Hi, Master! Your Little Mermaid Is Livestreaming to Raise You

Mermaid No. 55 was abandoned by his owner. Just before he starved to death, a fishmonger finally managed to sell him off at a rock-bottom price. According to the fishmonger, his second owner had a severely damaged mental sea and was so poor he could barely afford food or clothes. He could only afford a secondhand mermaid like No. 55, whose soothing abilities were weak. No. 55: Oh no, I’m going to starve again. Waaaah… But this owner not only gave him the lovely name Mumu, he also fed him premium nutritional fish food at every meal and rubbed his tail with luxury mermaid-care cream. Mumu grew plump and rosy, but he never once saw his new owner enjoy a good meal. To afford to raise him, his new owner even worked around the clock as a wage slave… Mumu made up his mind: He would use his special talents to earn money and support the family! * Humans and mermaids cannot understand one another. It is an intractable problem for humans across the galaxy. Only mermaids can soothe the turbulent mental seas of humans. Even if a mermaid inexplicably grabs and bites their owner, they have to put up with it. After all, they can’t understand what the mermaid is complaining about. But one day, the first “mermaid-human simultaneous interpretation” live-stream channel in the galaxy appeared… The streamer was a fair-skinned young man with clear eyes and a uniquely lilting voice. “For just one small gift, you can connect with me for live interpretation. It’s cheap!” The comments scoffed: [What kind of scammer is this? Such a cheap trick to beg for gifts. Only a sucker would try it!] Then one such “sucker” decided to give it a try. The streamer listened to his mermaid shrieking and translated with pinpoint accuracy: “She says she’s afraid of cockroaches. When she sees one, she scratches you twice to vent her anger. She recommends having your home thoroughly fumigated.” [No way! I had my place treated for bugs, and my mermaid really stopped scratching me!] [What?! I’ll send you a cruise ship. Streamer, connect with me first!] [Is he a god? The whole galaxy is finally saved!] … Mumu shut down the live stream, switched back to his mermaid form, and happily flicked the tip of his tail as he counted the money he’d earned: I can afford to support my owner now! * After failing to soothe the mental sea and being forced to retire from the battlefield, a certain admiral found a new career and built the galaxy’s largest chain of mermaid-supply stores. He didn’t care how many digits were in his bank balance. All that mattered was whether his obedient little mermaid liked the company’s products. One day, an anonymous account suddenly transferred money to him, with a message: Have a good meal today! The filthy-rich Admiral: ? Blurb dated 2023.8.4 My other currently serializing novel: The Ability I Awakened Was a Child-Raising App Blurb: The day Jiang Han transmigrated to a Western fantasy continent, the human race was holding a ceremony to awaken their talents. Some awakened physical enhancement and set their sights on becoming swordsmen. Others awakened elemental abilities and donned the robes of mages… Jiang Han, meanwhile, awakened a child-raising app. The students at the Magic Academy laughed uproariously: An utterly useless ability, one in a million! Jiang Han was serious. “You guys have no idea how addictive this game is.” While everyone else collected materials to study alchemy, Jiang Han picked up needle and thread to sew a toy for his eldest kid. While everyone else practiced swordplay and magic against raging wild bulls, Jiang Han filled a bottle with milk to feed his second kid. While everyone else stayed up all night memorizing magical theory, Jiang Han tucked his third kid into a warm blanket… The little ones were adorable and well-behaved. Jiang Han doted on them and treated them like virtual pets. Until, during a training exercise at the Magic Academy, a massive creature dropped from the sky and crushed the high-level magic beast the students were fighting with one swipe of its claw. “N-No way! What’s a dragon doing here!?” Jiang Han: …Aren’t they virtual pets? The notoriously violent leader of the dragonkin lowered its head and pushed a toy, smaller than its fingernail, toward Jiang Han. “Roar!” The little dragon wants a new one! * For over a thousand years, the eight races of the continent have been locked in endless conflict. Recently, however, the situation has begun to change in subtle ways. The missing elven princess and a mysterious, rebellious dwarf now call each other sisters. The last necromancer of the demon race has become as close as a brother to a cold, aloof ice-wolf beastman. The human ruler, who seized the throne by ruthless means, leads an army to rescue a mermaid prodigy in danger… The various races are alarmed: What could possibly have brought the top figures of each race together? Jiang Han tapped a few times on the child-raising app’s new feature and wondered: What’s the point of this new “Kids, Work Together!” feature? Theme: Live life with a positive attitude.