"I agree with Sebe. I don't know if we will be able to kill her, but we need to show her that she isn't invincible. Moreover, we need to recover the heirloom of the Sea Race; their rightful owners are Kaigur and Merumi."
Yale said those words, and everyone nodded to his words.
The siblings were shocked seeing that everyone agreed to Yale's plan to help them; they always thought that most humans would discriminate against them even if there were exceptions like Yale.
Of course, their thoughts weren't wrong, most humans of the continent would think like that, but no one in Yale's group had that kind of mindset.
"Kaigur, come with us, we need to debate the strategy for recovering the World Sea Pearl."
Almost everyone left with Yale, but some of them remained behind with Merumi who couldn't leave the small pool since she was unable to change forms.
Moreover, Yale thought that since she liked to learn about the continent, it was better for her to remain behind talking with the others than going with Kaigur to plan their future actions.
"So, you are a real mermaid. Your tail is so pretty."
Aizu was one of the people who remained behind since she was too weak and her affinity to fire was useless on the plan.
"This is a super rare color for the tail; it shows that I am a true genius of the Mermaid Race."
She said that with pride and it wasn't without reason. Merumi's tail was pink which was quite eye-catching and was something strange in the Mermaid Race. In fact, that tail was the reason the matriarch couldn't act against her without making it seem an accident outside the village.
Nothing angered the matriarch more than the fact that someone who wasn't a pure mermaid had a tail of that color because a lot of mermen and mermaids wanted Merumi to be the next matriarch after growing-up.
After all, there was something that always happened in their past, any mermaid with that tail color ended becoming a matriarch who brought prosperity to the Mermaid Race.
"You are a real mermaid, right? Can you use your voice to mesmerize people? I read in books that mermaids could do that."
Mercer was also one of those who remained behind, and he was extremely interested in mermaids since he had read a lot about them in books.
"Of course, I can do that. It doesn't work with Yale, but I am confident that no one else would be able to resist the power of my voice."
Merumi was quite confident in her skills as a mermaid. Although she was considered being slow in awakening her Sea Race Bloodline compared to her brother, regarding in abilities of mermaids, she was the best.
"Master is always an exception."
Mercer didn't feel strange that Yale wasn't affected because he already considered that Yale was unfathomable, and his true abilities couldn't be measured.
"He is your master? Aren't you a bit too weak for being his disciple?"
Merumi didn't expect that the young boy in front of her was the disciple of Yale because he was only at the peak of the Mortal Rank.
"Of course, that he is my master. It is just that humans can't start to train before being ten and I am eleven! Moreover, I am holding back advancing in rank to avoid looking like a kid for too long."
Merumi didn't know that detail about humans because Yale forgot to explain it. Thinking about Mercer's words, Merumi understood that Mercer couldn't be considered weak for his age.
"So, we have the same age; I thought that you were a bit older. Well, after hearing you, it is more understandable. It is a bit weird that humans can't train before ten, but I understand the point of growing up. For mermaids, that problem doesn't apply as we can grow up until maturity normally disregarding our rank."
The natural lifespan of mermaids was longer than that of the humans, but their growth was at the same pace, and the same applied even if they ranked up, so they didn't need to worry about the looks. Fortunately, Lar had gone with Yale or else she would be far too jealous.
"I don't understand the reasons either, but this is how it works... Returning to the topic about your voice, can you mesmerize me? I read a lot about that, and I always wanted to experience it."
Mercer didn't fear being mesmerized since he knew that his master's dimension was the safest place for him and that there was no way that he would be harmed. Thus, he wanted to use the chance to experience it, and that matched with Merumi's intentions.
"Perfect! I always dreamed about mesmerizing a human like in the books I read!"
Merumi was excited and started to use her voice to control Mercer to make him act like a fool under the gazes of the other in the deck who were laughing at Mercer's actions under Merumi's orders.
Of course, if Mercer hadn't offered himself to be mesmerized, Merumi wouldn't have dared to do it, since she didn't want to anger Yale, but since it was Mercer who wanted it, she did it without restraints.
After a while, she stopped, and Mercer recovered his senses.
"That was amazing; I was unable to think clearly and couldn't avoid doing what you ordered. I have been mesmerized by a pretty mermaid; I am sure that no one in my clan had that kind of experience."
Mercer was quite happy and spoke without thinking which made that Merumi's face turned a bit red due to the sudden praise.
"Do you want to see the ship? It is huge, and there are a lot of places to visit."
Mercer liked a lot exploring the ship, but he always did it alone since no one else had such interest, so he was hoping that Merumi would come with him since both had the same age.
"I am sorry. This is the first time I see something like a ship, and I am curious about it, but I don't have legs, so I can't leave this small pool."
She was free to move in the water, but since she still didn't awake her Sea Race Bloodline, she could only move in the water.
"That is quite sad... I have a good idea."
Mercer neared the pool and helped Merumi to get out before carrying her in his arms.
"You are too light; this will be easy. Now, you can explore with me, and you don't need to remain in that small pool."
Merumi was shocked by Mercer's actions and didn't react until she was already on Mercer's arms. Given her strength, she could free herself from Mercer, but then she would fall to the ground, and since Mercer was doing it to help her, she just nodded silently with her red face.
Seeing that Mercer left with Merumi in his arms, Aizu couldn't avoid speaking in a low voice.
"That is indeed Yale's disciple, what a natural ability to act like that."
Aizu still remembered that Yale did the same the first day they had met in the Nacesai Academy, and her face turned a bit red.
Chapter end
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