The merman, my man

Chapter 77

The Merman, My Man by Black Velvet Chapter 77

Through the crack in the wall, I looked across the surface of the sea and saw only flocks of birds flying

over the horizon. They looked like gray clouds covering the sea’s surface as they flew in the same

direction the ship was heading.

The pirates had no reason to get the flock of birds to follow the ship as they sailed. However, these

birds typically follow the Earth’s magnetic field as they migrate.

There was only one reason for this phenomenon: something causing another massive magnetic field

on this ship. This magnetic field must be stronger

than the natural one. Hence, the reason the birds mistook the ship’s magnetic field for the natural one

and changed their course.

I connected my deduction to what Dicken had said earlier and made a second deduction. Dicken

possessed supernatural abilities. In disbelief, I looked at his side profile. His mysteriousness had far

exceeded my imagination. I gulped as I asked, “This… This is because of you? Where are you taking

us?“

Dicken fell silent. His gaze seemed to be trained somewhere further than the horizon as well as the

deepest depths of the ocean. The look in his eyes was hard to decipher, like he was someplace other

than the ship we were on.

After a long time, he finally answered in a low voice, “Lemenland…“ Ccontent © exclusive by Nô/vel(D)ra/ma.Org.

I thought I had misheard him when he said that. When I confirmed that I hadn’t misheard it, I couldn’t

help but shake.

I had heard of this place before, but more specifically, this place was from my dream.

It was the name of a group of islands found in legends. Nobody believed in its existence other than me.

I had researched this, and I speculated that these islands were associated with ancient Greek

civilizations. It was a historical site left by ancient Greek civilizations. As I had never been there, there

was no way I could have proved my speculation.

Ever since I started researching merpeople, I visited a scientist specializing in investigations for many

years at sea named Dr. Willie.

He once wrote an article about how he had caught a merperson near a group of islands when he was

on an investigative mission.

He tried to communicate with the merperson, and he was successful. He even concluded that the

merperson’s language was derived from ancient Greek.

When I visited Dr. Willie, I remember him telling me that the merperson addressed the group of islands

as Lemenland.

It was a mysterious group of islands. Nobody knew when the islands would reveal themselves or when

they would disappear. When Dr. Willie had voyaged in search of the islands again, they had

disappeared. The merperson and a member of the crew, as well as his precious video camera, were

gone.

It was as if it had never happened because he didn’t have the footage in the video camera to prove it.

So Willie’s article was taken as a work of fabrication, and he couldn’t live with his head held high

anymore since then.

Among the batch of students who visited him, I was the only one who believed his tale. The voyage

instructions that I gave Gary were derived from Willie’s experiences. I couldn’t help but exclaim, “

Lemenland! “

In an unexpected turn of events, I found the islands. My entire body quivered in excitement. ‘God is

finally blessing me!’

The exhilaration of it all made me forget about the situation I was currently in. It was only when Dicken

crept closer to me that I regained awareness of my surroundings.

Dicken watched my excitement with fascination like he was delighted with my reaction. Then, he

reached out a claw and lovingly caressed my cheek.

I wanted to evade him, but his lips were already lightly brushing against my cheek. Then, in his

captivating deep voice, he warned, “You will like… Lemen1and…be careful…don’t leave…my side…

because…you’re too…tempting.“