Hadal headed to the training ground located in the center of the castle.
Practicing swordsmanship in the training ground early in the morning, before anyone else was awake, had been a long-standing habit of his.
Whoosh!
When he held a weapon, controlling the flames became more difficult, so he preferred to practice his swordsmanship when no one else was around. Sometimes, the flames moved so powerfully and uncontrollably that they ended up scorching the surroundings of the training ground.
But today was different.
‘The flames aren’t bursting out uncontrollably.’
Normally, when he held a sword, the suppressed flames would burst out like a bomb. But today, they did not. Instead, the flames twined around the sword like a snake, looking both beautiful and awe-inspiring.
‘I thought it was just my imagination until now.’
Holding the sword, he was certain. The flames emanating from his heart were different than usual.
And this change started.
‘After I picked up Vwiio.’
The small and cute white stoat that actually seemed to enjoy his flames.
It was a complete coincidence that he encountered it in the forest. It was so intriguing how, instead of being scorched, it appeared to enjoy and relax in his presence, so he brought it home.
‘But since I’ve had that creature, controlling the flames has become much easier.’
The same was true for sleeping at night. He had never slept well due to the intense heat stirring inside him, but last night, he slept pleasantly. When he woke up, he found the stoat sleeping soundly by his side.
‘Although it seemed like Vwiio didn’t sleep well.’
Normally, he would have risen immediately and headed to the training ground, but today he hesitated to wake the stoat and ended up not rising right away.
Because of that, he saw it.
[Vwiio…]The stoat whimpering sadly in its sleep.
‘There were several suspicious things about it. Its body was ice-cold while sleeping.’
A stoat’s body shouldn’t be cold while sleeping. Unless it’s a creature like a demon beast.
Demon beasts, creatures with frozen hearts. Humans bitten by them freeze to death.
‘But they say there are humans who don’t die from it. They turn into demon beasts and attack others, though it’s rare.’
Could this white stoat be one of those cases? Maybe it’s slowly turning into a demon beast.
‘But if that were true, it should dislike my flames.’
No theory seemed to fit perfectly. Hadal just kept swinging his sword in silence.
‘I’ll find the answer eventually.’
He didn’t feel like letting go of the stoat when it wasn’t posing any immediate danger.
After several more swings and bursts of flames, the dark night sky began to lighten. Dawn was breaking.
As he walked back into the castle, his steward greeted him with a towel and water.
“You’ve worked hard.”
After gulping down the water and walking down the corridor, Hadal opened the door to his room. The steward made to follow him, but then Hadal noticed the cushion in the middle of the floor.
‘Vwiio.’
It seemed the stoat was still asleep. But if the steward entered and caused a commotion, it would wake up.
Without realizing how much he was caring for the stoat, Hadal spoke in a blunt voice to the steward.
“I can take care of myself, no need to worry.”
It was his way of saying not to enter. The steward hesitated briefly, then asked,
“What about your meal?”
“Hmm.”
He usually ate in the dining room or his office.
‘But then I’d have to arrange something separately for Vwiio.’
Yet he worried whether the peculiar stoat would accept food from strangers. It didn’t seem to have normal eating habits…
After a moment of contemplation, Hadal curtly commanded.
“Send the meal to my room.”
“Yes, understood.”
Just as Hadal was about to enter his room after the conversation, the steward, who was always polite and quiet, hesitantly spoke up.
“Pardon me, Your Grace…”
Wondering what serious matter he was about to bring up, Hadal turned to look at him. The steward, after hesitating and closing his eyes tightly, asked,
“May I inquire why the stoat is in Your Grace’s room?”
“Hmm.”
It was because of the white stoat Hadal had brought with him.
‘Why did I keep that creature in my room?’
There were reasons. He needed to analyze the strange phenomenon of the stoat absorbing fire mana, and its unnaturally cold body was concerning.
‘But nothing is certain yet.’
He didn’t want to worry the steward unnecessarily, fearing he might suggest killing the stoat right away. So, Hadal sighed and provided a mundane reason.
“I’m planning to raise it a bit more before skinning it, so make sure it doesn’t get hurt.”
“What?”
The only use of a stoat was its fur.
But Hadal, who emits a lot of heat, did not use fur.
‘And why would I need to raise it to skin it?’
Stoats are not large animals, so their size wouldn’t differ much whether they are raised or not.
‘In the end, it’s just an excuse to keep it, right?’
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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