While observing the conversation between Ambassador Heinrich and Sien, the Crown Prince coughed twice.
To drive away the tiny and mischievous little one, now was the opportune moment, as Matthias Mirmod, who had been affectionately raising his daughter, suddenly vacated his seat.
“Young Lady Mirmod, I apologize, but it’s not a good thing to gossip about other people’s physical characteristics.”
The princess, who had been biting her lip at that moment, also spoke calmly.
“Originally, she’s just an ignorant child.”
“Sherina Anessa, Princess.”
When the Crown Prince warned sternly, the princess’s expression stiffened.
“I apologize, brother. But!”
“Young Lady Mirmod, return to your seat. Be grateful for the leniency shown to an uninvited guest.”
Although the Crown Prince spoke coldly, Sien, with wide-open eyes, didn’t show any sign of intimidation. Her appearance was momentarily so cute that Ambassador Heinrich’s expression softened.
“I’m sorry, Your Highness. However!”
“Young Lady Mirmod, go back to your seat. Continuously indulging every response to a child’s words will foster bad habits.”
“Haha…”
It was an awkward moment when Ambassador Heinrich, who had intervened, forced a smile.
Seemingly playfully, Sien brought up the next statement.
“But people with pointy ears, like you, Prince, were holding big pickets and protesting in front of the palace earlier!”
If Heinrich were unaware of the situation, he might have casually dismissed Sien’s words as a child’s misconception. It would have been regarded as a trivial mistake by a child. However, Heinrich also saw something when he arrived by the carriage.
‘Could it be those people from earlier…? No, it couldn’t be. Why would Kingdom people protest at the Imperial Palace?’
Despite thinking so, a lingering unease remained in his heart. Sien stared at Heinrich, seemingly examining his expression. Then, she playfully smiled.
“Well, who knows! I might have seen it wrong!”
Quietly observing Sien, Heinrich shook his head.
“Could it be, Young Lady? Well, why would Kingdom citizens come to the Imperial Palace for a protest?”
At that moment, Sien, smiling faintly, spoke.
“I don’t know about that, but someone wrote that their ideas were stolen!”
For the Kingdom people with elven blood, theft or plagiarism wasn’t a forgivable crime.
“I don’t know who it was, but calling it theft. It seems they fell victim to vulgar people.”
When Ambassador Heinrich grimaced, the Crown Prince’s expression momentarily distorted. It was as if he felt something pricking him.
The Crown Prince looked around. Then, noticing that Matthias was still absent, he briefly glanced at Sien and directed a short scowl.
“Nonsense. How would citizens of the Empire steal ideas from the Kingdom’s upper echelons?”
Sien, as if waiting for those words, stared at Heinrich, then laughed.
“Well, who knows! I never said Empire citizens stole ideas from the Kingdom.”
At her words, the Crown Prince’s complexion turned cold. Ambassador Heinrich also sensed something strange and stiffened his expression.
Only Sien continued to smile as if she found it amusing.
However, the Crown Prince couldn’t just overlook such a trivial joke. Regaining composure in less than a few seconds, he affectionately touched Sien’s pink hair.
“I may have misinterpreted the situation contextually, Lady Young Mirmod.”
Sien, smiling mischievously, replied.
“Oh, as expected, right?”
Responding forcefully to Sien’s words, the Crown Prince said.
“Well, yes. Now, won’t you return to your seat?”
The Crown Prince coldly extended his hand toward the door, indicating that the uninvited guest should leave.
Ambassador Heinrich, who had been silently observing the situation, clenched his fist in front of his chest and mumbled, “I see.” However, Heinrich Ambassador’s expression seemed strangely bitter.
After the celebratory banquet, a small dinner gathering was arranged among the Emperor, Ambassador Heinrich, the Crown Prince, the Princess, and Count Yotter.
While the Emperor had appointed the Crown Prince as his successor, he didn’t view it with great enthusiasm.
The Crown Prince had faced various failures, including consecutive defeats in conquest wars and reprimanding his subordinates. Whenever the Emperor saw him, he secretly thought that the Crown Prince was inadequate to rule the Empire and grasp the throne.
In the midst of this, the Crown Prince personally proposed to achieve results in the field of diplomacy. The Emperor was now closely watching whether his son could achieve success in the diplomatic arena, especially concerning the harvest of magic stones from the Mikel Mines.
“Ambassador Heinrich, it’s good to see you.”
“I greet Your Majesty, the sun of the Empire.”
After brief greetings, the Emperor casually inquired, “Count Yotter here is developing a paternity testing kit, Your Majesty.”
“Oh, a paternity test, and more, Brother?”
The atmosphere between them was quite amicable. Only one person, Ambassador Heinrich, seemed lost in thought.
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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