Chapter 77


    The Merman, My Man by ck Velvet Chapter 77


    Through the crack in the wall, I looked across the surface of the sea and saw only flocks of birds flying


    over the horizon. They looked like gray clouds covering the sea’s surface as they flew in the same


    direction the ship was heading.


    The pirates had no reason to get the flock of birds to follow the ship as they sailed. However, these


    birds typically follow the Earth’s maic field as they migrate.


    There was only one reason for this phenomenon: something causing another massive maic field


    on this ship. This maic field must be stronger


    than the natural one. Hence, the reason the birds mistook the ship’s maic field for the natural one


    and changed their course.


    I connected my deduction to what Dicken had said earlier and made a second deduction. Dicken


    possessed supernatural abilities. In disbelief, I looked at his side profile. His mysteriousness had far


    exceeded my imagination. I gulped as I asked, “This… This is because of you? Where are you taking


    us?“


    Dicken fell silent. His gaze seemed to be trained somewhere further than the horizon as well as the


    deepest depths of the ocean. The look in his eyes was hard to decipher, like he was somece other


    than the ship we were on.


    After a long time, he finally answered in a low voice, “Lemend…“


    I thought I had misheard him when he said that. When I confirmed that I hadn’t misheard it, I couldn’t


    help but shake.


    I had heard of this ce before, but more specifically, this ce was from my dream.


    It was the name of a group of inds found in legends. Nobody believed in its existence other than me.


    I had researched this, and I spected that these inds were associated with ancient Greek


    civilizations. It was a historical site left by ancient Greek civilizations. As I had never been there, there


    was no way I could have proved my spection.


    Ever since I started researching merpeople, I visited a scientist specializing in investigations for many


    years at sea named Dr. Willie.


    He once wrote an article about how he had caught a merperson near a group of inds when he was


    on an investigative mission.


    He tried tomunicate with the merperson, and he was sessful. He even concluded that the


    merperson’snguage was derived from ancient Greek.


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    When I visited Dr. Willie, I remember him telling me that the merperson addressed the group of inds


    as Lemend.


    It was a mysterious group of inds. Nobody knew when the inds would reveal themselves or when


    they would disappear. When Dr. Willie had voyaged in search of the inds again, they had


    disappeared. The merperson and a member of the crew, as well as his precious video camera, were


    gone.


    It was as if it had never happened because he didn’t have the footage in the video camera to prove it.


    So Willie’s article was taken as a work of fabrication, and he couldn’t live with his head held high


    anymore since then.


    Among the batch of students who visited him, I was the only one who believed his tale. The voyage


    instructions that I gave Gary were derived from Willie’s experiences. I couldn’t help but exim, “


    Lemend! “


    In an unexpected turn of events, I found the inds. My entire body quivered in excitement. ‘God is


    finally blessing me!’


    The exhration of it all made me forget about the situation I was currently in. It was only when Dicken


    crept closer to me that I regained awareness of my surroundings.


    Dicken watched my excitement with fascination like he was delighted with my reaction. Then, he


    reached out a w and lovingly caressed my cheek.


    I wanted to evade him, but his lips were already lightly brushing against my cheek. Then, in his


    captivating deep voice, he warned, “You will like… Lemen1and…be careful…don’t leave…my side…


    because…you’re too…tempting.“