The First Heir

Seeing that the distance between them was quite appropriate, Philip took out a notebook. With a pen, he drew waves and a few figures that seemed like merpeople on it.

The mermaid became excited, but the boy did not react much.

Was the boy not a merman?

Philip slid his pen and notebook across the floor.

The boy picked them up and started to draw as Philip did. His drawing was quite sloppy, but Philip could still see a few key things, such as the symbol for highly toxic chemicals and a few words that were vague but still legible, which spelled Sammy.

Philip called out tentatively, “Sammy?”

The boy looked up at Philip, his tears uncontrollable. The message contained in those eyes included pain, loneliness, indignity, and deep homesickness.

Philip had some idea now. This boy probably became like this after being exposed to toxic substances. As for knowing the merpeople’s language, he was probably taken in by the merfolk.

he could only write his name, so he had probably lived with the merfolk for more

crouched down and spread his arms open to the boy. He wanted to

turned to look at the mermaid and hesitated for a moment. The mermaid kept encouraging him. Finally, the boy could

first time in more than ten years that another human being cared so much for him. Philip patted him on the back and comforted

workers came in to clean up and feed the fish. One of them saw Philip and the two creatures and quickly reported this matter to

while, a skinny man came over. He recognized the mermaid in the water tank and said with shining eyes, “My friend, thank you for

Philip did not look at him but felt the emotion the mermaid transmitted to

case, how much will it cost for us to buy

at the well-dressed monster in human skin in front of him coldly and said, “Call your manager over, that blond old

his hand and said, “The manager isn’t on duty today, and you don’t call the shots here. Trespassing on private

to budge, the man said to the people around, “Tie

boy crouched down

front of the boy, and said

who often carried him on his back when he