00:00I couldn't help reaching my hand to touch that mysterious mermaid.
00:02She didn't refuse me.
00:04Even though she couldn't speak, I think she could understand me.
00:06I simply jumped into the water, wanting to get closer to her.
00:10The mermaid soon appeared right beside me.
00:12I smiled to show my goodwill.
00:14She also raised her arm, letting me hold her shoulder and took me down to the bottom to explore the
00:19scenery below.
00:20But soon, we were discovered.
00:21I was strictly forbidden to go near there again, because the mermaid was the king's private property,
00:26and I was just an orphan composer lucky enough to be favored by the king.
00:29But I still secretly came every day to talk to the mermaid.
00:32As time passed, I even got to know Yives, the sailor who guarded the mermaid.
00:36One day, while riding a horse, I was tripped by a branch, fell heavily from the horse, and broke my
00:41arm.
00:41The doctor coldly declared that amputation was the only way to save my life.
00:45No!
00:46I screamed in my heart.
00:47I was so young.
00:48I was a cellist.
00:49How could I lose my arm?
00:50Just when I was in utter despair, Wives suddenly showed up and told me the mermaid wanted to help.
00:55He carried me to the pool and put me in the water.
00:58The mermaid quickly appeared and swam to my side.
01:01She examined my wound, looking at me with such pity in her eyes.
01:04Then she began to circle around me.
01:06A miracle happened.
01:08Rays of warm golden light surrounded me, and my arm soon healed.
01:11So the mermaid really did have magical powers.
01:14I thought the king had brought her here to help the sick, and I admired him deeply for it.
01:18But the king said he had other plans.
01:20I didn't think much of it, until one day the king suddenly called me over and handed me a pendant.
01:26Inside was a portrait of a woman.
01:28She was my mother, and the king was actually my father.
01:31Before I could even feel happy about discovering my origins, the king said he was going to marry me off
01:36for political alliance to ease the country's financial crisis.
01:39How ridiculous!
01:40He had never raised me for a single day, yet suddenly appeared and asked me to sacrifice myself.
01:45I had prayed countless times to be given parents, but now I wished I had never made that wish.
01:50Heartbroken, I went to see the mermaid.
01:52But the moment I touched her, strange memories flooded into my mind.
01:56I saw her being forcibly taken from the sea, saw her husband and child still waiting for her to come
02:01home.
02:01She was just like me, trapped by the king.
02:03I decided to find a way to set her free.
02:06But when I returned to my room, I found an anatomy diagram of the mermaid.
02:10The king wanted to kill her to gain immortality.
02:12Furious, I stormed straight into the king's study.
02:15You return her to the sea, and I will consent to this marriage.
02:18You can't haggle with your king like some shopkeeper!
02:22He spoke high-sounding words.
02:24But I finally saw that the man I once admired was nothing but a despicable, selfish person.
02:29He locked me up, telling me to prepare for the wedding.
02:31I had to pretend to obey, change into my wedding dress, followed the priest out of the room,
02:36then seize the chance to run toward the cave where the mermaid was imprisoned.
02:40Yves and I opened the valve to raise the water level, so the mermaid could jump into the drainpipe and
02:45escape.
02:45The doctor came with men to stop us and wounded Yves.
02:48I fought the doctor desperately, urging the mermaid to leave quickly with Yves.
02:54Seeing her successfully leap over the valve, I finally breathed a sigh of relief.
02:58But that wasn't enough.
02:59I rode my horse toward the seaside cliff, ready to stop the king and his troops from pursuing.
03:04I dismounted and ran to the edge of the cliff.
03:07Seeing that the mermaid had already jumped into the sea, and Yves was also safe, I was relieved.
03:12But the king's soldiers had already raised their guns, and his fleet was blocking the river mouth.
03:16I had to gamble on the king's final shred of mercy as a father.
03:20You take the mermaid, and she gives you life.
03:23You let her live.
03:24She saves mine.
03:25Then I jumped off the cliff without hesitation.
03:29My gamble worked.
03:30My father finally ordered them to lower their guns.
03:33The mermaid swam toward me, and the golden light surrounded me again.
03:36I slowly opened my eyes and saw an underwater kingdom before me.
03:40In this deep blue world was the mermaid's home, and a place of freedom.
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