The Possibility of a Happy Ending with a Mermaid

[Resilient, looks-obsessed young master receiving × beautiful merman who weaponizes his looks, attacking]

Theodore Wilde was a pampered young master, cherished by his family. But a lie they'd hidden for years was suddenly exposed, and to save his life, he was sent aboard a merchant ship bound for the Far East.

But the people on the ship treated him very strangely, nothing like the way his family had paid them to treat him with money and influence.

Unpalatable food. Humiliation in front of everyone.

Faced with their deliberate provocations, Theodore had no intention of letting them push him around.

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As the young master's life at sea becomes easier to navigate, he also finds love.

The young man who tenderly cared for him while he was ill.

The young man who softly sang him lullabies at night.

The young man whose beauty outshone every jewel in the world.

He was the first person Theodore loved, and he would be the only one.

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The merchant ship braved storm after storm, but never reached the fabled, prosperous, beautiful continent of the Far East. Instead, it stopped at a strange island.

Death awaited Theodore.

His lover saved him.

But...

Why had fins grown beside his lover's ears?

Why were his lover's hands so sharp they could pierce someone's chest with ease?

Why was the hand he had kissed countless times now aimed at his throat?

He would rather this were a dream, a nightmare he would wake from at any moment.

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Cyrus came for his people, but happened upon a delicate, fragile human.

In his eyes, all humans were filthy and stinking, all cut from the same cloth.

But this little human, who would cling to his arm and cry, seemed somehow different.

"The time isn't right yet, so I might as well have some fun first."

He thought.

So he let himself and the little human fall together, letting himself cross the line again and again.

He didn't want to look too closely at the reasons behind it. After all, once the voyage ended, everything would be over.

But when the final moment truly came, faced with the little human's almost shattered expression, he suddenly couldn't bring himself to do it.

He should have killed every human who knew the truth and returned his people to their peaceful lives. But his heart plummeted into the abyss along with the falling tear.

Had he done something wrong?

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Before you read:

1. There will be a groveling arc! Forgiveness won't come easily. Let him suffer, suffer, suffer!

2. Despite the groveling arc, they are each other's only love, in body and heart.

3. Probably a tiny side couple. Love is love, haha.

4. Though there's a groveling arc, the story is sweet overall! This doting author won't let these two suffer too much.

5. My two boys are both gorgeous, and neither outshines the other. I just love pretty boys falling in love, whether they're the taller or shorter one. (Height isn't about who's better-looking.)

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Naive, down-on-his-luck noble young master, looks-obsessed receiving × beautiful merman king who weaponizes his looks and doesn't understand love, attacking

Theodore × Cyrus

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