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.

so he had

and spread his arms open to the boy. He wanted to see

for a moment. The mermaid

than ten years that another human being cared so much for him. Philip patted him on the back and comforted him. The teenager hugged

clean up and feed the fish. One of them saw Philip and the two creatures and quickly reported this

while, a skinny man came over. He recognized the mermaid in the water tank

Philip did not look at him but felt the

will it cost for us

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

and said, “The manager isn’t on duty today, and you don’t call

the man

bad intentions, the boy crouched down in an

step forward, stood in front of the boy, and said loudly, “Let’s see who dares to

father who often carried him on his back when he was a child, and his