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.

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

open to the boy.

a moment. The mermaid kept encouraging him.

first time in more than ten years that another human being cared so much for him. Philip patted him

opened. Some workers came in to clean up and feed the fish. One of them saw Philip and

tank and said with shining eyes, “My friend, thank you for giving the aquarium a

but felt the

how much will it cost for us to buy your friend?” the man said, not giving

front of him coldly and

today, and you don’t

man said to the people around,

boy crouched down in an attacking pose, intimidating the people approaching him

of the boy, and said loudly, “Let’s see

father who often carried him on his back when he