Lovino swam around in his cave, thinking out loud about a shit storm he was sure was about to happen, his tail thrashing around a bit, the colors ranging from purple-red, to blue as it caught the light. His father had been preparing for weeks his arranged marriage with a royal from a neighboring mer-kingdom, but the family of the royal he would be meeting would probably send him on a quest for some sort of treasure to give to them before handing over their child to be in the same shitty situation. Lovino detested that he had to do it to ensure the future of the kingdom. He started swimming to the main throne room and mentally prepared for what he was sure was the end of the rest of his life one way or another.

Upon entering the room his father, the king, and the neighboring kingdom's king were talking and made a gesture to each other to show they had sealed the deal. All the while, floating in the corner silently was the mermaid he would be married to.

The mermaid seemed to be male but Lovino didn't mind too much, he found he was attracted to a lot of people so he didn't have much of a preference. The person had short chocolate brown hair that seemed to curl slightly and their eyes were like giant peridots, they also seemed to be about Lovino's height with his tail being a deep ruby red, all-in-all they were fairly attractive. Unfortunately for Lovino, they would have no time to get to know each other before their marriage.

Lovino's father seemed to get clued in to him floating in the entranceway and he was waved over to meet the king and the prince, who also swam over, from the neighboring Kingdome. "Lovino, this is King Hispania and his son Prince Antonio." He introduced. He then turned to the two and motioned to Lovino. "And this is my son Prince Lovino." He said.

The man that Lovino now knew as king Hispania swam a bit closer to him. "It is very good to meet you. As you know, before the marriage you need to go on a quest to get my son's hand since it is your kingdom that will be taking over ours." He explained.

Lovino nodded. "I know. I have prepared for it."

The man nodded. "Good, then here's what you need to do. There are rival kingdoms to the north that have been moving further south and invading our fishing grounds. We can't do anything because of a treaty but in a sunken ship there is a valuable jewel that I want before they find it. Bring it back to me and our kingdoms can join together with you and Antonio's marriage."

Lovino sighed. That was a tall order, especially since the kingdoms to the north have been described as savages. "Yes, sir. I will do everything in my power to get it or die trying." He promised.

Lovino started swimming to leave but was stopped by Antonio who handed him a gold necklace with a green jewel at its center. "This is a token to remember me by." He claimed. Lovino nodded to him then left. He went back to his room and sighed for what felt like the millionth time that day. He picked up a shoulder-strap bag that he had packed with essentials, then he grabbed a knife he could use to hunt with after that he started swimming north, away from his home and into the unknown.

After traveling through open ocean for a while, Lovino stopped to catch some fish and some clams. He ate his lunch and settled down to rest for a bit. He closed his eyes and snoozed, only to be woken up by the sound of rock being moved next to him. He woke up and looked around, not seeing anyone immediately.

Lovino grabbed his bag of stuff and swam to shallower water, near an underwater cave. By his mark he was probably an hour swim away from where the treasure would be, he would have to take his time and be careful to sneak close enough to collect it and still make it home with his life.

He had just settled down again when he heard a noise again. He looked over and in a sudden flash he had been tackled. All Lovino could make out was a rainbow tail and dirty blonde hair.

Rope was tied around Lovino's wrists and attached to his tail to the point where he couldn't swim away. He looked around in confusion and was confronted by a merman from one of the Northern tribes.

The merman had a tail like opals that sparkled rainbow colors, he was on the lean side and his dirty blond hair was parted in a way so that his bangs covered one of his striking jade green eyes.

"What the fuck?" Lovino said, trying to pull against the rope he was tied up in.

The unknown merman looked at him with suspicion. "Who are you and what are you doing here?"

Lovino bit his lip. "I am Lovino…and I am an explorer." He quickly said.

The strange merman rose and eyebrow at him and started pulling him to the surface.

"What are you doing?!" Lovino gasped out, trying to swim back down. "You'll kill us if you go up there!"

"Calm down. I'm just bringing you up to make sure you can't get away while I question you." He was told. The merman surfaced and dragged them both onto the beach. Lovino flailed around but started to calm down as he realized he could breathe.

"Good. Well since you introduced yourself, my name is Benjamin. You sit there while I get stuff together." He rolled away a bit and grabbed a towel from a hidden hole on the beach. He started drying himself off and suddenly his tail split into two and formed human legs and feet. Benjamin suddenly looked very human.

Lovino tried to back away but suddenly made a noise of confusion as his tail split and legs formed for him as well.

"WHAT THE FUCK?" Lovino said. He was panicking now, not sure what was happening.

"Calm down would you? You're being a distraction." Benjamin had suddenly stood and was putting on clothes. He walked over to Lovino and tied him to a tree. "Now I'm going to ask you some questions and you're not going to leave here until they are answered."

Authors note:

Benjamin is Luxembourg

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