The Little Mermaid

Eventually, a soldier went to ask the King and returned.

“The King wishes to see you.”

We entered the palace audience chamber with Ariel.

In the audience chamber, King Poseidon sat on a throne decorated with coral and crystal, with merman guards standing around him holding tridents.

Poseidon was holding his forehead with his left hand, looking like he had seen it all.

Poseidon rebuked Ariel.

“Ariel. You have brought in an external being.”

“Daddy. Kyle is my lover.”

Prince Climan, her older brother, who was standing next to Poseidon, got angry.

“You still haven’t come to your senses! Can’t you see that Father is having a hard time because of you?!”

“Oppa! I’m serious.”

“Ha… Even if you are serious, you are a princess of the kingdom. If you want to date, there are many decent men in the kingdom, so why are you meeting a human that Father told you not to meet!”

“It’s only Kyle for me. Please, Oppa.”

Poseidon raised a hand, and everyone quieted down.

Poseidon asked me.

“Who are you?”

“I am Kyle.”

“You are not human.”

“That’s right.”

Ariel looked at me in surprise.

“Kyle? What do you mean you’re not human…”

“I’m sorry. Ariel. I’m not human.”

“Kyle… Did you deceive me?”

“But!”

“!”

“The memories and feelings I shared with you are real. Please believe me. Ariel.”

Ariel’s mind became complicated.

She thought I was human, but I’m not…

Ariel hesitated, but the scales in her head tipped towards Kyle.

Ariel asked me.

“Kyle. Are you serious about liking me?”

“Yes. I wanted to be with you. I’m sorry for hiding it…”

“I understand. I’ll believe you.”

Poseidon’s face brightened for a moment, then darkened again.

He had hoped that Ariel would dislike that man on her own, but nothing had changed.

Ariel and the ordinary soldiers might not know, but Poseidon, being a strongman, felt the hidden powerful force within that man.

Poseidon was a Light race, so he couldn’t sense Kyle’s race or identity as a champion of the Dark race.

Poseidon seriously considered whether to accept that man and his companions into the kingdom.

Finally, Poseidon opened his mouth.

“Kyle and his companions will be allowed to reside in a building away from the palace, which I will lend to them.”

Ariel’s face brightened.

Just not being kicked out of the kingdom meant that her father had made a big concession.

“Daddy! Thank you!”

“Withdraw.”

As Poseidon waved his hand, soldiers came and led Ariel and Kyle’s group out.

Kyle’s group was guided to a building on the outskirts of the palace.

Poseidon wasn’t stupid enough to accept Kyle’s group.

Poseidon was confident in his own power, and the Mermaid Kingdom was not weak, so he was confident that he could always subdue those guys.

What Poseidon wanted was for those guys to be caught doing suspicious things in the kingdom, so that Ariel would realize the reality and he would have a reason to kill them.

Even if Poseidon kicked those guys out now, Ariel wouldn’t give up, and if he killed them outright, Ariel would hate her father.

Kyle’s group might not know, but Poseidon’s hidden spies were layered around them.

The spies were also tasked with killing Kyle if he tried to have sex with Ariel.

——————

I was able to enter and live in the Mermaid Kingdom.

But once I entered the Mermaid Kingdom, I didn’t know what to do.

Our surroundings were swarming with spies, so our range of movement was limited.

I couldn’t openly infect the mermaids with my tentacles while the spies were watching.

I decided to enjoy the Mermaid Kingdom for now.

Nominally, I was Ariel’s lover, so it was important to spend time with Ariel.

Today, I came out on a date with Ariel to the Mermaid Kingdom’s Rodeo Street.

Ariel called me.

“Kyle! Look here! It’s a really pretty seashell!”

Pretty seashells were being sold everywhere on Rodeo Street.

“It really is. The pink and yellow light blends together here, making it look like a pufferfish.”

“Pfft. You’re really funny with your explanations.”

I felt the spies secretly following behind me with my excellent senses, but I pretended not to notice and took Ariel’s hand and went somewhere else.

We ate delicious steamed fish at an expensive restaurant and then parted ways.

While hanging out with Ariel, I learned about mermaid society and culture.

Like humans, mermaids raised seaweed and fish, lived in houses, traded, had various forms of entertainment, and used gold coins.

Ariel’s face had been very bright since the day Kyle came to the kingdom.

Ariel muttered.

“I guess women become happy when they’re in love. Hehe.”

Dating Kyle and touring the kingdom every day was Ariel’s joy.

Her dad sighed when he saw Ariel, and her brother preached, but Ariel believed that the power of love would eventually win.

Ariel secretly went to Kyle’s house alone today without making an appointment, wanting to surprise Kyle.

Ariel looked into the window of Kyle’s house and saw a shocking scene.

Kyle was lying on the sofa with his head on the lap of a big-breasted woman with brown hair.

Ariel felt immense anger.

Ariel slammed open the door to Kyle’s house and shouted.

“Who is that bitch!”

I was surprised and got up.

“Ariel…”

“You said she was just a colleague! But why are you lying on that bitch’s lap!”

I regretted it.

‘Ah, damn it. I didn’t know she would come without making an appointment. If I had been caught in the act, I would have been dead.’

“Lucy-nuna said it was okay to lie down…”

Ariel glared at Lucy-nuna and approached her.

“Ha. You really are a 불장어 (vixen). Touching a man who already has someone?”

A vein popped out on Lucy-nuna’s forehead.

Lucy-nuna stood up, glared, and retorted sarcastically.

“What can I do if Kyle wants to be with me because you’re not attractive?”

“What? You crazy bitch!”

“Kyle is mine!”

Ariel grabbed Lucy-nuna’s hair, and Lucy-nuna screamed and grabbed Ariel’s hair.

“Kyaaak! Let go of me!”

“You let go! You bitch!”

I was blankly watching the scene.

It was fortunate that Lucy-nuna didn’t say she was my wife on my orders, and it was also fortunate that she didn’t cast magic and shatter Ariel into pieces.

I stopped them because they couldn’t keep grabbing each other’s hair.

“I’m sorry! I’m sorry! Please don’t fight!”

Lime-sensei, Melissa, and even Winston came to stop them, and the two of them fell apart.

Lucy-nuna huffed and puffed.

“Hmph. You don’t even have legs. Kyle isn’t interested in fish like you.”

“No. Kyle went on dates with me every day. He only enjoyed himself with a bitch like you for a while.”

Another vein popped out on Lucy-nuna’s forehead.

“Hmph. You haven’t even slept with Kyle, have you? Pfft. Look at her still believing that she’s Kyle’s first.”

“What? Kyle, is that true?”

“That’s…”

I had nothing to say.

Ariel grasped the situation with a woman’s unique sense.

Ariel shed tears and raised her right hand to slap my cheek with a full swing.

Jjaaak

I didn’t avoid it and just took the hit.

Ariel cried and hit my chest with both hands, shouting.

“You bad guy! You womanizer! How could you do this to me! You bad guy!”

“I’m sorry. Ariel.”

Ariel swam out of the house, and I quickly followed Ariel.

I felt like I would lose her forever if I let her go here.

Thanks to my quick agility, I was able to grab Ariel’s hand in front of the door.

Ariel shook off the hand she was holding and shouted.

“Let go of me! You bad guy!”

I hugged Ariel.

Ariel shouted.

“Let go! You pervert!”

Ariel hit my chest and head repeatedly.

But I held Ariel in my arms until the end and didn’t let go.

Eventually, Ariel’s movements stopped.

I pleaded.

“Ariel. Please don’t go.”

“Then why were you with that bitch!”

“I’m sorry. I wavered for a moment.”

“Sob sob. How am I supposed to live without you? You bad guy!”

“I’m really sorry. Ariel.”

Ariel buried her face in my arms for a while.

“Sob sob. Please don’t abandon me.”

“I understand.”

“Is it because I’m a fish down there?”

“That’s not it.”

“Then…”

“I really just wavered for a moment.”

“I understand. I’ll believe you.”

Today, I went on a date with Ariel to apologize.

It seemed like Ariel’s mood improved when I unconditionally praised her.

Ariel led me to a deserted place where coral grew beautifully.

I could feel the spies lurking all around me, but at least in Ariel’s eyes, it was just the two of us.

“Kyle. Do you know what it means for a mermaid to sing a song to you?”

“What does it mean?”

“It means I’m choosing you as my lifelong partner.”

“….”

Ariel waved her arms like in a musical and sang in a sweet voice.

「The moment I first saw you.

My heart fluttered.

I couldn’t believe I would fall in love.

Not anymore~

As I met you.

I can’t imagine a world without you now.

The world looks beautiful now.

Please accept my heart.」

The mermaid’s beautiful singing voice had the power to melt even the heart of me, the champion of the Dark race.

As I listened to Ariel’s song, I felt the original sin that surrounded me actually decrease slightly.

I silently approached Ariel and embraced her.

Ariel buried her head in my chest and hugged me tightly.

“Kyle. Now I only have you. Please don’t leave me.”

“I understand.”

I took Ariel to her house and returned to my house.

Lucy-nuna was waiting for me.

“Kyle. Let’s just get rid of that bitch.”

“Nuna. That’s…”

“You. Do you really like that bitch? Have you forgotten our goal?”

“Nuna. I haven’t forgotten our goal yet. And Ariel is a pitiful child too. Let’s just leave Ariel alone.”

“You have a little bit of feelings for Ariel, don’t you? I understand. We’ll see.”

Lucy-nuna huffed and went to her room.

“Hoo… This is hard.”

At first, I used Ariel to eat the Mermaid Kingdom, but now I was feeling affection for Ariel.

I don’t know what I should do.

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King Poseidon listened to the report on what happened today with Prince Climan.

A smile as big as a washbasin spread across King Poseidon’s face.

“Puhahaha. Ariel will give up soon because of that womanizing bastard.”

Prince Climan laughed and chimed in.

“Yes, Father. Isn’t it great that they’re breaking up on their own without us having to do anything?”

“Ariel will be hurt, but this is also a life experience.”

“Of course. I’ll introduce Ariel to a better merman.”

“Hoo… Ariel is so lonely, so I can’t help it. Look for someone considering family, status, and personality.”

“I understand.”

“Last time, meat and alcohol from the land came out of the shipwreck, let’s go eat together.”

“Oh! I’m looking forward to it.”

The father and son happily went to eat meat and drink alcohol.

——————

Ariel came to me more actively after that incident.

Ariel even made a room in our house and started living there.

I had slightly increased her obsession with me with the brain parasite tentacles, but the current obsession was far beyond that.

Lucy-nuna hated Ariel so much that she annoyed Ariel.

When we ate, Ariel and Lucy-nuna sat next to me and had a war of nerves.

When Ariel stuck to me and fed me rice with chopsticks, Lucy-nuna rubbed my thigh with her legs.

Ariel didn’t give up either and rubbed her fish lower body against my leg, but it was a bit subtle due to the scales.

I was stuck between two women.

Winston and Lime-sensei pretended not to know, and Melissa wanted to get close to me but was holding back.

Besides that, Lucy-nuna subtly pressed her chest against me to anger Ariel.

I felt sorry for my wife, Lucy-nuna, so I quietly treated her well.

But this action of mine resulted in Ariel becoming more obsessed with me.

Ariel thought that I loved her but was wavering because of the 불장어 (vixen).

Ariel believed that I would come back with her love and wanted to confirm that love with me.

Ariel stayed with me all day to confirm my love.

Today, I was tired and resting in my room.

Ariel came into my room.

I spoke to Ariel.

“Ariel. Why?”

“Kyle. Please hug me.”

“Huh? It’s late now.”

“I can’t stand it. Just stroke my head a little.”

“I understand.”

As Ariel approached me, I felt the spies moving outside the window.

I opened the window wide to avoid unnecessary misunderstandings.

Ariel came to me, sat on my lap, and hugged me tightly.

I stroked Ariel’s head.

“Kyle. Do you hate mermaid legs too?”

“No.”

“I know you’re wavering a little towards that 불장어 (vixen).”

“No.”

Ariel rubbed her head against my chest and pleaded.

“Please only look at me.”

“Ariel.”

“I’ll do everything you want. I’ll give birth to many of your children.”

“Ariel. I understand. It’s already late today, so let’s sleep.”

“Kyle. You’re not going to abandon me because I’m not human, are you?”

“No. Why would I abandon you? Let’s go.”

I picked up Ariel and put her in her room, then returned to my room and was able to sleep.

Ariel thought alone in her room.

‘The reason that 불장어 (vixen) is so confident is only because she has legs. Her breasts are unnaturally big, and I’m prettier. There’s no reason for Kyle to choose that woman. He’s just wavering a little because she’s the same human. If I had legs, he would definitely choose me.’