They had been waiting here for a long time.
Ever since receiving word from Yusen, they had been guarding this stretch of sea, hoping to welcome the Young Master's return as soon as possible.
The Mermaid stepped onto the deck, his skin covered in a layer of snow-white scales. His ice-blue eyes were dim and cold, his long brown hair tied back low. The lines of his bare upper body were distinct, a simultaneous expression of androgynous grace and rugged strength.
His azure tail, coated in a layer of frost, vanished as he emerged from the sea.
In its place were human legs.
An old man in a white robe tremblingly took the bamboo basket from the Mermaid's hands. "This is... the Young Master."
Inside the bamboo basket.
An egg as azure as the sky rested within, its surface adorned with patterns symbolizing the ocean.
