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

spread his arms open to the boy. He wanted

boy turned to look at the mermaid and hesitated for a moment. The mermaid kept encouraging him. Finally, the boy could not hold back anymore

him. Philip patted him on the

up and feed the fish. One

tank and said with shining eyes, “My friend, thank you for giving the aquarium a

look at him but felt the

much will it cost for us to buy

in human skin in front of him coldly and said, “Call your manager over,

manager isn’t on duty today, and you don’t call the shots here. Trespassing on private premises makes you look like a terrorist

refused to budge, the man said to the people

people had bad intentions, the boy crouched down in an attacking pose, intimidating the people approaching

the boy, and said loudly, “Let’s see who dares

reminded the boy of his father who often carried him on his back when he was a child, and his