“Yeah. It’s Norton’s, the one we knew as a mercenary knight of unclear origin.”
“But why did you hide it under the bed? Like a treasure.”
“Because it is a treasure. It is indeed a treasure.”
Duke Martins smirked meaningfully and rubbed the middle of the sword handle where the jewel was set.
The seal was engraved inside the place where the jewel was set.
“So it turned out to be expensive? It seems you’ve found out which family’s seal it is?”
“It’s priceless. It’s beyond a family. How is Norton doing these days?”
“He is gradually recovering. He’s still not very talkative, though.”
“He doesn’t ask about Princess Lecillia?”
“Don’t mention it. I’ve tried to subtly bring up the princess a few times, but each time he glares at me? Once, he nearly punched me.”
“You must have clearly demonstrated your special talent.”
“My talent?”
“The knack of being annoying.”
“No! I was quick enough to dodge, thankfully, but that ignorant Norton completely smashed a table.”
“It’s not that you’re fast, but Norton is still injured and his body is dull.”
“Do you, the Duke, have to… point that out specifically?”
Count Rolfe grumbled with a sullen expression.
“Hahaha, but what did you say to make him throw a punch?”
“I told him that Princess Lecillia is soon coming here to remarry the Emperor of the Rafion Empire.”
“…And what did he say?”
“He didn’t say anything. He just smashed a poor table and looked down at the sleeping child.”
“That’s strange. He’s not a person who needs to endure.”
Duke Martins murmured while examining the seal inside the sword handle.
“Ah, that word!”
“What word?”
“The word you just said, Duke, while Norton was soothing the child, he said something like that.”
“He said he won’t stand still?”
“Yes, similar. He said he won’t let it slide.”
“Huh, things will get interesting. The third prince of the largest Partsha Empire on the southern continent cannot stay still.”
“The third prince?!”
“Yes. It’s natural that he can’t stay still. The princess who even gave birth to his child is abandoning him and remarrying the emperor of the northern continent. He mustn’t stand still. He can’t.”
Duke Martins burst into laughter and put Norton’s sword handle back in the pouch.
“Gasp, that mercenary bastard from nowhere is the… what of the southern continent…?”
“The third prince of the Partsha Empire. There was a prince war three years ago when the emperor died without proper succession.”
“Yes, you told me before, Duke. The second prince killed the first prince…”
“Yes, he poisoned him. But for some reason, the vassals of the Partsha Empire are still postponing the succession of the throne.”
“Is it because he is not the rightful heir?”
“Well, it might be. But unless there is any significant event, the second prince, Kalbain, is expected to ascend to the throne of the Partsha Empire.”
Unlike the first prince, the second prince Kalbain and the third prince Norton were full brothers.
If Norton now returned to the southern continent, he would most likely play an important role in the immediate vicinity of the second prince.
Moreover, if the second prince Kalbain, who had not yet married and had no children, became the emperor of the Partsha Empire, the next heir to the throne would have been the third prince Norton.
“When the second prince removed the first prince, the other princes who were not interested in power left the Partsha Empire.”
“Norton was one of them, I suppose.”
“Right, but who would have guessed that the third prince of the Partsha Empire from the southern continent would crawl into the Chateauneil royal family of the northern continent as a mercenary?”
Duke Martins continued with an intrigued expression, and Count Rolfe chimed in.
“Moreover, he hit it off with Princess Lecillia and even had a night escape.”
“Yes, even gave birth to a child.”
“That’s it? Didn’t Princess Resilia betray and return to the royal family! Furthermore, Norton and his son fell off a cliff because of the royal knights.”
“But they lived in the end.”
The Duke Martins, who had been chatting with Count Rolph, sipped the wine on the table and smiled contentedly.
“If you weren’t a duke, he would have died a long time ago.”
“Um, thanks to me.”
“Even the child might have become a beast’s food, you are the benefactor of their lives, Duke!”
“That of the third prince of the Partsha Empire on the southern continent? Hahaha!”
Duke Martins’ laughter echoed in the wine glass he was drinking from.
“By the way, Duke, if Princess Resilia comes here, will Emperor Rinel be shaken?”
“If he doesn’t get shaken by seeing Princess Resilia, he’s not a man.”
Count Rolph involuntarily nodded at Duke Martins’ words, picturing Princess Resilia’s face.
“I feel a bit sorry for the Empress. She will get hurt. Of course, she originally came as a standin empress.”
“Don’t worry. The wounds will heal quickly if they are filled with love again.”
“Who will fill it?”
“I will.”
“Huh?! Why would the Duke give the Empress love…?”
Count Rolph asked with a surprised face, but Duke Martins just smiled and ordered Count Rolph to leave.
[Star Icon][Star Icon][Star Icon]From the moment I entered the main palace, I was completely dominated by Rinel.
Even my fast beating heart, even my panting breath, it was inadequate to keep up with Rinel’s passion.
“…Your Majesty.”
“I said I won’t stop…!”
My two hands were fixed next to the pillow as if nailed, intertwined with Rinel’s hands.
The only thing not moving was our held hands.
Looking up at his shaking eyes, I knew exactly what emotion he was looking at me with.
I couldn’t help but know.
A bead of sweat trickled down from his overwhelmingly beautiful face.
I was unable to focus due to his passion that seemed to be intent on conquering my soul.
When Rinel couldn’t control his emotions, he momentarily stopped everything and stared only at my face.
As if following a rule, after he smiled, he always kissed my neck and cheek in turn.
For a while, I felt like my soul would disappear forever, and then I repeatedly returned to reality.
I was experiencing heaven along with his breath.
I gently looked up into Rinel’s eyes.
He was speaking with his eyes.
He’s cherishing me.
Loving me.
We shared everything, felt everything, shared everything.
The night was short, but our joy and exultation were endlessly long.
Rinel held and embraced me for a long time.
Even if he separated from me for a moment, he seemed to be able to breathe only when he was touching me somewhere, always trying to make skin contact with me.
“I thought I was going to cry.”
Everything was quiet by then.
Rinel’s low, shy voice woke me from my halfasleep state.
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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