A Care Guide for the Frail Commander [Apocalypse]

Sang Mianmian is a little mermaid.

Because of a severe genetic defect, she has no tail.

Her fish-monster brothers in the deep sea told her that if she could find a way to eat the most powerful commander in the human base city and obtain his genes, she would grow a tail.

But the human commander is obsessive and gloomy, bloodthirsty and insane. Countless sea creatures have died at his hands.

To survive, Sang Mianmian came to the human world, trembling with fear.

She did everything she could to pass herself off as human, and after overcoming countless hardships, she finally got close to the human commander. But she found that he wasn't quite what she'd expected.

The commander rumored to kill fish without blinking wore a pristine military uniform soaked in scarlet blood. Shackles bound his hands and feet, and he was imprisoned atop the ten-thousandth level of the Tower of Hope.

He was sickly and pale, stern and cold, and seemed to be disabled, too.

Out of politeness, Sang Mianmian cautiously poked his handsome cheek. Her eyes sparkled, her voice was soft, and she asked with eager anticipation, "Excuse me, may I eat you?"

The commander's dark brows lifted slightly. "..."?

**

Later

Sang Mianmian was pinned to the seabed, her fingertips covered in bite marks.

The "sickly and disabled" commander let out a low laugh. His voice was cold and husky, like ice floes colliding beneath the winter sea, restrained yet fervent. "Do you still want to eat me?"

Sang Mianmian: "N-no, I don't! QAQ"

Aaaah! Why does what humans mean by eating someone differ from what mermaids mean by eating someone?! (╯‵□′)╯︵┻━┻

Reading guide:

1. One-on-one romance, both leads are each other's first love.

2. Set in a fictional world with an extreme apocalyptic backdrop: cyberpunk meets the return of cosmic horror. The worldbuilding is complete.

3. Synopsis written on 2020.10.12 of the Mermaid Calendar.

Theme: Life burns bright through love, and hope lies in new beginnings.