A sighlike exclamation escaped Mayana’s surprised mouth.
Princess Ariante, lying quietly asleep, was such a pretty child that it was hard to believe even when seen. The eyelashes casting a deep shadow over her eyes were so long that they seemed like they could have a matchstick placed on them.
The slightly upturned nose and lips were concave and convex, and her still childlike chubby cheeks looked red and plump. Even the baby angels in church ceiling paintings would look like ordinary neighborhood rascals compared to Ariante.
‘My God, how can she be so pretty? Look at those long eyelashes. I would believe it if Valterminster Duke said he was raising a fairy.’
Anyone who had seen such a pretty child that they couldn’t help but smile would undoubtedly empathize with Mayana’s feelings.
Without realizing it, Mayana felt an urge bubbling up inside her to stroke her head or poke her cheek.
Absolutely, definitely, it was not a malicious intent. Just as one might impulsively want to hold a baby kitten, or seeing a shortlegged and shorttailed puppy, smile all the way to their ears… it was a very similar urge.
Swallowing her dry saliva, Mayana extended her forefinger to gently poke Ariante’s cheek. No, to be precise, she attempted to poke it.
Just before her fingertip pressed the soft young cheek, Ariante suddenly opened her eyes and looked at Mayana.
“Ah!”
Seeing a pair of large eyes staring at her, Mayana jumped back as if she had been caught stealing, but Ariante was quicker to grab Mayana’s wrist.
‘Hey, this child. She’s stronger than she looks!’
Mayana thought, startled. Though the child’s grip was strong, any adult could easily shake it off with a little effort, but the relationship between the two was such that Mayana had to yield unconditionally.
“I’m sorry, Your Highness.”
Mayana apologized quickly, her wrist still held. At that moment, Mayana realized another astonishing fact. Ariante’s eyes, or more precisely, her pupils, had completely captured her gaze.
Ariante’s pupils were a slightly fainter blue than Valterminster Duke’s, or to be precise, a pale jade that reminded one of the very shallow shore.
Due to the paleness of the irises, the pupils located at their center appeared even more distinct. For some reason, they were a strange color that seemed more pale than black.
Ariante, who had been biting her lip for a while, gripping Mayana’s wrist with all her strength, spoke.
“You, who are you?”
Ariante’s voice was thin but clear. It was a pretty voice, but it still sounded like that of a child.
Perhaps that was why? The shock from the extraordinary eyes seemed to dull a bit. Mayana still looked down at her wrist, which Ariante was holding, and then smiled quickly.
“I apologize, Your Highness. My name is Mayana Dawson, and I will be attending to you from today.”
“I didn’t hear? Who told you to attend to me?”
Mayana was slightly startled by the flippant response, but she soon regained her composure and answered calmly.
“I was employed by the Duke of Valterminster, Your Highness. Your father.”
“My father hired you personally?”
Mayana nodded her head. Ariante still looked at Mayana with a doubtful expression for quite a while.
It was hard to believe she was only seven years old, Ariante’s face was filled with a suspicion that seemed ‘distrustful.’ It was almost like the expression of an aged and fastidious guard.
Ariante said.
“So, I see. You’re the new nag, right?”
“Excuse me, Your Highness, what is that…”
“But what were you doing in my bed?”
Mayana was truly flustered this time, licking her lips. The jumping questions were a problem, but more than that, the words ‘what were you doing in my bed’ were perplexing.
As she failed to answer immediately, Ariante twisted her lips awkwardly. She seemed to want to sneer, but at an age where controlling facial muscles was difficult, it turned into a strange result.
“Are you a pervert?”
“Excuse me?”
“A pervert. You know, someone who likes children.”
“Absolutely not! More than that, where did you learn such a word?”
Ariante, seeming to enjoy Mayana’s confusion, giggled and spoke again.
“If you’re not a pervert, then why were you in my bed?”
“No, that is…”
Should she honestly answer that she wanted to poke her cheek because her sleeping face was cute? More than that, who in the world taught this child such words!
No, no. Mayana quickly erased the various thoughts that came to her mind. If she fumbled like this, she would undoubtedly be treated like a strange person. She desperately racked her brain. She needed something to say…
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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