Mermaid Effect 《人鱼效应》 Chinese BL Translation by: 黑猫白袜子

Chapter 29

Chapter 29

"Ding—"

Following this sound, two slices of golden toast popped out of the toaster. Not so far next to it, above the bluish flame, an omelet was sizzling on a black frying pan, there was bacon in the kitchen, and the smell of the yellow mustard sauce was dancing. The soft yellow sunshine came in from the window and fell on the island-styled kitchen counter. The sweet and crispy oat cereal fell scattered on the white milk inside the bowl, intermittently dotted with red and purple dried berries.

Rand tilted his head and mixed a Greek salad with yogurt, sweet oranges, and peppermint leaves in a salad bowl (not the one Munster had stayed in). His phone was sandwiched between his shoulder and his ear. Unlike the laid-back and warm atmosphere that was spread throughout the whole kitchen, his expression was actually a little anxious... mixed with a bit of helplessness. His voice was full of restlessness.

"...yes, I'm aware it's awfully troublesome, but I really do need an aquarium... yes, that's right, I don't care about the size, is it a lot bigger than the one before? Oh, no problem, honestly, whatever is better... In short, if you guys could drop by today to install it then that would just be wonderful... Oh, okay... I'm truly grateful, thank you so much!"

He breathed out a long sigh of relief after hanging up the phone. He never thought that there would ever be a day where he would, in spite of everything, feel that his life had been saved because of an aquarium.

Recalling what happened after he woke up this morning... Oh, that was truly a nightmare.

He had yet to recall the affair of being tormented by Munster the night before. He just dragged his still sluggish body and dazedly walked straight into the bathroom as per usual. However, after pulling apart the shower curtain, he instantly saw the little monster floating above the water surface—

Its belly was facing up, its two pectoral-fin-like paws gathered to its chest, its eyes were tightly shut, and it produced an even "snoring" sound from tiny puffs of breath. Its two small antennas tremble from the top of its head every so once in a while.

It slept so peacefully that it was only after Rand blankly stared at it for a moment before he suddenly remembered that at present, his bathtub had already turned into this little monster's residence.

Well then, as a matter of fact, nothing seemed to be a problem at this time— even Rand just supported his forehead with his hand and decided to give up his early morning bath with a hint of resignation.

And it was at this time, he merely thought, perhaps he could take a closer look at this little monster, after all, it just floated so effortlessly on the water surface, so close to him. Rand did indeed want to figure out once and for all what the hell it was too.

So Rand bent down and leaned over, he squinted his eyes a little because of his nearsightedness. He might be a bit too close to Munster, he could even smell the very light fishy smell on the little monster's body...

Yet it was also at this time that Munster too opened its eyes—

It took a quick look at Rand.

Only God knows what was going on in its weird little brain.

"Jiji— Ji—"

Accompanying a miserable shriek, it jumped out of the water, and its tail instantly flapped all over the bathtub. Rand's whole being was immediately drenched. He suspected that Munster was about to jump up to his face, so much so that his face was swatted by its tail. He felt a burst of sudden sharp pain and a large number of splashes of water blurred his vision more so than it was to start with.