The drunk man, incredulous at being restrained by a mere woman, grew angry.
Despite the harsh insult, the woman remained composed.
“I am…”
She removed her hood, letting her golden hair cascade down, revealing her pale face belatedly.
A few people flinched at seeing her face. The so-called savage man, Karan, did the same.
She slowly looked around, as if to show her face, and then introduced herself.
“I am Elise Warton.”
Elise released the man’s wrist and looked down at the man who had been ignored until now.
‘Just as I thought, you’re here, Karan.’
The savage man, Karan, looked at her quizzically.
Karan Lisandro of Titris.
The prince of Titris who came to find the dying Elise.
He was the one who could save her from her current situation.
She deduced his presence here by recalling past memories.
Elise’s 20th year, Bedroca hosts a spring celebration party, inviting the Titris royal family.
Titris sent Prince Karan to attend.
It was unusual for Bedroca to invite Titris and for Titris to accept the invitation.
And a month before the party, Karan, who had arrived, famously beat up several Bedrocans in a pub.
It was a violent incident by a foreign prince, causing a stir in the capital at the time.
Elise remembered it clearly because Chase, who was in charge of Karan’s protocol during his stay, was greatly troubled.
Elise looked disdainfully at the drunkards.
‘You should be thankful to me.’
Blocking Karan’s way, Elise’s eyebrows rose, and his gaze fixed on her.
“Warton? The Warton baronetcy?”
The drunks belatedly grasped the situation and panicked.
Even a lowly laborer frequenting such a shabby pub knew of the Warton household.
The head of the Warton family, Baron Warton, was notorious for his foul temper.
Baron Warton, who ran several small businesses, often interacted with commoners and laborers.
He treated them like pebbles on the road – rolling them around and discarding them when broken.
Moreover, he was infamous for his mercilessness when ‘the lower ones’ made mistakes.
People avoided him – not out of fear, but because they found him repulsive.
“Yes. Baron Warton. That’s my father’s title.”
“Wa, wa, Warton baronetcy!”
The faces around her turned pale.
“Oh dear, we apologize. But what brings you here…?”
Their attitude changed completely from when they were provoking earlier. Now, they were as meek as flies, nervously rubbing their hands, which Elise observed indifferently.
Her nonchalance intimidated the men.
“Sorry, miss.”
“Apologies should be directed at him, not me.”
Elise slightly turned her head to point at Karan.
He observed the situation without any apparent discomfort, not stepping forward or back.
“What? Apologize to him, to that guy?”
Elise nodded once.
The men’s faces twisted. Even those living day-to-day had their pride.
Bowing to a savage who was rumored to eat people out of hunger was unthinkable.
“Aren’t you going to do it?”
Elise asked. The men just glanced around nervously.
With a light chuckle, Elise suddenly laughed.
“I thought so. Then I must apologize.”
Elise turned around.
She bowed her head very politely towards the seated man, Karan.
Ripples of surprise spread across Karan’s eyes.
“Please forgive the rudeness committed by a Bedrocan.”
The bustling pub fell silent as if doused with cold water.
It was shocking enough that a woman from the Warton family appeared, but for her to bow to a savage man was unprecedented, enough to turn the social circles and the council upside down.
Several people rubbed their eyes, wondering if they had seen correctly.
Karan, seemingly disbelieving the situation, furrowed his brow and after pondering, spoke.
“It’s not your fault, miss. But I cannot let your gracious apology be in vain, so I will accept it.”
His look towards the street toughs was different, more gentle, as he respectfully bowed his head.
‘Does he recognize me?’
Elise hesitated, his tone was too familiar, almost nostalgic, as if meeting an old friend.
‘Impossible. I first met Karan at the upcoming party. Maybe he heard about the Warton family.’
That seemed unlikely too. Why would Karan know about the Warton family?
His polite behavior was uncharacteristic of a person from Titris.
The longstanding animosity between them had created an unspoken rule: Titris nobles do not bow to Bedrocans.
“Is this seat taken? May I sit?”
Those hovering around quickly moved away. As the surroundings quieted, Elise rested her hand on the back of an empty chair.
“This isn’t a place suitable for you to stay, miss. If you’ve lost your way, I can escort you to your destination.”
“No, I meant to come here.”
Elise gently covered Karan’s hand as he was about to take off his coat.
Karan pulled his hand away in surprise, and his reaction startled Elise.
‘Doesn’t he like touching me? Well, he never did like me in the past.’
Did she make a bad first impression? Her confidence plummeted.
‘I can’t back down now. Even if he doesn’t like me, we can still make a deal.’
Karan watched Elise with an awkward posture as she gathered her thoughts.
He didn’t resemble the savage of Titris, the Wolf of Titris, as he was known.
Rather, he looked like a bashful, big puppy.
As Elise recalled her plan, she suddenly felt like a bad person, luring an innocent man down a wrong path.
“How about a drink together?”
Elise mustered her courage. Karan’s long, slit eyes narrowed.
His gaze wasn’t exactly friendly. Elise tensed up.
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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