50 years later.[I’m Linda, from France. I’m officially joining the Navy today—it’s a day worth remembering for me, even if I know an exceedingly demanding trial awaits me.][I’ve seen and heard about the terrifying merpeople and their horrific fighting capabilities, but I fear nothing.][I shall be leaving tomorrow with the Navy to enforce the blockade against the merpeople. This is a good chance for me to show myself, which is why I’m really thrilled.]I couldn’t help clenching on my pen as I looked outside the window, where a gigantic warship was berthed at the harbor. Sacre bleu, it had to be the most imposing warship I had ever seen—it was painted in black for camouflage in night battles, whereas its hull was of a sleek design. With the towering bridge on its bow, it looked just like a horned beast sailing through the seas.The thought of sailing in that warship as it crashed through the waves to the merpeople’s territory excited me. “All new recruits! Assemble!” As a res
Amid the high-pitched whistle, we swapped formations into a single file as we assumed this journey I had long looked forward to. My heart was pounding relentlessly, an indescribable feeling lingering in my heart aside from the thrill and exhilaration from finally realizing my dream. When I looked upon the boundless ocean, I suddenly had this strong feeling that this voyage would be a turning point in my destiny. I would be heading in a direction completely different from my past life, to arrive upon an ending which I had been waiting for over a long time. I couldn’t believe that I suddenly felt the impulse to run away!‘No, no, no—what’s with you, Linda? When did you become such a coward? You have to persevere!’ As I took a deep breath to calm my restlessness, someone barked at me from behind, “Recruit! Why are you spacing out?! Keep up!”“Yes, sir!” Flustered, I threw a salute as I rejoined my squad.Afterwards, I was given a protective vest, a submachine gun, and a tempered
As the skies darkened, the stern ramp opened, and our speeboats swiftly slid out into the boundless sea as we set out, riding the waves.I looked out through the glass towards the sea shrouded in darkness, unable to help clenching on my gun as my heart skipped about like the ocean's waves. My eyes were fixed on the electronic navigation system to see that we were heading towards a red zone, which was alleged to be deep within merpeople territory. Our objective was to set a sonar bomb in a zone within the channel. It was a newly developed weapon that would distort the merpeople’s sense of direction and render them incapable of fighting, while ensuring that the underwater nuclear power stations were not destroyed.As we approached the channel, we slowed down our speedboat as the waters around the mouth of the channel slowly steered us through the gap. The cliff on both sides blocked out the moon, and we were immediately engulfed in sinister darkness—I actually felt the breaths of the
Once we cleared the rushing waves, the open sea was there before me, but I couldn’t spare the thought to admire the beautiful view even as the moon sprinkled its silver glow over me. After all, I saw thousands of merpeople perched on the reefs over both sides of the channel, looking hungrily at us—recently captured humans all, as if they were going to rush at us and devour us in the next instant. I had long since found out that the merpeople ate humans, and I couldn’t help shivering at the thought of being eaten alive. There wasn’t much meat in me and they might soon be over with, but we were most certainly dead meat because no one was coming to rescue us. I despaired—fuck! Laura and the rest had all treated us as bait! The Navy? The fleet? It was all lies… The reason they were recruiting this year was to send us to our deaths!I closed my eyes even as fury blazed my heart, somehow purging my terror as well. However, that wasn’t going to spare me the fate of being eaten.Meanwhil
“What?” My whole body was trembling, even as I wondered if I was so scared that I had hallucinated the merpeople’s leader saying my name.And yet, before I could even get a picture of what was happening, I felt the merpeople’s leader holding my chin, and my lips were covered by something icy the next instant. It felt like I was being gnawed and chewed upon, as if I was going to be crushed into tiny pieces and devoured. I was absolutely flabbergasted when I realized that the merpeople’s leader was kissing me, and my soul almost leapt out of my body. Still, I reacted in reflex and whipped out the Swiss Army knife that I had kept sheathed over my thigh, and then stabbed it into his back despite my panic. The blade sliced through his tough skin, thanks to the burst of strength I had gained from the heat of the moment. There was a dull sound, too—it must have struck his spine. I could feel his whole body flinching right then, but he still held on to me, and I felt as if he was going to
The merpeople’s leader placed his hand on top of my head and gently brushed my hair as if to reassure me. I could even feel a slight tremble in his hand as if he was excited—like a man suddenly given a steak before his death, but he was working hard to restrain himself so that he wouldn't finish it in a single bite. That was exactly what I feared just then, especially because my grandfather used to tell me that merpeople were highly intelligent creatures, and that they would seduce their prey before devouring… which I presumed to be what the merpeople’s leader was doing now.“Don’t try to seduce me… I don’t taste good at all! There’s no meat on me at all!”I gritted my teeth even as I restrained my tears and shoved my elbow against his neck, knowing full well how futile my gesture was when he could bite through it with a single chomp. Even so, he suddenly reached for my head—which startled me, while his other webbed paw wormed around my back and pulled me into his arms. His nose was
“Hey, stop holding me like this—I’m not a child, it makes me uncomfortable.” Resistant, I pushed at the merman’s chest in an attempt to escape his embrace, only for the merman—the supposed leader of the merpeople—to lean forward, shrouding me entirely beneath his body while his arms remained a sturdy shackle around me. “Do not fear me, Linda…” He looked into my eyes, but the feeling I got from his eyes was his impulse to consume me with a single gulp. At the same time, his lips were very close, almost touching my nose. “You are my progeny and my mate. You’re all mine. No power will be able to take you away from me ever again…” the merman spoke quietly above me then. There was overflowing adoration and possession in his voice, and that somehow brought back my gradually fading fears.My heart was pounding nervously, but that was when I suddenly noticed a blue beam flashing out of his chest from something beneath his body.I couldn’t help reaching toward the unusual beam, which inst
I unwittingly spotted a certain anatomy of the merpeople’s leader just then. It was supposed to be covered in scales, but the towering object that now stood there majestically left me flabbergasted—it was even larger than a pornstar’s! I abruptly realized what he wanted to do to me, and my crotch somehow started to ache because of that… for fuck’s sake, there were so many beautiful mermaids, so why would he want to do this to me? We were not even of the same species! I couldn’t help pursing my lips and trembling in fear, while tears welled in my eyes.“Do not be afraid, Linda…”The merman stared fixedly at me as he carefully reached for my ankles, but I swung my fist at his face in reflex. Nonetheless, he caught and restrained both my hands with relative ease, then gently pulled me towards him—I lost my balance and fell straight into his arms, and he firmly pressed me against the reef again.He parted my bangs as he poked out his tongue, licking my eyes to drink away all my tears.