What about the past? Back then, nobody knew William from the Rodante family arrived in a public carriage. Even if they later found out, they probably considered him a half-wit.
Actually, having failed in the magic department without mastering a single spell, he might have been thought of as a half-abandoned child.
‘I realize this only now, I’m such a fool.’
“Sob.”
Guinevere snapped out of her thoughts and saw Larisa still crying.
“Shall I hold you again?”
“No…”
She didn’t know how to comfort a crying child.
“What can I do to stop you from crying?”
Larisa, glancing timidly at Guinevere, replied in a subdued voice,
“Sniff, I’m sorry…”
“I’m not scolding you.”
Was it her expression? Guinevere tried to smile, but it was more of a grimace.
“Do you need a friend?”
“Huh?”
“If you’re missing William, do you need a friend?”
“No… well…”
“Someone your age would be best, right?”
Guinevere pondered for a moment, then brightened as an idea struck her.
“I’ve thought of a child who can be your friend.”
“Huh?”
“About your age.”
Soon after, Guinevere invited a princess to the mansion.
“Here is Her Highness the Princess. She’s 10. Her name is Elizabeth Del La Adelia. And this is Larisa Rodante.”
“Huh?”
Larisa was shocked. Her name was introduced with the Rodante surname. The girl introduced as the princess smiled broadly.
“Hello? You must be the famous Larisa. Can I call you Lizzie?”
“Huh? What?”
“Don’t be so formal. Just call me Lizzie.”
As the princess approached her warmly, Guinevere smiled contentedly.
‘Now she won’t be bored without William.’
After Guinevere teleported away, the princess bombarded Larisa with questions.
“So, are you really a commoner?”
“Huh?”
“Is it true you’re from the slums?”
“Yes? Yes…”
“How did you catch the eye of Guinevere Rodante?”
“Well…”
“Do you have some extraordinary magical talent?”
The barrage of questions gave Larisa no time to answer. Feeling slightly dizzy, she sat down on the sofa. The princess was startled and exclaimed,
“How dare you sit down without my permission!”
“Eek, I’m so sorry!”
Larisa quickly stood up and bowed deeply. Then, the princess burst into laughter, saying,
“I was just joking!”
Even the quick-witted Larisa was at a loss as to how to respond. The princess casually sat down on the sofa and said,
“Come on, sit down.”
After teasing her and now giving permission to sit, Larisa thought she would never become close friends with the princess.
“So, are you officially a part of the Rodante family now?”
“No…”
Technically, she was more like a prospective daughter-in-law… Unsure how to explain, Larisa smiled awkwardly.
“I heard she’s very meritocratic. She didn’t even acknowledge her own son until he topped the entrance to the knight academy, right?”
“No, that’s not true…”
“Please, I know more than you, who grew up in the slums.”
“Ah, yes…”
“But then, what did she see in you? Was it magical talent?”
“I don’t have any magical talent…”
“Really?”
The princess tilted her head, puzzled.
“Then what are you good at?”
‘Pickpocketing? Begging?’
But she couldn’t tell such things to the princess. Fidgeting with her fingers, Larisa said,
“I can read well and am good at addition and subtraction.”
“I can speak Arendian, Laranian, and Kadian.”
Larisa felt deflated.
‘What are those even…’
“Have you been to Kadia?”
‘As if…’
“What about Laran?”
Larisa shook her head. The princess then said, sounding bored,
“Then what can we even talk about?”
‘I wish she would go home soon.’
Larisa just smiled.
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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