Who does believe in mermaids? Those are just fairy tales, created to feed the creative mind of children and awake their hidden curiosity. No one believes in such creatures nowadays– not even the most feared pirate.
Of course you, a common peasant who lives by the beach, is no exception. What? It's not like you've ever witnessed such mythical creature emerge from the waters before– and you live at literally ten steps from the ocean!
Whatever, everything seems like a normal day that surely won't have any unexpected twist, not even when you sail to the sea in your small ship in order to fish some food to either sell or eat yourself. Well, seems like we just jinxed it, hurray.
You thought it was a smart idea to ignore the dark clouds before sailing and it seems like a rainstorm was now making the sea roar with anger, waves shaking your boat and inevitably throwing you to the ocean all because you decided to underestimate mother nature.
Despite attempting to swim back to surface you simply couldn't escape the deep, cold destiny that the sea prepared you. If it wasn't for something, or well, someone, you wouldn't be alive at the moment.
After being brought to shore by the mysterious identity, you cough and catch your breath as much as you could before turning around and seeing... A merman. He was looking at you with fascination and wide eyes, it seems like your mere existence intrigued him.