《The merman, my man》 Chapter 1 Chapter 1 The Merman, My Man by ck Velvet Chapter 1 I was taking a shower but I felt like I was being watched. These days, I have been totally captivated by and restlessly researching merpeople. This is also because a merman started appearing in my dreams a few days ago. He was majestic, young, and about three meters tall. His upper body was muscr and his tail was a sparkling ck. A tail so powerful that with just a single movement, could cause a huge, engulfing wave. But my dream wasn¡¯t rted to my research topic at all, because this merman was lewd and s*xually obsessed! And now I felt like I was being watched in thefort of my own university dormitory bathroom. The walls of the bathroom and the floor below my feet felt like they had turned into ss, and a pair of sharp glowing eyes were staring at me from below. My entire body including my private regions were being peeped at and observed from below! I grabbed a nearby towel and quickly covered up my body. Just then, a fragrance came over me, drowning all my senses. My hand weakly slipped from the wall and my entire body copsed to the ground. I suddenly had no energy to pick myself up. I was supposed to be lying on the ground but at this moment, my body seemed to be floating on the surface of water, drifting along with the current. In an instant, my body felt like it was covered in something cold. Its icy cold feeling was simr to seawater. The fragrance grew stronger and I started to smell the saltiness of the seawater. I wanted to escape but I was unable to muster any energy, especially in my legs which felt like they were entangled in something wet and slippery. I looked down and saw a ck fishtail restraining my legs. The tailfin had red speckles on it, simr to that of a blood-thirsty dagger. My upper body was stuck with another humanoid body. Although its body temperature was lower than a normal human being, its strength was iparable. It had a pair of hands, or more urately, a pair of webbed ws with a transparent membrane between each of its fingers. This pair of hands were caressing the area above my belly button, causing a tingling feeling and eventually they trailed up try to touch my chest. A breath of satisfaction emerged from behind me. Right then, I felt something hard poking at my butt. If I guessed correctly, that was the merman¡¯s ¡°thing¡± and it wasrger than those of regr human men by several inches! That ¡°thing¡± stubbornly poked at my butt repeatedly. I felt rmed and scared. This brute intends to¡­ I am a human, what will he do to me? His hands started to massage my chest and roughly pinched my body. His agile tail slowly separated my legs and the tail fin traversed up towards my pelvic area. My body shuddered and I wanted so badly to resist, but my body couldn¡¯t put up against the stimtion. Just then, a wet and slippery tongue licked my ear and a fragrance filled the space around me. My body flushed to a shade of red and unbeknownst to me, my legs opened in a weing position. The hard and erect object slid forward and backward along my inner thighs as the area was already I heard a chucklee from behind me as a slippery tongue excitedly started to explore my ear. This must be a dream. I must have delved too deep into my research on merpeople, that¡¯s why I¡¯m having a dream like this. Even if there was such a thing as a live merperson, why would it suddenly appear in my bathroom? But the dream felt so real. It was hard to believe that this was a dream. The erect object was already at my entrance, and I couldn¡¯t help but shiver. Suddenly, the bathroom door opened. ¡°Ah!¡± shouted my roommate, ¡°Linda, why are you lying on the floor?¡± I felt so embarrassed, did she see me look like I was ying with myself? My mouth gaped open but I couldn¡¯t utter a word. The cool sensation behind my back was gone, and the strong fragrance slowly disappeared. My roommate helped me up and said with concern, ¡°You must have been tired out from your research on the merpeople and passed out in the bathroom.¡± ¡°You¡¯re about to set off to find traces of the merpeople with the professor. You¡¯ve got to take care of yourself, otherwise it might happen again at sea.¡± Dazedly, I started to have suspicions about the experience earlier. Was I really so tired that I just fainted? N?velDrama.Org owns all content. So what happened earlier was just a dream? Why was it I kept having the same dream these past few days? Chapter 2 Chapter 2 The Merman, My Man by ck Velvet Chapter 2 I wrote in my diary. ¡°10th September 2012, cloudy. ¡°Professor Gary and I have been drifting at sea for three days, but we have found no merpeople¡­¡± I was beginning to question the existence of merpeople, but the dreams kept me going. I didn¡¯t want Gary to know what I dreamt of and I always felt like he was keeping something from me. As I looked at my reflection on the cabin window, I realized I had lost some weight. My figure was slimmer, and my face pale. That much was clear without looking too hard. Looking like this, my ssmates would haveughed at me. Of all the research topics I could have chosen, I picked such a difficult one. Just then, someone shouted from outside the cabin, ¡°Linda! Come out quickly! I think there¡¯s something beneath the water!¡± I put down my pen and immediately rushed out, bumping into Professor Gary at the door. He was holding a deep-sea monitoring device that could monitor the conditions underwater. He raised the screen of the device before my eyes and excitedly eximed, ¡°Linda, look at this! Isn¡¯t this a merperson? I¡¯m not just seeing things, right?¡± My eyes widened, staring at the silhouette shown on the screen and forgetting to breathe. The silhouette was of a humanoid¡¯s upper body with outstretched arms, but the lower body was arge fishtail! That¡¯s right, a merperson. Just like the one in my dream, they were identical! I could feel my heartbeat in my throat, and my hands were shaking. I came back to my senses. ¡°What are you waiting for? Cast the quickly!¡± The merman I saw in my dream was so powerful, if we didn¡¯t use fishings, we wouldn¡¯t be able to catch them. Gary patted my shoulder as if to console a child. ¡°Do you think we¡¯re as silly as you are? Why do you think they¡¯re not leaving? That¡¯s because we attracted him with bait.¡± Even so, I was still anxious. I didn¡¯t think merpeople were beings of low intellect. Were they really that easy to attract with just mere bait? At that moment, the divers had already changed into their diving gear. Watching their figures slowly disappear in the water, I felt unsettled. If no idents happened here, this will be one of the most shocking scientific discoveries in biology. With this in mind, I started to prepare myself to dive so that I could help catch the merperson. ¡°Linda, don¡¯t cause trouble! Leave things to the professionals!¡± shouted Gary from behind me. He grabbed my waist from behind. I wanted to push forward and escape from his grip, but he yanked me backward. I lost bnce and toppled to the ground, with my butt almostnding on his face! He must have done that on purpose. He smirked. ¡°Linda, do you want me to kiss you?¡± I got up and sized him up, forcing out augh. Text ? owned by N?velDrama.Org. Gary continued, ¡°From a biological standpoint, you has a very nice shape, just the right amount of bounce, and smells fine. This is the second shocking discovery of the night.¡± I lifted my foot to kick, aiming at his knee. ¡°The hardness of your knee is not bad as well.¡± I wanted tond another kick, but just then sshes on the water surface caught my attention. The divers dragged the tangled bundle towards the boat. In it was a being that was more than half timesrger than the average human. As it struggled, its long tail shimmied its way out of the. Beautiful and curved, its scales shone brightly in the night. Its tail was ck! The same shade as the one I saw in my dreams! The tail fin had red speckles too, a very bright shade of red, like a de stained with fresh blood. I didn¡¯t know why I was so captivated by the red shade that I couldn¡¯t keep my eyes away. Chapter 3 Chapter 3 The Merman, My Man by ck Velvet Chapter 3 My intuition told me that this being was more dangerous than a shark. Its danger did not lie in its physical strengths, but in its mysterious ability to captivate people¡¯s attention, and even cause them to die for it! The divers finally managed to put the merperson into a pre-prepared water tank. Gary gave the divers a signal and they held the merman down right next to me. With a syringe in hand, I carefully injected some tranquilizers into his beautiful tail. After administering the injection, I couldn¡¯t help but feel the streamlined tail. Its coolness to the touch seemed familiar yet foreign at the same time. The merman in my dream also had a smooth tail like this. As I gently lifted up the scales, I saw that underneath it looked very simr to human skin. If it weren¡¯t for the anatomic structure of the tail, I would have thought there were two legs in there. Why was I thinking about this? Startled by my own thoughts, my hand identally touched his tail fin. Instantly, my fingertip stung. The red barbs on the fin had cut my finger. The barbs were sharper than a dagger. If one were to be attacked by his tail, I can¡¯t imagine what would have happened to them. My blood dripped from the wound onto the tail, but there was no trace of it on the tail. The tail had The supposedly tranquilized merman suddenly looked at me, curling his tail. This movement¡­ he wanted to embrace me! I sat t on the ground, unable to move. His movements and the ones in the dream were too simr! Gary helped me up from the floor. ¡°Linda, what are you doing? Are you crazy?¡± He rudely stepped onto the perfect tail and injected the rest of the tranquilizer into it. I wanted to stop him and exim, ¡°Don¡¯t! That¡¯s a dosage meant for sharks. You could kill him!¡± However, it was toote, because the fishtail slowly became motionless. I pushed Gary¡¯s arm away and removed the fiss from the merman, sadly looking at the merman ? N?velDrama.Org - All rights reserved. that was overdosed on tranquilizer. I looked at the merman¡¯s face while my hands shook uncontrobly as I felt both excitement and fear. This merman was undoubtedly the same as the one from my dreams! Even though I couldn¡¯t look directly at his face, I intuitively knew that they were one and the same. The mermany there curled up on the floor with his face partially concealed by a seaweed-like long hair. I couldn¡¯t clearly see his face but I could still see his facial contours and jawline. That was certainly a handsome face and I don¡¯t think anybody could deny it. The muscles on his back rose and fell as he breathed, beautiful but with vigor like the tension on a stretched bowstring. His abdominal muscles were neatly arranged into a six-pack and could make anyone blush. This was a merman, but he seemed more like a handsome adult man. With the embarrassing scene from the dream in mind, I couldn¡¯t help but shift my gaze downwards to his ¡°thing¡±. The merman¡¯s ¡°thing¡± has a bulge that was covered with scales. But as I looked at it closely, I realized there was a slit among the scales. If I were to guess, it was only during the ¡°process¡± that these scales open and reveal his ¡°organ¡± that was simr to a human¡¯s. The scene where the erect object kept poking at my butt in my dreams popped into my mind again. I couldn¡¯t help but take out a shlight to examine it in detail. As my shlight shone above his head, the merman suddenly moved. In shock, I took a step back and Gary stepped in front of me. The merman did not do anything else but lift his head. His long hair slid away to one side, revealing half of his face. His face contained the paleness of skin thatcked exposure from the sun, but his eyes were as ck as a bottomless abyss. Perhaps the others didn¡¯t notice, but I found it hard not to because he was staring at me with those pitch-ck eyes. I was paralyzed with fear because I knew that ording to biology, this gaze¡­ was one of a beast staring at his prey. Chapter 4 Chapter 4 The Merman, My Man by ck Velvet Chapter 4 ¡°I didn¡¯t examine the merman further yesterday. I believe highly intelligent creatures like merpeople would resort to extreme measures when agitated, even to the point ofmitting suicide. ¡°I had to ensure his safety. I will get the ship crew to help prepare arge acrylic water tank. ¡°Whenever I think of his stare, I can¡¯t help but shiver. I have to be the first to unravel this mystery¡­¡± As I wrote in my diary, there was a knock on my cabin door. I immediately shut my diary and shoved it under the nket. I didn¡¯t want Gary to know about my diary. I went to open the door and shuffled back to bed pretending as if I had just woken up. Gary held the finger that was wounded yesterday and proceeded to disinfect it with a cotton ball. ? N?velDrama.Org - All rights reserved. ¡°Ouch! You¡¯re doing this on purpose!¡± I shouted. Gary disregarded my dissatisfaction and said, ¡°I¡¯m warning you, don¡¯t get close to the merman alone. If I find you doing that behind my back, you¡¯re going to get it!¡± While saying that, he pinched the wound on my finger as a warning. ¡°As if that would happen! Didn¡¯t you see it attack me yesterday? Why would I approach him alone, especially when I¡¯m so timid?¡± Only then did he loosen his grip on my finger. But the next second, he trapped me in the corner of the room, our faces merely inches away from each other. ¡°Linda, if you¡¯re going to be disobedient and do things I disapprove of, I will im you. You must know, this ship¡¯s crew is under my authority.¡± I didn¡¯t believe a word of what Gary had said. He was just a professor, as if he was capable of this. I lifted my head and looked into his eyes. ¡°Do it then. Then I can visit the merman after we¡¯re done.¡± Gary froze for a second in shock then yanked me to his side, my entire body stered against his. Then, he ced his hand onto my butt and squeezed it twice. Out of fear I started to struggle, I was in disbelief that he was serious. But as a woman, my strength couldn¡¯t have matched his. Just then, Gary¡¯s darn erection was poking at my stomach. It was unfathomable that my professor would have impulses directed at me. But now wasn¡¯t the time to stay shocked. I couldn¡¯t let things unfold in the direction it was going. I immediately raised three fingers and swore. ¡°Alright, alright. I swear I will not visit the merman on my own, just let go of me!¡± It was only then that Gary let go of me, even though he still trapped me in the corner and stared down at me, trying to see whether I was lying. The bulge in his pants was still very obvious and he made no effort to hide it. He even leaned forward to poke my crotch with his erection to intimidate me. On the surface, I seemed terrified and looked at him with a pleading expression. But in actuality, I was disappointed. His ¡°thing¡± was much smaller than the merman¡¯s. Damn it! Why was I thinking about that at a time like this! Gary finally proceeded to leave. He didn¡¯t even bug me in the afternoon. But the thoughts of the merman¡¯s ¡°thing¡± and the scales enclosing it were circting my mind. It was as though I waspelled by magic, I was determined to examine and research the merman thoroughly. At two in the morning, the time when humans are the most exhausted, I jumped down from my bed soundlessly like a cat. I figured Gary and the others would be sound asleep. I grabbed a glow stick and sessfully infiltrated the area below the deck where the merman was being held. As I opened the door of that cabin, I saw the merman silently floating within the transparent tank. His long seaweed-like hair flowed around him and he looked like a king waiting for his guests to arrive. The sound of the door opening startled him and he locked his gaze onto me. As if he was waiting for me this entire time. Chapter 5 Chapter 5 The Merman, My Man by ck Velvet Chapter 5 The tank wasn¡¯t illuminated so I couldn¡¯t see his face clearly aside from his contours. Even then, I could feel his gaze following me. His gaze made me tremble and made my legs feel like they were frozen, unable to take another step. The merman seemed like he could read my mind because I suddenly felt as if he was encouraging me to go forward. He must have closed his eyes because I couldn¡¯t feel his terrifying gaze anymore. I mustered up the courage and continued toward the silhouette in the tank. The merman in the tank floated peacefully, he looked like he was sleeping. The piercing gaze I felt earlier must have been my imagination. I got a better look at him as I moved closer. There seemed to be a shiny protective membrane on his skin, enticing me to touch it. Through the wall of transparent acrylic, I imagined how his skin would have felt. Right then, I noticed a grave wound on his right arm! Even the bone underneath was visible. Based on the shape of the wound, it seemed to have been caused by a shark. This made me worry. Considering he was given such arge dosage of tranquilizers, he must have been very weak. No wonder he was so quiet and was sleeping so peacefully. Under these circumstances, a wound of this degree would have killed him. I couldn¡¯t help but be d that I brought a first aid kit with me. Without saying a word, I climbed onto the cover of the tank. As I did that, the merman also moved in my direction. This made me suspect that he did that on purpose. Now, the merman was right below my feet. I could see the wound on his arm be a pale white from being submerged in the water for too long. I made sure the tranquilizer gun was secured in its holster on my waist and decided to open the tank cover. ¡®Linda, you need to calm down! This is your first time getting close to a live merman. There can be no mistakes!¡¯ I told myself. I got down on one knee and stared at the opening that could only amodate one person. As expected, the merman stuck his head out above the water surface slowly. My mind went nk as I held my breath. Eventually, his entire torso was floating above the water surface, with water droplets from the movement sshing onto me. I felt like I was hypnotized as my gaze slowly rose from his abs to his face. A face that was handsome beyond what words could describe. If I were to evaluate him by human standards, he would be considered a mix of different ethnicities. But N?velDrama.Org owns all content. there was no human race that had an appearance of such a perfectbination of wildness and elegance. His face wasn¡¯t pretty but I was still stunned. His eyes carried the deepness of the ocean and his gaze was cruel. The corners of his mouth started to nt in an angle, as if he was ridiculing me. As I stared at him nkly, his arms had already reached the edges of the opening on the tank. His burly upper body had already trapped me in his shadow. Droplets of water had slid down and had dripped onto me. Out of surprise, I dropped the glow stick into the tank. The sudden darkness made this situation seem more frightening. I wanted to stand up and take a step back. But I lost bnce and slipped,nding t on my butt. The familiar fragrance from the dream wafted around me, causing my vision to be blurry, on top of the already dark room. Just then, my legs were gripped by something wet and slippery. This cold and slippery feeling¡­ it was the merman¡¯s hands! As he was grabbing my legs, he pulled himself upward, and his long, wet hair drenched my clothes. I was terrified. I grabbed hold of my tranquilizer gun on my waist waiting for the chance to fire. But then, the merman stopped climbing on top of me once he reached my abdomen! His gaze fell onto the area below my belly like he was looking at a fresh and tasty slice of fish. The air stood still. How could this be? Had the merman mistaken me for food and wanted to eat me from the softest part of my body? Then I made an even worse guess. The area below my abdomen was my crotch, was he¡­ I shouted at myself mentally, not daring to continue down this train of thought. Chapter 6 Chapter 6 The Merman, My Man by ck Velvet Chapter 6 I secretly reached for the tranquilizer gun on my waist, ready to whip it out and fire it at him. I wasn¡¯t in a dream. How could I be constrained by such a lewd being? Suddenly, a hoarse voice said¡­ ¡°Di-ck-en.¡± ¡°Di-ck-en.¡± I was sure that the voice came from the merman, the hoarseness of his voice sounded as if he hadn¡¯t spoken in a very long time. Was the merman trying tomunicate with me? Oh my god! Was I the first human in history to be speaking to a merperson? I was so excited that I forgot about the danger that befell me just a moment ago. I mustered the strength to prop myself up so that we were on a parallel line of sight. It was only then that I realized how naive I was. The expression on that handsome face was definitely one that was teasing me. But I didn¡¯t want to give up. I let myself calm down and spoke slowly, ¡°Hey Mr. Merman, I have no ill intentions. I just saw the wound on your arm and wanted to treat it for you.¡± I even pointed at the wound. But the merman didn¡¯t react. He was still grabbing my legs with his wet hands without any sign of loosening his grip. I tried to resist and free my legs from his grip. But my efforts were for naught. I couldn¡¯t escape his grip and in the process, the zipper of my pants came undone instead. The merman curiously looked at the zipper that waspletely open. Was the merman interested in my pants? As the turning gears in my head halted, he lowered his head and buried his nose into the zipper opening! I could feel the friction of his ice-cold nose on the fabric of my panties. Then, he inhaled deeply as if he was reveling in the scent of a rose in full bloom. My face blushed a bright shade of red. I couldn¡¯t lie to myself anymore. Was this merman courting me? If I were a mermaid, this would have been a very arousing scene. But I¡¯m a human and he¡¯s a beast. How could we do something like this? I was terrified as I saw him bury his face deeper into my crotch. His entire face was practically stered against my panties. N?velDrama.Org owns all content. Without me realizing, his hands left my ankles and started moving towards my thighs. As if locked into ce by a curse, I couldn¡¯t move and I could only watch him extend his wet and slippery tongue down my thighs. He then tilted his head up to catch a look at my flustered expression. He licked his lips as if he was craving more, and his lips curled into an evil smirk. Without waiting for me to react, he continued to bury his face into my panties and licked at it wantonly. I wondered if merpeople were naturally lewd like this. The sensation sent shivers up my spine. Unsure whether it was fear or excitement, waves of stimtion caused me to tremble. As my panties had already beenpletely soaked, the merman looked up at me with monstrous red eyes. A dull hum reverberated inside my head. This beast waspletely naked and had a gaze filled with primal desires. I didn¡¯t realize when he hadpletely climbed out of the tank, but what I did realize was that I was about to be imed if I didn¡¯t do anything! I used all my strength to bite my own tongue so that I could think clearly Utilizing this short period of rity, I whipped out the tranquilizer gun in my right hand and shot him in the shoulder. Chapter 7 Chapter 7 The Merman, My Man by ck Velvet Chapter 7 After being shot in the shoulder, he nkly lifted his head to look at me. With a cold look in his eyes, I couldn¡¯t help but feel goosebumps rising on my skin. I even thought the tranquilizer wasn¡¯t working. Luckily, the situation was under control. The merman weakly copsed onto the tank cover. I let out a sigh of relief and rushed to get out of there. As I did that, I slipped and fell unknowingly onto him in a straddling position. The merman that was originally in the process of passing out was now shocked awake. Not only that, he looked like he was satisfied with this development. The merman lifted his head and started grinding against my legs, stimting my sensitive region. Even though his eyes were only half opened, he showed no signs of passing out and continued teasing me instead. I panicked internally and pointed the tranquilizer gun at his head, threatening him, ¡°Hey pal, you do know how powerful this is right? If you continue moving, I will give you another taste of this.¡± I might have appeared calm but in reality, I was terrified. I was scared that my threat would have no effect and I didn¡¯t want to shoot a tranquilizer at his head. He was a subject of my research after all. I wasn¡¯t sure whether it was because of the previous shot of the tranquilizer, but it seemed like my threat worked. The tail that was grinding against my crotch slowly became limp, and his eyes eventually returned to his previous tranquilized state. He looked dazed and innocent even. I have to say, the now docile merman looked more innocent than a dolphin. I was also very confident that the amount of tranquilizer administered was enough to slow his movements and make him sleep. I finally felt relieved and got up from the unconscious merman. Although I had averted danger, I did not forget the reason I approached him in the first ce. I extracted the items intended for anti-inmmatory purposes and treated his wound. It seemed as if merpeople had natural hemostatic bodily functions. I was surprised the wound already had ayer of protective membrane that prevented bleeding. I was excited to have discovered this. If this could be applied to treating humans, it would be revolutionary! I lightly pressed the membrane and felt an abnormal bump. So I applied some anesthetics and made a cut on the membrane with a pair of scissors. As expected, there was a tooth in his wound. N?velDrama.Org owns all content. Judging by the shape of the tooth as well as his wound, he must have fought against a shark. What was even more obvious was that the shark must have been in a more pitiful state. Perhaps the shark was already in his stomach? To verify my hypothesis, I nonchntly ced my hand on his stomach. As expected, there was a bulge there. It looked like he hadn¡¯t finished digesting his food. I wasn¡¯t just surprised by thebat abilities of merpeople, but I also found it difficult to imagine how he could fight a shark. But of course he didn¡¯t know what I was thinking about. The merman looked at my hand on his abdomen through his half-opened eyes and a satisfied expression. His expression made me feel ufortable so I retracted my hand, wanting to prepare to stitch the wound on his arm. As my hand left his skin, he raised his hand to grab it. I panicked and grabbed the tranquilizer gun again, pressing the barrel onto his forehead. The merman saw the gun in my hand and smirked as if he didn¡¯t care about it. I threatened him again by poking the gun at his head as a warning. He looked at me like a yful child without any intention to harm me but he didn¡¯t loosen his grip either. It was embarrassing. He looked like he waszily sunbathing on a beach while I was panicking instead. My control over the situation had turned its tables yet again. Chapter 8 Chapter 8 The Merman, My Man by ck Velvet Chapter 8 As I was deliberating whether or not to fire, the merman tugged my hand and ced it back onto his abdomen, hisrge hand covering mine and guiding it to feel his solid abs. I noticed his tail was wagging again as if he was trying to humor the hand that was touching him. He wanted me to touch him? Were merpeople social with humans like dolphins were and like to be touch? I felt like I had opened a new avenue inmunicating with merpeople. When conducting research on animals, people often think about how they can pacify them. But if merpeople and humans could them better? I started to take his lead and rxed my hand, feeling the solid contours of his abs. His skin was shiny and smooth, and his muscles were rock solid. A feeling of excitement rose from within me and I couldn¡¯t deny it. If this were to be the body of an adult man, women would have a hard time saying no. Merpeople were definitely simr to dolphins as they both enjoyed being touched. He extended his neck forward and pretty much his entire body was stered to mine. I was excited about this amiable interaction because his tail was wagging even faster than before. But slowly, I came to the realization that his behavior was somewhat strange. It was as though he was¡­ horny? Then I saw the scaled slit open at the area where his humanoid torso met his fishtail. From within the N?velDrama.Org owns all content. slit, a ¡°thing¡± that looked identical to a human¡¯s sprung out, its girth and length inchesrger than the average human¡¯s. His ¡°thing¡± was obviously erect and swollen to the point of turning purple, and now it was excitedly secreting some liquid. The merman had no sense of shame. With the bravery of someone announcing their heroic deeds, he pointed his ¡°thing¡± at my face. I was utterly shocked. I didn¡¯t know how to react and could only gulp nervously Yes, this was my first time seeing such a magnificent ¡°thing¡±. I could feel my blood rush and I didn¡¯t think I could do any proper and rational research. So I decided to give up on this visit. I rigidly stood up and wanted to push the merman back into the tank. But just then, the merman let out a roar that was indescribable with words, and I was startled. I understood that he didn¡¯t want to be thrown back into the tank. He still clung to me and kept thrusting his ¡°thing¡± in front of my face. Now I could confirm that this merman was indeed aroused. No wonder he almost im me earlier, he couldn¡¯t find an outlet to release. The desire of animals to copte is natural. It was no exception even for intelligent merpeople. I suddenly had the idea that I could use this chance to collect a semen sample. With a merman¡¯s DNA, I could unravel the secrets of merpeople. Looking at both my hands and then at his erect and swollen ¡°thing¡±, I gulped again nervously. Even though exciting thoughts were bouncing rapidly within my mind, my body was stiff. But the moment my eyes met his, it was like I was bewitched. I stiffly got down on one knee and stretched out a trembling hand, encircling it around his purplish ¡°thing¡±. The moment I held onto it, the merman¡¯s ¡°thing¡± twitched excitedly against my palm. It looked like it had grown than before. I forced myself to not think about anything. This was purely for research purposes and scientific advancement. I dared not look up at him because it would make me feel like there is something wrong with me. Chapter 9 Chapter 9 The Merman, My Man by ck Velvet Chapter 9 On one hand, I was rubbing his body, on the other I was trying to brainwash myself that this wasn¡¯t what I was doing. His skin was stuck to my palm. I cou1dn¡¯t help but imagine the feel of hugging with a merman. This train of thought caused me to blush in both my face and ears. To make this embarrassing experience end as soon as possible, I decided to rub faster to speed up his release. As expected, his body grew hotter. The merman¡¯s breathing became increasinglybored and his tail tangled around my legs like it had a mind of its own. He also thrusted forward and backward along with the movement of my hand. How did things turn out like this ¡ª embracing each other, my hand touching his body, and his tail intertwining around my legs. Simr to what happened in my dream! This was too embarrassing, too sinful! I was doing indescribable things with a beast! Our bodies stuck closer to each other with his strong chest pushed against my breasts making me tremble. His humid breath against my neck made it hard for me to escape. ¡°Di-ek-en.¡° ¡°Di-ek-en.¡° The merman growled into my neck, it¡¯s the same string of sybles again. What he uttered seemed to have a weakening effect on me. I didn¡¯t have the ability to resist anymore. I leaned my entire body against him and allowed his slippery hair to entangle my ears. In the heat of the moment, the merman gripped at my clothes with his ws. His tail forced itself between my legs in apromising position. My armsid limply by my sides, I couldn¡¯t muster the energy to lift them. I dazedly epted everything that was happening. I felt my body be warmer from the waves of heat stemming from the stimtion at myher region. The fragrance in the air became thicker, suffocating me in this exciting situation. Suddenly, I heard a voice calling out my name, ¡°Linda! ¡° ¡°Linda! Where are you?¡° The voice became clearer and clearer, each sound drawing me closer back to reality. Suddenly, the weight above my body was gone. Before I could react, the merman leaped into the water, disappearing among the aquatic nts. I froze in surprise for a few seconds and when I could finally react, I noticed my clothes were What had just happened? My memory seemed to have disappeared the moment I wanted to collect the merman¡¯s sample. I nced at my empty hand. Evidently, I hadn¡¯t seeded in that regard. ¡°Linda! Where in the world are you?¡° ? N?velDrama.Org - All rights reserved. It was Gary! If he found out that I hade to see the merman alone, I would be done for. I immediately held onto my tattered clothes, snatched the first aid kit and tranquilizer gun, and fled out of there. Chapter 10 Chapter 10 The Merman, My Man by ck Velvet Chapter 10 Utilizing the darkness before dawn, I sneakily escaped back into my own cabin. I stripped off my tattered clothing, grabbed a towel, and hopped into the bathroom. If Gary were to ask, I could just say that I was taking a shower and didn¡¯t hear him calling for me. This seemed like a good idea. Eventually, I stopped hearing his voice. I turned on the shower in relief. As the warm water rushed down my body, I could feel the tension leave my body. But even then, my heart still felt unsettled. Memories of the cool sensation of the merman¡¯s body against mine were twirling within my mind, causing an array of thoughts. The fragrance the merman emitted clung to my body. The soap couldn¡¯t mask the scent no matter how much I used. What was even more embarrassing was that the sensitive areas the merman kissed and licked were now especially sensitive. I also couldn¡¯t keep the merman out of my mind. N?velDrama.Org owns all content. I must have be crazy. Somehow I couldn¡¯t push away my desires no matter how hard I tried. I put myself in afortable position and inserted my fingers into my impatient opening and thrust them in and out with varying rhythms. As a regr z7- year- old woman, I do asionally satisfy these bodily needs on my own. But I wouldn¡¯t say that my sex drive was particrly strong. This time however, my sexual desires were extremely strong. Without much stimtion, I had already slumped onto the floor without any strength to keep myself upright. This was also the first time that I was this into it. My thighs trembled. I couldn¡¯t hold back my moans even though I gritted my teeth. The rush of pleasure flooded my mind. In the erotic stupor, the sensation of water trickling down on me in the shower blended into a scene of the merman sshing water onto me. The merman pushed through the water with his massive tail towards me. He caught onto me and pushed his tail between my legs. He said in a low and hoarse voice, ¡°Di-ek-en¡­ Di-ck-en¡­ It was the same few sybles. Did they carry some special meaning? But at the time, my mind had gonepletely nk and my memory was also failing me. With the vigorously wagging fishtail in my mind, I felt like I was about to reach there. I had never climaxed this strongly just from masturbating. In that instant, I felt like an empty vessel, a soulless corpse slumped onto the floor. When I came back to my senses, I realized that my legs had be numb and could only stand using the wall as support. I turned off the shower and put on a bathrobe, I tightly held myself as I shivered. Oh my god! What did I just do? Did I just have fantasies of a merman, a beast nheless? Did I research too much that I had be crazy? I knocked myself in the head and pinched my arm until a bruise formed. The pain cleared my head. Why was I hallucinating while masturbating? The merman¡¯s tail was grinding me between my legs and our upper bodies were embracing each other. Why did it feel so real, as if I had just experienced it? These unprecedented erotic thoughts made my ears turn red. I was relieved that it was just a hallucination and that it didn¡¯t happen in reality. I consoled myself as I wrapped the bathrobe around myself tightly, preparing to leave the bathroom. Just then, the locked bathroom door burst open with a bang. Chapter 11 Chapter 11 The Merman, My Man by ck Velvet Chapter 11 I jumped as Gary¡¯s fuming face barged in. ¡°Linda, why are you here?¡° With everything that had happened in the bathroom in mind, I quickly looked down to make sure the bathrobe I donned was secure. ¡°How can you barge into my bathroom?¡° Gary¡¯s face was pale and greenish, and he was giving me a very dark look. I suddenly recalled the incident the day before when he had intentions of viting me. Very cautiously, I urged him. ¡°If there¡¯s anything you need to see me about, can you at least wait until I finish changing into my clothes?¡° After saying that, I wanted to head out of the bathroom. But Gary stood forward to block my way and closed the bathroom door behind him. ¡°What did we talk about yesterday, Linda? Don¡¯t tell me you¡¯ve already forgotten.¡° One step at a time, Gary advanced in my direction. I tried staying calm and said, ¡°I have no idea what you¡¯re talking about, professor. Appearing in your student¡¯s bathroom like this isn¡¯t such a good idea though, is it?¡° Gary scoffed, ¡°Linda, I warned you not to approach the merman alone yesterday. And what did you do? Who does the glow stick in his tank belong to?¡° N?velDrama.Org owns all content. Sh*t! I left in such a hurry that I forgot about the glow stick! But I continued my calm act and said, ¡°It could be from anyone who went there during the day. I swear it wasn¡¯t me! I¡­¡° Without allowing me to finish, Gary forcefully threw me against the wall! He then pounced on me and pressed down on me with his chest to the point that I couldn¡¯t breathe properly. ¡°Do you think I believe you, Linda? You¡¯re a little liar.¡° My thrashing arms tried their best to push him away but with no effect. The difference in strength between genders was too great. I started to panic. He must have found my flinging arms annoying, so using only one hand he pinned my wrists behind me, and stuck his knee between my legs. I couldn¡¯t move under his grip. My bathrobe loosened and I didn¡¯t even have any undergarments on! My corbone was already exposed and just another tug would cause my entire upper body to be too. ¡°Professor! Calm down! I am your student! ¡° Gary acted as if he didn¡¯t hear a word I said. He tugged my bathrobe downward with his other hand¡­ I twisted my body repeatedly in a struggle but the movement caused my bathrobe loosened furtherly, and Gary¡¯s eyes looked hungrier and hungrier. I gave up. I doubt anybody on the boat could save me. My professor was going to force me to have something with him right here, right now. ¡°Linda, I¡¯ve been waiting for this for a very long time.¡° Gary¡¯s tone of voice suddenly softened as he gently ced a hand onto my breast. ¡°Since the day you chose me as your professor, I¡¯ve liked you. If you ept me, I can give you everything you ever wanted. For example, I can make your research on mermaids receive government recognition and you¡¯ll receive a lot of funding. Or, I can even make you a biologist who¡¯s more famous than Charles Darwin.¡° I looked at Gary in shock. I couldn¡¯t believe that the outstanding professor and senior that I looked up to would abuse his authority just to have sex with me, his student! This made me feel disgusting and furious. Gary took my silence as consent and groped my breasts more aggressively, with no intention of holding back. ¡°Linda, are you epting me? Do you know that your body are very soft?¡° As he said that, he lowered his face down into my neck, inhaled deeply, and said, ¡°You smell so nice, I don¡¯t know where to start.¡° I struggled to twist my neck away to minimize his contact with them. ¡°I refuse, I don¡¯t consent to this! Get your dirty hands away from me! I refuse this dirty deal! I don¡¯t want to have a professor like you! I¡¯m going to make a police report! ¡° Gary¡¯s eyes channeled a dark look and he said, ¡°Do you think you can refuse me? We are at sea, how do you think you¡¯re going to make a police report?¡° After he said that, heughed and let go of my hands. But within the next second, he pulled off my bathrobe and my body waspletely exposed to him. I red at him and gritted as I said, ¡°Gary, don¡¯t make me hate you.¡° Gary¡¯s movement stopped but then shortly resumed. He whispered in my ear, ¡°Linda, you¡¯re too naive. One day, you¡¯ll pay the price for your stubbornness. See? You look so seductive right now. I can¡¯t help but want to f*ck you.¡° Just then, the hull of the boat shook violently. The lights flickered and died out. In the darkness, a fragrance started wafting around the room. This fragrance! The merman? Gary suddenly removed himself from my body. I couldn¡¯t see him in the darkness but I could hear a grunt. ¡°F*ck, what was that?¡° he swore as if something had hit him. Chapter 12 Chapter 12 The Merman, My Man by ck Velvet Chapter 12 ¡°A storm! ¡° ¡°A storm ising! ¡° The crew shouted from outside. The boat started shaking even more violently than before. It seemed that Gary had exited the bathroom, so I quickly got dressed. I hid in my cabin and locked the cabin door from the inside. The storm came too suddenly, even professional sailors couldn¡¯t predict its arrival. With the chaotic winds outside, the rain droplets mmed onto the windows and its trails could be seen against the clear ss. Suddenly, I saw a dark silhouette speed past my window. Its speed was shocking, unlike the speed of a normal human being. I thought it was just something being blown away by the wind. All of a sudden, I saw a hand simr to a human¡¯s stuck on the window, the spaces between its five fingers were connected with skin. That was a merperson¡¯s webbed w! But the moment I blinked, the hand disappeared as if I had hallucinated it. I attentively looked at the window and traced the area where the hand was. But all that was left were the streaks of rain droplets. Was I seeing things because I was too tired? I was definitely exhausted. I had been through so much in just the past several hours, so much so that my head felt heavy. R¨ºAdt??St chapters at Novel(D)ra/ma.Org Only If I were to get on deck in this situation, I would only add to the troubles of the crew. I may as well rest, after all I would still need to face Gary after I woke up. I tiredly closed my eyes and drifted off to sleep. After sleeping for what felt like an eternity, I felt a chilly gust of wind against my skin causing me to wake up. Some time during my sleep, my window had opened and the sea breeze was blowing into my cabin. I sneezed due to the cold so I got off the bed to close the window. While doing so, I saw the clock on the wall, and it was barely past six in the morning. I had only slept for half an hour? How did the weather be like this? The cabin was lit with a red afterglow, and the storm outside seemed to have calmed. It was also suspiciously quiet. Suddenly, I felt like there was something behind me! In the dimness of the room, I faintly saw the shadow of something that shouldn¡¯t be in my room. I turned to look at it clearer and I was dumbfounded. Was I dreaming? What was a merman doing in my cabin? I panicked. This wasn¡¯t the tranquilized merman, it wasn¡¯t the merman in the tank. It was a different merman that somehow appeared in my room! He could battle a shark, itsbative abilities were unparalleled. When the merman realized that I saw him, a hoarse voice rose from his throat. ¡°Li-n-da.¡° What? Did I hear him correctly? Was the merman saying my name? It wasn¡¯t clear, but I could faintly hear the sybles that made up my name. As I stood there stunned, the merman stood in front of me, looking down at me from above. With the courage, energy, and speed that came out of nowhere, I pushed the window open and escaped the cabin. ¡°Help! Someone help me! ¡° I screamed. I frantically tried to search for the crew but I couldn¡¯t find anyone. Even Gary was missing. It seemed like I was the only one aboard this boat. Of course, there was also that weird merman! ¡°Li-n-da.¡° The merman¡¯s voice kept following me, now he was really shouting my name! Oh my god! How did he know my name! I wanted to head to the navigation room to survey the situation. There must be someone there! I clumsily made my way up thedder to the navigation room. In my panicked frenzy, my foot slipped and I fell backward. But just when I thought I was about to receive bone -shattering injuries, the pain did note. I felt a gust of wind behind me. Something held onto my waist and I slowly started to slide downward. After that, I copsed onto a wet and slippery, but strong fishtail. Chapter 13 Chapter 13 The Merman, My Man by ck Velvet Chapter 13 I immediately got up and tried to escape, but I was blocked by a wet and dripping arm. The merman then spun me around to face him. I was petrified. The merman could use his tail to prop himself upright and his height exceeded mine greatly. I waspletely covered in his shadow. As the sea breeze blew, his seaweed-like long hair caressed my face and body. Then, he bent his fishtail to align his line of sight with mine. He subsequently grabbed my shoulders and forced me to make eye contact with him. Ahh! What was this merman doing? His pale face came closer to mine and he began sniffing my neck. He directed his eyes right above my corbone, lowered his head, and inhaled deeply. My petrified body didn¡¯t know how to react because I didn¡¯t understand the meaning of this merman¡¯s actions. After that, he used his webbed ws to rip open my shirt and buried his face into my chest. My heart was beating rapidly and I could feel my chest beginning to heave. His eyes became even more excited as he started examining my body. He bared his sharp teeth as if he was unsatisfied with how my body looked. I was afraid that he would open his mouth to devour my breasts in order to fill his stomach. I didn¡¯t know how I offended this creature and caused him to look at me as if I had invaded his territory. Then, he posited his webbed ws at the hem of my pants, lifted his finger like he wanted to rip them open. ¡°Wait!¡° When I realized he was about to do something worse, I firmly grabbed his ws and shakily refused. ¡°Don¡¯t.¡° The merman stared at my hand for a while as if he was very interested in it. I followed his line of sight and looked down. Turns out I had a cut on my hand without realizing and it was bleeding rapidly. I must have cut myself identally when I tried to escape earlier. The merman took the bleeding hand, raised it in front of him, and sniffed it lightly. Beasts were sensitive to fresh blood, was my blood making him hungry? Was he going to eat me? I knew that if I were to be eaten within the next second, there was no way I could escape. At the same time, I was also rather confused. If the merman saw me as his dinner, why didn¡¯t he attack me earlier on? I could only watch as the merman raised my hand to his mouth. He opened his mouth and bared his sharp teeth. The fear caused my fingers to tremble. I was scared that he would chomp down on my finger in the next second. I felt like crying. It was too cruel to die from being eaten bite after bite! Right then, the merman extended his tongue and lightly licked my wound. His hand gripped mine tight enough to ensure I didn¡¯t move too much. The movement of his tongue was very gentle, it was as though he was trying to avoid his sharp teeth froming into contact with my skin, careful not to hurt me. I looked at his movements with shock and terror and thought to myself, ¡®Is this merman trying to repay m y kindness by licking my wound?¡¯ But what did I do for him? Was it when I helped him with his urges? ? N?velDrama.Org - All rights reserved. With this thought in my mind, my face blushed as a tingly feeling rose from my wounded hand. I subsequently realized that the area the merman had been licking had berger. He wasn¡¯t only licking my wound, but also every single one of my fingers. He licked my fingers until they were dripping wet, and then lifted his head to look at me with an intriguing expression and cruel eyes. I felt like his licking was starting to be more and more exciting, like he was obscenely toying with my fingers. Chapter 14 Chapter 14 The Merman, My Man by ck Velvet Chapter 14 I thought he was showing me an act of kindness, so I thought of dealing with him in a peaceful manner. Turns out, I was too naive! As I tried to pull my fingers away from his firm grip. He bared his teeth towards me with a threatening look. I looked at my hand and was surprised to see that the wound on my hand waspletely gone! Turns out the merman really was showing me kindness by healing my wound! This was too incredible! If I wasn¡¯t the one who experienced it, I wouldn¡¯t have believed it either. Merpeople must have some regenerative substances in their saliva that could elerate cell reproduction! Even modern medicine hasn¡¯t advanced to this degree! Ipletely forgot about the fear I was feeling a second ago and excitedly touched his lips as I said to myself, ¡°You really surprise me¡­¡° The merman felt my gentle caress and opened his lips, producing the same set of sybles he had uttered to me countless times, ¡°Di-ek-en¡°. I hit myself in the head in realization. ¡°Dicken! That¡¯s your name, isn¡¯t it? So you¡¯ve been trying to tell me your name this entire time! ¡° The merman didn¡¯t seem to understand me, but he seemed excited as his smile widened.N?velDrama.Org owns all content. ¡°Dick¡­¡° I wanted to take this chance tomunicate further with him, but he suddenly pulled me into his arms. He stuck his nose down the base of my neck and inhaled deeply. It was like he was addicted to my scent. I was too stunned to move. As Dicken held me, he whispered into my ear in a low voice, ¡°Li-n-da.¡° This time I could hear his words in their entirety, he really was calling my name. It was unclear when the storm started again and I was still in shock. What kind of creatures were merpeople even? Suddenly, I couldn¡¯t feel the weight of my body on my legs. The merman had grabbed me by my waist and carried me with only one arm. He began sliding across the deck with the agility of a python. He was rushing towards the railing. He must have wanted to bring me back into the sea, so I started to struggle. ¡°Dicken, let go of me. I can¡¯t follow you down into the sea! ¡° But my struggles had no effect. Just as he was about to jump into the water with me in his arms, a bullet embedded itself into the railing followed by several gunshot sounds, sshing the waters around us. Dicken stopped abruptly and put me down. He looked in the direction the bullets wereing from and the surrounding air suddenly seemed to have be colder by a few degrees. I watched a bloody Gary aim a submachine gun at the merman¡¯s head as he slowly walked towards us. Gary looked like he wanted to kill the merman! I was no longer surprised by Gary¡¯s actions. How could he be so unprincipled as a biologist that he wanted to kill the merman? Judging by the wounds on his body, it was obvious that he was attacked by the merman. I guess that gave him a motive. No matter how powerful Dicken was, it was impossible to face off with a modern weapon like this. I ¡®d rather Dicken escape into the sea and never meet any merpeople ever again than to allow him to be killed. ¡°Gary! Calm down. You can¡¯t kill the merman! ¡° I eximed as I iled my arms to get his attention. But Gary didn¡¯t budge. Instead, he advanced even faster towards the merman. Chapter 15 Chapter 15 The Merman, My Man by ck Velvet Chapter 15 Despite being held at gunpoint, Dicken didn¡¯t jump into the sea. Instead, he stood tall and confidently as he faced Gary. He arched his back slightly and it looked like he was preparing to attack. The whole N?velDrama.Org owns all content. time he kept me tucked behind him. Dicken had already gotten into abat position. His upper body was leaned forward and his hands were like a pair of sharp sickles, he looked like a demon that had risen from hell. I cou1dn¡¯t let them face off like this, it would be a disaster! I mustered all of my courage as I popped out from behind Dicken. I extended my arms and jumped in front of Dicken then shouted, ¡°Gary, don¡¯t pull the trigger! ¡° Gary didn¡¯t listen to me, he even undid the safety lock. He said cruelly, ¡°Back off, Linda. This is a military operation.¡° ¡°What?¡° I forced myself to remain calm. Why would the research Gary and I had done have anything to do with military operations? Gary must have been hiding something from me. There must be a scheme behind this! ¡°As a biologist, I won¡¯t allow you to kill him! ¡° As I said that, I turned around to hug Dicken even though my height was only up to his waist. By doing this I thought I could deter Gary. He wouldn¡¯t just let me die, would he? I tried my best to push Dicken into the sea, but even with the boat swaying so strongly in the stormy winds I couldn¡¯t move him even by an inch. At that moment, Dicken seemed to understand what I was trying to do. He grabbed me and he leaned us both backward, preparing to jump into the sea. I felt like the world was spinning. Were Dicken and I really about to jump into the sea? I didn¡¯t have much time to think so I quickly held my breath in preparation. Just as I took a deep breath in, I heard a muffled bang, followed by a sharp pain in my thigh. I could feel Dicken¡¯s body shake slightly as several bullets were fired in his direction. I spun aside onto the ground. The pain in my thigh made it difficult to move, but I didn¡¯t care about my own injuries. I was more concerned about Dicken because I saw him get shot several times in his tail. He toppled down weakly by my side. His wounds bled a blue liquid which quickly mixed with my blood, producing a peculiar scene. I found it morbidly funny that no matter how tough a creature was, they were no match to the modern weapons of mankind. Humans were so selfish and cruel! I tried to withstand the pain and slowly crawled toward Dicken who wasying in a puddle of blue. Then I gave Gary a re. I couldn¡¯t believe that he didn¡¯t care about my life at all! Dicken bent his body and his tail entangled my legs. He looked at me with neither fear, despair, nor cruelty in his eyes, but with an expression that I did not understand. Then, Dicken slowly closed his eyes. I felt my mind be hazy as I began losing consciousness. Before Ipletely lost consciousness, I faintly heard Gary say something to me as he lifted me. ¡°It¡¯s just tranquilizers, Linda. So sorry about that. If I didn¡¯t do that, you would have been dragged into the sea by that merman.¡° After being passed out for a period of time, I weakly opened my eyes as they struggled to adjust to the light. After a while, I could finally see the other person in the room clearly. It was Gary. I recalled everything that had happened in the storm. This research venture was nothing but a joke, a scam right from the beginning. I red at him coldly. I didn¡¯t even have the energy to question him. But Gary just sat next to me anyways, as if the incident had never happened. He looked at me with concern. ¡°You¡¯re finally awake. Do you feel better now?¡° ¡°I feel terrific, ¡° I said sarcastically. I wanted to turn away and not look at him, but then I realized that I couldn¡¯t move at all. There was a bandage on my thigh and my wrists and ankles were shackled to the corners of the bed! This position was extremely embarrassing, and it wasn¡¯t hard to guess the reason behind this. How could this pervert named Gary do this to me while I was unconscious? Chapter 16 Chapter 16 The Merman, My Man by ck Velvet Chapter 16 I looked at him sharply. ¡°What is the meaning of this?¡° Gary froze for a second then revealed an evil smirk. ¡° Linda, my adorable student, you think I did this? God can guarantee my innocence. The doctor restrained you because you were struggling violently when you were knocked out. It was as if you were being offended. The doctor was worried you¡¯d identally hurt yourself! ¡° ¡°What did you say?¡°, I obviously didn¡¯t believe a single word Gary said. But when I recalled what had happened in the dream, the events below deck, and my experiences in the shower, I couldn¡¯t retain my Gary gave a one over across my body and then finallynded his gaze on my bare thighs. He bore a subversive smile and said, ¡°Although, you did just remind me that what the doctor did to you isn¡¯t bad, he actually made it more convenient for me.¡° He slowly turned to my bare thigh and ced a hand on it to feel my skin. I froze immediately and warned him, ¡°Go away, don¡¯t touch me! ¡° But my words were powerless. Instead, he continued moving his hand to feel my inner thigh and whistled. ¡°Your skin is so smooth, I can¡¯t stop myself from feeling you up.¡° I was being toyed with and I hated it. So I started to struggle violently. The friction of the legs of the bed against the floor emitted painful screeching sounds. ¡°Get your dirty hands off me! ¡° Despite my struggling and shouting, he still ran his hands up my thighs¡­ ? N?velDrama.Org - All rights reserved. ¡°Wow, you¡¯re so sensitive! ¡°, he sighed. ¡°Don¡¯t touch me! ¡° My anger reached its boiling point and I took a look at the situation I was in. My face blushed a bright red. I wanted to kill him! I painstakingly started to tug at the cuffs on my wrists. Gary then removed his hand from my thigh, and used it to hold my face, forcing me to look at him. He could see my embarrassment and anger in their entirety through my eyes. But he was looking into them like they were beautiful scendscapes and said, ¡°Linda, I can¡¯t hold myself back from you any longer. I¡¯m already hot just by looking at your expression.¡° He strongly tugged at one of my handcuffs and it broke. With one hand free, I tried to free my other limbs as well. At that moment, he grabbed my hand and ced it onto his hard thing. Before I could scream, he alreadynded his hand onto my mouth. I could only make muffled noises. ¡°Linda, do you want to know more about this seafaring trip?¡° I rapidly shook my head. I didn¡¯t want to know anything, I just wanted him to get off me. ¡°I¡¯ll tell you everything and I ¡¯11 even let you be my equal. But on one condition, you must let me own you.¡° He sadistically spanked my butt, then he began undoing his belt. He had released his hand from my mouth and without thinking, I shouted for help, ¡°Dicken! ¡° I then realized whose name I had called for, I froze in shock at my own words. Gary¡¯s movements also came to a halt. He was quiet for several seconds then he burst out inughter. He then sadistically spanked my butt a few times more and said, ¡°You really think that merman cane and save you? He¡¯s holding onto hisst breath like a dying fish! ¡° What? The merman was dying? Chapter 17 Chapter 17 The Merman, My Man by ck Velvet Chapter 17 I didn¡¯t want to believe what I had just heard, to the point where my mind became numb. The impact of what he had just said was destructive. While I was preupied with what he had said, I had forgotten to defend myself from Gary. My vision seemed to have tinted to a monotonous gray and I hadpletely surrendered myself to the situation. ¡°Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! ¡° Just then, a series of banging sounds came from the door of the cabin. A man¡¯s voice could be heard shouting, ¡°Professor Gary, are you alright? Was that your voice? I heard someone calling for help.¡° This voice pulled me out of my despair. ¡°Save me! Please help me, doctor! Help me! ¡° At that moment, it was as if I had caught a lifeline. I desperately responded to the voice right outside the door and my body continued struggling as it did before. This gave Gary no choice but to let go of me, so he got off of me. Gary red at me, then grabbed a nket to cover me before walking towards the door. I quickly used my free hand to put on my cloth. I could hear both men discussing something at the door. The other man was obviously a doctor. It seemed as if he wasn¡¯t satisfied with Gary¡¯s exnation. This showed that he wasn¡¯t under Gary¡¯s control. Perhaps the doctor could help free me! But I cou1dn¡¯t let him think that I was someone with bipr disorder as Gary had told him. So I forced myself to calm down. ¡°It¡¯s nice to meet you, doctor. I require your assistance.¡°, I said to him politely. When the doctor heard my voice, he pushed past Gary and walked towards me. I felt more rxed when I saw his figure. I knew him! He was a very respectable biologist. I never expected to meet him here! As he got closer, he gave me a warm smile and said, ¡° Hey Linda, long time no see. You¡¯re finally awake! ¡° I felt like a heavy boulder had been lifted off my chest. I won¡¯t just be seeing Gary everywhere now. ¡°Oh my goodness! It¡¯s you, Mr. Peter! I never thought I¡¯d meet you this soon! ¡°, I gave him an apologetic smile. ¡°I actually would just like to know a few things. Where are we right now, and have I been out for a long time?¡° Peter helped me undo the cuffs, yfully knocked my head and said, ¡°Linda, have you be silly after sleeping for so long? Didn¡¯t you make this trip to get here ¡ª the Marine Biology Facility of Japan? This is sponsored by the government. Gary and I were talking about how this study of yours received grants and funding from the government. That¡¯s great news! ¡° As Peter excitedly exined everything to me, I nced at Gary for a short while and he didn¡¯t even have the humility to look away. This research trip was part of my graduation n, it had nothing to do with sponsorships from the Japanese government. What kind of act was Gary putting up that he would rte my research to the government. ¡°Oh my god! You both really found a merman. Linda, I ¡®m confident you¡¯ll get far in your career. ¡°, Peter rambled on. When I heard what he had just said, I grabbed his hand and anxiously asked, ¡°The merman? Isn¡¯t the merman dying?¡° R¨ºAdt??St chapters at Novel(D)ra/ma.Org Only Peter looked like he had just heard the joke of the century and said, ¡°What kind of nonsense are you going on about? The merman is perfectly fine in the reservoir. Why would he be dying? It¡¯s just that he is unusually agitated and is refusing to eat. We examined him for several days but there was nothing wrong with him. If this goes on, he could starve to death! ¡° As he said that he nced at Gary and said unhappily, ¡°It must be because Gary went too far with the tranquilizer gun. It caused the merman to be in survival mode, that¡¯s why he hasn¡¯t been cooperative.¡° I jumped off the bed and slipped on some clothes. I pulled Peter on one arm and eximed, ¡°Quick! Take me to the reservoir. I canmunicate with the merman, let me calm him down! ¡° Chapter 18 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 ! ¡± ? N?velDrama.Org - All rights reserved. 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. Chapter 19 Chapter 19 The Merman, My Man by ck Velvet Chapter 19 The fragrance I had smelled when I first entered the reservoir was now overpowering to the point that it made me dizzy. It made my arms and legs go weak and I inadvertently ced a palm on the ss to support myself. ¡°Linda, he¡¯s heading this way! The ck box attracted him! I found the right frequency! ¡° Peter raised the ck box next to my ear and started to exin, ¡°This is the frequency. This is the same frequency emitted by dolphins when they mate. We suspect that the dolphins suddenly went into heat when the merman produced this frequency.¡° I concentrated on the sounds produced by the ck box and heard a few familiar sybles. ¡°Di -ek-en¡° ¡°Do you hear it? I think this is the sound the merman produces when attracting a mate! ¡°, Peter said proudly as he revealed his discovery. I, on the other hand, felt extremely embarrassed. I wanted to correct him, but his guess was not made when he was in heat, I had used them to give him a name. I suddenly felt an impulse to call out the merman¡¯s name. If I did, would the merman think I wanted to mate? Oh my goodness! Based on what had happened on the boat, the merman really was trying to mate with me, and I even gave him a response. ¡°Di-ek-en¡° As I stood shocked by my own thought process, the chanting of the sybles started to be louder. However, the sounds didn¡¯te from the ck box, but from the cabin door instead. Even a heavy cabin door enforced with modern technology couldn¡¯tpletely block out the sound of his voice. Instead, it sounded like the words were being said right next to my ear. I stared stiffly at the reservoir in front of me and watched as the merman appeared in front of me in the blink of an eye. He stared back at me with eyes resembling an abyss. It was like they could suck me in at any moment. He extended a pale webbed w and ced it on the handprint I had left on the ss earlier. I forced myself to remain calm. The merman just mistook me for a mating partner. I was totally safe in this high -tech reservoir observation room. There was no way the merman could breach it. I ced my hand onto the ss as well. Now, both our palms were only separated by ayer of tempered ss. His hand wasrge and his fingers carried strength. If he were a human, he would be very good at basketball. Dicken seemed to be very satisfied with my gesture a s his face got closer to the ss and he looked closer at me. Then, he closed his eyes and inhaled deeply, as if he was taking in my scent. Suddenly, he directed his gaze to Peter who was standing behind me. The merman said several sybles to him, sybles that I had never heard him say before. ¡°O-p-en-do-or¡­¡° What? If what I heard wasn¡¯t an auditory illusion, then that meant he wanted us to open the door! Peter was silent. I hesitantly looked back at him and saw that he was staring at the merman dazedly. After that, he walked to the control panel of the cabin door and pressed a red button, like a robot under Thebel above the button said ¡¯emergency switch¡¯! ¡°Peter! ¡°, I called out, in hope of stopping him. But it was already toote. The water level within the reservoir had decreased by halfpared to before. The cabin door above the observation room had N?velDrama.Org owns all content. also opened. I was so stunned by the situation that my legs lost their strength, causing me to sit on the floor. My mind couldn¡¯tprehend how the events had unfolded. I then watched as Dicken climbed in through the cabin door like a huge lizard. I quickly nced at Peter. But it seemed he had fainted some time during themotion. I crawled towards Peter and tapped his cheek several times as I shouted, ¡°Damn it! Peter! Please wake up! ¡° Just then, a webbed w grabbed one of my legs. I turned around in fear only to see the merman supporting his dripping wet upper body with both hands, much like our position back on the boat. He smiled and bore his sharp teeth at me. ¡°Li-n-da¡° Chapter 20 Chapter 20 The Merman, My Man by ck Velvet Chapter 20 The devilish growl roused me from my dazed stupor. I struggled to stand and the fragrance emitted by the merman permeated my surroundings. N?velDrama.Org owns all content. The fragrance caused my body to weaken, I could not muster even a sliver of energy to stand up. Dicken crept up from between my legs and licked a trail along my leg, gradually going higher and higher. Then, he used both arms to lock my legs firmly against his lower body. This merman was really in heat and he wanted to mate with me! As I was tortured with embarrassment, Dicken¡¯s tail entangled itself with my legs. His pale face leaned forward in front of mine. By reflex, I raised my hand to block my face from his and pressed my palm against his chin to stop him. With the limited space between us, I tried my best to remain calm. Although I didn¡¯t know why Peter obeyed Dicken¡¯smand to open the door, it seemed like we couldmunicate with him in simple English! ¡°Dicken, this is a mistake¡­¡° As soon as the words left my mouth, I wanted to p myself. Linda, you idiot! Why did you refer to him with the word associated with mating? Are you trying to court him? As expected, the merman appeared even more excited, looking like a beast enjoying its prey. ¡°F*ck, stop it!¡° I cou1dn¡¯t help but scold him. I tugged my arm away and pushed his chest away. But his chest was as solid as stone and he wou1dn¡¯t budge. Dicken felt as if my arms were in the way and so with just one hand, he grabbed both my wrists and pinned them above my head. He ced his other hand behind my neck to bring it forward and proceeded to bury his face into my neck. ¡°Stop, let me go! You crazy beast! I am a human! ¡° I twisted my body around as I tried to create distance from his wet and slippery tongue. But my body seemed to be taken over by a mysterious force and I lost all autonomy, I couldn¡¯t even struggle. My curses didn¡¯t have any effect on a beast in heat, the feeling of hopelessness was horrible. My surrender appeared to be seductive in Dicken¡¯s eyes. He looked at me greedily with a grin and with eyes full of desire like a ferocious beast that hadn¡¯t feasted on meat in a long time. He really is like a beast! Although he had a handsome face, he was more lustful than the male leads of any R -rated movie. He didn¡¯t even try to hide his lustful animal instincts. If he were a human, he would likely be a sex addict that wouldn¡¯t be satisfied. These thoughts were enough to terrify me because I was the object of desire for a ferocious beast. I never want to be his toy to satisfy himself! I started to feel regret. If I didn¡¯t be fascinated with the dreams I had and tried to get closer to merpeople, then I wouldn¡¯t be in this situation. Somebody¡­ anybody¡­ Please save me! Chapter 21 Chapter 21 The Merman, My Man by ck Velvet Chapter 21 I was in despair. My tears flowed endlessly as I shouted with a hoarse voice, ¡°Let go of me! I am not of your species. If you want to mate, then mate with something else in the ocean, not me¡­¡° Dicken looked at the tears flowing from my eyes. Then, he extended his tongue to lick the tears away like he was tasting spring water. The heat that was previously at my throat had risen to my face and my entire body trembled. N?velDrama.Org owns all content. This goddamn beast! I struggled in an attempt to escape from his slippery tongue, but he prevented me by cing his hand behind my neck to lock me in position. His tongue traced from the outer corner of my eye to my earlobes, causing a tingling sensation. A sense of numbness coursed through my body and the areas his tongue had explored started to grow hot. The strong fragrance flooded my senses and I felt my body temperature rise. I couldn¡¯t take it anymore. I steadied my shaky voice and threatened, ¡°Stop licking me, if you continue I will murder you! ¡° The merman¡¯s tongue finally left my earlobe. He lifted his head from me, raised his brows, and then scrutinized me. He definitely did not take me seriously. I took a deep breath of cool air. Suddenly, I had a bad premonition, could my threat have had the opposite effect on him¡­ The next second, I found Dicken lowering his face and I could feel the pressure of something cold and soft pressing down onto my lips. Was the merman¡­kissing me?! The moment our lips touched, the fragranceing from him became even stronger than before. It was like a torrent had rushed into me, washing away thest of my defenses. I couldn¡¯t even bring myself to grit my teeth to prevent his advance. I found myself allowing his tongue to have free reign over my mouth and lips. His tongue was like an agile little snake twirling itself with my own tongue, while greedily sucking on my lips. I couldn¡¯t close my mouth at all due to the constant attacks of his tongue. Any more of this and I would have dislocated my jaw. Saliva dripped down from the corner of my mouth. He then licked along its trail all the way down to my corbone. His sharp teeth conveniently tore open the medical gown I was wearing and my bare breasts were exposed to him without much effort. He teasingly sniffed around my breasts and the heat of his breath could be felt from my nipples. My entire body was tense from the anxiety, and all I could do was stiffly tilt my head down slightly to look at Dicken. It seemed like he could feel my gaze as he looked up at me with a satisfied look in his eyes. He extended his tongue immediately and licked a nipple. Then, he parted his lips and proceeded to aggressively suck it. My mind felt like it was being stimted with an electric current and the source was his tongue. My neck and back arched from the sensation. The scream that was about to emerge from my throat ended up being a moan when it reached my lips. I had no control over my body. Thest of my strength went into squeezing my eyes shut as I had already surrendered the rest of my body to him. Chapter 22 Chapter 22 The Merman, My Man by ck Velvet Chapter 22 In my dazed stupor, I knew that there was no turning back. I shook my head to clear my mind, only to drown again in the stimtion of his embrace, unable to escape. My mouth couldn¡¯t help but gape open from the multiple sensations of pleasure as a stream of saliva dripped from my mouth. Both my underwear and my pants were already wet. Of course, I knew what that was. I had gotten wet from the merman¡¯s stimtion. The embarrassment I felt was extreme, I couldn¡¯t believe that I could get wet from being toyed with by a N?velDrama.Org owns all content. beast. I forced myself to be sober. With whatever conscious thought I had left, I gulped down the umted saliva in my mouth and clenched my jaw. I had also inadvertently mped my legs around his tail. His member swelled evenrger, it seemed like Dicken didn¡¯t expect me to be sopliant. Even I thought I would be too embarrassed to do something like that. He effortlessly used his sharp ws to remove my pants and his purplish-red staff poked at my opening while his smooth tail was still grinding against my bare thighs. I shuddered, I didn¡¯t dare to think about what was going to happen next. But Dicken didn¡¯t give me any time to think. Using just one hand to support my waist, he pulled me into his embrace with just a single movement from his tail. Both my legs were opened as I straddled on his He got so excited from this position that he twitched several times. My body blushed a bright red as I closed my eyes tightly because I couldn¡¯t bring myself to look at the situation at hand. The embarrassment made me feel like I wanted to die on the spot. Dicken¡¯s forehead suddenly touched mine and I could feel his hot breath on my face. I couldn¡¯t help but open my eyes and I found that he was looking deep into mine. It felt like my soul had left my body and the whole world fell silent. Just then, the tail below me lifted my waist and Dicken¡¯s arm pressed me down instead. In my stupor, I realized that I was about to be vited by a beast. I was being seduced by a merman! I wanted to prevent Dicken from going further, I wanted to scream for help, but my throat and body weren¡¯t under my control. I could only force out a few sobs, ¡±Take it out¡­ don¡¯ t¡­ Dicken¡­ I beg you¡­ take it out.¡± Chapter 23 Chapter 23 The Merman, My Man by ck Velvet Chapter 23 I struggled violently. His huge shaft was very deep inside. Hisrge and thick shaft seemed to be stuck within my vagina with a suction force. Little by little, it made its way inside me all the way to its base. My vagina was stretched to its limit, it was painful and it made me feel bloated. It even felt like the shaft had entered my uterus. But at the same time, a sensation of numbing pleasure sent shivers up my spine. Every time Dicken moved, my mind would nk out for a moment. With the friction his movement produced, the pleasure became more and more extreme. This kind of pleasure would make any virgin surrender. It was a foreign kind of pleasure that was much stronger than the pleasure that came from masturbation. I could feel my head go numb. There were a few times where I thought Dicken was about to cause a tear in my vagina. I was definitely on the verge of going crazy. I couldn¡¯t help but moan with my mouth wide open yet there were tears flowing from the corners of my eyes. I must have looked very embarrassed then. I was about to go crazy from being f*cked by a beast. Dicken must have seen my unraveled expression causing him to hold my face in his hand and lick my tears away with his tongue. Even then, the shaft that was thrusting into me showed no signs of halting. He made my spine arch backward as pulled his member out from my opening. My vagina was empty for a second, when suddenly he held up my bum and rammed his entire dick inside, its head colliding directly with my cervix. ¡°Ah¡­ Dicken¡­ stop¡­¡° Broken moans constantly leaked out of my mouth. M y vagina clenched as the extreme pleasure flooded m y mind. I felt like I was about to pass out from all the thrusting, my body was starting to copse. I was ashamed as I saw a white fluid leaking out of me as the purplish-red dick continued thrusting in and out. Dicken did not stop thrusting even though I had already climaxed. Damn it, Linda. You really just got f*cked by a beast until you came! No, it couldn¡¯t be. My body felt hot after climaxing, but my mind still insisted on rejecting him. In my dazed stupor, I wanted to use my hand to remove his member from within me. I fumbled around trying to find the ce where we were both connected. But when my hand touched the hot object, it seemed to have gotten more excited and it started twitching within me. Dicken himself also became more excited as his tail started moving more violently. His hands held up my limp body and he continued ramming his dick into me more aggressively than before. The only thing I could do at that point was to moan as my tears blurred my vision. My heart was filled with feelings of shame, but my body reveled in the pleasure and climaxed from this R¨ºAdt??St chapters at Novel(D)ra/ma.Org Only beastial intercourse. If someone were to find out about this¡­ No, stop! I didn¡¯t want to imagine what would happen¡­ While these anxious thoughts were coursing through my mind, Dicken was still aggressively thrusting into me, drowning me in a sea of pleasure. Suddenly, a furious voice could be heard and I could hear the sound of bullets colliding with ss. ¡°Linda! Linda! ¡° My mind waspletely nk. I could only reflexively look in the direction of that voice, and I saw a familiar silhouette running toward me. No! Stop! It was like a switch in my mind had switched off. My mouth opened but I couldn¡¯t make any sound as I passed out. Chapter 24 Chapter 24 The Merman, My Man by ck Velvet Chapter 24 ? N?velDrama.Org - All rights reserved. I yelped as I woke up from this strange dream. I immediately pushed the nket away to take a look at my legs. Both my legs were fine and I was wearing hospital pyjama pants. I sighed a breath of relief. Why did I have such a strange dream? One where I became a mermaid at that! A chill went down my spine. The words spoken by the elderly woman in the dream were partially true and it scared me. But what happened to me? Why was I lying on a hospital bed? Didn¡¯t I go to the reservoir with Peter? I even remembered that Peter let the merman out as if his mind was being controlled! But what happened after that? Why couldn¡¯t I remember a thing? I tried to recall the missing memories between going to the reservoir and waking up on this hospital bed, but the only memory I could remember was the merman climbing in through the open cabin door and the conversation with the woman in the dream. All the memories in between were missing as if they were erased. My head was heavy and I felt feverish. I wanted to go take a shower to freshen myself up, but when I moved my legs just a little, all I felt was soreness and pain. I could barely move my entire lower body and the sensitive spot between my thighs was extremely sore. How did this happen¡­ Did I get beaten up by someone? Did I fall? Did I pass out from falling? Just then, the door opened and I saw a pair of ck dress shoes. I shifted my gaze upward and saw a dark and scary expression on Gary¡¯s face as he stood at the doorway. I was afraid that he was going to do terrible things to me again. Thinking back, I couldn¡¯t recall doing anything that would have angered him. In fact, he was the one who wanted to vite me. He should have been the one with a guilty conscience. But this wasn¡¯t the right situation to give him a piece of my mind, so I pretended to be calm and asked, ¡°Hey, professor. Why do you have a constipated look on your face? Did someone provoke¡­¡° Before I could finish what I wanted to say, he grabbed my cor, his eyes were filled with fury and his breath felt like fire on my face. It seemed like he wanted to rip me apart on the spot. I couldn¡¯t help but try to hide from him. ¡°What are you doing? Are you crazy? I ¡®m not even fully awake yet! ¡°, I shouted at him angrily, unwilling to back down. I tried to loosen myself from his grip and surprisingly, he let go of me. I was suddenly thrown back onto the bed, bruising my leg against the bed frame. With the added pain from the injury, I had to grit my teeth to withstand the pain. Chapter 25 Chapter 25 The Merman, My Man by ck Velvet Chapter 25 Gary mped his grip down onto my shoulder and forced me to look directly at him. I was shocked that he had an expression of regret on his face. ¡°Linda, I warned you not to get too close to the merman, didn¡¯t I? Why didn¡¯t you listen to me? Even then, I wasn¡¯t expecting something like this to happen! Please remain calm and don¡¯t do anything stupid! ¡° ¡°What do you mean remain calm?¡° The words Gary said made it sound like I wanted to murder someone and it confused me. I rubbed my aching thigh and said angrily, ¡°Since when am I not calm, if there¡¯s anyone that isn¡¯t calm, it¡¯s you. You hurt me like a madman! ¡° Gary couldn¡¯t hide his surprised expression, so I took the opportunity to escape from his grip and tolerated the pain as I got off the bed. But as soon as my feet touched the floor, a wave of pain surged throughout my entire lower body and I almost copsed. I rushed to sit in a chair by the bed, I held my abdomen, gritted my teeth and I said, ¡°Damn it, why does it hurt this much¡­¡° ¡°Other than repeatedly saying that you¡¯re hurting, don¡¯t you have anything else to say? Wow, I really admire you.¡° I didn¡¯t want to care about Gary¡¯s strange words but he pinched my chin and forced me to face him. He was always manipting me and I couldn¡¯t stand it anymore. So I elbowed him and scolded him, ¡°Get away from me you pervert. I don¡¯t want to talk to you.¡° Gary didn¡¯t even bother trying to avoid my jab and just took the blow. He stared at me for a while as though he had suddenly realized something. His nasty expression gradually subsided as he said, ¡° Linda, let me ask you something. It wasn¡¯t consensual and so you selectively erased that part of your N?velDrama.Org owns all content. memory, didn¡¯t you?¡° Selective amnesia? Gary¡¯s words made me calm down. My memory did seem to be cut off from when I was in the reservoir. I had a hunch that Gary knew something I didn¡¯t. I nodded. ¡°Yes, I don¡¯t remember anything since right after I entered the reservoir. Do you know what happened? Did I hurt myself during that period of time?¡° Gary fell silent. He kept rubbing his hands together, it looked like he was thinking whether or not he should tell me. His expression suddenly became odd, it seemed like he realized something. His neck and ears started to turn red and his breath also becamebored. His expression switched back and forth between anger and pleasure while he breathed heavy breaths. Then finally, he gulped as he scrutinized my body with his hungry eyes. After seeing him like this, I inadvertently clutched onto my hospital gown and warned him, ¡°Gary, what on earth happened?¡° Gary stared at me for a long time before he slowly said, ¡°I don¡¯t know¡° He was definitely hiding something from me, his reaction just now looked like he had just watched p*r n! I didn¡¯t dare to pursue this matter further because his reactions right then were rather strange. One moment he was furious, the next moment he was giving me obscene looks. I was afraid that something extreme would happen if I were to ask any more questions and that I would wind up getting hurt. If I wanted to know what happened, I could ask Peter instead. Gary saw that I didn¡¯t react and suddenly said, ¡° There are surveince cameras in the reservoir. You can see for yourself what happenedst night.¡° After that, he took a ck hard disk out from his pocket and tossed it at me. I caught it mid-air. I didn¡¯t know why but I felt unsettled, I had a premonition that the footage would show something terrible. I even felt my subconscious telling me to throw the hard disk away because I wouldn¡¯t want to see what was on it. Although the subconscious feeling was rather strong, the desire to know what happened was even stronger. In the end, my desire triumphed. I anxiously opened myptop and plugged in the hard disk. Chapter 26 Chapter 26 The Merman, My Man by ck Velvet Chapter 26 The footage in front of me gradually became clearer. I could see two silhouettes, Peter and I. We appeared at the lower corner of the screen and were walking to the ss cabin door while chatting. I remembered that we were talking about the simr frequencies emitted by the merman and dolphins when they went into heat. A few minutester, the merman swam towards me and ced his hand onto the ss exactly as I remembered. After a while, I also ced my hand onto his through the ss. Gary¡¯s breath suddenly becamebored with dissatisfaction as if he didn¡¯t want to see the events before him. He got up,wa1ked toward the window and firmlynded a punch onto the window. I, on the other hand, was staring at the footage where the merman and I gazed deeply into each other. My heart started beating rapidly, it felt like it could jump out of my chest at any moment. Knock knock knock! Someone was knocking on the door of the room. I exhaled a breath of relief and Gary quickly came to my side. He closed theptop and disconnected the hard disk, it seemed that he didn¡¯t want anybody else seeing it. It was only after that that Gary went to open the door. Beyond the door stood a tall, young woman. She wore the research facility uniform but I realized she wasn¡¯ t the same as the other personnel. She wore a badge in front of her chest, and by the looks of it, it seemed she was affiliated with the military. I was even more shocked when I looked behind her. There were several muscr soldiers following her in an orderly fashion. She must be really respected. Gary seemed to be very surprised by her arrival and said respectfully, ¡±Colonel Laura, why have you¡­ ¡± The woman interrupted him with a smile. ¡±Please refer to me as ¡®doctor¡¯ while we¡¯re here¡± She quickly walked towards me as soon as she finished her sentence. She extended her hand and smiled, ¡±You must be the beautiful genius, Ms, Linda from the maritime university. Hi, I¡¯m Laura. I¡¯m the head of this research facility and also the colonel of the 5th regiment in the Japanese navy. It¡¯s a pleasure to meet you.¡± Her position was really impressive, no wonder Gary behaved so respectfully toward her. I was really impressed by such a capable woman. ¡±Hello, ¡± I extended my hand to shake hers and anxiously continued. ¡±Hello, I¡¯m Linda. I¡¯m currently a postgraduate researcher from the biology department of the maritime university.¡± Laura smiled and nodded, then said eagerly, ¡±Linda, yesterday several research personnel sustained heavy injuries as they were assaulted by the merman when they got close to him. The merman is now extremely aggressive, and Professor Peter is still unconscious.¡° R¨ºAdt??St chapters at Novel(D)ra/ma.Org Only As she said that, she took out a ck box out of her pocket, it was the same as the one Peter had shown me yesterday. She handed the box to me and said, ¡°I assume Peter told you that the merman is currently in a rut. I also heard that you¡¯re the only one who canmunicate with the merman. If this is true, we hope you will help us with the merman¡¯s mating process.¡° ¡°What? Mating? Does this mean that mermaids exist as well?¡° Laura shook her head and said, ¡°It¡¯s just a clone. The facility received a mermaid before but she was extremely weak and only lived for several days. The one we have now is her clone. It was estimated that she had a year left to live, but now it looks like she can¡¯t make it past one week.¡° ¡°I ¡®m willing to help! ¡°, I blurted without thinking. This was a valuable opportunity to research merpeople! I could examine the mating and reproduction process closely, and could even correct Dicken for mistaking me as his mating partner. When this thought came to my mind, I felt my body grow hot. An unexinable wave of pleasure travelled up from my crotch. This made me feel embarrassed and it was difficult to contain myself. What is going on with me? My mind started to feel drowsy. There seemed to be something slippery grinding against my crotch and my legs were losing their energy¡­ Chapter 27 Chapter 27 The Merman, My Man by ck Velvet Chapter 27 ¡°Linda! Are you okay?¡° I woke up after I heard Gary say that. I couldn¡¯t believe that I had fainted again, against Gary¡¯s chest no less! I quickly tried to get up but Gary hung onto my arm and didn¡¯t let go. ¡°Linda, are you alright? Are you having a fever? Your face looks flushed.¡° Laura ced her hand onto my forehead to check my temperature. Gary gripped my arm tightly and said strictly, ¡° Colonel Laura, as Linda¡¯s professor I¡¯m strongly against Linda participating in the research on merpeople reproduction! We should at least wait until Professor Peter is awake! ¡° I angrily snatched my arm away from his grip in rejection. ¡°No! I won¡¯t give up on a chance like this! ¡° Gary¡¯s muscles tensed and his face disyed a grim expression. He raised his voice and shouted, ¡° Absolutely not! ¡° If Laura hadn¡¯t been around, he probably would have restrained me with physical force. After seeing the situation at hand and knowing he was afraid of Laura, I quickly hid behind her and stuck my face out mouthing the words ¡®f*ck you¡¯. Then, I grabbed a windbreaker and put it on before following Laura. ¡±Doctor Laura, let¡¯s go. I¡¯m willing to participate in the inerpeople mating research project.¡± As I entered the research room within the reservoir for the second time, I smelled the fragrance again. I quickly covered my nose with the fabric of my clothes, the smell of disinfectant on it momentarily cleared my head. I realized that the fragrance caused me to think irrationally. Even though my mind was conscious, my body seemed to be reluctant to enter the reservoir. I didn¡¯t even dare to look for Dicken in the water around us. I was scared to see him, especially when it was confirmed that he was in a rut ! He even referred to me as his mating partner. It felt too shameful ! I followed Laura up the stairs without even looking up. This was another research room above the library. Peter didn¡¯ t bring me in herest time, it looked like ess here was restricted. The floor below my feet was made of ss and below the ss was seawater of a deep blue. Standing here, it felt like I was floating on the surface of the sea with swaying seaweed and shoals of fish below me. I still couldn¡¯t help but search for Dicken, but I sighed a breath of relief when I couldn¡¯t see him. ¡±What are you looking for? That imbecile of a merman?¡±, I jumped when I heard Gary¡¯s moody voice next to my ear. I turned to look at Gary and felt slightly fearful but masked it with anger and said, ¡± What are you saying? How can you describe mythical beings like this? Even before we caught this merman, you already referred to them as seductive evil beings! ¡°N?velDrama.Org owns all content. ¡°But this is a male, a greedy and barbaric male. You must have been fooled by his appearance! ¡° Gary gave me a death stare as if he was trying to find any weakness in my resolve. He gritted his teeth and said, ¡°That thing did¡­¡° ¡°Linda, look here! That is our mermaid! ¡° Laura interrupted Gary and I raised my head to take a look. A cylindrical ss tank was slowly lowered and when it was in front of us, I couldn¡¯t help but gasp in wonder. It really was a mermaid! I inadvertently walked toward her as she was just too beautiful! She really was like a seductive evil being, just as Gary had said. ¡°Her name is Alice. She¡¯s a beauty isn¡¯t she?¡° Laura approached the tank and said, ¡°She was in cryostasis for a long time, that¡¯s why she looks so weak.¡° That¡¯s right, she did appear weak. But thebination of her weakness and her beauty made her look unreal. She had silver hair like an elf and she didn¡¯t have a m bra as depicted in fairy tales, so her perfectly formed breasts were exposed right in front of us. Her skin was as bright as porcin and she had a pair of pitiful light green eyes. She was depressed. I felt her sadness, it seemed like she was mourning her own tragic fate. ¡°I ¡®m sorry¡­ You¡¯ll soon be with one of your kind, please don¡¯t be sad.¡± I put my hands on the ss and said that as I wanted tofort her but my heart was full of guilt. Humans were so selfish, we created beautiful beings like this in the name of research but we weren¡¯t able to let them live longer. And now, we were using her as a tool for research so that she would be of value to us before she dies. Chapter 28 Chapter 28 The Merman, My Man by ck Velvet Chapter 28 I began feeling uneasy about this project, so I asked, ¡°Doctor Laura, is it really okay for us to be doing this?¡° ¡°If the mating is sessful, that is, when the mermaid bes pregnant, can we sessfully raise the child with the current technology and our limited understanding of merpeople? This mermaid is naturally from a warmer climate and Die¡­ I mean the merman is from a colder climate. How can we know which climate their offspring would be more suited for? Where would we release them?¡°, I blurted out my thoughts. Laura just coldly shrugged her shoulders. She walked to me and expressionlessly said, ¡°I¡¯m sorry, our little researcher. We do not have the intention to release their offspring into the wild. We¡¯re not like you, we have different objectives.¡° ¡°What do you mean you¡¯re not like me? What objective?¡° I was confused by Laura¡¯s words, wasn¡¯t this a biology research facility? But when I wanted to pursue this matter further, Laura signaled the men behind her. I heard a ssh. ¡°Wait!¡° But it was already toote. Alice was already thrown into the water. Her long silver hair scattered in a mess while her pale skin glistened in the water, her appearance was so graceful. My eyes anxiously followed her, I had a bad feeling about this¡­ As she sank down from the water surface, she began to maneuver herself with her tail. She quickly adapted to her surroundings, and started to swim freely. My heart rate suddenly became more rapid. I had a bad feeling about this and it was making me panic. I clenched my fists in an effort to calm myself. Alice seemed to have sensed the fragrance that Dicken had emitted and so she started seeking the source. I called out in my mind, ¡®Dicken, where are you? Your mate is looking for you.¡¯ I anxiously waited for Dicken to appear and the uneasiness I had been feeling grew worse. Finally, Dicken¡¯s dark silhouette appeared in the water. I suddenly felt shaken and my legs trembled to the point where I almost fell. Gary immediately came to support me and shouted, ¡° Linda, stop watching! ¡° I escaped from his arms with annoyance and walked to Laura¡¯s side and asked, ¡°Doctor, you have cigarettes right? I¡¯d like to have one.¡° I saw the pack of cigarettes in her breast pocket. Laura smiled and handed me a long and thin cigarette from it. I took it and steadied myself mentally. I didn¡¯t have a nicotine addiction but I would asionally smoke when I was stressed or frustrated. Right then, I needed one to calm myself.T¨ºxt belongs to N?velDrama.Org. I squatted down, lit the cigarette, and took a long drag. The smell of tobo overpowered the merman¡¯s fragrance and it calmed my nerves. Alice was slowly approaching Dicken and she seemed enthusiastic. She waved her tail in front of Dicken several times as if she was dancing. This was a good start, many creatures would do this to attract potential partners to mate with. I really hoped the mating process between them would be sessful. The aggressive Dicken from before was calm now. He wasn¡¯t as fierce as when he was with me before. He was just floating peacefully in the water. He then extended both his arms, like a king weing his concubine. This was also pretty strange however, because it was usually the male who tried to attract the female¡¯s attention. Dicken¡¯s behavior was the opposite, it seemed like the roles were reversed. Dicken! What are you waiting for? Go on! Chapter 29 Chapter 29 The Merman, My Man by ck Velvet Chapter 29 I was so anxious for Dicken that I broke out in a sweat. Here there was a gorgeous mermaid right in front of him, and he was just floating there. What was he waiting for! I took another long drag from the cigarette. When Alice swam into Dicken¡¯s embrace, I almost forgot to breathe! Dicken finally reacted as he embraced Alice. He tilted his head down into Alice¡¯s neck to take in her scent. Alice seemed to enjoy this as she shook her tail happily. I became more and more invested in the scene before me that I forgot to remove the cigarette from my lips. But then I saw something that I will not forget for the rest of my life. ¡°Ahhh! ¡°, I screamed as I fell onto the floor. I was so shocked that I couldn¡¯t even move. Laura, who had always been calm, also screamed in shock. She stumbled backward but thankfully the men following her helped support her. Alice¡¯s pale white corpse was muddled with purplish blood. Her body, limbs, and head floated up to the surface of the water. Her green eyes were still opened and she was staring at us, using us of her tragic fate! R¨ºAdt??St chapters at Novel(D)ra/ma.Org Only Dicken looked like a harbinger from hell as he tore apart Alice¡¯s remains. He licked his lips and his deep abysmal eyes were devoid of remorse , only desire and hunger befitting a savage beast. His handsome face now only reflected ferocity. It was as Gary said, he was a demon. I shouldn¡¯t have been deceived by his appearance ! I rushed down the stairs to where Dicken and Alice were and desperately banged on the ss door. I desperately shouted, ¡±Damn it, Alice. My Alice¡­ Stop it, Dicken! She¡¯s of the same species as you, you can¡¯t do this!¡± It was unclear whether Dicken had heard my shouting or whether he was just attracted by my movements, but he stopped tearing Alice apart. He looked in my direction and the ferocity in his expression disappeared. Surprisingly, it was reced with a somewhat gentle expression. His pursed lips were now curled into a small smile and his deep eyes were staring into mine. He licked his lips and let go of Alice¡¯s carcass, then swain to me like he was chasing his lover. In what felt like an instant, his hiking body was suddenly before me. I shockingly watched as he stered himself against the ss and started licking the areas on the ss where I had touched. In that moment, he looked like a starved sex maniac. I was taken aback by this teasing action. I took a deep breath, not knowing how I should react. I felt someone¡¯s presence behind me so I turned to take a look. It was Laura and she was staring at me with a curious expression. Gary, on the other hand, had a dark and grim expression as he clenched both of his fists tightly. Laura immediately regained herposure, with a look of mild surprise, she asked as she looked at Dicken in front of me, ¡±You named him Dicken?¡± She coughed lightly and continued, ¡±And he responded to you calling his name? How did you achieve this? God, you¡¯ve tamed such a scary and ferocious beast ! ¡± Dicken was still lewdly teasing me. I immediately got away from the ss door and went somewhere where he couldn¡¯t see me. Then, I replied, ¡±No, it¡¯s not really his name. It¡¯s just something he responds to. I¡¯ve discussed this with Peter previously and this word could mean¡­ ¡± Laura looked like she was eager for me to continue. She took a step forward and asked, ¡±What could it mean?¡± The words were stuck in my throat and I couldn¡¯t bring myself to exin. I held my breath and my face quickly grew hotter. Chapter 30 Chapter 30 The Merman, My Man by ck Velvet Chapter 30 The phrase referred to attracting a mate, in a rut, or courtship? I had no idea how to exin this phrase and what Dicken had been doing. Regardless, Dicken¡¯s actions were obviously of a teasing nature to me. If it were a monkey or gori before me, I would analyze them rationally from a scientific perspective without feeling embarrassed even if they were unting their penises. But when it came to Dicken and his lewd hints, I couldn¡¯t exin the meaning behind the word, I would rather bury my head in a hole like an ostrich. Why did I feel that way? Was I subconsciously treating him as a human being? No, that wasn¡¯t possible. That was definitely not true! N?velDrama.Org owns all content. As I was being tormented by my own thoughts, Laura had been staring at me and waiting for my answer which made me feel more ashamed than I already was. I could only turn to Gary for help. But when I turned to look at him, he pretended not to see it. I felt as though he was saying ¡®See? You brought this upon yourself! ¡® I could only say with a thick face, ¡°This¡­ refers to¡­ ¡® partner¡¯.¡° I swear I didn¡¯t mean to be untruthful to scientific facts! But the words continued to leave my lips. ¡° This phrase could have a special meaning to inerpeople. So when I shouted this phrase, it attracted him. As for the specific meaning of this phrase, we will only know for sure when we analyze it with Professor Peter after he wakes up.¡± Laura seemed disappointed with my answer. She sighed and said, ¡±Alice was a lot of effort to raise as she was our only mermaid clone. I didn¡¯t expect her to be that merman¡¯s food source. Why did he suddenly go insane? This is unbelievable! ¡° Recalling what I saw earlier of Alice¡¯s tragic state, I couldn¡¯t help but feel my chest tighten. My inability to stop that from happening tormented me with guilt. I said sadly, ¡±I don¡¯t know why this happened as well. Peter said that the merman had been refusing to eat since he was brought here. He didn¡¯t even devour the dolphins that were with him. Why then did he eat another of the same species¡­ ¡± ¡±This is exactly why we need your help, Linda¡±, Laura interrupted as she ced a hand on my shoulder, ¡±only you can effectivelymunicate with him. You¡¯re really a genius in biology. With my authority as the head of this facility, I cordially invite you to lead the merpeople research project. I will prepare an official letter of employment. I suppose this will be a good opportunity for you to gather material for your thesis. Of course, this project is also very important to the Japanese government.¡± I inhaled a deep breath, ruminating on what Laura had said. I asked, ¡±You mean the government is hiring me, and I will be working for the government?¡± Based on the years of experience as a student, I could tell Laura wasn¡¯t saying this as an academic but rather, as a colonel. If I were to refuse, I would never have the chance to research merpeople ever again. This was an oue I could never ept as merpeople research had been my goal for the past several years. I nodded my head and said, ¡±I ept.¡± ¡±Then as her professor, I¡¯m willing to supervise her as shepletes this project, Professor Laura. She¡¯s still quite young and has no prior experience in working here.¡± Gary seemed to have nned to say this line immediately after I finished mine. I could tell he was anxious. I had never seen him be so careful before, and I could neverprehend the deeper meaning behind his words. Chapter 31 Chapter 31 The Merman, My Man by ck Velvet Chapter 31 Laura crossed her arms. She said sternly with a smile, ¡°That¡¯s a pity. We¡¯ll only hire Ms. Linda for this project if she does so independently. As for you, Gary, you need to have more faith in your student. R¨ºAdt??St chapters at Novel(D)ra/ma.Org Only She¡¯s very impressive just as you said, and as her professor, you should be happy for her.¡° ¡°No! You have no idea how terrifying merpeople really are! How can I let Linda research this on her own! I need to be responsible for the safety of my students! ¡° Gary argued as he stood in front of me, blocking me as if I would be kidnapped that very second. This was the first time he behaved so stubbornly in front of Professor Laura. This made me scoff. Gary was the one who was the biggest threat to my safety. After all, he almost raped me, twice! Besides, he wasn¡¯t my guardian, so how could he have made decisions on my behalf? I walked out from behind him, stood next to Laura and faced Gary before I said, ¡°I ¡®m confident that I canplete this project independently, Professor Laura.¡° Yes, I deliberately did this out of spite. If it weren¡¯t for him almost raping me twice, my rtionship with Gary wouldn¡¯t have deteriorated to this extent. Gary¡¯s expression was confusing and littered with emotions I couldn¡¯tprehend. He still tried to stop me. ¡°Linda, you can still change your mind. So please, it¡¯s not toote to change your mind ande back, alright?¡° Gary seldom begged me like this and I even felt touched for a split second. Before I could read between the lines of what Gary had just said, Laura had pulled out a fountain pen from her pocket. When Gary saw the pen, he looked like he just saw something terrifying. He then started twitching as if he got electrocuted, and fell onto the floor. I was still shocked, and Laura eximed, ¡°Oh my god! What happened to him? Someone take him to the hospital! ¡° Several men in military uniforms came in and quickly carried Gary out of the room. It was only then that I could react. I tried to follow them and asked, ¡°Wait! What¡¯s up with him?¡° But Laura held me back andforted me as she said, ¡°It¡¯s nothing serious. I¡¯ve worked with Gary before and found out he has epilepsy. He must have been too agitated earlier. He will be looked after by medical officers so you don¡¯t need to worry too much.¡° ¡°Goodness! Is that true?¡° I was quite surprised. Gary always seemed so healthy, but it also made sense that he had epilepsy. No wonder he would sometimes lose control over his emotions. Under Laura¡¯s arrangements that night, an office and living quarters with a bathtub were prepared on the third floor of the research room within the reservoir. She arranged this specifically for my work here as a researcher so that I could record the regr behavior of the merman. He was below the ss beneath my feet after all. I was very happy with the arrangements, but I was still somewhat scared to be living so closely with the merman, so I expressed my concerns to Laura. She told me that there were security personnel right outside my door. All I needed to do was press the emergency button on my desk and they would rush in to protect me. She even gave me a new tranquilizer gun that didn¡¯t need to be reloaded after every shot. This gave me some peace of mind. I thought I wouldn¡¯t be able to sleep that night. After all, it was my first time having my own personal research room. But the excitement from the past several days had worn me down. After I closed my eyes, it didn¡¯t take long for me to drift away in a dream. Chapter 32 Chapter 32 The Merman, My Man by ck Velvet Chapter 32 Around midnight, I felt something heavy crushing me. My body was drained of the slightest energy and my mind was still groggy. My body felt weary like I was having a fever and I kept hearing voices next to my ear calling out my name. I realized I was in a nightmare. I frequently had nightmares like this when I was researching. I did what I would always do to wake myself up from a nightmare like this. I would silently repeat my own name and clench my fists as hard as I could. But this time, the feeling of being paralyzed exacerbated, and the weird voice started to sound clearer. I could faintly make out a string of sybles that I was extremely familiar with. When I realized what was going on, I broke out in a cold sweat. This was the merman¡¯s voice. He was calling out my name! How could I hear his voice from here? T¨ºxt belongs to N?velDrama.Org. This room should be soundproof! I fought to open my eyes and stiffly tried to move my neck. I wanted to know where the voice was turned out that I forgot to switch it off before I went to sleep. I thought the merman had gotten out of the reservoir and hade into my room. What an absurd thought ! As if the merman could do that ! Even if he was a ferocious beast, he couldn¡¯t have bypassed the high-tech defense system. Just then, I could feel my limbs starting to rx and I could slowly start to move them. I tucked my fringe behind my ear and felt my forehead to check if I was having a fever. Since when was I this scared of the merman? As a researcher, I had to ovee my fear of the research subject. I would still need to interact with him frequently in the future, so I needed to get used to being around him. I rambled on and on in my head in an attempt to calm myself, but the feeling of difort only intensified. It felt like I was floating on a heatwave and my cells were emitting steam. At the same time, a strange tingly feeling crawled up from below my spine. This unsettling feeling made me toss and turn on the bed, it was impossible to feel at peace. I couldn¡¯t take it anymore , so I got up to switch off the sonar. As soon as I stood up, my legs couldn¡¯t support the weight of my body so I fell onto the ss floor. Why were my legs numb all of a sudden? All I could do at that moment was stare at the blinking light on my desk, I didn¡¯t have the energy to stand up. The merman¡¯s hoarse voice that came from the sonar didn¡¯t sound like mere mumbling. Instead, his voice felt like it was reverberating around me, as if Dicken was whispering right into my ear. It even felt like I could feel his breathing and feel his tongue slithering all over my earlobe. My own breathing started bing heavier and heavier as well. I felt like a curse had gotten hold of me and waves of lust had washed over my body. This feeling terrified me because I couldn¡¯t exin this scientifically. Did this mean that what the elderly woman said in my dream was true, that merman had some sort of mysterious powers? My body started to be more sensitive, in tandem with the increasing intensity of the merman¡¯s hoarse voice. Beginning from the base of my spine, spreading out to my limbs, then finally concentrating at the opening between my legs. My thighs and private parts started to tingle as the thought of my body feeling empty crossed my mind. Chapter 33 Chapter 33 The Merman, My Man by ck Velvet Chapter 33 I unknowingly tugged at my panties causing the cotton material to rub against my sensitive spot. It only satiated me for a short period but my yearning grew stronger after that. I couldn¡¯t lie to myself, my opening was yearning for something to enter it. ¡±F*ck! ¡±I couldn¡¯t help but curse out loud and desperately shake my head to get rid of the immoral and shameful thought I just had. While I was thrashing about in bed, several buttons on my pajamas somehow came undone. The skin on my bare chest was flushed red as if I was having a fever. No matter how much I shook my head, I still felt like I was in a drunken stupor. I yelled at myself in my mind, ¡®Linda, just get up ! It¡¯s all just because of the sonar ! All you need to do is switch it off ! ¡® I desperately fought the urge to reach my hand down between my legs to please my raging urge. I repeatedly reminded myself that I had to switch the sonar off. I curled my legs and clenched my thighs as tight as I could and gathered some strength in my arms to push myself up. I crawled toward my desk and switched it off. Dicken¡¯s hoarse voice finally stopped. The aroused feeling finally disappeared, but I copsed onto the floor because I had expanded too much energy just now. The floor was smeared with tracks of my sweat. ¡®How did I sweat so much within such a short time frame? It looked as if I just had an intense workout! ¡®Oh my god! What was I thinking?¡¯ I hit myself in the head several times to disperse the thought of two bodies being entangled with each other. But the thought of being raped still reminded me of the shameful state I was in. ¡®Did that mean that the merman¡¯s voice had an arousing effect? And that merpeople were naturally lewd creatures?¡¯ I suppressed my feelings of embarrassment by trying to convince myself that this was just one of the special features of merpeople and a good aspect to research on. After that, I crawled up and slumped down onto a chair. I took a moment to rub my exposed corbone before preparing to take a shower. Just then, I noticed a dark silhouette hiding within the seaweed below the ss floor. In the dark night, a pair of luminescent eyes were staring at me from below! It looked like he had been staring at me all along! I quickly covered my mouth to stop myself from screaming. I closed my eyes momentarily and opened them again to make sure I wasn¡¯t imagining things. Dicken pushed one hand against the other side of the ss floor to bnce himself while the other was on arge object below his torso. He saw that I noticed him and so he pressed his body against the ss and rubbed against it several times. R¨ºAdt??St chapters at Novel(D)ra/ma.Org Only Of course I realized what he was doing! The scene I saw earlier kept reying in my head. I was trying so hard to ovee my own problems that I didn¡¯t notice the situation beneath the floor. While being underwater and beneath the ss earlier, he was watching me and bewitching me with his voice. Chapter 34 Chapter 34 The Merman, My Man by ck Velvet Chapter 34 I was stunned as I saw the merman finish that stuff. He then smiled with a satisfied expression. My face immediately became red and my ears turned hot. What the f*ck! How did this happen? The ss flooring was supposed to be convenient for me to observe the merman, but now it had be something he used to spy on me. This was the joke of the century! But I couldn¡¯t bring myself tough. All I could feel was embarrassment. Luckily, I was the only one there. If someone else saw what had happened, I would be the joke of the entire biology academia ¡ª the researcher who fell victim to the sexual fantasies of her own research subject. That would have been preposterous! This wasn¡¯t going ording to n. It was a mistake! I had to correct the merman¡¯s perception of me being his mating target. How could he even think of mating with someone of a whole different species? Dicken was still beneath the floor, swimming around right below my feet, looking as though he was reminiscing the rush of the climax he had. My thoughts were a mess and my clothes were ufortably stuck to my body from all the sweat. I didn¡¯t want to face this lewd merman any longer, so I walked towards the bathroom. I could see Dicken following my footsteps underneath the ss, neither too fast nor too slow. Goosebumps rose on my skin. I stomped my feet on the ss to muster up some courage and yelled, ¡°Stop following me, you beast! ¡° But the merman didn¡¯t seem to catch what I was trying to convey and he continued following me beneath the ss. He was still snooping at me with his deep abysmal eyes. His face was enveloped in the shadow of the night and it made him look all the more creepy. This was the third time I had cursed within the past hour. I was extremely frustrated. I had to take the lead in this and not allow him to drag me by the nose! I took a deep breath, gathered some courage and stood bravely in front of Dicken, then I removed all items of clothing I had on me and exposed myselfpletely. Dicken¡¯s expression became one of mild surprise, perhaps he didn¡¯t expect me to bravely do this in front of him, or maybe he was surprised to see a lower body that waspletely different from his. I finally felt like I was more dominant and felt encouraged by what I had just done. I squatted down and that made my thighs open up, but I didn¡¯t mind. I faced the ss floor and said, ¡° Look at me carefully, you beast. I am a human. I have legs and I walk onnd. I am totally different from you, so I can¡¯t be your mating partner.¡° N?velDrama.Org owns all content. I knew that there was no way he could have heard what I said, but I wanted to vent my frustrations. I had to show that I was different from him and the only way to do that was to expose myselfpletely. He probably guessed what I was trying to say. He stuck his face closer to the ss until his nose bridge lightly touched it. His eyes were inspecting my body for a while and then he stopped below my opening. He obviously became excited at the sight of it. He stuck his tongue out to lick the ss right below my opening, and I saw him take a big gulp. He started to be impatient and began hitting the ss several times with his webbed ws. It looked as if he could climb though the floor at any second. I was rendered speechless from his actions. He obviously didn¡¯t realize that my body was different from his, in fact, he desired my body even more than before ! Chapter 35 Chapter 35 The Merman, My Man by ck Velvet Chapter 35 I was shocked by the scene beneath me. Dicken had surprisingly stopped hitting the ss as well as all his other movements. He paused for a while, then turned around to swim towards the deeper parts of the reservoir. As he was doing that, he halted momentarily and turned back to nce at me once more before disappearing into the deep. With Dicken gone, I continued looking around anxiously. After I was sure he wasn¡¯t spying on me nearby, I let out a sigh of relief. I started to suspect that whatever I had seen was just a misunderstanding from my end. Perhaps Dicken¡¯s behavior wasn¡¯t because he was aroused, but because he was upset that I was of a different species, maybe that¡¯s why he looked so sad when he left. Otherwise, why would he have left so suddenly? I pushed the thoughts away for the time being and turned on the shower to wash away the sweat from my body. Suddenly, I heard a sharp sirening from my room. I quickly wrapped myself in a towel and rushed out to see what themotion was. R¨ºAdt??St chapters at Novel(D)ra/ma.Org Only I looked at the weather forecast on the screen in the research room and it said that a storm was My heart sank as I recalled what had happened on the boat. ¡°Linda! Hey, Linda! Are you awake? Can you hear me?¡° Laura¡¯s voice could be heard from the I quickly picked it up and said, ¡±I¡¯m here, Professor. Is there a storm coining? What should we do?¡± ¡±You don¡¯t need to worry. No matter how severe the storm is, it will not affect theb underwater. You can continue your research with no problems. But I must let you know that Gary, the other personnel, and I must leave the ind. You¡¯ll be alone in the research room for several days. We wille back immediately when the storm blows over, do you understand?¡± I felt anxious because of the current situation, but when I recalled that I had enough food and water and that I shouldn¡¯t cause trouble for others, I steeled myself and said, ¡±Alright , please be careful everyone. I will wait here for your return.¡± ¡±Okay¡±, said Laura, ¡±themunicator you¡¯re using can still be used to contact us over the next few days. If you have any problems, just¡­ ¡± Before she could finish, only the sound of static could be heard from themunicator as the signal grew weaker and weaker. I tried calling her several times but the line was already dead. I assumed that the brewing storin must have messed up the signals. Perhaps it would work again after the storm was over or when the line got fixed. I nervously put themunicator down when I realized that there was a dark mass on the ss floor next to my desk. I took a closer look and saw that it was a tangled bundle of seaweed and it was linked to a trail of water stains. The trail led right outside the cabin door on the second floor. The cabin door was opened just wide enough for one person to go through and the water level in the reservoir had lowered by half! A chill crawled up my spine. I then noticed the reflection of something resembling a python looming above me on the ss floor, several salty beads of water dripped onto me and the sound of breathing could be heard from behind me. I didn¡¯t have any more headspace to figure out how the merman hade in. All I knew was that the merman behind me had lowered his head into my neck to breathe in my scent, kind of like a kid addicted to the smell of gasoline. And right then, I was only d in a towel. The fear left me petrified and my legs started to shake. I wanted to escape but my feet were nted firmly onto the ground. My mind was also nk. I could feel Dicken¡¯s wet skin stered against my back, as well as a hot and hard object pressing against my tailbone. The moment I realized what that was, my mind became nk. Chapter 36 Chapter 36 The Merman, My Man by ck Velvet Chapter 36 Without a care in the world, I began running, but Dicken swept his tail in front of me causing me to stumble forward a few steps and collide with the desk. Suddenly I remembered there was something I could use in the desk drawer ¡ª the tranquilizer gun! This thing was like a savior to me, especially in this situation. I quickly took the tranquilizer gun out from the drawer and held onto it with both hands before turning around. The gun was coincidentally aimed at Dicken¡¯s chest as he pursued me. He immediately grabbed the gun and pushed it away. Damn it! He was so strong! He probably could have bent the gun in half if he wanted to! I sweat profusely as I held onto the gun for dear life, and just like that, we were at a stalemate. I didn¡¯t know why I was so scared of Dicken, he did try to protect me back on the boat after all. Nheless, I kept having a bad feeling that if I didn¡¯t struggle to get away, something bad would happen. I had a weird sense of d¨¦ja vu that something like this had happened before. Truth be told, I was scared that the merman was going to rape me. The thing on his lower body was right in front of me. He didn¡¯t even bother hiding the lust in his eyes as he inspected my naked body. I couldn¡¯t even try to cover my own privates, even though I desperately wanted to. I couldn¡¯t take it anymore. I ced a finger on the trigger and warned him, ¡°Don¡¯te any closer! If you do, I will fire the gun! ¡° After I finished my sentence, I poked his chest with the barrel as a threat. He should have known what I meant since he was hit with tranquilizer darts before. Dicken¡¯s eyes were dark. He bore his fangs that glinted in the darkness. He was obviously trying to threaten me as well. Moreover, based on his expression, it didn¡¯t seem like he was scared of the tranquilizer gun at all. He held onto the gun and pushed the barrel away from his chest inch by inch as if he was only teasing me earlier. The muscles in my arms were already sore. How could the strength of a woman like me Right then, something cold and slippery wrapped itself around my ankle, his fishtail was forcing my legs open. Then, I saw Dicken look at the bush between my legs greedily while licking his lips. ¡°F*ck off!¡° I couldn¡¯t tolerate the shame of being vited any longer, so I pulled the trigger and a dart embedded itself into Dicken¡¯s chest. His movements paused and his grip loosened. I immediately got away from him, grabbed themunicator, and ran downstairs. ¡°Hello? Hello? Can anyone hear me? This is Linda, I need help! ¡° I shouted into themunicator as I ran, but only static could be heard from it. Eventually, I could R¨ºAdt??St chapters at Novel(D)ra/ma.Org Only make out a voice from the choppy noises. I was familiar with that voice¡­ Gary! ¡°Hello? Is this Linda?¡° Hearing Gary¡¯s voice in a situation like this was enough to move me to tears. But just as I was about to respond, my legs stepped on something slippery and I rolled down the stairs. By the time I hit the floor at the end of the stairs, my head was spinning and I could feel a sharp pain in my knee. I must have injured myself. Perhaps I had broken a bone or injured a ligament because I didn¡¯t have the strength to crawl up. What was worse was that themunicator and tranquilizer gun had fallen a few meters away from me. I had to get to them. I desperately pushed myself in that direction with my arms. I regretted not listening to Gary. I shouldn¡¯t have epted conducting research on the merman independently. From above me, I could sense Dicken getting closer, his shadow could be seen loomingrger and stretching longer right in front of me. It looked like a n abyss, an abyss I would rather be trapped in than to be here in this situation. Dicken¡¯s ghost-like voice echoed throughout the empty reservoir. ¡°My¡­ Linda¡­¡° There was nowhere to run. Chapter 37 Chapter 37 The Merman, My Man by ck Velvet Chapter 37 Dicken¡¯s movements were slowed down by the stairs, so I took this opportunity to push myself forward with all my might. By the time his looming shadow had fully engulfed me, I managed to grab hold of the tranquilizer gun. ¡°D-i-c-k-e-n-D-i-c-k-e-n¡° He sounded impatient and feelings of desire could be heard in his voice. He sounded like a starved beast that could swallow me whole right at that moment. I knew that it would be toote if I didn¡¯t act there and then. So, I aimed the gun at him again, but this time I aimed at his forehead. The sight of his deep eyes made me shudder for a second. But in the next second, I fired the gun at him without any hesitation. *C1ick*Only a clicking sound could be heard from the gun, the gun was empty. Why was there only one dart in this gun? Damn it! There was no time to inspect whether or not the gun was jammed. Dicken had already propped himself upright with his tail. He stared down at me while his lips cracked open in a smile. He wasughing at my futile actions! I proceeded to hit him continuously with the gun but he caught it steadily with one hand. He redirected his gaze to the gun before cing his other hand onto the gun. He bent the gun effortlessly until it curved before tossing it aside like it was a mere stic bottle. ¡°I -t -Ca-n -no-t -hurt -me¡° Dicken increased the pitch of his voice like he purposely said it for me to hear. I didn¡¯t even know why I was shocked anymore. Was it his brute strength, the fact that he could speak ournguage, or that he was deliberately trying to provoke me? He basically just said, ¡° There¡¯s no way this thing can hurt me! ¡° The prior experiences I had with him seemed like a joke now. Dear God, what did I do to deserve this? From the corner of my eye, I noticed a fire extinguisher not far from me. It seemed unnecessary to have a fire extinguisher here of all ces, but right then it gave me renewed hope. I still had a chance N?velDrama.Org owns all content. to save myself! I could do it! I started to crawl towards the fire extinguisher desperately while Dicken just stared at me like I was a toddler who just took their first steps. Just when the fire extinguisher was just an arm¡¯s reach away, I felt something tugging at my ankle and just like that, I was dragged several meters away from my goal. ¡°F*ck! ¡°, I cursed despairingly. ¡°Sh*t!¡° I continued to curse helplessly as Dicken dragged me to him. I could only curl myself up tightly and try to cover my privates the best I could. It was thest line of defense a victim like me could have before being r*ped. ¡±F*ck off, you imbecile ! ¡± I must have been whimpering when I uttered those words because they sounded so powerless. After he heard me say that, Dicken just bent down. Without much effort, he forced my legs open even though I tried my best to keep them closed. As I frantically thrashed around in an attempt to escape Dicken¡¯s control over me, he suddenly grab ahold of my calves. In a split second, I was dragged right in front of him. His that thing was right in front of my face and drips of fluid oozed out of its tip. I was so shocked that I could no longer think rationally. I just screamed like I was crazy. My screams echoed throughout the entire reservoir but nobody could help me because I was all alone. I instinctively struggled with all my might, but it still wasn¡¯t enough for me to avoid my fate. Both my legs hung on Dicken¡¯s rock- hard shoulders which made the injury in my leg even more painful. However, the pain was nothingpared to how embarrassed I felt in that position. It was weird though, because I felt like I had gone through this before. Did I? I almost started weeping as the feeling seeped out from my subconscious. Chapter 38 Chapter 38 The Merman, My Man by ck Velvet Chapter 38 ¡°You shameless bastard! Despicable beast, let go of one!¡± I cursed at him as I cried, thrashing my arms at his head that was moving towards the sensitive area between my legs. My butt was suddenly raised up by his tail and my entire lower body waspletely exposed to him. He looked like a sex addict as he stared excitingly at my private parts, causing his eyes to light up. ¡°L- in- d-a-m-y-li-n-d-a¡° ¡°Don¡¯t look at me like that! I¡¯m a human! We are biologically different from you merpeople, you imbecile. F*ck off!¡° I became very furious because of the way he looked at me and because of the position he had put me in. I shouted at him until my face became red. I tried to extend my hand out to cover up my exposed sensitive spot, but I couldn¡¯t gather any energy in my arm while in that position. Dicken leaned down and started licking at my wounded knee like it was a gourmet dish. He licked all the blood away and the pain from the wound lessened. I realized that Dicken was treating my wound, even so, I wouldn¡¯t back down because of this. I was right in assuming that Dicken wouldn¡¯t let go of me once I had fully recovered. He just needed a healthy body to amodate him, that¡¯s why he was healing my wounds. As expected, the moment the wound stopped hurting, he started to lick my inner thighs with the agile, snake-like tongue of his and trailed it down towards my bush. What was even more embarrassing was that I had be very wet down there! My minor reaction didn¡¯t escape Dicken¡¯s eyes. ¡°Ah¡­ no¡­ don¡¯t¡° I didn¡¯t mean for my screams to sound like moans but I had never experienced being licked down there before, I couldn¡¯t hold myself together from the overstimtion. I tried to move my hips so that I could get myself away from the assault of his tongue but my hips were locked in ce by his arms. The stimtion caused my rationality to slip away from my mind and instead caused it to be filled with N?velDrama.Org owns all content. desire. If Dicken was a human, he would have been an experienced s*x guru. It didn¡¯t take long for me to let down my walls of defense. My entire body flushed a shade of red as I bit my lip to prevent myself from moaning. I never had s*x before, so why was my body so sensitive when this was my first time. ¡®What was up with you, Linda?¡¯ Although I was painfully aware that I was being vited by a beast¡¯s tongue in such an embarrassing manner, I shut my eyes tightly as I couldn¡¯t bear to look any further. I was so ashamed that I felt like I could die right there and then. I shook my head in an effort to push away the erotic thoughts, but my body was yearning for more stimtion¡­ It was like I wanted Dicken to vite me further. Chapter 39 Chapter 39 The Merman, My Man by ck Velvet Chapter 39 As the thought popped into my mind, Dicken unexpectedly stopped. The emptiness I felt down there only exacerbated my arousal and I let out a dissatisfied moan in protest. Oh my god! I couldn¡¯t believe I made a sound like that! I wanted to raise my hand to cover my mouth so that I wouldn¡¯t make any more shameful noises. But my wrists had lost all their strength, it was as if they had melted away from my arousal. Dicken held onto my waist and flipped me over to a position where I was on my hands and knees. No! Stop! I didn¡¯t want to be a mere object for the beast to resolve his arousal. Theck of stimtion momentarily sobered me up and I managed to reject the desires in my mind. N?velDrama.Org owns all content. I tried my best to block him with my arm and bent my knees to crawl away. But a split second was all Dicken needed to pull me back into his embrace. It felt like a zing hot iron rod was rubbing against my skin. He breathed erotically into my ear, making me feel his humid breath. ¡°L-in-d-a-m-y-li-n-d-a.¡° This tender act only made me realize what horrifying thing would happen next, so I loudly screamed, ¡°Help me! Somebody help me! Gary, Laura, where are you? Is there anybody that can¡­¡° The subsequent words were stuck in my throat as I felt my opening stretch wide. He came in directly, and the stimtion caused me to lose my voice immediately. I hopelessly started shedding tears. I was being raped by a beast, nobody could save me¡­ Nobody¡­ I didn¡¯t even have the energy to hold my head up and there were tears smeared all over my face. I knew it was impossible but I still hoped that Dicken wouldn¡¯t like how my body felt and that he would stop this. It felt like I was in a nightmare. The next second, Dicken maneuvered his tail to lift my leg up and he also ced a hand under my lower belly so that my butt was facing a higher angle. I shuddered uncontrobly. My entire body felt like it had melted, except for my butt that was still raised high. He stretched an arm out to press my head onto the floor before leaning forward to take my earlobe into his mouth. He sucked on it at first and then bit on it suddenly. ¡°You h*rny¡­ imbecile¡­¡°, I cursed at him weakly between sobs. But the merman¡¯s response to that was to do it more violently like he wanted to nail me onto a cross of shame. With every thrust, the tender flesh within me contracted tighter. It was like I was about to be tortured to death. Chapter 40 Chapter 40 The Merman, My Man by ck Velvet Chapter 40 In reality, I was already on the brink of death. My head was pinned to the ground, my throat could only emit broken moans, and my face was smeared with tears and snot. Even my waist didn¡¯t belong to me anymore. My body was no longer under my control and was moving in tandem with Dicken¡¯s thrusting. The muscles in my legs were also twitching to the rhythm of each thrust. I felt as though my soul had left my body and it was being sucked in a ck hole called Dicken. The feeling of emptiness every time he pulled his shaft outward terrified me. I subconsciously wanted to grab something but at that moment, all I could do was w at the floor weakly. I couldn¡¯t even do it for long because Dicken intertwined his fingers with mine and held my hand, taking away myst sense of security. A hurried statement emanated from his throat, ¡° Dicken-Linda.¡° Then, I suddenly felt something cold within my body, giving me goosebumps. A cold and sticky liquid had ejacted into my body. I knew exactly what that was. When this truth finally hit me, I broke down mentally. My face was still pressed onto the ground and smeared with tears, but I couldn¡¯t feel anything else anymore. After a while, I felt like I had flipped over again¡­ I suddenly felt like I was submerged in darkness. When I finally opened my eyes, I wasn¡¯t in the research room, nor on the inds. Instead, I was at a sea that I haven¡¯t been to for a very long time. This sea was much colder than where I was and several broken chunks of ice were floating on its surface. There was a speedboat not far from where I was but it had overturned. Its engine was still running and it made sshes on the sea surface. It was a pity that there was nothing I could do with that. As for me right then¡­ Where on Earth was I? This ce looked familiar. I lowered my head and saw my hands were the size of a child¡¯s. But these hands were swollen from being submerged for too long and the fingers had already turned purple from the cold. It looked like I didn¡¯t have long to live. ¡°Linda! Linda, my daughter, where are you?¡° ¡°Oh my goodness, somebody, help me! God, please protect my daughter. She¡¯s only six years old, she must live on! Who can tell me where my daughter is?¡± I could hear the shouting but judging by the rity of the voice, they must have been far away. Even then, now that I knew they wereing to save me, I had to get their attention. ¡°Mom! Dad! I¡¯m over here! I¡¯m right here! ¡° ¡°Mom! Dad! ¡° But the sound of my voice was too soft, nobody could hear my calls for help. I wanted to stomp or ssh around to attract their attention, but then I realized that my entire body had frozen. It was as though I had be an ice sculpture. The only body parts I could move were my fingers. I started to cry. ¡°Wah¡­ I¡¯m right here! Mom! Dad! ¡° ¡°I¡¯m over here! ¡° I screamed as loud as I could but my voice was as soft as a whisper. By then, the water had risen up to N?velDrama.Org owns all content. my neck and I couldn¡¯t raise my head higher even if I wanted to. I was about to die¡­ I couldn¡¯t do anything. I could only wait for my death in despair. Suddenly, something grabbed a hold of my leg underwater! My entire body was dragged down from the water¡¯s surface. A pair of strong, pale arms enveloped me in an embrace and my head rested against his sturdy bicep. His hair was long, floating around him like seaweed. Chapter 41 Chapter 41 The Merman, My Man by ck Velvet Chapter 41 Someone saved me and it was someone who could swim in the icy cold water! I was saved! My heart ignited with new hope. I wanted to raise my head to see my savior¡¯s face but I couldn¡¯t because even my neck was stiff. He pushed me up causing the water to ssh where I had emerged from the surface, and swam towards the direction of all the shouting. The sound of my parents¡¯ voices became clearer as I got closer. I was about to be saved! When warm light shone onto me, I realized that I could live to see another day even though my vision was bing blurry and my consciousness was slipping away. I could hear my mom exim, ¡°Thank the Lord, it¡¯s Linda! She¡¯s swimming towards us. Oh, my child! ¡° ¡°Goodness gracious, it must be a miracle that she¡¯s still alive! Come and take a look, someone is dragging her¡­¡° ¡°Good Lord, what is that? It¡¯s a¡­¡° The strong arm that was dragging me along the water surface suddenly released its grip. I was left floating on the water and I could feel myself drifting several meters. Then, several pairs of hands lifted R¨ºAdt??St chapters at Novel(D)ra/ma.Org Only me up. ¡°My daughter. My dear.¡° I fell into my mom¡¯s warm embrace as her hot tears dripped onto me, causing me to cry out loud. I weakly hugged her back and felt her warmth. Through the tears, I saw a man floating in the sea with his entire torso out of the water. I immediately recognized him as the man who had saved me. But why was it that he could float like that without swimming? And didn¡¯t he fear the cold? The seawater was so cold that he cou1d¡¯ve very well frozen to death! I opened my eyes to take a good look at him so that I could engrave my savior¡¯s appearance into my memory. As I did that, a pair of deep blue eyes stared back into me. The sight of that made me scared so I turned to bury my face into my mom¡¯s chest. I didn¡¯t even have the courage to call him onto the boat. In the end, my savior didn¡¯t get onto the boat. Who on Earth was he? The real question was, was he even human? ¡­ Suddenly, a low whisper could be heard next to my ear, ¡°Di-ek-en¡°. The pair of deep blue eyes in front of me became clearer and they resembled the ones that had saved me in the memory. He was¡­ It shocked me awake. Even though I had awoken from the nightmarish memory from when I was young, the feeling of being frozen didn¡¯t fade away and it caused me to shiver. I was lying on the bed but there was an absence of light so I couldn¡¯t tell whether it was day or night. I groggily realized that I just had a dream, a dream of a forgotten memory from my childhood. I went fishing with my grandpa and on the journey, the boat collided with an iceberg. My grandpa and everyone else on that trip had drowned in the ocean and I was the only one who was miraculously alive. I was saved, but my savior had disappeared into the sea and didn¡¯t get onto the boat. There was no way a normal person would have suddenly appeared in the icy cold sea, what moree and go freely just like that. Perhaps this was the reason I subconsciously searched for merpeople even though I had already lost the memory. The events happened so long ago. Why was I suddenly remembering this? Wait! Those eyes¡­ My mind was blown. Humiliating memories suddenly came crashing into my mind like waves. Raping me in such an embarrassing position, toying with my body, prating me, and even¡­ I buried my head within the covers and bit my lip so hard that it bled. The pair of eyes I saw in both memories were the same. I tried to push the thought away, but only the sight of the deep blue eyes staring into me remained in my mind. No, it was impossible! I wanted to scream, but my throat was hoarse and painful. Chapter 42 Chapter 42 The Merman, My Man by ck Velvet Chapter 42 The mysterious man who rescued me from the grips of death was¡­ Dicken! It was Dicken! Maybe he had already marked me when I was young. He tempted me to research merpeople and teased me time and time again within my dreams. He must have known that I would look for him one day, so all he had to do was wait. It wasn¡¯t that we had caught him, it was that he had prepared to be captured. He had saved my life so, in exchange, I had to give him my chastity. I took the bait that he hadid out throughout the years. He was an intelligent creature. He had nned this all along. And all this while I thought he was my prey instead! I didn¡¯t dare to continue along this train of thought. I clutched onto the nket tightly and couldn¡¯t help but shudde at the thought of him being in the same room. With both of us being trapped in this underwater reservoir, I was like a delicacy prepared for him. ¡°Linda¡­¡° Sometimes, the more you fear something, the more likely it will happen. As I was shivering in fear, Dicken whispered into my ear. I clutched the nket to cover my naked body with one hand and gripped onto the shlight hidden underneath my pillow with the other. The shlight could also work as a taser. My body had regained a lot of strength after resting for a day. I lightly crawled to a corner of the bed and switched on the shlight. I looked around me and was surprised to see Dicken standing near the foot of my bed. Water was trickling down onto the floor from his figure. It looked like he had just gotten out of the water. His dark pupils were staring at me as he said in a low voice, ¡°Don¡¯t be afraid of me.¡° ¡°Get away from R¨ºAdt??St chapters at Novel(D)ra/ma.Org Only me, you beast! ¡° I gripped the shlight tightly and aimed the beam of light directly into his eyes to stop him froming closer. But this hardly had any effect on him as he just shook his head and bore his fangs to mock me. In a blink of an eye, he was in front of me. Hisrge physique blocked me in a small space between the bed and the wall. His body emitted a strong fragrance containing his pheromones. I was about to fall into a stupor again so I quickly switched on the taser on the shlight and aimed it directly at his heart. I heard the sound of zapping and Dicken flinched. Then, the smell of burnt flesh emerged from where I had tased him. But he didn¡¯t even try to retreat. Instead, he grabbed both my arms and pinned me against the wall. ¡°Let go of me! Don¡¯t touch me! F*ck off! ¡°I shouted a t him as I waved around the shlight that was in my hand. The shlight hit his arm and it zapped a wound onto his arm that was grabbing me. I lost all rationality and thrashed around like a child. I wished I was stronger. Had I known this day woulde, I would have taken up martial arts. I want to pin him to the ground and beat him up! In reality, my defiance was nothing but a child¡¯s tantrum in his eyes. Only one hand of his was needed to pin both my hands above me. With a light swipe of his other hand, he had taken the shlight and thrown it aside. I had lost all means of defending myself. He squinted his eyes teasingly to admire my current state. He made it look like everything I had done earlier was just my attempt at flirting. I felt one of his hands reach into the crook behind my neck to push my head forward, while he lowered his head and brought his face closer. When I finally realized what he was doing, my lips were already covered by something cold and soft. Chapter 43 Chapter 43 The Merman, My Man by ck Velvet Chapter 43 I wanted to scream but my voice was muffled due to Dicken¡¯s lips pressing against mine. Dicken¡¯s actions awakened the memories that were suppressed in my subconscious and my body trembled from it. I bit him on the lips to vent my frustrations. I could taste blood in my mouth, but it didn¡¯t stop Dicken from kissing me. His lips still pressed into me and he pushed my head against the wall, his kisses more fervent with the metallic taste. His tongue pried open my teeth and was delightfully exploring every inch within my mouth causing me to be breathless. Sometimes he acted like an experienced womanizer and other times he acted like a clumsy kid. Ever since his invasion, the strength in my body had gradually disappeared. Even when I could move my arms to push Dicken away, it seemed more like I was ying hard to get. My tongue wasn¡¯t mine anymore and my jaw felt stiff from the vition of his tongue. Saliva dripped from the area our mouths connected, I was starting to think that there was a kind of N?velDrama.Org owns all content. poison in his saliva. A poison that somehow causes me to lose myself and sink into him. I didn¡¯t even realize when he had released me as I sloppily leaned against the wall with heaved breaths and a nk mind. Dicken just looked at me, seeming like he didn¡¯t intend to go further than this. However, I was still blocked into the corner of the wall. He stretched out his fingers that were behind my neck and began ying with my hair. He looked like a beastzily relishing the aftertaste of a delicacy. But when I realized what exactly he was relishing , I was too embarrassed to look him in the eyes. I wanted to wipe my moist lips with my pajamas so that I could pretend that the kiss didn¡¯t happen. It would have been great if there was arge crack in the wall. That way, I could burrow myself in there and hide. But I had to face the current situation. I took a deep breath and said, ¡±Dicken, I remember now. You saved me before. I have already repaid you with my body. I can help you escape from this ce so you can return to the sea, will you please leave? ¡± ¡±No, ¡± Dicken said slowly and sullenly, ¡±I want you.¡± His humid breath against my face made me shiver. I couldn¡¯t continue on calmly, so with all the courage within me, I pushed him away and shouted, ¡±I am not yours! I don¡¯t belong to a beast like you! ¡± I wanted to continue shouting but he had caught my ankle. I wanted to lift my leg and kick him but there was no impact. He had caught onto both my legs. Then he pressed my legs down and began sliding his hands up. His hands trailed upward along my thighs. The inhuman feeling of his palms against my skin made me shudder. I gritted my teeth and said, ¡±No, don¡¯t touch me. I¡¯m not your mate! ¡° My pleading surprisingly worked because his movements halted. He removed his hands from my body and put them on my sides instead. He propped himself up so that he was no longer crushing me but the looming shadow cast from his strong physique still enveloped me. I was so shocked that he actually listened to me for once that I forgot to breathe. His expression, however, was a gloomy one, even the smirk he usually wore was nowhere to be seen. He just nkly stared at me like he was pondering upon what I had just said. Chapter 44 Chapter 44 The Merman, My Man by ck Velvet Chapter 44 Even though I couldn¡¯t tell what the scary being before me was thinking, I could tell that he was furious. If his actions from before were done in his normal mood, I didn¡¯t dare to think what would have happened if he was angry. My heart felt like it was in my throat as the feeling of impending danger made my whole body tense. Dicken bent down and I thought he was about to snap my neck in half with his jaw, but he just stuck his nose to my corbone and inhaled my scent like an addict. He said some things he had never said before and it sounded like he said the words ¡®I¡¯ and ¡®you¡¯ in Japanese. Then it sounded like he was saying ¡®You are mine¡¯ in Japanese. I was shocked when I realized he was speaking to me in my mother tongue. Was he learning Japanese? It hadn¡¯t even been that long since he was caught. How could he have learnt Japanese within such a short span of time? As if he was trying to help verify my thoughts, he leaned closer to my upper neck and I felt his hot breath on my ear. He enunciated slowly as he was still getting used to thenguage, but the words he said were clear, ¡°I ¡®ll let you know me¡­¡° With his gentle and sensuous tone, it seemed like Dicken wanted to discuss something. I couldn¡¯tpletely follow what he meant but luckily he wasn¡¯t angry or forceful. I allowed myself to calm down and tried tomunicate with him. I subconsciously still feared that he would tear my nket off and r*pe me within the next second, so I stammered and I said, ¡± What are you saying? What are you allowing me to do?¡± ¡±Know me everything¡­ ¡± He tried his best to adapt to Japanese pronunciation, piecing his thoughts together in words, trying to get me to understand him. He saw that I was still confused, so he picked up the shlight he had tossed earlier and shone the beam of light on himself. N?velDrama.Org owns all content. It was like he was putting himself in a spotlight and presenting himself to me. He then looked me in the eyes and smiled as he said, ¡±The things you want to know, everything.¡± I was still dumbfounded at first, but a few secondster I finally realized what he was trying to say to me. My heart started racing as my curiosity that was previously suppressed by fear had resurfaced again. I couldn¡¯t deny that he was the biggest temptation to a biologist. What Dicken meant was clear. He said that he will allow me to conduct research on him, and will give me all the information he had on merpeople. I in return, had to¡­ He wanted¡­ When my thoughts drifted here, I tensed my fists. ¡±They will know, you are mine¡­ ¡± As I was anxiously deliberating the matter, Dicken looked into my eyes and didn¡¯t utter a single word. It was like he had caught on to a weakness of mine. He was so sly, he already knew what my Achilles¡¯ heel was. But I couldn¡¯t refuse, I had no right to. If I were to refuse Dicken, I would have been raped by a beast for nothing and I would have given up the chance to conduct research on him. And to top it all off, when Laura came back, she would find out that no progress was made in those few days. They would suspect that something wasn¡¯t right andunch an investigation on me, especially since they were being supported by the government. Then, the matter of me being raped would be exposed! I could not let them find out about this. If they did, I wouldn¡¯t be able to carry on with pride as a human being¡­ I broke out in cold sweat just from the thought of everything being exposed. Thoughts of suicide even began slowly creeping up in my mind. Chapter 45 Chapter 45 The Merman, My Man by ck Velvet Chapter 45 At that point, Dicken had already let go of me. He leaned against the wall with a contented look on his face, his tail yfully swiped across my calves as he stared at me with his nted eyes. He was such a scary fellow. He knew what I feared, my weaknesses, and what I needed. That was why the offer heid out on the negotiation table was so attractive. Taking into consideration my meeting with him when I was a child, it was like he had weaved arge web to trap me in. Back then, he nted a seed into my subconscious that took root and grew in my mind. He was already like a spider back then as he watched me take step after step, moving deeper into the web he had spun. And by the time I could react, there was no turning back. I couldn¡¯t help but think that with his intellect, schemes, and slyness, he must have had intelligence that was on the same level as humans! I clenched my fists again and took a deep breath. It didn¡¯t seem like I had any other choice but to take Dicken¡¯s offer and continue my research. But what was the difference between this and selling my body for the sake of scientific research findings? Might as well sell it to a beast !F*ck! When this thought crossed my mind, I couldn¡¯t help but feel irritated. But I couldn¡¯t throw a tantrum even if I wanted to. With my naked body currently buried under the sheets, he could suddenly get aroused again¡­ All I could do was pretend to cooperate to buy some time. If nothing else happened, Laura and the rest should be back the next day. ¡±I agree, ¡± I said in English because I realized he was more fluent in English. Then, I added, ¡±You promised me that you¡¯ll let me conduct research on you, which means that you can¡¯t disturb me and you can¡¯t force me to do other things.¡± My face must have been bright red despite pretending to be calm when I spoke. My mind was filled with the events that had taken ce the previous night. I snatched the shlight from Dicken and pointed it at him and viciously said, ¡±Do you understand what I mean?¡± ¡±Yes. ¡± This reply left his lips without much deliberation. The satisfaction on his face became more obvious as if had finally gotten away with his crafty scheme. Yes, smile you beast. Let¡¯s see how long you can keep that smile up. ¡±Lie down, ¡± I strictly ordered while pointing to the ss floor in front of my bed. Even though I seemed in control, my heart felt faint. We had reached an agreement but will the merman really cooperate? Our differences in strength were too significant, and it was definitely not practical to teach him about human moral standards. But Dicken actually listened to my order. He slid down from my bed andy down onto the ss floor with his face up. It was the first time his tail was outstretched and rxed in front of me. It stretched from the foot of my bed and went down all the way to under the desk. His eyes squinted in his usual expression as he cushioned his head with an arm like a pillow. Even when he listed to my order, he did it so nonchntly like he was sunbathing. It was only then that I pulled off the nket and got up from the bed. As I passed by his body, I fought the urge to kick him. Even I knew that the most crucial matter at hand was to get dressed. As I took some clothes out of the wardrobe, I realized something. All the walls here were made of ss. There wasn¡¯t anywhere I could change without him watching. I had no choice but N?velDrama.Org owns all content. to change within his line of sight! Even though my back was facing him, I could still feel his eyes ring into my back. This made me nervous so I quick put on a pant leg. Just when one of my legs entered a pant leg, his tail slid toward me and ticked my ankle. I was so shocked that I let go of the pants and it fell onto the floor. At that point, I couldn¡¯t care less about the pants so I quickly grabbed ad coat and put it on. ¡°I like you body.¡± Darn it. How did his Japanese be that fluent? Chapter 46 Chapter 46 The Merman, My Man by ck Velvet Chapter 46 Dicken stared at me in my white coat with his deep gaze. It was as if he could see through theyers of clothes right to my naked body, which provoked me to kick his fishtail to the side with anger. I made sure I was adequately covered and wrapped my coat tightly around me. I pretended to lean against the desk and took out the anesthesia syringe from the drawer behind me, and secretly hid it away under my sleeve. I was afraid to look directly at Dicken¡¯s eyes, worried that I would be caught from my inner guilt. In actual fact, in his eyes, I have always felt like an innocent child, which he could easily see right through me in a nce. Fortunately, I thank God that I was just overwhelmed in my own thoughts, and he did not notice my abnormal behavior. With my prayers in mind, I turned around as calmly as I could while trying to sort the tools needed to study the merman. Holding those tools in hand, I then squatted right beside him. I silently nned the steps needed to measure his physical condition and proceeded to measure his blood pressure first. So, I picked up the blood pressure monitor however, my palms wouldn¡¯t stop sweating. I kept reminding myself that he was just a normal living creature. Even so, every time I set my eyes on his upper body, I could feel my breathing tighten to the point of suffocation. This was a strong and fit R¨ºAdt??St chapters at Novel(D)ra/ma.Org Only male body and this body was pressed against mest night. I shook my head as I tried to delete the shameless image of my thought, but the moment I touched his skin, memories came shing back fromst night. This made my whole body tremble with a tingling sensation felt from my lower abdomen. Gritting my teeth, I grabbed the merman¡¯s arm, quickly put on the blood pressure monitor, and immediately switched it on. I forced myself to stare at the disy of the sphygmomanometer and think not of other things. Gradually the pointer oscited between 200- 300mmHg and finally stopped at 267. I quickly recorded the number on myptop and took a deep breath to force myself to think calmly. It seemed that the merman¡¯s blood pressure was twice as high as the average human¡¯s blood pressure. Even an emotional elderly would not reach this level without the help of stimnt drugs. Supposedly the merman¡¯s physical condition was as strong as a top athlete. It would appear that he was also in a state of extreme excitement. Two words immediately came to mind. Mating season. This probably had something to do with the merman being in mating season. He could be at the peak of the season right now. Although my eyes were fixed on myptop , I could still catch a glimpse of the merman from the reflection. With my clothes wet from my own sweat, I feared he would be consumed with sudden lust. Panic -stricken, I wanted to run away immediately, but I knew I was the only one in thisb and had nowhere to go. I could only lengthen Dicken¡¯s mating season in order to prevent myself from being vited by him again. I tried my best to calm myself down with thefort that he was not in estrus yet, but I still unconsciously looked toward his waist and abdomen where his tail was connected and when I saw no sign of erection my racing heart slowly calmed down. I pretended to look away naturally, but the second my eyes met his deep blue eyes, I could see that he was looking at me inquisitively. Swiftly, I turned my eyes away not to be caught in a panic. Dicken smiled slyly, thenughed wickedly. He lowered his gaze down to his private part and stared at me with ill intention saying, ¡±You like¡­my thing?¡± Chapter 47 Chapter 47 The Merman, My Man by ck Velvet Chapter 47 My mind was blown. There was no question that he was mocking me. In a rage, I took a syringe from the tray and stabbed it into Dicken¡¯s arm. I said in an angry tone, ¡°Excuse me, but I need a sample of your blood for my research! ¡° I thought he would have fought or struggled because the bleeding would usually cause animals and beasts to be defensive. But it wasn¡¯t, and I was irritated. I would rather he fought back instead of teasing or mocking me. What was unexpected was, he did not take a defensive stance or show any signs of discontent. He just retracted his smile and rxed the muscles in his arm to amodate me jabbing the syringe into it. He tilted his head and quietly watched as I extracted a tube of his blue-colored blood. The moment I pulled the syringe out and my hand had left his arm, he immediately caught my arms and pulled me onto him. I reflexively steadied myself by pushing my hand onto the floor, which prevented my face from colliding with his as I felt my heart jump into my throat. Dicken narrowed his eyes in delight as he savored how flustered I looked. I could see his teasing expression up close, like my state of panic was his source of enjoyment. I tried my best to push myself up so that I wasn¡¯t lying on himpletely. I didn¡¯t even dare to breathe. He then casually swiped at the syringe¡¯s needle with his pale finger and rubbed a blue droplet of blood onto my lower lip. He looked at the smear of blood on my lip and appeared satisfied. In a deep and hoarse voice, he said slowly, ¡±I give¡­ you¡­ all of me¡­ you are¡­ my Linda.¡± He struggled to find the right words to say as T¨ºxt belongs to N?velDrama.Org. he wasn¡¯t fluent in speaking the humannguage. The merman¡¯s voice was like a spell that had prated my mind. My caution and defenses were shattered in an instant. I couldn¡¯t suppress the memories fromst night. Ever since he had embraced me, it felt like he had ced a stamp on me and marked me as his. This made me feel like I was forever tied to him, unable to escape. I wanted to run away and hide, but his arms were firmly pressing me against his body. His cold tongue caressed my ear lobe, causing a tingling sensation. The cold and tingly feeling continuously sent shivers down my spine, and my body couldn¡¯t help but tremble. As pushing my face away from his was already a difficult task. His stimtion made it even harder. My arms could surrender any time, and I would fall limply on him and be his feast. ¡±F*ck ! ¡± I swore. If I didn¡¯t do anything, I would be vited yet again! I lowered my forehead and pushed it against Dicken¡¯s chest while putting my arms around his neck. Dicken paused like he was surprised by my sudden initiative. As expected, the webbed ws that had grabbed me loosened before they eagerly wrapped themselves around my waist. I had nothing on underneath theb coat, and Dicken¡¯s ws started exploring underneath it with familiarity. The torturing feeling of embarrassment consumed me as his ws caressed my bare thighs. With my arms around his neck, I bit my lip and fumbled around my sleeve, looking for the tranquilizer . But because my hands were shaking, the tranquilizer fell further into the sleeve by ident. ¡±F*ck! ¡± I swore again. Without any other choice, I pulled myself closer to his neck so that he wouldn¡¯t find out that I was still trying to get the tranquilizer out of my sleeve. Chapter 48 Chapter 48 The Merman, My Man by ck Velvet Chapter 48 Unmistakably, my actions were an encouragement to Dicken as his movements sped up. He steadied my waist with one hand while the other lifted the hem of myb coat. He admired my lower body that he had lifted right above his. With his lips against my chest, he muttered satisfyingly, ¡°Oh Linda, my Linda.¡° N?velDrama.Org owns all content. I gritted my teeth to prevent myself from releasing any shameful moans. My hand was still fumbling around my sleeve in search of the tranquilizer until I finally had it in my hand. With trembling fingers, I peeled off the safety cap on the syringe needle and stabbed it into the vial of tranquilizer to extract some. This vial of liquid was now as precious as holy water to me. I carefully raised the syringe and swung it down toward his neck. But all of a sudden, Dicken¡¯s tail moved, and the world spun around me. In a blink of an eye, Dicken was pressed on top of me. The syringe filled with tranquilizer had identally jabbed into my left hand from the sudden motion. I silently wailed in pain as my left hand started to feel numb. Shortly after, it fell limply. Meanwhile, my right arm could only cling to his neck to steady myself, so I had no way of aiming the syringe at the artery in his neck. I felt hopeless. Not only did I fail to subdue Dicken, but I also ended up identally injecting myself with the tranquilizer and practically serving myself on a silver tter. I was angry at my own stupidity, and I gave up on fighting back due to my fatal mistake. Perhaps I knew that there was no escaping what wasing next. I stared nkly at the ceiling in an attempt to separate my senses from my body. That way, maybe I wouldn¡¯t feel as much stimtion and wouldn¡¯t moan so loudly in pleasure like a loose woman while underneath Dicken. Of course, Dicken had no idea what I was thinking, so he didn¡¯t mind what I had done earlier. He just pressed himself closer onto my body like he wanted to bury himself within me. By then, he had already pushed myb coat up to my shoulders. The smell of disinfectant was mixed with the scent of his unique fragrance, and it caused my face to flush. I felt like I was about to die from shame. I used to be proud of my research work as a biologist, but now I was about to be vited by my research subject. I wanted to scream in anguish, but the only sounds that escaped my lips were gasps and moans from his licking and teasing. My legs couldn¡¯t even kick and thrash around in protest because every time I tried to do so, his arms held them down almost immediately. As my body started twitching, I could feel my strength leaving my body. I couldn¡¯t even maintain a firm grip on the syringe containing the tranquilizer. My gaze began drifting across the ceiling. Then I stopped as I saw something. There was a round object in the corner of the ceiling, near the air vent. When I realized what that object was, I was dumbfounded, as if a bolt of lightning had just struck me. ¡®That¡­ that¡¯s a surveince camera! ¡® Chapter 49 Chapter 49 The Merman, My Man by ck Velvet Chapter 49 The moment of fear gave my body newfound strength as the adrenaline coursed through my veins. I gripped the syringe tightly and stabbed it into the artery in Dicken¡¯s neck. With whatever energy I could N?velDrama.Org owns all content. muster, I pushed the plunger down as hard as I could and injected the tranquilizer. Dicken¡¯s body quivered, but his arms still held onto my waist tightly. The assault of his tongue intensified for several seconds before the effects of the drugpletely took over. His body gradually weakened until he finally copsed onto me. I wasn¡¯t bothered by his weight on top of me. Instead, I was more concerned about the surveince camera as I stared at it. Iy on the floor to catch my breath as the battle against Dicken¡¯s advances had drained me of my strength. The lingering sensation of his tongue was still flooding my senses in waves. My legs were still trembling, so I couldn¡¯t even push his tail out from between them. All I could do was try to push myself away from him. Every push forward felt like torture, and before long, my skin was slick with sweat. The thought of giving up urred in the back of my mind, but the surveince camera on the ceiling felt like eyes staring at me. The fear of being seen vited by my research subject spurred me to squirm my way out from beneath him inch after inch. ¡®If someone were watching through the camera, then it would have been the same as watching porn. And if that were true, then I could just die from embarrassment!¡¯ I took theb coat off in a frenzy and used it to wipe my body clean of fluids before tossing it to a corner. Then, I stood up and kicked Dicken¡¯s tail to vent my anger and frustrations. So much so that his body slumped onto his side from my kicking. Although unconscious, his d*ck stood erect with its tip pointed towards me. In fury, I took a stack of books from my desk and dropped them onto him. It was only then that his shaft was concealed from sight. I tugged his long hair and raised my fist, wanting to throw punches at him as a way to appease my anger. But when my fist was a mere centimeters away from his face, I stopped. I knew that this was a golden opportunity to beat him ck and blue. Even so, I couldn¡¯t do it. It wasn¡¯t because Icked the resolve, but if I had identally injured him and Laura were to see what happened to him when she returned, how would I exin this? With my fist curled in a tight ball and my veins popping out of my arm, I thought, ¡®I can¡¯t hit him. Even after he vited me, I still can¡¯t hit him?!¡¯ My anger was on the verge of erupting as I kicked his tail a few more times. If he were a regr human, I would have dly taken the risk of being sent to jail. It would¡¯ve been worth it if it meant him getting a good beating from me! Chapter 50 Chapter 50 he Merman, My Man by ck Velvet Chapter 50 Every inch of my skin felt tainted. Dicken¡¯s breath and touch seemed to have seeped into my bones. I stood in the bathroom, cleaning myself from head to toe with the hot water flowing down my body. The water was so hot that it caused my skin to turn red. That way, it would feel like my body had been cleansed of shame. I crouched down helplessly and buried my face into my arms as I cried from losing my strength and dignity as an adult woman. My mind was a mess as I didn¡¯t expect this turn of events. ¡®If my father knew about this, he would rather not have a daughter like me!¡¯ I was a young and aspiring biologist with hopes and dreams up to about a week ago. But at that moment, I was trapped in this reservoir and had be nothing but an object of gratification to the merman. He had teased and vited me time and time again, but I could only keep quiet and pretend none of this happened. ¡®No! It shouldn¡¯t be like this!¡¯ I tugged at my wet hair crazily as my mind filled with intrusive thoughts. ¡®That¡¯s right! I need to leave! I need to leave this ind and that cursed being. I must return to the maind so that he won¡¯t be able to touch me! Linda, you have to pull yourself together! You have to destroy all evidence of what happened here so that it¡¯ll be a secret you take to the grave!¡¯ After I had reorganized my thoughts, I stood up shakily and exited the bathroom. I walked to the desk and switched off all the monitors before breaking the surveince camera. Finally, I shifted my gaze to the cursed creature lying on the floor. I shuffled toward him, and with all my might, I dragged him into the cylindrical ss tank which had previously held Alice. I closed the door of the tank then verified that the door was R¨ºAdt??St chapters at Novel(D)ra/ma.Org Only locked multiple times. It was only after making these arrangements that I could copse onto the bed. With myst sliver of strength, I sent Laura a distress signal before my eyelids felt too heavy to remain open. Before drifting to sleep, I vaguely saw Dicken awake in the tank. He stuck himself against the ss and stared at me with a hungry expression like he wanted to undress me with his eyes. The sight of his behavior made me clutch onto the sheets tightly and bury myself within the nkets. In the end, I couldn¡¯t stay awake any longer and fell into a deep sleep. Not long after I fell asleep, I felt my consciousness drift into the realm of a dream. I was at an aquarium, and I could see shoals of fish swimming behind the ss. The ce felt familiar. It was a ce I would go to during every school holiday when I was a child. Then, I heard someone call my name behind me, ¡° Linda¡­¡° I saw the familiar outline of several children reflected on the ss, so I gleefully turned around. But the children were nowhere to be seen. There was only a puddle on the floor and a few des of seagrass. The puddle was connected to a wet trail that led outside the aquarium. My gaze followed the trail until my eyes met a pair of bare legs. I looked up to see a strapping, tall man standing alone in the dark. His long hair hung to the floor like seaweed as water droplets dripped from it. A familiar fear crept through my body, and I inadvertently stepped back, only to find that my back had already reached the wall. In fear, my body trembled profusely. Eventually, I realized that this was just a dream. A dream where I couldn¡¯t wake myself up no matter what I did. ¡®I can¡¯t believe I can¡¯t wake myself up from this nightmare!¡¯ The man walked out from the darkness, and a beautiful, pale face could be seen. His eyes were deep like the depths of the ocean, but they had a blue glint to them. Torrents of dark and cursed energy seemed to encircle him, making him appear like a harbinger of evil in the dead of night. ¡®This evil and shameless beast! Why isn¡¯t he letting go of me, even in my dreams?! ¡® Chapter 51 Chapter 51 The Merman, My Man by ck Velvet Chapter 51 Suddenly, I realized a significant difference¡ª Dicken¡¯s fishtail was gone! In its stead, I could only see a pair of long and muscr legs standing upright. As for the girthy member between his legs, it hung from his crotchidly as it swayed along to his every movement. I had fantasized about Dicken as a human being before. That way, I could beat him up as I wished to avenge myself. And in that dream, my wish came true. N?velDrama.Org owns all content. However, I couldn¡¯t find it in me to raise my fist as I watched Dicken take one step after another toward me. I wanted to wake up from this nightmare, but it felt like I was trapped, doomed to this dream, unable to wake up and unable to escape. Dicken approached closer and closer until his naked body was pressing on me against the wall. His cold and sturdy chest was stered against me, and his solid muscles rubbed against my skin, causing me to tremble. It all felt so real, as if it were taking ce in reality. He seemed about two meters tall when he stood before me. And that¡¯s almost half my height taller than me! His height cast a looming shadow over me and nketed me in darkness. Then, his hand reached to the nape of my neck and guided my head, tilting it upward to meet his gaze. He also looked down to stare into my eyes as water droplets dripped onto my body. It felt suffocating when he dominated me like that, so I gritted my teeth and shouted as I shivered, ¡°Get lost! Get away from my dreams! ¡° Subsequently, I also thought to myself, ¡®Why am I having this kind of weird dream? It¡¯s not just that I can¡¯t wake up, but it¡¯s also bing harder to differentiate dreams from reality.¡¯ ¡°Linda¡­ ¡° Dicken whispered my name with his deep voice. He then spoke in fluent Japanese, ¡°Linda, my Linda. Do you wish for me to be the same as you? I will fulfill this desire of yours¡­ I will evolve¡­ Remember, this is just a sign of what¡¯sing¡­¡° After that, his fingers held onto my chin before he lowered his face and pressed his icy, wet lips against mine. I deliberated over his words. What did he mean? Could he really evolve into a human being? Oh my god! If that was the case, did that mean he would be able to keep lusting after me? No, it couldn¡¯t be! It would mean that I couldn¡¯t get away from him even if I escaped from this research room! My thoughts on the implications of his words shocked me to the core. Not caring that I was in a dream, I opened my mouth to scream. The moment I screamed at the top of my lungs, the aquarium I was in seemed to have evaporated into thin air. ¡°Linda? Linda! ¡° In a daze, I could faintly hear a woman¡¯s voice calling my name. The voice sounded like Laura¡¯s, so she must be right next to me! ¡®Ah, it¡¯s finally over ! I¡¯ve been waiting for them toe back, and they¡¯re finally here! I am saved ! I don¡¯t need to be shut in the same ce as that beast ever again! ¡® I sighed a breath of relief and finally rxed. Even so , my body felt heavy, so I remained in my sleepy state for a while longer. Then, I slowly opened my eyelids. I saw a ray of light, but it seemed more like a ray of hope to me. When my eyes werepletely open, I first saw the ss ceiling above me, followed by Laura¡¯s face up close. Her eyes were observing me behind a pair of gold-rimmed sses. ¡±Hey, Linda. Are you alright? How are you feeling?¡± ¡±I¡­ ¡± It was only then that I realized I was in the research room in the middle of the deep sea. As I prepared to sit upright on the bed, my eyes drifted to the cylindrical ss tank behind Laura. In it, Dicken squinted as he stared at me through the ss. When he saw that I had awoken, his thin lips curved as he smiled. Chapter 52 Chapter 52 The Merman, My Man by ck Velvet Chapter 52 Within the next second, his smile caused my body to feel numb. The sadism and humiliation I had faced in thest two days came rushing into my mind all at once. My bodycked the strength to keep myself sitting upright. I wobbled and almost fell onto the bed again. Laura grabbed my arm and supported me as she said, ¡°What¡¯s happened to you, Linda? Should I call for a doctor? You look awfully pale. Have you eaten in thest two days?¡° ¡°No, don¡¯t call for a doctor. I¡¯m fine, I¡­ It¡¯s true that I haven¡¯t eaten much, but¡­ but that¡¯s just ¡¯cause I¡¯ve been too upied with the research.¡° I forced myself to sit up, appearing energetic as I lied. I felt my cheeks be hot because of the clumsy lie. I could almost confirm that Laura saw right through my lie, so I didn¡¯t dare to lift my head to look her in the eyes. In a frantic attempt to hide my embarrassment, I tried to stand up and pretend everything was okay. However, my n backfired as Laura pushed me back under the covers almost immediately. She said, ¡°Linda, you¡¯re not wearing any clothes. ¡° ¡°Oh, my apologies. I forgot.¡° It was only then that I remembered I was fully nude. Although the nket covered most of my body, my bare arms and shoulders were still visible. If someone were to watch closely, they would have seen the marks Dicken had left behind on my skin. N?velDrama.Org owns all content. Even so, Laura¡¯s behavior appeared natural and calm. It seemed like she hadn¡¯t noticed anything odd. I quickly grabbed the pajamas next to me and slid them on underneath the nket. After I had dressed, I was shocked by the state of the research room. Different objects were strewn across the floor. Among them were another set of my pajamas tainted with Dicken¡¯s cum, left in a pile next to the desk. ¡®I was so exhausted that I forgot to destroy the evidence?! I also didn¡¯t expect Laura to return so quickly, especially not when I was sound asleep! ¡® I stared at the pile of clothing on the floor. Although I didn¡¯t say a word, I was actually panicking, so my face must have been paler than before. But I wasn¡¯t sure if Laura had noticed it yet. ¡°You don¡¯t need to feel awkward, Linda. You were just naked. I also like to sleep naked, haha. We¡¯re both women here. You don¡¯t need to be embarrassed.¡° Laura patted me on the shoulder and winked as she giggled at me. Only then could I pretend to rx and fake a chuckle. Even so, the panic and embarrassment that I had been suppressing weren¡¯t going away. My heart tightened as Laura turned around to look at Dicken. Unexpectedly, all she did was praise me after looking at Dicken. ¡±Impressive work, Linda! The merman looks so docile now. He would¡¯ve broken through this type of ss just two days ago. How did you do it? How do you make him behave so well? Your skills inmunicating with him never fail to amaze me! ¡± ¡±No, my skills have nothing to do with this, haha. You¡¯re too generous with your praise. ¡± I waved my hands instantly, desperate to dismiss any of such associations. My cheeks flushed red, and I felt hot from the embarrassment. On the other hand, my back started to break out in cold sweat. My gaze couldn¡¯t help but fall onto Dicken. He gave Laura a cold and calcting look before nodding lightly. He had left entirely the evil and nasty attitude he had shown me in the past two days. That was until his eyes swept to me. The corner of his lips curled like he was delighted his prey had fallen into a trap he had set. ¡®This sinister, cunning, and treacherous beast ! He¡¯s nothing but full of tricks! ¡® The anger of being used by him caused me to clench my fists. I was a fine line away from charging at him to give him a piece of my mind. Laura didn¡¯t seem to notice the tension between Dicken and me. She even eagerly asked me, ¡±Is that so? With the room in a mess like this, I would think a fight broke out between the two of you. So, Linda, can you tell me what happened here?¡± Chapter 53 Chapter 53 The Merman, My Man by ck Velvet Chapter 53 I could no longerpel myself to calm down under Laura¡¯s pressed questioning. I rushed to pick up the clothes quickly as if they were the incriminating pieces of evidence. I clumped them together in a ball and ran to the door. Suddenly, Laura sounded serious, as if she was interrogating me, ¡°Linda, where do you think you¡¯re going?¡° I couldn¡¯t stop feeling guilty, and my back was soaking with sweat. I pushed the ss door open and lied, ¡°Doctor Laura, I am so sorry. There¡¯s an emergency from home. I have to go back immediately. I¡¯ve booked an air ticket earlier today and will be leaving tonight.¡° All I wanted to do was leave that ce as soon as possible. So all I could do was make up some excuses. The dream I had of Dicken turning into a man was indeed absurd. A merman evolving into a human being definitely did not conform to evolution science. But there were too many ridiculous incidences that happened to me all this while. I couldn¡¯t help but feel numb at the thought of all that had happened. I couldn¡¯t stay there any longer. Not even for a minute, I had to leave. Laura raised her voice when I pushed the ss door again. Her sharp voice reached my ears, ¡°Linda, we need you. The scientific research team is going to continue their merman research at sea. I hope you cane with us on our ship. And, of course, you have to right to reject me unless you wish to see the video of yourself on YouTube. Laura¡¯sst sentence felt like lightning had struck me. Dizziness filled my mind, and I almost fell from the doorsteps. I could not say for sure what I had heard, and I didn¡¯t want to believe what Laura said was true. If the surveince camera had captured my encounters in those two days, and if Laura had collected all the inappropriate videos, then¡­ But as a senior military officer and a famous schr, and for Laura to eventually threaten me with these bargaining chips. How could this be? What authority did Laura have to do these? A government researcher could now infringe my privacy? I was mind-blown. These people were probably not even researchers at all¡­ I recalled what Gary had warned me about before he fainted. It was so obvious, but I didn¡¯t understand it thest time. As I recalled everything, I realized I had missed so many details. All of this was premeditated! The truth dimmed my sight. I felt so stupid, being fooled and wholly taken advantage of by them. ¡±Who¡­Who are you¡­really? Where are you¡­going? What are your¡­motives? ¡± I mumbled the words in despair. ¡±You¡¯ll know someday, Linda. You are an indispensable researcher. You¡¯re important to us, ¡± Laura said lightly but purposely emphasized thest few words. Those words were like a dagger stripped on me, revealing my crimes and waiting to execute. I then felt my face start to burn. It was like someone had pped me multiple times. R¨ºAdt??St chapters at Novel(D)ra/ma.Org Only For a split second, I actually thought of killing Laura. One could be so terrifying when they came to a dead end. But I knew these were my impulses. I could never do that, and I would never do such a thing. ¡±All of you are despicable and mean. I¡¯m leaving. Tonight. You can¡¯t threaten me! ¡± I yelled angrily. Laura stood behind me and said faintly, ¡±Linda, you¡¯re a smart person. Perhaps you just need some time to ept it. I¡¯ll be waiting for your return.¡± Chapter 54 Chapter 54 The Merman, My Man by ck Velvet Chapter 54 I stumbled across while running out from theboratory. It was raining cats and dogs outside. The sky was gray, just like my mood. I had no idea where I should have gone. I ran wildly in the rain and eventually returned to the seaside unconsciously. I kneeled on the shore, pressing the ground with my shivering arms to support my upper body. The sea washed against my body. My eyes were staring at the dark sky far away, but I was not focusing on anything. Who defined right and wrong in this world? Everything I believed was a lie! I burst intoughter like a madwoman. But theughter slowly turned into cries. Tears streamed down my face together with the rain. Was there a whole new world on the other side of the sea? Was I living in a dream? Could I only get rid of this nightmare if I went to the other side of the sea? I stood up and moved towards the sea. Step by step, closer to the deep sea. As if I was hypnotized. The icy cold water soaked my clothes, and they slowly engulfed my waist. Suddenly a voice appeared in my mind, ¡®Linda¡­Come back¡­Come back to me¡­¡¯ The voice made me freeze as I stood stiff in the sea. I t was Dicken. But I did not believe he could control my mind. I desperately mustered up all the strength in me to resist it, and then I simply submerged myself into the icy cold sea. In an instant, the salty and cold seawater forced into my nostrils. I smiled. This was probably a good way to die. Maybe it was a nightmare , and this would cause me to wake up from it¡­ But after a few seconds in the sea, I lifted my head out of the water instinctively. Deep down in me, I still desired to survive. I coughed uncontrobly. I was a coward. I didn¡¯t want to die at all; I couldn¡¯t evenmit suicide. I started to mock myself. Right at that moment, I heard someone rapidly wading through the waters from behind. When I turned my head, I saw a man submerged in the water. He was swimming towards me. A mighty arm dragged me towards the shore before I could react. I was thrown on the shore and started coughing violently from the choking. Gary¡¯s loud yelling sounded over my head, ¡±Are you mad?! Are you trying to kill yourself?!¡± I held my throat and took a few deep breaths. I shook my head hard and was all of a sudden held in Gary¡¯s embrace. I pushed him away subconsciously and fell on the shore once again. In a hoarse voice, I shouted, ¡±No ! I didn¡¯t mean to die ! I just don¡¯t know how to escape from here.¡± Gary stood there. He stared at me in silence for a long time. I slowly realized that Gary knew what had happened to me in theboratory during thest two days. I curled myself up and buried my face in my knees. How I wish there were a hole in the floor so I could crawl in and hide. That way, no one could stare at me anymore, and I could pretend that nothing had happened. But the truth was, I had nowhere to run. I did not even have the right to be alone here. ¡°I warned you before, Linda, ¡± Gary suppressed his voice and said regretfully, ¡°If only you chose to listen to me that time, then maybe¡­¡± ¡°Does it matter?! ¡± His words were like a needle piercing through my heart. I jumped up to my feet and caught hold of his cor. I yelled angrily, ¡°It¡¯s toote! You¡¯ve proven yourself! I am indeed stupid. I am foolish, and I trusted the wrong person. This is not even my graduation research, is it?¡± ¡°Was it all nned? That you chose me out of dozens of people. All of this was nned, wasn¡¯t it? Why did you involve me in this conspiracy?¡± N?velDrama.Org owns all content. ¡°All of you are using me as bait for the merman. You disgusting b*stard. Academic scumbags !¡± I released all the hatred in my heart at once. Chapter 55 Chapter 55 The Merman, My Man by ck Velvet Chapter 55 ¡°No! It¡¯s not what you think! ¡° Gary became even more emotional than me. He grabbed my wrist with his veined arms and hurriedly said, ¡°I did n to invite you to the government merman research project. But I am not a part of the n you mentioned! It was because your results were outstanding and my selfishness blinded me. I wish I had more opportunities to get along with you¡­¡° He looked into my eyes. It made me feel very ufortable because he seemed to see something by staring at me! His pupils dted, and his breathing became more rapid. It was as if he was irritated. He must have been recalling the scene where the beast vited me. Suddenly, he shook his head madly and said in pain, ¡°I don¡¯t know why Laura would do these to you. Treating you as¡­¡° ¡°Stop it! Gary! If you feel even a little guilty for me, help me get out of here, regardless of Laura¡¯s control. I want to go home, ¡° I interrupted Gary. I was highly embarrassed by his descriptions. I closed my eyes and moved backward. As if by doing this, I could erase these images from my mind. Gary was annoyed as I moved backward. He grabbed my waist and pulled me over to him. He looked at me in distress with his bloodshot eyes then hugged me in his embrace. ¡°Linda, listen to me. Since it has alreadye to this stage, there is no turning back. You have seen Laura¡¯s influence. Your resistance will be useless¡­ But don¡¯t worry, I swear I will not let that beast hurt you again¡­¡° I mustered up my strength to free myself from his arms, then sneered, ¡°I don¡¯t believe you. I will never go back to that awful ce! ¡° With that, I ran away. I just wanted to keep myself away from them. But after taking a few steps, I felt a firm grip around my waist. The next minute my whole body was dangling in the air. Gary had carried me above his shoulders. I punched and kicked him as hard as I could. But he would not let go of me no matter how violently I struggled. Step by step, he carried me back to the institute. ¡°Let go of me! You b*stard! ¡°You can¡¯t force me to do anything anymore! ¡° Bustling noises slowly surrounded us, which made m e stop shouting. I didn¡¯t want to attract any attention. The slightest gaze could easily make me feel embarrassed. I lowered my voice and said, ¡°Gary, put me down. I can walk by myself.¡° But he didn¡¯t seem to hear what I said, and he continued to carry me. He even sped up. At the same time, I saw a mini-research ship berthed on the sea nearby. There were about three floors of cabins. Several muscr sailors were carrying a big cylindrical water tank. They were loading it up the ship from the temporary-made deck. A metallic covered the cylindrical water tank. It was used to prevent the beast from breaking free. Immediately, I knew what was hiding in the water tank! There were about five to six soldiers with a gun surrounding the sailors. If one didn¡¯t know what was happening, they would probably think the guards were carrying banknotes. ¡°What are you guys doing? Where is the ship heading to?¡° With all my might, I hit Gary¡¯s back with my free arm, and it made him groan. But he didn¡¯t let go of me. Instead, he held me even tighter now. He followed after the soldiers and brushed past the water tank holding the merman. For a moment, I seemed to see a pair of long, gloomy eyes through the gap in the highly shielded N?velDrama.Org owns all content. water tank. My heart slowed down in fear. Bang! A loud crash came from the ground. The water tank began to shake vigorously, and the sailors could not handle it. They staggered around and were unsteady on their feet. The water tank looked like it was about to roll to the ground. Chapter 56 Chapter 56 The Merman, My Man by ck Velvet Chapter 56 A few men hurried up to help. Gary was shocked upon seeing this. So, he finally let me down and followed after. Then, the water tank fell hard on the deck. If the water tank weren¡¯t made from reinforced materials, it would undoubtedly be cracked now. The men quickly hurled themselves on it as they tried to bnce the cylindrical tank. That¡¯s when I realized there was a small window on the water tank. Dicken slowly surfaced his pale, handsome face from the window. One of his webbed ws was pressing hard against the ss cylinder. He then slowly tightened it into a fist. A pair of dark eyes were patrolling between Gary and me. He then tilted his head slightly. A deep shadow could be spotted under his eyelids, making him appear more terrifying than ever. I couldn¡¯t be sure what was happening in the mind of the brilliant beast from the deep sea. But there was one thing I could be sure of; he was filled with rage. He had a strong desire to kill, and his violent energy was horrifying. It was as if someone had invaded his possessions. ¡°Ridiculous! ¡° Gary snorted upon seeing the merman¡¯s actions. He continued to provoke Dicken by raising the middle finger at him. ¡°This beast actually gets jealous?! ¡° He walked to my side and pulled me into his arms again. He didn¡¯t care about the others¡¯ opinions at all. I was taken aback. Consciously pushing my arm against Gary¡¯s chest, I refused to let him get any closer. But Gary didn¡¯t seem to understand what I was doing. So, he pushed me harder into his embrace. A sense of foreboding took my heart. I turned my head to look at the figure hidden in the water tank. And as expected, Dicken¡¯s face had changed. He smirked a smile, exposing two rows of sharp and vicious teeth. They were as hard as a bone. Then, he curled his webbed ws up and aimed at the cylindrical ss! A loud sting noise could be heard immediately. Everyone screamed in fear and looked at the water tank in shock. A custom-made tempered ss began to crack. Dicken stretched out his arm from the opening. A mixture of blue blood and water dripped from his arm onto the deck. ¡°My Linda¡­My Linda¡­Let go of her¡­ ¡° The low, hoarse voice constantly tormented everyone. Dicken stared furiously at Gary¡¯s arm that was ced on my waist. Then, he slowly retracted his arm and struck out another punch on the cylindrical ss! The cylindrical ss broke into pieces right after. Water pouring out like a fountain from the water tank. He was protesting! Everyone understood at once. Several sailors who knew me personally had already cast their nces at me. I was frightened as if I was caught red -handed. My legs went soft and nearly copsed. I leaned on the wall behind me and yelled in a panic, ¡°Don¡¯t look at me! He wasn¡¯t calling my name! Don¡¯t look at me¡­ Gary, you fool! Why did you provoke him in the first ce! You are unaware of what he is capable of! He is very powerful! He will definitely break out of the tank! ¡° I did not know if Gary heard me, but the few well- trained soldiers clearly understood. Everyone was panicked. They put up their machine guns and aimed at him all at once. But none of them dared to go near him. It was apparent they were all terrified by him. As if they were looking at an unknown beast. I snorted and thought to myself, ¡®He is indeed a ferocious beast, beyond your imagination.¡¯ ¡°Lady, are you the breeder of this merman?¡° A soldier asked nervously, with another hand holding his N?velDrama.Org owns all content. machine gun, ¡°He is uncontroble. Several of us have been torn apart by him. It seems like he depends very much on you. Can you please help us? ¡° Chapter 57 Chapter 57 The Merman, My Man by ck Velvet Chapter 57 ¡°No, please don¡¯t! I¡¯m not his breeder! ¡± I cut off the soldier¡¯s words immediately. I was eager to stay clear of Dicken. Any words that were rted to Dicken and me made me nervous. I grasped my cors helplessly, forcing myself to calm down quickly. But then I smelled the thick, humid scent of Dicken¡¯s body. The smell was getting closer to me, and I was surrounded by it within a second. I started to see Dicken crawling towards me. Memories of the bits and pieces began shing back in my mind. I was terrified, and I had to leave. I fled to the cabin in a great rush and closed the door with a m. Gary caught up behind but was locked outside. ¡°Miss. Linda! We need your help! ¡° ¡°Linda! D*mn it! Let me in! ¡° They were pping the cabin door violently. Gary and the soldiers were shouting outside, but I pressed my back firmly against the cabin door. I was then upied with all kinds of emotions. The images of being raped by Dicken filled my mind. Shame, fear, and irritation. My mind seemed to be overloaded for a moment. But in the next second, I found myself falling to the ground. My eyes went dark before I could call out for help. I woke up from the daze again. I had no idea how long it had taken. The direction of the waves outside the window was shing backward. I spotted a white track on the sea surface. The ship was cutting merrily through the water, and it seemed like the ship had taken off. ¡®But¡­where was this ship taking me to?¡¯ I dazedly thought to myself. I had be one of the passengers without knowing anything. I started to feel dizzy. I probably caught a fever again. I did not have the strength to be angry or want to suffer the pain anymore. Regardless of where this ship was heading, I was already on the way. ¡®Linda oh, Linda. You have no way of escaping.¡¯ Subconsciously, I gave up struggling. I stood up and took a few steps. Then I copsed on the bedboard, feeling lethargic. I gradually felt my fever be more severe. The heat in me slowly spread to every inch of my body. The bed below me no longer felt like a bed. Instead, i t felt like it had turned into a steaming basket. As if I was being steamed in high heat. I would soon evaporate to death. Every pore in my skin had erged, consumed by the heat they were exuding. ¡°Water¡­Water¡­¡° I cried out subconsciously. But my throat was parched and dry, and I could only cry out in a hoarse voice. Maybe I was dying. I didn¡¯t know. The idea of dying became more evident in my mind second after second. My fever would get more severe if nobody found out I was here. Or perhaps I wouldn¡¯t die, and the high fever would damage my brain. My instinct told me I had to get out of bed. But my arms were as soft as jelly. They felt dead. My fingers were so heavy, as if they were each tied up with a pile of stones, I could barely move. Initially, I was still conscious, struggling drowsily. But I slowly started to lose consciousness as time passed. Then, I was drowned inplete darkness. I hadpletely lost my consciousness now, and my body felt like it was being submerged in burning hot waves. It made me feel like I was slowly sinking¡­ sinking¡­sinking¡­ A sudden coolness awakened me, and I sensed a moist and cold object beside me. I had no idea how much time had passed. But this coolness came right before I shriveled up into a corpse. The next minute I could feel the cool object gently covering my forehead. It tried to transmit the cool T¨ºxt belongs to N?velDrama.Org. temperature to me by licking me on my forehead. It had somehow caused our body temperature to somewhat interchange. A momentter , I could feel my burning forehead be so much more rxed. The coolnessforted me, and I thirsted for it. I desperately wanted more of it. The pleasure on my forehead could no longer satisfy my needs. My mind was all over the ce, but I had no more energy to see or guess what it was. My eyelids were too heavy, and I could hardly open my eyes. I could not stand it anymore. I needed it more than ever. Now. I lifted my head and immediately thrust the cold and slippery tongue-like object into my mouth like a deer panting for streams of water. I began to suck desperately, absorbing its moisture bit by bit. Chapter 58 Chapter 58 The Merman, My Man by ck Velvet Chapter 58 My lips were covered by two ice ¡ªcold pieces. They made me feel morefortable. I didn¡¯t want to let go of the slippery thing in my month. So, I clung to it tightly, trying to absorb more water from it. The liquid from the object tasted like seawater, causing me to thirst for more. I instinctively stretched out my neck to move closer to it. Suddenly, I felt the load be heavier on my lips. It was slowly crushing me. Then, the wet thing in my mouth withdrew. Losing thefort, I frowned in dissatisfaction. I suddenly seemed to hear a chuckle around my ear. The slippery thing thrust into my mouth once again. A salty, cool liquid was then squeezed into my mouth, and it was injected into my throat slowly as if I was being fed. I couldn¡¯t help myself but desperately swallow it. I was like a refugee longing for water in the desert. Suddenly, my tongue reached the tip of the object in my mouth, and I felt a small hole in it. R¨ºAdt??St chapters at Novel(D)ra/ma.Org Only Gosh. It was the spring of life that had rescued me! The liquid had indeed quenched my thirst, and it tasted sweeter than honey. If only I could get more of it. After quenching my thirst, I had finally restored a bit of energy. I lifted my hands instinctively and ced them on the figure above me. My fingers sensed something moist. They felt like a ball of silk thread. I was eager. I could no longer think about what it was. I inserted my trembling fingers into theyers of silk thread and rummaged around it. Soon, I felt a smooth surface under the silk thread. It was hard and firm. Iid my palm on it and then conveniently pressed down to get more moisture. I was vaguely conscious that a dark shadow was above me the next moment. I knew the figure was getting closer to me as I could feel a moist and rapid breath in front of me. The silk threads hung down loosely around me. It was like ice water had sprayed on my body, and I was immediately refreshed. I couldn ¡®t resist holding tightly onto the cold figure under the silk thread. I then began to rub my body against it slightly to feel the coolness on more of my body parts. Especially my breasts, they were as hot as fire. They desperately needed to be coo led down by its touch. But the more I rubbed against the figure, the more I could feel something hard being pressed against my lower abdomen. I would¡¯ve felt the object getting harder and bigger even if a nket separated us. I let out a soft grunt unconsciously. I felt ufortable, but I had no strength to push the figure above me away. I couldn¡¯t bring myself to pull away from the cool figure that had rescued me. My nket was then uncovered, and the cool figure pressed on me right after. My body was now As soon as I felt the coolness, my legs eventually moved closer to the slippery figure above me. The cold and fresh feeling of touching the figure pleasured me. I could barely feel the scales as my legs rubbed against it. It was harder for me to control myself now. As if I was being seduced, I wrapped both of my legs around the slippery object above me, desperately wanting to be closer to it. Though in a daze, I could feel a pair of human legs. They were strong and muscr. But I gave up the thought immediately. I abandoned the idea of thinking about who it was, whether a man or a woman. For as long as I was in pain, none of it mattered anymore. I followed after the primitive survival instincts in me and leaned in toward the person as much as possible, bit by bit, like an infant searching for protection. I received an immediate reaction from my approach. A pair of strong arms wrapped around my back, and I fell into a peaceful embrace. I felt at ease in them. Naturally, I leaned my head against his chest and buried my face in his cool hair. A rapid and robust heartbeat sounded from my ears, giving me a sense offort and a sense of security. The pain and sufferings of the near-death experiences earlier had faded away as I clung closer to the person next to me. Chapter 59 Chapter 59 The Merman, My Man by ck Velvet Chapter 59 I thought to myself, ¡®Ah, this feels like a natural coldpress. And the coolness it¡¯s transmitting to me feels so gentle.¡¯ Even though our bodies were stered tightly against each other, my clothes, dampened by sweat, were in the way. My hands couldn¡¯t help but reach down and start tearing them away. The unknown person seemed to have understood what I was trying to do. He reached out his cool hands towards the hem of my shirt and lifted it. He tore my shirt away in a swift but rough motion and pulled my pants down. I was finally fully naked and in the embrace of this figure whose skin exuded coolness. Every cell in my body rejoiced as they weed the refreshing feeling, and the restless torment of hunger for coolness was relieved slowly but surely. It felt so gratifying that I could¡¯ve fallen asleep at any moment. But the stiff object was still poking against my abdomen. That was the main thing preventing me from falling asleep. So, I squirmed and wriggled to disy my dissatisfaction. I then heard a low and husky grunt, followed by the sound of rapid breathing. The figure held onto me tightly, restraining me from any further movement. At that moment, I didn¡¯t have the strength to contend for control. Unwillingly, I rxed my body and surrendered myself to him. The stiff object against my lower abdomen was still where it was before, stiffly poking me. But I was too exhausted to do anything other than just to get used to it slowly. Right as I was about to fall asleep, I felt like I was flipped over. We were still entangled in a tight embrace, but the cool figure was now beneath me. Although the stiff object was ufortable, I didn¡¯t move. I drifted off to sleep as I continued to lie on the unknown figure. I began dreaming. It seemed I was lying in a small boat, and it was floating peacefully on the surface of the sea as it swayed to the wind. The hard object at my lower abdomen was still rubbing against my skin. It seemed that after feeling it for so long, the sensation had eventually followed me into my dream. It felt like I had slept for a long time before being awoken by the movement near my leg. Something cold and slippery had encircled my leg and had started patting my calf. It felt like it was trying tofort me, but instead, all it gave me was a tingly feeling. Finally, I awoke from my slumber as I fluttered my tired eyelids open. N?velDrama.Org owns all content. Silky ck hair hung before my eyes together with a pale and sturdy chest of a man. My face was buried into his hair while my head rested against his chest. I lifted my head in a daze and looked up. My eyes immediately met a pair of sharp, deep blue eyes. Those eyes stared at mezily and cozily. Seeing him there blew my mind, and my body was momentarily petrified from the shock. Dicken was lying on my bed, and my naked body was strewn onto his. ¡°Linda¡­ you¡¯re¡­ awake, ¡° he muttered clumsily. Dicken appeared to be in a good mood as he spoke in a deep voice. ¡®No! What is going on? How did this beast get into my room? Again! What happenedst night? ¡®Was I¡­¡¯ I immediately bounced up from his body as I realized what had happened. However, I had forgotten that his fishtail was still entangled around my legs. So, I lost my bnce, and my head collided against the cabin ceiling before crashing back into his chest. I ended up lying on him in the same position as before. I frantically pushed myself away from him but to no avail. I hadn¡¯t anticipated how slick and slippery his skin was, causing me to had rubbed against his body several times during my flustered struggle. Chapter 60 Chapter 60 The Merman, My Man by ck Velvet Chapter 60 By the time I could react, the object enclosed within his scales had emerged and was erected towards me. Dicken propped his face up on an elbow with a face filled with delight. He was admiring my frantic and embarrassed reaction. With a tug, his tail retracted its grip from my leg and proceeded to spank my buttcheeks. I was being yed and teased by this lewd creature while n*ked! The spanking came as a surprise, causing me to roll off the bed and onto the cabin¡¯s floorboards in pain. I tried my hardest to withstand the pain so I wouldn¡¯t yelp in pain. ¡®I can¡¯t scream. I can¡¯t let anyone find out that Dicken is in my room, especially while n*ked! ¡®But how could I let him stay here with me? I¡¯m pretty sure I know what is going to happen next¡­¡¯ I inched backward and moved away from him, then grabbed a nearby chair. With the four legs of their chair pointed to him, I raised my voice to make myself appear assertive. ¡°Get out, if not I¡¯ll scream for help! You don¡¯t want to get a taste of bullets again, do you?¡° Dicken did not respond. I was worried that he didn¡¯t fullyprehend what I meant, so I swiftly pointed to the window, as that was likely how he entered the room in the first ce. Dicken raised a brow and looked at me before shifting his line of sight to the window like he was trying to figure out what I had said. Then, he made a finger gun with his webbed ws and shook his head with a mocking look on his face. Finally, he opened his mouth and startedughing. That was the first time I had heardughter that sounded so cunning. Dicken was like someone plotting devious conspiracies while mockinglyughing at my ignorant self. N?velDrama.Org owns all content. I understood what he meant. He was conveying that guns would be ineffective to him. He must have thought that my threat was childish because he knew I couldn¡¯t do anything against him. Fear took over me, but I refused to give up. I gritted my teeth and spat out the words, ¡°Don¡¯t get too cocky! I¡¯m talking about real bullets here, not tranquilizer darts! ¡° Dicken suddenly stopped smiling and got down from the bed. He curled his long tail in a position that allowed him to stand upright. In the next second, his figure cast arge shadow over me. I reflexively tightened my grip on the chair I was holding and positioned it in front of me like a shield. In an instant, Dicken knocked the chair out of my hands. My eyes couldn¡¯t even follow his movements. His strength was overpowering. He gradually approached me as I carefully took steps backward to maintain a distance from him until my back was against the door. He then extended his arms to trap me in ce against the door. He inched his face closer, and I could feel his humid breath against my face as he said, ¡°Linda¡­call me¡­Dicken¡­I am¡­your Dicken.¡° I shyly turned away, unwilling to meet his eyes. Without a doubt, I knew what ¡®Dicken ¡® meant to this merman. It contained the same meaning as a verb rted to love-making in Japanese. It carried the meaning of mating and courtship! Asking me to call him ¡®Dicken ¡® was no different from asking me to admit that I was his mate. This was pretty much like asking him to have sex with me! It was too unbelievable! As a beast, why would he care so much what I called him? I definitely couldn¡¯t call him that and allow him to have sex with me. Otherwise, whatever happened in the research room would happen again! I gritted my teeth and spat, ¡°No! Definitely not! ¡° Because I had recalled the things Dicken did to me on the ind earlier, my cheeks went from warm to hot. In an instant, he reached out a w and caressed my lips. As he leaned against me, he spoke several words that he may have just learned. He said word after word slowly in a low voice, ¡°Last night¡­you¡­took initiative¡­kiss me¡­¡° I was horror-stricken from his words and was petrified. The fuzzy and fragmented memories fromst night surfaced in my mind piece by piece ¡ªclinging onto him in hunger, sucking on his tongue in unquenchable thirst¡­ The memories were so humiliating that I could have passed out on the spot. Just then, I could hear someone shouting from outside the cabin, ¡°Everyone, look! There is a ship over there calling for help! ¡° ¡°That¡¯s right! The ship is in distress! ¡° Chapter 61 Chapter 61 The Merman, My Man by ck Velvet Chapter 61 I looked out the window toward the direction of the shouting. It was just like they said; the outline of a ship could be seen through the fog above the surface of the sea. Red smoke was visibly diffusing from the direction of the ship. The red smoke is known to be the distress signal out at sea. T¨ºxt belongs to N?velDrama.Org. Due to the storm, something on the ship must have been out of order. The ship then released several lifeboats, and several people got onto it before rowing over to our boat. A sailor shouted, ¡°The lifeboat ising and there are even elderly people. Let¡¯s release the ropes quickly! ¡° Those who live on the sea know full well the dangers it brings. Therefore, they were empathetic towards those that had unfortunate encounters. ¡°Professor Laura is still asleep. Should we wake her up for permission? She always told us to mind our own business and not to stray off course,¡° someone asked. ¡°Don¡¯t! She definitely won¡¯t let us help these poor people. You¡¯ve seen how cold and heartless that woman is! There are about a dozen lives on that lifeboat! If that woman is awake, she will surely turn them away.¡° I couldn¡¯t disagree with what he said. Before I could speak, another person shouted, ¡°So let¡¯s quickly save these people while she¡¯s still asleep! ¡° The crew collectively agreed to this decision. The calls for help from the lifeboat grew louder and louder. Shortly after, the deck became noisy from the voices of all those people. Among the dozen or so people who arrived on deck, some were sobbing, and some expressed their gratitude. There were even a few who were engaged in prayer. This scene reminded me of the scary experience I had at sea when I was a child. I remembered how relieved my parents looked the moment they found me. But this train of thought also reminded me of who my savior was. Inadvertently, I looked at Dicken guiltily. But to my surprise, he was wearing an alert and vignt expression on his face. ¡®Is he being on guard because of the crowd outside?¡¯ This thought tempted me to go out and greet them just to spite him. At least it was safer to be among them than alone with Dicken. But Dicken had no intention of letting me go. When I moved my leg, he pushed me harder against the door. His tail then wedged itself between my legs so that my body was stuck in ce. Just like that, the pressure from his tail had stimted my sensitive spot. I had to mp my mouth shut just so that I wouldn¡¯t yelp out loud. The situation now became more and more unbearable. The sound of people traversing past my door made me feel increasingly ashamed. I had wanted to throw a punch at his face, but I stopped myself when I saw a rare furrow in his brows. He etched his face closer to the gap of the door and took a whiff. The vignt expression on his face then intensified, and his eyes sharpened into a re. It was as if he had sensed an enemy. That was the first time I saw Dicken disy expressions like this. A bad feeling rose from my chest. ¡®What on earth can make a furious beast like him be so defensive?¡¯ ¡°Don¡¯t¡­ go out. ¡° Dicken¡¯s eyes were fixated on the gap between the door and its frame. He squinted as he looked through it and continued, ¡°There¡¯s something¡­¡° Out of curiosity, I turned my head and looked through the gap as well. We could see an elderly man with a slouched back looking exhausted through it. However, the long sleeve of the shirt he was wearing caught my eye. There¡¯s something hidden there! Something cylindrical was sticking out of his sleeve. I was stunned when I made out what it was. The long sleeve concealed a handgun that he was holding! ¡®Why would an elderly man be carrying a gun, especially when he had just escaped danger at sea? ¡® My intuition told me that these people could be¡­ I suddenly thought of an article that I had read in the newspaper. ¡®This was the same way that vessels were taken over in pirate attacks! This is exactly the same as what I read in the article ! ¡® The revtion made me break out in cold sweat. ¡®The sailors on our crew were deceived. These people were definitely pirates disguised as survivors ! ¡® Chapter 62 Chapter 62 The Merman, My Man by ck Velvet Chapter 62 I quickly thought of a countermeasure. Through the gap in the door, I noticed a sailor named Henry was not too far from my cabin. I knocked lightly on my door to try to attract Henry¡¯s attention. That way, I could secretly tell him about the horrific revtion, and he could alert the military personnel on board. But I had to be discreet. The oue would be unimaginable if the pirates found out. ¡°Henry, Henry, could youe here for a bit?¡° I beckoned him softly. As I did that, I was simultaneously observing the movements of the pirates in hopes that they didn¡¯t notice anything unusual. ¡°Miss Linda?¡° Henry heard my voice and walked closer with a puzzled expression. Right then, I saw the elderly man with a bent back suddenly straighten his spine and throw something he was holding onto the floor. In an instant, white smoke rose from the floor, and the people on deck were no longer visible. A pungent scent flooded my nostrils, and Dicken flung me onto the bed in a swift motion. The smoke made me unable to open my eyes, and the sharp pain caused streams of tears to fall. ¡°F*ck! It¡¯s a gas bomb! ¡° I couldn¡¯t help but curse. I instinctively started rubbing my eyes as panic overtook me. ¡®The people outside must haveunched a surprise attack! ¡® I quickly sat up, but Dicken immediately pounced onto me, preventing me from getting up. Just when I wanted to start thrashing in anger, his lips pressed against my eyelid, and he started licking the bottom of my eyelid repeatedly with that wet and slippery tongue of his. This sort of intimate contact made me feel awkward, but I understood what he was trying to do. He was trying to neutralize the effects of the gas that had got into my eye. His saliva did have healing properties, after all. I could only ept his help as I prioritized my safety. I tolerated the awkward situation and remained motionless as he licked at my eyes. Suddenly, we heard a loud and rming sound. Bang! Bang! Bang! Someone seemed to be kicking at my door, causing tremors across the cabin room. I could hear the sound of bullets colliding with metal from the door. My body trembled at the sound as I instinctively covered my ears. But even then, it didn¡¯t do much to prevent me from hearing the sound of impact. I felt like breaking down. On the other hand, Dicken acted without hesitation. He immediately pulled me into his embrace as his muscles tensed. He stood up with me in his arms as he released a low growl that only I could hear. ¡°Whoever is in there,e out now! You have ten minutes. For every minute of dy, one of the idiots out here will have the chance to visit God! ¡° The gruff shouting voice of a man reached my ears from behind the door. The sounds of gunfire against my door had halted, and the smell of gunpowder emanated from it. I pushed Dicken away and shakily put some clothes on. I knew those pirates were not joking. Thew meant nothing to them, so there was nothing they wouldn¡¯t do. I clenched my fists tightly in fear. Although I was terrified, I could only obey and go along with their demands. If I didn¡¯t within the next ten minutes, the sailors would lose their lives. ¡®They saved these people out of empathy and the kindness of their hearts! How could this happen to them?¡¯ R¨ºAdt??St chapters at Novel(D)ra/ma.Org Only ¡°If you¡¯re smart enough, you shouldn¡¯t go out there, Dicken, ¡° I said to him in a low voice. ¡® Unsurprisingly, they think I¡¯m the only one in here. ¡® I anxiously walked toward the door, but Dicken¡¯s tail clung onto me before I could reach it. I lost bnce and fell backward onto his sturdy chest. His arms tensed as he locked me into his embrace with my head resting against his chest. His deep blue eyes bore into mine with a look of caution as he said, ¡±Linda¡­don¡¯t¡­go out.¡± Chapter 63 Chapter 63 The Merman, My Man by ck Velvet Chapter 63 I was petrified by Dicken¡¯s stare and couldn¡¯t move. But the shouting voice outside immediately drew my attention. ¡°To the idiot who¡¯s still in there, if you don¡¯te out now, I will st the door open with dynamite! ¡° He thenughed sinisterly. ¡°Or else, I will st someone¡¯s head open! ¡° Shortly after, I could hear someone cock the safety of a gun, followed by the sound of Henry¡¯s crying. He screamed in agony, ¡°Stop! Help! Don¡¯t kill me! Miss Linda, please help me! ¡° Henry¡¯s wailing felt like a stab through my heart. Now, I was much calmer than before. Every move I made would affect the lives of those outside my door. ¡®I must think of a n where I can protect my life as well as theirs. If I walk out there meekly like just now, I ¡®ll just be feeding myself to the wolves. Dicken is ferocious. Asking for his help is my best option. ¡® I could feel my chest well up with courage. With the feeling of responsibility to save the sailors, I turned around and grabbed Dicken¡¯s arm. My forehead was right below his chin, and this was the first time I got close to Dicken of my own volition. The memories of how he vited me filled my thoughts yet again, but I tried my best to push them to a corner of my mind and suppress the embarrassment that came with it. I spoke to him slowly and softly, ¡°Listen here, Dick¡­ oh, no.¡° Realizing what I had almost said, I awkwardly stopped myself. I intentionally slowed down the pace of my words so that he could understand what I said next. ¡°Mr. Merman, I need your help. I will walk out there soon, but I hope you can find a ce to hide. Then, you can wait for an opportunity to fight the people with guns.¡° As I said that, I made a finger gun just like the one he made earlier and asked, ¡°Do you know what I mean? Can you do it?¡° I then cast him a worried look. I didn¡¯t know how proficient he was in Japanese yet but hoped he was intelligent enough toprehend what I was trying to say. Dicken¡¯s brows furrowed again like he was deep in thought. Before long, his lips parted open in a smirk, and he gave me a whimsical look before saying, ¡°Call me¡­ Dicken¡­¡° ¡®Assh*le! This creature is threatening me now of all times?¡¯ ¡°Ten¡­nine¡­eight¡° The countdown on the other side of the door had already started. I had no choice but topromise to Dicken¡¯s demands. I tilted my head away to avoid his eyes and shamefully uttered the several sybles, ¡±Di-ck-en.¡± Immediately after, his w tilted my chin upward to force me to look into his eyes as I was covered in his shadow. R¨ºAdt??St chapters at Novel(D)ra/ma.Org Only His lips crashed onto mine. His kiss was so intense and rushed that in about two seconds, the weight on my lips had disappeared. He released his grip on my body, and I instinctively leaned back against the door. The figure that was before me just a second ago was also gone. I could only see something simr to a ck bolt of lightning shing to the window and disappearing through it. My eyes couldn¡¯t even catch onto his movements, and only the broken window served as proof of his trespass. Just like that, Dicken concealed himself and was out of sight thanks to the thick fog outside. ¡®If he had wanted to escape from being a research subject, it seemed like an easy feat for him. But why did he let himself be captured and trapped?¡¯ Although I had this question in my mind, I didn¡¯t have the time to ponder further on it. Chapter 64 Chapter 64 The Merman, My Man by ck Velvet Chapter 64 I took a deep breath and gathered my courage before opening the cabin door. The moment I opened the door, a thought surfaced in my mind¡ªDicken wille to my aid. Although I was abhorrent to everything Dicken had done to me and how he had almost destroyed my career as a researcher, I believed that he wouldn¡¯t leave me behind for some unknown reason. ¡°What a hot woman! Now raise both your arms and behave! ¡° N?velDrama.Org owns all content. A rough and muscr man was standing in front of me. He was wearing a worn -out hat. He looked at me with a deceitful and disgusting smirk. He then aimed the opening of the gun barrel at my head. Nobody would be calm at a time like this. So, unsurprisingly, the shirt on my back was already drenched in sweat. I obediently raised my arms to show that I had no intention of rebelling against them. I carefully walked out of the cabin andposed myself as I said, ¡°Calm down, I ¡®m just a defense less woman.¡° The pirates on deck who pretended to be survivors had now done away with their disguises. All of them were tanned and muscr . It looked like even the person who appeared like an elderly man was just another pirate in disguise. The pirates had already subdued all of the sailors in our crew. They knelt on the floor as their hands and wrists were restrained with ropes. However, there was a silver lining to the situation. Gary and the soldiers were not among those who were restrained, which meant that they must¡¯ve been hiding somewhere and were preparing for a counterattack. I was slightly relieved. I looked around the boat and hazarded a guess that they must¡¯ve been hiding in the cabins above deck. That was a strategic position as they could fire the guns downward and take the pirates by surprise. Just then, I felt the cor of my shirt tighten as the leader among the pirates tugged at it forcefully. ¡±Miss Linda! ¡± The few sailors who knew me eximed in fright. Then, my stomach was punched fiercely, causing me to copse onto the floorboards and curl up while I clutched the point of impact on my abdomen. How could a woman like me fight against such a muscr man bare-handed? After that, a leg enclosed in heard leather boots stomped onto my body. The muscr man looming above me cackled in evilughter as he said, ¡±To the guys up there, do you think you¡¯ re good at hiding? Can¡¯t you see that this woman is now in our hands? If you don¡¯t lower your weapons, I will make this woman suffer.¡° ¡®Oh, God! The pirates must have noticed Gary and the rest! No! I¡¯m still in their hands. If this goes on, we¡¯ll be at a disadvantage!¡¯ As I was thinking, the sounds of guns being loaded could be heard from the second floor. The soldiers were having a standoff with the group of pirates. I remained hopeful. There weren¡¯t that many pirates, and although they had guns, they were no match for those trained professionals. ¡®Maybe I just need to stall a little longer¡­¡¯ But the impact of the punch earlier was too strong. ¡® That darn pirate! He didn¡¯t go lightly on me even though I ¡®m a woman. I don¡¯t know how much longer I can stand this.¡¯ The pain in my abdomen was aggravating, and the boot was still holding my body down onto the floor. I couldn¡¯t believe that Dicken was the first person I wanted to see at this moment of desperation. It was also the first time I truly yearned for his presence. So, I tried to raise my head and searched for his figure on the surface of the sea. The fog was thick, so I could barely make out the sea surface. Needless to say, I couldn¡¯t spot Dicken at all. I couldn¡¯t help but feel disappointed. ¡®Maybe Dicken had left. With how we had treated him so far, there was no way he would help us. He had the choice to return to his freedom in the deep sea. He has no reason to involve himself in this life or death situation.¡¯ Chapter 65 Chapter 65 The Merman, My Man by ck Velvet Chapter 65 He was a beast, after all. His acts of intimacy stemmed from his feral instincts and were not based on emotions. It was perfectly logical for him to leave. Although I had that train of thought, I still mentally cursed him in the back of my mind. ¡®Despicable!¡¯ I hadn¡¯t expected to feel miserable. I clenched my fists in a fury. ¡®That stupid beast! How could he abandon me?!¡¯ Just when I wasmenting his absence, I suddenly heard the sound of a strong wave crashing against the hull of a boat. Seawater overflowed onto the deck and the boat started rocking side to side. The man stepping on me lost bnce and fell onto the floor. Withstanding the pain, I crawled up and raised my head. Dicken¡¯s tail clung to the boat¡¯s mast as he propped his body upright, overseeing the situation on the boat from above like a harbinger of death. He roared fiercely before pouncing onto the pirate that had stepped on me. With a mighty swing from his long tail, several of the pirates who were ready to fire their guns were toppled over. Then, he extended his razor-sharp ws and stared down at everyone present. In a split second, he dug his ws into the lower back of a pirate and flung him forward onto his abdomen. Blood sprayed out from the wound, and Dicken was covered in it instantly. He then looked at the situation around him once again. I was so shocked that no words could leave my lips. I could only remain stunned as I sat on the floor. I felt the urge to gag as my body couldn¡¯t help but tremble at the scene. Dicken¡¯s brutality in this situation was more terrifying than what he had done to Alice. The impression I had of Dicken had changed after witnessing that situation. The mess of thoughts in my mind put me in a trance, yet I couldn¡¯t shift my eyes away. Covered in blood, Dicken stood up from the corpse supported by his tail. He was slightly more than two meters tall when standing upright and appeared like a king looking down on his subjects on the deck. Droplets of blood remained on his weapon-like ws. His deep blue eyes bore ferocity that could make anyone quiver in fear. Like a devil that arose from hell, he could snatch the lives of anyone he wished. Even bloodthirsty pirates wouldn¡¯t dare stand against him. ¡°Do not¡­touch¡­my¡­Linda.¡° Dicken cast his gaze onto me before sweeping to the group of ruthless pirates. His lips revealed a threatening smile as his throat released a deep sound resembling a growl. This must have been the first time these pirates had encountered such a ferocious creature. They couldn¡¯t help but take several steps back in terror. Even their grip on their guns and rifles weakened as their hands shook. I was drenched in a cold sweat, but under the current circumstances, there was no way I would stop Dicken¡¯s massacre. ¡®After all, the pirates have no respect for life or other people. They don¡¯t even have mercy for children or the elderly. If I weaken my resolve here, then more blood will be on their hands.¡¯ However, I had no way of moving because I had no idea what I could do in that situation. ¡°Linda, get away from the merman and the pirates! Get into the cabin quickly! ¡° Gary¡¯s voice reached my ears from somewhere above me. I looked up in the direction of his voice and saw that he and some of the soldiers had their guns trained on the pirates. The tables had been turned, and now the pirates were at a disadvantage. They had their backs against each other in a group. Some of them aimed their guns at Gary and the soldiers, while the others aimed at Dicken instead. But at that moment, no one dared to be the first to open fire. I realized what the key to this situation was. ¡®If someone opens fire, the restrained sailors will be live targets as they are defenseless. I can¡¯t just hide by myself and leave them behind like this!¡¯ R¨ºAdt??St chapters at Novel(D)ra/ma.Org Only I immediately crouched down to untie the ropes on one of the sailors, but on second thought, I realized it would consume too much time. Chapter 66 Chapter 66 The Merman, My Man by ck Velvet Chapter 66 I held onto one of the sailor¡¯s legs and dragged him under the eaves. That way, he would be further away from the gunfire. Suddenly, I heard the sound of someone wailing, ¡° Miss Linda! Please help me! I¡¯m having a heart attack! I feel like I¡¯m about to die¡­¡° I recognized that voice to be Henry¡¯s. I hurriedly looked for his figure among the group of sailors. I found him curled up with a painful expression on his face. ¡°Wait for me! ¡° I got to him immediately and dragged him under the eaves the same way I dragged the other sailor. I intended to do CPR on him, but the moment I pressed my hands onto his chest, a cold and metallic gun barrel was ced below my chin. Henry¡¯s face, which was originally twisted in pain and agony, was now malicious as if his behavior of being in pain earlier was all an act. I was dumbfounded. Henry¡¯s hands were not tied. He had been disguising himself all along because he was a spy for the pirates. ¡®What is going on?¡¯ ¡®Henry was the sailor who had followed me and Gary since we first left the maind to do research. How could he be a pirate?¡¯ ¡®Unless¡­ these pirates had their eye on us since the very beginning of our voyage. And now they have decided to make their move.¡¯ ¡±Henry, what are you doing? ! ¡± Gary¡¯s roar interrupted my train of thought. I looked at him and saw that his gun was trained toward Henry and me. My thoughts were all over the ce. With Henry¡¯s gun aimed directly at my head, I could only stand up stiffly as one of his arms was around my neck. The gun barrel pressed firmly against my temple. He was obviously frightened by Dicken¡¯s brutality because I could feel his hands shaking. Even so, he bellowed, ¡±All of you, put down your guns, or else I will kill her! She must be very precious to you, Gary. This text is ? N?velDrama/.Org. And that beast, you¡­ you listen to me! Your trainer is in my hands ! If you don¡¯t want your trainer to die then stay there obediently ! Hey ! Can you understand humannguage?¡± Henry¡¯s shouting finally drew Dicken¡¯s attention away from the other pirates. He turned in the direction of Henry¡¯s voice and saw the state I was in. Within an instant, his expression changed. Several seconds ago, he looked confident as he knew the pirates were no match for him. But after seeing the situation I was in, that previous expression was reced with terror-inducing murderous intent. He snarled as he said, ¡±Don¡¯t ¡­touch¡­ her ¡­you¡­ will¡­ die.¡± Dicken red at Henry, and when Henry heard what Dicken had said, it wasn¡¯t only his hands that were trembling but also the rest of his body. Noticing that I was in a pinch, I frantically searched my mind for a way to break down Henry¡¯s mental defenses. Just then, the standoff between Dicken and Henry was interrupted by the sound of a gunshot from an unknown assant on deck. The bullet had hit something in front of Dicken, so he instinctively bent his body into an attacking stance. Henry was so shocked by the sound that the gun in his hand just slipped out from his grip. ¡®Thank God for that!¡¯ I immediately lifted my elbow and swung it back into his stomach as hard as I could before running forward. But Henry was a man, and he had the advantage of physical strength. He reacted almost immediately and held onto my waist, pushing me face-down onto the floor. I thrashed and struggled against him for a while until suddenly, he raised his wrist, and I saw a silver sh appear. I felt something embedding itself in my abdomen. Suddenly, sharp pain overtook my senses, and red blood started seeping out of my abdomen. Chapter 67 Chapter 67 The Merman, My Man by ck Velvet Chapter 67 This was also when the turbulent sounds of gunfire started on the deck. The unavoidable battle had begun. I tried pressing against the wound on my abdomen, but the intense pain was enough to silence me. I could onlyy on the floor as I raised my head with difficulty, watching the ongoing battle on deck. The overwhelming fatigue was preventing my eyes from staying open. I saw Dicken zipping around as he avoided the flurry of bullets. It was obvious that the bullets slowed him down. However, it could also be that he had no intention of attacking anyone and was just dodging the bullets as he stared in my direction. R¨ºAdt??St chapters at Novel(D)ra/ma.Org Only Dicken wasn¡¯t scared of bullets. Rather, he was scared that I would be hurt further as Henry was still near me! ¡®But how could he dodge every single bullet?. If this goes on, he will die!¡¯ I felt my chest tighten. Even though I despised Dicken for viting me, I never once hoped for him to die, especially since he came back to save me even though he had the chance to escape. I was so worried for him that I forgot about the predicament I was in. It was as if the pain from my wound wasn¡¯t that important anymore. ¡°I¡¯m fine, Dicken. Don¡¯t worry about me. Focus on fighting or you might die! ¡° I shouted at him with all my strength as I gritted my teeth to bear the pain. Henry realized what I was doing, and in the next second, he pulled out the dagger embedded in my abdomen. Even though my eyesight was blurred from tears of pain, I could tell that it was a military- issued dagger. Blood started flowing out of my wound in streams as Iy there in pain. ¡®Looks like Henry really wants me dead¡­¡¯ As the blood drained from my body, so did my strength. I could only convulse and twitch in pain while my body curled up. Meanwhile, I could hear a pirate shout, ¡°Get the chains! This monster is about to attack! Get the chains and tie him up with it!¡° I looked at Dicken with worry, but all I could see were several pirates holding a thick, metal chain as they wrapped it around Dicken¡¯s body. Only his tail had some room to move as he wed at the metal chain. He kept snarling as he was in a deadlock with the pirates. It was evident that Dicken had been shot. His blue ¨C colored blood flowed down from his body and formed several blue puddles on the deck. Even though he was hurt, he remained in a deadlock with them and didn¡¯t seem to have any intention of attacking. Therge waves crashing against the boat had halted, and the fog had also dissipated. It was then that the actual appearance of the ship that we had initially thought was in distress was revealed. This ship had a unique appearance. Tattered strips of cloth hung from the boat, and worn tes of metal stered its structure. The small ship looked like it could not withstand another storm. However, on the third floor of the ship was a cannon. Several dozens of pirates were standing on its deck with rifles in their hands. The amount of firepower and manpower they had was overwhelmingpared to ours. I was staggered by the sudden turn of events and almost passed out. I never imagined that the pirates we might face would be organized to this scale¡­ Henry ced the dagger next to my neck and arrogantly said, ¡°Tell them to put down their guns, Gary. You¡¯re no match to us. And looks like Linda can¡¯t hold on much longer. Bing a hostage is much better than being food for the sharks, isn¡¯t it?¡° I didn¡¯t dare to be careless. I couldn¡¯t see Gary, so I didn¡¯t know whether he lowered his weapon. I knew that Gary was still somewhat intelligent, so he wouldn¡¯t attack directly. Under the current circumstances where the difference in strength was too significant, a confrontation would only take more lives. Being under the pirates¡¯ control seemed like an inevitable oue. Chapter 68 Chapter 68 The Merman, My Man by ck Velvet Chapter 68 Gary and Laura needed Dicken and me to remain alive. The group of pirates didn¡¯t seem like they were just trying to rob us, else they wouldn¡¯t have got Henry to spy on Gary and me for so long. At the very least, Dicken and I were left alive. As long as we were alive, there would be a chance to escape. The pain and blood loss drained me unconscious. All I could feel was Henry still clutching to my body near the edge of the deck. As for the pirate ship, it had inched closer until it was just mere meters away from us. The pirates on the ship ced a small bridge made of steel between the decks of both vessels. Our boat trembled, and seawater sshed from the area of impact. I heard the sound of chains approaching closer from behind me, followed by the metallic scent of blood flooding my nostrils. I turned my head as much as I could to take a look. Unfortunately, as my eyesight was blurred from the pain I was enduring, I could only faintly see several pirates tugging the chains as they dragged Dicken across the bridge. They yelled in excitement like that was the most incredible loot of their endeavor. Pirates in chains now dragged the strong, fierce, and intelligent creature. Dicken looked like a wild animal being imprisoned in a circus. Nobody could actually stop him from escaping, but he was willing to put himself in that situation. My heart felt heavy. ¡°I shouldn¡¯t have asked Dicken for help. No matter how simr he is to a human, he still isn¡¯t human at the end of the day. We¡¯re biologically different beings. I shouldn¡¯t have involved him in the despicable conflicts of humans.¡± I was too stupid! Dicken was just a beast. The fact that he thought I was his mate was just a mistake, and asking him for help in that situation just made it worse. He was only sacrificing himself for me because he thought I was his mate. How could I do this as a biological? How could I use an intelligent creature like him? However, even if I could do it all over again, I probably would have done the same thing. After all, no one could resist relying on someone more powerful in the fact of danger, even if that someone had vited me before. I felt conflicted and guilty, while my thoughts were a frantic mess. However, the pain in my body felt clearer as it overtook my senses and my mind. Even breathing felt like a difficult chore. I knew that death was at my doorstep. My eyes couldn¡¯t help but roll upwards, and I couldn¡¯t All content is ? N0velDrama.Org. concentrate anymore. I felt like I was floating further and further away from whatever was happening¡­ Suddenly, the boat started rocking intensely. I felt my body release from Henry¡¯s grip, causing me to copse on the deck. When my head collided with the floorboards, the impact gave my mind a moment of rity. I could faintly see several pirates tugging hard at Dicken, who was wrapped tightly into a bundle with chains with my blurred vision. His body was mere inches away from me. Perhaps undergoing danger with him had evoked a feeling ofpanionship with him. I used thest of my strength to raise my fingers and tug at his tail. ¡°Stop wasting time and quickly throw this monster into the cargo hold below deck,¡°manded one of the pirates. Dicken¡¯s figure disappeared from my side. Several people carried him away before I was lifted as well. Shortly after, I was tossed into the darkness and fell into a pool of water. The ssh caused me to feel dizzier than before. The water swallowed me up as I continued sinking further into the darkness below. The icy cold water stung my wound, and the pain cleared my head. Then, I felt my way along the wall with great difficulty and pushed my body against it. It was only then that I realized the water had only reached up to my waist. When I lifted my head, all I saw were several people looking down at me from above. Chapter 69 Chapter 69 The Merman, My Man by ck Velvet Chapter 69 ¡°This chick is really feisty! It will be a shame if our brothers don¡¯t y with her.¡° ¡°Stop that. This woman is that monster¡¯s trainer. We need her here so that the monster won¡¯t go crazy. After all, it looks like she won¡¯t be living much longer. So we might as well feed her to the monster when the timees.¡° ¡°You¡¯ve got a good point. Let¡¯s go! There are still a few idiots on deck to handle! ¡° After that, the doorway to the cargo hold closed with a bang and entrapped me in darkness. There was only a weak ray of lighting from a gap in the wall. It took a while for my eyes to adjust to the darkness. I could faintly see a dark mass moving about somewhere not far from where I was. The movement was apanied by chains rustling and knocking against the wall. T¨ºxt belongs to N?velDrama.Org. I immediately recognized that it was Dicken as he was still bound in chains. I didn¡¯t expect the pirates to imprison us in the same ce. ¡°Linda¡­Linda¡­¡° Dicken was beckoning me. I was familiar with the sound of his voice. It was dim, but I could see a dark shadow resembling a fishtail writhing about for a while before arge ssh sprayed water onto me. Then, suddenly, arge ripple formed from where I was standing in just a few seconds. Dicken¡¯s head gradually emerged from the water surface, followed by his torso. I could see many streaks of scars on his chest left behind by the metal chains. But the metal chains were gone. Dicken had broken free from the chains except for one around his waist that was as thick as my arm. There was a padlock on that chain, but it posed no difficulty to his movements. It looked more like an essory on him. I wanted to reach out and touch him, but I was too weak. I could only move my body a little but couldn¡¯t lift my arm. Dicken extended his wet ws to help support my wobbling body. He then bent down and cast his gaze onto the stab wound in my abdomen. I immediately understood what he wanted to do next. He was myst hope of living since he had the power to heal. So he really could save my life! When faced with intolerable pain and the fear of death, the feeling of embarrassment was nothing to me. Dicken was my final lifeline. Therefore, I didn¡¯t resist when Dicken started tearing off my blood -soaked clothes with his teeth. I even shakily extended my arms to amodate his actions and exposed my abdomen for him to inspect. The scene looked like I was selling my body and soul to the devil in the desire of wealth. Dicken¡¯s ws extended to my back to steady my position. He then suspended himself in water with his tail while extending it between my legs. His tail pressed against my crotch as it pushed my body higher and higher until the upper half of my body was above the water surface. This position made me look like I was riding a giant python, and I had to mp my legs around it for the sake of stability. It looked a lot like we were having s*x. Dicken retracted the w on my back and shifted it to my hips instead as he steadied me against the wall. Dicken lowered his head to my ribs without a word, and I instinctively wrapped my arms around his neck to steady myself. I could feel his wet and slippery tongue slowly licking the ce where the dagger had stabbed me. Then, his cool tongue entered my injured flesh and explored the interior of the wound, leaving no area untouched. ¡°Mm¡­ah¡­¡° I couldn¡¯t help but groan and tremble from the pain. I could only bite my lower lip to prevent myself from wailing like a child. Chapter 70 Chapter 70 The Merman, My Man by ck Velvet Chapter 70 Very quickly, the healing properties of Dicken¡¯s saliva started to take effect. The extreme pain began to dissipate, and a tingling and ticklish feeling reced it as the wound healed. It wasn¡¯t ufortable. Rather, it was quite enjoyable. Just like that, my body eventually rxed, and my eyelids started to feel heavy as sleepiness took over my mind. Dicken rocked my body rhythmically as if I was a baby being rocked to sleep. Before long, I fell asleep peacefully with my arms around Dicken¡¯s neck. When I finally woke up from my slumber, I felt like I had been sleeping for a long time. For a moment, I thought I was in a dream because I had regained my strength and vigor. The several hours of sleep felt like I had rested for days, all thanks to Dicken¡¯s mysterious healing powers. Dicken¡¯s head was buried into my abdomen as he was still healing me. I looked down and saw his long eyshes partially concealing his breathtaking eyes not forgetting his high nose bridge and his chiseled jawline. But the shadows beneath his eyes veiled the contours of his face. The way he looked right now was rather¡­gentle. His gentleness made him seem like a charming man who could bewitch the minds of many. As I was spacing out while staring at him, he suddenly lifted his head, and our eyes met. My heart skipped a beat. I was so lost in thought that I perceived this despicable and lewd creature as a gentle being. ¡®This must be a delusion caused by my injury! It has to be!¡¯ I suddenly realized that I was in a shameful position. My shirt was wide open, and both my breasts were exposed. I wanted to push Dicken away. The thought I had earlierbined with my position caused me to be extremely flustered. This text is ? N?velDrama/.Org. He narrowed his eyes and looked at me like he had figured out what I was thinking. Then, Dicken smiled. He seemed delighted that he had sessfully seduced me and caused me to be flustered, so his smile widened further. His flirtatious smile appeared to be teasing me, especially since his mouth was covered in blood from my wound. He continued flicking his tongue in and out of my wound repeatedly. He would extend it into the wound before withdrawing his tongue back into his mouth. He was teasing me while tantly disying this s*xual innuendo. ¡®His tongue also licked my¡­¡¯ I kept telling myself that Dicken was just tending to my injury, but the current situation made me panic. Embarrassing memories flooded back to me, causing my ears and cheeks to flush. His tongue was obviously still treating my wound like before, but now it seemed like the meaning behind his actions had deviated. My entire body shivered. I wanted to push him away, but my arms were still weak after waking up. So when I moved his face, it appeared more like a caress instead. Dicken followed the motion of my hand as he grabbed onto it. He turned his face and deeply kissed the center of my palm like he was pleased with what I had done. I quickly retracted my hand like I had touched hot iron. Then, I stammered, ¡°I¡¯m much better now. You don¡¯t need to help me anymore¡­¡° Dicken cast his eyes down to my wound and said, ¡°No After that, he bent his head down and resumed licking my wound. ¡°Ah, stop! Hey, don¡¯t be like this! ¡° I frantically pushed his head away, but his ws held my shoulders in ce, preventing me from moving so much. The tingly feeling from his wet tongue quickly prated my senses again, causing me to straighten my back. Unfortunately, my breasts were also raised in that position, and so the feeling of embarrassment overtook my mind again. Chapter 71 Chapter 71 The Merman, My Man by ck Velvet Chapter 71 The scent of Dicken¡¯s unique fragrance entered my nostrils, hastening my breathing. My body had been submerged in water for some time, so I should¡¯ve been cold. But, instead, my body was heating up as if I was being held above mes. I gritted my teeth in uneasiness and inhaled a deep breath to suppress my rapid breathing and to stabilize my heart rate. I couldn¡¯t believe that my body was bing increasingly sensitive to Dicken¡¯s touch. Dicken¡¯s slight rocking movement had caused me to mp my legs around his tail. As I thought about how humiliating I looked, I shook my head and squirmed from his hold onto me. Then, I grabbed his shoulders and shouted, ¡°Dicken! Dicken, I¡¯m fine now. Can you please put me down?¡° Calling him ¡®Dicken¡¯ was definitely better than saying ¡®hey.¡¯ The ws that were holding on to my waist loosened their grip as he slowly put me down. My feet felt around the water until they found the floor beneath to stand on. I immediately closed my legs and buttoned my shirt in fear that he would take advantage of what he saw. Dicken didn¡¯t seem to notice what I did. Instead, he turned around and leaned against the wall before releasing a long sigh like he was finally relieved. Right after that, he bent down and started to inspect his own body. I followed his gaze and looked down to see several cavities in his abdomen as well as the metallic shine of bullets within them. Ayer of membrane had formed in the exterior of the wounds. I was in disbelief. Even something as lethal as bullets were not strong enough to fully prate his tough skin. However, the bullets were half-embedded into his skin, so he couldn¡¯t properly heal himself. It was either because of the unbearable pain or the difort of having bullets stuck in his skin that he extended a w to tear open the membrane on one of the bullets. As the membrane was stopping his bleeding, blue-colored blood started oozing out of the wound after he tore it. My heart tightened as I instantly grabbed ahold of his arm and shouted, ¡°Stop tearing them! You¡¯ll only cause the wound to widen! I¡­¡° ¡®I should help him. If he continued to pick the bullets out, it would only cause the wound to tear open wider. The best way is to suck out the bullets with my mouth. But this will be too awkward¡­ The position of the bullets is too low.¡¯This text is ? N?velDrama/.Org. I stared at the few bullet wounds on his abdomen, and one of them was right above the scales concealing his massive d*ck. I didn¡¯t dare to imagine how humiliating it would look if I sucked out the bullets. Right as I was deliberating on what to do, Dicken raised his head and bore his deep eyes into mine. Then, he furrowed his brows and pleaded sincerely, ¡° Linda¡­help me¡­¡° His stare made me feel ufortable, and I looked down at his bullet wounds again. I tried hard not to look at the region below, but my face still heated up instantly. ¡®Dicken had only gotten injured because he risked his life to save me. He even cared for my injuries before he cared for his own. So it¡¯s only right that I help him, and this was something I could definitely do.¡¯ Additionally, from another perspective, Dicken was my biggest hope of escaping from the pirates, so he needed to be well. Therefore, he was the best asset in facing the group of pirates. ¡®Toss aside the unnecessary thoughts, Linda! Just be a vet this time. This isn¡¯t your first time treating an animal¡¯s wounds! ¡® Chapter 72 Chapter 72 The Merman, My Man by ck Velvet Chapter 72 ¡°Okay¡­ but don¡¯t move. I¡¯ll help you take the bullets out, ¡° I said strictly, hoping it would hide my awkwardness. I drew in a deep breath to stabilize my heartbeat, then rolled up my sleeves. Holding onto the wall behind Dicken, I knelt and inched closer to a wound on his abdomen. Just when my lips touched his wound, Dicken¡¯s abdomen started trembling. He ced his wet ws onto my shoulder as droplets of water from it slid into my cor, causing me to tremble as well. ¡®But how could I retreat now? I have to calm down and pretend to be an emotionless vet while sucking on his wounds.¡¯ T¨ºxt belongs to N?velDrama.Org. I sucked on it profusely, and Dicken¡¯s abs tensed in tandem to my sucking. This caused the bullets to embed deeper into his flesh. I could only ce my hands on his tough hips to hold him in position as my tongue reached into the wound to hook onto the shrapnel inside. When I finally retrieved the shrapnel, I immediately turned to spit it out. I wiped some sweat away from my brows. Of course, that was just from one wound, but it felt like I had undergone an extreme workout. This wasn¡¯t just a challenge to the capacity of my lungs but also my mental endurance, and this was only from the upper most wound, so there were still several more to extract. I didn¡¯t dare to look up and see the expression on Dicken¡¯s face. My face was definitely blushed in a bright shade of red. I immediately spat out the fresh blood from my mouth and moved on to the next one. Just like that, I proceeded to suck out the bullets and shrapnel from his wounds until there was only one left. But, unfortunately, it was the one that was extremely close to his private region. I looked at that final wound with uneasiness and felt like backing out. This was indeed the greatest challenge to my mental endurance in my life. It felt like what I was about to do was no different from giving him a blowjob. I jolted in surprise when this thought surfaced in my mind. I desperately shook my head in hopes that it would extinguish the thought. Dicken¡¯s ws were still ced on my shoulder. He pressed down lightly, and the veins on his abdomen popped out visibly. Then, in heavy breaths and a hoarse voice, he said, ¡±Help me¡­ ¡± ¡®F*ck! To hell with it ! ¡® I gritted my teeth. Then, I took a deep breath and closed my eyes before going for it. I sucked on it hard, hoping that I could get the darn bullet out of him as quickly as possible. Dicken then shifted his ws to the nape of my neck and pushed me closer to his abs. He also arched his back to push his abs forward. Because of this, his tail was stered against my breasts. He then rubbed it against my upper body ording to the rhythm of my sucking. The intricate scales rubbing against the sensitive skin on my breasts felt like a pair of hands groping me. My entire body started to feel tingly, but it took a lot of effort to get the bullet out halfway. How could I give up now? I could only arch my body forward to distance my body from the rubbing of his tail. But then, Dicken¡¯s ws reached down to my back and pushed me back down. It was then that my chin rested on something stiff. I couldn¡¯t take it anymore and bit down on his wound angrily. Finally, I contained the bullet along with a mouthful of blood in my mouth. ¡®This lewd creature! Is he doing this on purpose?! ¡® Chapter 73 Chapter 73 The Merman, My Man by ck Velvet Chapter 73 I was so flustered that I fell on my butt and coughed out Dicken¡¯s blood from my mouth. I nced at the region below Dicken¡¯s abs, and the stiff object that his scales originally enclosed was now totally exposed. It stood energetically upright with its tip raised high toward my face. It looked a lot like a loaded gun that was ready to fire. That was the first time I had looked at Dicken¡¯s member while being clear-headed. As I looked at it closely, the size of it was rming. ¡®Such arge thing had¡­ ¡®No! I need to stop thinking about that!¡¯ I braced myself as the memories of being vited by him resurfaced in my mind uncontrobly. Finally, I stood up in a frantic and scurried as far away from Dicken as I could. But that vigorous tail of his followed suit like a python toying with a child. The agile tail slid in front of my legs and swung upward, breaking the water surface. He lifted my entire body out of the water just like that. ¡°Ah! Let go of me! Screw off!¡° I shouted at him in shock. But as Dicken retracted his tail, it brought my body closer to him. Before I even finished shouting, my back had already bumped against Dicken¡¯s solid chest. With both of his strong and muscr arms, he locked me in his embrace. ¡°Linda¡­¡° Dicken ced his cool lips against the sensitive skin in my neck. The tip of his nose rubbed against my neck as he deeply inhaled my scent. Then, with his deep and hoarse voice, he said, ¡°Don¡¯t ..be scared¡­of me.¡° If it weren¡¯t for his erect shaft poking against my butt, I would have believed him and thought that his words were sincere. However, the current situation looked like a rapist asking for permission under false pretenses. Although I knew that Dicken wouldn¡¯t hurt me as he had even risked his life to save me, it didn¡¯t change the fact that he had vited me countless times. It also didn¡¯t exin why he would always be in heat when near me. The fact that his shaft was erect and poking against me only proved one thing, that me not being afraid of him isughable. Dicken¡¯s powerful muscles twitched against my back, alerting my nerves and causing me to shiver. ¡°Stop touching me¡­¡° I suppressed my trembling voice and forced myself to speak calmly. ¡°Dicken, if you don¡¯t want me to be scared of you, then stop doing these kinds of things to me.¡° ¡°Why¡­¡° Dicken¡¯s breathing paused for a moment. He then leaned into my ear lobe and bit down on it in protest. ¡°You are mine¡­you love¡­me¡­too¡­¡° ¡°That¡¯s bullsh*t! ¡° I retorted in a fury. I leaned my head away to escape his lips but one of his webbed ws circles around my waist down into my pants¡­ In a surprise, I jolted and mped my legs tightly in rejection. However, this served as no obstacle to his hands exploring my crotch. I was quivering as I closed my eyes. My entire body was frozen as the inescapable stiption caused blood to rush into my head. T¨ºxt belongs to N?velDrama.Org. Shortly after, I heard Dicken¡¯s lewd chuckle from behind me. He admired my reaction as he said, ¡°This is¡­the proof.¡° Then, the other w grabbed onto my hand and brought it backward. Almost instantly, my hand touched something hot near my butt. Dicken¡¯s humid breath reached my ears when he said, ¡°Me¡­too.¡° Chapter 74 Chapter 74 The Merman, My Man by ck Velvet Chapter 74 I was so furious that I could faint. I couldn¡¯t believe that Dicken thought this was love! He took my physiological reactions as epting his courtship. But he was a beast, and beasts court each other by mating! I could not let him get in heat in here. The group of pirates was right overhead, and they could check on the situation down here anytime they wanted to. I frantically retracted my hand from behind me and grabbed his hand out of my pants. Then, while blushing, I argued, ¡°It¡¯s not like that, Dicken. We¡¯re not the same species, I¡­¡° As the words hung from my lips, I was suddenly at a loss as to how I should exin this to him. He was a beast, so how could he possibly understand the intricacies of human society. So finally, I changed my point and said, ¡°I don¡¯t love you, I¡­this doesn¡¯t mean anything. Do you understand?¡° I argued with him as my face flushed. Dicken fell silent for a few seconds after he heard what I said, like he was trying hard toprehend what I meant. He took out the hand that was in my pants and lowered his tail that was lifting me up. But the tip of his tail still encircled my calf as it dragged me against the wall and pushed me against it. Dicken¡¯srge figure loomed over me, and I could only look up at his face. He then held onto my sides with his ws andpletely enveloped me in his shadow. Shaken in fear, I could only clutch onto the wall behind me as I forced myself to calm down. This text is ? N?velDrama/.Org. Dicken lowered his head as his long, ck hair hung down from it onto my shoulder. He was so close that the tips of our noses touched. His lips were mere millimeters away from touching my skin as he spoke in a low voice, ¡°You¡­love¡­that man?¡° I was staggered by what he said. I thought he was angry and that I would have to undergo a series of vitions again. But I hadn¡¯t expected him to ask me this strange question. I was silent. ¡°You call¡­him¡­Gary.¡° Dicken finally pulled his face further away from mine. There was an expression I cou1dn¡¯tprehend within his narrowed eyes. He maintained his stare and spoke slowly word by word, ¡°Below¡­the boat¡­I saw¡­you two¡­together¡­every day.¡° The volume of his voice was soft as he attempted to express what he meant with his newly learned Japanese. However, his words were as sharp as a sword being unsheathed as he spoke, dealing its He bore his sharp teeth as his face twisted into a dissatisfied expression. ¡®He looks like he¡¯s¡­jealous?¡¯ I was ovee with bewilderment that I didn¡¯t know what to say. ¡®Does this mean he had already been following us ever since Gary and I started our voyage to look for merpeople? And he was spying on every move we made? So does it mean that we hadn¡¯t actually lured him with food, but he had willingly got himself caught to get onto the boat?¡¯ I suddenly felt like the world turned upside down. I had always thought that humans were the most intelligent hunters in the world. So how did we fall into a trap set up by a beast? I didn¡¯t put much thought into what he said as Gary and I didn¡¯t have that kind of rtionship. But my silence seemed to make Dicken misunderstand something. His eyes of deep blue seemed fiery at the moment as his face revealed an expression of disappointment and frustration. His face crept closer until his humid breath was right against my face. Finally, he forcefully asked me, ¡° You are¡­ mine? Or¡­his?¡° Under his imposing gaze, I gulped nervously as I couldn¡¯t find the words to answer him, I somewhat understood Dicken¡¯s train of thought. His intelligence likely had surpassed humans, but he just didn¡¯t have theplicated emotions that humans did. His kind of emotions was primitive and direct. Whatever he liked should be made his, whatever he hated should be killed or destroyed. The