The gentle morning sunlight and the dry sheets wrapped around Kasalyn comfortably, like someone waking up from a faint.
Blinking her eyes open, she couldn’t understand why she was in bed, snugly covered with a blanket. She was sure she had curled up in front of the fireplace.
Puzzled, she absentmindedly glanced at the clock and froze. The hands pointed to ’11’.
11 AM.
A time she had never woken up at in her life.
“This can’t be. Why didn’t anyone wake me?”
Her words had barely left her mouth when several maids entered the room at the sound of her voice.
“Did you cough?”
“Yes. I have a lot to do. It would have been better if I was woken up early.”
“Actually, it was His Majesty’s order. He said not to disturb you until you woke up, as you might have a cold.”
The maids exchanged meaningful glances and smiles, speaking in an almost significant tone.
Kasalyn, looking at her reflection in the mirror above the fireplace, wondered.
“His Majesty?”
“Yes. And he had soldiers find the ring overnight, so don’t bother running around frantically. Stay quietly in your room, he said.”
“Oh no… I’ve caused trouble for His Majesty.”
What had happened while she was asleep?
Shallen and Rose, who would have made a fuss even for a minute’s delay, were unusually quiet today.
“It’s not a burden at all.”
“Exactly. His Majesty is endlessly tolerant, especially towards you, Miss Kasalyn.”
The maids’ unusual kindness today felt like more than just a whim. It was as if she was some esteemed guest in the Lernel Imperial Palace.
“He’s not only kind to me. His Majesty has a compassionate nature.”
Kasalyn’s comment left the maids unable to hide their disbelief.
“His Majesty, compassionate?”
“Of course. He might seem cold, but if you look closely, it’s not true. You’ll see he’s deeply caring.”
The maids exchanged puzzled looks, as if Kasalyn’s words were in a foreign language.
Just as they were about to say something, a servant announced from outside.
“Miss Kasalyn Loberfon, His Majesty has arrived.”
Startled, Kasalyn quickly rose to her feet. She hurriedly straightened her disheveled hair and invited him in.
Parnes entered with his usual impassive face, but upon seeing Kasalyn in her chemise dress, he looked slightly embarrassed and averted his gaze.
“Really, you… Are you even in your right mind?”
“What do you mean?”
“If you were changing, you should have said so.”
Parnes, resolutely not looking at Kasalyn’s direction, seemed determined to avoid any glance her way.
Kasalyn then realized she had greeted him, of all people, in such casual attire. She apologized, retreating backward.
She had been so startled by the servant’s announcement and eager not to keep him waiting that she hadn’t had time to consider anything else.
“Enough. Just cover yourself up.”
“Yes, excuse me for a moment.”
Kasalyn went behind the tall partition with the maids, sneaking a glance at Parnes before disappearing from view.
The back of his neck seemed slightly reddened, but Kasalyn assumed it was due to the increasingly warm weather.
Dressed neatly, she stepped in front of him.
“I heard about last night. Thank you for finding the ring.”
“Actually, it was my soldiers who found it.”
“I’m sorry for causing concern. I should have found it myself. It won’t happen again.”
Parnes, who had been gazing into the distance, finally shifted his eyes to Kasalyn’s face. Her sleepy-eyed visage, still bearing traces of recent awakening, seemed to intrigue him as he stared intently.
Kasalyn continued, “In that case, I’d like to offer some sort of return gesture.”
“You have fierce bed hair.”
“What?”
Parnes smiled askew, arms crossed. “Looks like you’re growing a bird in your hair.”
“…No, I’m not.”
Realizing his meaning, Kasalyn hurriedly smoothed her disheveled hair, her face turning red.
Teasing her while she’s trying to have a serious conversation. But who else to blame but herself, appearing so unkempt before a neighboring emperor?
“If you insist on a return gesture, follow me.”
“Follow you? Where to?”
“Have you forgotten the promise with your emperor so soon?”
We agreed to dine.
His usual blunt demeanor carried a hint of shyness. He couldn’t say directly they were going to have a meal together and left the room brusquely.
Kasalyn followed him, her heart swelling with a warm, fluttering feeling.
The garden, refreshed by the downpour, was lush and vibrant with moisture.
Parnes led her through a thick forest surrounding a wide lake, part of the palace grounds so rich in flora and fauna it was hard to believe they were still inside.
“What is all this?”
Expecting a simple meal, Kasalyn was taken aback by the elaborate spread.
“Sit down,” Parnes gestured, pulling out a chair as he passed.
Kasalyn, about to decline politely, hesitantly took her seat as he insistently waited.
She was again reminded that despite his imperial status, Parnes was also a gentleman.
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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