Chapter 18
The Merman, My Man by ck Velvet Chapter 18
Even though I didn’t know what Gary’s intentions in bringing me to this facility were, I still couldn’t help
but be impressed by the ce.
The facility was built on a group of inds and the reservoirs were right below it. We had to take a lift
down to where the reservoirs were.
If Gary wasn’t there to cause me trouble, working at such a facility wouldn’t be half bad.
“Linda, what are you spacing out for? “, said Peter as he patted me on the back when the doors of the
lift opened. “Look, we’re already here.“
Peter pressed his thumb onto a fingerprint scanner and brought me into a circr research room. The
ss walls separated the space within from the underwater environment outside of it. It was as if we
were travelling underwater.
I felt the dampness and humidity of the seawater in the air, mixed in with the unique fragrance emitted
by the merman.
“Peter, do you smell something?“
“What smell? Is it the fishy saltiness of the seawater?“
“No, it’s some sort of fragrance.“ I took another few sniffs and described it, “Can’t you smell it? The
scent is pretty strong. It smells like a mix of rose and musk.“
Peter inhaled deeply but he was at a loss. “I can’t smell the scent you described, just the overpowering
scent of seawater.“
I furrowed my brows and found this strange. The scent was so strong but Peter couldn’t smell it. There
must have been something wrong with his sense of smell.
I followed him further into the room and saw that the walls and ceilings were all made of ss. We
were surrounded by the reservoir in its exterior and schools of fish swam above me. I felt like I was in
an underwater fantasy.
“Peter, this ce is awesome. Please let me stay here, I really like this ce.“
Peter found my words funny and said, “You are a researcher sent here by the government in the first
ce. You can’t escape from here even if you wanted to! “
“What exactly did Gary tell you? What exactly are Gary and I researching?“, I asked.
As I spoke, I was also looking around for the merman. Then, a shadowy mass at the top of the
reservoir caught my eye. It looked like a group of dolphins.
I pointed toward the direction of the dolphins and asked, “Peter, take a look at that. What are those
dolphins doing?“
“Hahahaha, something fun. Follow me, I ‘ll let you take a closer look! “
Peter brought me to a flight of stairs that reached to the top of the reservoir. I could touch the ss
ceiling just by reaching my hand out towards it.
” Stop dodging the questions and just answer me.”
”Look closely, these dolphins are mating ! It isn’t mating season for dolphins yet but they’ve been at it
for days. Before the merman got here, they were just fine. But after he arrived, they suddenly got into
heat. Isn’t it fascinating?”
I said in surprise, ”Does this mean that the merman canmunicate with dolphins? The merman can
affect the behavior of dolphins ! ”
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I hypothesized. ”Does this also mean that the merman can also understand thenguage of dolphins?
We have invented a device that can decode thenguage of dolphins as well! “
Peter took out a ck box as if he was presenting me with treasure. ”Wepared the sounds made
by the dolphins with the merman’s and found that the frequencies of both sounds were very simr.”
He then adjusted some dials on the ck box.
I shifted my gaze back to the reservoir. Suddenly,rge schools of fish enmassed and swain toward us.
Within the cloud-like mass of fish, I could spot a familiar silhouette hiding within it.
I couldn’t take my eyes away. It was the merman!
The merman’s hair was flowing in the water like seaweed being pushed by small waves. Half of his
face was concealed within the shadows. I could only see his thin lips curl up into a cruel smirk and his
eyes were of a deep blue color. The mass of fish seemed like they were attracted to his aura, unwilling
to leave.