Prince Liam of The Purpura Kingdom was one of the human princes who initially walked out on Princess Scarlett upon seeing her mermaid form. Unlike the other princess who rode on trusty steeds, he merely walked alone on foot - Which made him the butt of jokes from the many princes who were traveling to The Rubrum Kingdom.
At this moment, it’s sunset and Prince Liam was walking down the valley that lead to The Rubrum Kingdom. His feet should've hurt, but they didn’t.
Unlike his peers, Prince Liam didn’t leave Princess Scarlett because he was put off by the oddness her mermaid form, he left her because he was scared for what that might entail for his family.
Prince Liam was a user of witchcraft, a warlock with years of using the magic under his belt. However, he never revealed his magic to the outside world. Liam was raised by his parents under strict Judaism, which made witches and warlocks alike target for persecution due to witchcraft’s association with paganism - Which meant Prince Liam grew up seeing people lynched in front of his kingdom’s population.
The idea of being executed terrified Liam. It’s not like he worshipped another deity. He very much loved God and only studied magic because it wowed him as a child. From then on, he would learn spells ranging from making objects levitate, to looking into people’s memories, to reviving people back from the dead using only a few bits from a person’s corpse. He was a skilled warlock that was good at keeping himself under wraps due to his long purple clothes, but he knew that being with a mermaid would eventually blow his cover and meet the wrath of his parents.
“Still,” Prince Liam thought, “Is it right for me to reject such a beautiful sea creature because of my parents? After all, I made the journey to see Princess Scarlett, I can’t let the whole walk go to waste. I want a lover. I want a wife. I want a woman who can father my children. Sure, Princess Scarlett’s a mermaid, but she’s still a human in the parts that count… Other than her vagina, of course.” Prince Liam thought with a blush.
He shook his head and bring out something from the purple coat that covered his body - A magic wand.
“I’m a wizard. I can do anything I want with Scarlett, including being able to mate with her fishy lower body.” Prince Liam said to himself. “Even if I can’t have sex with her, she can still lay eggs and I would happily fertilize them.”
Prince Liam turned back to take a look at the distant Rubrum Kingdom that laid upon the hills. He could feel his heart beating at the idea of being with a mermaid Scarlett. Beyond sex, the idea of taking care of and ruling by a sea angel made Liam’s cheek blush and his manhood excited.
He sighed to himself. “Man, I messed up leaving Scarlett, all because I’m scared of my old bums of parents. Thank God I haven’t made too much of a distance from her home.” Prince Liam smiled a bit. “Since all the other princes are further away from me, I have no competition in going back and meeting her again tomorrow.”
Prince Liam stretched out his body and yawned. “For now, I just need to set up camp right now. I’m pooped.”
The tired prince looked to see a sad horse walking away from a lake. He was about to approach the lone steed when he saw a pair of green clothes.
“These belong to… Prince Oliver.” Liam said as he examined the green garments.
Prince Oliver, compared to the other princes, was kind to Liam on the journey to meet Prince Scarlett. Oliver might’ve been cocky at times, but he was probably the only royal that treated Prince Liam with a bit of respect. So the idea that he could be around Liam’s camping ground made the tired purple prince a bit excited - Finally, a sleepover with a friend and a possible alliance formation with The Prasinus Kingdom and The Purpura Kingdom.
Prince Liam squinted his eyes to see where Prince Oliver was but couldn’t see him anywhere. Liam stripped himself of his clothes and carefully set them next to Oliver’s.
“Ah!.... Ahhhh…” Prince Liam exclaimed at his naked body got used to the cold water. “God, this feels so good. I hope I could experience it with Princess Scarlett.” He whispered to himself as he closed his eyes.
Soon, the water started to feel good, really good. This caused the prince to feel immersed in a pleasure he hasn’t felt before. It was then, after several minutes, that Prince Liam realized that he couldn’t feel his legs.
He opened his eyes and looked down to see a long purple-scaled tail in the place of his legs.
“No way! Am I.. dreaming?”
Prince Liam pinched himself to make sure he was dreaming but nothing happened. Looking at himself further, he saw that he was no longer a skinny and lanky warlock, he was now a merman with a swimmer’s body - Complete with tailfins, gills on his sides, and webbed fingers.
“This… This is awesome! Oh if only…” Prince Lima paused as he realized something and looked to see that the lake had a stream that leads to The Rubrum Kingdom.
“I… I have a chance to go back to Princess Scarlett right now!” Prince Liam exclaimed. But before he could rush out, he paused and remembered something.
He swam back to the edge of the lake to look over his clothes. “Can’t forgot my wand!” Prince Liam said with a grin as he brought out his little object. “The ocean’s quite dangerous, so it’s good to have some magic nearby.” Prince Liam looked to the clothes of Prince Oliver.
“If my hypothesis is right, then Prince Oliver is a merman as well. I hope he’s alright. I know he’s cocky and all, but that shouldn't mean he deserves to die. Prince Oliver's my brother, not bound by blood but by fins.” He said to himself.
Prince Liam held his wand tightly in one hand and touched his manly new abs and beautiful purple fish scales with the other. “I know my parents will freak if they see me, but honestly… Who cares? Once I’m married to Scarlett, their authority will be no more and I’ll have a handsome wife to warm a seabed with. A new age of human and merfolk friendship could happen under my rule as King.”
The merprince shook his head. “Of course, I would need to make it to Scarlett's room alive to make it all happen. I need to keep my wits about me since the ocean is dangerous.”
Prince Liam flicked his tailfins and carefully swam to the stream.
“Don’t worry, Scarlett. Your mate is coming.”