As the water slightly leaked, he gripped her hand tightly with one hand. Then, without leaving a single drop, he drank all the water in her palm.
As he extended his tongue to lick the palm, Ines felt as if her legs were sinking into the ground. But his actions were so devout, as if receiving the Eucharist from the hand of a goddess.
After licking up all the water, he stood up.
Ines, who quickly regained her composure, hurriedly knelt in front of him. However, this time, he didn’t allow it.
“Don’t kneel before me. I don’t like it.”
Approaching threateningly, her neck involuntarily tilted backward. Leaning in close, he whispered into Ines’s ear so that only she could hear.
“Why do you always want to change another man’s life at the slightest opportunity?”
“That’s…”
‘What are you talking about?’ His words continued without a break, even as water seeped.
“Don’t do that either. I don’t like it.”
As Carson came a little closer, Ines couldn’t dare to step back. His hot breath circulated around her wet ear.
“Don’t admire any other man. No, don’t harbor any feelings for anyone else. That’s what I hate the most.”
Despite his moist words, he moved away, looking fresh again. Then, like a god stealing human love, he smiled.
“I know I’m being forceful. But, I won’t be around for long today. So just agree.”
“…”
“Hurry up.”
Whether it was an order or a plea, his tone was ambiguous.
Ines nodded her head without remembering what he had asked. Upon that, he looked satisfied. Still tightly holding hands and receiving overly heated gazes from the two, Noah signaled to the knights standing at a distance.
Soon, a refreshing stream of water rose over the square once again.
Ines unexpectedly tilted her head back at the sudden coolness of the water that had fallen. At that moment, a metallic substance touched her palm, which had jerked.
“There’s no place to put it.”
It was the fake dagger that Ines had made. Her eyes widened roundly.
“Why are you giving me this? I’m not going to war.”
It wasn’t until she held the cold object in her hand that she realized Carson was leaving. Somehow, the fact that he had left hit her as she held the piece of iron that had fallen into her hand, making Ines feel uneasy.
“I’m just leaving. I don’t even have a hobby for hunting, let alone war. So, there’s no danger.”
“But…”
Carson tightened his grip on the fake dagger and tilted his head, locking eyes with her.
“Any place without me will always be a battlefield for you…”
Ines bit her lower lip, closing her eyes tightly. As Carson said, Ines’s life without him would be a constant battle.
“You’re right about that. Stay safe until I return. Don’t cause trouble.”
Then, he reached out and gently adjusted the handkerchief tying her hair. The wet fabric unraveled, and her brilliant golden hair scattered over her shoulders.
“I’ll borrow this for a bit. My name is written on it.”
Suddenly, Ines felt something surging in her chest. She hadn’t shed many tears over time. Too much had happened without time to feel sadness.
But what emotion is this now? She didn’t want to send the man holding her hand away; her heart crumbled.
Yet, in front of Carson, Ines always conveyed what she didn’t want to say, not what she wanted.
“Take care.”
Instead of saying she admires and reveres him every day, or that she wants to offer her entire world at his feet, she could only express the heartfelt wish for his safety.
In the festival-like atmosphere where water soaked everything, the man drank the water from the woman’s hand and left for the battlefield. The moment his figure disappeared, Ines hesitated in that spot.
Holding the fake dagger, she clenched her hand so tightly that her knuckles turned white. She had to forcibly swallow something pouring out with her teeth gritted.
Three days after Carson left, on the day of the departure ceremony, rain fell on Monstera as if it were a lie.
It was said that it hadn’t rained in August for the first time in 40 years. Although it wasn’t a significant amount, there were those who saw rain for the first time in their lives.
People came out as if for a festival and welcomed the rain.
Everyone cheered, saying that this war was as good as won. Ines also firmly believed that Carson would return triumphant, heralding victory.
Despite the ongoing war outside, life for Charlotte and Ines remained unchanged.
In the morning, they spent time with Louis, and after lunch, when the child’s lessons began, they each went about their tasks.
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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