To put it nicely, she was not authoritative; to put it badly, she seemed confused about how to treat her subordinates as a young noblewoman.
“And this… will you take it if it’s okay?”
What Edith offered when the tea was halfdrunk was a pearl earring that looked difficult to wear because it was broken.
“This is for us?”
“Yes. The maid named Jane who came yesterday seemed to dislike me, but you didn’t.”
Ann and Marie looked at the single earring in their hands and Edith’s gentle smile, wearing a subtle expression.
‘Doesn’t she know anyone in the estate and feels lonely?’
‘It’s awkward, but this…’
The two thanked and took the pearl earring. It was as Edith had thought.
“Jane is a maid who is most favored by Madam Sophia. She’s probably not used to serving other madams, so she made a mistake.”
“We’ll apologize on her behalf.”
Vivian noticed Edith’s intention, seeing Ann and Marie’s attitude become gentler.
The young noblewoman’s financial situation was not good, enough for her servants to once flee in the night, and these people even had families.
‘Surely a single pearl earring wouldn’t be burdensome, and easy to sell off.’
Moreover, Ann and Marie had seen with their own eyes that Edith had a considerable amount of jewelry that she considered disposing of because it was out of fashion.
Edith seemed to have chosen a method of obtaining information with a small reward rather than risking betrayal by completely buying them with a large sum.
“I hear if I don’t eat, I’ll be trapped in a tower and punished… is that true?”
Edith asked casually what she was curious about, and Ann and Marie, who had somewhat let their guard down, answered readily.
“It’s just a saying. That tower doesn’t exist in the estate now.”
“It’s just something that old servants use to scare new hires.”
Edith carefully tied their conversation to her curiosity.
“I see. Indeed, there must be no one to lock in the tower in Portrion, since there’s a shortage of servants.”
“Not so, madam. You just don’t know the mansion’s servants well yet.”
“Did you know that Walter, the stable keeper, even once attacked the owner with a sword?”
“He did that and is still the stable keeper?”
Edith asked casually, not showing much curiosity. Thanks to the warm tea and pearl earring, Ann and Marie chatted comfortably.
“Yes. So among the servants, there are many guesses. That he discovered the lord’s illegitimate child and brought him back, or kidnapped a magician’s son to use as a guard.”
“How peculiar…”
“But he has a subtly righteous side, so he takes sides with the servants if they suffer injustice. Everyone knows that the master does not punish him.”
An authoritative yet just man, with a presence that captures others’ attention.
Edith gradually added to the image of Walter in her memory with the information Anne and Marie gave her.
(Time separator here.)
That evening, Edith’s schedule was to tour the vast garden of Portrion at Sophia’s invitation.
When it was time to leave the room, Vivian, who had visited the garden at her request, knocked on the door.
“I’ve picked the flowers you asked for, ma’am. Are you going to decorate the room with them?”
Edith checked the bouquet that Vivian was holding out. The blueish petals and thorns of the stem. It was definitely an Ilbicus flower.
“Vivian. The name of this flower is Ilbicus. The most widely used contraceptive candy in the Empire is made from a substance extracted from this flower’s stem.”
“Really? It’s a common flower in the garden…”
“People look for the finished product, not the raw material. And you have to steep it in very hot water for about 2 minutes to make it effective. So it’s usually planted as an ornamental flower, but I never knew it could be used like this.”
Vivian sighed as she watched Edith steep the flower in hot water and drink it in an instant.
It was clear that this smart young lady knew why Sophia was suggesting a walk, as she had asked for a flower with contraceptive effects.
“Shall we ask Lady Sophia to postpone the walk? It looks like it’s going to rain when I look at the sky….”
“Vivian. Don’t worry and dry the remaining Ilbicus stems by inserting them between the pages of a book?”
Edith spoke calmly and rose from her seat. It wasn’t out of total resignation, without any plan.
‘With this, even the man who received Sophia’s command will change his mind for a day.’
She brought a few gold coins that Sophia had given her.
She had heard that the wages of a mansion employee and the salary of a clinic assistant were similar, so she was certain that if she offered gold coins equal to half a year’s wages and told him not to touch her body, he would comply.
‘Sophia must have given the man other orders besides showing him the medicinal herbs.’
As she descended the stairs with a heavy heart, she saw the man who was waiting with Sophia’s orders. He was holding the reins of a white horse, but his figure and face were not visible because of the raincoat.
‘Is that man possibly…’
Edith hurried down the stairs.
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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