He wanted to turn back time to before he knew the truth. No, he wanted to go back to before he accepted Reez Berium’s proposal.
‘Become my servant.’
At that fleeting moment, he, who had eagerly grasped the fallen entertainment in front of him, despised himself to the point of wanting to beat himself to death.
What brought back the look of endless abyss in his eyes was when the fern-like hand carefully grasped the tip of his index finger.
A tired boy, worn out from the energy fight between the two girls, looked pitifully at René and said, “Can we stop now and go eat? I’m hungry.”
“…….”
René smiled at the pure pleading. René nodded with a fake smile and said, “Sure. Let’s go in.”
The boy smiled brightly and took his older sister’s hand. Reluctantly, she followed, sticking out her lips.
With the three of them entering the restaurant amicably, René sensed the endless abyss awaiting. Only moments remained until the impending surge.
“If you trust me, leave it to me.”
Two hours later, René began executing the plan of sending a letter to Liz.
“Adrian Oppa?”
The night René went to find Adrian was late.
He accepted the conversation awkwardly when she asked, unable to sleep.
Perhaps he thought this might be the last chance to face his younger sister.
“Where are you going?”
Observing him in casual clothes rather than indoor attire, René asked with curiosity.
“Uh… I have plans.”
“I see…”
René nodded and sat at the table. She pushed a glass of wine towards him.
Adrian’s eyes widened.
“Now you drink alcohol too.”
“What kind of alcohol is wine? It’s a beverage.”
At René’s joke, he burst into a small laugh. The two of them lightly clinked glasses. The clear sound of crystal resonated and disappeared like the strings of a musical instrument.
As Adrian’s gaze shifted from René to the glass, René’s eyes moved from the wine to Adrian.
The bittersweet taste of the wine, felt at the end of its sweetness, seemed to refresh the memory of her older brother’s end.
René put down the glass.
“Do you still worship the Duke of Montaner, Oppa?”
“Why are you suddenly asking that? Did the Empress tell you to find out? Or is it that you want to use me to pledge loyalty to the Emperor on behalf of our family?”
Perhaps because he thought it was the last, he didn’t bother hiding his resentment toward the royal family.
“I’ll be straightforward, René. I would only pledge loyalty to the Emperor when I’m sure it’s for the good of the Duke of Montaner. Otherwise, I will never pledge loyalty to him.”
“Even if I ask you to?”
René asked cautiously, trying to see if there was room for persuasion.
“I hope you don’t turn me into a heartless brother, René.”
Adrian was stubborn, trying to persuade his younger sister.
“Our family must support the Duke. The Emperor will fall someday. Even though he may attract attention now with his shining achievements, it won’t last long. One mistake is much more visible than a hundred accomplishments.”
The words sounded like a promise to create a mistake, a definite assurance, echoing in René’s ears.
René took a sip of the wine.
“I understand your feelings, Oppa.”
She took another sip.
“Now, since you’re practically the head of the family while Father is recuperating, you decide the direction of the family. I respect you, Oppa.”
“…….”
“But you know, I hope you don’t force worship on me too. I don’t like that man.”
“…….”
“If you ever think of making me kneel before him as well…”
René put down the wine glass.
“At that point, Oppa, I might really kill you.”
At that moment, Adrian’s head tilted to the side. The wine glass in his hand tilted, and the liquid inside splashed around, creating stains on the tablecloth.
“Thank you.”
René stood up from her seat, taking the wine glass out of his hand and murmured sincerely.
“For not forcing me any further and letting me sleep.”
The sound of the wine glass clinking against the table glass was clear.
René glanced at Adrian for a moment, then gently straightened his tilted head. It was like a heartfelt gesture as if this were the last consideration…
René left the room without turning around. In the corridor, the anxious servant who had become a captain now was nervously rubbing his hands. When he saw René, he stiffened.
René gave a quiet instruction.
“Lie down on the bed. I’ll sleep all day tomorrow, so just take a peek once in a while. Then you’re free.”
The last words brought a sense of relief to the servant. René left him swaying behind and moved on.
The rest was simple.
It could have been a complicated issue if there were no funds, but with enough capital, everything proceeded smoothly.
René rented an empty guild nearby and relocated the members of the Codel tribe there.
Convincing those who were scattered like a group of wild herbivores and knew nothing but death was perhaps a challenge. However, with the power of the girl, even that was easily handled.
As it turned out, the girl served as a mediator and administrator for the residents there.
Her sharp intellect and mature thinking for her age seemed to bear the burden on her shoulders.
René only spoke about a part of the situation she knew, and even that was phrased very ambiguously, but the girl grasped the essence keenly.
“So, are we in danger?”
The fact that she didn’t waste time satisfying her strong curiosity also appealed to René.
“It’s okay to move your dwelling as much as you want. As long as our family can live together without dispersing for a lifetime.”
Still, René didn’t like that mindset. It felt like someone needed to wake them up.
Someone stronger.
Anyway, after sequentially relocating them, René lowered all the tent curtains. It was to avoid revealing the fact that the place was empty.
When she returned to the clock tower, it was a dark night.
The golden dome of the main palace of Prenne sparkled with brilliant gold dust in the moonlight.
The lively atmosphere of the grand finale of the celebration seemed to reach this place.
“When you can enjoy, enjoy to your heart’s content.”
René raised one corner of her mouth.
If she decided, there was nothing to stop Adrian. She could have broken a few places or confined him to the basement for a year. However, René chose a better way.
To show her crazy brother how crazy he was, and for the deceptive Liz…
“You’ll soon feel your heart pounding.”
Thinking of Liz, who would be sniffling with tears and snot with a contemplative expression, René felt good.
As if to further enhance her mood, a flaming arrow drew an elegant curve in the night sky.
Towards the empty Codel street.
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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