Meiana made only a silent smile and parted ways with him. The lively alley that seemed cheerful earlier now felt annoyingly bustling. The bag hanging on her shoulder was too heavy, and the caramel and the grocery bag she held were awkward.
Why? It was the first time she felt her mood suddenly drop like this. Regret for talking about something unnecessary and the thought that she shouldn’t have walked with Luke from the beginning seized her in an instant.
‘I’ve never thought about the future here.’
Meiana thought.
‘I’ve never thought about the future even once here. I had no plans. Even now, it’s vague. If Lady grows up and doesn’t need me anymore… what should I do? Veinti said she would marry. She said she has no intention of working forever. I don’t want to find a marriage partner quickly like her. But I’ve never thought about what I should do and how I should live.’
Perhaps… Meiana’s thoughts continued. Perhaps she didn’t know if Ariante would stay in the Duke’s residence and work even after growing up.
If Cedelois gets married, and so, if the Duchess of Balteminster becomes another cornerstone of that magnificent mansion, she might be able to hear about her condition.
Cedelois undoubtedly wasn’t getting married for Ariante. However, he wouldn’t live alone until Ariante safely grows up.
Maybe to avoid problems with the succession issue, Ariante might officially succeed to the Duke’s family and then get married. Even if she gets older, there is no way a man with Cedelois’s conditions wouldn’t be popular in the marriage market.
‘Will I grow old as a servant who serves the Duchess’s needs? By then, the Duchess won’t be here either, so I’ll probably live in another room. Like Lady Kosa. Burning firewood in a cozy and narrow room with a mirror, a small dressing table, a bed, and a wardrobe…’
Meiana shook her head horizontally. She couldn’t easily imagine herself in such a situation. A sense of anxiety, something she had never deeply thought about before, suddenly hit her like a giant wall.
Perhaps it was because she talked about old stories with Luke. Tears were felt suddenly flowing over her cheek.
‘I want to go back.’
Meiana thought. Faint sobbing sounds spread lowly along the empty street.
After hastily delivering a hastily written letter to Gemma, Cedelois had Kosa bring snacks for Ariante to eat. Ariante, who was eating chilled jelly with fruit, glanced out the window.
“When will Meiana come, Father?”
Cedelois, sitting across the table, pretended to look out the window along with Ariante. Except for a few gardeners trimming branches in the garden, Meiana was not visible.
“Well, she was given a half-day off, so I think she’ll be back in the evening.”
Ariante, making a sound that seemed to be heard, crumpled the corner of the jelly with the tip of her fork.
“I hope Meiana comes quickly.”
When Cedelois asked, Ariante intentionally protruded her lips, then pressed down on the jelly with force.
“I want to play together. I told Father this morning that I want to play with Father and the two of us, but Meiana said no.”
“Really?”
“I think it’s better for Father to play alone.”
He could guess why she said that. Cedelois took a sip of tea and swallowed slowly. She probably deliberately vacated her seat because she hoped to get closer to Ariante, or rather, because she hoped to treat Ariante more intimately.
Meiana wondered why she treasured Ariante so much. Why was she so devoted… Of course, as Cedelois, it was only natural to welcome it, but sometimes it bothered her without knowing why.
For example, when Meiana saw herself hugging Ariante or wiping snack crumbs off her lips affectionately.
Meiana herself might deny it, but sometimes she looked very lonely. For instance, when she comforted the child while slapping her cheek gently, and at the same time, she seemed to want comfort herself.
Ariante said.
“Father, even when I turn sixteen, please don’t let Meiana leave.”
Cedelois paused for a moment. Ariante had said something similar before… At least, he could see well enough how important Meiana was to this child. Cedelois spoke.
“If you wish, Ariante. Let me talk to Meiana.”
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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