“I saw the Empress last week, but I forgot.”
Clang.
…Thud.
Due to the broken teacup and the straw basket hitting the floor belatedly, a sound resonated in the silent space.
“W-What are you talking about?”
Seraphina, with a face that couldn’t conceal her astonishment, barely managed to respond.
Upon seeing the bewildered Empress, Emperor Markus asked.
“Lev? Where did you meet her? If something like that happened, why didn’t you tell me?”
Empress Seraphina replied with a composed face.
“The Princess… She must have had some misunderstanding due to her long journey…”
“Lorel Lake.”
As Lev spoke, Empress Seraphina’s eyes were filled with astonishment.
“You probably knew it was me. I expected you to recognize me and at least greet me, but you pretended not to know and passed by.”
A cold sweat ran down behind Empress Seraphina.
“Well… If I had seen the Princess, I would have welcomed her warmly. It has been a long time since Your Majesty has been searching for her.”
“Hmph. Welcoming, you say.”
With an unknown gaze, Lev smiled mockingly and brought the teacup to his lips. Watching this, Seraphina felt her heart dropping to the ankles in a suffocating feeling.
Originally, for someone who considered themselves an ordinary and good person, two conditions were required to do something wrong:
A mental victory in allowing the action and defense against the social aspect of not getting caught.
Lev imprisoning her and taking her blood was all the will of the ‘god.’ What kind of country was the Constance Empire?
It was an empire that had been founded two thousand years ago when the Five Gods and Oder defeated the disaster of the continent. And it was none other than Oder, who had directly inherited the Emperor’s bloodline and ascended to the divine throne.
A country where the god delivered prophecies and oracles directly through the priest.
Therefore, Seraphina obediently submitted to the ‘god’s’ will without any doubt.
Moreover, the representative of the god always appeared without any sign or sound, as if emerging from the shadows.
Carrying the assets of Count Heinrung and imprisoning Lev on a ship, she was confident that, despite being closely monitored, Lev would never reveal her true identity.
However, what was Lev’s attitude?
As if he knew everything, his behavior seemed to say, ‘You don’t know anything.’
‘No. He wouldn’t act like that if he knew, right?’
In Seraphina’s thoughts, if Lev knew this fact, he would undoubtedly turn everything, even a single brick of the Empress’s Palace, into dust. After all, despite being a woman, Lev had reached the level of a Swordmaster thanks to Oder’s abilities.
‘I don’t know. Ignorance is certain. Maybe while breaking the ship, there might have been a clue, but there can’t be anything related to me on that ship.’
Empress Seraphina regained her composure.
“Lorel Lake? That’s inappropriate.”
That was when Emperor Markus, squinting his eyes, asked.
“Right. By the way, didn’t you visit the villa last week? Then Lev might have seen the Empress.”
Empress Seraphina secretly resented the unhelpful Emperor Markus. He knew she had visited the villa near Lake Lorel.
“W-Well, that’s how it is. This person is so absent-minded. So, I wanted to take a break for a while. Hoho.”
As they awkwardly transitioned, the surroundings became dim.
That’s when.
“His Imperial Highness, the Crown Prince, has arrived.”
As the door creaked open, Sabiel entered the audience chamber.
He looked a bit pale, as if he were someone in pain. Moreover, dark circles under his eyes indicated he hadn’t eaten properly for days. Nevertheless, due to his smooth and handsome appearance, he seemed full of depth.
“Aunt.”
“Oh, Sabiel. Is your health better now? It was a pity we couldn’t have a proper conversation when you visited the Grand Manor after a long time.”
“Sabiel visited the Grand Manor?”
Lev stood up with a face of disbelief, and with a bright smile, he hugged Sabiel and exchanged greetings.
“Yes. I’m fine.”
Sabiel seemed desperate and anxious. Lev stared intently at him.
Empress Seraphina, relieved that the topic had changed suddenly with Sabiel’s arrival, couldn’t help but wonder why he had come here all of a sudden. Didn’t he say he would rest at the Sujeong Palace because he wasn’t feeling well?
With a puzzled mind, Empress Seraphina spoke up.
“Why has His Imperial Highness come here all of a sudden?”
“I heard that my aunt had returned, so I came to see her.”
“Hoohoo. The lad has grown up.”
Lev, apparently pleased with his nephew’s words, smiled continuously.
“When the Duchess Uyter returns to the capital, she doesn’t even show her face, but…”
Seemingly content with his nephew’s words, Lev continued smiling.
“And you should convey your greetings to His Imperial Highness, the Crown Prince. Princess.”
Looking at Empress Seraphina with tired eyes, Emperor Markus spoke.
“J-Just stop it. Lev. We might need to organize a welcoming ceremony for his return soon.”
“Would anyone really welcome me like that?”
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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