Walking through the corridor together, Geor asked Ariana, “Princess, have you thought about who you’ll take to the Northern Territory?”
“Yes. I’ll go with Sini, Catarina, and Lancer. The rest of the personnel can be decided by the houzhe.”
“Alright, then keep the fact that the princess is going to the Northern Territory a secret from everyone else.”
“Is there a reason?”
“The carriage ridden by the princess of the Northern Territory, filled with valuable local products. Be cautious of thieves.”
“We should be careful.”
“If it’s an ordinary thief, the knights should handle it, but just in case. It will be chaotic during the hunting season, so you can blend in there. Let’s prepare quietly and leave quietly.”
“Yes, I’ll do that. Thank you for your help, comrade houzhe.”
“Now, it’s time to give.”
Geor extended his hand. Ariana looked up at Geor as if asking what he meant.
“A bet.”
“Ah, was that really what you wanted?”
“I don’t lie.”
“But what are you going to use my hair for?”
“You can use it anywhere.”
Ariana frowned.
“Is there a place where you can use hair?”
“There is. Even if there isn’t, a promise is a promise.”
“Comrade houzhe is really…”
“Amazing, right?”
“…”
Ariana sighed softly.
She couldn’t fathom what Geor was thinking.
Still, a promise is a promise; there’s no choice.
Ariana took out the dagger she always carried, grabbed a portion of her hair, and cruelly cut it off.
Surprised by Ariana’s swift action, Geor spoke, “No, you don’t need to go to such lengths.”
“I naturally have a good conscience, comrade houzhe.”
Ariana handed the cut hair to Geor. Instead of taking the severed hair, Geor reached out with his hand toward Ariana’s shortened hair.
His long fingers lightly brushed against the end of her sky-blue hair.
“Too bad. I’ll graciously accept the hair.”
“I won in the bet, so you don’t have to be grateful. Well then.”
Having handed her hair to Geor without hesitation, Ariana turned away and walked down the corridor, showing no regret.
Geor watched her back as she walked, with her skirt barely swaying like a butterfly. Despite the mess created by cutting about half of her hair, the swaying hair was so beautiful that he wanted to grasp it.
Only after her figure completely disappeared did Geor look down at the hair in his hand.
Soft hair sparkling with the reflection of the sky.
Suddenly, he thought he might be crazy.
‘Did I go crazy because there are too many things bothering me?’
Geor tightly grasped the hair, then put it in his pocket.
‘I need the horn of the white deer.’
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The beginning of the chaos originated from a small incident. The people who caused it might not have realized they were pulling the trigger of chaos.
Cyrus, in the aftermath of Lord Highmel Brown’s betrayal, ruthlessly singled out those involved, carving out their flesh. Lord Brown tried to move without leaving a trace, but uncovering those traces was the work of the Black Knights.
Among the chosen betrayers, some were expected, while others were not. They pleaded, begged, cursed, expressed anger, and begged for their lives. However, the ruthless eyes of the Northern Lord, who executed them, did not lose their intensity even for a moment.
After months of relentless purging, when Cyrus finally caught his breath, someone came to see him.
Cyrus stared at the man sitting in front of him with a bewildered expression.
“So… the prince and his lover, Chloe Spencer, fled to the Northern Territory?”
“Yes, Northern Lord. Please help me, Northern Lord.”
“Oh, such a prince… I have no power to oppose the Emperor. You should know that very well.”
Cyrus spoke with annoyance.
Prince Davit Blenwit was already 22 years old this year and should have chosen a princess to be by his side, but he hadn’t even considered numerous candidates for the princess yet. It was because of his lover, Chloe Spencer.
The Spencer Viscount was not a powerful noble family. Spencer sent his daughter to the palace as a maid, hoping to gain some benefits from the imperial court, but it turned out to be a gold mine. The prince had fallen head over heels for Chloe.
However, the Emperor would not allow a noblewoman from the rural outskirts to occupy the position of a princess. From the age of 16 to now, at the age of 22, Prince Davit had only maintained a public relationship with Chloe.
“Please help me, Northern Lord. The Emperor has started pressuring me, saying he can’t overlook it anymore. If I return to the Empire like this, the princess will be decided within this year, and we will have to marry next year.”
“Then just do it, Prince.”
“How can you say that! I only have one woman in my heart.”
Cyrus was dumbfounded.
Born as the Emperor’s son, dreaming of having only one love and getting married at this age was quite naive. They said you become a fool when you fall in love, and Prince Davit was exactly like that.
Amidst the many things he had to think about, the prince was bothering him with his love troubles.
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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