The appearance of Evie had silenced the previously cheerful sanctuary.
The six Purifiers who were already there just stared coldly at the new Purifier who had arrived.
It was an overt rejection, but Evie didn’t care and stepped into the sanctuary.
Then, a Purifier with attractive brown hair, Rio Tuha, broke the silence and approached Evie.
“You’re late, Lady Ariate. You didn’t intentionally come at the last minute, did you?”
Rio asked in a demanding voice.
But instead of answering, Evie smiled awkwardly.
That lukewarm reaction made Rio flare up, and he questioned her again.
“Don’t you think you need to explain yourself? Do you realize how much your behavior has caused the tower’s reputation to plummet?”
“…I’m sorry for being late, Mr. Tuha. I don’t have time right now, so let’s talk about it later.”
Despite Rio’s fierce questioning, Evie’s face was still smiling.
Evie hurried to her seat, leaving those words behind, and Rio had no choice but to return to his place.
However, he was still angry and glared at Evie’s back for quite some time.
Then Evie Ariate, the unfortunate girl cursed to answer truthfully to all questions, was secretly smiling triumphantly.
In fact, Evie hardly understood what Rio had just said. Her ears were blocked by wellfitted earplugs.
Yesterday, when DS asked her about the purification ceremony, Evie confidently told him not to worry.
She then showed him something she had diligently carved for a few days.
What is this?
It’s made of cork and is an earplug.
This trick is really…
Although it was subtly demeaning, Evie triumphantly accepted DS’s admiration.
Evie had thought hard during the days when DS was away. How to survive the treacherous Tienda with this curse.
Since Evie’s curse only manifests through questions, if she doesn’t receive questions, there won’t be any problem.
But through her meeting with Zion Laurel, she confirmed that it’s impossible to predict and block all of the opponent’s questions.
So Evie thought of a simpler way.
Not to listen to the other’s words at all, just guess what they are saying through their expressions or the shape of their mouth.
If anyone knew, they would laugh at her for using such shallow tricks, but who cares.
From the beginning, Evie didn’t deny it. It was always this slyness that saved her in moments of crisis.
‘I must quickly finish the purification ceremony and escape.’
In response to Evie’s determination, the bell rang, signaling noon.
At that sound, the Purifiers lined up.
Evie was the one standing at the very front.
She felt her colleagues’ eyes piercing her back, but she joyfully accepted it.
This hostility and jealousy were evidence that Evie Ariate was still the most likely candidate for the Holy Maiden.
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Tienda has a nickname called “God’s Water Basin.”
A massive lake occupies most of Tienda’s area, so from a high place, it really looks like a water bowl.
Moreover, this lake was the only source of water for Tiendabis.
So all the life in Tiendabis had to rely on this lake, and the name “God’s Water Basin” contained such reverence and gratitude.
“It seems they’re about to begin. I’m looking forward to today.”
From the terrace of Mannyan Tower, where the lake was visible, a man dressed in luxurious clothes spoke.
His name was Cassel Montra. He was the head of the Montra, a great noble family.
Then, the old noblewoman in uniform next to him, Duchess Bayon, also haughtily nodded her head.
“Compared to the old purification ceremonies, the recent ones are definitely worth watching. Ah, the Count must be seeing this for the first time.”
Duchess Bayon said so, looking at the blond young man sitting next to her.
It was Zion Laurel, who had participated in the purification ceremony with the Grand Duke Laurel.
Although the old Duchess spoke to him unusually friendly, Zion Laurel did not even pretend to hear.
His arrogance made the Duchess’s forehead wrinkle.
Duke Bayon, who turned seventy this year, was also a noble of high birth and was a general who commanded tens of thousands of soldiers before retiring.
Such a man was the first to speak, but that blonde Zion had been acting alone like an emperor without even acknowledging anyone’s presence.
His face twisted in anger, Duke Bayon spat out.
“Evie Ariate wasn’t entirely wrong!”
But Zion still did not even glance at Duke Bayon.
Instead, Duke Laurel, sitting next to him, sharply intervened.
“What do you mean?”
When the young duke blanched, the old duke mocked again.
“I happened to hear it. During the last party, Evie Ariate scolded the Count, didn’t she?”
“Who dares to reprimand Zion?”
Duke Laurel chastised Duke Bayon in a stern voice. Then, Duke Bayon’s jaw tensed.
At that blatant dissatisfaction, when the Duke opened his mouth again, Count Montera, who had been watching, intervened with a smiling face.
“Oh dear. Calm yourselves, there are many watching.”
The Count gestured towards another terrace installed on the tower’s outer wall.
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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