92: Is the mermaid real or fake?

Could it be that I, myself, truly misjudged...

"Old, old, Old Captain!"

A sailor approached in a panic.

"Mermaid, there's a Mermaid!"

"There really is a Mermaid!"

"The Mermaid you're talking about... which one is she?"

"It's that kind of... Bah, just go see for yourselves and you'll understand."

Everyone followed the sailor to the railing on one side of the deck and looked down below.

They saw a "Mermaid" with blue hair, an odd blue top wrapped around her upper body, and shells sewn onto her chest, floating on the water.

And her lower body, submerged in the water, was undoubtedly...

A fish tail!

I wasn't mistaken!

Jia Gu Yi Yan felt that he was indeed correct.

The Old Captain and the other crew members, however, had faces full of disbelief.

There really was a Mermaid!

There really was a Mermaid!

Did the previous storm transport their entire crew and this ship to another world?

That's too absurd!

"You..."

"Mermaid Miss, is there something you need?"

The Old Captain cautiously spoke.

The Mermaid below smoothed her soft blue hair and looked up at the people on the ship's deck.

"I'm looking for that tall human; he lost something!"

The Mermaid seemed quite honest, raising one hand high, revealing a smooth arm and a pink armpit.

She held a poker-sized object wrapped in seaweed in her hand.

Jia Gu Yi Yan could feel the familiar power emanating from it.

That's right, it was Jia Gu Yi Yan's Torrential Rain E!

"...Mermaid Miss, please let us talk first."

The Old Captain truly didn't know what to say.

But then he suddenly remembered something and tentatively asked a question downward.

"Is this still our country?"

"No, is this still Earth?"

"No, this is Planet Alibaba of the Alibaba Kingdom, and the King is Alibaba LXII."

"My name is Alibaba, the Cutest Mermaid in the Universe."

"Ah, no!"

"Oh! No!"

"Ah! No!"

"I actually transmigrated to another planet; that storm was indeed unusual!"

Aside from the Old Captain covering his face with one hand, the remaining crew members and sailors covered their faces with both hands, looking terrified.

"Esteemed Mermaid Miss Alibaba, judging by your surname, are you royalty here?"

"No, generally shouldn't the surname come last?"

"Then I am the Cutest Mermaid in the World, Alibuda!"

The Mermaid smiled and changed her name.

"Didn't you just say that this is Planet Alibaba ruled by the Alibaba Kingdom?"

"You misheard, it's Planet Alibuda ruled by the Alibuda Kingdom."

The Mermaid smiled sweetly.

Perhaps she thought that if she smiled cutely enough, she could get away with anything.

"We, the Alibuda royal family, are not something you commoners can question."

The address changed again, it seems.

Is this a unique linguistic habit of the royal family on this planet?

...No!

This Mermaid is purely a liar who likes to deceive others!

After being continuously deceived like this, the people on the ship actually felt that the existence of Mermaids wasn't so difficult to accept after all.

After all, legends of Mermaids are ancient.

And there was a living Mermaid right in front of them, playing tricks on them.

Compared to the entire group transmigrating to another world, a living Mermaid playing tricks on them was actually more believable.

"Um, tall guy, are you coming down to get it, or should I bring it up to you?"

"This thing should be quite important to you, right?"

"I swam for a long time after picking it up just to catch up and return it to you."

The Mermaid shook the natural card in her hand again.

Ever since the Mermaid appeared, Jia Gu Yi Yan had been trying to confirm if this creature was a monster.

But no matter how he sensed, he couldn't detect even a hint of a monster's aura from this Mermaid.

This creature indeed looked very much like a Mermaid, very beautiful.

But Jia Gu Yi Yan didn't dare to be careless.

"If you come up, is it convenient?"

If a battle broke out, being in the water would severely suppress his Fire Finch.

"Of course!"

"I've wanted to come up for a long time!"

The Mermaid didn't hesitate at all, slapping the water with her fish tail and excitedly extending two slender, pinkish-white arms.

"Hurry and pull me up, human!"

A sailor tentatively glanced at the Old Captain, and seeing him nod, he then threw down a lifebuoy.

The Mermaid saw the lifebuoy and skillfully put it on.

The sailors above began to pull, and the lifebuoy, along with the Mermaid, was pulled onto the deck.

The Mermaid excitedly wiggled her fish tail in the air, looking around excitedly.

Until the Mermaid was pulled onto the deck.

With her hair wet, she looked at Jia Gu Yi Yan.

Jia Gu Yi Yan looked at her.

Then...

She flashed a brilliant smile and handed the natural card, covered in seaweed, to Jia Gu Yi Yan.

Jia Gu Yi Yan took the natural card and untangled the seaweed.

Inside was his lost Torrential Rain E.

What was going on with this Mermaid?

What was her connection to the previous wave, and why would she return the powerful Torrential Rain E to him?

He couldn't understand it at all.

"Thank you, this thing is indeed very important to me."

Jia Gu Yi Yan put away the natural card and then continued to look at the Mermaid.

The Mermaid seemed to notice Jia Gu Yi Yan's gaze, returned a brilliant smile, and patted her fish tail.

A living Mermaid!

It was truly unbelievable; a creature of legend was right before his eyes.

And the other party very likely possessed special powers.

However...

"Shouldn't you get off the ship now, Mermaid?"

"Among Mermaids, there's a legend that if you pick up an item that humans drop into the sea and return it to them..."

"...you can ride on a human ship!"

"There's such a human legend among Mermaids!"

"Isn't there?"

Jia Gu Yi Yan and the Old Captain exchanged glances.

"Wouldn't it be inconvenient for you on the ship?"

"Breathing and such."

"Will your skin get dry or anything..."

The Old Captain's worldview was crumbling at this moment; he even felt that after returning this time, he might not go out to sea again.

He just wanted this unknown creature, the Mermaid, to get off the ship quickly, and he would pretend nothing had happened.

After all, humans still have some fear of the unknown.

And Jia Gu Yi Yan, on the other hand, felt that...

This Mermaid's origin was too strange; he didn't know her purpose or true identity.

But he didn't want to harm the innocent, and there were too many people on the ship at this time. As a Summoner, he was responsible for everyone.

So he wanted to eliminate this uncertain factor.

But the other party did help him retrieve an important natural card...

"Alright."

Ultimately, the Old Captain spoke first and agreed to the Mermaid's request.

Perhaps he thought that since this was his last voyage, he shouldn't create unnecessary enmity with such a magical creature.

Lest his later years be inauspicious, and he be covered in red...

Cough cough!

"Great!"

The Mermaid excitedly clapped her tail.

"Mermaid Miss, do you need to be in water? We can prepare a large bucket for you."

"No, no need!"

"How can Mermaids be such inconvenient creatures!"

The Mermaid shook her head, then reached for her large tail and found a zipper.

She unzipped it, took off her fish tail, and stood up, stretching her long legs.

"Ta-da! This is how I transform my legs."

Everyone: ...