It was a strange-looking creature. It resembled a lizard or a snake, but it had wings. So, it was similar…
Nellia’s gaze landed on Reunite.
‘It looks like a dragon.’
For a moment, she thought that the book might be related to the Zigrith myth rather than a curse, but the dragon depicted in this book was silver, not gray.
In other words, the creature illustrated in this book was not Zigrith.
Nellia was puzzled.
She had always believed that there was only Zigrith among dragons in the past, but were there other dragons at that time? Or is this just another species resembling a dragon?
“A dragon…?”
Duke Hart muttered as he stared at the picture.
Nellia focused her gaze on the picture again.
The creature like a dragon seemed to be depicted in great distress.
“It seems appropriate to read the entire book and draw a conclusion.”
The Duke seemed to think that it was difficult to judge something based on just one picture.
However, as the pages turned, the story of the book plunged deeper into a maze.
Since then, no creature resembling a dragon appeared in the drawings. Instead, a monster without wings and feet was depicted.
This monster… somewhat resembled the appearance of the Duke transforming into a monster on the day of the lunar eclipse.
Of course, the Duke looked more snake-like, and the creature in the picture had a shorter body, but it looked similar.
Nevertheless, it was subtly different.
The Duke continued to flip the pages. For a while, creatures resembling snakes appeared in the illustrations.
Then, around the middle, a person appeared again. The man was holding a bottle filled with blue liquid. Unidentifiable leaves were also depicted beside him.
‘Could this be a depiction of when the transformation suppressant was developed?’
Now it is in the convenient form of pills, but at the time of developing the transformation suppressant, it might have been in the form of such liquid.
Unfortunately, there were almost no drawings in the later part.
There was one on the very last page, and just like the first page, there was a drawing of a person praying while looking at what was presumed to be the moon on the day of the lunar eclipse.
Finally, the book closed, and everyone remained silent for a while, each lost in thought.
The first to speak was the Duke’s wife.
“The animal in the front… It didn’t look exactly like a dragon, did it?”
Nellia and Duke Hart couldn’t answer right away. Then the Duke spoke first.
“Have you ever heard any related stories, Mother?”
The Duke’s wife shook her head.
“Even though the Duke has been a human for several decades now, I have never heard of anything other than a snake.”
The Duke scratched his chin.
“If we knew when this book was made, it might help us understand the contents…”
Nellia also agreed with the Duke’s words and examined the book, flipping through its cover.
At that time, at the bottom of the back cover, I found very small writing that read ‘505’ along with symbols indicating imperial power.
‘505…?’
Then this book was a whopping 500 years old.
Nellia quickly informed the Duke and the Duke’s wife of this fact.
“It seems like the production date is written on the back of the book.”
The Duke’s wife checked the numbers and widened her eyes.
“This book is from 500 years ago… How is it in such good condition?”
“Most likely, it has been sealed with magic, so despite the long time, it seems well-preserved.”
Duke Hart looked around the basement.
“We can’t stay here, so let’s take the book upstairs for now.”
Four people stared at the book on the living room table with serious expressions.
Reunite had been silent since the basement, or more precisely, since looking at the book with drawings.
Breaking the silence, Nellia spoke first.
“Could it be… Were the ancestors of the Hart family dragons?”
Of course, there was a huge difference between snakes and dragons, but the creature in the drawing just now was hard to explain as anything other than a dragon.
Honestly… if wings and legs were added to the monstrous appearance, it would somewhat resemble a dragon.
Nellia wanted to ask Reunite about the dragon-related content, but there was no time to talk separately now.
It seemed like asking Reunite would only be possible after today’s schedule was over and they were alone in the room.
She glanced at Reunite, but he seemed uninterested, doing something else despite the dragon-related discussion.
At that moment, the Duke’s wife furrowed her delicate forehead and spoke.
“I also think so… But if it’s a dragon, it’s known as a noble being. How did it end up becoming a snake?”
The Duke spoke with an expressionless face.
“That’s a story that shakes the foundation of Duke Hart. If it was originally a dragon, it means the ancestors of the Hart family were not humans to begin with.”
The straight gaze gave off a colder feeling than usual.
Nellia understood what Duke Hart was trying to say.
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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