“Still, I like the sword best. It can be useful to His Majesty.”
“Your Holiness…”
Amy’s eyes reddened.
“His Majesty should be grateful to have someone as good as you by his side.”
Really, did her words merit tearing up?
(This is a time separator.)
“Damn it!”
Shuzhechin shouted loudly, throwing off his armor. It was visible that the entire delegation was losing steam due to the unfamiliar forced march.
There was the excuse of potential demon attacks, so there was no choice but to quietly follow.
“That brat…”
My forehead throbbed. Had he not dragged me into useless training all day long, I would have accessed the report sooner.
But it was impossible to approach the report while undergoing training during the day and being watched at night. The real purpose of coming to Donovan would be ruined.
Shuzhechin narrowed his eyes. Hades had the ability to roam freely around the castle. That he was distracted with training outdoors all day was also good news.
The problem was that every member of the delegation had to participate in the training.
‘Should I injure him even if it’s forced?’
Shuzhechin shook his head. An unnatural move was worse than not attempting at all.
‘…Right, there was ‘Bat’.’
Even Shuzhechin only knew of ‘Bat’ a few months ago. Years ago, a member of Donovan who directly approached the Empire declared their lifelong wish was to bring down Hades Croitner.
‘Bat’ quickly received full support since it aligned with the Empire’s benefit.
Though the objective of ‘Bat’ was not the Holy Sword, if persuaded…
‘The issue is how to approach.’
The exact identity of ‘Bat’ was unknown even to Shuzhechin. It could be an old man or a child inheriting their parents’ grudge.
Without even knowing the gender, it was impossible to decide who to approach.
The only way was for ‘Bat’ to approach him.
‘There’s too little time to request support.’
Just a week remained. Depending on the roadclearing process, it could take longer. He had to act quickly.
The single hope was that ‘Bat’ had a role in this plan. If he could find ‘Bat’ using this clue, ‘Bat’ couldn’t refuse a request for greater involvement than initially planned.
Shuzhechin signaled for the delegation’s sole mage to come.
“I need to find someone.”
The mage grimaced. It was an insolent attitude, but Shuzhechin decided to generously ignore it.
“Who… are you talking about?”
“Bat.”
“…!”
The magician’s eyes widened. He looked at Shuzhechin as if questioning his sincerity, then shook his head slowly.
“Your Majesty, while I understand the urgency, haven’t we all agreed not to question who the Bat is and to accept his help?”
“Do I care about the Bat’s opinion when I’m asking you to find out now?”
Sharp thorns seemed to sprout in Shuzhechin’s voice.
“Find out. There are enough clues; I believe that should suffice.”
“It might be possible, but…”
“But?”
The magician replied with a perplexed face.
“I don’t think this is a good idea, Your Majesty.”
“Who asked for your opinion?”
“…”
“Do as you’re told. Unless you want to face punishment for disobedience.”
The magician seemed to struggle for a while. Strictly speaking, he was not under the Emperor’s command, being part of the royal staff.
However, who would dare to ignore the words of a high noble favored by the Emperor? Especially when he himself had no connections to shield him from Shuzhechin’s wrath.
“…I will do my best.”
“Your best isn’t good enough.”
A strange gleam flickered in Shuzhechin’s eyes.
“I want definite results, understand?”
“…Yes.”
As the magician nodded, Shuzhechin handed him the information he had previously gathered about the Bat.
The magician’s eyes widened further. Some of the data seemed to have been collected even before they headed to Donovan.
“Why…”
“Do you have time to waste on irrelevant questions?”
“No, no!”
The magician hastily disappeared from Shuzhechin’s sight.
Exactly seventeen hours later, Shuzhechin found out the true identity of the ‘Bat.’
“Ha, hahahahaha!”
Uncontrollable laughter erupted. The ‘Bat’ turned out to be none other than him.
A cruel smile appeared on Shuzhechin’s face.
He felt as if he had already secured the holy sword.
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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