Transmigrated to the Interstellar Era to Raise Mermaids GL - Chapter 25

Sam collapsed at the bottom of the sea, utterly exhausted, resting and panting.

The moment it discovered He Jia had slipped inside, the large seashell, angered, slammed its lid shut with a bang. Luckily, Sam reacted quickly enough to retract its tentacles, or it would truly have to give its master a barbecue octopus tentacle with a severed hand.

Fortunately, after He Jia went in, it hadn’t heard its master scream in pain again. It wondered what the situation was like inside the shell…

Just then, it saw the large seashell automatically and slowly open its lid, and two people locked in a tight embrace swam out together.

They seemed to be encapsulated in a shimmering, silver-white sphere. Orsa, oblivious to everything else, held the cheeks of the person in her arms, kissing her while gently flicking her tail to carry He Jia upward.

Sam’s limited vocabulary couldn’t describe the shock of witnessing this scene. It watched the two disappear above its head, and then suddenly realized: Huh? Didn’t that turtle, whose name was something Geshir, say that Earthlings would die in the deep sea without a diving suit?

The moment she was separated from the diving suit, He Jia also almost thought she would die, but she still used all her strength to hug Orsa.

In that very instant, she suddenly felt as if her entire body was wrapped in something warm and smooth, which even seemed to penetrate her skin.

As the tremendous pressure on her body gradually disappeared, an extremely soft object covered her lips.

He Jia opened her eyes in disbelief, meeting Orsa’s gaze. Her brain instantly started to feel dizzy, as if truly starved of oxygen.

Was she still dreaming? Dreaming that Orsa was kissing her? Had she not gone into the sea at all?

The feeling of being embraced by Orsa was so real, yet the sensation of being kissed by her was so intoxicating and seductive…

He Jia tentatively used the tip of her tongue to take a proactive lick. She saw those clear-as-ice azure eyes instantly ignite with a hazy mist like a prairie fire, tightening her arms to restrain the body that was already as close as could be, and their lips and tongues tangled together even more passionately.

“…Alright, stop messing around.”

Hearing this exasperated voice in her mind, He Jia’s face flushed crimson with dizziness.

She felt a tingling sensation all over her body, like an electric shock. Uncontrollable desire surged higher and higher with the lingering kiss, causing her body, immersed in the seawater, to continuously heat up.

She suddenly realized that she was truly in the ocean right now, and all those fish and shrimp swimming by could see them tightly embracing and passionately kissing. Immediately, she was so shy that her toes curled, wanting to turn her head and escape.

“Don’t move!”

Orsa tightly held her face, her forehead pressed against He Jia’s: “Hold on a little longer. Without me, you can’t breathe in the sea.”

He Jia only then realized that Orsa’s lips had been tightly covering hers the whole time, and she was communicating directly with her mind.

Why was this possible? Why did Orsa make her take off the diving suit? Why was she completely unharmed, feeling no water pressure, as relaxed as if she were on land?

New questions popped into He Jia’s head one after another.

“This is a unique ability of the merfolk. In the ocean, they can communicate directly with others using telepathy… My old skin, before completely shedding, still retains vitality. As long as it covers your body, it can fuse into your body.”

“Your skin now has the characteristics of a fish, capable of regulating internal and external body pressure on its own. It’s just that you still can’t breathe in the ocean, so I must continuously give you air.”

He Jia was completely dumbfounded, taking a while to process this information.

What does it mean that Orsa’s skin had fused into her body…

Does that mean she has also turned into a mermaid?

He Jia quickly glanced down with her peripheral vision, but it was too dark to see anything clearly.

“Don’t worry, your legs are still there. However, from now on, you only need to wear a water-oxygen converter on your nose in the ocean, and no longer need to be completely covered by an airtight diving suit.”

Wow! That sounds really good!

Does that mean she can now swim as freely as a fish and dive to the seabed to hunt for treasure?

He Jia blinked her eyes, looking at Orsa. Her bright, sparkling gaze was filled with smiles.

Orsa heard her say in her mind: I was right to trust Orsa; she never disappoints!

Orsa’s heart immediately felt like a five-flavor bottle had overturned. She knew how much trust He Jia had in her to be able to take off the diving suit in an emergency, completely unaware of the situation.

She can no longer deceive He Jia…

Speckles of light gradually appeared above their heads. Orsa knew they were about to surface. She, too, was a bit exhausted from continuously giving He Jia air, so she said: “Hold your breath!”

Since she couldn’t explain everything in a short time, she would leave it until later to properly explain things to He Jia!

The moment before surfacing, Orsa released He Jia’s cheeks, supporting her upper body as they rose above the water.

“Phew! Finally out!”

He Jia let out a long sigh of relief, sat on the beach, and wiped her wet hair. She saw that the sky was gradually turning a pale grey, the color of a fish’s belly.

“Wow, it’s almost dawn! Orsa, are you okay? Can you stay and watch the sunrise with me?”

Orsa glanced at her fish tail. The skin color after molting was still somewhat pale, and the base color inside couldn’t be seen in the hazy morning light.

“Good.” Even if it meant taking a slight risk, she didn’t want to refuse He Jia.

Orsa swam to the deeper part of the beach, immersing her entire lower body in the water. She supported her upper body with her arms and beckoned for He Jia to come closer.

He Jia also stretched out her legs, half-lying on the beach, mimicking her posture. She looked up as a faint glow gradually stained the horizon where the sea met the sky.

The seawater in the early morning should have been icy cold, but she felt as if she had merged with the water. Not only did she feel no chill, but the skin immersed in the water also seemed to breathe, no longer wrinkling or swelling.

So, fish skin can not only balance water pressure but also regulate temperature. Then the feverish feeling I had when Orsa held me was purely because the fire in my own heart was burning too fiercely, right…

He Jia secretly turned her head to look at Orsa’s profile.

She was focused on looking ahead. Her fair and delicate skin looked almost translucent in the faint morning light. The light danced in her azure eyes, diminishing some of the sense of distance and coldness. Her delicate, thin lips seemed to be covered in a watery sheen, more vibrant and rosy than ever before…

That’s because they had been kissing for too long just now, causing Orsa’s lips to swell!

He Jia nervously swallowed, her heart pounding.

Although she knew Orsa was giving her air, they had kissed for so long, Orsa’s arms held her so tightly, and during the entanglement of their lips and tongues, she could feel the passion radiating from Orsa’s eyes, as if she wanted to devour her, looking straight into her soul.

Recalling the sensation of kissing her, He Jia felt a raging flame shoot up in her heart. She tightly clenched her fist, feeling that instead of randomly guessing, she should just confess directly!

After all, they had already kissed and hugged like this; it was impossible for them to return to a pure adoptive relationship!

And she was only the owner in name anyway. What was wrong with bravely pursuing the person she liked!

He Jia cleared her throat, gathering her courage to say to her, “Orsa, do you remember what I told you that day when I proposed adopting you?”

Orsa paused, gazing at the faint sunlight struggling to break through the clouds, and slowly nodded.

He Jia held her shoulder, making her turn to face her, and said solemnly, “You must remember that I want to adopt you to help you get rid of your exile status, so no matter what happens, I will not change this idea!”

“Mm.”

“Also… I want to tell you the last sentence that wasn’t translated that day.”

He Jia stared at Orsa. Every subtle expression on her face was infinitely magnified before her: “Orsa, I hope you are happy, and I hope I can see you every day…”

He Jia’s voice gradually choked in her throat.

She wished that when she said the last sentence, Orsa would look up at her, but she kept her eyes downcast, remaining silent.

“I…” He Jia slowly lowered her arms.

The lack of any response quickly plunged her passionate heart into a freezing abyss.

The morning sea breeze dispersed the mist in the sky, and a golden light instantly bathed both of them.

Orsa suddenly raised her head, her long golden hair fluttering in the soft sunlight, making her face glow: “It’s dawn.”

“Oh.” He Jia’s nose tingled. She knew Orsa was leaving.

But she had exhausted all her courage and dared not say that sentence again.

Orsa’s long fingers entwined with He Jia’s hands, pressed tightly against her warm palm, and she chuckled, “I know what you want to say, and me too.”

“Huh?”

Orsa leaned down to He Jia’s ear, lowering her voice to a level only the other person could hear, enunciating each word: “I, love, you.”

Her gaze trailed from He Jia’s instantaneously flushed earlobe and neck to her own fish tail, which was gradually turning blue hidden in the water. She slowly released He Jia’s hand and turned to swim toward the seabed.

“Hey, don’t go!”

He Jia suddenly snapped back to reality as if waking from a dream, running two steps forward in a panic, only catching a sentence from Orsa before she entered the sea: “I’m too tired. I need to rest for a day and a night. You go get some good sleep too!”

“…How can I possibly sleep!!!”

He Jia recalled the three words that Orsa had clearly pronounced in Earth language, her mind exploding with one brilliant fireworks display after another, making her earlobes tingle with heat.

She couldn’t believe she had already won the person’s heart before she even made a move. She covered her flushed cheeks and thought: No, no! She must have thought that sentence meant ‘goodbye’, it’s all my fault for giving her the wrong example!

But she is so smart, and the pronunciation of those words was so clear. How could it be a misunderstanding! But… if it wasn’t a misunderstanding, then she must have known I liked her all along?

Ahhhh! What does it mean!

He Jia lay on the beach, rolling around countless times, but the three words Orsa said to her were firmly welded to her heart like a hot branding iron, unable to break free from this bittersweet, joyful, and somewhat anxious feeling, wanting to scream out loud.