บท 69: If I Truly The Reincarnation

"OH. MY. GOD." Three words from Zane makes all of them on the deck turned to look at him before they avert their eyes to the three-person who still hanging in the air.

"Hey, put us down," said Hayden. His face turns a bit reddish. He had to endure all the nudity scene from when he jumps into the ocean until now.

If his heart is not for the princess, he surely will fall for one of these two girls right now. He is after all, still a very healthy normal man.

Freya on the other side already sighing. Seems like her secret has been found out. But nothing can she do about it. Well, whatever.

Do as what Hayden said, Zane put them down on the deck.

Hayden immediately finds a clean cloth to cover the naked girl and half-naked Freya.

Kyra also immediately went to them. Want to check the unconscious girl.

She looks at Freya who had a fishtail which has tiffany blue color and peach pearl color of scales. But most importantly, why did she naked? She jumped into the water with her clothes on, how did she turn naked?

Everyone can see her big boobs from when Zane lift them up! Luckily it was half cover with her long hair! But still!! She had a very tempting figure.

Just look at Zane who had a nosebleed right now. Clearly, he was shocked and excited at the same time. Farrell? He already turns his body around. Maybe he also shocked but Kyra could see his face already burning up.

Hayden? Ah, ~ don't ask. Even though he acts all good, he still 'a man'. His blushing face, he couldn't hide it at all. Hm, Grey? Kyra turns her head to the man. A bit curious to see his reaction. He was looking at Kyra with a smiling face.

'What the hell is wrong with this man?' Kyra knit her eyebrow.

The truth is, he did not care what happens as he busies tending the girl's wound on her arm and the man's injuries on his chest. Both of them attracted his attention more than the naked mermaid and the naked maiden over there.

It's not his first time either to see a naked woman, a mermaid? Yes. But, his heart already fills with Kyra's figure. So, seeing them is nothing to him.

Yuina also averts her eyes back to the man and the girl in front of her. She and Grey were attending to both of them when Zane lift up the three of them. Seeing Hayden's face makes her heart prick a bit. It's better if she did not see the other drama as she keeps busying herself to bandaging the wound.

Lucky they already pass the dumpster ocean so they did not have to worry about the falling waste from the sky again.

…

"Umm..so, until when will you return back to your human form?" Kyra asks while she checking on the girl beside Freya.

"Until I dried all of the water on my body." She said casually and look at Zane.

"What are you looking at?" She lifts up her eyebrow.

"Nothing..so, uh..you're…a mermaid?" Zane asks carefully.

"Yeah. You can see it, do you?"

"So…that's explain why you can use magic. But..aren't mermaid supposed not to be in human form?" He already sits not far from her. Ready to questioning her.

"I'm a half mermaid and half-human." She averts her eyes and looks at the floor.

"So…that's when you say your father is the last person who.." Zane stops his word.

"Hm, you're right. My mother saves him from the kelp monster at that time. She brought him to one of the islands, erase his memory about her and do her daily routine like before." She looked at the girl who she just saves.

"But then, they met again. Accidentally. And my father regains back his memory. They were friends at first but then when things have changed, my mother makes a deal with a wizard from the Peridot Kingdom to change her tails into a pair of the leg. The deals are…they only can be together for a few months before he will return to his original place." she stops for a bit.

Kyra, Hayden, and Zane who sit near her listen as the story continue again.

"My mum marries him and as what the wizard says, my real father was taken back to his original place. He didn't even know that he had a daughter back then. After delivering me, my mum died a few months later. Alba is my mother's lover after my dad. He takes care of me and treats me like any other father would do. When I turned six years old... my original form starts to shows. I need water to keep alive. My father, Alba, did not have a choice except to let me back to my mother's land."

"So..your hometown is.." Hayden asks.

"Yes. Leviara kingdom, deep down in the sea. I'm the only heir my mother left."

"Heir? So…"

"I'm a mermaid princess. Freya Taylor. Taylor is my real father's name. Once every two years, I will return to the land and live as a normal girl. I'm half immortals. So, I can live on the land and in the water with no problem at all. When I return to the land, I went to my father's home in Peridot. That is where I learned magic and history."

"Oh wow! I never see a mermaid before. So the legend is real, the mermaid is sure a beautiful creature." Zane compliments her. He keeps flattering her with beauty subject.

"Hah! Whatever." Freya rolled her eyes a bit and not long after, her tails turn into a pair of legs.

"Alright, I need to find my clothes now." She stands up and still covering her body with the cloth Hayden give her before. She looks at Kyra and the girl who still unconscious.

"Bring them all to the treatment room. I'll cast healing magic to them after changing my clothes." She gives instruction before she left the deck.

Do as what she said, all of them have been transferred to the treatment room.

Yuina did not join them to the room, instead, she just sits on the deck while watching the vast sea. Let the breeze cool her head down. She admits that she also heard everything that Freya tells them just now.

Her origin and all. That makes sense about her behavior and all. She's a princess too. But she's at a different level as her. She earned her skill by learning how to fight and protect her own kin and people. While she…she just hiding inside her castle and let the army does their job to protect her.

'What did I lack? When will I regain my abilities if I truly the reincarnation of the Red Demon King? I want to protect my friends and my people too.'

She sighing and closed her eyes. Drowning with her own thought.

"They'll be alright for now. I already cast the healing magic." Freya said while looking at the three-person in front of her right now.

She wonders if they..come form the same universe as her father. Could it be that they know about her father? Did he still alive or…

Freya shakes her head a little. Try to not to be too distracted with the thought of her father that she never knew.

"Uhm," she turns to others with a slight smile on her face. "Dinner will be served shortly. Go and rest after that."

She left the room and return to her own room.

The others also return to their room while Hayden went to the deck. He hasn't see Yuina after they went to the treatment room. Last he saw her is when they at the deck.

When he went outside, it's almost dark and he could see Yuina was sleeping while curling up on the wooden bench attached to the ships pillar. He took a blanket from the rack at the door side and went to her.

He covers her body with the blanket and sits beside her silently. They already far from Zirconia kingdom. Within a few more days they will reach the Peridot Kingdom.

"Mmnn.." Yuina moves to the side when she feels something so comforting and warm beside her. She unconsciously lay her head on Hayden's arm and he did not move at all. He also did not wake her up for a long period until someone went to the deck.

Bringing the plate of dinner for him.

"I didn't see you inside. So, I brought your dinner here." Freya handed him the plate.

He looks at her with no intention to take the plate. If he takes it, Yuina will, of course, awake and he doesn't want that to happen.

"Alright. I feed you then." Freya took a seat beside Hayden.

"No, I'm good." Hayden refuses.

"You need to eat. I get it if you don't want to wake her. So I'll help you." Freya forks the slice of the fish fillet and shoves it on Hayden's mouth.

"Here."

Hayden did not have any option as she shoves it right at his lips. He opens his mouth and eats it.

"Thanks, but that's it. I'll eat later." He tries to refuse politely.

"What are you saying? Here. Eat more." She shoves again and that's when Hayden move his body a bit.

Yuina opens up her eyes slowly and rubs it a little.

"Hmm.."

What she saw after that makes her turn a bit sour. Freya was so close to Hayden and she was… feeding him?