The Emperor awkwardly smiled. This place was where Latil, as the representative of the envoy and as a daughter, was supposed to report her time in Karisen. But he looked sorry for sharing such shocking news before even hearing the report.
“How was it in Karisen?”
“I kept the promise with Abamama.”
“Your instep? Stomped on it?”
“Yes. Hyacinth also got married. But that’s not important right now. My brother stepping down from the crown prince’s position, what does that mean?”
There were only two children of the Empress, Crown Prince Lean and Latil. But if brother steps down from the crown prince’s position…
“Surely, Trala isn’t becoming the next crown prince?”
Latil nervously asked.
The first to ascend to the position of the crown prince was the son of the empress.
In case the empress doesn’t have a son, her daughter or the son of the concubine followed, but as far as Latil knew, there were more instances of the concubine’s son becoming the crown prince.
Trala, a halfbrother, was the second son of the concubine and had a reputation for being quite clever. As much as she hated to admit it, if the crown prince’s position were vacant, the nobles would likely endorse him as the next crown prince.
“Latil. Don’t just call your brother’s name casually, it’s disrespectful.”
The Emperor frowned, but Latil, if anything, frowned even more.
It couldn’t be helped. Latil loved her father, but she could absolutely not agree with such a statement.
As many halfsiblings in the royal family were, Latil also had a bad relationship with Trala. There wasn’t a specific reason why their relationship soured. She just hated his mere existence.
Trala’s mother was the concubine who was favored by the Emperor, and her mere existence upset Latil’s mother.
Every time the Emperor sent lovefilled gifts to Trala’s mother, enjoyed walks with her, and watched plays with her, her mother was extremely upset.
That’s why Latil hated Trala.
Trala felt the same. He always resented his mother having to flatter the empress, and that anger naturally targeted Latil and Lean.
Having to watch Trala, a halfbrother with whom she had a bad relationship, ascend to the position of the crown prince was naturally infuriating for Latil.
“I hope Trala doesn’t ascend to the position of the crown prince.”
Latil boldly told her father, prepared to be scolded. Her personal feelings were feelings, but objectively, Trala didn’t have the temperament of a crown prince.
But the Emperor didn’t scold her. He merely raised the corner of his mouth and chuckled.
‘Why isn’t he angry for once?’
Latil watched her father’s mood. While the Emperor favored Trala’s mother most, among his children, he favored Lean and Latil, who were the children of the empress, most.
But there was something he never overlooked with a smile, it was when Latil openly showed her antipathy towards Trala. But why wasn’t he scolding her and was instead smiling?
Confused by his unexpected reaction, the Emperor pointed his finger at Latil.
“You, Latil.”
Latil blinked her eyes. She didn’t immediately understand her father’s words.
“You will become the crown princess.”
Only after her father repeated his words did Latil completely freeze. Seeing her like that, the Emperor casually asked,
“Why. Are you not confident? If you’re not, tell me now.”
It was an obvious provocation. Latil knew this, but as soon as she heard these words, she retorted vehemently.
“I can do it! I will do it! Crown princess.”
There was no hesitation in the cool response. Only after she had answered did Latrasil seriously wonder, ‘Can I do this?’ But the answer came immediately. What could she not do, especially when even Hyacinth managed it?
She had wanted to become Hyacinth’s empress out of love, but that dream was now out of reach. The reason she hadn’t sought the position of emperor before meeting Hyacinth was because of her love for her elder brother, Prince Leanne.
But her brother willingly stepped down, and the dream she had originally held was taken by someone else. Now, she needed a new dream. And the position of the emperor was in no way short of becoming her new dream.
No, the moment she realized she could become the emperor, her ambitions soared from wherever they had been hiding.
‘If I was born a princess, I should at least try to ascend to the emperor’s throne. Hmm!’
The emperor chuckled as if he had anticipated this.
“I knew you would respond like that.”
Love for his daughter shone in his eyes. But the emperor, who was momentarily pleased while looking at Latrasil, quickly turned stern.
“But the weight that comes with that answer will be very heavy, Latrasil. You will have to receive all sorts of education from now on.”
“I can do it.”
Latrasil’s eyes shone as she clenched her fists. It wasn’t just words. She really could do it.
Emperor. That single word dyed her heart, filled with Hyacinth and pain, in a vivid red hue. Her throbbing heart heated her face. Latrasil, pressing her collarbone, smiled in satisfaction.
Then, suddenly, a question popped into her head.
“But why did my brother suddenly step down from the position of crown prince?”
She was so surprised by the suggestion to become the emperor that she forgot about this. It was the most critical issue.
The emperor let out a sigh with a face that seemed deep in thought.
“He wanted to be the Grand Prince.”
“What?”
[This is the time separator]She learned later that it was her brother Leanne who strongly recommended Latrasil to be the crown princess. When he declared he would step down from the position of crown prince, he even designated Latrasil as the next heir.
It was fortunate for Latrasil. A considerable number of those who had supported Leanne, thanks to him, accepted the emperor’s suggestion to crown Latrasil as the crown princess.
Being the only two siblings born to the empress, the fact that they had similar supporters was also helpful. The people on the empress’s side didn’t care whether Leanne or Latrasil took the emperor’s position. There was no real difference for them.
However, unlike Leanne, who became the heir without any opposition, Latrasil faced as much opposition as she had supporters.
“What are you saying? The next crown prince should obviously be Prince Tratala.”
“Of course! Princess Latrasil did not systematically learn about imperial studies until she became an adult. And now you’re considering her as the crown princess!”
“We’re not objecting because we have a grudge against Princess Latrasil. But your highness, if you look at the precedent, in this case, it’s right for Prince Tratala to ascend to the crown prince’s position.”
“Exactly! Prince Tratala is so wise that it surprises his teachers, and he’s ambitious. He will further strengthen the Tarium Empire.”
Some grand officials, relatives of the concubines in the inner palace, and those who had been following Prince Tratala took this opportunity to collectively voice their objections to the emperor.
Every time Latrasil heard these stories through her knight commander, she gritted her teeth.
“You ungrateful brats! I’ve studied imperial studies too! …Even though it was selfstudy.”
So what? Her father, the current emperor, was still healthy and not very old. Couldn’t she learn formally from now on? She had plenty of time.
And while she acknowledged that Tratala was intelligent and ambitious, he was also an unrealistic idealist. In Latrasil’s view, more than half of his proposals were impossible to implement.
“Really ungrateful brats!”
Thinking about it made her so angry that Latrasil banged her fists on the table. The supporters of Tratala, who had been silent when Leanne was the crown prince, were now voicing their opinions, which irritated her.
“It’s alright. You can suppress them all, can’t you?”
Whenever that happened, the knight commander comforted Latrasil with a light laugh, as if it were nothing.
“Of course. If anyone blocks my path, I will remove them.”
Latil pursed her lips and nodded her head.
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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