At the time when the sun had just started to rise, Jaina led the halfdazed Nathaniel across the imperial palace.
The knights guarding in front of the Empress’s palace were quite surprised when they appeared.
Soon they called the chamberlain, and the yawning woman’s expression changed when she saw Jaina and Nathaniel.
“Isn’t it too early for you to come?”
“The Empress told me to treat her like family. Isn’t it natural to wake up early in the morning and wonder if your parents were safe all night?”
Jaina spoke to the chamberlain, giggling.
Unbeknownst to her, Nathaniel was glaring at the chamberlain behind her, putting pressure on him.
“Well… please wait a moment.”
The chamberlain, feeling the threatening look in the Crown Prince’s eyes, hurried towards the Empress’s room.
“Your Majesty, Empress Your Majesty.”
After knocking on the door a few times, the irritated voice of the Empress was heard.
“What is it?”
“The Crown Prince and Princess have come to greet you. What should I do? Should I send them away?”
The chamberlain looked at the Empress with a desperate expression.
‘Please say you’ll meet them.’
She was scared to go to the Crown Prince and say that the Empress had refused.
“Who’s here?”
“The Crown Prince and Princess have come, Your Highness.”
“Jaina, not only that thing but both of them?”
“Yes.”
The Empress’s eyes widened to the size of a bull’seye.
This had never happened before.
That Nathaniel was like a frog who would say no even when he was right.
And yet he was coming to pay his respects at dawn.
“Tell them to wait a moment.”
This was an opportunity, whether she knew how that foxy Jaina had cooked Nathaniel or not.
An opportunity to establish her dignity as Empress, to educate Nathaniel.
She went inside to prepare.
[This is the time separator]It didn’t take long for the Empress to come out to receive the greetings.
Her face was already full of excitement.
‘It’s a good thing she’s simple.’
I poked Nathaniel’s sulking side and stood up from my seat.
“I see Empress Your Majesty. Did you have a good night?”
“Yes, I feel good seeing you this early in the morning.”
She sat down gracefully, smiling.
“But what brings the two of you here at this early hour?”
“I was troubled by what Your Majesty said. I understand your desire to get close, so we plan to visit you more often.”
I threw the bait.
“Ho ho ho ho, the Crown Princess is very polite.”
And the Empress took the bait.
I began to smile widely and started to cater to her.
After becoming an adult in her previous life, she had devoted herself to all kinds of service industries, from restaurant workers to call center employees.
Thanks to that, she was confident in observing the customers’ conditions and soothing their feelings.
Had she observed the Empress’s condition too well?
She had stayed in the Empress’s palace longer than expected because Empress Lenisha insisted on breakfast.
Thanks to that, Nathaniel was thoroughly annoyed.
He had been reluctant to go, and it was thanks to the Empress, whom he didn’t want to see, constantly getting on Nathaniel’s nerves.
Nathaniel did not speak all the way home.
“Your Highness, are you angry?”
“Not really.”
Anyone could see he was angry.
After getting away from the Empress, now she had to watch Nathaniel’s mood.
“Still, I think it will be a little easier in the future because you helped, Your Highness.”
“Hmm.”
“Thank you so much for helping.”
After she finished speaking and cautiously looked at his face, his expression had slightly relaxed.
She quickly grabbed his hand and said,
“You didn’t eat much earlier, did you?”
“The chefs in the Empress’s palace can’t make anything worth eating.”
It was an absurd complaint.
Though the meal was mainly vegetables and fruits for body management, the food was quite excellent.
It just didn’t catch the eye of the staunch carnivore Nathaniel.
“Then, do you want to eat pancakes when we get back?”
“Is it the one we ate at the Duke’s house?”
“Yes, yes. I got the recipe since you seemed to like it. It will surely be delicious.”
Nathaniel was silent for a moment and then nodded his head.
She urged him on by grabbing his hand and walking quickly.
‘Ah, dragons are hard to raise too.’
She lamented her fate.
[This is the time separator]Empress Lenisha was sitting in a daze.
The time was early dawn, before the sun had even risen.
“Did Your Majesty sleep comfortably last night, Empress?”
“Yes, yawn. I slept very well.”
Millya was almost entirely fed up with Jaina, who was sitting in front of her without an inch of distortion, asking after her health.
Nathaniel, sitting beside her, still looked annoyed.
It had already been nearly a week since they chased her down to pay their respects every morning.
Even coming late at night to greet her, the Empress’s daily sleep time had been greatly reduced.
Besides, saying they would ‘often’ visit, they appeared quite determined, really appearing often.
They would knock on the door several times a day, greeting her.
‘Yesterday was almost a big disaster.’
She recalled her embarrassment due to their sudden appearance yesterday afternoon, right after tea time.
Yesterday, Anaïs had been scolded for hurting Henry while playing.
Because of stress, she had had problems with anger management.
Eventually, her anger exploded, and she screamed and raged, throwing things around.
Empress, the Crown Prince and Princess have arrived.
Empress Lenisha was so startled that she almost fell backward.
Frantically cleaning up the surroundings, urging Anaïs to go back, she had barely averted the crisis.
‘I can’t be caught twice.’
The Empress, who had changed clothes and appeared before them, almost swore.
Disheveled Anaïs was talking with Jaina.
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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