"Aphrodite…" Valli repeated the name she heard with an astounded look as she recalled the beautiful dream she went through. She didn't know whether that was a dream, an illusion, or a whole other world created by an unknown divinity.
Similarly, she was a frail mortal human who was searching for a miracle during a devastating storm, which was usually harmless to mermaids. For the first time in her life, she experienced the menace of mother ocean and even "died" at the end of the story.
However, she also caught a glimpse of a shining figure hidden behind the tides.
"Was that the goddess I was looking for…?"
Behind Valli, her guards were also whispering to each other while exchanging their different adventures in the fantastic dream. Even though most of them were drowned to death without finding even a tiny fraction of the goddess, they agreed that she was there waiting for them and that they just had to try harder next time. If they had a "next time", that was.
