“Yeongae, are you okay?”
Julius called out to Rose, who stood frozen like a stone.
“Yeongae?”
His voice couldn’t reach Rose, who was shocked.
Rose, still dazed, just stared into space without focus.
Julius grabbed Rose’s shoulders. Then, he called her again.
“Serbiart Yeongae.”
After momentarily losing focus, Rose finally looked at Julius.
“Ah…”
“Are you okay?”
“Yes, I’m okay.”
Julius grinned at Rose’s bewildered appearance.
“It seems you misunderstood between Lucas and me.”
“…I thought you were, of course, the Duke’s fiancée.”
“Why did you think that?”
‘Why did I think that?’
Because Julius and the Duke looked good together?
Because of their surprisingly casual attitudes toward each other?
‘No. It was because of Nervan.’
It didn’t take more than a few seconds to find the answer.
Rose recalled Nervan’s face.
He had said it clearly.
The Duke had a fiancée.
Moreover, he had uttered ambiguous words as if the Mederion princess could be the Duke’s fiancée.
Julius, facing Rose, spoke with a muted voice.
“Hmm. Someone must have told Yeongae that Lucas has a fiancée.”
Once again, Julius saw through Rose’s thoughts.
With a very interested expression, he leaned toward Rose.
“Who could it be?”
A husky voice resonated quietly.
Rose felt uncomfortable as Julius approached her so closely, revealing even the pores despite being of the same gender.
She stepped back as much as Julius approached.
With a straightened posture, Julius narrowed his eyes into half-moons.
“Are you not going to tell me?”
Rose responded with a faint smile to his words.
“Well, it’s okay. I’ll figure it out soon even if Yeongae doesn’t tell me.”
He didn’t lose his relaxed attitude.
“Now that the misunderstanding is cleared, you’re not uncomfortable being with me now, right?”
Julius reached out his hand towards Rose.
“I’m not anything to Lucas. You don’t have to keep your distance from me.”
His clear eyes were very friendly.
Rose cautiously stared at Julius, who extended his hand towards her.
“Oh, I feel like my arm is about to fall off.”
When Rose didn’t take his hand, Julius exaggerated.
In a hurry, Rose grabbed Julius’s hand. She couldn’t afford to be rude to the Mederion princess.
Julius finally wore a satisfied expression.
With a subtle smile, Rose looked up.
‘Oh, I thought his hand would be soft.’
Unexpectedly, Julius’s hand was remarkably firm.
On the joined palms, calluses were felt, as if shaking hands with a seasoned warrior.
‘Is the princess practicing swordsmanship?’
I haven’t heard such a story before… The moment an eerie feeling I couldn’t understand settled in,
“Yeongae, let’s be friends.”
He proposed to Rose once again. To be friends with him.
“Yes?”
“I quite like Yeongae. So, let’s be friends.”
At Julius’s sudden dash, Rose made a bewildered expression.
“Is it because you dislike me?”
“Uh… No! It’s not like that.”
“Then, let’s be friends.”
Julius firmly held Rose’s hands.
Facing the sparkling eyes, she couldn’t express her refusal.
“Yes, okay. Let’s be friends.”
Although her response was reluctantly given, Julius smiled brighter than anyone else.
“Thank you. By the way, you haven’t eaten anything since morning, right? Hurry, eat this.”
Julius pulled Rose towards the table and forced her into a chair.
“You should take it easy. You shouldn’t collapse from exhaustion.”
Julius took a seat opposite Rose. Then, he propped his chin with both hands and looked at Rose.
“I’m not hungry.”
[SFX] Gurgle.Right after speaking, the sound of Rose’s stomach echoed.
‘…Did he hear?’
It felt somewhat embarrassing. The sound resonated as soon as she spoke.
Rose glanced hesitantly at Julius.
He was gazing at her intently. Julius handed a fork quietly to Rose.
“The body doesn’t lie.”
“Ah, hahaha.”
He heard everything.
With a awkward laugh, Rose scratched her reddened cheek.
It would be better to eat before the sound gets louder.
Rose casually picked up some food and put it in her mouth.
Although she thought she had no appetite, once the food entered her mouth, her taste buds awakened.
“Since Lucas’s feelings are generously included, don’t refuse and eat.”
“Poof!”
The food in her mouth sprayed in all directions.
In addition to that embarrassment, Rose, with her face blushing, coughed.
“Cough! Cough!”
“Ugh, drink water here.”
Julius handed water to the flustered Rose.
She hastily drank the water and looked at Julius with a bewildered expression.
“Is it because I’m staring at you? I’ll step back, so eat comfortably.”
Julius slowly stood up.
Leaving a dumbfounded Rose behind, he abruptly left the room.
Alone, Rose’s face still remained red.
“He says Lucas’s feelings are generously included…”
It was an embarrassing remark.
It sounded as if the Duke had feelings for her.
‘The Duke treating me specially… isn’t just my imagination, right?’
Though some misunderstandings were cleared after hearing Julius’s words, there was still an uneasy feeling lingering.
Why did the Duke tell her not to get along with Julius? And…
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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