Chapter 174
“Please follow me.”
The alluring, mature mermaid who had spoken made an inviting gesture, then gracefully swished her tail and swam toward the town. Her movements were elegant, the fluid sway of her tail mesmerizing. Leon couldn’t help but be curious. If it weren’t inappropriate, he would’ve loved to touch that tail just once.
Watching her swim, Leon became aware that they were in the deep sea. Yet he could breathe fresh air, and he didn’t feel the crushing pressure of the depths. This didn’t surprise him—after all, he had come here with Rasmodius. It was obvious that this was the wizard’s doing.
Leon was about to try swimming to follow the mermaid when Rasmodius grabbed his shoulder.
“Don’t move. I’ll take you there.”
With that, the two of them began to float through the water, keeping pace with the mermaid ahead at a speed no slower than hers, as if propelled by hidden thrusters.
Feeling the current glide past his skin was an oddly wondrous sensation. His clothes weren’t wet at all, yet his skin could clearly feel the water slipping by as they moved forward. Truly strange.
As they followed their guide, Leon noticed more and more mermaids nearby—each with the same long blue hair. They were all beautiful, yet their features varied enough that it was easy to tell them apart.
After seeing hundreds of them along the way, Leon was struck by the fact that not a single face was repetitive. Each mermaid was uniquely beautiful. No wonder their kind was called “Mermaids”—it was well deserved.