The sea that embraces you
mermaid
When I took off the blue stone necklace, I fell to the floor with a thud.
As I tried to get up, my legs had transformed into silver fins.
다해
“What…what is this?”
The moment I carefully touched the fin, the vivid sensation on my fingertips sent shivers down my spine.
A nightmare arose. The aquarium darkened, and I gradually sank.
I gasped for breath and struggled to remove my fins.
다해
"Zipper... Where's the zipper?!"
In a state of urgency, I frantically felt along the side of my waist and the back of my head.
다해
“Why… why isn’t it there…!!!”
I couldn't find the feeling that should have been there.
My anxious fingertips poked through the scales, and then
다해
" ah…! "
A scale was torn off. Red blood slowly formed and spread.
I followed the flowing blood and eventually saw it.
The upper body and fins are naturally connected without any boundaries.
다해
“Why is this…”
Only then did I realize something was wrong and touched the largest fin on its toe.
다해
“It’s not a monofin…?”
Monofins, also known as mermaid fins, are the core flippers of mermaid performances.
What I just touched wasn't a hard flipper, but a very soft, thin fin itself.
다해
“ …Gyaaaaah!!!”
I screamed at the unbelievable sight.
A moment later, the door burst open and a horned man and his servant entered.
용왕
“Yeonhwa!”
The horned man saw me injured and immediately called a doctor.
용왕
“Yeonhwa… what happened…”
He approached me cautiously.
다해
“Is this a dream…?”
다해
“Really? Really… This is a dream, right…?”
I asked him in a tearful voice.
용왕
“ … ”
At my words, the man froze.
As if he didn't understand what he just heard...
The servant who had been following behind also stopped walking, and said nothing.
After a while, the octopus representative came in.
Eight tentacles moved simultaneously, touching my head, wrists, and fingertips.
문어 의원
" …hmm "
After a long silence, the congressman opened his mouth.
문어 의원
"It seems like you suffered a major blow to the head and lost your memory…"
The horned man's breathing faltered violently at the congressman's words.
용왕
“…Can you regain your memories?”
The congressman shook his head.
문어 의원
“I am sorry. Your Majesty, the current medical skills of the Dragon Palace are difficult…”
문어 의원
“However, there are cases where memories have been restored.”
용왕
“Are you sure?”
문어 의원
"Yes, that's right. According to the medical books on the mainland..."
용왕
" stop. "
The man suddenly showed a sensitive reaction.
용왕
“Everyone, get out. I have something to talk to you about alone.”
문어 의원
“Your Majesty”
신하
“Your Majesty”
용왕
“Why did you take off your necklace?”
He said, picking up the necklace that had fallen on the ground.
다해
“Ah... that”
용왕
“Do you remember what this necklace means?”
I couldn't answer the man's question.
His eyes were so sad, so pitiful, that I couldn't even open my mouth.
용왕
“This blue stone is my soul stone.”
He put the necklace on me and said.
용왕
“This is a necklace I made so you can use some of my power.”
Then, the necklace began to glow softly, and the mermaid's fins slowly transformed into legs.
The scales seemed to disappear, seeping in, and before I knew it, they flowed down like a hanbok skirt.
다해
“I’m… back…!”
I felt both surprise and relief at the amazing sight I witnessed.
용왕
“Even if you lose your memory, are your legs still that good?”
용왕
“Are humans...good things?”
Contrary to mine, his eyes were filled with sadness.
I felt a strange unease at the inexplicable sadness I felt toward him.
용왕
“About me… nothing comes to mind?”
다해
" ah... "
I couldn't answer his question again.
용왕
“I don’t know how much you remember, but”
용왕
"Unlike others, you called me, the Dragon King, by my name."
용왕
"I want to hear it again, the way you call my name..."
He took my hand, spoke, and then left the room alone.
That night, I realized.
This is not a dream or the afterlife, but reality.
다해
"So the man with horns is the Dragon King."
다해
"This blue stone is the soul stone"
다해
"If you wear the soul stone necklace, you'll turn into legs, and if you take it off, you'll become a mermaid..."
I've summarized what happened today, one by one.
다해
"Wait a minute... So this Yeonhwa person is really a mermaid...?"
다해
"And I'm inside that body...?"
Suddenly, I remembered a traditional fairy tale I heard as a child.
다해
"But... why did I come here...?"
다해
"Why am I a person called Yeonhwa? Or a mermaid? Why did I enter her body?"
Looking up at the round ceiling, bathed in moonlight, I pondered why I was here.
다해
“Ugh… I don’t know, I don’t know!!”
After a while of pondering, I shook my head from side to side and decided to stop my complicated thoughts.
다해
"First, let's pretend to lose our memories and extract information, as the doctor diagnosed."
다해
"And let's find a way to get back...!"
As soon as I made up my mind, I fell asleep, bathed in the moonlight.
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