Spoiler: Other Version of the Cover (R-15) {} Official Novel Raws: Spoiler: Link (1) https://ridibooks.com/books/3302004570 (2) https://ridibooks.com/books/3302004571 [R-15 ver.] Author: 윤채리 Artist: Pudica Year: 2022 Genre: Romance, Fantasy, Drama, Mystery, R-19 Status: 61 Chapters (Ongoing) Description: At the tip of the man’s sword, the corner of the glass tank, where not a speck of light had penetrated, cracked with a sound. Dark hair and dark eyebrows like the jet-black sea. Underneath, golden eyes shaped like the full moon stared slowly at the mermaid. “Take it out. Alive.” He saved her from the darkness. “Melusine. That is your name from now on.” The man gave her a name. She could watch him all night, every day and never get tired of it. “It’s good…” It’s as if ripples were tickling around her lips. It felt like it was flowing down her heart. The woman had a hunch. She finally met her long-awaited serendipity, her destiny. *** “Why? Are you trying to run away?” The fish, his first trophy, his possession. Even though it was his now, that woman, the the mermaid still seemed to belong to the sea. “Look carefully, Melusine.” Shaking her chin that was caught by him, the woman looked at the sea that spread out in front of her. “You’ll never see it again.” Every time Kieron entered her. She felt like her whole body was going to split in half. As if suddenly met by a storm in the middle of the sea, she was swept away not knowing what to do. “Ha…ugh, Kieron…” Perhaps it was this faraway feeling that she missed. Or a desperate collision with the warmth of the man. Below, far below. Two people entwined as one, sinking deeper into the deep sea. *** **Mélusine (French: [melyzin]) or Melusina is a figure of European folklore, a female spirit of fresh water in a holy well or river. She is usually depicted as a woman who is a serpent or fish from the waist down (much like a mermaid or a lamia). She is also sometimes illustrated with wings, two tails, or both. Her legends are especially connected with the northern and western areas of France, Luxembourg, and the Low Countries. Her name can vary depending on the areas such as Merlusse in Vosges, Merluisaine in Champagne…. The French Littré suggests the Latin melus, meaning “melodious, pleasant”. Spoiler: Character Descriptions (MTL from Ridibooks) * Male protagonist: Archduke of Triton, who governs the entire southern part of the Empire of Kieron von Perthach owner of the castle. He is a cold and uncompromising figure, and he has never shown his feelings. He's a beast that keeps bothering me, no, until he meets the blue eyes of a woman. * Female Protagonist: A mysterious beauty with melucine pink hair and cerulean blue eyes. She is a mermaid from Bersez and she believes that the Kieron who brought her out is Jeserenhide. She is a sunny girl who is innocent and candid with her emotions. This reminds me of novels like "Cry, Even Better if you Beg"...
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Spoiler: Overall spoilers The writing is sometimes very poetic, but yes, the story is of the darker variety. ML is the twisted and possessive type. FL also being non-human makes nearly everyone—not just ML—view her as a primitive animal, especially since she can barely speak human language at first. So the biggest obstacle between FL and ML is really how he views her: more of a pet animal possession than a person. Spoiler: Characters The Mermaid / Melusine (FL) A captive mermaid whom Kieron takes over and names "Melusine" after the mermaid in an old story. Mermaids have human legs when they are out of the water, and they mate with human men to become pregnant. So that's what Melusine has been searching for: a human man to have a child with. She believes Kieron to be her destined mate, that's why she passes up the chance to return to the sea. She is naive and innocent and doesn't always understand when people (like Estelle) are being cruel to her. Kieron (ML) He suffers from severe insomnia and makes Melusine sing for him at night so that he can sleep. He considers Melusine to be his personal possession/pet animal and doesn't want her to go near the sea in case she were to try returning to it. He is a Grand Duke and has a fiancée named Estelle, who is the daughter of a Marquis.
Friend spoiled up to latest chapter (61) and so far ML only started treating her "better" in latest chapter when he finally released the anklets from her. He is very possessive of her and wouldn't let her escape. He would rather kill her than have her run so he used the pearls made from her tears to make a necklace and anklets for her. She is super naive and innocent so she thought they were gifts but they were actually shackles that would weigh her down when she goes into the sea so she could drown if she tries to swim away. They have sex often, but aside from the questionable first time, FL actually tries to always have sex with him and even uses that to keep him from leaving her so she's just as obsessed with ML. She is trying to get pregnant with his child so she initiates sex often. In terms of politics, ML's brother was the previous emperor. He died and his son became the emperor. ML's nephew (current emperor) hates his uncle and tries to take everything from his uncle. He even befriends and have some sort of relationship with ML's fiancee because of that. When he found out ML has a "pet fish", he kidnaps FL and tries to rape her but ML saved her. As for ML's fiancee, she's not a good person and on the emperor's side to try to marry ML. When she found out about FL, she got mad at FL and told FL that ML never stay with a woman for too long and he would kill her and her child. She tried to scare FL from trying to have a child with ML. Other sorts of background include the decline of the mermaids so mermaids would go to land to try to mate with human men. This is why FL went to land. She fell for ML and became obsessed with him and tried to have his child. She doesn't know anything about humans and act very naive and innocent. A bit similar to the FL in Shadowless Night. FL was caught in the beginning because there were humans who knew mermaid tears turn into pearls and she was kidnapped and abused because the guy tried to make her cry to get the pearl tears. She didn't cry but she cries from pleasure when she has sex with ML so he used those pearls to make those "gifts" for her. Because she was ignorant and naive she was actually upset when he removed the anklets from her thinking he was taking back his gifts.
OMG dude... At this point I don't really have high expectation for their relationship.. (/U_U)/ ~~_|___|_
ML was very promiscuous, before he took possession of FL. He changed women daily. He had insomnia. FL cured him with her song. He thought she was his pet and he could threw her away but she couldnt run away from him. Early on he didnt touch her but when she ran away back to the sea, he was very angry that was when the smuts started. Half of the story were smuts. I dont think FL was obsessed with ML. She was taught by senior mermaids to mate with a man and have babies. This seems to be the goal of mermaids. In the middle of the story, she started to question if she would want to stay with ML just for babies or something else. When the emperor tried to rape her, she sang a song and he couldnt touch her. ML asked why didnt FL do that (sing that song) with him.
The emperor needs to get over his complex against his uncle, I wouldn't be surprised if ML ends up killing him, he is pushing his luck, I also hope MC sings and sings many songs when he meets the emperor, he is a coward who uses the poor MC to trigger ML.
Any way, in the recent chapter, Estelle came to see ML and told him that she had to redecorate the duke estate. ML told her to go ahead and was getting marriage with Estelle. On the other hand FL could be pregnant since she had a dream about baby. I have a feeling that when ML wedding, FL would run away. I am getting bored with the story because it is too much smut and not much of the story.
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The emperor, Ml's nephew actually really liked and looked up to him but at the same time felt very insecure and tried to play pranks on him to get some of hid attention as well see through Ml's emotion, he resembles the previous emperor in this sense. Ml never felt love for his family bc he never had one. His brother was out to kill him to prove his loyalty. But in Ml's pov, Kieron says that he was in love with Melusine from the moment he laid his eyes on her blue eyes. Fl ran away bc he misunderstood Ml. The Ml waited 3 years for her and tried to take his own life so that he could get back to Melusine bc there was this Serenhide theory. Ml's fiance, Estelle was childhood friends with the ml's nephew and were supposed to get married but the previous emperor didn't want it and got her engaged to Kieron. The emperor kind of lusts for Estelle. Towards the end Melusine gives birth to a daughter with pink hair and golden eyes. The emperor's son is always trying to get close to Ml's daughter. The Last chapter is completely diff and hints to the future with a different protagonist and mermaid probably for the side story that is going to come out.