To the home country of the mermaid country.

But how am I supposed to get there?

"Again, I ask, which is the home country of the mermaid country?

"In the sea"

That's right.

Whatever the mermaids are, they're just human beings from different worlds. I can't do anything underwater.

Only drown to death.

How am I supposed to get into Mermaid space like that?

"Sounds like you're worried? But it's okay, because I heard you were here, and I've got everything ready."

Queen Sheila.

Prati's mother smiles.

"A special trick to get to the country so the land people don't drown more."

We move.

We arrived at the edge of Paradise Island.

It was a small cove.

"We're going from here to the country."

Queen Sheila and Prati were taking medication and returning to the figure of mermaids.

Clearly ready to enter the sea.

"Sir, Junior, please"

"Mmm."

Just like me, lung breathing would be the only thing. Junior, from my mother's hand to mine.

No, Junior, who is a half with the Mermaids, may have been born with some advantage in the water, but that's not where we should test it right now.

Sooner or later, when this girl grows up, she'll have to do it herself...

"Let's go into the sea with me."

"I'll have Junior! Me!

Veil wanted to hold Junior, but this is his father's role.

Give it to me.

Let me rely on Ville's dragon power when something happens instead. Fully.

Queen Sheila gently sprayed some liquid.

Then he wrapped me up and sealed my surroundings.

Is this a chavon ball?

You're wrapped in chavon balls. What about us?

"This will get you into the ocean. It's the latest magic drug we've developed to keep the land people from drowning, right?

"No, I made this, because I'm an Atashi...!

Prati says.

"I got a request from Hendler and said, 'What are you going to use it for?' I thought it wasn't for the Gatsuri and Atashi families! Then say something! In the first place, why would you let Atashi make it? Mermaid Royal Palace with many leading magic pharmacists!?"

"Hey, I'm most certain I'll leave you to Prati."

Seeing the queen make a knee-jerk made me think 'You're not worthy of your age'.

"Holla, your mother's pharmacological magic doesn't work at all, does it? Prati would be a complete genius if she was born of such a Atashi. You want to brag about it?

"Kuh...!? Well it's what I need...!?"

That's how we went into the ocean.

"Oh, I can really breathe in the ocean...!?"

Even in the sea, the chavon balls don't crack and hold the air tightly around me.

By the way, there were three of me, Junior and Veil in one chavon ball.

Chavon balls sink deeper and deeper into the ocean with each of us.

"But it's a big chavon ball. Going downstairs means they're built to withstand high water pressure, right?

"Oh, speaking of which, I didn't consider the water pressure at all."

"Hey, whoa, whoa, whoa!?"

Then if you dive somewhat deep, the water pressure will crush you and crack you!?

Then the water comes in and me and junior suffocate!?

"I don't know what else to do, or I'll fortify your chavon with dragon magic."

and Veil.

Dragons you can count on at any time. I hope we care about that.

"Oh, it's harder to adjust than I thought. If you pour too much magic into it, the chavon breaks unbearably...!?"

Good luck!

Veil can do it!

As we do so, Chavon goes deeper and deeper, no longer even reaches the light of sunlight and darkens.

But.

I felt the presence of 'it' in the sea.

It was dark and I could feel my vision sealed.

"Here we are."

There was a fish at the bottom of the sea.

It's not just a fish. Huge fish.

Just huge enough that the word HUGE is not enough.

It's too big!

In front of that giant fish, even the dragonized vier would have a scale ratio of about a small bug.

"What is that fish...!?"

Just because it's all that giant, a root fear springs from the core of my body.

I hide this big fish completely, and I'm afraid of the magnificence of the ocean.

"That's Mermaid Country."

"What?"

"That fish itself is the capital of the Mermaid Nation"

I didn't know what I was talking about, but with every approach I eventually understood what it meant.

Prati and Queen Sheila approached the giant fish by swimming with my chavon pulled, and how dare they get into that mouth.

"Yep...... ugh!?"

I went in through the mouth of a giant fish and kept going, eventually out of the water.

There is air.

Let's go up there.

"Then we don't need chavons anymore. Good luck."

Prati said, and when he sprayed some magic fluid again, Chavon broke and vanished without a sound.

But I'm fine.

Again, because there is air here. Even though it's beneath the sea.

"It's in that fish body, isn't it? Here...!?"

Sir, give it back to me, Junior.

Prati also became a grounder figure with his meds again and just held back Junior.

"This giant fish calls its name Gigol. That's what Poseidos gave the Mermaids."

Queen Sheila explained it to me.

"Once upon a time, a sea god pitied the mermaids who lived in the shadows of the rocks and elsewhere, without a place to rest in the sea, says this fish was sent. The creature but never digests what it puts in its mouth, and the body of a giant fish that can enter and exit freely becomes the habitat of a mermaid outfit."

Thus the mermaids dwelt in the body of giant fish Jigol, where they even built houses and civilizations.

"Is that Mermaid Country...!?"

"No, Giant Fish Gigol is the capital of the Mermaid Nation, and the national territory of the Mermaid Nation itself. More than 80% of all mermaids live here."

City of mermaids with giant fish bodies.

What a fantasy setting.

"If you dive that gate, it's exactly in the territory of the Mermaid Nation. I'm sure you'll be welcoming all the people, won't you?

Beyond what Queen Sheila had shown, there was indeed a large castle gate.

Now it's shut tight and I can't get a peek at what's going on over there.

"Mom, aren't you going in early?

"Please wait a little longer. There 'll be people coming later, won't there?

Who's coming later?

At the same moment, there was a water noise with Zaban from behind, and musculoskeletal men landed in giant fish bodies.

"Sasu!

Isn't it King Nagas and Prince Aroiana?

And further behind that, Paffa, Songokufon, Hakai, Mr. Ardheg and his fellow trainee travelers.

"Well, they were here, too."

"I had another chavon, and my husband and Aroina pulled it off."

... Is that it?

But there's no trace of chavon, and all the non-mermaids like Songokufon and Hakai are soaking wet, right?

……

Did you break the chavon on the way?

"It was pretty late, wasn't it? I thought it was right behind you."

"Excuse me, Mother. Before you leave, you took the time to welcome a special guest! And on the way, I can crack the chavon...!

Did you break it after all?

No more than that......

Special guest?

Who the hell are you talking about? And at the same time as I was surprised, Zaban and the water sounded up again.

One of the last ones to land.

So you're saying he's the special guest on the case?

But...

"Are you...!?"