The Youngest Member Filming a Parenting Show is Adorable - Chapter 179

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【Interlude 11】
Father scratched his chin with a troubled expression.
“Adult mermaids are fine, but human food could be toxic to one so young.”
“Oh… that’s right. I think I learned that once… but I forgot!”
“Well, nothing serious will happen, but it’s more like junk food, I suppose. Adult mermaids won’t particularly enjoy it.”
What should I do?
I turned to Rasaeri with an apologetic expression.
Rasaeri seemed to understand from my look that it wouldn’t work, her face growing dejected.
“Fruit should be fine. Give her this instead.”
Father raised his eyebrows and brought over a plate of beautifully sliced melon.
Rasaeri, who had emerged onto land, accepted the plate and her face brightened considerably. Then she looked troubled again—it seemed she didn’t know how to use a fork.
“You can just eat it with your hands!”
I picked up a piece of melon with my fingers and popped it into my mouth to show her.
This would never be allowed at home, but this is a resort, after all.
Surely they’ll forgive a little breach of etiquette.
Rasaeri’s face, which had been watching me, brightened slightly.
It became even brighter after she put the melon in her mouth.
“Did it taste good?”
Though our languages don’t match, gestures and expressions are ultimately universal.
Delighted, Rasaeri dove back into the sea and leaped powerfully like a dolphin. She even did a full spin in mid-air.
Shortly after, Rasaeri returned with a woven basket made of seaweed stems, filled with all manner of seafood.
Inside were starfish, sea cucumbers, sea squirts, rock oysters, and even a massive lobster from who knows where.
“Wow, this must be the legendary mermaid’s gift of gratitude!”
“Yes, Hans. I’ll give this to you.”
“Thank you. I’ll be able to prepare some wonderfully fresh dishes, hehehehe.”
After handing the seaweed basket to Hans, I was about to say goodbye to Rasaeri.
But Rasaeri showed no sign of leaving, circling nearby and making soft cooing sounds.
“She’s calling you. Elzen, go with your youngest brother.”
“Yes, Father.”
Father assigned Elzen as my guardian.
With permission to go along, I swam excitedly, and it was easier because Elzen held my hand and guided me.
‘Elzen really does swim like a true mermaid. How can he move so gracefully?’
It was fascinating and enviable.
“Phew!”
I had to surface for breath like this each time, so deep diving was impossible.
Still, I could see the refreshing underwater seascape.
‘Gasp, a giant octopus!’
As Rasaeri led me forward, I spotted two enormous rocks.
One was a real rock, and the other was an octopus.
It was camouflaged like a rock, but all its bumpy suckers were completely exposed.
The octopus stretched its long tentacles and wrapped them around Rasaeri the moment it spotted her.
I flinched, thinking it was attacking, but Rasaeri laughed with delight.
Cautiously, I approached them.
[Water Spirit King Aurora advises that octopuses are remarkably intelligent creatures and encourages you to befriend it.]
[Chaos Spirit King ■■■■ teases that you’ll never be able to eat octopus again after this.]
[Emotion Spirit King ■■■ scolds him for saying something horrible and strikes the Chaos Spirit King on the head.]
…The Spirit Kings are bickering away in Eden again today, as always.
In any case, I savored the connection with the octopus.
‘Really… I don’t think I’ll ever be able to eat octopus again. It’s just like a puppy.’
Feeling a bit guilty about all the octopus dishes I’d eaten until now, I solemnly stroked its tentacles.
But eventually my breath ran out, and I had to return to the water surface.
‘How unfair!’
I want to hold my breath for longer too!
‘My older brothers taught me. They said to take a deep breath and plunge down, then trust the current with everything.’
I should try again!
I had a feeling it would work.
Was it because I was so excited?
“Haaah!”
After taking a deep breath and descending, the octopus was already gone. In its place was an enormous, white jellyfish.
‘How beautiful!’
The moment I marveled at this jellyfish I’d never seen before, Mother immediately taught me about it.
With such gracefully flowing, beautiful tentacles, it was a Curtain Jellyfish.
‘Wow… how could it possibly look like this?’
I fell head over heels for the Curtain Jellyfish the instant I saw it.
Its round bell was beautiful, and its long, flowing tentacles were beautiful too.
Of course, since being stung would be dangerous, I only peered around it from a distance.
This was only possible because Elzen was watching over me to ensure the tentacles never touched me.
Soon, as the jellyfish drifted through the water and disappeared somewhere, Elzen pointed backward with his finger.
It was time to go back now.
I moved my feet happily, and in that moment, everything felt so utterly natural.
The vast sea and myself within it.
The underwater realm is a secret world that can never be seen on the mainland, yet House Fasayen can move freely through it.
A soul born from the sea, returning to the sea.
A household that protects mermaids and all underwater creatures, mediating the balance between them.
House Fasayen of the Horizon.
‘Yes, I am Fasayen!’
A child of proud, azure waters.
In that instant, I perceived a certain sensation.
Rather than struggling to force myself to breathe, it felt as though the sea itself flowed through me and passed beyond.
I was part of this place—there was nothing strange about it.
Being in the Sea is as natural for me as a fish living in water. So that means….
“…!”
Ah, so that’s it!
The realization came swift and fleeting.
The sensation of everything flowing naturally vanished as quickly as a fish escapes after biting the bait, and I found myself gasping for breath once more.
“Ugh, huff, huff!”
As I thrashed about, Elzen, who had been watching over me, immediately grabbed my hand and pulled me up to the water’s surface.
Barely managing to exhale, my body went limp, and I collapsed onto my back.
“Are you alright?”
“Yeah… but I figured it out! Underwater breathing—I think I understand how to do it now!”
My older brothers must have been able to do this since birth.
That’s why they can’t explain it in detail.
On the verge of tears, I clutched my burning nose.
“Come here. It’s okay. Your older brother is here.”
“Sniff.”
“It’s alright.”
As Elzen patted me soothingly, I saw Mikard approaching from the distance.
“What’s going on? Why is everyone here?”
Mikard rushed toward us with the speed of a shark and immediately rose onto the water’s surface.
That trick of standing on the water—I envied it every time I saw it.
While Elzen explained what had happened to me, who was feeling slightly dizzy, I tried desperately to recapture that sensation I had felt moments before.
It didn’t work out in the end, but even experiencing it once was something.
“Congratulations, little one!”
Mikard hoisted me onto his back and ran, with Elzen following close behind.
By the time we met Father shortly after, I had regained my energy and chattered away excitedly.
“Congratulations, my daughter. I’m so proud of you.”
“Hehe.”
“If you’ve felt that sensation even once, you’ll soon be able to breathe properly underwater.”
“Yes!”
I absolutely must draw this in my picture diary before bed!
I probably won’t forget today anyway, but just to be safe!
‘I want to remember this for a long time.’
Sineria.
In this beautiful place, I’ve experienced so many new things.
Will something even more special happen than this?
‘I hope so!’
Grinning brightly, I clung happily to Father.
Today, I wanted to be a little spoiled.
Father lifted me up effortlessly, and I was so delighted that I pressed my cheek against his handsome face.
It was a day when my heart felt completely filled with sunlight.
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By the time I had grown somewhat weary of playing in the Sea, I decided to venture beyond the comfort of my home and accompany Mikard to Downtown Sineria.
Elzen had declined to join us, claiming exhaustion, but honestly, that suited me perfectly!
‘After all, I needed to select a birthday gift for Elzen.’
I followed where Mikard led, as he had spotted an Antique Shop he’d been meaning to visit before our arrival.
Elzen had taken to collecting antiques recently—I wondered if we’d find something truly worthwhile there.

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