Young master?
Miya tilted her head.
"Young master? Who are you talking about?"
"I'm talking about the man you saw. He was truly beautiful and dazzling!"
"...?"
Miya, who had been tilting her head as if asking what was being said, soon nodded.
“Ah. That casino!”
"Casino?"
"What he brought is a casino chip."
Miya gestured toward the chip in the man's hand and spoke.
"We gave that to him."
"Then you must know where the person who gave this is, right?"
"Of course..."
Miya, who was about to nod, made a sad face.
"There is no dog now.”
"Really? Where did they go? I'd like to at least see them."
"It's gone. It went inside there!"
Miya, having shouted like that, made a tearful face and buried her face in the cotton paws.
"Where on earth did it go in..."
Flustered, she looked around and was startled.
The Siren's Mansion was right before her eyes. As she retrace my memories with Coin, she found herself here before she knew it.
If that woman is in here, she is probably...
The butler shook his head without realizing it.
Now he finally understood everything. The reason she hadn't fallen in love at first sight, even after seeing the young master's face.
A sigh escaped his lips.
A Siren and a young master?
No matter how much he liked tragic and fated love, this wasn't right.
They could never be accomplished. It would have been an insult to all the mermaids.
'Let's go back.'
Put the coin back in its place and pretend you know nothing.
'You may be suffering because of someone you cannot be with, but...'
The young master, a descendant of a mermaid, will be able to overcome it.
No matter how pampered he was as a young master, his pride as a mermaid was higher than anyone else's.
After realizing that he was a Siren, it would be difficult, but he would calmly sort out his thoughts.
He turned around. He had to get out of here immediately. He had to return to the mansion and make a plan for the future.
"The man you're looking for went in with them."
However, Miya's words held him back.
"... What?"
He asked back as if he couldn't believe it.
"They went in together! With my friend!"
"...!"
The man's eyes trembled slightly.
He could tell without having to exert any effort. The cat was telling only the truth.
It felt like a huge piece of paper had thudded against his head as it passed by.
He knew that the Sirens were growing larger and larger. He also vaguely sensed that the number of Siren believers was increasing.
But he stayed still.
Since the head had gone into hiding, he also quietly devoted himself solely to managing the mansion.
However, if the young master was kidnapped... the story changes.
'How dare these things...!'
His fists trembled. He didn't have time to be doing this.
He let go of Miya. Miya, having landed safely on the ground, looked up at the man with a bewildered expression.
"Aren't you going in? I told you the young master you're looking for is right here!"
"Going in alone is no different from committing suicide."
“Well, then?”
Miya asked, but the man did not answer.
However, he, who had been in human form to conceal his appearance, changed into a mermaid.
“Where are you going!”
Miya stomped her feet hard, afraid of losing him, but this place was underwater.
There was no way to keep up with the tremendous speed of the mermaid.
"You damned mermaids!"
Miya, left alone again, meowed.
Of course, she had to stop abruptly because the guards asked, "Don't you hear anything strange?" But as Miya hurriedly ran away, she pondered how to save Eve.
Consequently, she had not given any thought to what consequences her words would bring.
***
Blub.
Bubbles rose on the calm sea.
"Huh?"
A fisherman, who had been diligently pulling in his net, tilted his head. Thinking nothing of it, he pulled the net up again. Just then, bubbles rose to the surface once more. It was as if someone was reaching out a hand, begging to be saved.
The startled fisherman almost lost his net.
"What's the matter?"
A fellow fisherman standing nearby asked. He gestured toward the sea and said.
"No, the bubbles are really bad today."
“Air bubbles?”
A fellow fisherman leaned toward the sea in a puzzled manner.
But the sea was calm. As always.
"You shouldn't say things like that so carelessly. Bubbles?"
“That’s true, but..."
He saw it come up twice. The fisherman just blinked his innocent eyes.
However, it was not unreasonable for a fellow fisherman to say that.
The sea represented the mermaid's emotions.
It was said that a calm sea brings peace, and when waves crash, it brings anger; and when war broke out in the Beast World, the sea dried up completely.
For some reason, the current leader had hidden deep within the sea. Because of this, the people of the East looked out at the sea and wished for the leader's well-being.
“I guess it’s no big deal.”
The fisherman, trying hard to ignore his uneasy feelings, focused on casting the net again.
Just then, a bird flew onto the boat they were on. It was a phoenix, its entire body blazing like fire.
The bird, which had been circling over the sea for quite a while, disappeared somewhere again.
Blub.
Bubbles rose again, but no one saw them.
***
“Aaaah!”
A loud scream rang out. The believers waiting outside had to tremble at the scream, which was spine-chilling just to hear.
Aria, the one who made that scream, spoke with a terrifying look on her face.
"Aren't you going to stay still?"
"Would you just sit still if it were you?!"
"Wait a minute. Come on! I'm telling you it doesn't hurt at all!"
"That's not the problem... Argh! Don't come near me!"
Eve shook her head violently and thrashed about wildly.
Whoosh, the two bound feet cut forcefully through the air. The chair, which had tilted backward with a creaking sound, returned to its original position.
Although her feet were tied, she forgot to secure her to the chair, so she was able to move up and down.
It seemed like she might be able to get up if things went well, but it would be a disaster if she were to fall forward. So, Eve was flopping around like a freshly caught fish.
"He...!"
Aria instinctively bit back.
It was because she recalled the fallen believers she had seen in the hallway.
With that frail body, she knocked down every believer she encountered. She had never seen it, but it seemed like her strength was immense. She didn't want to get beaten up.
Aria, who had been hesitating, shouted in an irritated voice.
"Do you think you're a mermaid? You wolf! Stop moving!"
"Just don't come near me!"
"Am I going to eat you or something? I said I'm just going in for a moment."
“I don’t like that!”
"This!"
"Ack! Get away! I've got my foot up! My foot up? Huh? If you get hit by this, you're dead!"
The standoff dragged on. Aria's stamina was slowly running out.
Aria hesitated about whether to use force to knock her out again, but it was obvious that if she did, she would just sleep and recover.
Entering another person's body required a great deal of strength, even for a Siren. After doing it once, she had to suffer for several days.
It would have been tiring enough if they had just gone in and out quietly, but their resistance was too severe.
'I forgot to tie the chair and the feet together!'
Aria glared at Eve, who was flailing vigorously as if showing off her freshness.
Eve shouted as she stepped back as far as she could. The chair tilted precariously.
"Oh. Don't come near me! I keep imagining things, you know? Huh? I mean, huh? I know a lot of things that are just completely baseless, you know?"
Eve made a threat that wasn't quite a threat. Aria happily accepted those words.
"Charles! Help me!"
“Ah. Yes!”
Charles, having regained his senses, approached and grabbed Eve's foot.
Her hands were already tied behind the chair, so any further resistance was meaningless.
"You're mine now."
Aria approached her, smiling with one corner of her mouth turned up.
It was just as Aria slowly reached out her hand.
Kwakwauk!
With a tremendous explosion, their bodies floated up.
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