I left the last page of the novel, and my reading was interrupted by a loud noise.
Then Kirian Istira appeared right in front of me.
I hadn’t seen Kirian for a week.
The moment the family left, the duchess’s face turned red from rubbing, and it was revealed at once that the red spots were ink, but the duchess had kept Kirian in the room for a week to prevent any misfortune.
And when I heard the sound of Kirian rolling inside, I quietly smiled and said mysteriously, “It’s his own fault,” and turned away coldly.
“Nuna.”
Kirian was busy looking at me back and forth.
“Is it really you, Nuna?”
It was a sight I’d never seen before.
His big eyes shook anxiously, and even his voice trembled as he licked his dry lips.
It was completely different from the calm and slightly haughty demeanor I had seen before.
I felt so sorry for his noticeable anxiety that I unwittingly took his hand.
“It’s me. What’s wrong?”
“Nu, Nuna disappeared, I thought.”
Kirian only felt relieved after clutching my hand several times.
“Gone? Why would I?”
“Oh, you were kissing Olivia and riding in a carriage together.”
“Me?”
I blinked my eyes in surprise several times.
“Ooh… You left without looking back. You said you liked Olivia better.”
Kirian started to sob.
He spoke of something that never happened as if it really had. He looked like a child who was confusing a scary dream with reality.
“No, I wouldn’t do that.”
Though taking off in a carriage was exactly what I wanted, the lie came easily.
Even though he hated being treated like a child, his sobbing was so pitiable that I carefully patted Kirian’s shoulder.
“Re, really?”
Kirian looked up at me with wide eyes.
I was captivated by his long fluttering eyelashes and red eyes blurred by tears, and nodded my head strongly.
“Really, really.”
It was also heartrending to see him cling so desperately.
Kirian, who always devoted himself to studying and training at the duke’s house and had no opportunity to make friends of his own age, seemed to think of me as his first friend.
He even saw me riding in a carriage, feeling the anxiety of having his hardwon friend taken away by another child. Even if he did many evil things in the future, I couldn’t help but be moved by the young Kirian before me.
I thought of all sorts of things.
Could I not just raise this child for a few years? I temporarily take care of cats. I only have to play the friend role until his character turns bad and then slip away.
While I was lost in thought, Kirian quickly ran somewhere and came back with a box.
“Nuna, here, take this.”
I accidentally took the box Kirian thrust into my hand.
It was Kirian’s treasure number one, a chocolate box.
“But you really like this.”
“You take it, Nuna. I don’t really like sweet things.”
Kirian said he didn’t like it, but he looked at the box with eyes dripping with reluctance.
However, as soon as I looked up and saw Kirian’s bright smile, I felt a lump in my throat.
I couldn’t imagine this child enjoying other people’s pain like a rare wine, turning into a psychopathic tyrant in the future.
“Thank you, Kirian.”
My brief expression of thanks continued to pour out.
“You’ll eat with me even if you don’t like sweet things, right? It’s boring to eat alone.”
Although I thought this would only provide an opportunity to get closer,
By the time I came to my senses, Kirian was already looking at me with deeply touched eyes.
“Yeah, I’ll make sure to.”
Suddenly, Kirian turned red to the tips of his ears and looked around with his eyes rolling.
“And…”
Kirian closed his eyes and quickly spat out with his plump fist clenched.
“I, I want a kiss too.”
Seeing Kirian so bashful that his cheeks turned rosy, I had to make an effort not to burst out laughing.
Biting my tongue to swallow the laughter, I quickly pecked Kirian’s cheek. It felt as soft and pliant as dough.
But fearing that lingering too long might offend Kirian, who hates being treated like a child, I pulled away as soon as our lips touched.
With both hands tightly clenched behind my back, I barely suppressed the urge to pinch his chubby cheeks.
“There, satisfied?”
Kirian dropped his head and shook it vigorously. His face seemed infinitely dark at a glance.
Did I kiss him for too long?
Just when I started to feel guilty, Kirian finally opened his mouth.
“We have to get married.”
“Married?”
Kirian pointed to the snack box I was holding, with his drooping fingers.
“Because you gave it to me…”
“Chk.”
Once again, I bit my tongue and pressed my quivering lips with my finger.
I shook the snack box.
“A proposal gift?”
Kirian nodded seriously.
“Oh, this is big.”
It was a proposal from the male protagonist of the novel.
With effort, I maintained a serious expression and nodded my head.
“There’s no proposal as splendid as giving candy and chocolate.”
“Uhhuh.”
“Heh heh.”
When Kirian solemnly nodded with me, the second crisis came.
“Why are you laughing?”
“I’m just so happy. Yes, let’s get married. Ugh.”
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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