I don’t want to go alone, but should I take Liandro with me? It feels awkward there. Suddenly, I hear a cough, the wind blows, and all sorts of things happen.
‘I wish she would come with me.’
But she seems to be dealing with something serious, and I couldn’t interfere anymore.
Moreover, bringing seven-year-old kids to such a place seemed impossible for me.
In the meantime, Cherti, who had been watching us from a distance, stuck close to the children as soon as I left. Smiling as if to reassure them.
‘Was Cherti always someone with a lot of laughter?’
When I first came to the palace, she gave off a tough impression, but in a few days, her atmosphere changed. Even more so after the clear announcement that I would become the empress.
‘Maybe she’s someone vulnerable to power.’
Regardless, I had someone who could take care of the kids, so there was no need to worry on that front. I was more concerned about going to the library.
In the end, I headed towards the Imperial Library with shaky steps.
Today, the palace feels unusually quiet, and the path to the library also feels unusually silent. Eerily silent.
Was it because it was quiet that my steps to the library were faster than usual? Almost unnaturally so.
Quiet may be the reason, but I felt my steps to the library were faster than usual, almost eerily so.
Perhaps it was due to my concerns, but I soon arrived at the Royal Library.
“We’ve arrived.”
“Do you have any concerns?”
“Concerns? No.”
“You’ve been sighing too deeply on your way here, so I’m worried.”
Want to go in together? Not worried, but strange things keep happening inside. It’s a very strange library. If you come with me, I feel like I can choose books without any worries.
I wanted to say such things, but feeling that anyone who saw me would think I’m crazy, I grabbed the library door.
“No… no worries.”
“Yes.”
“Um, just in case… If I’m in front, and I call you, you should come in right away.”
“Don’t worry.”
Ken nodded vigorously, and I eventually entered the Imperial Library.
It wasn’t much different from when I first came.
“I must be overreacting.”
Yes, it’s more comfortable to think that way. I’ve been here several times, and the feeling of being watched or hearing strange sounds only happened that one time.
I shook my head deliberately, crouching down to look for children’s books.
“Still, this is well managed.”
Children’s fairy tale books were all within reach of the children’s eyes. There was some discomfort in having to bend down, but it was okay.
“I wonder what’s good.”
Since I haven’t completely mastered reading yet, books with more pictures than letters would be better. I unfolded various books, trying to decide.
Then.
One day, I felt that gaze without knowing why.
The feeling of someone looking at me.
I want to believe it’s not true, but as expected, that gaze continued to be felt. I wanted to dismiss it as my imagination, but it didn’t seem like it was just my imagination.
“What is this uneasy gaze?”
Hmm, it feels like someone is stroking my neck. Especially when I praised the library, there were peculiar reactions.
Thinking back, when I heard that sound last time, I thought it was the emperor who appeared immediately and made that sound. But now that I think about it, it’s a bit strange. I also thought it was strange back then.
For a voice that should be Liandro’s, it sounded very much like an old person’s voice.
“Could it be a ghost?!”
“A ghost! Don’t even think about spreading such baseless rumors!”
What is this sound? A voice coming from the empty air.
The moment I screamed, my mouth shut tight. Did I… definitely hear the voice just now? Surely the voice of a person telling me not to spread baseless rumors… I definitely heard it, right?
“Gh… Ghost…?”
“It’s not a ghost!”
The voice of someone who seemed a bit older. Whether it was Ken coming in or Liandro coming to see me, I desperately wished it was them, but no matter how I looked, it didn’t seem like them.
“Wh… who are you? Who’s here…?”
I looked around. There was no sign of any shadows that looked like a human. I want to run away. I want to go out right away. But my body stopped in the state of holding the book.
I hated ghosts the most. So, trembling, I looked around, and at that moment.
“I am the owner of this library!”
“…The emperor?”
“No, why would the owner of this library be the emperor! It’s me!”
What is this talking about?
Still, the figure is not visible. Strangely, until just now, I was very scared, but when the man who claimed to be the owner of the library spoke, the tension disappeared.
Even if it’s a ghost, it doesn’t seem scary. It looks somewhat familiar. So, without realizing it, I earnestly argued against someone’s words.
“Excuse me.”
“Yeah.”
“Where is this library located?”
“It’s inside the palace!”
“Who ordered you to make it?”
“The current emperor…”
“Then, naturally, it should be the emperor, right?”
Suddenly, when the wind blew around, something was revealed. I shifted my gaze to the origin of the wind. There… something unexpected stood.
“A doll…?”
“Outrageous! To call me a doll!”
“…A huge head with short and chubby legs. Definitely short arms that seem impossible to pet. It looks like a doll to anyone.”
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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