Everyone’s memories pointed suspiciously to one person.
A man who didn’t even know my name was curious about me.
It was clear it wasn’t because he liked me.
Could it be that the mad murderer who killed me was that man?
‘The worst-case scenario…’
The mightiest protector of the empire, guarding the north rife with monstrous creatures.
In other words, the most dangerous man to make an enemy of.
The thought that such a man might be out to kill me felt like being stuck in a deep quagmire.
‘The North…’
A place still untouched by early spring, where snow hadn’t melted yet.
The secluded north, known for wild rumors but little solid fact due to its closed nature and Duke Laches’s disdain for noisy gossip.
This meant that information about Laches Violentus in this area was extremely limited.
‘…I might have to go to the Violentus dukedom.’
The North.
I had to go there.
I needed to confirm if Laches Violentus really was the murderer trying to kill me.
I couldn’t run away based on mere speculation; I had died too many times already.
He didn’t recognize me, anyway.
He didn’t even know my name, so he surely wouldn’t know my face.
Having finished my thoughts, I put down the basket in a corner and turned to leave the banquet hall.
That’s when it happened.
“Krhuk.”
A small sob overpowered the bustling banquet hall. My steps halted involuntarily.
“…My daughter, will she rest peacefully there?”
It was my father.
Father, holding back tears, asked Cardinal Solnis in a choked voice.
Cardinal Solnis assured him that he would pray for the deceased’s happiness.
At the mention of the word ‘deceased,’ my father knelt down weakly, biting his lip and crying.
People around consoled him, saying it was pitiful.
“Ha.”
That man’s words were spot on.
A clown act.
How ridiculous this is.
Who’s consoling whom, and why are you the one receiving comfort?
On those countless days of my painful deaths.
You were always stepping over my agony with peace in your two feet, always justifying and receiving consolation like this.
‘You should have done well while I was alive.’
You just left me alone back then.
What’s the use of regretting after death?
Nothing remains.
Commemorating the deceased’s last moments is just a hope that allows the survivors to evade responsibility.
Like a feeble candle flame of hope that will soon be extinguished by the cold wind.
I looked indifferently at my father, who had collapsed and was crying weakly, and then turned away. As I did so, my eyes met with those of Princess Lepplio, who was standing beside Cardinal Solnis.
Unlike me, who was startled, Princess Lepplio had a solemn expression and clasped her hands, greeting me.
“May you receive God’s blessing.”
She smiled at me and mouthed a blessing.
I was disguised, so she wouldn’t have known who I was. Priests always bless others’ happiness even with just a glance.
‘God’s blessing?’
If God had really blessed me, I wouldn’t have been made to repeat my life and die over and over again.
He wouldn’t have ignored my wish to stop.
God does not bestow blessings on me.
I nodded my head and turned away.
“Was the memorial service successful, Duke?”
“Yeah, Ronan. It was so crowded and noisy, I thought I was going to die. Is a memorial service always this boisterous?”
“Since she was a protector of the empire, all the renowned families gathered. But… I didn’t expect you to attend the service.”
Ronan, the subordinate, was puzzled by Laches’s inexplicable action.
Laches did not respond to his query.
While dealing with the invasion of monstrous creatures and cleaning up afterward, the news of Lefarentia Niriell’s suicide suddenly reached the North.
Upon hearing it, Laches, still clad in his monster blood-stained clothes, ordered his carriage to be prepared to go to the capital.
Normally, leaving the North was an action he would never take.
Ronan found it hard to understand his master’s inscrutable actions.
“It’s my first time attending after always being absent.”
“First time?”
Ronan was perplexed by the implication that this was the first attendance after always being absent, as if Lefarentia Niriell had died several times.
Laches’s tone suggested he was treating her as if she had died multiple times. Ronan glanced around cautiously.
“She committed suicide, right?”
“The evidence is clear. There have been widespread rumors related to it.”
“What rumors?”
“It’s a tragedy born from betrayal by a close friend and fiancé. It seems she couldn’t overcome the despair, having a limited time due to her illness.”
As Ronan opened the carriage door, implying it was time to leave, Laches casually scoffed, looking back at the banquet hall.
“If she was going to despair and commit suicide over that, she would have done it long ago. That woman is not the type to commit suicide. She’s the kind to stab and kill the two who betrayed her. She’s got guts.”
“Did you have any acquaintances with Lady Niriell?”
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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