The venom hanging from its fangs was often called ‘venom droplets.’
The venom droplet grew larger the longer the spider stayed defensive. Lea was holding a vial containing this venom.
“One bite can kill in 20 minutes, right?”
Even a small amount was fatally toxic. Her initial mixes with less toxic local spider venoms had repeatedly failed.
‘But this time, I might succeed.’
Hope emerged. The hope that she could complete the antidote and safely leave the mansion.
Lea immersed herself in her research, fatigue forgotten.
After mixing for some time, Lea buried her head on the desk. A small vial emitting a light hue lay beside her.
“I did it.”
Her shoulders trembled with a sigh mingled in her mutterings.
“I… I did it!”
She had finally succeeded in creating an antidote.
Almost forgetting it was dawn, Lea nearly let out a cheer. Previous mixtures had always exploded, so she had to be cautious around Magnolia.
The mixture with Priapos spider venom was successful.
Though she hadn’t run clinical trials yet, Lea couldn’t contain her excitement; she had never gotten this far before.
“I need to test it tomorrow!”
She had three months before her deadline with the Count, but she was glad the antidote was prepared quicker than she expected.
Imagining the Count’s surprise at her progress, Lea felt elated.
‘I need to tell the Count as soon as dawn breaks.’
Lea leaned back into her chair, her face lit up. Behind her, the sky was turning blue, heralding a new day.
(This is a time separator.)
The next morning, Lea looked for Jane before going to see the Count.
‘I need to warn Jane not to go to the herb storage anymore.’
Thieves get caught eventually. Stealing constantly would get her caught. Lea entered the kitchen.
She thought Jane would be fetching the Count’s breakfast, but Jane was nowhere to be found. As Lea looked around, she approached Maid Marie.
“Marie, do you know where Jane is?”
“Jane is with the steward right now.”
“Really?”
‘So early in the morning?’
Why would the steward need Jane, who should be preparing breakfast?
Just as Lea was about to leave, frustrated,
“These days, the steward calls for Jane often, doesn’t he?”
“Yeah, seems like he calls her almost every day.”
The servants’ conversation caught Lea’s attention.
“Does the butler visit Jane every day?”
Lea paused on her way and listened to the maids’ chatter.
“Why does he suddenly visit only Jane?”
“Well, maybe they have a thing for each other?”
“Ugh! Seriously! What’s the age difference? It’s so unpleasant.”
The maids, who initially seemed annoyed, soon lost interest and moved on to another topic. But Lea couldn’t shake off her uneasy feeling.
‘It’s not just anyone, it’s the Count’s maid being close with the butler.’
Hadn’t Bayern conspired with the royal physician before?
‘I’ll have to keep an eye on them.’
Whether Jane and the butler were merely friends or something else was going on, Lea felt the need to confirm her suspicions, so she turned back.
Heading straight, Lea went to the Count’s bedroom carrying a cup of sanjo tea. Due to searching for Jane in the kitchen, mealtime was almost over.
‘I should talk about the antidote while serving the tea.’
After succeeding in developing the treatment last night, they had immediately tested it on a rat.
Now, all that remained was to monitor the effects of the Polarium antidote over the next few days, as well as any side effects.
If it had been the wrong medicine, there would have been a risk of sudden death, but fortunately, the rat seemed fine after the injection.
‘It feels better than I thought.’
Lea felt light on her feet as she headed towards the bedroom. With a brief knock, she entered and saw the Count sitting alone on the bed.
As Lea approached the table where the Count was sitting, his voice rang out.
“You look happy.”
“Do I?”
Instead of answering, the Count looked up at Lea with his chin tilted.
‘Did he notice?’
His perceptiveness was indeed quick.
Lea felt lighthearted, likely due to the success of the new medicine.
“Something good must have happened?”
“Nah, it’s not that…”
“You always act careless when you smile like that.”
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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