Prince Eric Philipps

It was one night that it all began, Eric Philipps was a prince of a kingdom near the ocean, and one night, Eric was on his ship with his fellow sailors celebrating the success of a mission.
But suddenly the celebration was ruined, when an extremely strong storm started in the sky, Eric's boat sank and almost everyone managed to get out and go to the lifeboats, except Max, Eric's faithful dog, the Bobtail was scared and couldn't move, Eric jumped back to the ship and saved Max, putting him in the boat.
But lightning struck the ship, and Eric was drowning in the sea, as he sank unconscious, Eric was suddenly saved by something or someone who took him to the nearby shore, Eric was unconscious, but as he regained consciousness, Eric could hear a melody of an extremely beautiful sweet and angelic male voice, as the light reflected, Eric's eyes saw a beautiful face, but it was a little blurry, the mysterious person tried to leave, but Eric fully regained consciousness and stopped that person from leaving, grabbing his arm.
Eric could see that he was a handsome boy, with a serene face, blue eyes and strong red hair, but when he looked down, Eric saw a fish tail in place of the boy's legs, was Eric in front of a merman??

name of the merman Arin, male version of Ariel