Sharati carefully broke the rice balls into smaller pieces for the man to eat easily. She also gently helped him drink water.
Watching this, Tein remarked, “The patient is like a baby.”
Chuckling, Sharati turned her head.
Sharati fed him bit by bit, enabling him to chew comfortably, so Tein’s comparison wasn’t strange.
‘But still, a baby?’
Sharati barely suppressed a laugh.
Tein laughed along with her.
“…”
Unnoticed in the cheerful atmosphere, the man’s forehead briefly tensed then relaxed.
‘Shall we go, Tein? I’ll walk you to the edge of the village.’
To avoid encountering soldiers, she would only accompany him to the village entrance.
“Yes, teacher!”
Tein bowed to the man one last time and grabbed Sharati’s hand. As they left the cave, Sharati covered the entrance with a makeshift barrier of bushes and branches.
As their footsteps faded, a shadow stirred in the now-dark cave.
“…”
Slowly rising from the bed, the shadow stretched and loosened his neck muscles.
His teal eyes surveyed the dim cave.
“…Hah.”
Rubbing his temples, he sighed.
“A baby, huh?”
The man stood, incredulous.
His clear gaze and natural movements were unlike the patient Sharati knew, who seemed only to sleep.
Of course.
“I can’t believe I’ve been treated like a baby for pretending to sleep all this time.”
Since regaining partial consciousness two days ago, he had been deceiving Sharati.
“Well, I’m grateful in a way, since I don’t even know who I am.”
His injuries weren’t just physical.
When he first woke up, his mind was a blank slate.
Foggy consciousness.
A body heavy like a wet cloth.
Blurred vision.
A parched throat.
These were the sensations he felt while gradually regaining consciousness amidst nightmares.
‘…What’s going on?’
As soon as he opened his eyes, it was the first thought that came to mind. In the darkness, slowly closing and opening his eyes, it was a persistent question he had.
He was alone in a place engulfed in darkness.
‘…What exactly…’
As he got up, the sharp pain in his abdomen made him gasp. A strong scent of herbs filled the air.
He inhaled the myriad of herb scents blanketing the darkness, trying to calm himself.
However, his mind was only filled with confusion.
‘Who am I?’
The first thing he tried to recall was his name.
Then his identity, the situation, and finally the place.
‘…Just a headache.’
He gained nothing.
The more he tried, the more his head throbbed, so he lay back down.
‘There’s a problem with my head.’
With no memories, not even a name, he silently accepted his state of amnesia.
Instead, he tried to understand his current situation.
‘Someone is treating me. Does that person know about me?’
He didn’t need to see to know that his condition was not normal.
Bandages wrapped around his body and herbs applied on his wounds indicated that someone was taking care of him while he was unconscious.
But that was all he knew.
‘For now, I need to keep a low profile.’
He decided to wait for the right moment.
The next day, he woke up to the sound of someone entering the cave.
He kept his eyes closed, pretending to sleep.
‘Say something.’
Whether it was about his condition, the situation, or himself, he desperately needed information.
His throat was parched.
He yearned for any bit of information.
Then something touched his lips.
‘…!’
He almost reflexively opened his eyes, but his lips trembled slightly. However, before he could react, the thirst mixed with anxiety made him involuntarily open his mouth.
Cool water flowed in.
‘…’
It was just plain water. Relieved from his intense thirst, he quickly relaxed his body.
Then a bitter scent lingered at his nose.
‘What’s going on?’
His arms and legs lifted with minimal strength.
Soon, he felt a slippery sensation all over his body.
‘…Medicine?’
He paid close attention to every movement of the person beside him.
The warmth touching his skin was comforting.
And it was small.
‘A woman?’
Remarkably, he could tell the gender and approximate age of the person from just a few touches. He could even gauge the physical difference between them.
He would have been surer if he had heard her voice, but unfortunately, no sound came.
‘Quiet is good.’
Throughout the treatment, the only sounds were their breathing and the droplets of water falling inside the cave.
It was unfamiliar yet comforting.
A while later, as the woman’s presence receded, he quietly lifted his eyelids.
‘…’
Unlike when he was alone, the cave was faintly lit by a dim light.
Thanks to the light, he could turn his head slightly to see the receding figure.
‘…What is that?’
He saw a figure wrapped from head to toe in a long robe.
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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