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The seventh princess has come of age. By ancient law, royal blood must be the

lord of the veins to secure the barrier.

The wedding is in five days.

I refuse.

Say that again.

I won't marry you. My life, my blood, they don't belong to some vein.

They belong to me.

You know the price of refusal.

Your Majesty,

Marlin is young. We can discuss the marriage- Crown Princess, you shielded

her once, three years ago. I have tolerated it, but now, you incited the

princess to defy royal decree.

By law, that carries one sentence.

Leave her out of this!

It was me!

Come at me!

Take me.

Let her go.

Let her go!

Let her go!

Remember, you were born to be free.

Escort the princess to her chambers. She has a wedding to prepare for.

Three days later, you shall marry the regent.

Otherwise, your sister's fate is something you have witnessed with your

own eye.

I would rather turn into a bubble than marry him.

The bloodline of the seventh princess can enhance my control over mineral

veins.

Foam? That would be a waste.

As you desire me.

What is found in the sea is either treasure or disaster save me

Put

it

on I don't take in people with unknown backgrounds

Don't kill me.

I'm willing to do anything.

The mermaid's heart.

The old sailor said that only a mermaid's heart can cure the mercury

poison.

Drink. A brain soaked in seawater needs a shot of alcohol to wake it up.

What are you looking for?

The mermaid's heart.

The pearl that saved my sister.

She is nearly dead.

Before sunrise tomorrow, I want to know your full worth.

Your name?

Marlene. A mermaid princess?

Or some castaway strumpy?

The seventh princess.

Even princesses get exiled.

I refused to wed the regent, so the sea witch laid a curse on me. When the next

full moon rises, I'll turn to sea foam.

Cassandra, when's the full moon?

Thirty days from now.

Thirty days.

That's more than enough.

When you die, your heart turns into a pearl, is that right?

Yes.

My little sister is dying.

Only a mermaid's heart can save her.

When did her nails turn blue?

Three months ago.

Why do you ask?

I asked you, what's wrong?

If I tell her now, what will she do? Is this all I'm worth?

Nothing. It's just... It's blue. I've seen it in the Mermaid Kingdom.

You know this poison.

One month.

You get to live for one month.

You saved me just to kill me?

You're giving me a month.

Why not right now?

Because I've never been able to kill someone who trembles.

They tracked me down by the scent of my curse.

Even if you spare me for a month, mermaids across these seas will hunt me

without end.

Your pursuer is very patient, following us since the storm night.

You'll pay for it.

Injuries need to be treated.

Mermaid blood is this color.

You've seen it?

Never seen it. Now I have.

In 30 days.

Mother, I'm sorry.

What kind of person are you?

Someone who's fading away.

What is that? A sea witch's curse.

If I don't return to the deep sea and complete the wedding before the full

moon, I'll turn into foam.

Today is the fifth day.

Your suitor.

The regent's personal guard.

They're here to take me back.

Looks like your suitor isn't very polite.

Boys! We've got work to do!

Hold until moonlight reaches the second mounst.

Then the current will turn, and we'll lose them.

25 days.

You don't have to die with me.

Get inside.

Your Majesty, their ship was too fast. We lost them.

A pack of useless fools!

A storm

is coming.

Storm. In one hour.

Clear skies.

I can... The sea is screaming.

Reef the sails. Everyone tie yourselves down.

Captain, there isn't even a cloud in the sky.

Take care of yourself.

Are you ordering me?

Hold on a little longer.

Your sister will find the cure.

How old was she?

Seventeen. The same age as you.

This isn't an illness she's suffering from. It's poison.

That pale blue hue is mercury toxin mined from the abyss vase of the Mermaid

Kingdom. My older sister was killed by the Regent for refusing to spread his

poison. Her nails turned this exact shade right before she died.

Who's spreading this poison?

The Regent.

He controls every mind vein.

He pumps toxic sludge through hidden pipelines into human waters to spawn

sickness and black rail human lands.

From this moment, you are no longer my prisoner.

You are my ally.

I'm entrusting my little sister's life to you.

I lead you to where the poison flows.

We'll see it with our own eyes.

Every once of Rimiland, Hugh.

The Poison Pipelines.

Where do they originate?

Red Reaper!

Hand over the mermaid aboard your ship, and I'll split half my Pearl Hall with

you! Get below decks at once.

no well

done

Spoils of battle.

They're yours.

You're wounded.

37 foes slain, and this is my 38th scar.

Don't get hurt like this ever again.

You're overstepping your bounds.

Is this your curse?

It's nothing.

Why are you helping me?

Your hand, when you covered me with the cloak.

It's warm.

Captain, this girl.

How long are you planning to keep her?

Until the full moon.

The 38th.

The 37 you killed before.

Not one of them ever got a cloak from you.

The 38th notch?

You didn't finish it?

Right here.

The Regent's factory is on the seafloor.

Black poison water flows through the pipes into human waters.

Eva's illness wasn't an accident.

Your kingdom's poison killed my sister.

My kingdom did it, but I didn't. My sister was killed by him, too.

She refused to help the Regent spread the poison, so he poisoned her himself.

I watched her scales fall off, one by one.

Then we want the same thing. For Roy, him. For my sister.

For everyone he's killed.

All right.

Then, day on, you're my first mate. Not a prisoner. Not cargo. First mate.

First rule for a first-hand.

Your life isn't yours alone.

And the second?

Second?

Don't die before I do.

Then you have to follow the second rule, too.

Starting tomorrow, I'll teach you how to use a blade.

A first mate can't just sing.

Okay.

They're down there.

More of your suitors? The Regent's royal guard.

They're not here to take me back.

They're here to kill me.

Kill you? I thought you were going back to marry him.

The Regent doesn't want a wife who fights back.

He wants the pearl I leave behind when I die.

Sing. Show them what you've got.

What is this?

Every time I sing, I'm one step closer to foam.

I told you to sing earlier.

I'm sorry.

You're the captain.

You made the right call.

If you hadn't told me to sing, the Royal Guard would have boarded. More people

would have died.

A right call shouldn't turn your leg into this.

Don't blame yourself.

The second rule for a first haint?

Don't die before you do.

I remember.

I'm not dead. I just paid a little price.

Seventh Princess, the Regent is merciful.

He grants you seven more days.

If you do not return in seven days, your mother will bear the curse in your

place.

Mother... She's not choosing anything.

You think one curved blade can stand against an entire kingdom?

In seven days, the curse will find her on its own.

Seven days.

I have to destroy the Regent within seven days, or my mother will die. In

seven days it is.

We head straight for the Abyss Mine.

Aren't you afraid?

The Red Death.

When have I ever been afraid?

From here to the Vein, with fair winds three days.

Add the detour to avoid patrol warships.

Five days to get there.

Five days.

That leaves us only two days once we arrive.

What can you do in two days?

Enough to find the Vein's main control chamber.

The Regent uses it to control all the pipelines.

Destroy it, and the poisoning stops.

About your mother.

I didn't say this on deck earlier. My sister suffered from the poison for

three years. Every single day I kept thinking, if I had found the antidote,

just one less mouth flood.

You still have seven days.

Seven days is shorter than my three years. But it's also more certain than

my three years ever were.

Seven days from now, no matter what happens, you won't be alone. I said

that.

Red Reaper!

You killed Black Shark, so his pearls belong to us!

Surrender the mermaid, and we'll spare your life!

She's mine.

Keeper keeps a siren as a pet.

Word gets out.

You'll never live down the shame of being captain.

Spoils. Yours to keep.

All of this for me.

I did it for myself.

This is what made Eva sick.

How much has the toxin concentration dropped at the East Coast fishing

grounds this week?

Your Highness, it's down three percent. The heavy rain last week diluted the

poison we released.

Three percent.

Did I keep you around just to watch my profits shrink?

Crank this pipeline's flow to maximum. I want fatalities reports for the

southwest fishing gals on my desk before nightfall.

Your Highness, if we raise the concentration further, no marine life

will survive in those waters for three full months.

Three months? Far too slow. Within two months, every coastal fishing village

will run out of food. Their children will starve enough to gnaw on tree bark.

After that, they'll crawl on their knees begging me for my cure.

Oh, my little princess has brought a guest for a tour.

Do not alert them.

Let them look.

Let them gather their so-called evidence.

Send word to the Sea Witch the moment they surface.

It's him.

It's really all his doing.

I'll help you take him down.

For Eva, for my sister, and every soul he's murdered.

Seven days.

That's all the time we have.

That will be enough.

He killed my sister, too.

The regent had her executed for refusing to poison human seas. I watched her

scales peel away one one by one until she dissolved into sea foam.

We're not enemies.

We're the same.

Two people who've lost everyone we loved.

I've sailed as a pirate for ten years, slain thirty-seven men, and not a single

one could tell me why the waters turned black.

Why my little sister's nails stained blue.

I'm telling you now.

I've never known what it's like to be understood.

I won't leave.

Not for anyone but you.

What song is that? A mermaid's lullaby.

My mother sang it to me, and I sing it to the waves.

I sing like a slaughtered pig.

It's okay. A mermaid's song isn't meant to be sung with the throat anyway.

Sing from here, not from your throat.

His Majesty wishes to see you.

Who told you to come in?

Your knife fell.

I was afraid it would hurt you.

Knock next time.

Your hand is shaking.

My dear mother-in-law you've come Your daughter is running out of time.

I expect she'll be back soon You will never succeed

First

you shall suffer

Marin, the captain has a high fever. Will you go check on her?

When I get emotional, I can't control it. Don't cry. I can't take it.

Don't.

Since when did the captain become so gentle?

Shh! Shut up! Look, they're moving again.

Ten days left.

Ten days from now, I'll turn into foam. Or I'll go back to the deep sea and

marry someone I don't even know.

Catherine, I feel what a kiss is like.

One last time before I die.

You won't die.

I swear I'll find a way to save you.

Accursed humans!

How dare they lay a finger on my princess!

Guards!

What are your commands, Your Majesty?

Go fetch the sea witch for me at once your majesty

Yesterday

it was above the knee tonight. It's already at the waist it doesn't hurt,

but I can't feel my waist anymore It doesn't feel like my body

anymore

Seven days left.

Why didn't you tell me?

It's already spread up to your waist.

Tell you what? Tell you I'm dying so you can...

I'll find a way. I swear I'll find a way to save you.

Cassandra, for these last seven days I want to see you smile every day, not

this look on your face.

Cassandra's blade is indeed sharp.

It shouldn't hurt too much.

If I die by Cassandra's hand, she can use my pearl to save Eva, go to the mine

to destroy the regent, and continue being the red-haired death.

But there will be a 38th notch carved into her heart.

What do I have to do to not lose you, Marlene?

Kill me. My heart will turn into a pearl.

Use it to save Eva, save my mother.

And then destroy him. For me, for you, for everyone he's killed.

You can.

You're the Red Death.

You've killed 37 people.

But I can't kill you!

Because I love you.

From the moment you grabbed my wrist in the storm and said you'd save me. From

when you sang for me to block the cannon fire.

From when you called my name in your sleep.

Then don't kill me.

Let's go find the sea witch.

Make her break the curse.

The sea witch, she wants souls.

But it's better than you killing me.

Then let's go find her.

I can offer my soul.

The sea witch wants your soul.

I'll shatter her lair with my voice.

This island, the lair of the Sea Witch.

A curse.

Only the Spellplacer can lift it.

But those who set foot on the island...

Your father has also used this knife.

Do you know my father?

Twenty years ago, he visited Abyss Island. The Sea Witch demanded his soul,

but he refused to give it. However, he left behind something a knife capable of

severing curses. It is this very knife.

Hai Wu seeks our knight tributes, but sold.

Your father was the only one who managed to escape.

He also has nothing else.

He traded his soul for your sister's life.

Eva should have been killed at just three years old.

Give me a ship.

Right now.

I'll go with you.

No, you stay here.

If I don't come back.

The knife.

It already remembers you.

Father, I understand now.

The red-haired Grim Reaper.

You come to change their lives.

I need help casting the spell and saving my sister.

You're the only one who can do it.

Just set the conditions Your soul for all

eternity I shall be your guardian at the same price as your father's

Deal.

Kaskandra, look at me.

Why are you here? You've waited for me

too many times.

This time, together.

Kill me, and the curse will never be broken.

She'll still die.

Kill me, now.

The pearl will save Eva, save my mother, and set you free. The heart becomes

a pearl when I die.

Only the curse caster can lift the curse.

If the caster dies, the curse backfires.

Unless a greater power breaks it.

I don't need freedom.

I only need you.

No, this can't be happening the curse is mine my law I've lived 470 years

470 years of curses undone by one single tear

Get out before I make you

It was worth trading my voice for everything.

What's wrong?

It's okay. I may not hear your song, but I can see you.

You are right here, forever.

This is your voice. It hasn't disappeared.

It's just staying with you in a different way.

Captain, a letter from the fig village. Eva has woken up.

Also, the regent's mind was blown up by the human fleet, and he's missing.

There's another paragraph in the letter.

Eva asked, when will your sister be back?

My little sister has recovered, the water is clean and the regent is done

for. So, where to next?