MRG Chapter 46: A Merman’s Marking

Translator: Kii

Editor: Elliekit

The AI butler lowered the second mechanical door and dimmed the lights in the room, making the place a completely isolated island.

Beside the swaying silver fish tail in the dark and vast deep water area, it was quiet all around, with no one daring to set foot in it.

There was a light blue appearing on the water surface under the reefs, which then gradually changed from blue to black. Light couldn’t pass through the deep waters at all. It was dark and bottomless, like an abyss that could swallow all creatures passing by. It could easily evoke claustrophobia or thalassophobia in people’s hearts.

When one gazed at this body of water, they couldn’t help but imagine something enormous swimming through it.

Would there be any sirens here?

Or perhaps there could be ferocious sea beasts?

The deep sea was a noun linked with “danger,” and people were afraid of the unknown horrors lurking in the darkness.

Light didn’t need to worry about this issue, because the most dangerous creature was currently propped up with his arms, half-lying on the reef and kissing him.

The merman’s lips were cold, but his breath was hot.

Light reached out his hand to caress Mu Chen’s cheek. His heart felt numb and itchy, as if a feather had gently fallen into his palm, and he had to hold it carefully in his hands so as to not hurt it.

When he thought that the person before him was his pearl, his most precious little merman, Light felt as if his heart was filled with warm spring water, becoming heavy. He kissed gently, like an experienced guide.

In the next second—

“Hiss!”

There was a slight stinging pain on his lips.

The other party had thought differently.

Mu Chen bit Light’s lips; there was a faint smell of blood mixed with the dense water vapor.

He didn’t give Light any chance to breathe.

As the ice-cold air rushed into his lungs, Light’s eyes were a bit in a daze, the corner of his lips bleeding, and his chest was heaving violently.

As his sight slowly came into focus, Mu Chen’s handsome face was infinitely magnified before his eyes.

The fair face of the person in front of him was flushed. His wet silver hair clung to his skin, his lips a bit swollen, and his azure eyes curved.

The merman’s alluring beauty made Light somewhat absent-minded, forgetting how bad the other party was just a moment ago. His heart skipped a beat due to the sudden throbbing.

Sirens were like that—they put on a facade of purity and beauty, yet cruelly lure passing sailors into the man-eating sea.

Mu Chen pursed his lips, then lightly chuckled. “What is Gege thinking, hm? Why aren’t you paying attention when you help me? If this continues, I’ll have to reflect on myself.”

The obscure words fell from his lips, like some kind of probing, or like a tempting invitation. Light’s ears felt hot. He looked into Mu Chen’s bright, smiling eyes and suddenly regretted not having studied the merfolk’s physiological structure more seriously before…

But he would try his best to be gentle so as to not let him feel uncomfortable.

While Light was thinking, he could clearly feel the merman’s smooth flesh through the thin layer of clothes. The temperature around him seemed to have risen.

His expression turned stiff. To stop the person from taking further action, Light reached out his hand to hold Mu Chen’s wrist that was behind him.

“What’s wrong?”

Mu Chen looked at Light in confusion.

Seeing the man’s resistance—

“Oh.”

Mu Chen slightly raised a corner of his lips. “Does Gege not want to be entered?”

Light’s expression became increasingly rigid. Due to the other person’s overly straightforward words, his own light wheat-colored skin turned flush.

Mu Chen nuzzled his neck. “But I also don’t want to. I’m afraid of pain, Gege.”

Feeling the other party’s muscles slightly relax, he raised his gaze, and looked at Light with a smile. “How about this; I’ll give Gege a chance first. If Gege can find it, then I’ll let you do it, otherwise I’ll take over. This should be fair, right?”

Seeing that he was still in a daze, Mu Chen followed up, “The time has already started, Gege.”

Light came to his senses. He hugged Mu Chen and dived into the dark pool. He reached out and groped his way forward little by little, but noticed that the surroundings were covered in tightly closed scales, leaving no signs of an entrance. Moreover, the other party’s long tail would sway from time to time, and distract him by wrapping around his legs.

Mu Chen watched the man’s busy silhouette and couldn’t help but chuckle in the dark.

Didn’t he know that merfolks’ scales could move? As long as he doesn’t let him find it, then he won’t ever be able to find it. He obviously didn’t pay attention in biology class.

After a while, Light emerged to the surface to breathe. His back was leaning on a reef with a shadow in front of his eyes.

The merman leaned over to him, his fingertips sliding across Light’s cheek, and his breath hot as he spoke, “Gege, your time is up.”

“It’s my turn now.”

“Oh.”

Feeling the peculiar touch below, Light tightly closed his lips, and his long lashes trembled.

Things got a little out of control afterwards. He was submerged in the ice-cold body of water, yet it seemed like he was being wrapped in magma, and his body was about to melt in it.

In the midst of the chaos, Light heard a light chuckle near his ears.

“Gege, you’re so nervous.”

……

When Light woke up, it was already evening. He was lying on a warm and cozy bed.

He opened his heavy eyes; his surroundings were pitch-black. His muddled brain was like a pot of burnt porridge, and his thoughts became extremely slow. It wasn’t until he heard long and even breathing sounds that Light turned his head and the merman’s well-behaved and quiet sleeping face caught his eyes.

Light’s breathing stagnated. The wild scene from before that he didn’t want to recall flooded back into his mind.

He moved his arm slightly, and only then did he notice that the other party’s arms were firmly wrapped around his waist like a clingy koala. The base of Light’s ears suddenly became hot. He reached out his hand to slowly push away the arms, then sat up on the bed.

“Ha…”

But Light’s abrupt action suddenly tugged at his sore waist, and his private part felt indescribably uncomfortable.

The man knitted his brows, pursed his thin lips, and swallowed back the breath that almost overflowed from the corner of his lips.

Light reached out his hand to rub his waist, and his ears became increasingly hotter.

The soft clothes on his body made him stunned for a moment.

Light lowered his head and discovered that the sweatshirt he was wearing belonged to Mu Chen. The soft cotton fabric of the sweatshirt had a pleasant fragrance. He didn’t know when the other party had changed his clothes. As for his own clothes, Light frowned when he thought about it…

He guessed that he won’t be able to find them anymore.

After quietly sitting on the bed for a while, Light’s eyes had adapted to the darkness. It seemed he had been staying in this claustrophobic environment since yesterday, and he didn’t know how long it had been since he saw the bright and spacious light.

He looked down and gazed at the merman beside him who had his head buried in the pillow. He unconsciously pressed his lips together.

They were like cave-dwelling creatures living in a dark cave.

When he thought of this, Light fumbled around for the terminal on the bedside table. It was only when he opened it that he realized it was already ten o’clock at night.

From four o’clock in the morning last night until now, he and Mu Chen had been staying in this bedroom without going out.

Light rubbed the space between his eyebrows due to a slight headache. He didn’t sleep all night last night. After doing that intense and wild thing, he had been in a deep sleep until now. His throat was pretty dry, so he was unable to make a sound.

Looking at the water bottle placed on the table at a distance, he slowly moved to the edge of the bed, and the fabric under him made a rustling sound as he moved.

“Gege?”

A low, hoarse, and sticky voice sounded in his ears.

It seemed that Mu Chen had woken up.

Light turned his head and saw Mu Chen sleepily sitting up from the bed. His eyes were half-lidded, his silver hair fell from his shoulders, and he looked like a sated, lazy cat.

The eyelashes of the merman who had just woken up were slightly drooping, his skin was as smooth as fine white porcelain. There was a tinge of pink on his well-rested cheeks, and Light found himself staring in a trance without realizing it.

Then, Mu Chen reached out his hands and wrapped around the man’s waist from behind. His chin rested on the other’s shoulder, becoming a clingy koala again.

“Mm.”

Light furrowed his brows, unconsciously letting out a muffled groan.

“Sore?”

Mu Chen blinked, straightening his back, and withdrew the weight he had been leaning against the other person. Instead, he placed his palms on Light’s sides, gently massaging the sore muscles. While pressing, he slowly moved down, like a doctor examining a patient. “Let me see.”

Light’s pupils shrank. He suddenly grabbed Mu Chen’s hands and spoke in a hoarse voice, “I…I’m fine.”

“Oh.” Mu Chen looked at the man’s legs that were pressed closely together and silently raised the corners of his lips…

Why is Gege so cute?

Light pushed away Mu Chen’s hands and slowly got up from the bed. The loose sweatshirt just about covered his thighs.

“Where is Gege going?”

The muffled voice of the merman came from behind him.

Light turned around.

Mu Chen was holding a big pillow, his sharp chin buried in its softness. His gaze had a strange aggrievedness in them, as if he was a scumbag who had sex with someone and then didn’t take responsibility for it.

Light cleared his throat. “I’m going to the bathroom.”

Mu Chen forced down his smile and dragged out his words, “We can’t go together?”

Light’s expression froze. He opened his mouth but didn’t say anything, but the embarrassed expression on his face said it all.

“Then Gege can go. I’m going to sleep some more.”

Mu Chen collapsed onto the soft mattress, his falling silver hair covering half his face.

Through the gaps in his hair, he saw the man wearing his own clothes. He was walking awkwardly, stopping for a bit after every two steps. He didn’t know what he was worried about.

A smile appeared on Mu Chen’s lips again, the previous aggrievedness was nowhere in sight.

……

In the steamy bathroom, Light’s wet hair fell down and covered half of his eyelashes.

He bit his own wrist, half his body was leaning against the wet and slippery wall as he felt the translucent liquid fluid flowing from his hole. The man’s handsome face was stained with a strange blush.

Listening to the sound of water, Light’s cheeks become increasingly hotter.

How…how can there be so much?

After showing, his complexion finally gained back some normality.

Mu Chen’s room didn’t have the clothes Light usually wore, so he could only put on the bathrobe. The open V-neckline revealed his full chest and well-defined collarbone, but they were covered by countless hickeys that could easily arouse people’s fantasies.

Light looked at the image in the full-length mirror and his expression froze. He reached out his hand to gather the collar together. After blowing his hair half dry, he went out of the bathroom.

When he returned to the room, he saw the merman with his hair tilted and waiting for him.

Mu Chen’s entire body was lying on the bed, his head at the end of the bed and his feet at the head of it. When he saw Light coming out, he curled his eyes, held his cheek and looked at him with a smile.

Every time this happened, Light felt his heart melt. No matter what outrageous things he had done before, whenever Mu Chen smiled at him, all that was left in his eyes was the cute, coquettish little merman.

When he sat on the edge of the mattress, Mu Chen immediately came over.

Light reached out his hand to pinch Mu Chen’s cheek. The merman’s skin felt nice; it was both elastic and smooth. Seeing this, the latter rubbed along Light’s shoulder all the way to his front like a boneless creature.

They were clearly on land, but he was still like a boneless fish.

“Does Gege not like doing that with me?” Mu Chen reached out his hand to hug Light. His long silver hair falling on Light’s shoulders, rubbing against the latter’s cheeks and making them itchy.

He blinked his eyes and said in an intentionally drawn-out tone. “But I already marked you. I won’t ever separate from Gege.”

“If you really can’t accept that, I can be Gege’s [tn content=”He said 情人 here, which can mean lover. In this case, he means being together, but it’s not a committed relationship, or having a formal status.”]side piece[/tn]…”

“Ah?”

Halfway through speaking, his chin was suddenly pinched by Light, causing the flesh on his cheeks to puff up, and he could only utter unclear syllables.

Light’s eyebrows furrowed, and his amber eyes looked as if he was somewhat angry. “Don’t say such words.”

Jorah had a lot of lovers, which made his spouse live in pain and torment everyday. Children raised in such a twisted family were destined to be unhappy. Light had no expectation for marriage before meeting Mu Chen, but he acknowledged one thing when he was younger, which was to never find himself a lover.

And he would never put Mu Chen in such a position.

At this moment—

Light reached out his hand to hold Mu Chen’s chin, making the other party look him in the eye, and he spoke seriously, “We will marry. There will only be one empress of the Oz Empire…”

“As for the rest,”

At this point, he let Mu Chen go and slightly lowered his gaze. Beyond his control, the scene that made his face and ears red emerged in his mind. Light pursed his lips, his ears somewhat burning hot.

“Give me some time to think about it.”