“It was. But the war ended in a victory for Balchelophe, and the ownership of the stolen territory returned to the Empire. That’s why he came to me. He must have calculated that he could now monopolize the mine through negotiations with the Elia Kingdom.”
Kalif murmured with his eyes heavy with fatigue.
“So? Have you decided to do as he wishes?”
“I might. If I transfer full ownership to the count, he promised to give me 40 percent of the mine’s profits.”
“What? 40 percent of the mine’s profits?”
Felix asked in astonishment. Kalif frowned habitually but soon chuckled. Somehow, the count’s face he had seen earlier overlapped.
“You’ll pop your eyes out soon.”
“Hey, do you know how much diamond is buried in that mine? Plus, if you include the other mines extending into the Elia Kingdom’s territory, it’s really tremendous!”
“You’ve been asleep for hundreds of years, and now you’re suddenly an expert on the mines?”
Felix fluttered his mouth as if he was going to foam. The actual negotiator, just returned from the tremendous negotiation, simply stood up from his seat, waving his hand tiredly.
If translated into Kalif’s usual expression, it was clearly a signal to go away. But Felix didn’t give in and continued to be annoying.
“But is it okay? You said Count Montrol is part of the Empress’s faction.”
“Blinded by money, he came to me; can he really tell the Empress? To do that, he must first explain in detail why he came to me secretly.”
Kalif countered without hesitation. Finally, Felix, who had been trailing behind like a desperate dog, stopped. Then, he clapped as if he had discovered something amazing.
“Kalif, you’re much smarter than I thought!”
“That sounds like you’ve been looking at me like a very dumb person all this time.”
Kalif frowned. He really was an existence that couldn’t be looked upon with a good mind.
He grabbed the bell rope.
It seemed like time to rest. The weight of fatigue pressing on his shoulders was too heavy. Moreover, considering the victory party to be held tomorrow, it seemed best to take a rest soon.
He was about to shake the rope in his hand when Felix’s previously quiet voice annoyingly reached him.
“But didn’t you say just yesterday that depending on Evelia’s choice, you might have to regress again?”
Kalif’s pupils noticeably wavered. The hand holding the bell rope dropped weakly, followed by a deep sigh that filled the bedroom.
“……Yes, I did.”
“Don’t you think you can take it a little easier? Since you returned to the Imperial Palace, your complexion has worsened beyond recognition. More so than when you risked your life on the battlefield.”
Felix handed over a warmthfilled worry that didn’t fit. Was that why? Kalif couldn’t answer immediately.
What he said was true. Lately, he was enduring day by day, feeling more fatigue than on the battlefield.
He wished he could rest without thinking for just a few days, but the reason he couldn’t was all too clear.
“She hasn’t made any choice yet.”
“…….”
“It’s a slim chance, but… Maybe she will understand and accept what I said that night.”
At the calmly spoken words, Felix’s eyebrows furrowed sharply. Seeing that, Kalif’s eyebrows twitched.
It was unexpected. When talking about Evelia, he would either turn inside out with words like “don’t meet for a while,” or show only a dull reaction.
Suddenly he became curious about why, but he didn’t bother to ask. Even without that, he was already headachy enough.
Isn’t that the case even now? Looking far away, the Earl’s proposal was clearly a harvest, but for now, it was just that his tasks had increased.
So it was right to make the most of the time to rest and take highquality rest.
“I can’t waste time in any way. Whatever choice she makes, I have to prepare and be ready for what comes next.”
With that, Kalif shook the curtain without lingering. Felix, about to add something, closed his lips tightly as he noticed the bedroom door opening.
Kalif, who had turned to be attended to, began to take off his layered clothing one by one.
Felix’s eyes, watching that scene, flickered more complexly than ever before.
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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