"However, even though the merfolk do not actively approach humans and hide themselves in the sea, some humans have still discovered them."
"When humans went out to sea to fish, a girl named Jingya discovered the existence of mermaids at sea."
The mermaids noticed the fishing boats at sea and hid, curiously observing the humans on board.
However, Dias was not able to hide in time and was discovered by Jingya.
When Jingya saw it, Dias was frantically hiding, and Jingya was immediately drawn to Dias's flustered yet affectionate expression.
"Later, Jingya begged her father to take her with him when he went out to sea to fish."
Jingya did that in order to see the mermaid she had met at sea.
However, when she went back, she didn't see Dias from before, which made her very sad.
So every time her father went out to sea to fish, Jingya would follow him, using all sorts of tricks, like being coquettish and throwing a tantrum, just to see Diyas one more time.
It's a pity that Dias is a prince of the mermaid race and will inherit the throne in the future, so why would he often appear on the sea?
That appearance was merely Dias taking a break after finally getting some rest, and coming up for some fresh air.
"But I never expected that a girl would remember me."
Jingya had been causing trouble for a whole year, which made her family very dissatisfied, and they pressed her to tell them why she kept going out to sea with them.
But Jingya refused to reveal the reason, because she knew that if she told the truth, her father would beat her to death.
Despite her father's doting affection for Jingya, he shows no mercy when it comes to serious matters.
"To have tolerated Jingya's outrageous behavior for a year was already the limit of her father's tolerance."
"Jingya was forced back onto the right track by her father, but she never forgot about Diyas."
So, Jingya did something unimaginable.
She fled, taking with her savings and stealing a small boat from her home.
He left a few words for his family, saying he was going to find true love.
Her family was frantic with worry, but they couldn't find any trace of Jingya.
After all, who would have thought that Jingya was heading out to sea?
At this point, the NPC stopped, picked up the water glass beside him, and took a sip.
After putting down the water glass, I continued what I was doing in the water and started feeding the cat.
"Jingya ran to a small island, the closest island to where she last saw Dias."
Besides making a living, Jingya spends her days sailing her small boat in search of Diyas.
Because of Jingya's daily appearances, the mermaids who frequently appeared in that sea area became familiar with her.
Perhaps because Jingya was alone, the mermaids approached her and gradually became familiar with her.
Jingya also told the mermaids that she was waiting for someone, or rather, a mermaid.
The mermaids all asked her which mermaid she was and said they were willing to help her find her.
However, Jingya did not know Diyas's name, so she could only describe Diyas's appearance to the mermaids.
But to everyone's surprise, after hearing Jingya's description, the mermaids all fell silent, and their eyes turned hostile towards Jingya.
But Jingya, lost in her own thoughts, didn't notice that she was still recalling the scene from a year ago when she first met Dias.
"Jingya also told the mermaids that she had been looking for Diyas for a year, but she still couldn't find him. She even asked the mermaids if they would migrate, otherwise why couldn't she find him?"
But the mermaid didn't answer Jingya; she only said she would help find it.
The mermaids said that to their faces, but behind their backs they told Dias about it.
Oh, and they even told the king about it.
The king at the time felt that Jingya was offending Diyas and trying to drag Diyas down from his altar, so he strictly forbade mermaids from going to the sea.
After learning about this, Dias secretly went to the sea and met Jingya, who had been searching for him for more than a year.
However, Diaz did not have a good impression of her from the first meeting.
Because Jingya had somehow obtained a portrait of Diyas, and she was staring intently at it.
"Dias originally came to persuade her not to look for him anymore, but who would have thought that he would see such a scene."
Therefore, Dias left without meeting Jingya.
Jingya was unaware of what had happened.
After several days without seeing any mermaids on the sea, she finally realized what was going on.
She was cheated.
The mermaids deceived her; they didn't help her find Dias, but rather they already knew who she was talking about.
Jingya was very sad. She couldn't understand why the mermaid would lie to her. She just liked Dias and just wanted to see Dias one more time.
Why treat her like this?
"What happened next? What happened next?" Shen Zhiyi felt that the story told by the NPC was not quite ordinary.
I always felt that this story was alluding to something.
The NPC was amused by Shen Zhiyi's anxious look and patted the fox moon that had come begging for food with a rice bowl in its mouth.
"Jingya remained depressed on that small island for a long time, and no more mermaids appeared in the waters near her."
No, that's not right. We can't say for sure that it didn't happen.
Mermaids did appear, but Jingya was unaware of it. After all, the mermaids appeared to monitor Jingya, to check if she was still on the island.
Moreover, they wanted to take away the portrait of Diaz.
Images of mermaids must not remain in human hands. If one day humans use these images to search for mermaids in the ocean, it will be a catastrophe for the mermaids.
The merfolk firmly believed this, and therefore, they kept a close watch on Jingya.
"Until one day, Jingya's family found the island and Jingya was forcibly taken away."
Because Jingya's life on the island wasn't very good, her family took her away without much effort.
Jingya's belongings, including the portrait, were all left on that small island.
After everyone left the island, the mermaid landed on the island, took the portrait, and burned all traces of Jingya left on the island.
When Jingya escaped from her home again and returned to the island, she was greeted by ruins.
Jingya tried her best to escape from her home and return to the island for the sake of that portrait. She searched for a long time in the ruins, but never found it.
Jingya broke down.
That was the only thing that connected her to Dias.
She could hardly remember Dias's face anymore; without that portrait, she would truly forget him.
Oh right, about half a year has passed since she was taken back by her family and then escaped again.
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