Merfolk

"Thalassophobia, is it?"

"I never imagined that even the great Vampire Hunter Sir Kate would be afraid." Ryan grinned wickedly.

The surroundings then darkened again, with only the overhead lights—or perhaps for the sake of the meal, the table was illuminated by a cool blue light. Kate, completely focused on the food, pretended that nothing had changed.

Kate knew that if she insisted on arguing with Ryan and kept chanting the spell, Ryan would probably become even more smug and wouldn't have any peace.

Eat your fill first.

The rest, wait.

Sure enough, Ryan stopped stirring things up after a short while.

"Thetis." As Ryan's incantation rang out, everything returned to normal, signifying Kate's successful plan—remaining unchanged amidst all changes.

"What? Not playing anymore?" Kate asked, wiping her mouth with a tissue as if trying to sound mature.

At this moment, the dining table sensed that the wizards around it were no longer hungry, and became flat again, leaving only a pot of steaming black tea.

"Kate, look, this dining table seems to use Sneakoscope technology," Ryan said, changing the subject.

"Uh, Sneakoscope, um, that's Dark Magic Detector, it looks like a glass spinning top. If there's a suspicious person around, it lights up and spins." Ryan couldn't help but chuckle awkwardly. This was bad; Kate was unmoved by new knowledge and remained like an angry lioness.

"Kate, say something! Why are you suddenly silent?"

"This dining table, no, all the dining tables we've come across, have a function similar to Sneakoscope. They don't rely on House-elf, but rather sense the appetite of those around them," Ryan said in a relaxed tone, noticing that Kate, though angry, was still listening.

"Continue?" Kate suddenly blurted out.

"Hey Kate, can alchemical tools like these be cracked with a single spell? Guess?" Ryan asked mysteriously.

Silence, utter silence. Ryan wanted to ask a question to ease the tension, but Kate sat upright, showing no intention of answering.

"You said that before?"

Still, silence.

"So, the answer is finally revealed: Occlumency!" Ryan flashed Lockhart- esque smile, revealing eight teeth.

Then, "What are you laughing at, you stinky Ryan!" Kate suddenly jumped up, pinched Ryan's cheek, and started pulling.

However, Ryan knew that this crisis was over.

After some playful banter, Ryan started a new way to play. With his Telepathic Communication skills and superior thinking abilities, Ryan created an RPG game in his mind. Ryan played the role of a priest, primarily healing and debuffing vampires, while Kate played the role of Vampire Hunter was both tanky and agile.

In the gloomy, stormy weather, Sir Kate led the charge, wielding two blades, the left blade of ice and the right of fire, and wearing a shadow cloak that allowed him to briefly hide in the shadows.

Priest Ryan, wielding a golden staff that radiates light, is impervious to rain and dust, and no evil spirits can get close to him.

Upon entering the suburban cemetery, Ryan shines brightly, vampires attack, and Kate lurks in the shadows. Then, after killing numerous monsters, equipment is continuously upgraded, and various gems are socketed into it.

Finally, we arrived at the realm of the dead, and then it was the end!

It's hard to imagine that Kate could be so addicted to a game that's purely about fighting and killing, mixed with all sorts of money-grabbing tricks.

Fortunately, under Ryan's deliberate control, the flow of time in his mind was in sync with that outside.

In addition, playing virtual games is not the same as dreaming, and it also consumes energy. When it was time to rest at night, Ryan finally got rid of Kate, who wanted to play another game.

After Kate, who was feeling down again, finished washing up, Ryan was finally able to take a nice, long shower by himself.

"Thetis," Ryan chanted, lying in the bathtub.

It was truly amazing. My body still felt like it was in warm water, but below and all around me, the environment had transformed into the deep sea. The soft, not-too-intense lighting gave me a dreamlike feeling.

Even the oddly shaped fish that flash by become adorable. In the dark seabed, under the light, the plankton in the seawater shimmer with starlight.

The fish here are varied in appearance: some are blood-red and resemble bats; some are crystal clear and narrow like seaweed; and others have eyes like copper bells and gaping mouths.

Poseidon sped down, creatures invisible to ordinary people and wizards flashed by in Ryan's eyes.

Nature is truly amazing; it always gives birth to creatures you never expected, and there are even Magical Creatures in the deep sea.

All Care of Magical Creatures are the result of wizards, either directly or indirectly; some are even the result of wizards failing to Transfiguration and being Transfiguration.

The most famous one is the Merpeople, whose most realistic origin is attributed to Ryan after "thinking".

It must have been a wizard named Poseidon who, in order to conquer the sea, cast a mass curse on all the people in his territory. Those of high status were half-human, half-fish, while the majority of the common people were not human-shaped, with yellow eyes, iron-gray skin, and long, messy, dark green hair.

These ugly Merpeople, enslaved, escaped to the cold waters where the beautiful Merpeople refused to stay after Poseidon's death.

This is why Merpeople living in warm waters tend to be more beautiful, while Merpeople living in cold waters, such as Selkie from Scotland and Merrow from Ireland, are not as attractive.

After Poseidon's death, the Merpeople returned to chaos.

After a long period of living a primitive life, the Merpeople revived civilization and once again formed highly organized communities.

Some advanced communities even use stone to meticulously construct their dwellings.

In addition, the Merpeople also began animal husbandry, domesticating creatures such as Grindylow, the Hippocampus, and the Lobalug, and even using the Lobalug as a weapon.

Merpeople also craft jewelry and weapons, create sculptures and other works of art, and communicate using gestures.

However, modern wizards have discovered that Merpeople have their own Mermish and can even create music.

Even in the 19th century, a witch Bella Mirabella Plunkett fell in love with a Merpeople lived in Loch Lomond.

After her family rejected the marriage, she transformed herself into a haddock and disappeared.

We've gone off-topic. In short, the wizard's magic is now even affecting the deep sea.

After admiring the beautiful scenery that Kate refused to enter and could not avoid, Ryan recited the spell again.

A washroom with green metallic walls and patterned floors reappeared before Ryan. Ryan floated up from the bathtub, completely dry.

After quickly changing into his pajamas, Ryan pushed open the bedroom door.

The bedroom features windows on both sides offering views of the deep sea. The entire bedroom is decorated in warm colors and incorporates wave-themed elements, with blue, white, red, and their mixed colors used as accents.

The bed was somewhat like Muggle waterbed, and Kate had changed into a fluffy nightgown. The clothes were huge, like a large quilt, and the little girl was wrapped up inside.

Kate was already asleep, and seeing this, Ryan could only give up his desire to read a book he had recently discovered with a very long title, "You Don't Know What You Have, and What You Can Do Once You Understand How to Use It."

Ryan closed his eyes, and the lights in the room noticed this and slowly went out.

Since it's been featured, there was only one update yesterday because the author went hiking for inspiration. There will be two updates today.