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Blood Pearl: The Mermaid's Curse ENGSUB Betrayal, Revenge & Rebirth AID
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00:00To repay him, I, a mermaid, gave up the sea and became Sean Silver's bride.
00:05Sean doted on me endlessly.
00:07But on the night our daughter was born, Sean ordered me to be locked in a special aquarium,
00:13forcing me to reveal my true mermaid form.
00:17He held our daughter in one hand and with the other, wrapped his arm around Kelly Means' waist.
00:23For the next three years, they sliced open my tail again and again,
00:27soaking the wounds in salt water until they busted.
00:31Sean used my flesh and blood to make wine for Kelly, forcing me to watch them revel while I bled.
00:37To repay him, I, a mermaid, gave up the sea and became Sean Silver's bride.
00:42Sean doted on me endlessly.
00:44In less than six months I was pregnant.
00:47But on the night our daughter was born, Sean ordered me to be locked in a special aquarium,
00:52forcing me to reveal my true mermaid form.
00:55He held our daughter in one hand and with the other, wrapped his arm around Kelly Means' waist.
01:01Melanie, it was your mermaid clan that caused my sister's drowning.
01:06Now your daughter is in my hand.
01:08Let's see her suffer!
01:11For the next three years, I was imprisoned inside that tank.
01:15They sliced open my tail again and again, soaking the wounds in salt water until they festered.
01:22Hearing that mermaid blood was highly nutritious.
01:25Sean used my flesh and blood to make wine for Kelly, forcing me to watch them revel together while I
01:31bled.
01:32Three years.
01:33My daughter was growing up in that house and I couldn't even hold her.
01:37When our daughter turned three, Kelly learned that mermaid scales had calming properties.
01:42Sean then used tweezers to pluck off our daughter's scales one by one and tossed her into the tank.
01:49I pressed against the glass, pleading for her life begging Sean to save her from drowning.
01:54A hybrid mermaid child only develops gills after coming into contact with seawater.
02:01The Silva's manor sat right next to the sea yet in the entire three years.
02:06Sean never brought Sophie there.
02:07Sean only sneered from the entrance, sealing it shut.
02:12How could a mermaid's daughter possibly drown?
02:16Don't be ridiculous.
02:17I fought to hold her up to keep her head above water.
02:20But in the end, she dissolved into bubbles in my arms.
02:24My heart felt completely numb.
02:27Clenching my teeth, I removed the scale from over my heart.
02:30If I tossed the scale into the sea, my brother Andrew would bring me back home.
02:35My daughter was gone, and I had nothing left to lose.
02:40When Sean's mother, Maria Silva, rushed in, all she could witness was Sophie's foam dissipating.
02:47Seeing the mermaid pearl in my hand, she was struck with shock and fear, tears streaming down her cheeks.
02:55Is Sophie gone?
02:57She asked.
02:58Mermaids turned into pearls upon their death.
03:01I answered gently, gradually removing the intact scale from my chest and offering it to her.
03:07The three-year period has ended.
03:09I've repaid the debt to your family.
03:11You and Sir Silva for saving my life.
03:13Maria's lips quivered as she fell to her knees with a loud thud.
03:17But, Lelani, what happened to Sophie was an accident!
03:20Sean truly had no idea.
03:23Please forgive him this one last time.
03:26He's the only heir of the Silva family!
03:28I can't let the Sylvanage end!
03:30Maria banged her head against the ground, just as she had done years ago when she begged me to become
03:37human and marry Sean.
03:39I had agreed back then, but it led to this dire situation.
03:43She was begging again, but this time I had nothing left to give.
03:49I'll call that ungrateful brat right now and make him apologize to you!
03:54Maria frantically searched for her phone and dialed Sean's number.
03:58As soon as the call connected, Sean's excited voice came through.
04:02Mom, Kelly's pregnant!
04:04You're gonna be a grandmother soon!
04:05Maria's fingers trembled with anger as she growled into the phone.
04:08A child from that woman is no grandchild of mine!
04:12I have only one granddaughter, and that's Sophie!
04:15Get back here, right now, and apologize to Melanie and Sophie!
04:19You worthless fool!
04:21Sean snorted, clearly unimpressed.
04:24Have you been visiting that creature, Melanie, again?
04:27Mom, I've told you before!
04:29Their kind of mermaids killed my sister!
04:32You're the only one treating that creature like it's something special!
04:35It's just a few scales taken off!
04:37Mermaids can regenerate really well!
04:39Don't let Melanie deceive you!
04:41Anyway, I need to take Kelly to the beach to see the sunset!
04:44Just go home already!
04:45Maria gripped the phone tightly, her anger evident as her chest rose and fell.
04:50He didn't believe Sophie was gone.
04:53He never believed anything I said.
04:57Images of Sophie drowning flooded my mind, causing a sharp pain in my chest.
05:03Melanie, there's still hope.
05:06If you have another child with Sean, the Silva family name will continue!
05:12Please, Melanie, I promise Sean will treat you better this time.
05:17Remember, said the Silva family, saved your life.
05:21So endure a little longer!
05:23Maria pleaded, bowing repeatedly, imploring me to have another child.
05:27My hands shook as I put away the pearl and shut my eyes.
05:32The Silva family no longer has a chance.
05:34I ripped open my chest to reveal that only one scale remained.
05:40Mermaids have three scales that protect their hearts.
05:43Each pregnancy causes one to be lost.
05:46With just one left, having another child would be fatal for me.
05:52Maria's face turned white with horror, and she collapsed to her knees, her eyes filled with despair.
05:58She finally understood, but it was too late for all of us.
06:03Knowing she owed me, she took the scale from my chest and promised to throw it into the sea for
06:10me.
06:11I curled up in a corner of the aquarium, my silver-blue tail drifting aimlessly.
06:17For three years, this tiny space had been my entire world and my personal hell.
06:23Suddenly, the lid above was flung open with a loud crash, and I trembled instinctively.
06:29Melanie, stop playing dead.
06:32It's time for your blood draw today.
06:35Came Sean's cold voice from above.
06:37He paused, scanning the corner, then abruptly grabbed my tail and yanked me out of the tank.
06:44Where's Sophie? Where are you hiding her?
06:47Sean's fingers dug into my infected tail, blood oozing between my scales and dripping onto the cold floor.
06:55I shivered in agony but bit my lip, determined not to make a sound.
07:00He still believed I was pretending.
07:03He still thought Sophie was alive.
07:06Where is Sophie?
07:07He demanded, pulling my hair to make me look at him.
07:12My vision blurred, yet I could still see the anger blazing in his eyes.
07:17He still believed I was pretending that I had hidden our daughter.
07:21But Sophie had long since turned to foam, disappearing from this world.
07:26She's gone.
07:28Liar!
07:29Sean bellowed, striking me across the face.
07:31My head collided with the edge of the tank and everything went black.
07:35At that moment, Kelly strutted over in her high heels and playfully slipped her arm through Sean's.
07:42Sean, don't hold Melanie accountable.
07:44If it comes down to it, I'll endure quietly, no more using Sophie's mermaid blood as a remedy.
07:50It's just unfortunate for our baby.
07:52The doctor mentioned my pregnancy is fragile.
07:55Listening to them discuss exploiting Sophie, I shook uncontrollably, every wound large and small beginning to reopen.
08:02My Sophie was just three years old.
08:04As her biological father, Sean had the heartlessness to use her blood as a medicinal resource.
08:10In a haze, I thought I heard Sophie's laughter, her tiny hands splashing the water as she innocently asked,
08:17Mommy, why doesn't daddy like me?
08:20Even as she sank, her little hand held onto mine as she said,
08:25Mommy, daddy dislikes it when I cry.
08:27I mustn't cry so daddy will love me.
08:30The pain in my heart made my scales start to fall off one by one.
08:35Sean stepped back instantly, a look of disgust crossing his face as he shielded Kelly protectively.
08:41How revolting.
08:43Since you refuse to give us Sophie, we'll take your blood instead.
08:47Following his order, two men in white coats roughly pulled out my tail fin.
08:51I groaned in pain as the wounds on my fin hadn't healed, leaving the fresh, tender flesh exposed to the
08:59air.
08:59Kelly pointed to an unbroken scale at the base of my tail fin.
09:04Right here.
09:05I've heard the blood from this spot is the most nourishing and has the best effects on the skin.
09:12Sean nodded without any emotion, signaling his assistance to continue.
09:16They were going to take my blood from the most painful spot, and Sean didn't even hesitate.
09:22As the sharp blade pierced the soft flesh beneath the scale, I let out a piercing scream, my nails scraping
09:30loudly against the glass.
09:32Sean immediately covered Kelly's ears with care.
09:36He turned to me, his gaze cold and merciless.
09:40Melanie, savor this pain.
09:42It's your punishment for your clan's sins.
09:46Atonance?
09:47What a laughable excuse!
09:49I still can't fathom what my mermaid clan ever owed to Sean.
09:52The water in the saltwater pool had been stained crimson.
09:57Sean reclined on a couch beside the pool, gently holding Kelly's belly while gazing down at me with a smug
10:04expression as I writhed in agony.
10:06Sean, aren't her scales just gorgeous?
10:09Kelly giggled, reaching out to gather the scales floating on the water's surface.
10:14Sean tenderly pinched her cheek.
10:17If you like them, they're all yours.
10:20I lay curled at the bottom of the pool, trembling uncontrollably.
10:25Every inch of my skin seared with a burning pain.
10:28He was giving away my scales like they were nothing.
10:32Like I was nothing.
10:34In my haze, I found myself drifting back to that night, three years ago.
10:39At that time, I had just given birth to Sophie and lay exhausted on the delivery bed.
10:46Sean cradled our daughter, his eyes full of warmth.
10:50Melanie, look at our daughter.
10:51She resembles you so much.
10:53Suddenly, his expression shifted.
10:56Melanie!
10:57You treacherous mermaid!
10:59You murdered my sister.
11:01You'll pay for her death with your own blood!
11:05He tightened his grip around my throat, his eyes burning with hatred.
11:10Yet I still had no idea who this sister he kept referring to was.
11:15My mermaid clan had never harmed humans.
11:18My thoughts were interrupted as a bucket of icy water splashed over my head.
11:24Sean stood by the pool, regarding me with a cold stare.
11:28Still not going to tell me where Sophie is?
11:29With effort, I lifted my head to meet his indifferent gaze and unexpectedly began to laugh.
11:35Sophie is dead!
11:37When mermaids die, they turn into bubbles!
11:42Didn't you know that?
11:43Sean's hand landed heavily on my face,
11:46causing my head to collide with the pool wall as darkness engulfed my vision.
11:50You're still lying!
11:52He yelled, gripping my neck and pulling me from the water.
11:55Mermaids can regenerate!
11:57How could they die so easily?
11:59He still refused to believe the truth,
12:02even when it was staring him in the face.
12:06Despite the pain, I locked eyes with him and forced out my words.
12:10Sean, you killed...
12:12Your own daughter with your own hands!
12:15Shut up!
12:16He snapped, releasing me and barking orders at the bodyguard.
12:20Throw her in the basement.
12:21Use high-intensity lights until she tells us where Sophie is.
12:24I was hauled into the basement,
12:27where blinding spotlights immediately blazed,
12:30their beams piercing my skin from every angle.
12:33Mermaids dreaded intense light,
12:36especially when their scales couldn't shield them.
12:38The light felt like countless sharp knives stabbing into my exposed skin.
12:44I curled up in agony.
12:46As the wounds on my tail cracked and festered rapidly under the harsh illumination,
12:51amidst the unbearable pain, my consciousness began to blur.
12:55In a haze, I drifted back to that summer fifteen years ago.
13:00I had been skipping around in the shallows,
13:03when I became ensnared in fishing nets and stranded on the reefs.
13:08Just when the scorching sun was about to roast me alive,
13:12Maria and her husband arrived and rescued me.
13:15That was the beginning of everything.
13:18The beginning of my debt,
13:20and the beginning of my end.
13:21To show my gratitude,
13:24I often swam near the shallows to secretly watch them,
13:27until one day I saw them leading a child with anxious faces.
13:31What should we do?
13:32Sean has inherited the same genetic disease as me.
13:35This illness is incurable.
13:37Sean might not live beyond thirty.
13:40That day, I made a resolution.
13:42I endured the torment of shedding my scales,
13:45to become human and offered my blood to Sir Silva and Sean to drink.
13:49Mermaid blood can slow down genetic diseases.
13:53But to truly change genetics,
13:55one must bear a child with mermaid blood.
13:58Maria knelt before me,
14:00pleading for me to marry Sean and promising to treat me well.
14:03I gazed at the young man's striking profile and my heart,
14:07silent four years, began to race.
14:10Unbeknownst to me, this would ultimately lead to my demise.
14:14The basement door creaked open.
14:16Sean turned off the blinding lights,
14:18retrieved a first aid kit,
14:21and gently tended to my wounds.
14:23Does it hurt?
14:24He asked softly,
14:25his voice as tender as I remembered from the past.
14:29His sudden gentleness made my heart ache even more than the wounds did.
14:34I stared at him,
14:36momentarily lost in memories of our early married days
14:39when he cherished me like a precious gem.
14:42Sean.
14:43I whispered.
14:45He looked up suddenly,
14:47his voice gentle.
14:48Melanie,
14:49how can I bring Hayley back?
14:51I froze.
14:53Who is Hayley?
14:54His gaze turned icy and he pressed firmly on my wound.
14:58She's my sister!
15:00The one your mermaid kind dragged into the sea
15:03and killed 15 years ago!
15:05She wore a red swimsuit that day,
15:07playing by the shore.
15:09Your mermaid songs lured her to her death!
15:12How can you deny it?
15:13A sudden shock jolted through me,
15:16reviving long buried memories.
15:1815 years ago,
15:19amid a fierce rainstorm,
15:21I rescued a little girl wearing a red dress from the sea,
15:24using all my strength to push her to safety.
15:27But back then,
15:28she had been breathing.
15:29It wasn't like that.
15:32I never harmed-
15:33Enough!
15:34Sean interrupted,
15:36releasing me and picking up a pair of scissors from the first aid kit.
15:40Since you won't speak,
15:41use your fin as collateral.
15:42Cut it off yourself.
15:44He wanted me to mutilate myself,
15:46just like he had been doing for three years.
15:49I shook as I took the scissors in my hand.
15:52For a mermaid,
15:54severing a fin is akin to a human stripping skin and tendons.
15:58Yet,
15:58seeing Sean's hateful glare,
16:00I knew this was the price I had to pay to the Silva family.
16:04All right,
16:06I'll pay it back.
16:07The scissors were sharp and blood gushed out immediately.
16:10Sean watched me coldly,
16:12his eyes void of any compassion.
16:16Then,
16:16the nanny's voice came from outside the door.
16:19Something's wrong,
16:20Mr. Silva.
16:21Ms. Mean is unwell.
16:22I'm afraid she needs mermaid blood again.
16:25Sean quickly instructed his men to drag me to the bedroom.
16:28Kelly was lying on a chaise long,
16:30groaning softly as she clutched her stomach.
16:32Sean,
16:33the baby is unsettled.
16:34The doctor advised us to use powdered pearls from a mermaid's birth to stabilize the pregnancy.
16:40Sean turned toward me,
16:41his gaze sharp and threatening.
16:43Start crying now!
16:45Give us the pearls!
16:47He thought I could cry on command.
16:49He thought pearls were that easy to get.
16:52I leaned weakly against the wall,
16:54blood still oozing from the wounds on my tail.
16:58Mermaids don't cry tears.
17:00So,
17:01where would we get pearls?
17:03For mermaids,
17:05genuine blood pearls only form when we shed tears of blood in complete despair.
17:10But Sean wouldn't believe me.
17:12If anything happens to Kelly's baby,
17:14your life won't be enough to compensate.
17:16He ordered them to throw me into the tank and pressed a button on the control panel.
17:22A high voltage electric current surged from the bottom of the tank.
17:26My tail thrashed violently,
17:28striking the pool wall as blood poured out,
17:30turning the water a deep red.
17:32Melanie,
17:33are you still not crying?
17:34At that moment,
17:35Kelly jumped up,
17:36eyes wide with excitement,
17:38pointing to the pearl that had slipped from my grasp.
17:41There really are pearls!
17:43My heart tightened painfully and I instinctively reached for it.
17:47That pearl was Sophie transformed.
17:50If I could return it to the ocean,
17:51my daughter could live again.
17:53This isn't just any pearl.
17:55It's Sophie.
17:57Give it to me.
17:58Sean forcibly unclenched my fingers and played with the pearl in his hand.
18:03He was holding our daughter in his hand,
18:05and he had no idea.
18:08No,
18:09I lunged to reclaim it.
18:10But the high voltage current running through the tank left me almost speechless.
18:17It's Sophie's essence.
18:18If you return it to the sea,
18:20she can come back to life.
18:22Sean's expression turned menacing as he glared at me with lethal determination.
18:27You didn't just take my sister's life.
18:29Now you have the audacity to curse your own child?
18:32He shoved the pearl into the doctor's hands.
18:35Grind it into powder,
18:37right now.
18:37No,
18:38my scream reverberated through the room.
18:40Despite my desperate attempts,
18:42I could only watch in despair as they destroyed Sophie's pearl,
18:45reducing it to powder and mixing it into a cup.
18:48I stood frozen,
18:49almost hearing Sophie's plea for help.
18:51Mommy,
18:52save me!
18:53He had just killed my daughter for the second time,
18:56and he didn't even care.
18:58Pain erupted in my chest,
18:59and streams of bloodied tears began to flow from my eyes.
19:03As they fell,
19:05the drops transformed into crimson pearls in midair,
19:08clattering onto the floor.
19:09Kelly shrieked with excitement.
19:11They're blood pearls!
19:13Grab them quickly!
19:14Sean quickly knelt to gather the scattered pearls,
19:17oblivious to the calm despair in my eyes.
19:20When a mermaid shed tears of blood,
19:22disaster was imminent.
19:24Anyone who had consumed mermaid blood would face repercussions.
19:28Sean noticed my bleeding eyes and was about to say something when Kelly clutched his arm.
19:34She cried,
19:35holding her stomach tightly,
19:36sweat streaming down her face from the pain.
19:39At the sight,
19:40Sean immediately picked her up and commanded his men to lock me in the tank.
19:44Bitch,
19:44did you do something?
19:45If anything happens to Kelly,
19:47I'll make sure Sophie loses her scales!
19:50He threatened.
19:51I remained silent as he locked me in the basement.
19:54He still thought he could hurt Sophie.
19:56He still didn't know she was already gone.
20:00Suddenly,
20:01the glass in the basement shattered,
20:03letting in the salty sea breeze and an ethereal song.
20:06A smile spread across my face.
20:09My brother had come to take me home.
20:11When Sean hurriedly carried Kelly into the hospital,
20:14her dress was already drenched in blood.
20:17As he stared at the blood on his hands,
20:19an image of tear-filled eyes flashed in his mind,
20:23causing an uneasy feeling to grip his chest.
20:26Just then,
20:27the operating room door swung open,
20:29and the doctor cast a curious glance at Sean.
20:34Mr. Silva,
20:35there seems to be a mistake.
20:36The young woman inside isn't pregnant at all.
20:40Sean stood frozen,
20:41disbelief etched on his face.
20:43How can that be?
20:45Kelly had a positive pregnancy test.
20:47If she's not pregnant,
20:48why is she bleeding so much?
20:49The doctor looked increasingly puzzled.
20:52The bleeding is a result of accidentally ingesting toxins from a marine creature.
20:57We need to conduct further tests to determine the exact toxin.
21:00But she is definitely not pregnant.
21:03However,
21:04Sean's initial thought wasn't about Kelly's health.
21:08Instead,
21:09he recalled how recently,
21:11under the guise of her pregnancy,
21:13Kelly had repeatedly cut his flesh and drained his blood.
21:16Each time,
21:17he had agreed without hesitation.
21:18She had been lying to him for months,
21:20and he had believed every word.
21:22A wave of alarm washed over Sean.
21:24He frowned and turned to leave,
21:26but the doctor stepped in his way.
21:28Mr. Silva,
21:29you need to be examined as well.
21:30Your genetic condition requires regular monitoring.
21:33What genetic condition?
21:34Sean froze,
21:36his face full of confusion.
21:37I'm perfectly healthy.
21:39I've never been sick.
21:40Arno Waits.
21:41He was cut off by a sudden,
21:43intense pain in his chest,
21:45as if something was writhing through his veins
21:47and tearing at his insides.
21:49Sean staggered,
21:50clutching the wall for support
21:52as cold sweat formed on his forehead.
21:54Mr. Silva,
21:55please get tested.
21:56Your symptoms match your father's exactly.
21:59Those words made Sean's pupils constrict dramatically.
22:03He had always been told his father died of a heart attack,
22:06but now he wasn't so sure.
22:09My father died from a heart attack, didn't he?
22:11As Sean noticed the doctor's evasive eyes,
22:14a sense of dread gripped him.
22:16He shoved past the doctor and rushed out of the hospital.
22:20The Silva's manner was eerily quiet.
22:22Bursting into the basement,
22:23Sean found the aquarium empty,
22:26its glass shattered,
22:27and no sign of me.
22:28Where is she?
22:29Where is Melanie?
22:31He bellowed,
22:32seizing the bodyguard by the collar.
22:35Madam,
22:36Silva released Melanie.
22:38The guard stuttered.
22:40She said,
22:41the mermaid has already paid her debt
22:43and begged you to spare her life.
22:45Upon hearing this,
22:47Sean let out a bitter laugh.
22:49She took my daughter
22:50and cursed me with this strange genetic disease.
22:54How could I ever let her go?
22:57Find her!
22:58I want Melanie back here immediately!
23:02At that moment,
23:03Maria suddenly appeared.
23:05Sean,
23:06stop searching.
23:07She seemed much older,
23:09her face pale
23:09and holding a document tightly.
23:12Sean hurried to her side.
23:14Mom,
23:15Melanie poisoned Kelly
23:16and she's taken Sophie!
23:18Maria looked at him in shock,
23:20then broke down in tears.
23:22Are you even Sophie's father?
23:24Sophie is already gone!
23:26You're the one responsible!
23:27How long will you keep lying to yourself?
23:29Sean was momentarily stunned,
23:31but soon regained his composure,
23:33smirking slightly.
23:34Mom,
23:35Melanie has tricked you too,
23:37hasn't she?
23:38Sophie's part mermaid.
23:39She has incredible regenerative powers
23:42and can't die.
23:44I only took a few of her scales.
23:46It wasn't serious.
23:47Regardless,
23:48Sophie is my daughter.
23:50Despite my feelings towards Melanie,
23:53I wouldn't want Sophie dead.
23:55Mom,
23:56tell me where Melanie went.
23:57I need to find her.
23:58Maria,
23:59overwhelmed with emotion,
24:01started to cry when he continued
24:03to deny the reality.
24:05Murphic possess regenerative abilities,
24:08but a half-mary-aged child
24:10can only develop gills
24:12if they touch the ocean.
24:13Sophie couldn't breathe underwater.
24:15She was drowned alive!
24:17She handed him the surveillance footage
24:19as Sean watched Sophie transform
24:22into foam on the screen.
24:24Eventually turning into a pearl,
24:26he staggered back in disbelief.
24:28How can this be?
24:30This pearl is...
24:31Maria sighed,
24:33explaining,
24:34when a mermaid dies,
24:35it becomes a pearl.
24:37I've already released Melanie.
24:39If she returns Sophie's pearl to the sea,
24:42there's a chance Sophie might be revived.
24:44For a moment,
24:45Sean was completely stunned,
24:47his hands beginning to shake uncontrollably.
24:51Sensing something was amiss,
24:53Maria asked with curiosity,
24:55What happened?
24:55Sean, in a daze,
24:57finally spoke.
24:58Kelly said her stomach hurt
25:00and needed a mermaid's pearl as a remedy,
25:03so I took this pearl.
25:05Maria was shocked,
25:07collapsing to the floor
25:08as if struck by lightning.
25:10She cried,
25:12It's over!
25:13Everything is over!
25:14Your father and I finally found a cure
25:16for your genetic disease,
25:18and now you've ruined it!
25:20The Silva family will be doomed!
25:24It was the second time Sean had heard the term genetic disease.
25:28After persistent questioning,
25:30Maria eventually wiped her tears and revealed the truth.
25:33The entire Silva bloodline has this disease.
25:35Your father died from it,
25:37and so would you have.
25:38Melanie saved you with her blood out of gratitude,
25:41and she agreed to have Sophie completely change the Silva genes.
25:45At this point, Maria choked up.
25:47But you've destroyed it all!
25:50In an instant,
25:51Sean's world turned upside down.
25:54He stumbled,
25:55overwhelmed by the memory of my bloodshot eyes
25:58during our last moments together.
26:00My desperate cries,
26:01and those final words.
26:04When mermaids shed blood,
26:05disaster follows.
26:07Everything I had said was true.
26:09It was me,
26:10the one he hated most,
26:11who had saved his life.
26:13No!
26:13Even if this is all true,
26:15the fact remains she killed Haley!
26:17The merfolk owe the Silva family for that!
26:20Sean shook his head vigorously,
26:23repeating the words like a mantra,
26:25as if holding onto them could ease the guilt
26:27eating away at his heart.
26:29Maria remained slumped on the floor,
26:31too exhausted to argue any further.
26:33She said,
26:34The merfolk have always been kind,
26:37and would never harm humans.
26:39I don't believe they killed Haley.
26:40She added,
26:42Sean,
26:43consider how you've treated Melanie
26:46over the past three years.
26:48Despite everything,
26:49She's never hurt you!
26:51In fact,
26:52she even saved your life!
26:54Confronted with his mother's accusations,
26:57Sean had nothing to say in response.
26:59He recalled the early days of our marriage
27:01when he was captivated by my innocence,
27:04liveliness,
27:05and tenderness.
27:06But he had known for a long time
27:08that I was a mermaid.
27:09From the start,
27:11his decision to marry me
27:12was purely an act of revenge.
27:15Yet,
27:16in the end,
27:16even Sean was unsure
27:18what his revenge was meant to achieve.
27:20He had destroyed the one person
27:22who truly loved him.
27:24And for what?
27:25He despised the merfolk
27:27for killing his sister,
27:29but couldn't bring himself to let me go,
27:31leading to a relentless cycle
27:33of tormenting me.
27:34Everything I did was for Haley's sake!
27:37I'm her brother!
27:38I had no choice!
27:41Sean shouted,
27:42spinning around
27:43and dashing out of the house.
27:45His mind was a whirlwind of confusion,
27:47and he desperately needed to talk to someone.
27:49He stumbled as he hurried back
27:51to Kelly's hospital room.
27:53She was the only one left
27:55who supported him,
27:56but just as he reached the door,
27:59he heard Kelly's playful laughter
28:01mixed with a familiar male voice
28:03from inside.
28:04What a shame.
28:05I wanted to use this fake pregnancy
28:07to push Sean into divorcing Melanie,
28:10but now,
28:12the truth's out.
28:13You don't think Sean will get suspicious,
28:15do you?
28:16Peeking through the crack in the door,
28:18Sean was horrified to see his beloved Kelly
28:20looking disheveled,
28:22nestled in the arms of another man.
28:24The man was their driver.
28:26Don't worry.
28:27That fool,
28:28Sean still hasn't figured out
28:29the fake pregnancy.
28:30Just like he believes his sister
28:31was killed by mermaids.
28:34Sean's hand froze on the doorframe,
28:36his entire body stiffening
28:38as a chilling sensation
28:39swept through his veins.
28:41He overheard Kelly's voice
28:43laced with malice.
28:45That little brat saw me with you
28:46at the beach
28:46and tried to tell on us.
28:48Naturally,
28:49I couldn't let her live.
28:51After I shoved her into the sea,
28:53that ridiculous mermaid
28:54showed up to rescue her.
28:55Luckily,
28:56I managed to hide in the shadows
28:58and drowned the girl myself later.
29:00She laughed,
29:01adding,
29:02The most amusing part?
29:04When the guards arrived,
29:05they saw the mermaid holding Haley
29:08and assumed she was harming her.
29:11These words flooded Sean's mind,
29:13threatening to break him.
29:14This was the truth.
29:16It was never me
29:17who had killed his sister.
29:18It was Kelly,
29:20the woman he had adored
29:21for all these years.
29:22He had even abused and harmed me
29:24his true savior for her.
29:26And in doing so,
29:28he had destroyed
29:29the only child
29:30we had together.
29:31Rage consumed him.
29:33He kicked the door open
29:34with a loud crash.
29:36Sean?
29:38What are you doing here?
29:40Kelly's face
29:40turned pale instantly.
29:43Sean's eyes were bloodshot
29:44as he advanced toward her.
29:46So you killed Haley?
29:48You set up Melanie?
29:51You've been deceiving me all along!
29:53No, no, let me explain!
29:55Kelly shook her head frantically,
29:57her whole body trembling.
29:58But Sean was beyond reasoning.
30:01Every time he thought of his once gentle
30:03and loving wife
30:04and their lively, adorable child both gone.
30:08Because he had been blinded by anger,
30:10something inside him broke.
30:12He dragged Kelly out of bed
30:14without a word,
30:15stepping on her hand.
30:17He pulled out the tweezers
30:18he once used to remove scales
30:20and began pulling out her fingernails.
30:23One by one.
30:24You said mermaid scales
30:26have a sedative effect,
30:28didn't you?
30:30How much pain
30:31did Melanie and Sophie feel
30:34when you tore out their scales?
30:36He was going to make her feel
30:37every ounce of pain she had caused,
30:39and he wouldn't stop
30:40until she did.
30:41As her ten fingernails
30:43were extracted before her eyes,
30:45Kelly screamed in agony
30:47until she finally lost consciousness
30:49from the pain.
30:50Upon witnessing the horrific scene,
30:52the chauffeur attempted to sneak away,
30:54but Sean caught him by the neck
30:56and hauled him back.
30:57You both plotted to murder Haley.
30:59Now you'll join her in death!
31:02Sean slammed the door shut
31:03and pummeled the driver
31:05until he was barely conscious.
31:06He unleashed his fury
31:08with relentless punches,
31:10as though it was the only way
31:12to bury the guilt
31:13of his past transgressions.
31:15Once he was drenched in blood,
31:17he sat on the hospital bed,
31:19staring vacantly in shock.
31:21It was then he noticed scales
31:23emerging from Kelly's neck,
31:25seeping blood without pause.
31:27Sean let out a harsh laugh,
31:30tears streaming down his cheeks.
31:32Melanie was right.
31:33Those who harm mermaids
31:34will face vengeance.
31:36He added,
31:37And this is mine.
31:38He had become the very thing
31:39he hated a monster,
31:41and now he had to live with that.
31:44After my brother rescued me
31:46and brought me back
31:47to the depths of the ocean,
31:48I slept for many days.
31:50The clan said that when I returned,
31:53my body was covered in wounds
31:54and even the last scale on my chest
31:57was barely hanging on.
31:59My brother saved me
32:00by giving me his heart-protecting scale,
32:03but it cost him
32:04a hundred years of sleep.
32:05Melanie,
32:07you must survive.
32:08Those were his last words to me
32:10before he drifted into slumber.
32:12For his sake,
32:13I continued to live.
32:15I gently placed the single scale
32:17left by Sophie
32:18among the choral clusters.
32:20As per Murphic tradition,
32:22I would remain there
32:24for three days and nights,
32:25singing a final requiem
32:27for my daughter.
32:28Sophie, I'm so sorry.
32:30For countless days and nights,
32:32I had been tormented
32:33by the decision
32:34to sacrifice my daughter's life
32:36to repay a debt of gratitude.
32:38I had thought I was doing the right thing,
32:40but I had never been more wrong.
32:43Ever since I returned,
32:45I felt like a completely different person.
32:47The vibrant and cheerful individual
32:50I once was had turned
32:51into a mere shadow of my former self.
32:54To lift my spirits,
32:55members of my brother's clan
32:57took me to the shallows
32:58every morning to unwind.
33:00But I no longer chased
33:01the schools of fish
33:03as I once did.
33:04Instead,
33:05I simply gazed silently
33:07at the sea
33:07lost in my thoughts.
33:09Melanie,
33:09see how bright the sun is today.
33:11Want to explore the reefs?
33:13A clan member attempted
33:14to cheer me up.
33:15I gently shook my head.
33:17No.
33:17My tail sending up
33:19a trail of tiny bubbles.
33:21Suddenly,
33:21a familiar yet distant shout
33:23faintly reached my ears.
33:25Melanie!
33:27The raspy cry
33:28pierced through the seawater
33:29and struck my eardrums.
33:31For a moment,
33:32I felt disoriented.
33:34Whose voice was that?
33:35I instinctively moved
33:37toward the sound,
33:38and as I approached,
33:39the voice became clearer,
33:40causing my body
33:42to tremble uncontrollably.
33:45Melanie!
33:46Please come out and see me!
33:48I know you're in the sea!
33:49I quickly looked up
33:51Sean's voice.
33:52I surfaced quietly
33:53from behind the reef.
33:55On the distant shore,
33:56a disheveled man
33:57staggered along,
33:59his shirt wrinkled
34:00and hair unkempt,
34:01lacking any sign
34:02of his former handsome
34:03and dignified appearance.
34:05A fisherman nearby
34:06murmured to his friend,
34:08That man shows up
34:09every day
34:09yelling from sunrise
34:10to sunset
34:11like he's lost his mind.
34:12I heard his wife
34:13jumped into the sea
34:15with their child.
34:16What a tragedy
34:17to drive his own wife
34:19to this.
34:19He must be facing
34:20his cum opening.
34:21Sean knelt on the shore,
34:23submerging his head
34:24in the seawater.
34:25I know you can hear me!
34:28Melanie!
34:29Get please!
34:30Give me a chance
34:32to make things right!
34:33I realize I was wrong!
34:35His voice cracked,
34:36breaking apart
34:37in the midst
34:37of the crashing waves.
34:39I observed him quietly,
34:41my heart now still
34:42and unfeeling.
34:44Sean suddenly lifted
34:45his head,
34:46his bloodshot eyes
34:48locked on the reef
34:49where I was hidden.
34:50I saw your silver hair!
34:52He sprinted barefoot
34:53toward the reef
34:54unfazed by the cuts
34:56and blood on his feet.
34:58I quickly plunged
34:59into the water,
35:00swimming toward the deep sea
35:02without looking back.
35:03His anguished cries
35:04echoed in the distance,
35:05but I never turned around.
35:07In the following months,
35:09Sean would call out
35:10my name by the sea daily.
35:12Sometimes,
35:12he would even leap
35:14into the water
35:14pretending to be
35:15a drowning man.
35:17My clan,
35:18ever compassionate,
35:19would rush to his aid,
35:20but he only begged them.
35:21Where is Melanie?
35:22I'll pay any price!
35:24My clan refused
35:25to let him see me,
35:26but as time went on,
35:28they couldn't ignore
35:29his worsening condition.
35:31Melanie,
35:32the human who's been
35:33searching for you,
35:34he's running out of time.
35:35The mermaid blood in his veins
35:37is turning against him.
35:38He has three days left.
35:39After a long pause,
35:41I shook my head.
35:42This has nothing to do with me.
35:44Just as I finished speaking,
35:46the coral in my hand
35:47began to glow
35:48with a blue light.
35:50Sophie Alive swam
35:51slowly toward me,
35:53brought back to life.
35:54Mommy.
35:55She called out,
35:56her voice sending tremors
35:58through my body.
35:59I quickly drew her
36:00into my arms,
36:02barely able to believe it.
36:03It turned out the scale
36:05Sophie had left me
36:06was her heart-protecting scale.
36:08With my care,
36:09she had been reborn.
36:10Now her small body
36:11rested against me
36:13as she murmured,
36:14Daddy,
36:15it hurts.
36:17The mermaid blood
36:18in Sean's veins
36:19was the last link
36:20between him and Sophie.
36:22After much deliberation,
36:23I swam toward the shallows
36:25with Sophie
36:26on the final day
36:27of his life.
36:28Sean lay still
36:29on the reef,
36:30bruise-like scales
36:31appearing on his skin.
36:32Melanie,
36:34you've come.
36:35He said,
36:36coughing up black blood.
36:37A faint smile
36:38appeared on his face.
36:40I knew you'd see me
36:42one last time.
36:43Under the moonlight,
36:44I emerged,
36:45my expression composed.
36:47I can't save you.
36:49Once the backlash begins,
36:51there's no remedy.
36:53Tears stained with blood
36:54fell from his eyes.
36:56I understand now.
36:57Hayley was killed by Kelly.
36:59Kelly,
37:00you rescued her,
37:01but Kelly took her life.
37:03I have no right
37:04to ask for your forgiveness.
37:05I just wanted to see you
37:07one last time.
37:08Hearing his confession,
37:09my heart remained unmoved.
37:11Are you finished?
37:12I should be leaving.
37:13He searched my eyes
37:15for any remnant of love,
37:16but found nothing.
37:17He fell to the ground,
37:19blood spewing from his mouth.
37:21Then he noticed Sophie.
37:23Sophie,
37:24our daughter.
37:26You don't deserve
37:27to be her father.
37:28I lashed the water
37:30with my tail,
37:31sending waves crashing
37:32onto his festering skin.
37:34I'm sorry.
37:35Let me die.
37:36This is my punishment.
37:38Sean grabbed a sharp seashell
37:39and offered it to me.
37:41Kill me.
37:44I want you to be the one
37:45to end my life.
37:46I glanced at the seashell,
37:49recalling the time
37:50he had given me scissors,
37:51compelling me to harm myself.
37:53Death would be a relief for you.
37:56You're not worthy
37:57of that privilege.
37:58I turned away
37:59and plunged into the water,
38:01clutching Sophie tightly.
38:02Her small hand reached up
38:04to wipe away my tears.
38:06Mommy, don't cry.
38:08I smiled and shook my head.
38:11That day,
38:12the blood-streaked tears
38:13of a mermaid
38:14had already dried up completely.
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