“This situation is very unpleasant.”
As Gun openly expressed his discomfort, an uneasy silence filled the tent. His unexpected visit was an unforeseen complication for Eun Chae and Biyeong, leaving them momentarily speechless.
“Well, it’s like this…”
“I let her stay.”
Biyeong quickly intervened before Eun Chae could stutter out a response. Gun’s expression grew even more displeased.
“What?”
“Last night, Hong Eun Chae seemed unwell. It was too late to call a physician, so I let her stay in my quarters.”
Sudden illness? Gun examined Eun Chae, whose complexion indeed appeared pale and weak. Her hands holding warm tea suggested some ailment.
Gun’s tone softened slightly as he asked Eun Chae, “What ails you?”
“My head hurts and I feel nauseous…”
Eun Chae didn’t mention the hangover, but her discomfort was genuine.
Believing their explanation, Gun finally turned his attention from Eun Chae and discussed his original purpose for visiting.
He handed a letter to Biyeong, “Today is an external assignment. Deliver this letter to Minister Jwa immediately.”
“Yes, I’ll take care of it,” Biyeong responded, quickly leaving the tent.
With only Gun and Eun Chae remaining, she awkwardly looked away.
“And you,” Gun turned to Eun Chae.
“Yes?!”
Startled, Eun Chae responded. Gun finished his business and left the tent. His stern expression indicated his anger hadn’t fully subsided.
Nervously, Eun Chae followed him to his personal tent. She had felt closer to Gun recently, but his cold demeanor now made her feel distant again.
Leaning against his desk, Gun addressed Eun Chae. “Just because Ryu Gyeollyeong said you could stay, you think it’s okay to enter as you please?”
He hesitated, almost expressing his irritation about seeing her with Biyeong, but stopped himself. The thought seemed absurd even to him. After all, what’s wrong with merely letting a sick soldier sleep over?
Struggling for a plausible explanation, he found one, “If we ignore rank distinctions so casually, won’t it undermine military discipline? You’re a trainee; he’s an instructor.”
Despite their personal friendship, in the military context, the hierarchy between Instructor Biyeong and Trainee Eun Chae was significant.
“Next time, I’ll be more careful…” Eun Chae said, looking remorseful.
At that moment, Gun tossed a fist-sized object at her.
“Catch.”
Eun Chae caught it, surprised. The object smelled of herbal medicine.
“What’s this?”
“You said you weren’t feeling well, right? This is a medicinal herb that helps recover strength. Brew and drink it.”
Gun had been gradually increasing the training intensity for Eun Chae, recognizing her improving capabilities.
But when Eun Chae said she was feeling unwell, Gun felt a pang of guilt, thinking he might have overworked her. His offer of the medicinal herb stemmed from a hope for her swift recovery.
Eun Chae brought the herb close to her nose and sniffed. Realizing its high quality, she immediately refused it, “Please, take it back! It’s too precious for me!”
Her refusal stemmed from the fact that her ailment was due to a hangover, not an illness. Accepting such valuable medicine for a self-inflicted condition felt wrong.
As Eun Chae pushed the herb back towards Gun, he firmly refused to take it. “I refuse your refusal.”
“No, I really can’t accept this!”
“Oh, come on, take it.”
“I don’t deserve it!”
Their argument continued back and forth. Gun couldn’t understand why Eun Chae kept refusing his kind gesture. Wondering if the gift was too burdensome, he sought a more convincing reason.
“I was going to dispose of it anyway.”
“What? Such valuable medicine?”
“Yes.”
Eun Chae’s eyes widened in disbelief. To think such a precious herb would be carelessly discarded! Such behavior was incomprehensible to her.
If the herb was going to be thrown away, it made more sense for her to take it. With a suspicious look, Eun Chae examined the herb. It seemed fine.
“There’s no mold on it, right?”
“No.”
“Then, can I really have it? You won’t ask for it back?”
Her face lit up at the unexpected windfall.
Gun found Eun Chae’s blatant honesty amusing and somewhat endearing. Trying to contain his laughter, he averted his gaze to the wall.
“Do whatever you want with it.”
Under the clear summer sky, Biyeong walked through the bustling streets. His father, the Left Minister Ryu Rim, was a patron of the elite Kwangho Army, providing operational funds.
After delivering a document regarding financial matters to his father at the palace, Biyeong was now returning to the Kwangho Army base. It was around midday, and the streets were lively with preparations for the upcoming Baekjung festival.
Merchants from all over had gathered, including those selling women’s ornaments.
“Come and buy! Exquisite jewelry for sale! Ladies, why not take a break here? Browse and buy if you like!”
Young ladies around Eun Chae’s age giggled shyly at the vendors’ calls.
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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