“What nonsense.”
“I’ve known Your Highness for five years. Also, I’m a bit quick-witted. If you want to stimulate the consort, I can help. How can I assist you?”
“If you’re going to talk nonsense, just leave.”
“If you don’t have anything important to say, you told me to leave. You seem to be a delicate person; don’t hurt her feelings. You’ll regret it later.”
“Enough!”
As his expression hardened and his voice turned cold, Sohyang wisely closed her mouth.
Eun felt more frustrated and angry for no reason than before.
Since leaving the Love Pavilion, all attention had been focused on that place.
Nothing was in his hands, and he couldn’t think of anything.
Eunseol, who had been wandering in the courtyard of the annex, burst into a bitter laugh.
Because her current state was too ridiculous.
No matter who Prince meets and what he does, she couldn’t understand why he was so concerned and restless with what qualifications.
How much time had passed.
Sohyang, who came out of the Love Pavilion, was seen walking towards the annex where she was.
Looking around, Sohyang’s steps seemed light as she approached the courtyard of the annex. Sohyang, who entered the courtyard, looked around and approached the girl.
“It seems the annex has changed a lot. The Prince must have put a lot of effort into it for the Lady of the House.”
Sohyang’s steps, whether she frequently visits the Unyeon Palace, seemed natural, and her leisurely gaze around was apparent.
Although something welled up inside, she forced herself to casually swallow a sigh.
“I heard the Prince has a special affection for you.”
“Well, it’s not something the Prince would say… Or did you hear some rumors circulating in the palace?”
Sohyang looked at her with a constant smile. It didn’t seem like a question that required an answer.
“The expression ‘affection’ might be right, but isn’t it natural for a butterfly to seek a fragrant flower?”
“…”
“But let me tell you. After finding a fragrant flower, the butterfly does nothing and just sits there. It seems intoxicated by the fragrance. Did the butterfly sit on the flower because it liked it?”
Having thrown the question, Sohyang turned her gaze into the air and slowly continued speaking.
“The butterfly with an owner never paid attention to anyone else. Even if someone tickled its wings, it never fluttered. It was a butterfly of great dignity.”
While talking about something unclear, Sohyang raised her head over her shoulder, gesturing a greeting to someone.
Following Sohyang’s gaze, Eunseol turned around and met the eyes of Prince Jinheon, who was approaching.
He was not wearing a military uniform but a robe.
She was the first to avert the awkward gaze.
Approaching, Sohyang smiled brightly as she spoke to him.
“Are you ready to go?”
“Let’s go.”
His indifferent voice sank colder than ever for her.
As he turned away, there was no trace of lingering affection towards her.
Watching the two of them move away, her heart tightened.
Why was this moment more painful than the beatings she received from Sunyoung in her childhood?
When would she be free from these things?
As long as she wasn’t cast away from here, she wished for nothing more. The problem was that the desire to be free was taking root, given that she wasn’t thrown away.
Initially, if only she could escape from Sunyoung’s abuse and the hellish house, she thought it would be fine wherever Prince Jinheon’s heart was.
However, as time passed, his heart, his love, became greedy.
It was pathetic that she couldn’t let him go from her heart without receiving a warm gaze or a kind word.
She raised her head to shake off her conscience.
Then, after a brief pause, she took a slow deep breath and slowly walked towards Dowonjeong.
The morning sky was overcast as if it would rain, but it didn’t matter as it wouldn’t last long.
Sitting on the Jungja steps, watching flower petals carried by the wind and falling to the ground, for some reason, her heart felt heavy.
“Sigh… Everything will be fine.”
This level of pain was not unexpected, and she would endure it well, just as she always had.
As she gazed at the pond where flower petals were falling, white petals covering the water moved gently along with the calm ripples.
As the surroundings gradually darkened, suddenly rain started pouring along with a chilly wind, and it didn’t seem like it would stop soon, judging by the thick clouds looming.
The unusual rain seemed like it could bring flashing lightning and thunder at any moment.
She needed to leave before it poured more, but her feet wouldn’t move. She anxiously scanned the surroundings. Her already unfocused eyes shook mercilessly.
There was no one, and nowhere to avoid the rain. She had to go back.
Despite needing to rush into the rain to find a safe place, it felt like someone was holding onto her ankles. Her whole body trembled, and her heart pounded as if it would burst.
Unable to exhale properly due to the breath becoming rapid, her breathing was rough.
“Don’t be scared, run.”
As if casting a spell, muttering to herself, she took a step forward, but her body, which had already stiffened, wouldn’t move.
“Please, move. I said move!”
She mercilessly struck her legs, which wouldn’t budge, with her fists.
Tears flowing down her cheeks obscured her vision.
She covered her ears with both hands and closed her eyes.
Hoping that thunder wouldn’t strike, she calmed her trembling body. As she took a step, all her thoughts came to a halt.
The pouring rain penetrated, and thunder and lightning began.
Thunder that had been striking above descended to the ground, creating a loud roar.
At that moment, she flattened herself on the ground, covering her ears, shaking her whole body.
“Who… is there? Your Highness, please take me… Ah!”
Her voice was drowned out by the thunder and pouring rain, disappearing into the ground with the rainwater.
Terrifying fear pressed on her chest, and tears flowed incessantly from her eyes.
She needed somewhere to breathe. Crawling on the ground, she entered the darkness where nothing could be seen.
Looking at the dark rain, she cried uncontrollably, as if in mourning.
“…Your Highness, please take me.”
Breathing properly seemed impossible. It felt like her heart would stop this way.
Crouching down with each intermittent sound of thunder, she trembled with fear.
In the fading consciousness, she constantly searched for someone.
“Mother… Please save me.”
Why, at a moment like this, does my mother, whom I’ve never seen once, come to mind?
I’d rather my deceased mother just take me like this.
“Please stop. Please….”
Even with her earnest plea, the wind and thunder intensified.
The sound of rain subsided her voice, and consciousness gradually blurred away.
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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