Wei Yu unfolded and inspected the bunched-up cloth. At first, he was stunned, thinking he had made a mistake. However, after turning it over a couple of times, he realized he hadn’t been mistaken. It was…
“Are you kidding me? Is this a bridal gown for females!”
After spreading out the fabric, it revealed a genuine bridal gown. The light blue skirt was adorned with many small pearls, and delicate lace and wide hems decorated the outer edges. Around the waist, there were numerous polished seashell bells and shiny copper pieces. What terrified Wei Yu and Ellyad even more was that both dresses were off-shoulder, exposing the back in a refreshing style.
To escape or to save face? The two distressed individuals simultaneously faced this cruel dilemma.
‘If we can’t leave this place, what face do we have left? Moreover, compared to losing face, that demon is hundreds of times scarier.’ Wei Yu self-hypnotized, signaling to Ellyad with a wink.
Though understanding Wei Yu’s meaning and not wanting to passively wait for rescue, when faced with this female-styled bridal gown in his hands, Ellyad was truly at a loss for words.
‘Forget it, escaping is the most important thing right now.’ In the end, Ellyad reluctantly compromised, thinking that even if they lost face in the underwater world, it wouldn’t reach the surface.
The two began to change clothes, with Wei Yu being smaller, easily cramming himself into the bridal gown. On the other hand, Ellyad faced numerous difficulties. Though not robust, his physique was not delicate enough for a female dress. Consequently, Ellyad could only forcefully squeeze into the gown, even hearing the faint sound of fabric tearing during the process.
“Why are you doing this to us, King of the Merfolk, Lance?” Seeing Ellyad wrestling with the wedding dress, Wei Yu, who had already put on his attire, burst out of the bubble and scolded the merfolk.
Wei Yu initially thought that once out of the bubble, he could move freely like on land. However, the reality was that his body was affected by the resistance and pressure of the water, making him uncomfortable and restricting his movements. So, they were completely under the control of the enemy.
“Oh my, my dear brother’s wife is so rude and barbaric. You think I’m trying to mess with you? There’s no such thing. Putting a bride in a wedding gown at the engagement banquet is perfectly normal. Do you consider that messing with you?” Lance lifted his chin arrogantly, defending his actions.
Whether Wei Yu misheard or the merfolk misspoke, Wei Yu caught the unrelated term “engagement.” When the merfolk entered earlier, he kept calling them bride and such. Could this merfolk be mentally disturbed?
“Who is getting married?” Wei Yu suddenly asked with a foreboding feeling.
“Of course, it’s me and this dear human bride, and you with my great brother Lausus. In total, four people are getting married.” The merfolk answered nonchalantly, swimming to the bubble and reaching out to grab Ellyad, pulling him out of the bubble.
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“What a joke! Both Ellyad and I are males. You and your ‘brother’ are also males. How is it possible to get married like this?”
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“If you humans hadn’t taken away Rasi and Sai, we wouldn’t have wanted to marry humans. Besides, it’s too late to say anything now. I’ve already fallen in love with my human bride.” Faced with Wei Yu’s series of refutations, Lance unexpectedly fell into a hysterical state, stubbornly shouting and tightly hugging Ellyad’s waist.
Already struggling to put on the wedding dress, Ellyad found it difficult to breathe due to excessive tightness. Now, the merfolk was forcibly clamping his waist with his arms. Ellyad felt that if this continued, he would suffocate to death. This also made him unable to summon the Hero Sword to resist, let alone the escape plan from earlier.
“Don’t touch me.” Ellyad, struggling with difficulty to breathe, could only issue a short warning to Lance while trying to break free from his arms.
“Don’t reject me! You’re already my bride; don’t leave me again!” Lance, with a pitiful tone, shouted loudly and hugged Ellyad’s waist again.
“Cough… ugh.” In the painful struggle of being unable to breathe, Ellyad paused when he heard the merfolk say, “Don’t leave me again.”
Ellyad could understand the lonely fear of someone afraid of being abandoned. So, he decided to temporarily give up resistance. If there were similar feelings, maybe he could reason with Lance.
“Don’t joke around. If you really marry him, not only you but this entire palace will be buried. It might be even worse.” Warned earnestly, Wei Yu was genuinely concerned for the creatures in the lake.
Before, when he deliberately plotted against Ellyad, he said he would make the whole country buried with them. Thrett’s eyes were filled with a truly brutal intent at that time. Therefore, Wei Yu’s warning to the merfolk was somewhat worrying about the creatures in this lake.
As soon as he finished speaking, the door to the room was pushed open again. Another merfolk, with a tail and color identical to Lance, and a striking resemblance in appearance, swam in. He hurriedly shouted to Lance, “Lance, let’s give up on those two humans.”
“What are you talking about, brother? Isn’t capturing humans to be our brides a well-planned scheme?” Lance still refused to let go of Ellyad’s waist, clinging to him like a piece of toffee.
“Plans never keep up with changes, Merfolk King.” A charming voice arrived leisurely, accompanied by the appearance of a beautiful demon with magenta-colored long hair, followed by a displeased-looking black-haired demon.
“Thrett… ah!” Seeing Thrett’s appearance, Ellyad suddenly realized that he was wearing a ridiculous and revealing wedding dress. Although he didn’t mind being seen naked by Thrett, being seen in an exposed bridal gown was much more embarrassing than being nude, ten times over.
“Pfft, why are you dressed like this?” Ziyuan didn’t hold back, spitting out a mouthful of saliva.
“We had no choice,” Wei Yu said, feeling that this appearance was truly embarrassing.
Thrett showed little surprise at the two of them wearing wedding dresses. Instead, he was more concerned about the merfolk tightly wrapped around Ellyad’s waist.
“Let him go.” Thrett said in a cold voice, and the temperature in the room seemed to drop significantly.
Ellyad was in the other’s hands, so Thrett refrained from causing havoc as soon as he entered the room. Moreover, the seven hundred and seventy-seven reinforcing seals that Queen Lily spent three days on had finally shown some effect. The destruction just now had already made him unusually exhausted.
“No way! He is my bride, and I won’t let him leave!” Lance evaded Thrett’s sharp gaze and loudly refused.
“Lance, these two are our honored guests. At least communicate with them properly,” the younger brother advised. Lance had been in the palace until just now and hadn’t witnessed the destructive scene of the two demons ‘gracing’ them, so he dared to confront the black-haired demon fearlessly.
Feeling a cold sweat for his younger brother and sensing his own imminent danger, older brother Lausus quickly intervened to ease the tense atmosphere. “I am Lausus Cambeulote Rorian, and this is my brother, Lance Cambeulote Rorian. We are both kings of the Merfolk Kingdom. We sincerely apologize for capturing your companions. Please, don’t be angry, and listen to our reasons,” Lausus pleaded, hoping to spare the lives of the royal city and the merfolk from the potential wrath of the two demons.
“Nah. And why do you both have dog names?”
‘It’s not like they’re named after dogs, it’s that you, your Majesty are indirectly calling them dogs.’ Ziyuan spat in his mind.
“Who are you calling a dog?!” Lance was immediately provoked.
“Lance, calm down. Please, let us explain our reasons. Otherwise, my brother won’t be willing to release the bride,” Lausus requested, trying to diffuse the situation.
In the room where Ellyad was held, Thrett wouldn’t likely act recklessly, and Ziyuan didn’t want him to. If a fight were to break out, Thrett wouldn’t care about anyone’s life except his human companion. Ziyuan glanced at Wei Yu and then quickly averted his gaze, brainstorming ways to save this poor, uncaring brat.
“Thrett, listen to what they have to say.” Ellyad spoke up, as he was gradually getting used to the pressure around his waist. If they didn’t comply with the merfolk’s ways, they probably wouldn’t be able to leave. This would also mean being unable to remove the irritating bridal gown.
Brother Lausus had everyone sit around the round table in the palace banquet hall. However, Lance continued to tightly grasp Ellyad.
By this point, Thrett’s emotions had reached their peak, and both Ziyuan and Lausus, who were seated on either side of him, felt the most intense pressure.
Attempting to ignore the terror, older brother Lausus began to explain: About a few years ago, the Merfolk Kingdom was planning a grand wedding. It was to be the union of Lausus and Rasi, as well as Lance and Sai. Coincidentally, Rasi and Sai, as well as Lausus and Lance, were pairs of merfolk twins.
However, on the eve of the wedding, the two mermaid brides suddenly expressed a desire to take a stroll on the lake’s surface and left the palace together.
The brothers knew that the sisters had a habit of going to the lake surface for quite some time, so they agreed without much thought. However, they never expected that they would never return.
“Later, a merfolk came to report, saying they saw despicable humans taking them away!” Younger brother Lance shouted again, unable to control his emotions.
“But you’re merfolk; won’t you die if you leave the water?” Wei Yu asked.
“We can transform into a human form for a short period, adapting to the air and environment on land, but it can’t be maintained for too long. There are two restrictions: we can only leave the water for three hours each time, and while in the human form, singing is absolutely prohibited. Violating either rule will result in turning into foam,” explained Lausus briefly.
“If you can go ashore, why not go find them instead of randomly capturing unfamiliar humans to be brides?” This time, Ziyuan asked.
“We are the kings of the merfolk, and every drop of magic in this lake relies on us brothers. If we leave, all the merfolk here will die. Our people are too naive, unfamiliar with the dangers of the land. Sending them to find them would likely lead to their deaths with no return. So, we decided to randomly capture two humans as scapegoats for revenge. Unfortunately, there haven’t been many humans near the lake lately, and even if there were, they were all elderly or disabled, completely unsuitable as new partners. That’s when you two appeared,” Lausus confessed.
Rumors spread that the waters of Mirror Lake could extend life and cure all illnesses, attracting the elderly and the injured to come. However, these were undoubtedly fabricated rumors. Those people who were dragged into the lake naturally couldn’t replace becoming companions to the young merfolk kings.
“Although I initially thought of revenge, I can no longer let go of my human bride now, brother,” Lance lamented.
“Chop off your hand, problem solved,” Thrett casually remarked.
“You scoundrel! I won’t let my bride go to anyone else. If you try to forcefully take him, I’ll kill him first and then commit suicide! I refuse to be separated from my partner again!” Lance fell into a state of irrational hysteria, behaving like someone with a mental disorder. Brother Lausus immediately stepped forward to console him.
Wei Yu couldn’t help but be silenced by Lance’s crazed words and actions, while Ellyad could only helplessly let Lance tightly cling to his neck and waist.
I think those girls might’ve been escaping the marriage!
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