"I want to hear another story..."
The young Princess was lying in bed, watching her Mother Queen and acting spoiled as she said she wanted to keep listening to her stories... The little Princess truly felt that her Mother Queen was the best storyteller in the world.
Her Mother Queen's stories were always so novel and interesting... They were stories the little Princess had never heard from the palace servants.
Besides, the stories never seemed to end.
"Then what story does Yamalana want to hear?" Her gentle Mother Queen lightly kissed the little Princess's cheek and whispered, "If Yamalana goes to sleep obediently, Mother Queen will tell you tomorrow."
The little Princess said, "I want to hear the story of the mermaid princess."
"All right."
Her Mother Queen was truly gentle... Satisfied, the little Princess hugged her pillow and fell into a deep sleep—in her dreams, she felt as though she had truly become a mermaid swimming through the sea.
But she had never seen the sea... Let alone the sea, even a small river was a rare sight in the desert. It was said that an underground river flowed beneath the City of the Sun, and the water the city's people used every day was drawn from it.
The little Princess had a wonderful imagination, though. She imagined the river stretching endlessly wide, and that seemed to be what the sea looked like... Swimming in the sea must feel wonderfully cool, right?
Just like that day when it rained, when droplets from the sky gently dampened her face. That moist, cool sensation remained fresh in the little Princess's memory.
Drip...
Mm, moist rainwater was falling onto her cheek.
Drip...
So cool. So cool.
Drip... drip.
She awoke from that free and beautiful dream. What her small eyes saw was