The Indiscretions of a Mermaid

But Fredo needed Dyesebel’s help. After being thrown overboard from his ship, the young man was bitten by a sea snake, and he was left for dead.

Without any thought for her safety, for her own life, Dyesebel swam up to the surface and saved Fredo’s life—just like he did hers when they were young. And she was caught by the jealous princess Berbola, and the queen’s right-hand man Usaro.

Brought to court, Dyesebel decided to tell the truth about her exploits in the surface. But to the queen’s dismay, instead of despising her, their fellow mermaids commended the acts of the rebellious Dyesebel!

On land, Fredo began to wonder if there really was a Dyesebel. After asking around and not finding a woman by the name, Fredo decided to return to his city and forget the girl. But how can he forget a face as beautiful as Dyesebel’s?

And back in the kingdom of Serenea, Banak decided to tell Dyesebel the truth about her past.

Dyesebel was no ordinary mermaid. She was the rightful heir of the kingdom’s throne! And Banak also told Dyesebel that the reason why her mother was cast out and forgetten, was because like Dyesebel, she too fell in love with a legged man: her father.

But instead of contenting herself to life underwater, Dyesebel grasped to the idea that her mother was able to have legs and be with the man she loved. And it is with this thought that Dyesebel sought out the one creature in all of the ocean who could give her legs; a creature who just may ask too much for her desire to leave above water.