Chapter 238 - Rules (1/2)

Say what? I suddenly feel like kicking myself. Here I am, acting like a little school girl, fangirling over everything when I should be running away. Uh... swimming away. I shake my head and try again ”Look... I'm sure you're a really nice person... merman but I can't stay here. Did you hear what I said back there? I have a family and a home waiting for me.”

He watches me with a blank look before saying ”Now you have a new home. This is where you'll live from now on and I'm now your Master. Stay in this room or there will be consequences. I will have someone help you with your... clothes.”

He quickly swims past me, leaving me biting my lip in frustration. I swim over to the opening to the room but pause... maybe I should wait and think this through a little better. Even if I were to swim away... I'm slow compared to them and I have no idea where to go.

I need to familiarize myself with this... palace before I have any chances of escaping. I push away from the opening and swim back over to the large looking clam. As I reach the clam, I find myself already growing tired.

Swimming is so much harder than walking... I'd definitely die trying to swim away! ”You must be the new pet I was told about.” I suddenly hear behind me. I turn around and I see a very pretty mermaid. Nothing like the females that had solid black eyes.

Her eyes were bubblegum pink in color and it matched her hair perfectly. Her fin was a mix of pink, orange, and yellow. She reminds me of starburst candy. She swims over with ease and frowns at my white silver dress.

It keeps trying to float up around me like a cloud but I've done a good job at keeping it down thus far. She swims around me and says ”I can work with this. Hmmm, I'll be right back.” She then swims out of the room, leaving a small trail of tiny bubbles.

I turn back around and look at the clam bed again. This has been bothering me since I first saw it... I need to know if it's still alive because it really does look like it. I inch closer to the clam and flap my arms to lower myself. ”This... is harder... than I thought,” I say between flaps.

Once I'm close enough, I slowly reach out a poke the fleshy looking inside. Nothing happens... I poke it a little harder but still, nothing happens. I take my whole hand and place it down onto the fleshy looking inside and immediately pull my hand back.

It's alive!! I swim back and look at it with large eyes. Maybe I've made a mistake and it's not a bed at all. There aren't any pillows or blankets... maybe it's a large air purifier or something... uh, water purifier.

”Okay! This should do it!” The mermaid says upon returning. I turn back around to see her holding up pieces of clothes. They were white, kinda. They looked like they were made with pearls and when it moves, it looked like rainbows. It was beautiful but... there wasn't a lot of fabric.

She swims over with ease and hands it to me with a smile. I reach out and say ”Thank you... this is all there is to it?” She looks at me with confusion before giggling and saying ”We normally don't need the bottoms, see?” She lifts her beautiful tail to make her point before pointing back to me.

”You can't wear anything long so I made you a short skirt.” She says with a smile. Unlike the Little Mermaid, they didn't wear seashells over their brėȧsts. They wore beautiful but skin-tight tops. I'm gonna look like a hoochie momma or like I should be working a corner...

I give her an awkward smile when she continues to stare at me. ”Go on, go ahead and change.” She says with a kind smile. ”Right...” I say looking around the room but there's nowhere to hide so I sigh and begin stripping. We're both chicks, right?

I quickly strip down and try to ignore the way she watches me with curiosity. Especially when it came to my lower half. I quickly shimmy on the skin-tight outfit and feel nȧkėd. I've gotten so used to the long dresses... I feel bȧrė.

Suddenly, I feel her touching my stomach. I jump and she quickly pulls her hands back saying ”Sorry! I just saw a pretty gem hanging.” I glance down to my belly buŧŧon ring and slightly smile. ”It's okay. It's called a belly buŧŧon ring.”

She nods her head and says ”I really like it! My name is Tua. What name has My Lord given you?” I try not to take offense as I say ”My name is Nova. It's nice to meet you Tua. Is there any way you could show me around a little?”