Becoming the Only Human in the World of the Sea Folk

The popular artist Yun Shi accidentally fell into the sea, and by a twist of fate arrived in a bizarre underwater kingdom.

The orcas who lived there had been cut off from the outside world for centuries. It had been hundreds of years since any of them had eaten a human.

On the day Yun Shi arrived, the whole orca tribe went wild.

The whales: A human! A living human! We'll give you anything you want!

Yun Shi wanted brushes.

The whales plucked the whiskers from a hundred seals.

Yun Shi wanted paint.

The whales squeezed the ink sacs dry from a hundred octopuses.

Yun Shi wanted canvas.

The whales skinned a hundred stingrays.

Surrounded by the whale herd, Yun Shi blankly snapped the fishbone pen in her hand. "You're all demons!"

The whales, their innocent white eye patches on full display, let out ear-splitting squeaks and, aggrieved, tore the heads off a hundred jellyfish.

Chaos reigned.

Fortunately, there was still one normal whale to keep things in order.

The little prince, who usually kept to himself and paid Yun Shi no mind, raised his two-meter-high dorsal fin and cut through the crowd like a blade. He then patrolled around her den with a sinister air for three days and nights, making sure she wouldn't be harpooned by the whales.

On the morning of the fourth day, he was gone.

Only later did Yun Shi learn that the little prince had disappeared because he was lovesick and had suddenly fallen ill.

Yun Shi: ...?

Was he really swimming around in front of me for three days because he was trying to court me?

He didn't even blow a single bubble at me!

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Aranen was a naturally taciturn whale. For the first time in his life, he opened his heart to the human girl he loved, but she lost his heart.

He had thought that door would stay shut forever. But when she fell into his waters, the heart that had long lain silent in his chest thundered to life again.

A gender-swapped version of The Little Mermaid x a popular artist heroine

[Reading Guide]

1. The male lead is an orca, and he has a mermaid form.

2. They only have eyes for each other; the male lead is three years younger.

3. Synopsis updated on March 12, 2024.

Theme: Wherever you are, never forget your original intentions.