The merman, my man
Chapter 77

The Merman, My Man by Black Velvet Chapter 77

Through the crack in the wall, I looked across the surface of the sea and saw only flocks of birds flying over the horizon. They looked like gray clouds covering the sea's surface as they flew in the same direction the ship was heading.

The pirates had no reason to get the flock of birds to follow the ship as they sailed. However, these birds typically follow the Earth's magnetic field as they migrate.

There was only one reason for this phenomenon: something causing another massive magnetic field on this ship. This magnetic field must be stronger

than the natural one. Hence, the reason the birds mistook the ship's magnetic field for the natural one and changed their course.

I connected my deduction to what Dicken had said earlier and made a second deduction. Dicken possessed supernatural abilities. In disbelief, I looked at his side profile. His mysteriousness had far exceeded my imagination. I gulped as I asked, "This... This is because of you? Where are you taking us?“

Dicken fell silent. His gaze seemed to be trained somewhere further than the horizon as well as the deepest depths of the ocean. The look in his eyes was hard to decipher, like he was someplace other than the ship we were on.

After a long time, he finally answered in a low voice, "Lemenland..."

I thought I had misheard him when he said that. When I confirmed that I hadn't misheard it, I couldn't help but shake.

I had heard of this place before, but more specifically, this place was from my dream.

It was the name of a group of islands found in legends. Nobody believed in its existence other than me.

I had researched this, and I speculated that these islands were associated with ancient Greek civilizations. It was a historical site left by ancient Greek civilizations. As I had never been there, there was no way I could have proved my speculation.

Ever since I started researching merpeople, I visited a scientist specializing in investigations for many years at sea named Dr. Willie.

He once wrote an article about how he had caught a merperson near a group of islands when he was on an investigative mission.

He tried to communicate with the merperson, and he was successful. He even concluded that the merperson's language was derived from ancient Greek.

When I visited Dr. Willie, I remember him telling me that the merperson addressed the group of islands as Lemenland.

It was a mysterious group of islands. Nobody knew when the islands would reveal themselves or when they would disappear. When Dr. Willie had voyaged in search of the islands again, they had disappeared. The merperson and a member of the crew, as well as his precious video camera, were gone.

It was as if it had never happened because he didn't have the footage in the video camera to prove it. So Willie's article was taken as a work of fabrication, and he couldn't live with his head held high anymore since then.

Among the batch of students who visited him, I was the only one who believed his tale. The voyage instructions that I gave Gary were derived from Willie's experiences. I couldn't help but exclaim, "Lemenland

In an unexpected turn of events, I found the islands. My entire body quivered in excitement. 'God is finally blessing me!'

The exhilaration of it all made me forget about the situation I was currently in. It was only when Dicken crept closer to me that I regained awareness of my surroundings.

Dicken watched my excitement with fascination like he was delighted with my reaction. Then, he reached out a claw and lovingly caressed my cheek.

I wanted to evade him, but his lips were already lightly brushing against my cheek. Then, in his captivating deep voice, he warned, "You will like... Lemen1and...be careful...don't leave...my side... because..... you're too...tempting."