With a crash, Drofinua fell to the ground. Blood spurted from his mouth as his back hit the floor. The Councilor on the horse instinctively rushed to him.
Ines and Carson bolted into the house.
Inside, chaos reigned. All the lamps illuminating the house had shattered; the only light came from one at the top of the staircase.
Ines’s eyes naturally followed the light. And at the end of the staircase, she saw a woman sitting.
The hem of the woman’s garment was soaked in blood.
“Charlotte!”
As Ines ran, Carson snapped to and followed. Charlotte’s face was so disfigured it was unrecognizable. Her lips were burst and bleeding, and her forehead and eyes were badly bruised.
But the blood that soaked her hem wasn’t from injuries. It was a sign that her baby was not okay.
“Is… it… Ines?”
“Yes, I’m here.”
Ines looked deeply into Charlotte’s eyes. Charlotte was losing consciousness.
“I, husband, killed. I killed my husband.”
“No, you didn’t.”
You didn’t kill him. Ines hugged her without completing the sentence.
“He hit my belly. Was going to… hit again… so, my baby, he, ahem, ahem, I pushed him.”
Wood was broken here and there, as if the man had grabbed the rail as he fell down the stairs. It looked like he had tumbled down the arched staircase and shot out through the window.
“My baby, is my baby okay? Ines, is my baby alright? Why does it keep getting wet down there? Is it raining outside?”
After assessing the situation, Carson picked up Charlotte. Meanwhile, the Councilor brought her husband inside. Charlotte had already lost consciousness.
“What’s her condition?”
“Bleeding is severe, but she should be okay with immediate treatment.”
“We will ride in the carriage to the mansion. We’ll get medical treatment and then explain the situation to the police.”
“Yes, understood.”
Everything swiftly fell into place under Carson’s command. The carriage carrying them sped unhindered toward Carson’s mansion.
“Charlotte Drofinua has fallen asleep.”
Ines, who had come to Carson’s mansion, changed into the clothes Emma had prepared and waited for news about Charlotte. She had heard that Charlotte’s life was not in danger, but she couldn’t sit still and paced beside the bed.
Night fell, and Carson came looking for Ines when the seemingly endless rain finally ceased. In his hand was a bottle of liquor and a glass. He smiled faintly, holding up the bottle.
“It might help you sleep.”
“What about the baby?”
Carson shook his head. The night hid its face, perhaps mourning the already lost baby. He placed the glass on the table and filled it.
“Just have one drink and go to sleep. I’ve already sent word to Swalden Gae, so don’t worry.”
“I’m sorry, because of me…”
“This happened on my land. You don’t have to apologize; I should be the one receiving your thanks.”
Ines took the offered glass. The liquor was not too strong; it went down smoothly. She felt the empty pit in her stomach fill as she drank.
“Could I have saved the baby if I had been a little quicker?”
“When will you stop having such foolish thoughts?”
“Pardon?”
“Why do you blame yourself so much? You apologize excessively. It’s as if you were born indebted to the world.”
Unable to say anything, Ines just drank the unfortunate liquor. She hoped he would never know that she truly felt she was reborn with a debt to the world.
“If you had been a bit later, that man couldn’t have been saved.”
“Is he alright?”
“Yes. If he had died, it would have been from excessive blood loss. Despite numerous injuries from broken glass, the doctor struggled but he is fine.”
“What will happen to Charlotte?”
“Her husband didn’t die, and it was accidental, self-defense. She won’t go to jail. She’ll probably be sent to a temple or a monastery.”
Ines looked at him in surprise, genuine surprise. Could that really be possible? Just like that?
He chuckled and refilled the now empty glass.
“The liquor isn’t strong, so have just one more drink. Take your time.”
Despite his relaxed demeanor, Ines couldn’t feel at ease.
“But how can self-defense be proven?”
“We saw it, didn’t we?”
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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