The Hero

Chapter 3

[2AM in the morning]

Luca carefully got out of Jay's house because he wanted to meet the mermaid. He bought a dress for her and he didn't know if the mermaid will like it. He only got a little bit of gold from the fishes because he sold it at its lowest price.

Sigh*

"I didn't know that women's dress were that expensive. It almost cost me a lot of gold coins."

He used Jay's big main boat and sail across the ocean just for him to find where the mermaid is.

"Heyy! Mermaid!! Where are you??"

"I bought you the dress like what I promise!!"

He keeps on calling the mermaid but she never showed up.

"What the hell... I even woke up early just to give this to her. What a pain in the ass!"

He was in the deepest sea level of the ocean and he then tried to catch fish using a fishing net but as soon as the moonlight shines, He saw that there is a green, black, red liquids that keeps on floating in the sea. He immediately left the dress in the boat and dive to see what is beneath the ocean by just using a swimming goggle.

As he swims for about 20km away from his boat, He didn't expect to discover the kingdom of mermaids and a castle that is in a war with a giant sea monster.

[Kingdom of Mermaids]

"Impossible!! This monster!! How can he move even when I stop the time!!!??"

"Your Highness, you have to evacuate! We can't lose our King of the Ocean just because of this monster! It will put a great shame on us!"

"NOOO!!! I am your King!! And I will standby with my soldiers until the end!!"

The adjutant quickly run to report to the King of the Ocean Seido

"Your Highness!! The monster is now in the center of our kingdom! 100 citizens are reportedly dead and 50 citizens are injured. 80% are now evacuated."

"What about my daughter!!? Where is she??"

"A..about that your highness... A..uhm.."

The king was so furious because he thinks that her only daughter might actually fight the monster just to save the citizen like how she usually does.

"She is nowhere to be found, your highness..."

"N...No Way... Don't tell me she---"

The Queen was shocked when she heard the king said and was about to cry but suddenly the monster suddenly attacks that it made their hearing deaf for a while.

"Arrgg!!!!!!"

"My ears!!"

"I can't hear anything!!"

"Soldiers!!!! Stop!!!!!! Argggg Retreat!!!!"

The soldiers were in chaos because they can't hear what the king's orders are, so in just reading the king's emotion, they just guess that the king wanted them to fight the monster until the end where in fact, the king wanted them to retreat.

In result of it, a lot of soldiers died, and some are severely injured. The king was in shock because what the soldiers did was the opposite of what he wanted them to do. He then realizes that his generational power of stopping time was a useless power.

He felt anxiety and kept on thinking that he is a useless king. All of the weapons his kingdom possess, can't even cut that monster. And when the monster suddenly throws a spike, the king was in the verge of collapse and is accepting his death with that spike but someone suddenly stopped that spike which is about to hit his head. As he looked who was it, He saw a guy who wears a swimming goggle and think

**What the hell a human doing here wearing swimming goggle? At this time of the day just for a swim? Is he insane?? IMPOSIBLE!!***

The guy throws the spike back to the monster which hits the eye of the monster. It makes the monster unable to see and was stunned by the pain. As soon as it was still in pain, the guy got a very sharp ancient knife and immediately killed the monster in just 1 hit. Then the monster's belly was full of fish and the guy suddenly caught all of those fishes using a fishing net.

The king and the soldiers were in shock of what they saw. It seems like the God of Ocean sent them a hero. The guy suddenly approaches the king and applied a healing power to his ears and gave him the ancient knife who can cut that kind of monster.

"T..Thank you so much our hero"

The guy just salutes and left with the fishes he got. And all the soldiers rejoice.

"YEAAAAHHH!!! WE WOOOONNN!!!!"

"HERO!!! HERO!!! HERO!!"

"Thanks God of Ocean!! Thank you, Hero, !!"

Luca was smiling while swimming because he caught a lot of fish by just paying a piece of a royal kitchen knife to the king of that ocean kingdom.

"I guess this is enough for a month of fish supply in my country hehehe What a lucky day!"

He suddenly remembered the dress in his boat and his meeting with the mermaid.

"Tsk! That mermaid! How dare she kept me waiting, I might as well hunt my own fish if she keeps doing this kind of waiting game!!"

Meanwhile....

"Is this his boat?"

The mermaid jumped to verify if the boat was owned by Luca but as she jumps, she saw the limited-edition dress that is featured in the magazine she gave to the human. Her world was in slow motion and her heart jumps out of joy.

"OMG!!!! I can't believe it!!!!!"

Her eyes were shining like stars. Feels like love at first sight.

"Is this a dreammm???!!!! OMG, I don't want to wake up!!"

He grabs the dress and hugged it tightly and started to kiss it

"I love you! I love you! I love you! "

The mermaid suddenly stopped kissing the dress when he saw luca popped out of the sea and saw her kissing the dress.

**What theeeee!!!! how embarrassing!!!!!***

She was suddenly annoyed when she saw luca hunted a lot of fishes behind his back. And as luca climbs to the boat she suddenly felt as if luca was angry.

"T..Thank you human."

Luca just passed by her and put the fishes he hunted in the barrel. Then luca got the small bag which contains the remaining gold of the fishes he sold yesterday and throws it to the mermaid.

"Here! It's the remaining gold of the fishes you hunted."

The mermaid catches the small bag with a shocking expression.

"If you're done you can go. I have to go home and sleep."

The mermaid's face sulked as if its annoyed of the cold treatment. She was looking for that charming and a prince like aura of this human.

"Hey Wait! What's your problem? "

"Nothing."

The mermaid then stopped the time so that luca can't sail the boat. And the both of them started to quarrel like a married couple.

"What the hell!? Are you insane? Why did you stop the time again??"

"You are the one who is insane Mister!!! --- You've become so cold to me for just NOTHING??!!"

"Arggg!!! Then if you won't stop your magic then I'll just kill you!!"

Luca walked towards the mermaid and the mermaid was still not giving up.

"Go on!! You! insane pervert!!! You wanted to rape and then kill me!!? Huh !!!"

"RAPE?!! I didn't even say that word!! Stop making nonsense!!"

"You don't have to deny it!! I know that I'm beautiful if I wear this dress!! That's why you wanted to rape and kill me!! Huhu I'm so pitiful."

The mermaid hugged the dress tightly and acting like crying.

"Oh!! And maybe that is also why you wanted to go home early because you are attracted to my beauty!!!!!"

Luca was in disgust.

"Have you drunk a ton of sea water before you came to my boat?"

"No, I didn't!!!"

"You know what!! just stop pestering me!!"

The mermaid was taken aback of what luca said and was about to cry.

"Well then!!! Maybe you are the one who drunk a lot of sea water because you're acting unusual!!"

Luca suddenly came back to his senses. Its been so long since someone isn't afraid of scolding him aside from Hunter. And when he looked at the mermaid, he saw how mad the mermaid is. His heart is about to melt when he saw the mermaid's eyes who is about to cry for real.

"W... wh... Why don't you just be honest with me and tell me why are you so cold and angry to me!"

He then looked at the sky and can't believe why is he acting childish towards this mermaid. He suddenly caresses the back of his neck why saying shyly

"Y..You..."

The mermaid saw luca's action and seriously listened.

"Y..You kept me ----- waiting."

The mermaid was taken aback from what she heard and blushed. Then luca covered his eyes due to embarrassment. The atmosphere became so awkward that none of them was able to speak right after. And then the mermaid turns around so that she could hide her embarrassment.

"I... I hunted for fish again okay? --B... But this time its twice as many of what I gave you the other day."

Luca then looked at the mermaid and scanned his body if its true. And by just looking at the muscles of the mermaid, it is indeed true that she hunted for fishes, enough for her body to almost collapse due to tiredness.

"S... So, I'm sorry for keeping you waiting for too long... I honestly didn't even know that we have to meet at this kind of time... ----A...And you know, When I heard you calling for me I was in a hurry to find fishes for you."

"For me?"

"Y... Yeahh!! For you!! For you to buy me another new dress of course! "

Luca then laughed so hard for how stupid they both were fighting for just a nonsense reason. Then the mermaid looked at him with her sulking face.

"Why are you laughing at me now???!"

"No, I didn't mean to laugh at you... hahaaha"

"You didn't mean it but your laugh is too hard!!!"

"hahaha sorry... I just didn't expect that you love dress so much, enough for you to kiss it non-stop hahaha"

The mermaid was embarrassed and suddenly throws a piece of fish and hit luca in the face.

"Argg! I hate you!! You're so mean!!"

"Hahaha I'm sorry okay? Next time let's meet in this time of the day as usual."

"Well then just shout and call me, I can just hear your barbaric voice anyway."

Luca can't stop laughing about thinking of how on earth does this mermaid will wear the dress, Well, he didn't dare to ask her just out of respect for her hobby. In just a few minutes, the mood was now lightened up and both of them were already calm. Then the mermaid removed her time stopping magic.

"I have to go now, I'm not done hunting fishes yet, And I guess those fishes you hunted is enough for the boat to carry. So, I'll go ahead! Let's meet the other day."

The mermaid was about to jump towards the sea but luca suddenly run towards the mermaid and stopped her by holding her arms and said

"Wait!!"

"What now??"

"I'm Luca, a Merchant and you are?"

In the middle of the ocean with the light of the moon shining upon both of them. They smiled as if saying that they are friends now.

"M... Muriel... I'm Muriel but you could call me Mui"

The mermaid extends her hands as if wanted to shake hands with luca but luca gently received her hands and kissed it.

"Nice to meet you Mui."

The mermaid blushed really hard as she saw that charming smile again. Afterwards she slaps luca because in the ocean world, when a man kisses a hand of a woman, it means wanting to have sex with her in the near future.

"YOU PERVERTTTT!!!!"