“Wah wah wah—”

The water wheel spun leisurely, moistening the air.

The water was heated from being under direct sunlight. Irina stuck out a leg and tested the water temperature, then held up her snakeskin skirt and jumped down. Despite being used to filter salt for half a day, the snakeskin material neither shrunk nor stretched.

Curtis followed closely behind. When Irina stuck her head in, he raised his tail and lifted her.

A slight movement in the water caused Curtis to look in that direction. Indeed, it was Bluepool.

Hugging a bubble that contained little silver fishes, he floated to the water surface and poked the bubble with a...