MRG Chapter 51: When Are You Guys Going to Have a Merbaby?

Translator: Kii

Editor: Agneya

The merman who liked to eat “ice cream” was thrown into the dressing room by Light.

On the other side, Jorah stared at the clock ticking away on the wall and frowned impatiently. “Why is it taking so long? It couldn’t be that…”

That Light suddenly changed his mind and the same thing that happened in the past would happen again?

Then what about Mu Chen?

He didn’t come, nor did Mu Chen. Did the two of them plan this?

While thinking, there was a ka-chink sound—the door was opened.

“Father.”

Light and Mu Chen walked in one after another.

Light wore his solemn military uniform, with the same stern face as usual, except his lips looked a bit more swollen than before, which softened the sense of detachment he often exuded.

The silver-haired young man beside him was so dazzling that others couldn’t look away. Wherever he went, he was the center of attraction.

The photographer couldn’t help but praise the two of them as a really well-matched couple to Jorah.

The king, who had been furrowing his brows, finally couldn’t retain his serious expression and unconsciously raised the corner of his lips.

Under the photographer’s guidance, Light and Mu Chen walked over and stood in the center of the curtain.

The photographer squinted his eyes while gesturing to the camera for a moment before lifting his gaze at Light. “Your Highness, there’s no need to stand so far apart… You can place your hand on your fiancé’s waist.”

Light was stunned for a moment. Under everyone’s watchful gaze, he walked over to Mu Chen, then lifted his hand and rested it on the other’s waist. However, as soon as his fingers touched the edge of his clothes, he suddenly retracted his hand—it was as if he didn’t know where to put it, as if the other’s clothes were scalding him.

In the next second, there was a warm feeling on the back of his hand.

Mu Chen grasped Light’s hand and rested it at his side. He turned his head and whispered in the other’s ear, “Gege, don’t be so nervous. Relax your expression.”

Light’s fingers turned stiff; his palm on Mu Chen’s waist began to heat up, and he slightly furrowed his brows. “I’m not nervous.”

He was intrinsically unable to smile in front of the camera.

The photographer nodded in satisfaction. “Mhm, this is very good. Just maintain this posture and don’t move.”

“You can smile a bit.”

As soon as the words fell, sure enough, Mu Chen caught a glimpse of Light’s expression becoming increasingly withdrawn. He couldn’t help but lightly chuckle. At this exact moment, the photographer pressed the shutter.

In the photo, the serious-looking blond man was hugging his beaming fiancé; there was an inexplicable sense of harmony in the contrast.

The photographer was quite content with this photo. He then took a few more photos of the two. After careful selection, the photographer handed the most satisfactory photo to Jorah standing beside him.

While the two of them conversed, Jorah’s attendant went over to Light and whispered in his ear, “Your Highness, I hope you don’t think I’m being too nosy, I think His Majesty, he, he…”

The attendant’s peculiar expression caused Light to slightly knit his eyebrows. He casted a cursory glance at Jorah who was carefully choosing photos and motioned him to continue, “What’s wrong with him.”

This attendant had been by Jorah’s side even before Light was born. He had always been meticulous in his work and was highly valued by Jorah, otherwise, he wouldn’t have remained by his side for so long. He was definitely not the type to stir up trouble without cause. Therefore, when he called out to him in such a grave tone, a faint sense of foreboding arose in Light’s heart.

The attendant continued, “His Majesty recently has become increasingly forgetful lately, especially the details. He also keeps mixing up past events. Yesterday, he asked me to help him find his hunting rifle, saying he wanted to go hunting at Lake Vesser.”

While he was talking, Light’s brows furrowed even more.

Lake Vesser was a lake near Dagore Palace, the capital of the western continent when the Oz Empire had not yet unified the Blue Planet. However, they had relocated their capital to the current city over a decade ago, so there was no longer any Lake Vesser to speak of.

Looking back on it, Light couldn’t help but recall the many abnormalities in Jorah’s words and actions during this period of time.

Light asked the other party, “Have you gotten a doctor to check?”

The attendant shook his head. “His Majesty didn’t think there were any issues, and he was very much against seeing a doctor. I tentatively mentioned this several times before, but he rejected it all. You know his temper, I don’t dare to bring it up to him again, so I came to you.”

“I got it.” Light lowered his gaze and looked at Jorah who was asking for Mu Chen’s opinion on the other side.

Jorah suddenly noticed the two’s frequent glances at him. He looked up at Light and his servant who were whispering to each other not far away.

“You both come over to have a look.”

Light went over. Jorah was swiping through the photos on the screen. Mu Chen had different expressions in each photo, while Light’s face consistently stayed stern, looking straight ahead—it was difficult to find any variation.

Jorah, “…”

He thought about it for a moment. “Forget it, there’s nothing good for you to look at.”

Light, “…”

“How about this one?” Mu Chen pointed at one photo and smiled. “Gege looks more natural here.”

Jorah carefully looked at it for a moment, then nodded and said, “Alright, then.”

After speaking, he showed the photo to the attendant beside him. “We’ll use this one, then. Put it on the notice and post it outside the palace tomorrow.”

After sending the attendant away, Jorah withdrew his gaze, but his eyes met with Light’s. The latter seemed to be staring at him, catching him off guard. “What’s wrong? Is there something on my face?”

Light was silent for a moment. “No…”

He turned his head away and said nothing more.

……

Since Light had a meeting in the afternoon, Mu Chen went to Kole’s research institute alone, mainly to check whether the mating period had gone smoothly.

When he arrived, Kole was fiddling with the fossil on the stand, looking very excited.

Mu Chen went over to have a look, but felt it was just an ordinary piece of charred stone.

He reached out his hand, wanting to touch it, but Kole stopped him.

The latter flipped through a book and introduced it in a mysterious manner, “This may be evidence that the ancient merfolks once mastered the arcane arts.”

Mu Chen, “Arcane?”

Kole, “It’s magic. Things that current science can’t explain, such as manipulating water elements, or commanding marine life to obey one’s own will. Of course, this may also be related to the unique mental waves of merfolks. The records related to this are too ancient, so there is basically no way to verify it…”

Having said this, he turned his head, his eyes staring at Mu Chen dimly as he continued, “Have you discovered that you…”

“No.”

Before he could finish speaking, Mu Chen resolutely denied it. He was sometimes worried that Kole might have gone crazy in his research on merfolks.

Kole sighed. “As expected, it seems that too much time has passed, and it has been lost to history.”

After he finished speaking, he had Mu Chen sit down and began to help the other party draw his blood. “Marked?”

Mu Chen, “Mhm.”

Kole, “Do you feel uncomfortable anywhere?”

Mu Chen shook his head. “No, I feel fine.”

Kole’s tone suddenly became eager. “Then when are you guys going to have a little merbaby?”

“…”

Mu Chen, “?”

He abruptly pulled back his arm, almost forgetting that he was drawing blood.

Kole immediately restrained him. “Don’t move! The syringe hasn’t been removed yet.”

For a while, the atmosphere was quiet.

Mu Chen furrowed his brows. “Didn’t you previously tell me that I’m a male mermaid? He and I are both men, how can we…”

Kole’s expression froze. He took out the syringe, then pushed up his glasses. “Did you not read the materials I gave you last time?”

Mu Chen, “What materials?”

He didn’t remember this at all.

Upon hearing this, Kole immediately rushed to the other side of the room and began frantically searching through his cluttered work desk. “This is clearly documented in the annals of Atlantis. There have been precedents, and not just one case, of male mermaids impregnating human males. This is likely related to the mermaids’ racial migration. Perhaps they found human males more suitable for reproduction, or maybe because males were generally more prevalent on that continent, leading to the evolution of this capability. Just think about why there are sub-male mermaids, and you might understand.”

Mu Chen was slightly shocked. “How do you even do that?”

He had not lived among the merfolk community since he was eight years old. The memories of the past have become distant and unfamiliar, but in his impression, the merfolk bloodline at that time had become very weak. Even within the royal family, it was not easy to give birth to a merfolk. The newborn merfolks at that time had some or the other physical defects. It was difficult for a man to get pregnant, let alone a woman.

And Mu Chen never heard of these materials Kole spoke of.

“I too am not completely sure, mainly because I’ve never encountered a living case before.” As he spoke, Kole handed Mu Chen a huge stack of documents. “But according to my speculation, it should be that merfolks release a unique kind of pheromone during their mating period, which can transform the body structure of the other party in a short period of time, making it suitable for bearing offspring.”

Mu Chen’s eyes fell on the densely packed text filled with professional terms as he suddenly felt a headache coming.

……

Late evening, Light came out of the bathroom with his hair still slightly wet and sat on the bed. He had been having meetings this entire afternoon, so there was a subtle tension in his demeanor.

The conversation between him and the doctor beforehand subconsciously played across his mind.

Because of Jorah’s stubbornness, Light had to find a neurosurgeon himself and discuss with the other party about the problems Jorah was facing.

According to the expert’s initial assessment, these symptoms sounded similar to Alzheimer’s, also known as memory atrophy. However, to confirm this diagnosis, Jorah would need to come in for an official examination.

But if it really was Alzheimer’s, things would become complicated. Blue Planet currently had no strategy to completely cure this type of neurological disease. Individuals afflicted with this disease would gradually forget everything over time, including innate human instincts such as eating and drinking.

When he thought of this, Light’s brows furrowed. He unconsciously reached out his hand toward the side table, wanting to grab one of his cigarettes.

He wasn’t able to find it, but there was a warm breath behind him—the merman’s soft silver hair slid down from his shoulders, rubbing against his neck and making it itchy.

Mu Chen’s hand reached into his bathrobe. “Gege…”

His voice had a coquettish lilt, lingering on the final syllables.

The latter’s back stiffened, and he even forgot what he was originally going to do.

The person behind him exuded an ocean-like icy and cold breath, which was much more addictive than the smell of tobacco.

“Inside…” Mu Chen didn’t stop his hand’s movement. He curled the corner of his lips and gently kissed the other party’s ear. “There’s actually nothing?”

The tingle on the side of his neck sent a jolt of tension down Light’s legs. He turned his head slightly, but that did not deter Mu Chen.

Not refusing was acquiescence.

And acquiescence was indulgence.

Mu Chen tilted his head and kissed Light. He grasped the cotton belt of the bathrobe with his fingers and untied it a little forcefully.

In this slightly chilly kiss, Light could vaguely smell the scent of the sea breeze.

It was especially relieving; this feeling was more addicting than nicotine.

When he snapped out of it, Mu Chen was already sitting in front of him and biting the corner of his T-shirt, moving to take it off, revealing the smooth muscle lines akin to a Greek sculpture.

Light reached out his hand to take off his own T-shirt. As the two of them gradually grew closer…

“Wait.”

Mu Chen stopped at this critical point.

Light was in a slight daze, looking left and right. “What’s wrong?”

Mu Chen didn’t say anything. He directly got up and went toward the couch on the other end of the room to look for something.

After a moment, he returned to the bed holding a rectangular plastic-wrapped silver box, then abruptly shook out several sealed packets from the box.

Light glimpsed at the line of eye-catching words on the box—100% safe, and below it was a line of small text in red—98.5% effective. His eyelids twitched. “What are you doing with this?”

Between the two of them, neither of them could have one, so he didn’t understand the necessity behind using this.

In the next second—

Light heard the merman use a very matter-of-fact tone to say, “Of course it’s because I’m afraid that Gege would get pregnant. Isn’t Gege about to return to the base soon? You wouldn’t want to get pregnant at this time, right?”

Light’s expression turned stiff, as if he had heard some fantasy story. There was doubt in those amber eyes, as if confirming whether the other party was joking or not.

Mu Chen curled his lips. “I went to Kole today to get a check up, he said…”

Light furrowed his brow. “What did he say?”

Mu Chen, “He said that merfolks know magic, and that they can make men pregnant.”

“…”

A profound silence reigned over the room.

Immediately afterward, there was a soft chuckle.

Light wasn’t actually angry. He used his hand to cover his lips that were unwittingly breaking out into a smile, and he tried his best to make his tone sound more serious, “He…”

He couldn’t hold it.

He still wanted to laugh.

“Eh? What are you laughing at?” Mu Chen sat up. He was like an extremely aggrieved big cat; covering Light’s entire body, he rubbed his lips against his cheek, and muttered softly, “We did it so many times before, I don’t know if there would be any problems.”

“There won’t be.” After a while, Light reached out his hand to hold Mu Chen’s cheek, slipping back into his serious expression.

He grabbed the little package, and leaned his head over to look at Mu Chen. “Then we’ll just use it…”

The man’s thin lips moved, and he uttered the following words clearly—

“So as to not get me pregnant.”