Although not ostentatious, it was a perfectly refined piece of art.
Only those with discerning tastes would likely recognize it as a work made just for her.
Ermedillin looked at her reflection and thought of the matching mask made by Pellio.
‘Will he wear the brooch tomorrow?’
Just past noon on an early afternoon, Velia woke up on her soft bed.
Feeling better and clearer after a good sleep, she was in a delightful mood, enough to forget about the charges from the previous day’s assault.
“Ah, you’re finally awake! As soon as you wake up, Her Majesty has requested that you visit her office immediately!”
“Again?”
“Yes.”
Velia’s eyebrows twitched at the almost mechanical request, given that she expected Henri to visit her because her lover had collapsed.
“She asked me to go to the office myself?”
“Yes.”
She almost blurted out, ‘Ah, leave it. Really.’
But what could she do? She had to go.
If she wanted to successfully seduce him tomorrow, she had to adjust her mood from now.
Velia went to Henri’s office dressed in her tousled hair and plain indoor clothes.
“I came as soon as I woke up.”
“Ah, good. Sit down for a moment.”
Henri’s attitude was extremely businesslike as he gestured to a chair opposite his.
“If the trial proceeds, you won’t be able to have your enthronement ceremony tomorrow.”
“What?”
What’s he talking about? All I did was throw a book, and the person didn’t even get severely injured. Now my enthronement ceremony might be canceled?
“During a trial, one’s social status is locked. If you’re officially designated a suspect, you can’t change your status.”
“But enthronement is by imperial decree! Can’t you even handle this, being an Emperor??”
Velia lost her temper and raised her voice upon hearing that the longawaited enthronement ceremony might be postponed.
“That’s strange.”
“What?”
Henri’s blue eyes sharpened as he stared intently at Velia.
“Weren’t you the one saying that the Emperor should be the guardian of the law, just a few months ago?”
Ouch.
Feeling like Henri’s gaze had pierced her soul, Velia felt her heart shrink for a moment and then return to its original size.
“I’m not saying I won’t give you the title. I’m just saying it must be postponed by law. After all, weren’t you the one who assaulted a princess?”
Now his manner of speaking had completely changed to that of a man.
“Because the princess insulted me…”
“Insult? There’s no mention of that in the statements signed by the witnesses.”
Before making an excuse, Valiere calmly recalled his own memory.
Certainly, they never outright insulted him.
What they had said about being a couple was just a title, and the rest was merely a comment on their lovely appearance.
In truth, what truly infuriated Valiere was when they said the emperor and empress were a wellmatched pair, but even that was not an insult. Weren’t the two actually married?
The self, who was described as ‘that woman’ after being told that she and Anri were wellmatched.
Valiere had thrown the book, fabricating insults in his mind that never existed due to an inferiority complex.
“……”
Valiere’s lips tightly closed.
He thought this time there wouldn’t be foolish actions buried in an inferiority complex since he’d become the protagonist. This damn inferiority complex follows him like a shadow even if the world he lives in changes.
“I know how much you’ve been waiting for tomorrow. That’s why I asked the Count if he can drop the charges.”
“Really?”
Tears quickly filled Valiere’s eyes at Anri’s softened tone.
No matter how distant her heart had become, her tears still left a wound in Anri’s soul.
Trying to maintain his composure in the face of his lover’s tears, Anri responded in the most businesslike tone he could muster.
“Yes. If you sincerely apologize to the two ladies, he said he would drop the charges.”
“Apologize?”
“You made the mistake, so apologize and ask them to drop the charges. Then we can proceed with tomorrow’s coronation ceremony as planned.”
How could he say such cruel words with such tender eyes?
It was just that he was upset about being treated as ‘that woman,’ and now he was being told to apologize to the women who had treated him as such.
Valiere felt as if every blood vessel in his body expanded with indignation.
His heart was beating so fast that he could feel its thumping throughout his body.
But Valiere decided to hold back, thinking about tomorrow.
If he had held back like this at the bookstore, things would have been better.
“Yes. I will apologize.”
“Your Majesty!”
“What’s the matter?”
While reviewing the final details with Pellio about tomorrow’s coronation ceremony, Runi burst in with a bright expression.
Judging by her expression, something unpleasant had happened to Valiere again.
“Not a pleasant event, it seems.”
“Today, the princesses from the House of Illenian and the House of Bianst visited the palace, and everyone was curious about why?”
Pellio, who had been listening, frowned as soon as he heard the word ‘Bianst.’
“Liena?”
“I don’t know the name! But the reason they came…”
Runi tried to keep a serious expression, but her eyes were already laughing brightly.
“Valiere threw a book at the Illenian princess.”
“What?”
Ermedillin couldn’t comprehend what Runi was saying.
“A book! A book! A thick book at the princess!”
“What?”
Ermedillin genuinely couldn’t believe it.
A thick book could be a substantial weapon due to its weight and dimensions.
Throwing such a dangerous object at a person was incomprehensible to her.
“Luckily it missed, so the princess wasn’t badly hurt, but it seems they are considering pressing charges.”
“Charges?”
“Most likely for assault.”
Pellio chimed in, who had been quietly listening.
“If he formally becomes a suspect, his status would be fixed during the trial. They might have deliberately come to press charges today.”
“Ah…”
Hearing Pellio’s words, Ermedillin heavily sighed and slumped in her chair.
If Valiere became a Count, Ermedillin had been considering quietly leaving the palace.
She knew her current condition was unstable but never expected her to throw a weapon at someone.
“Wow, Yeri Lee really is beyond imagination. So this is why the tyranny of the rich becomes an issue every time people start to forget.”
Ermedillin felt a throbbing sensation in one corner of her head.
All because of Valliere, who would cause trouble even when things would have worked out on their own if left alone.
“Do I really want to leave the palace and hand over the Empress’s position to someone like that? She’s already so brazen, what would she do once she becomes the Empress?”
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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