'Save us, please. Someone save us!'
Niken's steps stopped right then and there.
"What's wrong?" Kazuto was confused as to why his inamorata made a sudden stop.
"Did you hear that?"
"Hear what?"
"A cry for help. It seems to be from..." Niken glanced at the mermaid, who was still busy with their singing.
"We should go back to the inn. It seemed one of the mermaids starts to enter your mind. Let's get out from here."
Without waiting to be instructed twice, Kazuto immediately put Niken's hood on to block Niken's view of the mermaid. Kazuto gently turned Niken's body back and pulled her away from the lake.
Now he regretted letting Niken nearing the lake. They shouldn't have come to see the mermaid show.
The four people walked away from the lake area completely oblivious to the pair of eyes from the mermaid watching them. More precisely, the mermaid lay her eyes on Niken.
***
