"That was a mermaid, wasn't it?"
Dark stood by a castle corridor window, holding the large stack of books he had just borrowed from the library, and watched the luxurious cruise ship on the lake.
Though the leading mermaid had a pair of fair, slender legs and wore neither the pearl necklace nor the shell bra characteristic of mermaids, those sapphire-blue eyes that seemed capable of drawing in a person's soul were impossible to conceal.
Mermaids were born with Charm, especially in their eyes and voices.
Their eyes were known as the "Heart of the Ocean," the most expensive of gemstones. Their songs were "heavenly music," capable of softening even the hardiest Champion.
In myths of old, mermaids mostly appeared as kind and beautiful beings.
The mermaids who bewitched sailors and stirred up disasters were called "sea sirens," and they were not rare.
In the depths of the sea, they could even be said to be everywhere.
What was truly rare was mermaid royalty—the Golden Mermaids! And Saint Marian Academy happened to have a "Golden Mermaid" with dazzling golden hair and scales.
That "Golden Mermaid" who had emerged from the Dungeon was named Aishalia Patus.
In history, she had been a princess of the sea clans who shattered the Sea God's Lamp, causing the entire ocean to be ravaged by thunderous storms, torrential rain, hurricanes, and whirlpools for ten whole days.
Now, she was temporarily living in the dense forest.
Dark had continued to keep an eye on the monsters that had emerged from the Dungeon.
Though they lived in the dense forest, they often disguised themselves as students and went to Traveler Street for fun. Most of the Academy's facilities were open to them as well, so they lived quite comfortably, aside from being unable to leave the Academy.