I could see shadows approaching from the distance from between the branches—they were a team of well-trained soldiers led by Bob, and Mary was being flanked by two of those soldiers as she walked behind Bob. It was obvious that her plan did not escape Bob’s cunning gaze, and we were just three people against a group of armed men—saving Mary was clearly very difficult. Moreover, it wouldn’t be an easy task to convince Dicken—the strongest of us—to willingly save Mary.‘Damn it!’ I cursed inwardly as I watched the soldiers get ever closer, since the woods couldn’t hide us perfectly. Still, that was when Dicken grabbed my arm and warily pulled me backwards ever so slightly, whereas Asura remained still, staring tightly where Mary was as if he wanted to just lunge at them to get Mary back.When I reached out to put a hand on Asura to calm him, Dicken seemed to know what I was thinking and took me in his arms first, then clapped his webbed paw tightly over my mouth. I almost made a sound,
Be that as it may, the gods seemed to have picked the right time to prank me—just as I thought that Asura didn’t notice what was going on with us, he suddenly turned towards us and looked directly at me and Dicken. His gaze seemed to stiffen for a moment before he clasped a webbed paw over his nose, as if afraid to breathe in something terrible, and even his tail twitched by reflex. In turn, Dicken threatened him with a strangling gesture, seemingly furious that Asura had peeked with poor timing.That was when rushed footsteps started to approach us and I turned towards it. Mary was approaching, still flanked by two soldiers, and soon arrived close to us and Asura. At that very moment, Mary seemed to be connected with Asura in mind and guessed that Asura was close by, and started looking around. She soon found Asura in the darkness, but in the instant their gazes met, Asura’s gaze changed drastically, while Mary remained exceedingly calm and basically didn’t react at all. Even so, I w
“What did you say?!”I felt my breath get caught in my throat. My grandfather was at the concentration camp? So that was why my family was involved in the plans for the merfolk’s race—my grandfather had been involved from the very start. It was why my grandfather and Dicken had made a pact, and later, Bob had a reason to approach me, offering support for my studies on merfolk. I hadn’t been pulled into the plan for no reason, but had been involved from the very start.I couldn’t allow anything to happen to my grandfather even if it was in this dimension, although there appeared to be no time for us to talk about the old times either—in my agitation, my various physical processes were escalating. My calves were spasming endlessly and I almost dropped to my knees, but thankfully Dicken’s tail caught me. His webbed paw was grasping my wrist gently and firmly, even if his gaze was as ferocious as a reaper from hell, glaring fixedly at the soldiers approaching us.Just as the fishing net
This was bad.Amid the confusion, Dicken and I had lost our way and ventured deeper into the island instead. And with soldiers in pursuit behind us, we couldn’t retreat and could only keep moving ahead.Meanwhile, the path beneath us had become even more inclined, to the point that we seemed to be climbing up a slope. The trees around us were getting sparser as well, and I looked forward to finding that it was a clearing without any vegetation, the bright moon piercing the darkness and shining directly upon us. Still, my heart cheered up in that instant, and I couldn’t help getting excited—we were on the edge of a cliff, and that must mean the sea was below. After being with Dicken for so long, I had zero fears of leaping off a cliff, especially when the sea awaited below. That was when Dicken’s movement slowly turned sluggish. Scaling a slope was clearly not easy for his tail, and I promptly leapt off him to drag the unconscious Bob aside. I had wanted to help Dicken get up the
I glanced at Dicken—he picked up my limp body in understanding, and used his muscular arms to push himself up the slope, eventually arriving at the cliff over the sea.When I looked downwards, the scent of seawater and gunpowder gusted upwards, forcing me to hold my breath even though the sickening feeling in my body was suddenly alleviated. On the surface of the sea was the still-burning debris of various fighter jets, drifting aimlessly in the water. Gray smoke swirled over the surface as if to tell of war’s cruelty and brutality, but Dicken and I were going to jump in it anyway, and I felt not a shred of fear even now.“Have no fear, Linda.” Dicken assured me softly beside my ear, his arms still around my body as we approached the cliff’s edge. “Wait.” I grabbed Dicken’s arm, unable to resist turning around to look at Asura and Mary, the latter who was clutching on to Bob and looking at the distant battle with a troubled look, hesitating.Asura grasped Mary’s hand with his we
“Asura!” Mary cried out in surprise as she grabbed Asura’s arm which was holding Bob, but Asura suddenly firmly pulled her into his arms, pulling Mary along and making a beeline to the cliff, ignoring her struggles. Nonetheless, I noticed that Bob had regained consciousness just then, and reacted immediately when he saw Asura and Mary’s tussle. Even before I could warn Mary, Bob had already lunged at them.“Watch out!” I yelled.“Father!” Mary also cried out in surprise when she saw Bob, but the man didn’t stop—there was a flash in his hand and in the next instant, he had thrusted something into Asura’s tail.Asura bellowed in pain immediately and swung his tail at Bob, but Bob dodged it with his quick reflexes, pulled his dagger out of Asura’s tail and aimed it at his head this time. I was sweating bullets from the sudden turn of events, but even as I thought that it was over for Asura, Mary lunged between the dagger and Bob, taking the blow for Asura.I could clearly see the dagg
Splash!The sudden resounding splash over my head cut my thoughts short. I looked up to see a pair of tangled figures crashing through the flat moonlit surface of the sea. I had no idea how Mary was doing, only that Asura’s arms were wrapped tightly around her, and his tail was flapping through the debris floating over the sea—he soon swam to the depths, and disappeared from my sight.“Dicken, can Mary survive? Can your Nest restore… a human’s body? She isn’t a mermaid yet…”I couldn’t help clenching my fist as my heart sank. Turning towards Dicken then, I found him watching as they swam into the distance, leaving my question unanswered. Then, with me in his arms, he rapidly swam towards the surface, to a pile of reefs. He placed me on one of the flatter reefs and lay down beside me, with his arms still around me. He was breathing heavily and his chest was heaving, his dank breaths spraying all over my cheeks. It seemed that he had spent a lot of energy after the thrilling set of
“You lustful pervert!” I snapped in embarrassment, flushing to my ear right then.Even so, Dicken kept kissing and licking my chin while he growled a chuckle from the throat, as if he was forcing himself not to laugh. His webbed paw was brushing through my hair, while I boldly flirted back by biting his ear.In the end, we played around until we were utterly exhausted and I finally lay over his chest, wheezing. Dicken caressed my back and softly said, “Sleep, Linda. There’s something that needs to be done before we close the portal.”“What is it?” “An unexpected interloper. I didn’t think that he would be so resilient.” Dicken’s eyes narrowed dangerously. “He came here from the other dimension like you, and his presence may affect how things progress in this dimension.” I immediately understood. “Are you talking about… Gary?”“Yes. I saw a group of people bringing him into the lab when I returned to look for you. He knows secrets that greedy humans must never know, and if thos
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,