Outside the shell castle, the prince reluctantly hugged the mermaid, he was reluctant to let go of her, he was afraid that once he let go, he would never see the mermaid again.

"When I turn into a human and come to you, within five years, I will definitely look for you." The mermaid's head rested on the prince's shoulder socket and assured him in his ear.

"Can you stay, there are many human beings, and you only have one." The prince circled her tightly.

"I want to be human, to have legs, to be able to accompany you anywhere."

"You said you were going to live in the castle forever, did the wizard tell you something?"

"It's not a wizard, it's your ......"

"Me?"

"It's you, your brow hasn't been stretched for a long time, and I hope the prince will always be the one who holds my hand on the beach, full of confidence and joy."

"I'm sorry I gave you such an idea."

"Dear Prince, I will be back." The mermaid pushed the prince away, and the prince reached out to shake her, just as he grabbed her wrist in the sand when they first met.

The mermaid looked back and smiled, the blue waves were choppy, surrounded by a group of fish, she was still so beautiful that people were intoxicated, but she was not the mermaid of a year ago, she was pulled into the arms of the prince, she retreated little by little, away from it a little bit, until the prince's palm held a clump of air.

"Mermaid ......"

"You must wait for me."

The mermaid left the castle of shells, and she returned to the vast expanse of the ocean, and after a long swim, she looked at her fiery red fishtail.

"You're leaving me, my tail, I'm going to miss you."

……

The potion is like the most mellow and strong wine, it makes people forget the deep pain, makes people indulge in the illusion, she is deeply attracted by the illusion of the future, the beautiful future scene is plated with a layer of gold, full of light.

There she had both legs, and she accompanied the prince to jump and run to the ends of the earth, and the prince never showed sorrow again, and he always embraced her heartily.

The scales of Tang Fei's tail fell off one by one, and she didn't care about the tearing pain, and the cruel change of flesh and bones was the key to a better future in her eyes.

These pains have also become sweet in her heart, and it is worth giving up all the changes.

Her skin was pimpled, and clumps of bark-like patterns penetrated deep into the texture, and her throat seemed to be scraped with a knife, and soon it was hoarse like an old man.

Her beautiful, mysterious black eyes are obscured by bark-like skin, leaving only a slit for light.

And her legs were also covered with scars, one by one, all of them were scaled off.

She doesn't feel pain, she doesn't feel afraid, she is full of hope for the future.

When Tang Fei came out of the huge shell and reappeared in the ocean, the fish, shells, crabs, and starfish that were so close to her were all far away.

They looked at her from afar, and the timid ones quickly swam away, and looked at her curiously, and sang songs in a circle of good things.

Ugly

There's an ugly monster in the sea

Her legs are occupied by ugly scars

Her eyes were covered by folded folds

Her skin was like withered bark

Her face was as if it had been ravaged by flames

No one knew who she was

Ugly, like an old lady

Ugly, no one loves

……

Outside the castle of shells, the prince set up a high platform in the sea, where he waited for the mermaid every day.

After a month, I heard the story that the girls who came to the shell castle to pretend to be mermaids were sent away by him in waves.

The prince could only take out his depiction of the mermaid day and night, and look at things and think about people, and the person he was waiting for never came.

On this day, the prince heard something special about the sound of the waves in the sea, which was the same every time the mermaid came out of the bottom of the sea, and he stood up from the waiting platform with great anticipation.

What emerged from the water was a man he didn't know, an ugly-looking, scarred, water-like woman.

The prince's instinct seemed to give some instructions, but suddenly there was no response.

Will she be my mermaid?

The prince and the others swam close to the high platform, and he smelled a somewhat fishy smell of rotting sea fish on her, and the smell of the mermaid was not at all on this woman.

She's not a mermaid.

"Excuse me...... Who are you? The prince asked.

The mermaid's cheerful smile froze on her face, and the prince did not recognize her.

"Prince, I'm a mermaid."

"You're already the one hundred and fifth impostor."

The prince really didn't recognize her, he was full of confident intuition, he said he could remember my breath, he said he could recognize whatever she became.

But these are all wrong, they are not reliable, he simply does not recognize them.

The mermaid's eyes flashed with tears of loss, sadness, and pain, but they were all covered by thick skin.

"Why can't I be real?" The mermaid didn't want to give up like that yet.

"Girl, I won't mistake her, you're not her." The prince was sure that the mermaid's efforts would be fruitless.

I'm back, and I'm back to you as promised, prince.

But you don't recognize me.

At the end of the five-year period, I may forget about you completely.

Tang Fei looked at the prince's face with some greed, the feeling of these days was like a sudden explosion in her body and mind, and the pain burned her nerves from the inside out

She gave up everything that was precious and had legs, but she kept the prince farther and farther away.

A bright future shattered in an instant.

Maybe she was too greedy, she wanted to have no flaws and sorrows, and if everything was in the starting point, maybe she would still be happy with the prince, even if it was a little imperfect.

"Prince, please let me wait with you for five years, okay, wait for the mermaid with you."

If you still can't recognize me after five years of companionship, then please have a new happiness.

"Five years?" The prince seemed to have captured a key piece of information, but his mind became foggy as soon as he thought about it.

Day after day, night after night, spring goes to autumn.

A year passed quickly.

The prince was not satisfied with waiting on the high platform, he would get on a small boat and patrol the surrounding seas, he listened to all the sounds, he expected the familiar singing, he pretended to fall into the water, hoping that the mermaid would just hide and seek with him, and that if he fell into the water, he would save him from the water.

And when he couldn't hold on and fell into the sea and drowned, it was the ugly and hoarse woman who rescued him.

His disappointment was not strong, but felt that she was somewhat familiar.

"She hasn't come back yet." The prince returned to the high platform, a little depressed, but he felt relieved when he looked at the ugly girl.

The prince became accustomed to the company of an ugly girl, and he gradually began to share his feelings with her.

She is a mermaid and she has a beautiful red fish tail.

The prince pointed to the bright red sunset, as red as it was.

The ugly girl looked down at her legs, and the scars on them were so red, but they were not beautiful, and they were terrifying on her legs.

She has the most beautiful singing voice, seagulls, fish, dolphins, and even seaweed starfish will dance to her song.

The prince looked at the seagulls flying high in the sky, full of memories of the past.

The ugly girl gently stroked her throat, her rough voice, whenever she spoke, the fish that had been swimming quietly would be instantly frightened and flee.

Her skin is as delicate as water, and her breath is filled with the unique fragrance of the sea, which is different from ......

The prince did not speak again, he cut it off.

The maid looked at the layers of lumps and patches on the back of her hand, and the smell of rotting fish and shrimp on her body, and she knew that the prince was talking about a foul smell unlike other humans who had been in the sea for a long time, such as her.

"What if you never wait for the mermaid you imagined?" The ugly girl asked the prince.

"She won't break her promise, if she doesn't come, she must not be ready, I will continue to wait until I can't wait." The prince is no longer in a hurry, he is used to waiting every day, he can always keep her in his heart and wait.

The ugly girl was both moved and sad at this time.

I have not broken my word, Prince, and I am already by your side.

But you broke your promise, and you can't recognize me.

"Prince, if one day I leave, I hope you will find your happiness again."

"My happiness is only her."

Tears welled up in the ugly girl's eyes, she knew she had made a wrong choice, her prince couldn't make promises, and she shouldn't have had the luxury of everything perfect.

……

In the fourth year and three hundred and sixty-four days, with only one day left before the five-year covenant, the wizard and the knight reappeared outside the castle.

They came to prepare for the wedding of the prince and princess, who had disappeared for almost five years.