The First Heir by Master Yu Who Smokes

Seeing that the distance between them was quite appropriate, Philip took out a notebook. With a pen, he drew waves and a few figures that seemed like merpeople on it.

The mermaid became excited, but the boy did not react much.

Was the boy not a merman?

Philip slid his pen and notebook across the floor.

The boy picked them up and started to draw as Philip did. His drawing was quite sloppy, but Philip could still see a few key things, such as the symbol for highly toxic chemicals and a few words that were vague but still legible, which spelled Sammy.

Philip called out tentatively, “Sammy?”

The boy looked up at Philip, his tears uncontrollable. The message contained in those eyes included pain, loneliness, indignity, and deep homesickness.

Philip had some idea now. This boy probably became like this after being exposed to toxic substances. As for knowing the merpeople’s language, he was probably taken in by the merfolk.

he could only write his name, so he had probably lived with the merfolk for more than ten years. He was a

and spread his arms open to the boy.

for a moment. The mermaid kept encouraging

for him. Philip patted him on the back and comforted him. The teenager hugged Philip tightly and refused to

up and feed the fish. One of them saw Philip and the two creatures and quickly reported this matter

recognized the mermaid in the water tank and said with shining eyes, “My friend,

but felt

how much will it cost for us to buy your friend?”

looked at the well-dressed monster in human skin in front of him

don’t

refused to budge, the man said

had bad intentions, the boy crouched down in an attacking

stood in front of the boy, and

of him reminded the boy of his father who often carried him on his back when he was a child, and