In the mind of the Marquess’s wife, the image of Reyna trapped in the dressing room wearing a dress, Cristina waiting in the corridor every day, hoping for Arthur’s forgiveness, and Arthur and his knights freely wandering around the mansion without meeting them passed in sequence.
It was dizzying.
Bring Sir Rembrandt’s maids into the house?
“Don’t you know there are things that shouldn’t be seen inside the house?!”
The Marquess’s wife snapped.
The Marquess responded irritably.
“The maids won’t invade your territory; Sir Rembrandt will only assist you! Shouldn’t the skillful and wise Sir Rembrandt arrange things so as not to offend you!”
The Marquess’s wife messed up her own hair in frustration.
“How would you know that! What do you know about the maids, about the affairs of the mansion? Why do you do this on your own, why!”
The Marquess’s wife suddenly grabbed the Marquess and reproached him with a trembling voice.
“Is it so difficult for you to ask and tell the outsiders? Why did you permit it on your own! Why didn’t you consult me? Maids fall under my jurisdiction!”
But the Marquess just snorted.
“My, what an extraordinary authority that is.”
The Marquess’s wife sighed in disbelief.
The Marquess continued his muttering.
“As if it wasn’t awkward enough to keep Arthur and Cristina from meeting, how can you arrogantly say, ‘Oh, I should ask and tell the outsiders.’ Do you not know anything about social life?”
Unnecessarily fixating on her own authority!
What if Rembrandt changes his mind!
However, the Marquess’s wife, without paying attention, shook the Marquess, distressed.
“Enough, go and tell Sir Rembrandt that it won’t work. Say you misunderstood, that I decline and that the maids are fine. Go right away, or if you find it embarrassing, should I do it? Yes, I’ll just…”
The Marquess snorted.
“Didn’t you already complain that there weren’t enough maids?”
“What?”
The Marquess grabbed his chin like a vice.
“No. Even though it’s not the Duke Klein’s mansion, he’s offering maids from the royal palace, and you won’t accept that? The Empress has already approved it. Don’t you, as the esteemed lady of a noble family, know how honorable this proposal is?”
The exploded Marquess’s wife yelled at the Marquess.
“Aargh!”
Since words didn’t get through, there was no way to win.
Kei wanted to talk to you.
Yes, sure.
If it’s uncomfortable, you can talk to me. It’s not that important.
No, I’ll talk to the knight. …I have something to tell you.
“Lady.”
“Sir Kei.”
As the door opened, Reyna stood up and greeted him with a smile.
Although she seemed a bit tense, she appeared more calm and composed than usual.
Kei, starting with casual words, opened the conversation.
“It’s the first time meeting like this separately.”
“Yes, it is.”
Seeing Reyna looking somewhat subdued, Kei smiled at her.
“Don’t be too nervous. I asked for a meeting because I wanted to ask a few things. First of all, thank you for your hard work.”
“No, the hard work is yours.”
Reyna seemed somewhat stiff, and Kei briefly pondered whether to ask her to sit comfortably.
Should I suggest that she sit down? But Reyna’s subsequent actions puzzled Kei.
Reyna pressed her chest and bowed deeply.
“I apologize.”
“……. ”
Kei, who thought she would passively respond, was momentarily unable to respond and faltered.
Reyna spoke with her head bowed.
“I heard that everyone saw the notes I sent. I wanted to make you feel betrayed… I’m sorry. I didn’t come here thinking it would be a good connection, but you all have been exceptionally kind to me.”
Reyna’s lengthy and tense apology continued.
“Relying on Sir Arthur’s kindness to give time for those anxious, I have deceived Sir Arthur and all of you—.”
Kei, belatedly coming to his senses, interrupted.
“Lady.”
…Did she meet Tristan Marquis and hear something before me?
Kei quickly organized his momentarily bewildered thoughts and restrained her.
“You don’t have to say that much. We know that you acted for our sake. Other knights also think that way. It’s not everyone, but there are more knights among us who think that way.”
“……. ”
Reyna stopped speaking, keeping her head down.
Kei persuaded her to lift her head again.
“Do not bow your head. I am not the one to apologize. If Sir Arthur said it’s fine, then there’s no need for us to debate.”
Realizing that she was making Kei uncomfortable by bowing her head, Reyna stood up and faced him with a stiff expression.
Still, she cautiously completed her statement.
“…I already apologized to Sir Arthur, but I still wanted to express my apologies separately to the knights. Since you protected me under Sir Arthur’s orders…”
With a slightly uncomfortable feeling, Kei said, frowning.
“It was also surveillance.”
Coming to persuade and entice, it was a bit awkward from his perspective, but Reyna smiled slightly.
“It was also protection. I felt it was more of protection than surveillance. Thank you.”
He had conducted countless interrogations and investigations of prisoners, but this felt unfamiliar.
Kei looked at her with a somewhat awkward feeling.
Seeing a prisoner who was anything but innocent made him realize that the war had indeed ended.
“I just followed orders. It wasn’t a difficult task. But Lady also received the same orders, and the courage to not cooperate must have been a more challenging task. I think you should be thanked instead.”
Faced with a conventional statement praising the opponent, Reyna’s fresh and awkward face blushed a little.
“……. ”
It feels strange.
I miss the worn-out prisoners and tough spies.
“…It’s not like I didn’t do anything.”
“……. ”
What is he saying after reporting that he selectively consumed jellyfish?
The previous report was also a mushroom-eating report, and he had already been scolded by Sir Arthur.
Kei silently looked at Reyna.
Then, Reyna, perhaps interpreting his gaze, became tense again and began to pour out an apologetic explanation.
“The information I passed on was about meeting Crown Prince, and being invited to the debutante ball. Also, that Sir Arthur does not consume mushrooms… I only passed a note once. I tried not to cause harm, but I know that saying I deceived you is a fact, and it’s just an excuse. However, I…”
Kei calmly interrupted Reyna.
“Yes, Lady. You don’t need to apologize any further for leaking Sir Arthur’s dietary preferences.”
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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