Even as I remembered those terrible memories, I was startled by the chilling hand Dicken placed over my back. His gaze was cold and solemn, unwittingly building up a pressure in my mind. “You will wait here for me, Linda, because I can’t guarantee your safety. I still have to move in human form at the moment, and I spotted that man who had been harassing you a lot last night. He’s not dead, and is the person in charge of that German company this time.”Gary?All at once, I felt as if a revolting, slippery viper had coiled itself around me, leaving me shuddering. However, despite my absolute disgust towards Gary, it didn't stop me from protesting against Dicken’s decision, and I grabbed his arm while insisting, “No, I won’t accept it. Don’t think about leaving me behind as you rush into danger! Or do you find me too weak? I think I’m filled with energy right now!”“You’re no different from a sapling right now.”“It’s different, dear leader—I’m your progeny, and your blood flows in m
'Where am I?'I opened my heavy eyelids as I woke from my dream to see a wooden ceiling with many cracks. Muddleheaded, I stared at it for a while before my mind slowly cleared up, and I realized that I was in my own cabin on the Seeker. There was no question that Dicken brought me here, too.Fuck! Promptly sitting up in agitation, I hastily ran a hand through my messy hair and leaped off the bed. However, just as I was about to head outside, I noticed the items I always used to disguise myself, and suddenly had a plan.I needed to find Dicken and catch up to him. But, I couldn’t risk exposing myself to the German company, not when Gary was with them. I must have a proper disguise and be as discreet as possible. With that in mind, I picked up a pair of scissors and walked up to the mirror, cutting my already-short hair even shorter. Fortunately, it was now black after I reverted to human form. I tanned my pale skin as much as possible, putting on a fake beard and aviator glasses
I watched as Gary returned to his cabin, and found an opportunity to return on board the Seeker. Hiding inside my own cabin to observe the other ship discreetly, I saw Bob speaking to Miya while holding a map. I had a hunch that he was talking about the specific location where the remains of the atomic bomb were. Several black-clad bodyguards were standing behind him and carrying black briefcases that probably contained cash, but the crystals obviously weren’t around, nor were there any suitable containers. So, where could they be?I studied the situation closely, skipping past the bodyguards behind Bob when I suddenly felt my heart clench. I turned back to the bodyguards, focusing unwittingly on a towering brown-haired man wearing shades.There was nothing that connected him to Dicken in appearance aside from his rather pale skin, and he looked like a stranger otherwise. Even so, I was unable to shift my eyes away from him.But, I could swear that I didn’t have eyes for any other m
I fumbled through the darkness, clutching the scaffolding as I climbed up to the third floor. I almost slipped due to nervousness, but fortunately, I managed not to cause any commotion. As I poked my head up for a look, a black figure appeared within sight—it was the suspicious man I saw during the day!He stood still as he watched the sea thoughtfully, not sensing me when I appeared behind him. His appearance was different from Dicken’s human form. He didn’t have black hair and was much skinnier. Despite that, I was drawn to the scent that the sea breeze blew towards me—it was a scent unique to Dicken, and it pulled me closer to him.“It’s me, Dicken.”I walked carefully behind him, and he seemed to flinch from my voice. I could guess that he hadn't expected me to find him so quickly. Still, I reached out with my hands to hug him from behind before he could turn around, burying myself into his back as I inhaled his scent… Oh, what an enchanting scent it was to me!“Don’t you try t
“Huh? What did you say?” I shook my head again to keep playing drunk before dropping my head, “Oh my god… I think I’m going to wet myself. Mind if I do it right here?”“Does anyone know who this is?” Gary barked impatiently. I watched as everyone on deck gathered around me, forcing me to brace myself to keep playing the role of a drunkard as I wobbled all over Dicken. I suddenly felt terribly unlucky. I ought to have a male lead since I was basically acting, yet my male lead was not cooperating at all.‘Oh, woe is me.’Meanwhile, the people gathered around me didn't recognize me at all. My disguise obviously fooled David as well, as he did not manage to identify me.“Throw him in the brig,” Gary ordered.His men kept me restrained before dumping me in the pitch-black room as if I was actually a drunkard. They kept my hands cuffed and poured me a cup of disgusting liquid to sober myself up before leaving me alone for a while.But I know that this was just the start. These people
“What’s in your mind, my darling student? I don’t believe it... Am I dreaming? You’re in my hands once more… Oh, Linda… My dear Linda…” Gary looked down at me, pressing his cheek against mine, looking at me like a man who was obsessed.Even in this situation, all I could think about was Dicken. I was no different from a poor lemming on the edge of a cliff.Suddenly, I heard some noises as killing intent surged out in my direction. Before Gary could turn to look, a pair of pale hands seized him by the back of his head, the fingers almost poking into his eyes. The veins of the hands flashed with a dangerous blue light as if conducting electricity, making the pale skin appear even more translucent. There was indeed the buzzing of electric currents, passing from Dicken’s hand, which was in contact with Gary’s body.I watched in shock as Gary wildly spasmed as if electrified, and he soon turned limp. Dicken held him up from the back, turning Gary towards himself as he leveled that unfa
Dicken watched me, his eyes churning with an unreadable emotion. “No, I didn’t know that you would come to me.”“Well, that was some quick reaction you had.” I blurted out mockingly for some reason.“Linda, it’s the truth,” Dicken said quietly beside my ear. My reaction seemed to upset him, and he slowly approached me with a frown before he caught my arms with his ice-cool hands, holding me tightly at the crook of his arm. I clenched my fist and tried my best to shake him off, but his arm restrained my waist. He used his innate godlike strength to keep me pinned to his chest, holding the back of my head with one hand to lift my face, leaning in to kiss me directly.“Mmph…”'Damn you, Dicken!'I resisted his sudden offensive grumpily, and raised my knee to hit him in the belly. However, he caught my legs and simply picked me off the floor to press himself against me. I lost my balance in the process and had to lean against the wall, while he held up my backside, his crotch thrust
I was really angry. Struggling by instinct, I shoved my back against his chest, and stomped my foot on his human ones with no hesitation. However, even if I wanted to force him to free me, my strength was insignificant against the frightening power of the Dark Scale King—in fact, the harder I struggled, the tougher his hold over me became. One might even say that his strength was boundless, and I couldn’t win against him even if I had his bloodline.He then reached underneath my clothes, and it was soon disheveled as he groped my chest without a care until I became erect, before reaching impatiently below. My whole body went limp in response, and I started to moan.He was trying to keep me by using my physical dependence on him, but I could swear that I was utterly disinterested in his teasing—hell, it was making me even more pissed. As he silently tried to part my legs with his legs and began to tear at my pants, my rage hit boiling point, and I huffed, “You bastard! Pervert! Don’t
Before I realized what Dicken was going to do, he breathed an exceedingly high-pitched cry as sonorous as thunder. The entire cave shook in its wake as he grasped my hips with both his webbed paws, lifting me high into the air. A school of sea fishes suddenly swam out of nowhere in an instant, their bodies shining as they encircled us like birds. At the same time, the merfolk started dancing in excitement, kicking up splashes as they pivoted gracefully, the scales of their tails reflecting radiance amid the darkness just like stars in the night sky, the robust, burly mermen and the beautiful, devilish mermaids interweaving to form a bright river of stars.I stared at the stunned sight, mesmerized, spreading my arms by reflex as if infected. I wanted to embrace my dear leader who had surprised me endlessly, expectant of the new world he would take me to.That was when I heard a quiet voice beneath me. “Linda…”I looked down into his wide, narrow gaze that seemed to embody that rive
In the previous dimension where I lived, I had already been prepared to live away from the humans with Dicken. I had nothing aside from him, who was always by my side—our connection seemed so unbreakable just then that I believed that to be my fate.However, I still wouldn’t hope that he would keep killing because of me. Looking into his eyes, I pleaded once again, “Could you promise me to spare Baron? Right now, he’s of no threat to you or merfolk. As long as we return to the domain of your race, humans would have nothing to covet—can’t we stay away from those conspiracies? I’ll always be yours, dear leader.”Dicken looked deeply into my eyes as if he was considering my proposal, and remained quiet for a long time before he eventually gathered me in his arms. “I promise, Linda.”“Hey, shouldn’t we be going out now, and don’t you have an announcement to make? Your people are waiting for you.” I exhaled lengthily and patted his back just then.At those words, I suddenly realized t
That being said, it was no different from me letting myself be taken, because my stubbornness and determination only ever made Dicken want to conquer me even more. We had never been equals, be it fifty years ago or now.One might even say that he wanted me more after losing me once. His desire for me was so strong that he would kill Baron, even though he had granted me rebirth as agreed. After all, he wanted to be my one and only, and no merfolk were allowed to share a single iota of my sentiment. Fuck!I bit my lip, tearing it and tasting blood in my mouth just then, but I couldn’t feel the pain at all.He had suddenly let go of my ankles and gathered in his arms once more, and did so gently. His broad webbed paws caressed my back as if to reassure me, and he did not try to take me anymore.That surprised me, and I opened my eyes and saw that he was staring into my eyes. Then, his eyebrows lowered, he licked the blood on my lips lovingly, seemingly not as furious or agitated as
In fact, I was more willing to believe that Dicken was exaggerating, since my grandfather had never been out of line as far as I could recall. However, even as I assured myself, I was searching my memory in fear that my grandfather meant me harm—fortunately, I came up with nothing, since all I remembered about him was of him being a kind elder who had taught me to read and played with my younger self. There was no question that he had acted like an elder, and even if Dicken wants to take his place in my heart, it would be in a completely different role, since there would always be a part that he couldn’t replace.“Stop thinking about him now, Linda. He’s merely carrying out a mission I had assigned him, and the reason he didn’t lay a finger on you was because I had restrained him.”Dicken appeared to become angrier as he observed my expression, and his was unusually deep as if he would get furious soon. It left me uncomfortable—Dicken appeared reluctant for another merfolk to stay in
I suddenly felt a slippery sensation from my waist, and found the mischievous stingray curling into a ball as it hid behind me, seemingly startled by Dicken’s lecherous tongue.“See? You scared it, pervert.” I leaned in, resting the bridge of my nose against his head as I chuckled softly. On the other hand, Dicken pinched the tender flesh on my hip and stroked my back a few times as he watched me lovingly. “I really want to hide you away, Linda…”“Where would you hide me?” I buried my head in his head and sniffed—it was hard to restrain myself with that intoxicating champagne-like scent of his, but I promptly came to my senses as I remembered that fugitive. “Hold on, don’t seduce me or try to divert my attention with sweet words. What’s with that merman who’s saying that he’s going to look for your Yiki?”Dicken patted my head feebly and stayed silent for a while, but eventually admitted, “It’s Baron.”I froze, immediately remembering the furious glare of that merman who had hidd
“Why would you clothe me out of the blue…” I inhaled deeply, and as I pulled away from his kiss after much difficulty, I asked in confusion, “Are you taking me somewhere?”Dicken looked deeply into my eyes as if something astonishing would soon occur. “Yes… I’m going to announce to my subjects that you’re my mate…”With those words, he threw me over his back and swam out of the cavern filled with stone pillars.Gosh, I was flabbergasted. Still, I soon realized that this was pretty much how it should go, since Dicken had yet to announce about us to his subjects in this dimension. However, I felt a little headache when I remembered how the announcement in the last dimension had gone… He was not going to mate with me in front of everyone again, was he?“Your Majesty…”A high-pitched call suddenly rang from ahead, followed by splashes as a purple figure swam towards us. I was stunned when a face floated out of the water—that purple hair, along with those facial features that were sh
My eyes welled with tears and my mind went dizzy, while a scorching jet of water shot into my body. That was when I saw a blue light moving downwards from Dicken’s chest to where we were connected, and as innumerable jolts struck all over my body, my heart clenched in the intensive stimulation.For a few seconds, I was unable to breathe as all consciousness and emotions seemed to fuse together, rushing towards the wall that was blocking my memories…Then, the wall shattered. “Linda… Linda…”The familiar voice could be heard as if from the distant horizon, though it soon became clear and ultimately echoed beside my ears, and there was no doubt that he was beside me.“Dicken?” I opened my eyes and found my dear leader. It was as if I had met him once more after a slumber that lasted centuries, and yet I felt him beside me all along, and the memory of him taking this body was extremely distinct.I was at once confused and mystified as the memories from two different dimensions slow
“Damn it, you crazy animal…” I cried and moaned, my legs that were kicking Dicken’s shoulder caught by him with ease. At the same time, his body continued to press down on me from above like a hill, holding my body firmly down.Dicken’s hoarse voice spoke beside me then. “Don’t move, Linda, or I won’t be able to resist violating you even more violently—you have no idea how delicious you are…”I froze, my breath cut off at his words even as his tongue slithered into my ear and kicked it as if teasing, while his webbed paw groped my breast. A paralyzing sensation that felt electric spread all over my body, slowly easing the bursting pain of being entered. Soon, a familiar yet irresistible exhilaration occupied my senses, and even as I kept gulping, my own spit was welling out the corner of my mouth.Curious, Dicken stared at the edge of my lips and extended his tongue to lick it, as if it were the tastiest raindrops in existence. At the same time, I could feel him entering several inc
“Don’t be scared…”As Dicken inhaled deeply over my nape, his breathing became heavy and choppy. He twitched as he snuggled up against my back, and I could feel his humongous member flapping against my buttocks, along with its scorching heat. How could I not be scared by the prospect of that thing penetrating me?!I clenched my fist and punched at his tail which was darting between my legs, but he easily grabbed my wrist and suddenly turned around, pinning me beneath himself while his tail slithered between my legs and lifted my buttocks. Losing my balance, I fell sprawled over the reef, and as he gripped my hands to keep them behind myself, tears rolled out of the corner of my eye by instinct as lust and fear suddenly erupted. “No, I’m scared, Dicken… No, you’ll hurt me…”Dicken ignored my plea for mercy, however, and kept leaning on me as he gnawed my shoulder, as if to devour me by one tiny bite after another. The tenderness and adoration he’d shown towards me just now was gone,