Chapter 62
While everyone felt very cautious once they reached the merfolk island, Amia was nowhere to be found . There was a different, beautiful merman who was younger than Amia and about the same age as Edwy .
“Amia can’t come because he is busy . He was very disappointed . ”
They were told . Then Chiharu said,
“I see . He helped us at the mirror lake . And so I wanted to say thank you . ”
And then,
“In that case, tell those people over there . They passed through the water road and went to the mirror lake . ”
He pointed to a group of beautiful merfolk of various colors that were staring at them . Maki and Chiharu were filled with gratitude when they thought about how these people had hit the gazers with their tails . Of course, there were other merfolk gathering around as well .
“Oh, this is something . ”
“Surprising, isn’t it? If you only knew how we felt . Besides, they even tried to take them into the sea . ”
Edwy and Kaider were talking .
“Um, thank you for saving us at the mirror lake . ”
“Thank you so much . ”
Chiharu and Maki said after approaching the merfolk . Then they bowed their heads .
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“Please raise your heads, beloved children . ”
And so they raised their heads . Before they knew it, the merfolk were right in front of them . One of the merfolk then raised his hands to Maki’s cheeks and then brushed the hair out of her face .
“Oh . ”
“The mark of God’s love . ”
The merfolk murmured . Maki’s eyes were wide as she stood frozen .
“Human skin is so warm . ”
He said . His skin was cold and smooth .
Yes, it would be rather shocking . They were so close, and their hair moved . Chiharu was glad that she was just a spectator this time . She stood next to Maki and nodded .
“Huh?”
However, there were two Saintesses . Before she knew it, other merfolk were touching her cheeks and brushing her hair . Eventually, hands held her shoulders as she was led towards the others by the waves . Ultimately, her past experience did not prove to be very useful here .
“I sense the presence of the chief . So you are wearing the scales . ”
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One of them whispered .
“I use it as a good luck charm ever since I was saved . ”
Chiharu answered, and the merfolk smiled happily . Next to her, Maki was still frozen as she was carried away . It always seemed like one of them was calm while the other was panicking . Chiharu thought .
Behind her, the others were consoling the elf, who seemed quite angry .
“The merfolk know that the train will depart in an hour, so they won’t push it . More importantly, why don’t we buy some of that? They’ll be very happy, won’t they?”
Nyran suggested .
“You know, the hamanasu wine!”
“Of course! Standing here and watching the merfolk will only make you angry . We might as well go and buy some wine . ”
“I’ll go with you . ”
And so the two elderly ones left for the store .
“Phew . In a way, he’s the hardest one to handle . ”
Kaider said .
“No, if anything, I think he is the easiest . ”
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Nyran answered .
“Aeris just likes the Saintesses . ”
Edwy said . Then Kaider and Nyran looked at him apologetically .
“What?”
“Well, maybe you shouldn’t just look at him as if he were an old man . ”
“Old men can be difficult . ”
“So which is it? Is he an old man or not?”
That wasn’t the problem . But, well, it was perhaps good that he experiences this at his young age . Kaider and Nyran thought .
Maki and Chiharu finished their meeting with the merfolk without any trouble, and they waved their hands at them before returning to the train .
Still, Maki looked like her soul had left her body, and so Chiharu said to her with an air of self-importance .
“Maki-chan, you’re a Saintess too you know? So you shouldn’t assume that you’re the only one that won’t get abducted . ”
“You’re one to talk . ”
It was Nyran who said this . Besides, they had both been taken away . Maki looked tired as she said,
“I get it, Chiharu . Still, these merfolk sure are beautiful…”
“Yes, I was too shocked to notice it much the last time, but I don’t think I’ve seen such beautiful people!”
Chiharu said with some excitement . Maki muttered on .
“And it was these beautiful people who touched my cheeks or held my shoulders as I was marched off . You’d think it would be very romantic . ”
“Maki-chan, it lost all sense of romance the moment you chose the words ‘marched off . ’”
Chiharu joked . Maki continued .
“I wonder why it doesn’t feel romantic . ”
Why indeed . Chiharu thought about it . Oh, it must be that .
“It’s because of their hair . ”
“I don’t think it’s that . ”
Nyran butted in again . Ignoring Aeris, Edwy would have a difficult time . Nyran thought . These girls were clearly not the romantic types, and would they ever be?
“Oh, maybe it’s the scales!”
Said the dwarf, who didn’t understand romance either .