The empress was again glad she had dismissed the palace servants. Seeing the emperor pleased even after being hit by their daughter confirmed that he had no sense of propriety.
“Your Majesty, it’s a bad habit for Ruana to keep saying ‘dada.’ She knows how to address people properly, but you keep indulging her.”
Ruana snuggled into her father’s lap, pretending to be disinterested in other matters. Then she played with the insignia on the emperor’s uniform.
“I heard you were upset because of the crown prince’s letter.”
“Huh? Forget about him.”
The emperor, deeply engrossed in his daughter’s charm, waved his hand dismissively.
“If you’re curious, read it over there.”
With a short sigh, the empress examined the note brought by the messenger. Seeing Lucas’s handwriting after a long time made her smile.
“It seems Lucas is finally going to get married.”
Lucas had always been a deep, complex child. Full of youthful pranks and malice, he also had the stubbornness to accomplish anything once he decided on it, and he had the integrity to stand above others.
“That’s nonsense. They’ve been engaged for six years. Wasn’t this engagement already crossed off?”
“But our son sent such a firm letter.”
“Hmm,” the emperor mused, still holding Ruana. “I feel sorry for the Astel Duke, but why now ask to formally announce an engagement that is already broken?”
“Four years usually nullifies an engagement. Maybe he wants to reverse that.”
At that unexpected comment, the emperor finally shifted his gaze from Ruana to the empress.
“Why?”
“Lucas has always been an unusual child. He’s both deep and stubborn.”
“And?”
“My guess is that Lucas will refuse to marry if it’s not the Astel lady.”
The empress’s bold statement did not stir the emperor’s anger, thanks to Ruana’s continued playful interruptions. Lucas might not know it, but his unknown younger sister had assisted him.
“What does the empress think?”
“Please consider the crown prince’s request this time.”
The look on the emperor’s face clearly showed his reluctance. Then, Adeline added something she’d rather not say.
“Your Majesty, do you remember the day you proposed to me?”
“Of course. I’ve never forgotten a single day.”
“Yes. Nor could I forget the cacophony under my window every night for a year.”
Back then, Richard, who was the crown prince, was infatuated with Adeline, considered the continent’s greatest beauty.
The issue was that Adeline was a princess from a small kingdom, from a family in bad terms with the former emperor.
“It was a serenade of love.”
“To me, it was a cacophony.”
“Either way, I married you, so my wish came true.”
Richard had convinced his parents and even Adeline’s, who initially opposed the marriage.
However, Adeline had been obstinate about not wanting a rushed marriage. It took nearly a year of learning the serenade of love to win her consent.
“Lucas resembles His Majesty.”
“That brat, me? No, Luana resembles me more.”
Although that wasn’t the case, they decided to let it go since there were other issues at hand.
“If a year passes and I’ve still rejected your proposal, would Your Majesty have married another woman?”
“An absurd notion.”
The Emperor cut it off decisively.
“It had to be you. I wanted only you, Adeline, not any other woman.”
It’s unclear why wealthy people are so similar at times like this. She vaguely understood the reason the Crown Prince went to war immediately after their engagement ceremony to hone himself. Perhaps it was a mother’s intuition.
“From what I see, Lucas now seems to represent Your Majesty back then. What will you do?”
The Emperor momentarily wore a serious expression and sighed.
“What can be done.”
The feelings he had for Adeline in the past couldn’t be stopped by anyone. He was sure that no persuasion or threats would work, having experienced it himself.
“But the Astel Duke’s family will likely consider the engagement null and void.”
“That can be addressed with an appropriate reason. The Crown Prince was deeply involved in his training and neglected [his duties], but… will now welcome his bride.”
Indeed, the Empress’s wisdom was extraordinary.
“Moreover, we can externally demonstrate that the Thern royal family always keeps its promises.”
The Emperor, who had been angry earlier, nodded immediately. Although his imperial dignity lacked nothing, there was no reason not to listen when the two women he was weakest to spoke softly.
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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