The Luna Choosing Game

Chapter 0519 With the drama mostly settled forthe moment, I thanked Nicholas for his help.

He smiled once more at me.

Then we split ways, and I made my way down to where the children were playing I to check on Elva. As I drew closer, I could see how tired she was.

It made sense, while the other children were swimming around using their strong tails, Elva had only her two weak legs. Of course she would be exhausted trying to keep up.

She was still smiling, still having fun, but she wasn’t moving with quite the vibrancy she’d earlier displayed.

When she saw me, she waved. I kicked my way over to her, opened my arms, and immediately she came closer to rest.

“Are you having fun, sweetheart?” I

asked her.

“So much fun,” she said with a yawn.

“Don’t make me go home, Mommy” “Not yet, dearest. But you better rest for a moment.” “Just a minute,” she said. Her eyes drooped, but she fought off sleep.

Watching her efforts made my heart ache.

Poor thing didn’t want to miss a minute of this adventure.

One of the merfolk children tugged at my arm. She was a bit older than Elva, maybe seven or eight, with her hair done up in elaborate pigtails. A row of pearls dotted across her forehead. A royal, then.

She pointed at the wall behind them, where I noticed some shelfs had been set up, each covered in some soft-looking cushions.

“When we get sleepy,” the little princess said, “that’s where we sleep.” She

her tail so that she could twirl her fins around her fingers. “Elva would like it. It's what the mermaids

knew to call everyone merfolk. The little princess didn’t seem to mind though. She looked at Elva with the kind of

if they were they’re own. I wondered if that rubbed off on the older children as well, who saw the younger as their little

little princess guided me to the shelfs and picked one near the top. “This is my favorite,” the princess said. “The noises aren’t so

Elva onto the shelf. She was already drifting. I roused her slightly so that she would know where she

an excited smile. “I get to sleep like a mermaid...” she said, and then immediately

away from the shelf where my angel

sure she sleeps undisturbed.” It was so sweet and

I had given her the

in the princess’s self-assigned duties. She seemed to take

sure to keep the other children away from where Elva

was absolutely adorable, and warmed me through and through seeing such kindness. Elva has made a friend for life I here, I knew, even if they never saw

get to

mysterious older

only, that I'd seen, to Queen Sonal herself. Someone important then, and well-respected within the merfolk

near black at times, depending on the light. Even her fins were different than the other merfolk. They

as bright and mysterious as the float orbs at times, much dimmer

looking at her that this was

had no idea if merfolk were more

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children treating yours well?”

ma’am,” I said. I didn’t know her name, but felt she was worthy of some type of honorific. “Thank you, ma’am.” “Good,” the mysterious

had worried that the cause was linked to you, but I can see now that I

surprised a second time but the

Only those with magical abilities would have been able to detect the curse, especially as it was currently inactive. Or, as inactive as