“Keep mocking me in the royal palace, and you’ll soon be found as a corpse.”
“Aren’t you surprised? All of this happened during the short time I was away.”
Knowing any more would be superfluous, Noah extended a bundle of documents towards Carson.
“I roughly mentioned in the letter, but it was exactly as Lord Swalden said. The mountain consists of fine sand; constructing a tunnel is impossible. If we’d proceeded, huge losses would have ensued.”
Carson leaned back deeply into his chair. Just hearing her name made him sense her fragrance; why was that?
“How did she even know that?”
“Didn’t you say she read it in a book?”
Carson chuckled. Believing so wasn’t too bad.
“It’s only a matter of time before the railroad franchise falls into Prince Khaled’s hands.”
“Being in the palace, even you refer to him as Prince?”
“My apologies, it just slipped out…”
Carson shook his head. The title ‘Prince’, which he detested hearing after meeting his father, didn’t make his teeth chatter. He was surprised at how manipulative he had become.
“And congratulations on your wedding.”
He laughed again, somewhat impatiently.
“You’re fast with the news.”
“Who doesn’t know the Empire’s most handsome man is getting married?”
“You spit out embarrassing words easily.”
“I apologize if I’ve offended you.”
Carson raised an eyebrow at Noah, who was insincerely apologizing.
“Well, it’s not that offensive.”
“A good choice.”
“What is?”
“Lord Swalden. A family with nothing lacking to become the in-laws of a Grand Duke.”
“Flattering words.”
Smiling, Carson didn’t let the smile fade. News of Carson von Raymond, the man attracting the most issues in the Empire, marrying had stirred the entire region.
Meanwhile, neither knew what issue was boiling in Landhill.
Ines went to the police with Carson’s knights. Gemuren, who had lost much blood, eventually fainted. The injury wasn’t severe, but the dagger-like weapon had inflicted a rather deep wound.
With a shrugged expression, Ines coldly observed Gemuren, who was being dragged along by the knights.
“What happened to Joseph Branoah’s body?”
The first question Ines asked upon reaching the police station.
The body has been properly recovered. It will probably be buried in Hansen Cemetery.
Hansen Cemetery was the place where Ines had previously visited, where that tomb was located.
What would be written on his tombstone this time? For a moment, the curiosity seemed almost laughable to her.
“Are my parents…?”
“Lord and Lady Swelden are in the next room.”
“I don’t want to see them. Never.”
“Understood. In fact, it’s a rule not to meet the family before the judgment for the crime is finalized.”
Having come with the knights of the lord, she wasn’t treated poorly. Even the captain of the security force had come to interrogate her himself. Having already heard all the circumstances from the knights, he mostly just confirmed the facts with Ines.
In the past, Ines had been dragged to the security force, branded as a murderer. They hadn’t treated her harshly, perhaps because of her identity, but she had been met with disdain and contempt.
The atmosphere was markedly different this time.
“Thank you.”
“What I heard from the knights concerns only the events on the mountain. However, we need to know all the circumstances of the case, so we need your cooperation.”
Ines simply nodded. She had lived only for this day. Even though everything was over, it didn’t feel real to her.
In answering questions, she spoke only of facts that people would find believable.
About once being lovers with Joseph and how she came to know of his infidelity.
But she couldn’t say more than that. Who would believe her words that he had faked his own death to frame her for murder and ultimately steal her father’s scheme?
The same went for Joseph trying to kill her father. Even though Earl Graham had orchestrated it, there was no evidence of his involvement. There was no remaining evidence of anything. And now he was a dead man.
However, the captain of the security force seemed to think that betrayal from a lover was enough motive for murder.
“The issue is the meticulous planning.”
“……”
“It’s not accidental; a premeditated crime will work very much against you.”
Ines said nothing, looking at the wall that had no windows. She thought it was a good thing that Carson had left the territory. If he saw her now, he would surely despise her, no matter what.
“One more thing to confirm.”
“Go ahead.”
“Is it true that you received immunity as a reward for saving the life of a member of the royal family?”
“Yes.”
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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