The merman, my man

Chapter 147

The Merman, My Man by Black Velvet Chapter 147

Right then, I felt a stinging pain in my ankle. I looked down and saw three leeches attached to it and

were burrowing their teeth deeper into my skin. One of them had already burrowed deeper than the

other two, causing the pain to intensify as if a drill was drilling a hole into me.

I hated leeches, and I was tempted to jump up and flick them away, but my determination to stay

hidden forced me to remain still. Even the smallest of sounds could alert Dicken of my whereabouts.

Besides, I couldn’t get these three leeches off me from a mere flicking. Even if I jumped up and down, I

wouldn’t have been able to remove them. My movements would only catch Dicken’s attention before

being dragged back to his cave.

So, I could only grit my teeth to withstand the pain. I remained still and observed Dicken, who was

nearby. I could see him sniffing the air, but he didn’t look like he could identify my scent. His solid chest

anxiously rose and fell as he couldn’t find me. Upstodatee from Novel(D)ra/m/a.O(r)g

Suddenly, he crouched lower before slamming his tail onto a tree. In an instant, the tree was split in

half. His razor-sharp caudal fin made a swishing sound as it sliced through the air. The top half of the

tree almost fell onto my head, and I was so startled that I didn’t even dare to breathe.

‘Good God! Please help me remain hidden from Dicken!’

I buried my face into the crease of my elbow to hide my shaky and unstable breathing.

I could hear Dicken’s low and worried voice shouting, “Linda… you can’t…leave me…You…will

undergo…changes…You need…me…“

The muscles in my body tensed as I felt more stressed. The leeches had probably already penetrated

through my skin. Bone-crushing pain coarse through my nerves as my leg couldn’t help but twitch.

I could only bite my arm to retain my current position and not move too much.

‘One minute, two minutes, three minutes…’

I was mentally counting the time. I suddenly felt like I was back in military service when the instructor

forced me to lie under the hot sun in the mud for a long time. Now, the instructor was Dicken. If I ‘broke

the rules’ and were noticed, I wouldn’t be punished with just a simple discipline training. Instead, I

would be imprisoned on the islands and turn into a mermaid, unable to walk on land forever.

My body had become numb after waiting for so long. Perhaps God was so touched by my persistence

that Dicken finally gave up looking for me here and eventually left after about eight minutes.

I wasn’t ready to relax. I waited for a while longer before I bent over to look at my ankle. The three

leeches were full of my blood, and half their bodies were still protruding out of my leg. They were still

trying to dig into my leg!

I extracted the bottle of vodka from the bundle and poured some onto the leg. Although it wasn’t as

effective as salt, I could only use what I had. It would work fine as long as it was something that could

irritate them. Eventually, all three leeches wriggled themselves out before I smacked them onto the

ground and stomped on them.

The place I was at was a mire. There could be countless more leeches lurking there, so I decided to

leave quickly.

Then, I found a tree that was suitable for me to climb and ascended it with the help of a knife. I sat on

one of the steadier branches and took out a few strips of cloth from the bundle. I disinfected them with

the bottle of vodka before wrapping them around the wound.

A small wound like this didn’t need to be bandaged, but I was worried that the blood would attract

Dicken’s attention. That was why I didn’t dare to wash away the mud I covered myself in even though it

was uncomfortable.