327 Mermaids Blessing (1/2)

Since the day Yale and Kaigur left the Storage Space, Mercer and Merumi had been exploring the ship together.

Even when it was time to eat, Mercer just sat on the ground with Merumi on his lap; he refused to let her sit on the ground and Merumi didn't try to free herself either.

In fact, they even slept like that, despite Merumi feeling a bit ashamed, because she liked how Mercer treated her.

The others on the ship didn't bother with them as they were busy with their own duties.

”Mercer, why is there a farm inside the ship?”

During their exploitation of the ship, they found a farm that was placed inside the ship. The farm had artificial light and weather powered by formations, so it didn't feel different from the outside.

”I don't know. No one mentioned anything about this farm before. We need to report it to master later.”

Merumi also nodded to Mercer's words. Of course, Yale knew about the farm since the first day because it was there to provide a supply of vegetables even in the midst of the ocean. Yale's group had a lot of food in their storage artifacts, so they didn't need the farm, but they still harvested it when it was time because they didn't want to waste food.

Fortunately, the formations were in charge of everything else, so they didn't need to work as farmers, they just needed to pick up the vegetables.

However, although Yale told the others about the farm and Julie knew about it from the start, no one told Mercer about it because they didn't want him to worry about the farm nor did they want him to waste his free time helping there.

”This place is quite beautiful; can we rest here?”

Since Merumi asked to rest, Mercer sat down.

”Aren't there any beautiful places where you live?”

Mercer was quite interested in the ocean and thought that it should be far more beautiful than the farm.

”There are, but... I always lived confined without chances to explore on my own. I only escaped once to help my brother, during which I saw a lot of beautiful places, but I almost died at that time.”

She didn't have time to check those places since she was in a hurry to help her brother.

”I am sorry... In fact, I am similar to you. I never left my clan before meeting master, and if I hadn't met him, I would have died long ago.”

That lack of freedom was the main reason for both of them liked so much exploring. Although they were still confined inside the ship, at least they could move freely inside the ship which was far better than their previous situations.

Both of them under the farm's artificial sunlight was quite a beautiful scene, but there wasn't anyone to appreciate it.

”Mercer, do you like me?”

Merumi's sudden question shocked Mercer, but he managed to recover his calm and answer.

”Yes, I like you.”

Merumi smiled after hearing that.

”I am a mermaid. I don't have legs, nor I can walk... Can you still love me despite this?”

Merumi really fell in love with Mercer after because he treated her like a princess since the moment they met; she was still a little girl, and she never met anyone else of her age before, which made it easy for Mercer to find a place in her heart.

However, she didn't know if Mercer just liked her as a friend, as an interesting mermaid, or he truly loved her. In fact, she didn't even know if Mercer understood love.

”I don't mind that you are a mermaid! I really love you!”

Mercer and Merumi were just kids, so they were quite impulsive when it came to love, based on things they had read on books.

After hearing Mercer's reply, Merumi's face blushed, and she softly leaned her head on Mercer's body.

”Then...”

Merumi was about to ask Mercer if she could consider him as a boyfriend when she screamed in pain while a light started to surround her body.

”Merumi!”

Mercer was worried to death when he heard Merumi scream.

”This should be something the matriarch did to my body...”

Merumi was young but not a fool, the only reason she could feel a sudden pain, was that the matriarch did something to her body.

”Mercer, I don't know what is happening to me, but you should let me go and flee. I don't want you to be harmed.”

Merumi didn't know what was happening to her, but she feared that she would explode or something like that and that Mercer would also die.

”But...”

Before Mercer could say anything else, Merumi kissed him stopping his words.

”I am really happy that I met you before dying. Please live a happy life.”

Merumi said that after ending the kiss and she used all her remaining strength, which was weakening every second, to use her arms to send her body through the air, hoping that Mercer would be able to avoid being harmed.

”It will end like this? My first love will end in tragedy? It was interesting in books, but I don't want to experience a tragedy myself. However, I am too weak, and I can't do anything.”

Mercer thought those words while he was unable to move from the shock of the situation; he didn't understand what was happening, nor did he know how to solve it.