A Little Jellyfish Has Snuck into the Sea Folk's Palace?

Suisui was transported to the interstellar era and turned into a tiny jellyfish washed up on shore.

Good news: He can turn into an adorable little human who glows.

Bad news: The Empire strictly forbids wild animals from taking human form. If he's discovered, he'll be taken away for experiments!

Just as he was about to be put in an observation tank, Suisui sprang into action and clung to a handsome, glowing merfolk.

Papa, help QAQ

And just like that, he was carried back to the deep sea.

Good news: Papa's family is a great noble house, with money, oceans, and palaces.

Bad news: They're always panicking, and they won't let the little jellyfish bask in the moonlight!

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The sea folk had gone many years without a newborn. At last, they had found a little one, and the whole family treasured him like a precious jewel.

But the child couldn't weave, didn't like to sing, and played by bouncing the tears his older siblings had collected all over the seafloor.

More importantly

Suisui (happily flipping onto his back): I want to bask in the moonlight!

The whole merfolk family (horrified): Quick, quick, get him down!!!

Everyone knows that fish only float belly-up when they're about to die!

But Suisui doesn't know that.

As a little jellyfish, when he's happy, he wants to bask in the moonlight. When he's angry, he wants to bask in the moonlight.

Sometimes he even floats up in his sleep, half-asleep and basking in the moonlight.

The merfolk have no choice but to take turns keeping watch. The moment their little one floats up, they ring the alarm bell like crazy:

Your Majesty! The baby's gone limp again! Hurry and save him!

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Until one night, they fail to stop him.

Suisui floats to the sea's surface. Beneath the moonlight, he spreads his transparent bell and, before everyone's eyes, turns into a moon beneath the sea.

Soft light passes through the water, illuminating the dark abyss.

Withered coral unfurls anew, blind sea anemones reach out their tentacles, and moss peels away from a stone tablet engraved with an ancient curse...

That day, the legendary "Moonlight Blessing" once again envelops the deep sea.

The Merfolk King reaches out and catches the sleeping Suisui.

Inside the little jellyfish's translucent bell rests a fragment of moonlight.

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In the past, the merfolk faced a curse: they had to gather a thousand tears before they could come ashore, and win the love of a human to gain a soul and escape their fate of vanishing.

But later, a small piece of moonlight fell upon them, and the merfolk began to grow souls of their own.

Now, whenever Suisui basks in the moonlight, a merfolk gently carries him to the surface and softly asks:

Is tonight's moonlight... sweet enough?

A sweet, adorable story about a little one. The idea of "basking in the moonlight" is inspired by the light-seeking behavior of moon jellyfish and their sensitivity to moonlight =w=

Theme: Sincerity can heal anything