The woman's name was Cheng Xinyue, the Duchess's niece. I thought of those dark days in the past, and I wanted this woman to experience them as well.
I learned that her family was a powerful conglomerate with vast assets, and even the king respected them and needed to cooperate with them.
I think if I had so much wealth and I was also a king, then I would be the most powerful one.
Everyone will be my slave.
After I made up my mind, I began to approach Cheng Xinyue. I also saw the appearance of her parents, brothers and sisters. Each of them resembled the Duchess to some extent, but the one who looked the most like her was Cheng Xinyue.
So, I set fire to the Cheng family, killing everyone except her, and then I used my own name to acquire their company at a low price.
To raise more funds, I began capturing special mermaids to obtain blood pearls for profit.
I was surprised to find a winged mermaid at the mermaid market. His blood pearl was different from other special mermaids and could change color.
I spent a lot of money to buy Noi back. His health is poor, and he can only produce one blood pearl a month, otherwise he is likely to die.
When I received his blood pearl, I felt that the pain from the old wounds on my body had lessened. I found it amazing, so I kept one on my person.
During this time, I brought Cheng Xinyue back to torture her.
I don't want to touch her; my body has an instinctive aversion to her.
I sent men to torture her with whips and branding irons; I will repay her tenfold for everything I have ever suffered.
I almost tortured her body to death. Gradually, I lost interest and didn't care whether she lived or died. I locked her in a cage, keeping her hanging on by a thread, torturing her spirit.
Later, I don't know how she escaped, I didn't care, because even if she escaped, her body wouldn't survive. I'll take her body back, dismember it, and feed it to the dogs after she dies.
Just like her aunt.
When the servant brought her lifeless body back, I thought she was dead. But to my surprise, she came back to life and her health improved day by day.
Her personality changed; she became foolish. She wanted to kill me, but the methods she used were clumsy.
I was incredibly annoyed with her and wanted to kill her, but for some reason, I was able to tolerate her and even fulfill her needs.
When I'm in contact with her, my body feels very averse to it and I want to push her away, but I can't control myself from doing so.
Over time, she gave up on killing me and even took the initiative to approach me. I was very disgusted, but I could not help but accept her approach.
I regularly collect Noi's Blood Pearls, but sometimes I'm away for two or three months at a time, so I ask Cheng Xinyue to help me.
She was willing, and she was very successful in obtaining them. After that, she continued to obtain blood pearls.
One day later, a maid came to me and said that Cheng Xinyue had wasted a blood pearl and failed.
Logically speaking, I should have either killed her or expelled her from the Duke's mansion.
But for the first time ever, I didn't pursue the matter; I simply stopped sending her to the dungeon.
At this point, the maid said she could help.
I suspect she might be a maid trying to impress me, or perhaps she's after more benefits.
I gave her the opportunity, and she was very skilled.
It was then that I took a good look at her. She was the most eye-catching among all the servants in the Duke's mansion; she was a very beautiful woman.
But I have no recollection of her whatsoever.
I went back and looked up her information. It said that she had once rescued a mermaid at a slave market, then was captured and sold into slavery, and was eventually bought back by the Duke and Duchess Alec and made into a maid.
She entered the Duke's mansion very early.
But why do I have no impression of her?
Cheng Xinyue disliked Mu Tiantian and wanted to get rid of her.
I instinctively wanted to agree, but I was too disgusted by the feeling of being out of control, so I didn't agree and left Mu Tiantian behind.
It just so happened to be the day of the palace banquet, and Cheng Xinyue wanted to go.
I didn't want to agree but I did anyway, and I feel like I'm going crazy from being tormented by this uncontrollable situation.
Fortunately, I discovered that Prince Delinson had feelings for her, and I had a plan in mind.
He sent Cheng Xinyue to seduce Delinson in order to carry out his plan.
I promised her the position of queen, and she believed me. She entered the palace, and I wouldn't see her often anymore, which made me feel much better.
At this banquet, I met another tycoon's daughter, Mu Yun.
I think I might be able to use her to obtain the Mu family's assets and thus expand my own power.
This Mu Yun is arrogant and domineering, and she has a very unpleasant and pungent perfume smell. Whenever I get close to her, I have to resist the urge to vomit.
But for the sake of the future, I forced myself to approach her and pursue her despite my discomfort.
I can sense that she's interested in me, but she's unwilling to admit it, or perhaps she enjoys the feeling of me pursuing her.
To provoke her, I arranged for Mu Tiantian, who is very attractive, to be my date, and deliberately made intimate gestures in front of Mu Yun.
It really worked; Mu Yun got jealous and took the initiative to propose to me.
And I was surprised to find that I didn't dislike Mu Tiantian's approach, I even liked it.
I was surprised.
From then on, I wanted to see her every day and be close to her, but she always avoided me.
The scent emanating from her gave me a strange sense of peace, even a feeling of familiarity.
But I just can't remember when or where I smelled this scent.
I noticed that she loves to laugh, but her smiles towards me are always fake.
She took good care of Noy and treated him very well.
This made me jealous of Noy.
I keep thinking that I was treated the same way at the Duke's mansion back then, and she was here too, but she never treated me like this.
That was also the first time I was jealous of someone.
One day, a group of travelers came to the Duke's mansion, wanting to take pictures of it.
I agreed, and she asked them to take a picture for her.
I heard her say that she was going to give the photos to Noy.
I was furious. Everything she owns is mine. How could she give the photos to someone else without my permission? I took the photos and have been carrying them with me ever since.
Later, she wanted to save Noy and Blain, and even threatened me with her life for them.
I backed down and released Blaine.
I don't want her to die. For some reason, she's like a lifeline for me.
Without her, I might have nothing left.
When I saw Noy steal a kiss from her, I felt like I went crazy and wanted to kill Noy.
She stabbed me, and I could clearly see her murderous intent towards me.
Even so, I still want to keep her by my side.
For the sake of my own interests, I did not kill Noy.
I used his blood pearls to bribe other nobles to work for me, and at the same time, I sold them to ensure that I would gain more profits.
Unexpectedly, I was deceived by her.
The blood pearls she obtained turned out to be fake.
It caused me a huge loss. It turns out she had been nurturing Noi's body all along, until Noi's powers became stronger, and they escaped.
I was so angry that I placed a reward in the newspaper, regardless of whether the person died or was injured.
During that period, I was very irritable and even couldn't wait to kill Delinson, which I actually did, sending people to hunt him down.
He was about to succeed when Noy saved him and even made Noy a duke.
I calmed myself down and made sure I didn't give myself away.
I initially thought Mu Tiantian was with Nuoyi, but later I found out that he had been captured by the King of Nannu in the ocean and had even killed the King of Nannu.
I began to take advantage of the internal turmoil in South Nusa Tenggara to expand my underwater power.
I thought of Mu Tiantian and suddenly became afraid that she might really have died out there. I changed the content of the newspaper; I wanted her alive and even increased the reward.
This is precisely why it has attracted some people who want to scam bounties.
I killed those who were trying to scam the bounty.
Until I saw a mermaid disguised as Mu Tiantian, Luya.
When I remembered that the Mu family was also looking for Mu Tiantian, I came up with a plan.
I can have Luya impersonate her and then get engaged to Luya in order to obtain the Mu family's assets.
Even if I find the real Mu Tiantian, it won't affect my plans.
Instead, this marriage could be used to trap her.
When I met her again, I was overwhelmed with excitement.
I swear, I will keep her by my side, not letting her get close to anyone, and making her belong only to me.
I will definitely kill Noi.
I have been teaching Luya everything about Mu Tiantian, including her voice, personality, and smile.
If I get the chance, I'll get her close to Noe and then kill him.
In the end, it still failed.
While I was capturing mermaids, I accidentally caught Luca, the prince of the underwater kingdom of Nannu.
I originally intended to use him to gain control of the Kingdom of Nannu, but he escaped instead. However, he was seriously injured and may die out there.
I killed his guards and dumped the bodies in the South Nusa Tenggara waters, hoping to incite an underwater war.
However, Luke was lucky and survived, returning to the bottom of the sea.
I then shifted my focus to the land.
I thought that if I discovered Luya's betrayal, I could use this opportunity to take Mu Tiantian away.
Cheng Xinyue, however, exceeded my expectations.
As I lay dying, all I wanted to know was what if I had been locked in a cage like Noy back then?
Will she save me?
She answered me very firmly, "Yes."
I want to say, you're lying.
I want to kill her, so that maybe we can die together.
But a memory suddenly popped into my mind.
A very important memory for me.
She really saved me, and even got beaten half to death for me.
But why, why did I forget?
I gave up on killing her; I wanted to take her with me, in case I was lucky enough to survive.
Then I can keep her by my side.
But she refused, so I ran away, I ran into the sea.
Noi caught up with me, but he didn't do anything; he just watched me bleed to death.
He said he didn't want to touch her with his hands stained with my blood.
As I was about to pass away, I was thinking...
If... if she had saved me from the Duke's mansion back then, what would I have done?
I think I will definitely hold onto her tightly and keep her by my side, and I will never let her know what I do.
I won't let her hate me; I'll make sure she only has me in her world.
That way, she will only belong to me.
Is this what it means to like someone?
Maybe...
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