Throughout my journey to meet Olland, Askan was on my mind, and sure enough, he stopped first, speaking in a quiet voice.
“Miss, I’ve suddenly remembered something I have to do, so I’ll go ahead.”
“What is it?”
“I heard the horse that pulled the carriage isn’t looking too well, I think I should take a look.”
It seemed a plausible reason to anyone who heard it, but for some reason, I had a feeling Askan’s words might not be true.
It could be just my paranoia, but that’s just how I felt.
Knowing he is clever enough to come up with any excuse to get away from me, I felt this way.
“Askan.”
“Yes.”
“Once you’ve finished what you need to do…come straight to the room. Let’s have dinner together.”
“Understood.”
Askan maintained his usual expressionless face, but somehow it looked a little different to me.
I watched him bow his head and walk in the other direction for a moment.
Barnen, who had been by my side, asked with a puzzled expression.
“What’s wrong? Do you have something bothering you?”
“No, it’s nothing.”
I shook my head and headed to where Olland was with Barnen.
I was curious about the conversation between Dekain and Askan, but it was hard to dig in when it was clear he didn’t want to talk.
‘I’ll have to ask him when I get a chance.’
I organized my thoughts and headed towards my destination.
[This is the time separator]As soon as Tanashia was out of sight, Askan let out a rough breath he’d been holding.
It felt like an emotional explosion. His blood boiled hot. His heart had been pounding since he heard what Dekain had said earlier.
You shouldn’t even look at a tree you can’t climb. It’s a warning not to covet what’s not yours.
His feelings were revealed.
Dekain’s thin, red eyes saw through the emotions Askan had hidden deep within his heart.
He didn’t want Tanashia to be with another man.
He didn’t like Tanashia looking at someone else.
He didn’t like Tanashia smiling at someone else.
If Tanashia was….
‘…If she was mine…’
It was a thought he couldn’t complete.
Dekain had seen through his dark feelings and warned him.
Not even to dream of it, that she was not a woman he could dare to have.
He felt as though the truth he had been trying to ignore was pointed out plainly by someone.
Askan was a lowly slave, Tanashia was a noble lady.
Their future was unseen, their relationship had no hope.
Even if by chance their hearts met, their relationship would never be blessed.
He didn’t want to drag Tanashia down to where he was. Nor could he become a noble being like her.
But he kept wanting more…
It was an emotion he couldn’t stop.
Askan immediately ran to the water tap, turned on the cold water, and doused his head.
He had been foolishly unable to respond to Dekain’s words.
He could not explain anything to Tanashia, who was curious about the conversation they had had.
What could he say?
That Dekain had discovered the feelings he had been hiding all this time?
If he held Tanashia tightly in his arms and confessed his true feelings, what kind of expression would she make?
Their relationship thus far would be shattered.
He knew better than anyone that he was out of his mind, and that it would be best to stop here if possible.
If he could cool down his heated feelings even a little with cold water…
Then it happened.
The voice of an unexpected woman rang out.
“Your name is Askan, isn’t it?”
Askan removed his head from the cold water. He lifted his head, sweeping his wet hair back with one hand.
When wet, his handsome appearance was even more pronounced.
Askan knew the woman in front of him well.
Layana Nine Kreisha.
Not only had he been assaulted by her at the Brelof Mansion, but he had also run into her several times before.
Right now, Layana was not alone. By her side were Shasha, Luren, and Kayuna, whom he had seen in the restaurant a little while ago.
From the fact that robust men had also come with them, he could immediately sense an unusual atmosphere.
“What’s going on?”
“What’s going on? Ha, when a noble calls, you should come running with a wagging tail. Where are you asking such a cheeky question?”
Before Askan could reply, the sturdy man next to him swung the club he was holding and struck him on the back of his head.
Thud!
The impact was so severe that his knees buckled for a moment.
Something warm trickled down from the back of his head. He didn’t need to touch it with his hand to know it was blood.
The dark emotion that Askan had been suppressing boiled up from deep within him.
He had already been struggling to maintain his composure, distancing himself from Tanashia, but facing this situation made him feel like he was losing his selfcontrol.
Through gritted teeth, Askan spoke in a barely audible voice.
“Let’s… call it a day…”
“Hahaha! Did you hear what he just said? The slave talks like he has a sharp tongue. Hey, take care of this guy until he regains his senses.”
“Yes, miss!”
From that point on, the merciless beating began.
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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