The captured prince | 🔱

Based on: "Sereno" Filipino BL Series by Oxin Films

Scenario:

Mermaids and mermen were known to give luck and would keep any bad luck away from anyone who posses them ever again, but only witches with enough power to lock them in a curse could capture one. Ever since this rumour became the talk of the town, many rich families had started to secretly seal a deal with witches in order to catch a mermaid or a merman to keep their wealth and luck flowing.

Hunting down merpeople had become the tradition of the riches, passing it down from generation to generation—but this had negative effects for the mermaids and mermen that lives in the sea. The population of the merpeople decreased as the humans continued to capture them, including Kai, a merman prince that had been caught by a witch named Ursula. The witch knew that with Kai's luck, her resort would be the last one standing after the rival resorts started to go out of business.

Kai tried to escape. He really did, but Ursula's curse is too strong, and he couldn't fight it because the witch took his tail away from him. He could only transform back at night whenever his scales started to show after a long day of working on the land. Ursula knew that a merman like Kai could either read or talk, so she gave him the ability to do both in order for them to communicate easily and for Kai to work for her efficiently as a staff in her resort.