Hans’ face changed oddly at Lea’s question of searching for Rikel. A wicked smile crossed his lips.
“Does the apothecary lady also like Rikel?”
Due to the many maids in the mansion having a liking for Rikel, it seemed the chef misunderstood. Lea denied the chef’s reaction with a wave of her hand.
“That’s not it. Did you say Rikel has a day off?”
“Yes, yes. When Rikel comes, I will take care of it. I’ll make sure to tell him that it’s from Miss Lea! So don’t worry.”
Lea blinked at Hans, who seemed to be teasing her. She had thought that he went out on an errand after seeing him in town.
‘Did he go to Magnolia Trading Company on his day off?’
Why Magnolia, not Parthia?
The Magnolia Trading Company was a rising power that had grown dramatically in recent years.
Magnolia, which had started in Heidern’s territory, was not well received by the established companies based in the capital.
If it wasn’t a simple errand…
‘There must be something.’
The moment she returned to the mansion, her suspicion became conviction.
‘I must report to the Count.’
Her intuition told her something was suspicious. Lea smiled faintly.
[This is a time separator.]Inside the office filled with the sound of a scratching pen, the servant standing in front of the butler, Baiern, spoke up.
“Butler, the woman who was supposed to come tonight suddenly has an emergency and can’t make it. What should we do?”
“Is that so?”
The butler pondered the servant’s words. Today was the day when a woman was admitted to the Count’s room once a month.
Of course, the Count never laid a hand on any of the women who came every month.
Despite this, the reason for consistently bringing in women was to verify that the feeble Count was a useless figure, even lacking reproductive abilities.
‘The rumor seems to be spreading well.’
As things were going as ‘he’ wished, the butler stroked his chin with a proud face.
‘If only he would call me to the capital now.’
How many years has it been since he came to this rural place? When he first received ‘his’ command, he thought the sickly Count would die soon.
But contrary to his expectations, the Count has stubbornly survived for over a decade.
As a result, he was stuck in this backwater place.
‘Tch.’
He wasn’t a talent to rot in such a place. As he was lost in selfadmiration, the servant standing in front of the butler cautiously asked.
“Then should I inform the Count?”
Awakened from his thoughts, the butler sneered.
“Why bother? It’s obvious she would have been kicked out anyway. Just leave it be.”
The butler picked up his pen again to finish his work, solely for the reason that it would be bothersome to notify.
Without even knowing what kind of trouble this could cause.
[This is a time separator.]“It should be okay at this time.”
Looking at the moon in the sky, Lea murmured. The Count’s examination had already ended in the morning.
However, if she went to see the Count again, it was
“I have prepared the gold coins from the Parchia Top to show to the Count.”
Lea had gathered the gold coins given by Rickel to explain the association between the Parchia Top and the Magnolia Top.
She even meticulously hid the coins somewhere on her body, instead of her pocket, to prepare for any unforeseen circumstances.
Before she knew it, Lea, who had approached the door of the Count’s room, gently knocked on the door.
[Dash] Knock, knock.For some reason, there was no response from inside.
‘Is he already sleeping?’
Yet, it was a little earlier than the usual time the Count went to sleep. But even after knocking several times, it remained the same.
‘He must be really asleep.’
Eventually, when Lea turned her body to leave with expectations for next time, it happened.
[Dash] Where are you going? [Dash] I left a broom on the 3rd floor earlier in the day.‘What?’
At the same time, the sound of footsteps coming up could be heard. The place where Lea was standing was the third floor, used only by the Count’s family.
It was certain that if she encountered someone at this time, it would lead to unnecessary misunderstandings.
Hearing the footsteps getting closer, Lea bit her lip. Just before the maids appeared, Lea quickly hid herself in the Count’s room.
With her ear against the door, she waited for them to pass. How long must have passed?
“Have they gone……?”
As the presence of the maids disappeared, Lea let out a sigh of relief. From now on, she made a resolution to avoid coming to the Count’s room at this time if possible.
It was when Lea, who had just calmed her mind, grabbed the doorknob to leave. Suddenly, she felt a presence behind her.
And then.
“Count?”
‘Wasn’t he asleep?’
In the dark room lit by just a small candle, it was the Count who was looking at her.
He definitely did not respond when she knocked on the door just a while ago!
Soon, the Count, having confirmed that the woman who entered the room was Lea, furrowed his brows.
“Why are you here?”
First surprise, then an expression of displeasure.
‘Did it turn out for the best?’
Recalling why she had come to the third floor, Lea approached him.
“I have something to tell you, Count.”
“At this hour?”
“Um…… wouldn’t this time be the best?”
To avoid the eyes of others.
As if it was an obvious thing, the Count scoffed at Lea’s words.
“You have something to say at this hour. Let’s hear it.”
He gestured as if to say, let’s see how far you can go.
Lea felt an inexplicable uneasiness, but she ignored it and tried to show him the gold coins from Parchia.
Lea, who turned away from the Count, began to unbutton the buttons that reached her neck.
However.
“……what are you doing now?”
“Excuse me? Ah, this is…”
Not even waiting to hear the end of Lea’s words, Akkia, who had let out a dejected laugh, suddenly flopped down onto the bed.
‘Why is he behaving like that all of a sudden?’
Could it be that he was suddenly feeling unwell? Concerned, she approached him.
“Count, why all of a sudden…….”
“Are you ready?”
Lea looked at him with a blank expression.
‘Ready? Ready for what?’
It was when she was trying to decipher the Count’s words. Akkia suddenly grabbed Lea’s wrist and pulled her.
And in just a moment, the Count’s arm wrapped around Lea’s waist.
“What on earth……!”
Lea, who had suddenly ended up in the man’s arms and could not move, looked at Akkia with a flustered gaze.
“Well, let’s see what you’ve prepared.”
Somehow this man… undoubtedly, he had completely misunderstood something.
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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