The cutest and most petite of the seven Mermaid Princesses, Princess Angelina Cavendish, had traded her voice to the sea witch—played by a certain royal maid after Duke Galina declined the role—in exchange for a pair of beautiful human legs, all because she longed for life among humans on land and for the handsome prince, played by Princess Betty Cavendish.
After the innocent and kind-hearted little princess, who knew nothing of the ugliness lurking within human hearts, believed she had successfully deceived everyone and set off for the human world on land, the Fourth Act came to an end.
Applause thundered through Saint James Palace, the venue beside Yodel Palace reserved for banquets. Having lost her voice, Angelina merely hummed the final melody in an ethereal nasal tone before stepping down from the stage.
The curtains closed. Amid applause and praise, the lights in Saint James Palace temporarily came on, allowing the next set to be arranged behind the curtain and letting the ladies wearing gemstone necklaces and the gentlemen in crisp formal suits seated at the tables discuss and praise the birthday gift the princesses had presented to His Majesty the King.
Soon, as the hall went dark again, the music resumed. This opera, rehearsed especially by the Cavendish Family for His Majesty the King, finally reached its final act before the kingdom's nobles, foreign envoys, and journalists.
The curtains opened, and six princesses walked onto the stage hand in hand. Though they were playing Mermaid Princesses, the young and beautiful red-haired Cavendishes had not used Stage Props to adorn themselves. They wore formal gowns in six different colors, their scarlet hair flowing loose down their backs, with teardrop-shaped gemstones in matching colors affixed to their foreheads.
At the center stood the eldest princess, played by Princess Leisha Cavendish,