Once again, a long procession of mourners mourning the emperor’s death stretched out. Now, the nobles of the empire took the forefront to welcome the mourning delegations from abroad.
Lehart gazed intently at Duke Supraher, who stood beside him. The gaze of Duke Supraher, commanding the nobles in place of the immobilized imperial family, was heavy.
“Duke Supraher.”
Lehart called him with a quiet voice. He had seen him since he was a child, but he was still an enigmatic figure. However, the respect towards him was simple and easy to recognize.
“Even if you look at me like that, you won’t hear the answer you want.”
“What do you think I’m thinking?”
Duke Supraher looked around. Everyone was focused on the mourners, and there was no one paying attention to their conversation. Only then did the Duke speak.
“Don’t you want to know how Etienne Claire was killed?”
Lehart looked at the Duke with genuine surprise in his eyes.
“How did you know?”
He had glimpsed the future only this morning. He was still in a state where he hadn’t properly explained to the curious Etienne.
And meeting Duke Supraher, he found it fascinating that he immediately figured it out.
“Why suddenly show interest in me? How could you not know?”
“Does the Duke also have the ability to see the future?”
“I possess the ability of water, not the ability to see the future.”
Lehart didn’t ask about the water ability because he thought that Duke Supraher could see the future. He just wanted to know how he knew the future, but Duke Supraher didn’t easily reveal the information.
“If we’ve come this far, can’t you explain it?”
“I will tell you after hearing how much Your Highness knows.”
The formidable Duke Supraher evaded the question again. Since he wouldn’t explain easily, Lehart sighed and said,
“I saw a scene. I asked Duke Supraher to kill Etienne.”
“You saw a very important future.”
Duke Supraher, who briefly responded, fell silent for a moment.
It was unclear whether he was thinking about where to start the explanation or recalling the events so far. The grand hall, designed to accommodate many people, was filled with mourners. The atmosphere around Lehart and Duke Supraher was different from other mourners—quiet and calm.
Lehart looked past Duke Supraher at the others. Despite mourning the emperor’s death, everyone harbored a subtle anticipation for the new future.
At that moment, Duke Supraher spoke. He began by explaining how he knew the future.
“I have stored my memories in the large lake in the duke’s estate. I have also engraved the events that occurred since Your Highness passed away.”
Although Lehart received no response, he felt that someone was listening attentively.
“I have been observing since you asked me to kill Etienne Claire. If the empire had remained peaceful after Your Highness’s passing and Prince Ludvi ascended the throne, there would have been no need to kill Etienne.”
Like a child listening to an old story from their grandfather, Lehart leaned in as if finding it amusing.
“The phrase ‘if the empire had remained peaceful even after I died’… It could be somewhat disheartening to hear, depending on the context.”
“Your Highness had no interest in becoming the emperor.”
“…Did you also store that in the lake?”
Duke Supraher seemed to be watching the procession, seemingly absorbed in his work.
At first glance, it seemed like he was diligently focused on his tasks, but Lehart couldn’t shake the suspicion that he was avoiding their conversation and diverting his attention elsewhere.
“I thought it would be acceptable if everyone could be at peace with the death of one prince.”
“But it seems that wasn’t the case.”
The fact that Etienne had returned was evidence of that.
“That’s correct. Starting with the sudden death after Empress Mama was confined to seclusion, a series of mysterious deaths followed. Knowing that they were once related to Your Highness, it was feared that there might be more sacrifices. Moreover, the fact that these deaths were all carried out discreetly was the biggest issue.”
“Discreetly… carried out.”
“Many deaths were disguised as accidents, so artificial peace continued as long as one didn’t scrutinize it closely.”
Lehart nodded as if understanding. The phrase ‘unless scrutinized closely’ meant that very few people, excluding Duke Supraher, knew about it.
“So, I had to kill Etienne.”
Duke Supraher paused for a moment and continued.
“Since the Emperor was planning to destroy her family anyway, I expedited the process.”
Lehart, licking his lips, glanced at Ludvi, who was not far away. Why did he take others’ lives so lightly?
“So, Etienne’s family has been completely annihilated.”
Lehart looked at Duke Supraher with an expression that seemed to say, “You don’t know how much pain Etienne went through because of that.”
He had asked to kill her alone… Even that request couldn’t be properly explained to her in the morning because he felt sorry for her.
“It seems you enjoy escalating matters.”
“…It was difficult to kill only Etienne, so I chose to expedite the Emperor’s plan.”
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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