Among the reefs.
A gigantic conch shell shimmered with magical light. Sitting atop it was a woman whose vital areas were covered by pale green, seemingly transparent yet actually opaque bands of water. Her body, too, radiated dense magical light.
Water-element magical light.
"Are you looking for us?"
Upon seeing Liszt and A Ke, the woman asked coolly in Wind Speech.
She did not look old, appearing only to be a woman in her thirties. Her emerald-green hair flowed down her back. Transparent fin-like structures grew from her ears, forehead, shoulders, elbows, hips, and calves. In this regard, she resembled A Ke, though A Ke did not have nearly so many fins.
Most exaggerated of all were the enormous butterfly-like fin wings on her back, gently fanning rings of water currents.
Overall, she was more bewitching than A Ke, but less humanlike. The abundance of transparent fin-like structures marred her beauty, and parts of her skin bore faint fish-scale-like patterns.
Her coloring generally leaned toward green.
A Ke had deep azure hair and blue eyes.
Compared to her, A Ke possessed only a few transparent fin-like structures. Her skin was snowy white, delicate, and lustrous—better even than a human infant's. She was more humanlike, and therefore better suited to human aesthetics, far surpassing the "elderly sea demon" before them.
However.
This sea demon had a complete pair of feet, delicate and graceful.
One could imagine what a beautiful sight it would be if A Ke grew feet as well.
"Hello, I am a human knight. May I ask if you are a sea demon?" Riding on Rose's back, Liszt smiled elegantly and offered a salute. "This little girl beside me is also a sea demon."
A Ke was not particularly warm toward the sea demon before her, merely greeting her