As the full moon emerged through the clouds in the night sky, someone drenched in red blood was seen approaching from the entrance.
The moonlight illuminated jet-black hair like ebony.
The person who appeared, covered in blood from head to toe, was none other than Dietrich Calypso.
Dietrich Calypso dropped what looked like the hides of magical beasts onto the ground with a thud.
“Your Grace, Duke Calypso!”
Sir Anderson shouted. A step ahead of Sir Anderson, Celia Brillion rushed toward Dietrich Calypso.
Celia Brillion, heedless of the blood staining her hands, touched Dietrich Calypso’s face, shoulders, and body in turn.
His weary red eyes turned toward the grieving Celia Brillion.
“…Are you okay? Who did this to you?”
“Celia.”
Dietrich Calypso removed his black gloves and caressed Celia Brillion’s cheek with a clean, blood-free hand.
“It’s not my blood.”
“….”
“So don’t make that face.”
With those words, Dietrich Calypso’s hand slowly fell away.
Celia Brillion’s eyes widened as she saw Dietrich Calypso’s eyelids flutter shut.
Celia Brillion felt her heart sink heavily.
Sir Anderson, standing nearby, immediately supported Dietrich Calypso.
“My lady, His Grace the Duke seems to have overexerted himself. Fortunately, there are no wounds.”
“….”
“He’s merely fallen asleep for a while.”
Celia Brillion gazed at Dietrich Calypso with a worried expression.
She felt maddeningly helpless, unable to do anything.
‘If only I had the gift of healing like you.’
At that moment, the sound of galloping hooves came from the direction of the forest.
The one who appeared on horseback was Ileon Gredrick.
Unlike Dietrich Calypso, drenched in blood, Ileon Gredrick rode a white horse, appearing spotless without a single drop of blood.
The saddle was laden with the carcasses of a fawn pierced by arrows and rabbits hanging in clusters.
“Well, it seems I’ve arrived too late.”
With a cheerful voice, Celia Brillion realized this was all orchestrated by Ileon Gredrick.
“What’s going on here? Is the Duke injured?”
Ileon Gredrick dismounted and walked toward Celia Brillion.
Knights on Ileon Gredrick’s side pulled the deer and rabbit carcasses from the horse.
“….”
Celia Brillion glared at Ileon Gredrick as if she could kill him.
“What an impudent look. Shall I throw you in prison for treason against the Emperor?”
Saying this, Ileon Gredrick smiled with narrowed eyes.
Sir Anderson, who was supporting Dietrich Calypso, stepped between the two.
“Your Majesty, it seems Duke Calypso overexerted himself during the hunting competition, so he will not attend this evening’s banquet.”
“…So be it.”
Celia Brillion barely suppressed her anger.
Determined not to be swayed by Ileon Gredrick’s whims, Celia Brillion hurriedly left the scene with Sir Anderson.
Ileon Gredrick’s gaze lingered on Celia Brillion’s retreating figure for a long time.
“Who scored the highest in the hunting competition?”
“…Your Majesty, well….”
The knights, hesitating, trailed off before aligning the magical beast hides brought by Dietrich Calypso and speaking.
“It’s Duke Calypso, Your Majesty. He wiped out the entire brood of high-level magical beasts.”
“….”
“Isn’t he a monster? He deliberately targeted only the elite ones, yet returned without a single injury, even killing high-level magical beasts.”
Ileon Gredrick’s eyes narrowed slightly.
“Not a single injury?”
“Yes, not even a scratch. He’s not just a swordmaster—he might have reached a realm beyond that.”
“….”
“I suspect he’s been hiding his true strength, Your Majesty.”
At his aide’s words, a look of displeasure crossed Ileon Gredrick’s face.
It felt as though a piece not on his chessboard was now playing against him.
“…Declare someone else the winner.”
“!”
“We can’t give the Duke more power. If there’s any objection, say he was excluded from the winner’s title for not attending the banquet.”
Ileon Gredrick’s aide nodded and bowed.
“As you command, Your Majesty.”
Ileon Gredrick was right.
If Dietrich Calypso gained wings here, what would happen?
More than half of the imperial knights were already firmly under Dietrich Calypso’s command.
Though Ileon Gredrick had become Emperor, it was not easy to topple Dietrich Calypso’s well-established authority.
But it wasn’t entirely impossible.
Ileon Gredrick possessed various potent potions and had exceptional skill in manipulating people.
No matter how skilled Dietrich Calypso was with a sword, Ileon Gredrick believed he held him in the palm of his hand.
Upon returning to the mansion, Sir Anderson laid Dietrich Calypso on the bed.
Celia Brillion’s heart ached as she looked at Dietrich Calypso, drenched in blood from head to toe.
Sir Anderson soaked a towel in water to wipe the blood from Dietrich Calypso’s body.
“Give it to me.”
Sir Anderson nodded and handed the wet towel to Celia Brillion.
Sitting on the edge of the bed, Celia Brillion brought the towel to Dietrich Calypso’s face.
Celia Brillion carefully wiped Dietrich Calypso’s face with the towel, then wrung out the blood-soaked cloth and cleaned the blood from his body.
Judging it wasn’t his place to stay, Sir Anderson discreetly left.
“…I’ll take my leave now. I’ll be waiting in the hallway, so call me if you need anything, my lady.”
Click.
As Sir Anderson left, a quiet stillness settled over the room.
Celia Brillion wiped away all the visible blood.
When Dietrich Calypso’s eyes closed, she felt her heart plummet.
Dietrich Calypso was just a person, like her.
Why had she always thought he could never die?
Because he was always strong, always dependable, Celia Brillion couldn’t even imagine him dying.
“I’ll protect you.”
Dietrich Calypso had said with a sincere voice and a gentle face.
Celia Brillion didn’t want Dietrich Calypso to die.
Celia Brillion set down the towel and closely studied Dietrich Calypso’s sleeping face.
He was someone who shared her pain yet was incomparably strong.
Celia Brillion unfastened the collar of Dietrich Calypso’s shirt.
It was to check, as Sir Anderson had said, whether his body bore any wounds.
Undoing a few buttons revealed a solid chest.
His broad pectorals rose and fell with each breath.
Thankfully, there were no wounds on his chest.
Celia Brillion’s gaze fell to the pants Dietrich Calypso wore.
“….”
Seeing the space between his sturdy thighs, Celia Brillion shook her head.
Even if it was to check for wounds, she thought it wasn’t right to remove his pants.
Celia Brillion moved to refasten the buttons she had undone to let Dietrich Calypso rest comfortably.
The moment Celia Brillion’s hand touched Dietrich Calypso’s buttons.
A large hand grabbed her wrist.
With strong force, Celia Brillion fell onto the bed.
Blinking in confusion, Celia Brillion didn’t know what had just happened.
As her focus sharpened, she saw Dietrich Calypso looking down at her.
The gentle light in his red eyes was gone.
Instead, there was only Dietrich Calypso with the gaze of a predator.
Celia Brillion felt as though she stood naked before a starving beast.
“Ah….”
Celia Brillion let out an involuntary moan.
She remembered those eyes.
When she had irritated him, and Dietrich Calypso had healed the bite mark on her collarbone.
Back then, he had the same look in his eyes as now.
Dietrich Calypso’s eyes gleamed like a beast’s as he looked at Celia Brillion’s parted lips.
Dietrich Calypso devoured Celia Brillion’s lips in one swift motion.
Their breaths intertwined, and Dietrich Calypso pressed against Celia Brillion somewhat roughly.
Her mind went blank, and Celia Brillion grabbed Dietrich Calypso’s arm.
Something soft grazed her teeth and stirred her gently.
Always seeking her permission, Dietrich Calypso acted like a beast today.
But Celia Brillion didn’t dislike this side of Dietrich Calypso.
Celia Brillion let Dietrich Calypso freely explore her.
Like a relentless tidal wave, Dietrich Calypso consumed Celia Brillion.
The sound of wet movements echoed in the room.
Dietrich Calypso nibbled at Celia Brillion’s mouth with his teeth, then softly sucked.
Celia Brillion released the grip she had on Dietrich Calypso’s arm.
Instead, Celia Brillion pulled Dietrich Calypso’s shoulders into an embrace.
The two repeatedly pressed their lips together.
“Celia.”
The first word Dietrich Calypso uttered after pulling away from her glistening lips.
Dietrich Calypso’s red eyes were filled with Celia Brillion.
Celia Brillion didn’t ask if he had come to his senses.
“…You were fully awake from the start.”
At Celia Brillion’s words, Dietrich Calypso brushed her glistening lips with his finger.
“Since when were you awake?”
“I was never asleep.”
“….”
“I was pretending to be.”
Dietrich Calypso added with a slight smile.
“Because I liked that you were worried about me.”
Celia Brillion realized she had been completely deceived by Dietrich Calypso.
“Why on earth?”
To Celia Brillion’s question, Dietrich Calypso caressed her cheek and answered.
“I love you.”
“….”
“I’ve come to love you so much that I can’t even remember how I lived without you.”
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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