It had been a continuous tension for days since returning to the past.
Running away from her greatuncle, being picked up by Duke Ludwig.
“That was my only hope.”
Now, was it because Deon wasn’t saying anything?
In the silence where only footsteps and forest sounds were heard, Riche felt peace and gradually opened up.
“I almost died once, but I survived.”
“……How did you survive?”
For the first time, Deon asked her.
Riche was surprised but continued the conversation without missing the opportunity.
“I don’t know. Did I pray to a god?”
“A god?”
“Yeah. I asked not to be hurt anymore.”
Did the god hear her prayer and send her back to the past?
Riche recalled the last day.
Come to think of it, one of the dukes had reached out to her then.
‘Maybe that was Deon.’
A more massive and horribly fluctuating energy than Blake’s.
Could it be related to the war that Gerwer Duke mentioned the last time he visited the basement?
“……He didn’t grant my wish.”
Perhaps it was her imagination, but Deon’s voice sounded a little downcast.
“God?”
“Yeah.”
“What did you wish for?”
“…….”
He closed his mouth again. What’s with all these secrets?
“Should I ask for you? My wish was granted, so maybe this time, too.”
Feeling sorry for the back of his head, Riche unwittingly stroked Deon’s hair.
Smooth black hair passed between her small fingers.
‘Gasp.’
She was surprised and tried to pull her hand away, but for some reason, Deon didn’t get annoyed.
Had he opened his heart to her even a little? Now might be the chance to get an answer.
“Brother, why did you come into the forest?”
“…….”
“Can’t you tell me?”
Persistently questioned by Riche, Deon finally opened his mouth after a while.
“I was going to give you to a monster in the forest.”
“What?”
Tight. A monster? Riche’s hand gripped with surprise.
Deon shouted in pain as his hair was caught.
“What are you doing?”
“So, sorry.”
Riche let go.
Then she felt a sudden surge of anger.
No, why should I apologize? Deon tried to give her to a monster?
“Were you trying to kill me?”
“…….”
“Why? Because you hate humans? Because I took the name Ludwig?”
She tried to get angry, but her voice trembled.
What had she done so wrong?
She ran away from her greatuncle to live. She told the duke she would follow him to live.
She accepted the name in hope of a new life.
“I never even thought I would become Ludwig.”
But Ludwig. Becoming family with the Espers she didn’t want to be involved with.
Blake’s thoughts were unknowable. Deon clearly didn’t like her.
The peaceful feeling had vanished, replaced by sadness.
Riche burst into tears she had held back since morning.
“Were you so displeased that I joined the duke’s family? Enough to threaten to kill me with a sword? Enough to throw me to a monster?”
“Wa, wait.”
“I had nowhere else to go but the duke’s family—! Even if you didn’t kick me out, I planned to leave on my own in a few years……!”
It was sorrowful. Overwhelmed with emotion, Liche wept and questioned Deon.
Deon, taken aback, stopped in his tracks and tried to console Liche, but there was no consoling her.
“Just wanted to scare you. Showed you how scary the monster was, told you to get lost from our house… You thought I was trying to save you? Hey, you mutt. Are you listening to me?”
“Don’t call me a mutt—!”
I’m not even covered in fur now!
In the meantime, a strong wind blew. The sound of the leaves of the trees around the children rustled.
Swooooooosh.
At the eerie sound, Liche’s cries subsided.
With eyes brimming with tears, she looked around, her silver pupils gleaming.
Deon maintained a stern expression as if he was never flustered.
“…The trees are moving.”
Liche muttered.
The forest was changing. Paths were blocked, and new ways were forming.
Even the sky, faintly lit by the setting sun, was completely hidden by the leaves.
The surroundings quickly grew dark as night.
Boomboomboom.
From far away, the ground shook with the sounds of something gigantic.
The howls of beasts echoed from all sides.
In the tense atmosphere, Deon said to Liche,
“Grab my shoulder. Don’t fall off.”
“Mm.”
As Liche’s hand grabbed his shoulder tightly, Deon began to run with all his might.
Monsters that emerged from the trees chased after them.
(This is a time separator.)
Huff, pant.
Leaning against a tree, Deon caught his ragged breath.
Around him lay dozens of slain monsters.
All of them lifeless.
“……Are you okay?”
Liche, perched on Deon’s back, asked in a worried voice.
The energy of Deon, who had used his ability, wavered unstably.
Even to a nonmagician’s eye, Deon’s condition was serious.
His face, usually pale, turned as white as a patient’s.
“Get down.”
Deon relaxed his grip on Liche’s legs.
As she squirmed down and touched the ground, Deon collapsed on the spot.
“Hey…!”
Forgetting to call him her brother, Liche grabbed Deon’s arm with her small hands.
Deon’s halfclosed red eyes turned to her.
“I think I’m going to fall asleep.”
“Uh, yes!”
At his words, Liche whimpered as she rolled Deon over and laid him down straight.
Then she took off her coat, rolled it up, and tucked it under Deon’s head.
Who asked for a bedtime story?
Deon narrowed his brows, but he didn’t scold her.
“If a monster appears again, just run away. Don’t worry about me.”
“Why? No!”
The answer flowed from Liche’s mouth in an instant.
Deon was flabbergasted.
“Did you forget that I was going to give you to the monster? Leave me behind. If you run away till morning, you’ll be able to get out of the forest.”
His tone was as brash as usual, but Deon was sweating profusely.
More monsters had gathered than expected, and he had used more abilities than he could handle.
‘I thought I could last until morning with my power. Is this why Father told me not to go into the forest.’
His vision grew hazy with fever.
He wanted to apologize to the fearless mutt, but if he did, she really might not leave him.
Feeling like he might lose consciousness at any moment, Deon deliberately threatened Liche.
“Hey, if you’re next to me when I open my eyes, I’ll use my power.”
“…….”
Thump.
Liche’s palm struck Deon’s forehead.
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.”
_____
Please help me, I want to bring you the best possible things.
If you find any chapter or novel with poor translation and editing quality, let me know by commenting directly under that novel or chapter. I will retranslate it as soon as possible.
[Touch the gear icon in the bottom right corner of the screen to move to the next chapter if you want.]
