The King and the Mermaid

In the fairy tale, the little mermaid falls in love with the prince and eventually turns into sea foam.

What if there were another mermaid, and a king who fell in love with her?

A wide net catches the little black fish. The fisherman picks it up and gently strokes its back, then opens his terrifying maw...

In the dead of night, Ruidiya jolted awake from a dream. She stared at the king's peaceful sleeping face, then slowly stretched out her pale, tender leg.

A dull thud sounded in the darkness.

"Were you going to eat me?"

A low laugh came from the floor.

Her instincts were certainly slow to arrive.

Propping his head up with one hand, the king covered the depths in his eyes with his broad palm. "Of course not."

A sweet romance with no angst.

When the leads first meet, she is 17 and he is 24. The king and the prince belong to different realms; they are neighboring countries.

The heroine is impossibly beautiful, quiet, adorable, and starved for affection × the hero is sincere, devoted, rich, handsome, and absolutely perfect inside and out.

The leads seem normal, but are actually dark beneath the surface. This is revealed through the details; the story as a whole is positive and wholesome.