“Yes?”
“Somehow, it seems like you’re trying to tidy up the surroundings. And you’re gesturing as if telling those children over there to come in. It’s not like you’re hiding something, right?”
I’m not the type to beat around the bush, so I straightforwardly asked her.
“Oh… No. I just told them it’s nap time now. There are no children I want to hide. It’s not like that.”
“Can you take responsibility for that statement?”
“Yes…?”
“I mean the statement that there are no children you want to hide.”
“Right.”
She awkwardly smiled and nodded.
“Thank goodness. I was worried that there might be some hidden ones. Then, since we’ve come all the way here, let’s take a look around. You seem confident, Ms. Orphanage Director.”
“In-investigate? We haven’t done anything wrong, and you suddenly come to investigate. It’s surprising.”
“Do you need to be so sensitive? It might seem like there’s something to hide. Is that okay?”
Intentionally using the phrase ‘children to hide,’ I provoked her. It was to figure out what kind of person she was – whether she was someone who could easily overcome such provocations or someone who needed more careful consideration. Fortunately, Director Jane seemed to be on the less intelligent side.
“Uh…”
It would have been better if she had called the children to show me. After all, no one at the orphanage cared about how the children were raised.
Even Lian, who considered the orphanage children as a single entity, hadn’t set any specific standards for caring for the orphanage children.
‘So it makes her look even more foolish.’
She was practically digging her own grave by itching her feet too much.
“Even if Empress Mama says so… I don’t like it. Are you doing this because I didn’t cooperate willingly regarding the princess? It feels like Empress Mama is pressuring me on behalf of the Emperor. Even if you say it’s the Emperor and Empress Mama…”
Watching her blabber on, I nodded slowly.
“Okay.”
“Yes?”
“If you don’t want to say it yourself, I can’t force you any further. This is your orphanage, Ms. Director. Even if there are suspicious things, we can’t do anything right away.”
The orphanage director seemed to breathe a sigh of relief very quietly.
“But it would be wise not to feel too relieved. There are people who can inspect this place through legitimate means, unlike us.”
“Yes?”
“Although the orphanage may be yours, the overseeing authority is the temple. And the Grand Minister is the figure who can encompass everything there.”
I glanced at Karitos, who had been alternately watching the two of us. Only now did he make a sound of acknowledgment, nodding his head.
“That’s right. I am the authority.”
“Are you going to suddenly conduct an investigation like this?”
As the orphanage director expressed her dissatisfaction, Karitos raised his head.
“No. We can’t do that.”
“Yes. That’s right, Empress Mama.”
The orphanage director’s head tilted as if she had become the victor. Now, she wore a face that seemed to say, “What are you going to do now?” Despite knowing that the person in front of her was the Empress, the orphanage director’s behavior was no different from that of Evan Duke.
Her actions were condescending, though her words were excessively respectful. The person on the receiving end couldn’t help but notice. If she truly considered me the Empress, she probably wouldn’t have reacted like that. At least she would have found it challenging.
“I see.”
I looked at Karistos. A flat-out refusal. This isn’t matching up. Here, shouldn’t he just comply with what I want?
I squinted my eyes and stared at him.
Then,
“But if Empress Mama says so, I’m willing to do anything.”
“Yes?”
“If it’s Empress Mama’s request, I’ve decided to comply with anything. So, Ms. Jane, the orphanage director of Evan Orphanage, will investigate the current state of the orphanage today.”
“This is absurd!”
“It seems like there’s some other intention behind Empress Mama’s words.”
“No… Isn’t this going a bit too far?”
The orphanage director shook her head nervously.
“Sometimes, the temple randomly inspects orphanages. Oh, now that I think about it, Evan Orphanage hasn’t been inspected strangely often. For quite a long time.”
Karistos’s eyes narrowed. He seemed to be suspicious of something, and his expression was a bit subtle.
“That’s…”
“Maybe someone has been looking out for us. Before we came here, just in case, I looked into it. Since Director Jane took over Evan Orphanage, there hasn’t been a single surprise inspection. Before that, there was only one. It’s not normal for it to be this way, even for random inspections. You seem to be incredibly lucky.”
“Grand Minister. I understand that inspections are usually just for show. Do we really need to go this far?”
In a cornered state, she made a statement that didn’t make much sense.
“No, Grand Minister. It’s not like that…”
“What do you mean? That I’m inspecting this place?”
“No matter how sudden a surprise inspection is, usually they inform us beforehand. But doing it so suddenly like this…”
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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