black hypothesis

Irene had heard the legends about the land.

Many fishes in the sea have said that those human beings with two legs who can walk on the ground are of the same clan as mermaids.It is common to see ships that have fallen into the sea on the bottom of the sea. The hull of the ship is soaked in sea water and the moldy hull is scattered. Among them are gleaming gold and silver jewels and white skeletons.

Gold and silver jewelry are beautiful, but skulls are ugly.Her friend Catherine likes skulls. Every day she finds them, she takes them home and puts them away one by one.Mermaids can understand characters on land, speak languages ​​on land, everything, except they have no legs.

Many mermaids say that the world on land is very interesting.Only Catherine, guarding a notebook at home, refused to go to land to the death.

Erin asked her, "Why not? Those gold and silver jewels, they look so beautiful!"

She once surfaced and saw the glistening and dazzling water, the vast blue sky and white clouds.She thinks that world seems very interesting.But Catherine refused, she said: "Don't! It's best not to go up!"

There are no elders in Catherine's family, only a notebook left by an uncle.She has a bad temper and has no other friends except Irene. "All the people who landed on land disappeared..." she said quietly.

All of Catherine's family wanted to go to land, and they all did.However, no one ever came back.Catherine had a strong temper and looked for it in the sea, but in the end she just picked up a notebook.At that time, Irene went to look for her, and she hugged her and cried loudly, refusing to let go.Afterwards, she never smiled, never spoke, or even cried.

Mermaids have no tears, but Irene still remembers Catherine's appearance that day.

Since then, she has held back all the mermaids who wanted to go to land: "Don't go!"

Everyone said she was crazy.

Catherine began to show that dazed look again.Her hair was fiery red, her hair was frizzy and messy, and her eyes were dark, staring at a certain point in the sea.With such a pair of eyes, every word she said seemed to be a curse.

"Once all fish come ashore, they will lose their memory."

Mermaids cannot reproduce.It is said that every human being who sinks to the bottom of the sea will become a mermaid.And in the end, they didn't know where to go.When Erin heard these words, her heart began to panic.But in the end, Catherine's words did not overcome her curiosity, and she decided to go ashore.

There is nothing to do when you get to the shore, and many merfolk will come ashore.Those mermaids gathered together, curious and excited, discussing the legends on land noisily.As Irene listened, she quickly forgot what Catherine said, and unconsciously began to look forward to it.

When they landed, they learned to walk in a wood next to the beach.Walking is not difficult, everyone on land knows how to do it, but Irene learned for a long time, and her legs broke when she walked. Many people cried and said they would go back to the sea.But those kind elders turned out to be expressionless and told them: "You will never go back."

How can a mermaid live on land without legs?There are also people who want to dive back into the sea, but eventually escape back to the shore.Until one day, it rained cats and dogs.Irene used to be with the water, but now that it was raining, she felt uncomfortable.

The next day, a group of humans appeared.

Not them mermaids.

but real human beings.They have learned to walk on land since they were young, holding objects they cannot understand, wearing clothes that people on land would wear, and running very fast.No one knew to panic, and a short, flaxen-haired little girl went to accost them.But when those people saw the mermaid, they didn't want to talk at all, and rushed over immediately.

When Irene saw the expressions on those people's faces, she immediately knew something was wrong: their eyes were full of excitement, and their behavior was exaggerated-at that moment, Irene thought of a word.

That's the hunter.

They are hunters who live by hunting their prey.She immediately ran back: "Run! Run back to the sea!"

Even Irene herself didn't know why she said that.Half followed, some did not.Some mermaids who stopped were immediately pushed to the ground.Mermaids can't even cry, because they don't know what those people are going to do.

Then the men raised their knives.

There are beautiful jewels on the handle of the big knife, small stones that can glow, and the sharp edge goes straight in, and it cuts at mermaids like them.The hunters came running with excited expressions on their faces, as if they had seen the supreme treasure in this world.

"...It's really a mermaid! It's a mermaid!" they shouted.

Many mermaids have not learned to walk at all, so they are overtaken by them.Irene suddenly remembered Catherine's notebook - there is a spell in it that can resist humans.Irene spoke immediately and sang the spell.The ethereal and clear singing echoed in the forest, so beautiful that even the best singer in the city couldn't compare to it.

The rain poured down, and the leaves rustled like a backflowing waterfall.

Irene kept singing, and the rain fell with the singing, covering the hunter and the mermaid equally.The tactful syllables and high-pitched tones have been spread far and wide.All the hunters stopped, with dull expressions on their faces, and the mermaids immediately ran back into the sea—even though they were already human, they could still swim much faster than ordinary people.

Her singing didn't stop.

Then, a person appeared.

It was a boy with brown hair, his clothes were clean and tidy, and his blue eyes looked so sincere.Erin looked at him and forgot the singing all of a sudden.He approached, and said to the mermaid whose hair was stuck to her body and her white dress was soaked by the rain: "Will you come with me?"

His voice was sweet and pleasant, and Irene only hesitated for a moment before reaching out to shake hands with him.Irene never thought that she could meet such a person.He is the only prince in this kingdom, and the castle he lives in is resplendent and magnificent, with gorgeous crystal lamps and long tables covered with white tablecloths, and every detail is carefully crafted.

She had never seen such a nice place.She likes such a castle, likes everything in it, including the harp that can play sweetly, the sweet and soft cakes, and the bed with the curtain hanging down."Do you like me?" asked the prince.

Irene was in the night, wearing a champagne-colored dress, with a beautiful blue butterfly barrette in her hair.The butterfly died.

She smiled sweetly and movingly: "I like it."

Hearing this word of liking, the prince bowed his head and kissed her.Later, when Irene got drunk from drinking champagne, he carried her into the room.In a daze, Irene didn't see anything, only heard him say: "Don't look, don't look at other things—"

The last sentence is like a blessing and a curse.

"I am your only one"

When Irene heard these words, it was as if she had entered a dream, so beautiful that it was unreal.When I woke up again, everything changed.She returned to the water.This is a tank of water, a tank for fish.She somehow got a fish tail again, but was trapped in this narrow fish tank.It was a cage without a lock and without a key.

She huddled in the cage, unable to see the outside world.No one came to feed her, and no one came to give her a warm bedding.Only the cage is beautiful.She began to feel lonely, lonely, sad.She wanted to go home, but no one answered her.

Every once in a while, someone comes to see her.Outside the fish tank, look at her as a mermaid.Erin was crying and they were laughing.The mermaid's tears were all dissolved in the water, even if they opened their mouths to ask for help, they never heard.She kept crying and crying until one day the prince came.

The prince's blue eyes were no longer sincere and looked cold.He put on the crown and looked at the mermaid who couldn't go home.

She asked him, "Can I have a notebook?"

She managed to get out of the water, but she only spoke such a sentence."Yes," said the prince.

Erin looked at him.

"Exchange your voice."

sound.When they first met, her singing.No one knows when Irene got the note, but they all soon learn that the king has a daughter.The girl can turn into a mermaid, has a beautiful singing voice, and is a beloved princess.

The mermaid stays in the tank every day, and his eyes are dull.But the difference is that she writes a name in that notebook every day.Everyone does not recognize it, it is said that it is the text on the bottom of the sea.And no one cares.On another rainy day, the mermaid suddenly heard that the window in the house was broken.

Just like when she first came ashore, it rained heavily.When she opened her eyes, she saw the red hair.

The mermaid no longer remembers.She even forgot her name and everything about herself.Catherine broke into the room and saw Irene with blank eyes at a glance.Her long blond locks had gray in them, and she looked like a moving doll.Catherine shouted, "Eileen!"

But the mermaid would not respond to her.

There is only a note next to it, and Catherine's name is written stroke by stroke, from neat and beautiful to scattered and disconnected handwriting.

"Once all fish come ashore, they will lose their memory."

Eileen doesn't remember her anymore.Catherine flipped through the notebook, tears streaming down her face.She burst into tears: "You, you are all like this..."

Catherine, who had already lost a relative, now lost a friend.Catherine shouted, "You come with me!"

It rained heavily in the city and the streets were flooded.Catherine did not give up: "You follow the swim, you will be able to swim back to the sea! I can make it rain forever!"

But Erin just blinked.I can't even speak anymore.Just then, the guards rushed into the room.The prince stood there, high above him, like a judge.The two mermaids can no longer escape.Catherine said, "You let her go! Let her go!"

She was crying and crying, her red hair became brighter and her tears rolled down her fair skin. The prince said, "If you want to let her go, you can."

He said this while looking at Catherine's long hair and green eyes.

"You stay."

Catherine stood there without saying a word.The red-haired girl approached Irene and kissed her lightly on the forehead.Gentle and sweet and lingering.

She doesn't cry anymore.She finally understood that this was the only way.

Finally she replied, "Okay."

At the end of the story, a mermaid named Irene returned to the bottom of the sea.She guarded two notebooks and kept shouting: "Don't go ashore! Don't go to land!"

Everyone thought she was a lunatic.

"The mermaid was curious about life on land, so she exchanged her legs with the witch with her voice. She met the prince and rescued him ashore. But the prince mistook Catherine, the princess of the neighboring country, as the one who saved him, and planned to marry her. The mermaid There is no voice and the truth cannot be told. At this time, the witch appeared again and gave her a dagger, saying that as long as she killed the prince, she could go back to the sea. But the mermaid didn't in the end, she fell into the sea, and Catherine married the prince. "

--"Mermaid Princess"

The author has something to say:

[Trying to disguise this as a sweet post with a synopsis

Because it is Western Fantasy, the language used is completely different.So I really don't have the courage to call it No.1...

This is an adaptation of a fairy tale... When you meet the prince in the forest, yes, the hunter came to catch the killer fish. The prince heard Irene's singing, so he abducted her back to the palace.It's for her voice.

As for Catherine?

When Catherine was a child, she went ashore for fun, and then her family took her back to the sea. After returning to the sea, she slowly recalled everything in the past through the notebook.Last time she returned to the sea, but this time, the one who stayed on land became her.