“And?”

His gaze sharpened, as if trying to dissect something.

“There’s no way that’s all there is. Tell me your true intentions that you’re hiding.”

Velia had to hold onto Khaled.

There was no one else who met her needs so precisely.

If there were about three more princes, she might have looked for another prince, but the only one who could compete equally with Raul now was Khaled alone.

But.

“We don’t have a relationship of trust yet, do we? Do you acknowledge this?”

Khaled nodded his head.

“So, it’s difficult for me to tell you everything.”

If she were to tell him the truth and Khaled were to change his mind…

“If this deal goes smoothly, we could have a discussion afterwards.”

Velia decided to leave room for now.

“……Listen, princess.”

Khaled opened his mouth slowly.

“In truth, accepting your proposal doesn’t benefit me at all.”

Khaled also knew the fact that there was no gold mine in the area currently being investigated by the survey team. Moreover.

“How can I be sure that the princess knows the location of the gold mine that even the survey team couldn’t find? I don’t find the condition you proposed, which doesn’t even have an entity, attractive at all.”

There was nothing believable about what Velia had said.

“I thought this could be an interesting conversation, but if this is all, I’m afraid it’s disappointing.”

“If your Highness finds the gold mine before Prince Raul, your status in the empire will rise significantly. Besides, preventing my marriage to the first prince by creating a slight scandal seems like a really good offer to your Highness. Isn’t it?”

Velia began to explain the benefits he could gain from a contractual relationship with her.

“Not only can you prevent the princess of Ronika, who could potentially be a great power, from marrying him, but you can also take advantage of a romance with a woman who rejected him.”

This was about everything from Velia’s name to the rumors about her.
It was tantamount to giving her carte blanche with everything.

At this, Prince Khaled’s eyes twinkled once again, as if he found it amusing.

“Even if things go awry and I end up marrying you, it’s not a loss for me. After all, most royal marriages are politically motivated, and if the other party is the Princess of Ronika, it’s quite a gain. Ah, do you have a fiancé? If so……”

“I don’t have such a thing.”

“Then there’s no problem.”

Velia, who had spoken up to this point, subtly moved her head.

Then, with great audacity, she pulled up the corners of her mouth into a smile.

“Hmm. Is there anything else you desire?”

“……To be honest, it’s unbelievable.”

There would be no one else who would dare to speak like this to the imperial prince.

“I suppose so.”

It was ludicrous the more she thought about it.

The moment she said there was no great gain regarding the location of the gold mine, she staked her external image and name, perhaps even her future, proposing a deal.

“And such a person is the Princess of the Ronika Kingdom that Raul is currently chasing after.”

While others longed to be his rain, frantic in their desire.

‘And to reject that, she chose me……’

Is the princess poor at calculating?

But looking at her twinkling eyes, earnestly agreeing with his words, she didn’t seem so foolish.

Khaled stared directly at Velia, not hiding the amusement on his face.

“……Did you say love?”

“It would be better if it’s marriage.”

“You’re audacious.”

Saying so, Khaled wore a dangerously charming smile.

“I can’t get what I want if I’m not at least this audacious.”

Velia didn’t back down either.

At this, Khaled arrogantly crossed his legs and laughed scornfully.

“Honestly, the condition of accepting the princess as my consort is very attractive to me. There would be no one better than the princess among my possible marriage partners.”

Her symbolism, which was enough to fully understand why Raul was devoted to Velia, was enormous.

“Plus, I can see Raul breaking down as a bonus. There could be nothing more fun than that.”

Khaled leaned forward, coming closer to Velia.

“So…… should we get married as you wish? Huh?”

He taunted Velia as if he was becoming a villain.

As if there was no way she would choose him.

“But it would be good to think carefully. Because it will be irrevocable, even if you regret it later.”

Velia chuckled at his last warning, murmured softly, her eyes squinted.

‘……Maybe he’s right.’

The words of Cloze, which suddenly came to mind at this moment.

Although she had dismissed it as a joke at the time, she thought that maybe it could be true.

Even though he must have concluded that he was at a much greater advantage, he throws multiple warnings at her.

‘Is he more kindhearted than I thought……?’

Truly wicked people would coax her with sweet words and encourage her to choose them.

But he tells Velia not to make a decision she’ll regret, offering her the opportunity not to choose him, he keeps saying so.

Velia met his gaze directly and opened her mouth.

“Let’s get married, us.”

At her words, Prince Khaled, rather, seemed more surprised, his eyes wide.

But soon, he grinned with an amused expression.

“With this marriage, we can get what we want from each other. There’s no reason to oppose.”

“Won’t you regret it?”

“Of course not.”

There was no hesitation in Velia’s answer.

“I look forward to working with you. Prince Khaled.”

At her words, Khaled, who had momentarily frowned, spoke with a somewhat dissatisfied expression.

“Then I’d rather you didn’t call me Prince from now on. From this moment, we are lovers.”

“……Lovers?”

It was an unfamiliar term.

The more she voiced it, the more awkward it became.

Each and every letter of the word left an odd, prickly sensation on her tongue.

“In a play we’re committing to, it’s best to embellish it more perfectly.”

In fact, Khaled didn’t like unpredictable events.

That’s why he preferred to control all his plans meticulously.
But Velia, who had jumped into the radius of his life in an unpredictable direction, strangely appealed to him.

“Very well. Then we have an agreement.”

Velia extended her hand to shake his.

The trade between them was under fair conditions.

Velia got someone who could become her sword, and Khaled gained a rather decent marriage partner.

“When you visit the capital again soon, I hope you greet me as if I’m the only one you have in the world.”

Khaled took Velia’s hand.

Then he lazily smiled and called her name.

“Velia.”

Her name that came out of his mouth.

It was inexplicably sweet, despite not fitting her.

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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