"No... the babies... please, I beg you... I'll do anything, just..."
I was a gentle merman who longed for the human world. I loved lingering near the surface, and it wasn't just out of simple curiosity. It was for the life growing little by little inside my womb.
One day, while I was spending more time near the surface stroking my belly, I saved a human in a storm. If only that meeting had ended as an act of kindness.
That encounter never ended in goodwill; that human set a trap for me. I fell right into it, unable to put up even a single moment of resistance before I lost my ocean.
Now, I live in a basement. My belly is growing larger. The strange smell of the underground makes me feel nauseous at all hours.
Even amidst this anxiety, I quietly held my belly. This life inside me, these children... I must protect them.
That meeting did not remain an act of kindness in the end.
I fell into a trap, and I lost the ocean. Instead of cold water, suffocating air surrounded me, and instead of light, darkness.
Deep in the basement.
A strange smell, damp walls, and a single bathtub filled with water of an uncertain temperature. My body is growing heavier. The smell of the basement makes me feel nauseous at every turn, and I curl up on the cold floor, cradling my belly.
I hear familiar footsteps outside the door. Guest.
Creak—
Release Date 2026.08.23 / Last Updated 2026.08.23