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The Duke fainted from exhaustion and I, unable to swim alone.
This is an absurd ending where the magic is released and the person dies.
It’s not as good as the ‘Buksan ending’.
I licked and bit the Duke’s face, but it didn’t budge. Even if it whined and went crazy alone, the body of a small dog could not evacuate the large peacock. There is nothing I can do. We Torch has also not been seen since he handed over the gift. The magic gradually wore off and I began to feel the water pressure pressing down on my body. When I was in a situation where I was about to die, I called out to ‘them’ in a pitiful voice.
“Awww-!”
I tried not to lean as much as possible.
“Awww-! Aww! “Brothers and sisters, please save my cute little brother!”
I know everything. You’re not going to use magic or other forms of power to laugh at my sad state. I lost face and wanted help. If I had faced an enemy I couldn’t defeat and was in a situation where I was about to die, I wouldn’t have called them. But even though the enemy has been defeated, this can’t happen.
Suffocating to death with a dog’s body? I can’t let my last day be so insignificant. Even if my life ends with a sad ending-
If I end up with such a miserable and absurd death, my life will be nothing more than a comedy cartoon.
“Awww-!”
It was time to cry for a long time.
Wooooow-
A sound other than my own crying was faintly heard in the quiet sea. I immediately flashed my Cheonan gun and glared at the place where the sound came from. It was coming from far away. As the storm disappears, the free mermaids are looking for us, blowing huge conch shells. I cried with all my might into the spray the mermaids were making.
“Awwwwww!”
Luckily they found us before the spell wore off. It was a narrow miss. If the magic had been broken, we wouldn’t have been able to even make a sound, and the mermaids who were searching wouldn’t have found us, and I would have died within minutes.
It had been less than a day since Leviathan’s mother died. As soon as the storm surrounding the mermaid’s nest disappeared, the mermaids noticed what was happening and came to rescue us. The Duke, who had lost his mind, was thrown into a huge sea anemone and dragged away by mermaids. I returned to the nest riding on the mermaid’s back.
“Sniff. Thank you. Thank you so much.”
I expressed my gratitude in a hoarse voice.
The mermaid smiled softly and comforted me.
I was glad it was in the sea.
Because I didn’t have to find out that it was my tears that wet the mermaid’s back.
After returning to the village, they announced that they had killed Leviathan and his mother. Immediately the mermaids began dancing and playing instruments. Mermaids who could not make a voice could not sing, but they did their best to express their joy by making sounds with their bodies and instruments. A festival was held while the duke was receiving treatment. They were mermaids who welcomed us, outsiders, even though they suffered from Leviathan. The mermaids, who love festivals and have a cheerful personality, held a festival for three days and nights, enjoying the joy of liberation.
It wasn’t just mermaids who were oppressed. The sea was like an empty water tank. But when the storm disappeared, turtles, fish, and whales came. The mermaids told me. Before Leviathan’s mother ‘awakened’, this place was a resting place in the sea. In the mermaids’ nest, the creatures enjoyed freedom from the fierce instincts of the food chain. Sharks and tuna swim together, octopuses and crabs dance together. It was a fantastic sight in a different sense than the stormy black sea.
I wandered around the nest with the help of the mermaid. I wondered if I could at least get a clue about the Duke’s curse. However, even with Cheonan Tong, no traces were found.
A few days later, when the Duke came to his senses, the mermaid elder gave us a gift.
“This… “It’s really beautiful.”
“That’s amazing.”
The mermaid’s nest was full of rare creatures that could not be seen outside.
This includes pearl clams and lapixi clams the size of elephants.
According to the mermaid, it takes hundreds of years for a Lapixi clam to grow into a huge adult, and during that long period of time, it holds only one pearl. The size of the pearl is only the size of a small bead, which does not match the size of the huge clam. However, like the brilliant bead held out by the elder mermaid, it was an irreplaceable jewel of the sea shining in rainbow colors.
There is only one way to get pearls.
Even if the clam is forcibly killed or taken away or the pearl dies from old age, the moment it escapes from the clam’s embrace, the beautiful pearl disappears like smoke.
The only way to obtain it in its intact state is for the clam itself to be willing to give up the pearl.
“Oh, so… … .”
The meaning of the rainbow pearl as told by mermaids.
The etymology of Lapixi shellfish is said to mean ‘grace’ in the language of the old Ain people. When a lapix clam thinks he has been favored for various reasons, such as saving him from a natural enemy, he willingly gives his pearls to his benefactor. He willingly presents the one pearl he has cherished for hundreds of years, a treasure that may be the meaning of life and everything. The mermaids have lived here for a long time, but they have only obtained two rainbow pearls.
The mermaids gave us their clan’s treasures, like rapixi clams willing to return a favor.
“thank you. “That feeling was fully conveyed.”
Although-
At first, I thought I could just use one bead like this.
To me, it’s just a pretty gem with no use for anything.
Well, they say the best gifts are ones that are sincere.
“What a beautiful pearl. “I will gladly take your gift as an heirloom of the Matherand family.”
Unlike me, the duke seemed really happy.
* * *
The duke regained his strength and came up to the island.
The storm has stopped. We looked at the calm and quiet sea in silence.
“Confucius in the body of a dog.”
Suddenly the duke spoke.
“You saved me and the mermaids.”
If it had been normal, I would have bragged as much as I could.
In fact, this time, like before, I was not alone in my activities.
In terms of shares, is it 7 to 3?
“Thanks to the Duke’s heroic actions.”
“No. You are the hero. “If it weren’t for Confucius, I would have been nothing more than a coward.”
“You know very well.”
“hmm.”
The duke and I briefly exchanged glances. He was the one who burst into laughter first.
“Haha, I have no choice but to admit it. “I respect and admire Confucius.”
“thank you.”
“But. “Is it really possible to dismiss this feeling as something that is easy to handle?”
“yes?”
The Duke looked at me intently.
With warm amber eyes, as if trying to capture everything in me.
“My mother gave birth to me through an unwanted pregnancy. Her grandmother and her ancestors above her. Not everyone can find freedom. Matherand’s bloodline is like the ‘Mermaid Story’. “Unable to experience true love, they are overcome by an indescribable sense of loss, and end up fading away in the arms of their children.”
Trials make people grow.
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“I thought the same thing. “A cursed life,”
It is a story as common as a heroic tale.
“Not anymore.”
However, very few people overcome pain and grow.
“I will not disappear into nothingness. I’m sick of life hiding behind a mask. Even though, even though… … .”
He wasn’t as scared as before.
“Even though I can’t break the curse, I decided to put all my ‘heart’ into it. “We face adversity, but we do not submit to fate.”
Kwazijic!
I was a little surprised.
The duke trampled on the helmet and mask that he had never let go of and broke them.
The Duke of Matherand has Ain blood in his veins. This is an undeniable truth. Even if he becomes confident in his life, the empire will not accept him. Well, it doesn’t really matter. The power of peacocking, which I personally experienced, is not something that can be easily broken by the power of others. He will not fall unless he himself is broken.
“Good for you.”
It was said in a poetic manner, but it was sincere. That’s good, that’s good.
“so-”
Suddenly the Duke hugged me, brought me to eye level, and said.
“Confucius is my first love.”
“Sigh.”
Is this the swing bridge effect or something?
They felt their lives were in danger and went through hardships together.
I also felt camaraderie with the duke.
That feeling is not called love between a man and a woman.
Because this was my first time in a situation like this, I couldn’t think of a good response. She pretended to be calm, but her head was filled with a ton of words. If you play pranks or annoy the duke here, you’ll be making an irreversible mistake, right?
In the end, the answer I chose was:
Just like you usually do when you receive a compliment.
“thank you?”
All I could do was say thank you.
The duke glared at me with a disapproving expression and then burst into laughter.
“Hot hot hot. “It doesn’t sound like you really mean it when you talk to your dog!”
“ha ha ha… … .”
“hot. hot. hot. hot.”
The duke’s awkward laughter continued for a long time.
* * *
As the Duke burned his scales, blue smoke rose in an instant.
A short time later, Materand military ships that had been waiting due to a storm discovered smoke and arrived at the island. The guardian knights of the Three Straits hurriedly checked the Duke’s condition and handed him a ‘helmet’, but the Duke only took it and did not use it.
at las.
Escape the boring sea and head to land.
I won’t even look at fish dishes for a while.
“how… … ! Do you know how worried we were! If you leave behind a letter saying you are going to ban and disappear! The self-awareness of being the duke who supports the pillar of Taicheong and the head of the family who leads Materand… … .”
The Duke laughed and ignored the seven knights’ nagging.
“I’ll tell you what happened when I get back. and… “Let’s proceed with the ‘search’ in earnest.”
“If it’s a search… Are you talking about the plan that was temporarily suspended due to ‘Halloween’?”
“Yes. There are all kinds of legends and myths alive in the ocean. “I’m sure you’ll find clues to the root of my curse.”
The joy of returning to land was short-lived.
I sat still and thought about the discomfort that had been tickling my body since earlier.
Melissa is.
For sure.
I was sure I could find the devil who put the curse on the duke.
I wouldn’t have expected this ending.
Melissa values efficiency. Should we send a puppy’s body to a dangerous nest just to kill Leviathan’s mother? If it were Melissa, she could have sorted out the whole situation with a single wave. Because there is something left that only I can do. Melissa doesn’t tell us the truth from the beginning. She sets me free, but in the end what she does of my own will turns out to be as if she had insidiously intended it.
There’s still something big left.
“Wow, that’s it!”
“Mermaid? “Are they mermaids?”
“Oh my god, I see so many mermaids in my life!”
“The legend was true. haha.”
While I was lost in thought, the mermaids came out to see me off.
The duke stopped the boat and greeted the mermaids.
Most of the mermaids remained at sea, but a few of the younger mermaids boarded the ship.
I brought paper and brushes under the duke’s instructions.
The mermaids refused and made their own ‘voice’.
“ah. ah. ah. hi. Hello. under. please.”
Although the speech was slurred, it was clearly a ‘voice’.
“how?”
“Us… A curse that tormented me. curse… “The curse has been lifted.”
“Oh my.”
The sailors and guardian knights were all embarrassed.
Well, it’s embarrassing to see a dog and a mermaid talking in human language.
“Good.”
Things are going smoothly.
“outside… I want to see outside. caliber. I want to take a look. The elders tried to dissuade us, but we… I’m still young… Experience… … .”
The duke readily gave permission.
“I will wear the coat of arms of Materand and serve you faithfully. Haha. Knights, they are my benefactors.”
Even the knights who were wary of mermaids at first treated them politely when told that they were benefactors.
So we joined the mermaid and headed outside the island.
The waters of Fog Island where a storm raged.
It was time to pass through the now calm waters and head out to the Great Sea.
As soon as you cross the ‘border’ –
An unusual event occurred.
Crumbling!
Suddenly, the sound of thunder and lightning began, followed by the sound of heavy, dull things collapsing all at once. We hurriedly turned our heads toward the rocky island where the sound came from, and came face to face with another strange event that occurred there.
“iced coffee-! “The curse has not been lifted!”
The mermaids fell, causing a fight.
I felt like my neck was broken, so I raised my head as hard as I could and glared at ‘it’.
I thought it was an island.
The rocky island we were standing on just a moment ago.
Coooooo!
In fact, it was a huge rock giant whose head reached all the way to the clouds.
hot. hot. hot.
also,
I heard there was something big left.
* * *
Leviathan and Behemoth.
It is a monster from the mythical era and a sign of destruction.
The two monsters fall into a deep sleep until the ‘next destruction’ arrives, and when destruction approaches, they wake up and trample the land and sea.
The monster of destruction has risen.
The devil dances and the blind king ends his long forgetfulness.
fantasy,
