Chapter 305 – Side Story) Mermaid Princess (1)
If there is one thing that people in the world commonly misunderstand about us, it is that mermaids are oviparous.
Yes, that can happen.
Unless you were a mermaid, you had no choice but to know.
In fact, there are oviparous races such as lizardmen and harpies, and the lower body of mermaids is that of a fish, so it could be misunderstood.
So I had no intention of saying anything up to that point.
Another thing is that Mermaids, our mermaids and Mermen… Are mistaken as being of the same species.
I have to say something about this.
They were fish from the waist up, and we were fish from the waist down.
I couldn’t understand how anyone could think they were of the same species just by looking at their appearance.
I couldn’t understand why they considered mermaids and mermen to be the same while distinguishing between fish differently.
The two were different races.
It could be considered that Mermaids are a race of women whose lower bodies are fish, while Mermen are a race of men whose upper bodies are fish.
Moreover, contrary to public perception, Mermaid and Merman did not get along well.
First of all, not only did they share a habitat, but both races needed men and women from other races to reproduce.
Depending on the world, there were places where mermen used mermaids as slaves, and vice versa, and there seemed to be numerous places where only one side survived.
Now that all those worlds have merged and conflict between each other has been banned… There was a feeling of not knowing each other…
Still, my bladder trembled every time I saw the races on land that considered Mermaids and Mermen to be the same race.
I couldn’t understand how that ugly fish head looked similar to us.
They said they would hate me if I called them monkey cousins.
Another misunderstanding was that because mermaids live under the sea, they are thought to be ignorant of things on land.
That was very wrong.
Mermaids were basically excellent magicians.
In particular, in the past… When they seduced sailors and ‘breeded’ them, the magic of the charm, seduction, and mental world that had accumulated was at a considerable level, even compared to the magic of other races.
In other words, the popular belief that mermaids are stupid was bullshit.
Also, the fact that mermaids couldn’t come out of the water was bullshit.
What kind of world is it these days?
A landman’s leg could be easily made with a magic potion.
Of course, it’s temporary and it lasts for a long time, so it becomes painful when your legs dry out. Still, mermaids can go outside the land.
So, sometimes the mermaids would go out and get semen to have children.
The magic potion that can make a bridge is not easy to make because it requires more ingredients than expected, so six times a year… That is, every two months, one mermaid is selected and sent to the land.
After that it was simple.
All you had to do was exchange the pearls and other hard-to-find materials for land people with money, buy a dispenser or something on the land, and bring back as much semen as possible.
It was no longer possible to charm land-based sailors crossing the sea like in the past.
Should I say that it has changed to a way of getting pregnant on its own with the semen brought in that way?
The reason the semen was brought in every two months was because the mermaid gave birth to between five and six children at a time.
If you bring it too often, the number of mermaids will multiply.
Therefore, the mermaids who could give birth were limited to those with excellent abilities.
Anyway, the rumors that were known to the public about oviparous life were all rumors.
And…
The most absurd thing was something else.
I don’t know what kind of bastard wrote it, but why on earth do Mermaids turn to nothing when they die?
Oh my god.
And it was absurd that there were so many people who believed that.
When centipedes rummage, they go straight back to the dirt, right?
If so, I will admit it.
Anyway…
It was really funny every time I saw people on the mainland who didn’t know much about mermaids say strange things.
A blue pearl inside a seashell.
On land, I blinked as I quietly looked down at the pearl, a treasure known as the tears of the sea.
Why is this here…?
“Cecil, it’s you this time.”
“To…”
Queen.
The Mermaid, who is the pinnacle of all Mermaids in the Eastern Sea and who is also my mother, said so.
Even if the mother was a queen, she was not exactly a mermaid princess from a fairy tale or anything, as many of the mermaids were the queen’s children, as only the ‘best mermaids’ could become pregnant.
I was the queen’s two hundredth child, and even now, a little over a thousand younger siblings were growing in the queen’s womb.
As the queen is getting older, it is time to select a new queen… Perhaps those younger siblings may be the queen’s last children.
“Cecil, are you listening?”
“Ah yes…”
I nodded and looked at the clam in my hand.
Looking at it again, it hasn’t changed.
A blue pearl was inside the shell.
And, the fact that I picked the shell with this blue pearl meant that I had won as a mermaid who goes to land and retrieves a man’s semen to give birth to a child.
I ended up having to do something I hadn’t even thought about and didn’t really want to do, but the word ‘winner’ written on the lottery ticket I drew was ironic.
“Um, uh… Queen… I…”
“Certainly, Cecil, you were quite capable. The downside is that I have a lot of emotional ups and downs, but… It ended up going well. Go up… And look around the world. “It will be of great help to you.”
“No, that’s…”
“Oh, and. It’s about the man who will deal with Cecil this time… Luckily, I was able to contact the man I couldn’t get last time. I heard that at the time, so many people came that they couldn’t get it, but now it seems to have become even more difficult. But, fortunately, he was nominated this time… So make sure to collect the semen for the next generation of children.”
It was not an atmosphere where one could speak.
I don’t want to go up to land.
There’s an atmosphere where you can say, “Can’t I just hand it over to another mermaid?”
“Okay, okay…”
In the end, she had no choice but to nod to the Queen’s words.
The person who guided me to land was one of my older sisters who had been to land just before.
It seems that she did not take the medicine to build ‘legs’ at the time and went to land in a bathtub, but because of that, she had difficulty taking the lead. This time, she was unable to receive semen from the man who was said to be nominated, and was taken from another person on land. It was the older sister who got the semen.
Maybe that’s why, when she came out to the water, she immediately handed me a magic potion to make her legs.
“Now, drink it up. “It tastes a little bitter, so don’t bother touching it with your tongue. Just gulp it down and drink it.”
“Huh.”
I definitely used a lot of magic potions.
And.
“Ugh…”
“Oh, and it’ll hurt a little.”
You should have told me this before what I wrote!
It was a thought that had crossed her mind, but she was three years older than me and she had no time to bring it up.
However, it was definitely just a little and the pain went away quickly.
And…
“…Is this a leg?”
“It feels strange, doesn’t it? So did I. “I feel completely different from Jineami.”
As I was looking at my older sister, who was giggling and waving her tail fin, my older sister told me that her pockets were filled with pearls, coral, mermaid blood, and other things… Items that were valuable to land people. Handed it over
“Besides semen, there are other things you need, so don’t forget to bring them. It will be very awkward to move at first, so I recommend walking in place a few times before moving. Oh, and…”
Hehe, her older sister said, laughing.
“It hurts a lot at first, but I feel better soon, so I’m looking forward to it.”
With those last words, she sighed as she looked at her older sister who had gone back to the sea.
“Really…”
Why on earth did I…
She kept sighing, but she couldn’t turn back what had already happened.
“…I guess I should put on some clothes first.”
She swooped, opened her pockets, and changed into land-born clothes that, unlike her mermaid clothes, also wore clothes that covered the lower half of her body.
“?”
Something is strange.
I was definitely wearing pants, but it was extremely uncomfortable to move.
Something is very tight…
“…Oh yeah. “I thought it was a little awkward at first.”
Since this was her first time with legs, she thought it might be possible, so she carefully moved her legs as her sister had told her.
And.
“Oh my gosh!”
It just fell apart.
“W-what is it really…!”
It’s not just awkward, you can’t move at all.
I was covered in sand from the white sand, so I kept moving around, but I felt like I couldn’t do anything, so I took off my pants.
“Wait a minute… Maybe?”
When I saw the two holes in my pants, I realized that I had made a huge misunderstanding.
“This was the top!”
The bottom was clearly on the wrong side.
I tried putting my arm between the two holes.
It was a bit strange, but unlike before, when I was almost unable to move, I was able to move my arms this time.
Moreover, although there were many buttons on the top, since it was roughly wrapped around the waist, the entire lower body, including the legs, was covered.
“Yes, I guess these were the bottoms.”
It’s me too.
I know how to wear clothes perfectly even when I see them for the first time.
“Landlander clothes are no big deal.”
Heh, he smiled and checked the coordinates.
In the case of my sister before, it seemed like she had gone deep into the land for a while to find the dispenser, but this time she came here from there, so it wasn’t that far away.
“Then let’s go!”
It wasn’t something I wanted to do, but even if it was only the result of a lottery, I decided to treat it like this as a way to see the world where land people live.
And, that was when I stretched my legs again.
“Happy!”
This time, my legs were twisted together and I fell down again.
“…Well, let’s go practice first.”
Even if it was your first time with legs, it would be embarrassing to make the same mistake and fall three times, so I followed my sister’s advice and practiced walking in place a few times before deciding to move.
