When Flower was very young, a wizard once told him that he would die on his 16th birthday, but that he would not die because a little mermaid would save him.

The merfolk are a terrifying presence for all of the people in the country of Flor. They have songs that can deceive people's minds, lure passing sailors, make them their food, and sink forever into the sea.

They are shrine maidens, krakens, ominous symbols, taboos that the whole kingdom talks about.

The king was displeased to reprimand the wizard and drove him away, but the young Flower was particularly interested in the prophecy.

Finally, when he was nine years old, he followed his father out to sea and caught a mermaid. The merfolk were covered in wounds and lay on the deck bleeding constantly, but still trying to struggle.

The king locked the mermaid in a tank and brought it back to his country, intending to show it to all his subjects the next day, and burn the Kraken on the gallows.

That night, however, the mermaid disappeared, and the king could not find it. Everyone was terrified, and they all thought that the mermaid had escaped from the castle by using witchcraft.

Everyone lived in fear for a while, but the wind was calm and nothing happened, and everyone was relieved. As for the mermaid who ran away, no one cared about her anymore.

No one knew that she appeared in Flower's basement.

She was very irritable and kept flapping her tail in the tank in an attempt to attack Flower.

Flower brushed off the splashes of water from his face, his eyes were deep, and he pulled the water from the tank little by little, and finally the mermaid lay weakly at the bottom of the dry tank.

He held a long sharp knife and sliced open her body with a blank face.

The book says that the mermaids in the deep sea have the purest souls, and at the end of their lives, they will turn into foam on the sea, instead of a pile of rotting corpses.

This method of death almost fascinated little Flower, but when he dissected the body of the mermaid in front of him, what he got was filthy internal organs and filthy blood similar to that of humans.

He stood in a pool of blood with his knife in hand, his heart full of the displeasure of being deceived.

When he had done all this, he threw away his knife, washed his hands, sat down in the chair in front of the table as usual, and picked up the book again in the dim light.

It reads:

"The mermaids of the deep sea, with their long hair, delicate skin, beautiful tails, and the most touching singing voices, have a lifespan of three hundred years, but they do not have an immortal soul.

Similarly, in the deep sea, in addition to the mermaid, there lives a sea witch who can do magic, and she has the ability to turn the mermaid into a human, but at some cost.

If the mermaid who becomes a human can make a human fall in love with her and devote all her love to her, then she will have an immortal soul; On the contrary, she will turn into a bubble on the surface of the sea the day after the wedding of her beloved. ”

At that time, he learned that it turned out that not every way a mermaid would die would turn into foam.

For example, the mermaid who was cut open by his own hands did not have it.

He learned his lesson and silently waited for his sixteen, the sixteen that the wizard predicted would appear as a mermaid.

Sure enough, he waited, waited for the stupid little mermaid who gave up everything for love.

Flower sat in the chair next to his desk, the old chair creaking and leaning back, his mind pulling back from his memories and his eyes falling on the book in his hand.

There was a blank piece of paper in it, he took it out, and then in a faint light, he looked at the words written by the little mermaid on it—

"Do you love me?"

Looking at it, he couldn't help but laugh, his smile was extremely moving, but it was full of contempt.

In this world, love is the most unreliable thing, and only stupid people like her will believe in love.

He sneered and crumpled the white paper in his hand, threw it on the ground, and rolled down next to the mermaid who had turned into bones.

*

Time passed quickly, and in the blink of an eye it was time for the king to give the prince a banquet.

Many princesses from nearby countries came to attend, because they had heard that this coastal country had a very handsome and gentle prince, and all the princesses wanted to come and see it.

When everyone saw the prince at the banquet, they couldn't help but be attracted by his handsome face, and every princess looked forward to it in their hearts, hoping that the prince would choose to dance by himself.

But at the same time, they also knew that they couldn't have a chance because of the presence of a princess at the ball.

This princess is the very wealthy royal princess of the neighboring country, Dores.

There is no doubt that among the many princesses, Doreth is beautiful, gentle, and amiable, and almost no one who sees her does not like her, and she and the prince are a match made in heaven.

The music slowly flowed through the dance floor and people began to dance.

The king stood beside Flower, glanced at Dores, and reminded him, "Do you see the princess?" She is the princess of the country closest to us, the pearl of his father's palm. Her country is very rich, and if you marry her, I think it will help our country a lot. ”

"Besides, she's so beautiful that she can fully deserve you, I think you should take this opportunity."

Flower glanced at her lightly, then lazily withdrew his gaze and said to the king, "I understand." ”

The king nodded appreciatively and patted him on the shoulder.

Flower walked slowly up to Doris, bent down very gentlemanly, stretched out a hand, and looked at Doreth with beautiful black eyes: "This princess, may I have the honor to invite you to dance?" ”

Doreth also had a crush on the prince, so she smiled and put her hand on his.

The two stepped onto the dance floor under the envious eyes of everyone.

"My name is Dores, what's your name?" The two danced wordlessly for a while, but it was Doreth who broke the silence first.

"Flower."

He replied to her in a nutshell, without the slightest desire to get to know her, but the corners of his mouth still subconsciously smiled.

This kind of innocent laughter that is unintentionally revealed can easily give people the illusion of intimacy.

Although he didn't say a few words, Doreth couldn't help but blush as she looked at him with a gentle smile.

Flower danced with her almost numbly, his eyes wandering aimlessly through the crowd.

What was he looking for?

He himself didn't know.

It wasn't until the familiar light blue figure broke into his sight that his gaze found a foothold and fell on her slowly.

Su Yuan held a red rose in his hand, raised his snow-white arms, stood on tiptoe, and danced in the middle of the dance floor as if no one was around.

Her dancing posture was staggering, dancing a dance that no one else could dance, and everyone was fascinated for a while.

As if sensing something, Su Yuan raised his eyes and met with Flower's gaze.