were more reasons not to come.
However, judging that he couldn’t delay any longer when considering Artia’s health, he suddenly found himself in the palace.
Without realizing it, Artia had permeated into his life.
Now that he understood this, Cassus couldn’t afford to lose Artia.
Cassus stopped patting Artia’s back, pulled the thin negligee she was wearing slightly off her shoulder.
“Hmm?”
Artia looked at him with a puzzled expression.
“Come here. Maybe it’ll be better if I transfer a bit to me.”
“What?”
“I looked up all the records related to dark magic.”
“Records?”
“Yeah, there was a record stating that someone cursed with dark magic transferred their life by making contact with another person’s body. It’s just a record, though.”
After Cassus became suspicious about dark magic, he acquired information related to it. Whether it was true or not, the crucial point was the result that life could be transferred.
Cassus’s low voice settled into Artia’s ears after he had gathered information.
“If we make contact, something might change.”
“…What?”
Cassus was sincere.
‘No, what a ridiculous statement…’
Thunk.
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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