Song of the Foam (Part 2)
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Once upon a time, there was a man named Samorei Chax, the founder of the Samorei Circus. However, before this, he was the captain of the First Cavalry Corps in the Emerald Kingdom.
From a young age, he rode horses into battle, risking his life not for the country or honor, but simply to survive and put food on the table. At around the age of twenty, he was promoted to the chief member of the Emerald Kingdom’s cavalry corps and fought for the country. He had been in the same profession for over thirty years. On the battlefield, the name Samorei had become well-known in various countries, and he had many loyal followers. Those were the glorious years that belonged to him.
Until one day, he was seriously injured on the battlefield. In the chaos, he escaped to the forest where Mirror Lake was located and heard a wonderful song. Following that voice, he encountered two beautiful mermaids.
The mermaids were not shy at all; instead, they chatted with him lively. They also treated his wounds, although their methods were rough and didn’t bring much relief to his injuries. Nevertheless, Samorei was very grateful to them.
As time passed, during his recovery from his injuries, he gradually developed affection for the two mermaids. Before long, he admitted that he had fallen in love with them, and the mermaid sisters were happy to share the same male lover.
After his injuries slightly healed, he began collecting beautiful wildflowers from various places in the forest for the two sisters every day. Sometimes, it was the bluebells growing in the low shrubs, and other times, it was the graceful irises swaying on the cliffs. Although Samorei brought back only plain and unsophisticated plants, far from being considered beautiful, the two sisters would joyfully accept them each time and reciprocate with a heartfelt song.
The beautiful days continued, undisturbed in the forbidden Mirror Lake forest. No one came to interrupt them. Samorei gradually forgot about the wars and reality outside the forest. Having been gone for so long, he probably had already been commemorated on the monument of the Glorious Cavalry Corps, engraved with his brave deeds for the country.
Therefore, Samorei kept thinking, what if he could bring the mermaids ashore, have them by his side, hide their identities, and start a new life? How wonderful would that be? However, he wasn’t sure if the mermaids would be willing to leave Mirror Lake, where they had grown up since childhood.
One day, not long after this idea crossed his mind, the mermaid sisters astonishingly told him that they wanted to leave Mirror Lake and go ashore to see Samorei’s world on the land. They only wanted to understand every aspect of Samorei better.
“This is a rare and golden opportunity!” Samorei felt genuinely excited. He thought of a way to keep the mermaids by his side.
However, to implement this plan, he needed to make many preparations in advance, and these preparations couldn’t be completed in a short time. For this reason, he had to leave Mirror Lake on his own.
He didn’t share the detailed plan with the mermaid sisters, only asking them to wait for him for a while. Once he had everything prepared, he would come to marry the mermaids.
At that time, Samorei used the words “marry” to replace “take away.” The mermaid sisters exchanged glances, both showing happy smiles in agreement.
After that, Samorei left Mirror Lake alone.
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During the process of creating the circus, he faced numerous challenges. Finally, on the day it was completed four years later, he went to the agreed-upon lakeside with two platinum wedding rings…
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The man, speaking up to this point, suddenly paused. He seemed to be caught in a struggle, contemplating whether to continue. Eventually, he sighed, confessing like a criminal, “I went there, put the mermaids into the tank, brought them back to the circus, and then… I fell in love with them.”
Hearing this, Ellyad couldn’t help but feel confused. The man’s words were contradictory. Initially, he claimed to have fallen in love with the mermaids during his recovery, but now he stated that he fell in love with the mermaid sisters only after they came to the circus.
Seeing Ellyad’s questioning expression, the man wore an incredibly bitter look and said, “I know what you want to ask, and that’s the whole story. I am not the Samorei Chax loved by the mermaids, but someone who impersonated him.”
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On the day the circus was completed four years later, Samorei, wearing two platinum wedding rings, went to the agreed-upon lakeside. However, in a nearby town, due to rainy weather and slippery ground, he accidentally fell off a cliff and met his demise.
The first person to discover his body was a man living in that town, once a loyal subordinate of Samorei.
Upon hearing the news of Samorei’s sacrifice for the country, the man had left the cavalry corps and returned to his hometown to farm. He never expected to encounter the former hero, long since asleep beneath the monument, in this small town.
When the man discovered the body, he couldn’t send a letter of condolences, but from the scattered personal notes and belongings around the corpse, he immediately identified the person as unquestionably the leader he had once followed. From the scattered notes, he learned the truth about Samorei’s sudden disappearance several years ago. Samorei didn’t go missing or die; he had concealed himself in the forest for healing, fell in love, and even established a circus for the mermaids. However, he truly met his end on the journey of reunion.
After burying Samorei, the man was curious about the mermaids mentioned in the notes, so he decided to secretly investigate. He arrived at the lakeside, where enchanting songs lingered, as if ready to welcome someone at any moment. What he witnessed there was the beautiful sight of two mermaids playing by the lake. They showed no signs of enduring an indefinite wait because they were completely unaware of Samorei’s demise.
Unable to resist getting closer, the man was promptly spotted by the mermaids. Instead of driving him away, they immediately transformed into a bipedal posture and climbed onto the shore. They rushed to the man, tightly embracing him, saying:
“We missed you so much!”
“We’ve been longing to see you!”
Using their enchanting voices, they wove words expressing endless love and yearning, leaving the man stunned in place. He hadn’t expected the mermaid sisters to mistake him for Samorei, even though, aside from height, they bore no resemblance at all. Without giving him a chance to explain, the sisters continued fervently expressing their love and longing until the man dismissed the thought of admitting he wasn’t Samorei.
“I am… Samorei Chax. I’ve come to welcome you.” From that day forward, the man became Samorei’s substitute.
He decided to fulfill Samorei’s dream of bringing the mermaids to see the world on land. For this, he meticulously studied Samorei’s notes and carefully recalled every action of the leader from the past, forcing himself to imitate someone who was already deceased.
The mermaid sisters never doubted him, always considering the man as Samorei. They followed him as they toured with the circus for several years.
Until this year, when they returned to where everything began. At this moment, Ellyad and his companions appeared. The presence of Ellyad and their purpose plunged the man into anxious fear, dreading that the mermaids would be taken away sooner or later. Although the man didn’t know what changes had occurred during the interim, when Ellyad informed him that he no longer needed to fear the mermaid sisters being taken away, he still backed out on the eve of proposing.
“Samorei” tossed the bag containing the rings to Ellyad, saying, “I just said, I’ve hidden something from them and don’t have the right to face their love. I can’t give out the rings… Besides, as long as I can give them flowers every day, I’m already satisfied. So, whether you want to sell it or throw it away, it’s up to you.” After speaking, the man left without giving Ellyad a chance to return the rings.
Ellyad originally planned to catch up with him, but he noticed Thrett’s expression was somewhat strange. He put aside the idea of chasing after the man and anxiously asked, “What’s wrong with you?”
Thrett finally snapped out of it, quickly putting on a relaxed smile and replying, “It’s nothing. I was just thinking about where to buy a new cloak.”
He shook off the tattered cloak pierced by the mermaid king, and Ellyad breathed a sigh of relief, saying, “That’s good. I’m going to find the mermaid sisters now. Thrett, do you want to take this opportunity to go to the town and buy a new cloak?”
“Ah, yes. Sure, then I’ll wait for you at the west exit of the town.”
“Okay, I won’t take too much time.” After Ellyad’s response, he briskly walked towards the circus. Since the man said the rings could be disposed of as Thrett saw fit, there was no harm in letting him deliver them to the mermaids.
Seeing Ellyad’s figure receding into the distance, Thrett finally eased the pent-up tension in his heart.
─ Keeping secrets from a beloved person, unable to face it for a lifetime, forever holding onto guilt in the heart, not qualified to confront their love.
The man’s words left Thrett with an inexplicable sense of melancholy. Clearly, it had nothing to do with him, but he couldn’t shake off this feeling.
In that dream, scenes of Ellyad swinging a sword at him kept recurring, each time causing him considerable pain with no way to alleviate it. He initially thought it might be a side effect of the Hero’s Totem on the Demon Lord, so he discreetly loosened a few layers of seals. However, the oppressive and uncomfortable feelings in his heart persisted, giving him no face as the Demon Lord.
At that time, Thrett was unaware that it was purely because he feared Ellyad’s disgust upon discovering the truth about him being the Demon Lord. This fear deeply haunted him in response to the man’s words.
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Ellyad waited backstage for about half an hour, and finally, the performance came to an end. The mermaid sisters were pushed back to their original positions, and Ellyad immediately approached stealthily.
“Hello,” he greeted them in a soft voice.
“Oh, it’s the mute human.”
“But he can talk now,” the mermaid sisters waved to Ellyad, revealing friendly and innocent smiles.
Having heard the man’s confession earlier, Ellyad suddenly didn’t know how to face this pair of sisters. They had mistaken the identity and, in turn, mistakenly fallen in love with each other. Was this considered blind or confused love?
“The human’s voice has returned.”
“So, is the ‘matter’ resolved?” The sisters exchanged meaningful glances and smiled. Despite being confined to the tank, their knowledge was not lacking compared to others.
“Yeah, so I’m here to bid you farewell. Also, this is the ring that ‘Samorei’ originally wanted to give you. Even though he later said he didn’t want it, I believe it should belong to you.”
The mermaid sisters glanced at each other, accepted the rings, and each kissed one gently against their lips. Smiling, they said to Ellyad, “This is something that person didn’t want, and we don’t want either. So, it’s yours.”
The mermaid sisters put the rings back into the deerskin pouch and tossed it back to Ellyad.
“And we’ve already worn something on our ring fingers.” “So, we can’t put on any other rings.”
The two sisters didn’t have any rings on their fingers. Ellyad raised his head, asking with his eyes, but saw the two mermaids had transformed into a two-legged stance, intending to climb out of the tank. Ellyad quickly averted his gaze and stopped them, saying, “Please put on clothes first.”
“Oh, right, right.” “Clothes, clothes.”
The two sisters then rummaged through the chaotic pile of items nearby and pulled out two crumpled black dresses. After dusting off the dirt on them, they rudely squeezed their naked and wet bodies into the dresses.
The moisture from their long hair was absorbed by the black dresses. In no time, small water droplets hung between the folds of the skirts, dripping steadily.
“Just wait a moment for us~” “Just a little longer~”
Continuing their struggle with the unfamiliar dresses, the two sisters made Ellyad completely unable to figure out what they suddenly wanted to do. He could only wait silently on the side.
Thank you for the chapter!
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Thank you, and happy new year! 😘So the mermaids could not even tell apart the man they allegedly loved…? What a weird kind of “love” 🤷🏻♀️
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