“Why hasn’t he accepted an empress all this time?”
Susan raised her voice, as if waiting for my question.
“Because he’s the flirt of the world! He wants to take all the women of the empire!”
“Watch your mouth, Susan. No matter what, he is still the sky of the empire.”
“He dragged innocent women away, even targeting you, sister. It’s unforgivable.”
Susan clenched her small fist.
Her eyes were ablaze with hostility.
‘Susan wouldn’t have a crush on Nikolai, would she?’
As I was about to relax, Susan slapped her knee.
“I’ve thought of a way to stop the insolent tyrant!”
“What is it?”
“Ask Claudia to kill him.”
“Eek!”
I felt chills all over my body.
It was the scariest thing I had heard since I took possession.
“Susan! How can a knight who has sworn loyalty kill his lord?”
“Claudia has wanted to execute the Emperor for a long time. She hates the flirt. I’ve known her since we were kids, so I know her well.”
‘I know her better than you! I die by Claudia’s hand every night!’
I almost blurted it out.
My palms were clammy with cold sweat.
I had to calm Susan down first.
“Susan, that’s treason. I appreciate your concern, but don’t do anything rash.”
“She might make the decision even if we don’t ask her.”
“Is Lady Claudia that resolute?”
“Of course. She’s stubborn, but just. Stronger than any other knights!”
I felt helpless and desolate.
It was as if someone was stepping on my hand, barely clinging to a cliff.
‘Is this how Claudia is coming back? Is struggling useless?’
The glinting blade of the guillotine seemed to graze my clothes.
The fate of death was digging black holes in my path.
‘Do you think I’ll give up like this? I’m the one who used the tyrant’s shirt as a snot rag. Dying powerlessly is enough for my past life!’
I stared at Douglas with determination in my eyes.
“Douglas, may I speak out of turn for a moment?”
“I’m listening.”
“Douglas is the head of the viscount family and the sole guardian of Susan. If you cherish your younger sister, you must guide her strictly. Especially in this matter.”
“Elizabeth is right. I have been negligent.”
Douglas’s cheeks turned red.
My gaze shifted to Susan.
Susan had already become intimidated.
“Is rebellion a child’s play? A single word from Susan could lead to the death of many people. Can you handle that?”
“I’m sorry. My desire to save my sister got ahead of me….”
“Do you think I can live comfortably after putting Susan in danger? I would rather enter the palace myself a hundred times over.”
“Don’t do that! I won’t think foolishly again.”
Susan seemed to be reflecting with all her might.
But only for a moment, as Susan’s eyes, looking at me, became tender.
“Even in this situation, you only worry about me.”
What does that mean?
I blinked my eyes.
“I knew it. You went to the terrace that day to protect me.”
Susan said with conviction.
“You sacrificed yourself so I wouldn’t become the tyrant’s prey, didn’t you?”
“There was never such a thing?”
“You can’t fool me. Among the five great families, ours, the Netleton viscount family, is the only one that hasn’t produced an empress.”
“The other empresses chose to enter the palace on their own, didn’t they?”
“If it weren’t for you, I would have been taken to the harem. The emperor is that kind of person.”
Susan was misunderstanding something.
Now, no one refers to the five great families.
The five great families are a name of the past; only four great families, excluding Netleton, now dominate the empire.
Nikolai also had no interest in Susan.
‘Should I correct the misunderstanding? Or just leave it? It doesn’t harm anyone. Well, my attempt to save Susan was true.’
The calculation was over.
I immediately switched my stance.
I didn’t forget to lower my eyes and make a lonely expression.
“I’m sorry for deceiving you. I didn’t want to see Susan blame herself.”
“Sister Elizabeth!”
“I think of Susan as a sister, just like Susan thinks of me as an ordinary sister. If I can protect Susan, anything is fine with me.”
Even to me, it was a natural improvisation.
But thinking of Susan as a younger sister was true.
The fact that I stood up to the tyrant to protect her was also the truth.
Douglas muttered, as if realizing everything at last.
“So that’s why you divorced me and sent us away so ruthlessly. Even saying things you didn’t mean….”
The words I didn’t mean were right, but misunderstanding from there?
Is misunderstanding also a family history?
Surprised by me, Susan hugged me tightly.
“You saved our family from debt. And protected me. I can’t lose you!”
Susan was a child who appreciated even small help many times over.
Her kind nature touched my heart.
“Susan. It’s too early to give up. There is a last way to save Elizabeth.”
Douglas stepped forward.
It was a resolute face I had never seen before.
[Star Icon][Star Icon][Star Icon]Douglas took me to a small chapel inside the mansion.
Because of the dust that had not been cleaned for years, Susan, who had weak respiratory organs, could not follow.
I covered my mouth with a handkerchief and entered the chapel.
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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