Liz wiped away her tears and raised her hand. However, before her hand could reach her eyes, Eishar’s handkerchief touched them first.
He gently tapped Liz’s eyes with the handkerchief. The white fabric tenderly absorbed the wetness on her cheeks.
“…!”
Liz met his eyes.
His touch, wiping away her tears, momentarily paused when their eyes met. Then…
A few more times, he wiped away the tears and finally put away the handkerchief.
It was a simple act of consideration, and it was by no means intentional. Liz clearly saw the confusion in his eyes when their gazes met. It was undoubtedly an unintentional act of kindness.
‘Did this man used to be this compassionate? Enough to reflexively offer a handkerchief for someone else’s tears?’
It was an unknown occurrence. Perhaps he didn’t know if he was truly not a mean person as he had spoken.
“Please give me a handkerchief. I’ll wash and return it.”
As Ishar tried to put the handkerchief into his pocket, Riz quickly spoke.
“Okay.”
He casually placed the handkerchief back in its place and stood up.
Riz gradually raised her gaze, following the towering Ishar, realizing anew how tall he was.
“Now, where are you heading?”
“I have to return to work. There’s a lot to handle.”
“Ah… I see. I’m sorry for causing a delay.”
“…….”
He looked down at Riz with an indifferent attitude and said,
“You’re still the same.”
“……?”
“I think I once mentioned that the empress never utters an apology. Well, it seems like that.”
A warm ending, accompanied by a glass of cold water, felt truly comforting.
‘Yes, this is Ishar.’
“Well then, rest. If you need anything… just call for me.”
A brief pause in the middle seemed as if he wanted to say something else, but who else could she call besides “시중인” (Shijungin)?
Riz thought she had gone too far.
After a short nap, it was pitch dark outside.
To avoid startling Riz, Shijungin carefully pushed the trolley and entered.
And, placing a meal on the bedside table, he conveyed Hursis’s message.
“The meeting has ended, and she’s on her way here.”
Shijungin’s face, delivering the message, was dark. Like someone who had just been scolded.
“In fact, Her Majesty is quite angry. She blames the lawmaker Nari for not immediately informing her of such news.”
“Oh, I made a mistake.”
It was Riz herself who had delayed informing her. She had to make up for it.
“I’ll explain it properly, so don’t worry.”
“Yes, Your Majesty. Then, I’ll step back.”
“Just a moment.”
As Shijungin was about to turn away, Riz called him back.
“Would you please call Esmond? As quickly as possible.”
“Yes, Your Majesty.”
Bowing, Shijungin left the room.
There was something Riz wanted to finish before Hursis arrived.
It would take at least half an hour to come from the council building to the main palace, and that should be enough.
In less than five minutes, Rene came. His head was groggy, as if he had just woken up.
“Why are you summoning a resting person?”
“I have a matter to discuss.”
Rene blinked his eyelids slowly, indicating to go on.
“There are two things. Depending on the situation, it might be three.”
“First one.”
It meant to speak quickly.
“I have a premature baby.”
“Second.”
Truly, Riz did not even smile at her very characteristic reaction.
“The second is, so from now on, your role has become absolutely crucial.”
This matter clearly caught Rene’s attention. Since his eyes, which were cloudy, began to gradually clear.
“Well, then. Do I get a choice too?”
Rene said with an interesting smile.
Riz asked with narrowed eyebrows, “A choice?”
“I mean the authority to choose what to do first among the remaining two things we have to do.”
“……. ”
“I would prefer to eliminate the traitor in the palace first.”
A shadow of hesitation was cast over Riz’s face. It wasn’t so much hesitation about the decision as it was figuring out how to say it.
After a while, as if her thoughts had been organized, she looked straight at Rene and said, “Third. That one is disposal.”
“……. ”
Riz could see the smile remaining on Rene’s face. She didn’t seem moved at all, as if she had expected it.
“I knew you’d say that.”
Rene said with a mocking tone.
“I knew it since you delicately spared the Duchess’s niece. Back then, you opposed killing that little niece for no gain, but now?”
“……. ”
“Why spare the traitor? Didn’t you say your husband died because that traitor sided with the Duke at the last moment?”
“I’ll stop if you give me what I want.”
Riz responded to Rene’s reproach with a calm voice.
“I know what he wants. If I give that to him before Montaner Duke, there won’t be any betrayal to my husband.”
Rene put his fist on the armrest and leaned back, looking at Riz leisurely.
The way he tilted his head, smiling slightly, felt like an adult looking at a cute child.
His merciful tone was the same.
“Do as you wish. Well, for me, as long as the remaining plans proceed smoothly, it’s not a bad deal.”
“……. ”
“But by the way.”
Rene suddenly asked.
“Do you think that traitor really wants what you’re thinking?”
“……. ”
“I don’t think so.”
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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