“Your husband?”

Li Ang leaned on the scythe and asked with interest, “Are you talking about Peter Taylor? Does he know he’s your husband?”

“Monk,”

A young spellcaster hired by the Consul said with a cold expression, “This ugly and filthy creature is filled with evil and morbid aura, and it also possesses bizarre and powerful concealment abilities. I suggest we eliminate it now…”

Li Ang didn’t pay attention to the spellcaster’s impolite interruption, but instead gave him a meaningful glance.

Like Peter, this spellcaster used “it” to describe the mermaid and called it “ugly and filthy,” not at all like ordinary people who carefully scrutinized PC vocabulary in their speech.

It seems that spellcasters in the fairy tale world, and consuls, who are upper-class members of society, can slightly weaken the brainwashing influence from the Ice Queen…

Li Ang glanced at the spellcaster, neither agreeing nor disagreeing with the plan to kill the mermaid directly.

What a joke, The Little Mermaid is one of the most famous stories in *Andersen’s Fairy Tales*. This modified, low-profile, beggar, bankrupt version of the mermaid is, after all, a princess of the fairy tale world.

Li Ang is the kind of stingy miser iron rooster who plucks feathers from passing geese, scalds them, and eats them. He can squeeze the last bit of value out of even a stone. When he encounters a magical creature plus a princess, how could he possibly eliminate it directly?

“I have my own judgment on how to deal with him.”

Li Ang smiled slightly at the spellcaster, turned his head to look at the mermaid, and said, “Answer my question, does Peter Taylor know he’s your husband?”

“Of course he knows.”

The black mermaid leaning against the cotton pad on the wall showed no panic or fear. She stretched out her webbed hand, smeared seaweed mucus on the wound, and said unhurriedly, “We are a very loving couple, a match made in heaven, who exchanged the blood of our hearts.

This is an extremely solemn ceremony for us mermaids. Now, even the gods cannot separate us.”

“The blood of your heart? You cut open Peter’s chest and then used the mucus on your hand to heal his wound? No wonder the doctor’s physical examination record showed a subtle surgical scar on his chest.”

Li Ang grinned, “But you say you’re a loving couple. Those words don’t sound very official coming from a stalker’s mouth.”

“I’m not a stalker.”

The black mermaid frowned, and her eyes, set far apart, rolled upwards in unison. “That’s your human definition.

For us mermaids, courtship is originally an instinct derived from biological nature. If you like that man, you stalk him, pursue him, without caring about the opinions of others, without being restricted by so-called etiquette.

In the words of your Queen, this can be said to be a purer and more natural way of life, and should absolutely not be discriminated against.”

Li Ang raised his eyebrows in some surprise. This black mermaid was “smarter” than he thought, even able to quote the Ice Queen’s PC propaganda to justify her behavior.

If this were in a court of law, the fairy tale world jury might even find her not guilty because of these words.

“Moreover, compared to my compatriots, I am already considered restrained, reserved, and shy.”

The black mermaid said in a hoarse but clear voice, calmly and indifferently, “From the first moment I saw Peter in the ocean, I decided to make him my husband.

I watched him leaning against the mast and gazing at the sea,

During the day, I transformed into water vapor and watched him eat, walk, dance, and read,

At night, I transformed into the shape of a fish, lying outside his cabin window, gently patting the cabin with my fingers and tail fins to lull him to sleep.

Sometimes I would even transform into water vapor, slip into the room through the window, and slide into his lungs as he breathed, feeling his warm and gentle love for me…”

As she spoke, a “gentle” expression gradually appeared on the mermaid’s strange face, but everyone present only felt a jolt throughout their bodies, feeling extremely disgusted.

Truly, disgusting squared.

Li Ang didn’t have any other expression on his face. Mermaids are, after all, another kind of creature, vastly different from humans in terms of physiology, psychology, society, and culture.

What seems like a morbid behavior to humans might just be normal courtship in the eyes of a mermaid.

Li Ang casually asked, “According to past sighting records of mermaids, you seem to have a history of killing sailors. Is this also part of the courtship process?”

“Most of the time, yes.”

The black mermaid said calmly, “Mermaids are a peaceful race. We live in the depths of the ocean, isolated from the world, and have no interest in human culture.

It’s just that we are all female. In order to reproduce, we need to use our songs to bewitch passing sailors—most sailors are eaten directly afterward, because the process of mermaid reproduction requires a lot of energy.

It’s like praying mantises on land.

In addition to courtship, mermaid attacks on sailors are sometimes for venting anger and revenge, because fishing boats often overfish, killing dolphins and whales who are very friendly to us.

Sometimes it’s because of hunger—mermaids’ food is fish. When food sources are scarce, they will target passing ships. They are like cans full of food, easy to attack.

But I am different from my compatriots. I would never harm my beloved…”

“Not harm?”

The spellcaster hired by the Consul sneered, “That sudden shipwreck, did it have nothing to do with you?”

“That was a simple accident.”

The mermaid said expressionlessly, “No one can accurately predict the weather at sea, not even us mermaids.

Besides, I was the one who saved Peter from the raging waves and brought him safely to the isolated island.

I even endured the pain of my heart breaking into pieces, guiding your rescue ships to find him. Because I believed that only by returning to his hometown could he avoid a mental breakdown.”

“…”

The spellcaster was speechless for a moment, not knowing what to say. After a long while, he regained his momentum and questioned again, “Then what about now? You sent him back, but you still pester him. Are you only happy when you’ve completely tortured him to death?”

“I know.”

A look of pain and helplessness appeared on the mermaid’s face. “I have already made up my mind to let him go, but I really can’t bear the longing and love for him.

I abandoned my compatriots and quietly came to the land along the ocean currents, hiding in the dirty rivers of this city. Only at night do I dare to transform into water vapor, gazing at my beloved,

The father of my child.”

“Wait!”

The young spellcaster’s eyes suddenly widened. “What did you say?! Father of your child?!”

“Yes.”

The black mermaid showed an infatuated smile. She stretched out her thin hand and slowly stroked her lower abdomen.