Idel looked worriedly at Marlin, who seemed more restless than usual.
“The truth is…”
Hesitating for a moment, Marlin finally brought up the topic she had prepared.
“Today is the final stage of the Duchess’s education.”
“The final stage?”
Idel tilted her head in confusion. She had familiarized herself with all the instructions provided by Marlin.
Thanks to Marlin’s meticulous guidance, Idel was not only involved in the administration of the Duke’s house but also took care of household matters effortlessly.
She recalled the instructions she had memorized, but there was no section that Marlin hadn’t mentioned.
‘Was there more content?’
Looking into Idel’s curious eyes, Marlin nodded with determination.
“Yes. It’s the special training on the eve of the wedding. It takes place on the last night before the wedding.”
“What is it?”
“It’s… training about succession.”
With a grave expression, Marlin said assertively.
‘Succession?’
Idel remembered the term from somewhere.
‘ Do you also agree on the succession training?’
‘ Yes, I am confident I’ll do my best.’
‘Ah…!’
It was the term mentioned when she and the Duke were drafting their marriage contract. It was codified as one of the responsibilities she had to undertake as the Duchess.
“I am aware of my duty concerning succession training.”
Seeing Idel nod confidently, Marlin was momentarily stunned.
‘I thought Miss Idel’s relationship with the Countess Fleur was vague…’
From what Marlin heard through her social connections, Countess Fleur was not Idel’s biological mother but her stepmother.
Up until now, Idel’s absence from social circles kept her relatively unknown. But with her emergence as the future Duchess, it became common knowledge among the wellinformed nobility.
Recalling Idel’s arrival at the Duke’s mansion, she seemed to have been hastily sent away, bringing only essentials. No loving family would send their daughter away in such a manner.
Intuitively, Marlin felt that Countess Fleur held animosity towards Idel, her stepdaughter.
‘It’s unlikely that such a woman would’ve provided any training to Idel…’
The traditional training on the wedding night was usually given by a daughter’s mother. However, considering that the future Duchess might not have received such training, Marlin decided to step in herself.
“Do you truly… know?”
Marilyn looked intently at Idel with a dubious expression. In response, Idel gave a firm nod.
“Yes. That matter was discussed with the Duke beforehand.”
“You discussed it with the Duke in advance?”
Marilyn’s mouth gaped open. She stared blankly at Idel, disbelief evident in her eyes.
‘Even so… the Duke… really…’
She was well aware of the Duke’s occasional fervent gazes towards the prospective duchess. No matter how urgent, to discuss such matters before the wedding…
‘So meticulous of him.’
Marilyn was struck anew with admiration for the Duke’s penchant for perfection and managed to suppress her astonishment.
It seemed that showing such restraint before the wedding was quite an act of patience on the Duke’s part.
‘So that’s why Gregory was so troubled.’
The face of Gregory, who had recently complained about the increasingly sharp nature of the Duke, came to mind.
‘Well… holding back must be tough. Our Duke has truly become a real man!’
The Duke already possessed a perfect masculine beauty. However, as he had no close female acquaintances for a long time, there were even irreverent concerns about whether he might be indifferent.
Seeing the Duke, whom she had watched from his boyhood, meet the Duchess and mature into a true man, a proud smile unknowingly graced Marilyn’s lips.
Observing Marilyn’s brightened complexion, Idel felt relieved.
“Were you worried I wouldn’t know about the heir training?”
“Well, it’s a sensitive matter. I thought it would be problematic if you didn’t know…”
“Don’t worry. I’m also determined to do my best.”
Succession was vital in any noble family, even more so for the ducal house that carried the royal blood.
She hadn’t forgotten to document details in her work recently to help educate the heir of such a ducal house.
‘An heir…’
For a moment, Idel imagined the Duke welcoming a real duchess after their contract marriage ended and having an heir.
A sharp, profound pain coursed through her heart. Imagining the Duke with another woman, she couldn’t fathom why her heart felt so suffocated and pained…
Her previously clear eyes rapidly clouded over. Observing Idel’s hand on her chest with a dark expression, Marilyn asked with concern,
“Miss Idel, are you alright? Is it because of… the thought, making you anxious?”
“Ah… yes. I’m a bit nervous.”
Right. This feeling was just due to nerves, Idel consoled herself.
Marilyn gently wrapped her fingers around Idel’s, as if to comfort her. Meeting the gesture, Idel faintly smiled back.
Thus, the special instruction for the prospective duchess on the eve of the wedding didn’t fully proceed as planned…
The longanticipated wedding day of the ducal house finally dawned.
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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