You Can't Catch the Wind - Chapter 14

Kalon felt regret as he saw the expressions of the baron couple and Elize gradually change.

‘Perhaps I should have prepared more.’

The document recovered today thanks to Ael was quite important.

It contained information about regions that Ash Company’s network could hardly reach.

‘If we had lost that, it would have taken quite some time to receive it again. There’s no network using the Golden Rule there.’

In Denertum, where most of the Golden Rule has already disappeared, it’s unimaginable, but Ash Company and the Empire have a communication network based on the power of the Golden Rule.

It’s not like people with the power of the Golden Rule are lying around like pebbles on the street.

Moreover, even among those with power, those strong enough to communicate from the Empire to Denertum are even rarer.

No, it would be correct to say there were none at all.

‘Unless it’s an heir at the level of the Emperor, it’s impossible.’

But even the Emperor can’t lend his power every time for Ash Company’s communications.

The fact that communication with Denertum is possible once a week now is only because Kalon is here; otherwise, he wouldn’t have lent his power.

Anyway, if that document had been lost, it would have taken quite a long time to receive it again.

Moreover, its contents were absolutely not to be known in Denertum, so it would have been extremely troublesome.

So, considering the importance of the document, it wouldn’t have been too much to give away an entire warehouse, let alone just enough to fill this carriage.

Before long, the gifts they had brought were piled up at the entrance of the mansion. Jena, looking at the scene, said in a bright voice.

“Wow, it seems like there’s even more than the gifts Miss Elize received before.”

At those words, Elize’s eyes narrowed sharply. But she couldn’t say anything to Jena. Because even she could see it was true.

Maya, noticing Elize’s irritation, slapped Jena’s arm as if to say ‘don’t upset our young lady’ and said,

“It’s not just about the size of the boxes. Do you even know how amazing the gifts our young lady received then were? They were all high-quality items carefully selected by prominent figures in high society to suit our young lady.”

At her maid’s words, Elize slightly raised her chin.

As Maya said, every single thing that had arrived for her then was precious.

They were all from shops with tradition, and every item looked expensive at a glance.

“But these look high-quality too.”

However, Jena, seemingly unable to agree with the maid’s words, still replied with an excited face.

“It’s all labeled Ash Company, isn’t it? What did you say before? You bragged that three of Miss Elize’s gifts were from Ash Company. But these are all Ash Company boxes?”

Hearing Jena’s words, Kalon smiled.

That maid was subtly irritating the other party while pretending not to know.

Moreover, seeing them arguing over which was more impressive using his company’s name, he felt great pride in his company for the first time in a while.

“It’s just the boxes! Our young lady received two large canisters of Imperial tea as a gift before.”

“You must like tea, then.”

Kalon quietly joined the conversation. Then, looking at one of the boxes, he said,

“As it happens, we’ve included some tea that just arrived at our company, so please enjoy it.”

He added,

“Since I didn’t know what you might like, I included everything.”

Even he thought it was quite a childish thing to say. But seeing the surprised expressions of the baron couple, he realized that such words indeed work best on people like them.

“Really? Then may I open this box, young lady? It’s my job to organize things in the kitchen, after all.”

Jena, at Kalon’s words, quickly picked up the box he had nodded towards and approached Ael, speaking rapidly as if urging her to give permission.

Ael, overwhelmed by Jena’s fierce momentum, found herself nodding without realizing it.

Having finally obtained permission from Ael, not from Baron Aradis couple or Elize, Jena quickly, yet carefully so as not to damage the well-tied ribbons, opened the box.

Her hand movements were so swift that the packaging was undone in an instant, revealing its contents to everyone.

“Oh my.”

The eyes of Jena and Elize’s maid, who were the first to see inside the box, widened as if they might pop out.

The box Kalon had nodded towards was filled with soft cotton and several tea canisters.

Jena quickly counted what she could see. One, two, three, four… When Jena’s count reached about eight, Elize’s face hardened.

The tea had been a gift sent to Elize by the Grand Duke. After receiving two canisters, Elize had subtly mentioned what she had received to people at every gathering.

People who heard this treated Elize even more kindly.

Imperial tea is expensive and precious. Even among those, the ones coming through Ash Company were difficult to obtain even for nobles.

That’s why those two canisters of tea were proof that the Grand Duke thought of Elize as special.

‘It was like that, but…’

The fact that Ael, who looked so insignificant, had received an even more impressive gift than herself mercilessly shattered Elize’s pride.

She felt so humiliated, as if everything she had been proud of until now had suddenly become worthless.

Of course, that feeling was Elize’s alone. The baron couple were busy rolling their eyes, trying to estimate how much the tea in just one box might be worth, overwhelmed by the sudden appearance of such precious items.

At the same time, the baron couple’s thoughts turned to the other boxes still piled up like a mountain.

If this one was so amazing, what about the other boxes!

They were suddenly more eager than even Jena to open the remaining boxes. At the same time, they became curious. Just what great deed had their daughter done to receive such tremendous treatment?

At that moment, the sound of bells announcing the late hour rang out from the distant square. It was now time for guests to leave unless there was a banquet.

Kalon knew it was time to end today’s performance.

At least until his gifts had served their purpose, the baron couple wouldn’t be too harsh to Ael.

‘But that’s as far as it goes.’

It had been quite an interesting day.

He had almost lost important documents but managed to recover them with someone else’s help.

The person who helped valued a few bits of knowledge flowing from his mouth more than precious things, eagerly seeking explanations. Because of that, he had spent the whole day, but he didn’t particularly regret it.

Kalon’s day is worth more than a year of his lower-ranking employees. After all, the decisions made by the head of the continent’s largest trading company are all of such value.

If they knew he had spent it on an economics lecture, the employees at the headquarters in the Empire would be tearing their hair out. Of course, he had no intention of telling them.

Thinking he had done enough, Kalon turned and approached Ael. He bowed and extended his hand.

Captivated by his elegant and measured movement, Ael found herself extending her own hand.

Kalon lightly kissed the back of her hand, which was unbelievably rough for a noble lady’s, and bid farewell.

“Thank you for the courage you showed today, and farewell, Miss Rida.”

That must be her real name. Thinking so, Kalon called the name he had heard.

At that moment, Ael’s face clouded over. She moved her lips, then as if having made a decision, painfully uttered,

“…Please call me Ael.”

“…”

Normally, he would have mixed in a bit of jest and said something, but Ael’s expression looked too pained for that.

As if being called Rida was some sort of terrible insult.

“I understand, Miss Ael.”

So Kalon greeted her once more, deliberately using her corrected name.

Only then did Ael return to the expression he had seen all day. And she slightly bowed her head to him gratefully.

The coachman returned to his place, and Kalon bid farewell to those standing there before boarding the carriage. Soon the carriage departed, and Kalon and Ael grew further apart.

Inside the carriage, Kalon thought with his chin resting on his hand.

That there would likely be no more occasions to see her.

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“My goodness, who was that gentleman? I’ve never seen such a wonderful person in my life!”

Jena exclaimed dramatically as she set down the box she had been carrying on the kitchen work table.

“And what on earth did you do to receive such a gift?”

“I just helped catch a thief, that’s all.”

“Come on. You get gifts like this just for that? It would be hard to receive this much even for saving a life. More importantly, did you see the faces of Miss Elize and the others? When they saw the tea in the box, their faces twisted. How satisfying it was…!”

Jena clenched her fist and shuddered as if recalling that moment.

Watching Jena, who was more excited than anyone else, Ael let out a small chuckle.

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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