God Raises Merfolk in the Apocalypse

Gentle, saintly, devoted husband (bottom) & gloomy, scheming, green-tea mermaid (top) Flirtatious type | Everyone's favorite | Healing | Both strong Shen Changyan is the last god in existence. He was pampered from childhood, and is both peerlessly beautiful and gentle-hearted. In the apocalypse, the land is barren and mutants run rampant. Humanity has become the most fragile and endangered species on Earth. Because of his good looks, he's captured and brought into a safe zone. Someone with looks like his doesn't have to entertain clients. He can be kept as a powerful person's lover instead. “He's ridiculously innocent. Just have some fun with him. People like him are nothing but a burden in the apocalypse.” Everyone thinks that someone so beautiful, innocent, and kind could never survive the apocalypse, but they don't know the half of it. Crops have been extinct for hundreds of years, but he can toss down a seed and grow a whole field. Mutants have plagued humanity for years, but he can pet and coax them until they become tame. Anyone he touches with both hands turns stupid. Even the mutants he tames can help people with their work. They're skilled at everything from sculpture to handicrafts and weaving. Everyone goes from scoffing at him to making full use of his talents. “Could you please do me a favor and tame a spider to weave cloth for us?” But there's one experimental subject at the research institute, locked behind layer upon layer of security. It's at the top of the food chain, the pinnacle of evolution. Surely he can't tame that one with a mere wave of his hand. “If you're really so capable and kind, why don't you go tame that experimental subject at the research institute?” He'll be torn to shreds, obviously. Then he blinks and takes them seriously. He really does sneak into the research institute, where he meets the legendary Siren. Every document warns that the Siren is extremely dangerous, incapable of understanding people, cruel and violent. No one has ever survived. But when he opens the door, he sees a mermaid pressed against the glass, looking utterly wronged and wagging his tail desperately at him. The tail is practically about to fall off. The question isn't whether he can tame it anymore. The peak experimental subject is the one eagerly throwing himself at him. He even refuses to wash the hand Shen Changyan has held, no matter how much anyone tries to persuade him. Everyone is speechless. “...Come on. Is an experimental subject of this caliber really that shallow about looks?!” Shen Changyan sees how pitifully injured he is, so he secretly visits him every day, brings him food, tells him stories, plays with him, and even sneaks him home. The professor warns Shen Changyan that the Siren can't possibly be injured. It's just an act to gain sympathy. Shen Changyan doesn't believe him. The Siren cries sadly when Shen Changyan tells him the story of The Little Mermaid. He silently sheds little pearls when Shen Changyan is even a little mean to him, and he's a great kisser. What's so dangerous about that? But Shen Changyan's nature makes people love him. The Siren's possessiveness grows out of control, and his hidden, vicious nature slowly begins to show. His fangs come out. The year Rong An was at his lowest, his wife picked him up. He became his most devoted fan. When he heard that becoming a Siren would let him marry him, he went back and fought like mad for the throne. After the apocalypse, he went to the research institute as an experimental subject to find his wife, who had lost his memories. Knowing his wife as well as he did, he would appear before him covered in wounds, in the most injured, pitiful, and lovable state imaginable. If his wife forgot him, he'd just have to pursue him all over again. He knew perfectly well that getting hurt would soften his heart, tears would make him fall for the act, and the more pitiful he seemed, the better. So the mighty Siren King deliberately went to the research institute, gave himself a body full of injuries, and waited for his wife to come pick him up. He naturally assumed he was the one his wife favored most. But it wasn't long before he realized his wife was kind to more than just him. More and more people liked his wife, and more and more mutants clung to him. The mermaid who'd been basking in the thought that “my wife likes me best” finally stopped smiling, little by little. One night, Rong An waits for Shen Changyan to come home until late, then goes to look for him. Instead, he sees him drunk and collapsed against his “friend,” holding him in his arms. A terrifying presence sweeps over them in an instant. So there really is a homewrecker out there, taking advantage of his wife's amnesia to seduce him?! Why does he have to be so lovable... Why are there so many people who like him? He can only be mine. No one else is allowed to so much as look at him. Shen Changyan is locked in the resplendent underwater palace again. The clothes and jewelry Rong An had custom-made for him could fill several rooms. Locked in there, his greatest pleasure seems to be changing outfits, taking them off, then changing into the next one. Rong An lounges on his lofty throne, excitement glimmering in his eyes. “We're on vacation.” Rong An thinks it would be better to keep him locked up here. Then there won't be any random homewreckers around to tempt his innocent, naive, adorable, kind, and gentle wife. Shen Changyan raises an eyebrow. “Vacation? Take this silver bracelet off my wrist first.” “It looks nice. I'm not taking it off.” “It's digging into my skin.” At those four words, Rong An scrambles down from the throne and hurries over to undo it, then cradles Shen Changyan's wrist and blows on it and kisses it. “Does it still hurt? It's all red...” Theme: Clear waters and green mountains are as valuable as mountains of gold and silver.