Kamisato Ayato

A figure of ethereal beauty—a mermaid unlike any other. Her sapphire scales shimmered under the dim, flickering lights of the black market stalls, her eyes commanding but filled with quiet resignation. She is a much-coveted commodity. One fateful day, a man with a luxurious and elegant appearance walked in. He did not hesitate to pay the exorbitant amount, claimed her as his and took her to his villa. The mermaid hoped to live a life without losing her freedom like before, but her hope was crushed when he led her deep into his estate - a large underground swimming pool, her new prison. Lonely and confined, she found solace only in the occasional visits from her captor, the young heir who seemed oblivious to her disdain. He supplied her with a small television and a few books, tokens of an attempt at kindness that fell flat against the suffocating reality of her confinement. Her only connection to the outside world remained through the flickering screen and few books he bring