About an hour ago.
Princess Toliya walked to the powder room. The empty hallway was occupied by only her.
The jewel powder she had applied around her eyes, enduring the stinging sensation, mixed with her tears and flowed down.
Even when it itched to the point of pain, she simply endured it to show others. But even that became a mess as distinct tear stains formed.
It wasn’t just the makeup. Everything was distorted.
‘This was supposed to be the banquet where I shined.’
At this banquet, she should have captured the empire’s finest man and become the center of high society. It was a calculated position.
Matian was a man who walked the righteous path.
Even though he had rejected her in the past, she thought he would have no choice but to accept her when this day came.
Because whenever she thought about it, she was always the best choice he could make.
So even when rumors circulated that he had taken some beast-like man as his partner, she didn’t believe it.
‘What is it that I lack for you to do this.’
The princess clenched her molars and raised her head at the suspicious sign.
In front of the powder room she was going to, the empress stood. She gestured for everyone in the hallway to be dismissed.
“If it isn’t a defeated dog.”
“Ah, Mother.”
A chill ran down her spine. The princess quickly took out a handkerchief and wiped the corners of her eyes.
What should I do? I showed a disheveled appearance in front of the empress.
“The princess always calls me mother when she’s at a disadvantage.”
The empress looked the princess up and down and clicked her tongue.
As if that small sound was a typhoon, the princess shrugged her shoulders.
“I must have told you what your use is, princess.”
“I’m sorry, Mother.”
“Don’t call me mother, call me Your Majesty.”
“…I apologize, Your Majesty.”
“I’m really disappointed, Toliya. What have you accomplished so far?”
The empress walked up to the princess’s nose.
As the empress’s shadow loomed over the princess’s body, the princess felt suffocated.
“Was it that difficult to win over Lord Wiegratz’s heart for such a long time?”
“I didn’t know he really liked men. And a hairy man at that.”
“Yes, I can understand that your efforts were in vain after seeing the guy he confidently brought as his supposed partner.”
The princess, who had been looking down at the kind tone, looked straight ahead. However, the empress’s gaze that met hers was cold.
“But whether that guy likes men or beasts, you should have stuck to your side even if you had to threaten him, at least for today.”
For the emperor trapped in deep-rooted inferiority and jealous of House Wiegratz, for the wretched emperor trying to bring the history of past heroes into the imperial family even by stealing seeds, she should have done that.
“With this incident, your standing in high society has also collapsed. This is clearly your mistake, princess.”
The empress spoke coldly and rubbed her temples.
She was a child who was quite pleasing, born with honey blonde hair and blue eyes, and a pretty face.
I judged that her appearance of innocence while calculating on the other hand suited high society quite well, but she was less clever than expected.
‘I’ll have to use the last resort.’
The empress took out a lace handkerchief and held it out to the princess.
Does this mean to wipe away my tears? The princess politely accepted it and tilted her head.
There was something inside the handkerchief bundle. The princess peeked inside the bundle.
The empress’s ring that allowed entry anywhere in the imperial palace and a small glass bottle containing a transparent liquid were visible.
“Your Majesty the Empress?”
“Even a very large wyvern becomes a beast with just five drops, raising its body temperature.”
“To whom should I give this to…?”
The princess looked up at the empress with eyes that seemed to know nothing.
Stupid thing, using a frivolous trick that only works on men on me. Instead of dirtying her own mouth, the empress patted the princess’s shoulder.
“I believe you know its use best.”
The empress straightened her back and passed the princess to return to the banquet hall.
[This is the timeline separator]‘Her Majesty gave me this as a last resort.’
The princess tightly grasped the glass bottle and the ring.
The empress’s suggestion was an act with a low probability of success and high risk.
There was no way the Matian Wiegratz of the world would gulp down a suspicious drug, and if things went wrong, she would be blamed for everything and expelled from the palace.
‘I want a more perfect ending.’
The princess headed to the heavily guarded underground prison.
Originally, the empress must have given the ring with the intention of capturing Matian by dragging him to a secret place, but her plan was different.
The large knight who solemnly guarded the entrance to the prison blocked the princess’s path.
“Your Highness the Princess, what brings you here? Ah, please go in.”
The knight checked the empress’s ring and immediately made way.
The princess went down the winding stairs.
Nobles and attendants who committed crimes were imprisoned on the upper levels, and the lowest level was where those who committed grave sins stayed.
It was there that the Red Eagle Priest was imprisoned.
‘The emperor imprisoned the Red Eagle leader in the imperial palace even at the risk of danger.’
In the past, it was said that the emperor was deeply infatuated with a foreign maid. When she gave birth to Prince Cheirun, the emperor cherished them.
However, that concubine suddenly passed away, and Cheirun was also abandoned in the Forest of Death according to a prophecy that he would destroy the empire.
And Cheirun Stewart appeared as the Red Eagle Priest, Chad.
With a face that closely resembled his mother’s.
The emperor said such words and then secretly visited this place, she heard. It was truly an emperor-like selfishness.
Even though he clearly expected the empress to have killed the concubine, he pretended not to know for the sake of power, and without hesitation, abandoned the prince he loved at a single word of prophecy that he would destroy his own country.
‘I finally arrived.’
The princess inhaled. The lowest level was submerged in water like a huge artificial lake.
In the middle of it was a single prison floating like an island, and a powerful magic barrier drawn on the ceiling was suppressing the prisoner trapped inside.
Chad, who was lying crookedly inside, waved his hand at the princess.
Every time he moved his body, his red hair that had grown down to his waist swayed.
Wearing only a piece of cloth that looked like a gown, he exuded a mature and decadent charm more than men in formal attire.
“Long time no see, Toliya. What brings the noble princess all the way here?”
“That, that’s.”
“Can I try guessing?”
Chad smiled with his eyes and flicked his finger in the air.
“It’s because of Matian Wiegratz, right?”
“…!”
“Didn’t the empress teach you how to manage your expressions? You’re too easy to read. You’ll die without anyone knowing, Toliya.”
Even though he used my mother’s case as an example, she’s still out of it. Chad shook his head.
“By the way, what favor did you come to ask of me? To make Matian love you? To make him intoxicated with you? Or to eliminate the woman who has captured his heart?”
“A woman, you say? Isn’t it a man?”
“Puhaha! It seems like something is still complicatedly entangled.”
It feels good to be the only one who still knows Rukna’s secret? Chad muttered to himself and listened to the princess’s story.
Even though the content was not funny at all, he laughed out loud holding his stomach.
“So you brought that drug to me, sister? To feed it to me?”
“No!”
“No way. You’re aiming to sit by my side when I overthrow the empire and become the new ruler? We may not share blood, but we’re proper siblings, so that’s quite shocking.”
But what should I do, Rukna’s corpse will be sitting by my side.
Chad imagined that sight with an enraptured expression.
“How, how rude! Are you insulting the princess now?”
“Oh. You know how to say that too?”
“Cheirun Stewart!”
“Isn’t Princess Toliya the royal who will crawl under my feet first when I overthrow the empire?”
Chad imitated his imagined Toliya vividly in a woman’s voice, saying, “I don’t share the imperial family’s blood, I actually admired you for a long time, Lord Chad!”
“No need to be so flustered, Toliya. I know a bit about women, you see.”
“…”
“Well, let’s end the introduction here. So what do you want me to do?”
Chad stretched his arm through the prison bars. Then, as if drawn by a magnet, the princess’s body far away was pulled in front of his hand. She floated on the water, terrified.
“Should I pour that drug into Matian’s mouth for you? Or should I make it so Matian can never take his eyes off you for the rest of his life?”
“…Is that possible while trapped here?”
“Black magic is a great magic that tears apart existing laws and creates something new. That’s why the selfish creator prohibited black magic through the mouths of priests to protect his authority, isn’t it?”
“Then do it for me.”
The princess clenched her fists so tightly that her knuckles turned white. Her stiffly hardened face wore a vile smile.
“Make Matian Wiegratz love me. So that I can live as an eternally loved princess, so that no one can bring me down.”
[This is the timeline separator]Rukna ran to the rear garden where strong black magic was felt. Matian, who had followed her, grabbed her wrist.
“Wait, Rukna!”
“Let go. We need to stop that first.”
“Can we stop it?”
“I’m a Closet. Don’t underestimate my abilities.”
“I’m not underestimating you, I’m asking because I’m worried. Tell me for sure that it’s something you can handle.”
Matian raised the hand he was holding and buried his cheek in her small palm.
His upright blue eyes now seemed to demand a cowardly answer. Tell me you’re not confident. If you say you’re scared, he’ll protect you.
“Don’t worry. I can really do it.”
But Rukna gave a different answer than he expected.
“Damn it.”
“The hero who will save the world should use pretty words.”
“I want to protect you, not the world.”
“You’re, you’re being crooked again.”
Rukna grabbed his cheeks and pulled him towards her.
As the large man bent his back and lowered his head, their eye levels became similar. Rukna kissed his forehead that had come close.
A pleasant magical power spread throughout Matian’s body.
He twitched his fingers and bit his lip as if enduring something.
“I’ll bless you. So don’t worry.”
“…Blessings are useless too. Because what I’m worried about is you.”
“Then it’ll be effective, right?”
Rukna smiled and continued.
“The fact that you’re blessed means that I’ll also be safe. Because you love me so much.”
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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