Hello, Squishy Mermaid Miss

[I'll write a little, you take a look. Avoid the landmines, and we can all be happy. P&L] 1. An alternate-world Western fantasy setting, not intended to be educational. 2. The past-life arc is in the neighboring story, Heart, but has little connection to this one. 3. A poised, soft-spoken, but impulsive aristocratic woman VS a neurotic half-merman scholar. 4. Sweet, sweet, sweet, sweet!!! Go, go, go, go!!! Get together already! ~﹡~﹡~﹡~﹡~﹡~﹡~﹡~﹡~﹡~﹡~﹡~﹡~﹡~﹡~﹡~﹡~﹡~ Blurb One: The Lankelolot Sea, a mysterious ocean from mermaid legends. Immortal mermaids originated here, and rare treasures lie in mountains beneath the waves. Hidden everywhere are reefs and whirlpools, and tens of thousands of corpses lie sunken in its waters. Eve, a descendant of a fallen noble family, never imagined that her fiance would take her aboard a great ship bound for this very destination before their engagement. She has no idea whether danger lies ahead. All she knows is that some strange fellow on board keeps leering at her, and they keep running into each other. The spoiled little miss can't take it any longer, so she storms over to confront her. Eve: "Please! Stop staring at me while swishing your tail!" Lilith: "Miss, then please give me back the undergarments in your hands." The noble young lady who wants to pet a mermaid shrinks back, then turns around and stuffs the stolen goods into her skirt pocket. Eve *////▽////*: "Um, I think you look really good dressed like this. It's especially, especially primitive and alluring." Lilith, left in the bathtub with only her hair ribbon =_= : "…" Blurb Two: Years later, Lilith, the only mermaid to have taken a human noble home with her, is interviewed by curious members of her kind. "Your Highness! Your Highness! How did you trick a human into coming home with you?" With her hands clasped before her lips, she reflects, retraces events, and analyzes cause and effect. Distracted, she sighs, remembering how her tail scales seem to have been petted smooth again. At last, she reaches a conclusion. Lilith: "Strictly speaking, I was the one who got kidnapped." Just then, a sweet young lady walks by with a swagger that says she couldn't care less what anyone thinks. Eve, flushed with embarrassment and anger, brandishes a trident. "N-no one is allowed to look at my mermaid!" Feeling insulted, the mermaids bare their teeth and hiss ferociously. But then they see Her Highness curl her tail around the human's waist and whisk her behind her in an instant. Her breathtakingly beautiful smile is matched by the menacing chill in her eyes. "This is my little pearl. Who dares look at her?" Theme: Seek your true self and realize your worth