Going Sailing? I'll Just Lie Back

Lillian, former Mermaid Queen, current lie-flat enthusiast.

Her lifelong dream is to find someone to support her, eat her fill, and lie flat in peace until old age.

After landing in the world of pirates and being captured and put up for sale at an auction house, Lillian thought her future was secure.

She leisurely began vetting her future "meal tickets" from the auction platform.

A fat rich merchant? No, too ugly. He'd ruin her appetite.

An old count? No, too old. She was afraid he'd die before she did.

In the end, her gaze settled on a handsome, cold-looking pirate doctor in the corner.

Perfect. He had both looks and money. He was the one!

She immediately clung to his leg, eyes brimming with tears. "Please keep me! I don't eat much, and I'm very useful!"

After successfully joining the Heart Pirates, Lillian discovered that she'd been tricked!

This ship was nothing like the lazy paradise of her dreams!

For example:

The crew fights, disturbing her bath.

The crew holds meetings, keeping her awake.

The captain follows her around too closely, leaving her with too little privacy.

Worst of all, the captain won't let her use his sword to barbecue!

That might have been bearable, except there were always more clueless Marines throwing themselves at the task of capturing her benefactor and meal ticket.

Lillian impatiently rolled over on the sofa and flicked her tail.

What a pain. Anyone who got in the way of her eating her fill and waiting to die could go cool off in the sea.

Huh? What do you mean, the Five Emperors of the Sea?

How would I know? I'm just a lazy fish.

Law had a moment of madness and bought a mermaid who was supposedly good for nothing but her beauty.

He thought he'd simply acquired a troublesome person who needed protecting. Little did he know he had brought home a living menace.

From then on, the atmosphere aboard the Polar Tang, a ship feared across the seas, went completely off the rails.

Among other things:

Other people fight while the mermaid takes a bath.

Other people review their battles while the mermaid sleeps.

She grills meat with the captain's sword!

She spends the captain's hard-earned Berries on piles of useless junk...

The whole crew protested indignantly: "Captain, what can she do besides eat and wait to die?"

Law stared at the Nth batch of Marine warships inexplicably capsized, his brow furrowed. "...She can wreck the place."

Until one day, a Marine admiral blocked their path, and a devastating attack came crashing down.

To everyone's shock, Lillian, who had been lounging lazily, sat up from her comfy sofa, frowned in displeasure, and swung her tail...

Later, when someone asked Law how he had become the Fifth Emperor of the Sea, he looked expressionlessly at the fish snoozing with her head in his lap.

"Don't ask. I just happened to pick up a god."

■ An overpowered heroine who only wants to lie flat vs. a cold-looking, secretly anxious tsundere hero

■ One-on-one romance. Law is head over heels for her (I'll try to keep him in character).

■ The sea may swallow every legend, but fate will bring her back to his side time and again.

[Reader's Guide]

★ The timeline begins at the start of the Grand Line.

★ Original heroine. They meet as children and reunite as adults.

★ Happy ending, lighthearted.

Theme: With a lazy heart, I protect the mountains and seas I love.