“If someone sees this, they might think we’re having a territorial dispute over Lady Rosevelia.”
In addition to the humming voices of Caden and Vivian, Ann’s laughter, full of amusement, added to the peculiar ensemble.
Come to think of it, I’m with my three favorite people in this mansion.
As that thought passed, a comfortable laughter flowed out.
“There’s no record anywhere saying that specific people’s inner thoughts were audible.”
Ian, who had taken his eyes off the book, suddenly looked up.
‘The sensation of someone approaching seems close, but why can’t I hear anything?’
Calisto’s voice was transmitted at that moment.
‘Ian, are you there?’
Closing the book and approaching the door, the forbidden door, tightly closed, opened.
“As expected, you were here.”
“Your Majesty.”
“How was the campaign?”
At Calisto’s casual inquiry, Ian’s pupils widened.
“How did you know that?”
“If a father doesn’t understand his son’s heart, who else would?.”
Just as Ian was about to put on a faint smile, a hallucination struck. Ian, who gritted his lower lip, seemed to be trying to shake off the hallucination.
“You were called Rosevelia Kyeong, right? The name of the White Knights you harbored feelings for.”
The name that unexpectedly surfaced at this timing tightened my chest.
“Yes, that’s correct.”
“I thought you were a skilled person, so I assumed you participated in this campaign. So, you must have wanted to go, too…”
“…”
“Are you unharmed?”
“Yes. That person is stronger than me.”
Ian’s somewhat stiffened lips relaxed in an instant. Calisto, hiding his surprise, said,
“You seem much more relaxed after returning from the campaign.”
It was also thanks to Rosevelia. Just being able to stand by her side, whom he thought he would never see again, brought peace to his heart.
“How much of the records in this room have Your Majesty read?”
“There’s no book my hand hasn’t touched.”
“Then, have you ever seen a case in the records where someone’s inner thoughts weren’t heard?”
“I don’t know. I don’t recall seeing such records.”
Although Ian had spent half a day confined in this room after returning from the campaign, meticulously searching through the records, he, too, couldn’t find such records.
‘What on earth is it then?’
“Why are you asking?”
“It’s nothing.”
“Soon, I’ll open Crown Prince Chaebongshik’s book.”
Ian looked straight at Calisto, who gazed back with trembling eyes.
‘You will become the emperor, Ian.’
Calisto knew well what this hidden meaning implied. It was creating a path to escape from this curse even a little faster.
Because everyone affected by the curse wished for it. They all wanted to escape the curse and hoped to rest in peace, even for a day.
If it had been before he left for the campaign, before he met Rosevelia again, he might have wished for the same thing.
But…
‘Isn’t it terrifying?’
‘Not at all. Even if the curse is manifested, you are still the same Ian I knew.’
Rosevelia’s words brought a glimmer of hope.
A hope that being with her could keep him as his true self.
“Your Majesty, how much of this curse has been revealed?”
“There is no record that the curse has been completely revealed.”
“Then, I will… not die.”
“What?”
Ian’s eyes, similar to those of Ian, shook precariously.
“I will hold on to my sanity and somehow survive. I will show that I can overcome it. So, I don’t need the position of the Crown Prince.”
“If that’s the case, you should climb even higher to the position of Crown Prince and further become the emperor.”
Ian narrowed his eyes, seemingly unable to understand Calisto’s words.
“Why do you think that way?”
“Since the curse has manifested in you, the only way to protect you and the person you love is the same. The only thing I can do for you is…”
“…?”
“Before others wield the sword, the only thing I can do is put the sword in your hands first.”
Ian’s eyes trembled briefly at the resolute tone.
“So, protect yourself. Both you and the person you love.”
‘Person I love…’
Ian’s Adam’s apple moved slowly. His eyes, which had been shaking relentlessly, suddenly froze.
With eyes now firmer than before, he faced Calisto.
“…I willingly accept that sword.”
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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