During that time, Alford, who had been drunk, came in,
“How dare you sleep before your husband comes in?”
He hit Iris. She was hit dozens of times on the calf with a solid whip. Deep red lines were carved into her thin and delicate skin, and eventually, blood started to flow.
Still, Alford did not stop the flogging.
Alford, who had been hitting her for a long time, said,
“You should do better in the future. Okay?”
And swung the whip again, then collapsed onto the bed and fell asleep.
Iris couldn’t sleep. The place where she was hit hurt too much.
She was about to turn forty in a few years, and she felt pathetic about herself still being beaten.
She had thought about changing many times, but when such a situation came, she froze. Whether she did something wrong or not, Iris, who was often assaulted, lost her movement if the other person’s eyes became a little more fierce.
Iris sat blankly, watching the men and women enjoying the party with happy expressions.
Her calf, which had been hit last night, throbbed. It seemed to be festering because it wasn’t properly treated.
Unable to keep smiling and sitting, she limped out of the banquet hall. Alford would get angry when he realized Iris had disappeared, but she had no time to think about such future things now.
‘It hurts…….’
Iris wanted to cry, but she didn’t. Because she now knows that this pain won’t subside even if she sheds tears.
She sat on a bench in a corner of the garden where no one came, and lifted her skirt a little. The cool air came into the skirt, and the pain subsided a little.
“Sir, the movements of Piamondo are suspicious. We have to keep an eye on it.”
Someone’s whispering voice was heard.
“I know, that’s why I came to this party. Anyway, did you bring those earrings?”
“Yes, I brought them… but it doesn’t seem to be a relic. Well, it’s shiny and pretty.”
“Let’s take a look at it first.”
“And keep an eye on Piamondo. I’ll go ahead.”
Someone’s footsteps were heard leaving. And someone else’s footsteps were heard coming this way.
Iris held her breath and curled up. But she couldn’t hide from him who came out between the shrubs.
Kevrant Green, the Earl.
Brittany’s lover.
Kevrant seemed quite surprised when he found Iris, but he didn’t panic.
“Lady Hutchis.”
Kevrant bowed slightly.
Iris was surprised that Kevrant knew her.
She knew she should stand up to respond to his greeting, but she couldn’t. Because her calf was piercingly painful.
“Are you hurt somewhere?”
Kevrant asked worriedly.
She almost burst into tears. It was the first time anyone cared about her condition so tenderly.
Iris kept her mouth shut and swallowed her tears, nodding her head.
“You seem to be in pain… you’re sweating…”
Kevrant knelt down in front of Iris.
Iris didn’t even realize she was lifting her skirt.
Seeing Iris’ calf through the skirt, Kevrant’s face darkened.
“Who in the world did this……”
Iris hurriedly put down her skirt.
“It’s nothing, Earl Green. Really, it’s nothing.”
At Iris’s desperate words, Kevrant’s face darkened even more. He stared at Iris for a while and said,
“Endurance and hiding do not solve everything.”
“I know. But… there are people who have to live by enduring and hiding.”
Kevrant seemed to want to say something, licked his lips, then lightly lowered his head and stood up.
“I understand, Lady Hutchis. You should apply ointment to the wound. Otherwise, it will leave a scar on that beautiful calf.”
“Thank you.”
Lisi wished that Kevrant would quickly leave. It was embarrassing to be seen in this state, and pretending not to be hurt was painful.
Fortunately, Kevrant disappeared between the bushes.
Just as Lisi was about to let out a big sigh, Kevrant came back.
Lisi stiffened, her lips parted for a sigh, her eyes wide as she looked up at Kevrant.
Kevrant held out his fist to Lisi. Lisi looked down at his fist, wondering what he wanted her to do.
“Take it.”
“What is it?”
Kevrant, seemingly frustrated, lifted Lisi’s wrist, placing something in her hand. It was an earring with a small blue gem.
Lisi widened her eyes.
“It’s Trisa’s earring. They say it brings good luck if you keep it.”
“Ah…”
“I hope it brings good luck to the Lady of Huchis.”
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Lisi opened her eyes.
I hope it brings good luck to the Lady of Huchis.
A warm voice lingered in her ear.
‘I dreamed of a past life.’
The first gentle warmth Lisi had ever received, a grateful consideration.
In the past life, it was strange that Kevrant, whom she had never had a proper conversation with, knew her, and he even gave her an earring out of pity.
Trisa’s earring, which was said to bring luck.
That earring didn’t bring any luck to Lisi, but every time she wore it, she felt Kevrant’s comforting words, so she wore it secretly from Alford.
Even on the night she died, Lisi was wearing that earring.
Thinking about that day, Lisi’s heart warmed.
‘Come to think of it, even then Kevrant said I had pretty calves. Was that a habit of his?’
The feelings Lisi had when she saw Kevrant in her past life overlapped with the feelings she had when she saw Kevrant now, causing her to laugh.
In her past life, Kevrant was a difficult, noble, and distant being.
In this life, Kevrant was a chubby dog being called a cute wolf, asking Lisi to comb his fur.
“Did you have a good dream?”
Suddenly, a voice from beside her startled her.
Turning her head, she saw Kevrant, resting his head on his hand and lying on his side.
“Why are you so surprised? Like you did something bad behind your husband’s back.”
“When did you get here?”
“Late at night. You were sleeping on the sofa, so I moved you to the bed. You didn’t even know you were moved while sleeping.”
Only then did Lisi realize that she was lying in bed.
Still in the same clothes as yesterday.
Kevrant seemed to have taken off her boots.
“Awake.”
“Why would I need to wake you up when you’re sleeping so soundly? Did you sleep well?”
“Yes, very much.”
“Did you have a good dream?”
Kevrant asked again.
Only then did Lisi realize that Kevrant had used the sleep stone on her.
“Very much.”
You were in my dream.
You were sharing a gentle warmth with me in the dream.
“I had a happy dream.”
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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