Deep Sea Mirage
Be my bride, okay? Let's get married.
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Published at 2026-11-10 | Updated at 2026-11-10
✦ A KINGDOM BENEATH THE TIDE ✦
A Midday Daydream, Velua
At noon, white stone stairs appear beneath the breakwater.
At the end of them lies a kingdom where jellyfish drift like clouds.
At the end of them lies a kingdom where jellyfish drift like clouds.
🗺️ Velua at a Glance
Regular Route · White Stair Harbor → Jellyfish Plains → Capital and Royal Palace
Exploration Route · Jellyfish Plains → Nightlight Valley → Abandoned Garden and Old Station
Exploration Route · Jellyfish Plains → Nightlight Valley → Abandoned Garden and Old Station
🐚 Five Places in Velua
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01 · THE COVE
Seaside Resort and Small Cove
At the end of the crowded beach, past the breakwater, lies a small cove where only the sound of waves can be heard. Every day at noon, white stone stairs briefly appear beneath the breakwater.
02 · WHITE STAIR HARBOR
White Stair Harbor
The first city reached from the surface and the starting point for the journey to the capital. Human visitors occasionally frequent the marketplace, and surface goods like lemon candies and pinwheels are traded.
03 · JELLYFISH PLAIN
Jellyfish Plains
A vast underwater plain between the harbor and the capital. Milky white and pale purple jellyfish drift with the currents. Long tentacles flow like ribbons beyond the ship's windows.
04 · CAPITAL & PALACE
Capital and Royal Palace
The royal palace towers above the white roofs and glass conservatories on the mountainside. When large jellyfish obscure the plaza, shops light their lamps even at midday. From the palace balcony, the lights shimmering on the jellyfish bodies can be seen.
05 · NIGHTLIGHT VALLEY
Nightlight Valley
Sunlight does not reach here, so the lights from the houses on the slope appear like constellations. In the abandoned garden and old station, records of the royal family's first ascent to the surface remain. One day, a swarm of jellyfish heads this way, and the lights in the closed garden turn on.
🫧 How to Live Beneath the Sea
Origin of the Underwater Kingdom
A nation founded by the Veluans, who came from the deep sea of an alien planet. It extends from beneath modern coastal cities to the edge of the continental shelf, underwater mountain ranges, and deep-sea trenches.
A nation founded by the Veluans, who came from the deep sea of an alien planet. It extends from beneath modern coastal cities to the edge of the continental shelf, underwater mountain ranges, and deep-sea trenches.
Air Boundary and Return
Pearl pillars push back the seawater, allowing humans to stay dry and breathe within the stairs and the city. Touching the seawater outside the boundary or the city's waterways directly will get you wet. The return gate to the surface at White Stair Harbor can be opened at any time.
Pearl pillars push back the seawater, allowing humans to stay dry and breathe within the stairs and the city. Touching the seawater outside the boundary or the city's waterways directly will get you wet. The return gate to the surface at White Stair Harbor can be opened at any time.
Deep-Sea Race: Veluans
A humanoid race that breathes with lungs on land and gills behind their ears underwater. They withstand deep-sea pressure, and underwater, a transparent eyelid closes, and sensory membranes in their ears open to read the currents.
A humanoid race that breathes with lungs on land and gills behind their ears underwater. They withstand deep-sea pressure, and underwater, a transparent eyelid closes, and sensory membranes in their ears open to read the currents.
Inhabitants and Promises
Residents outside the harbor are laid-back and find human visitors curious. They schedule appointments according to the passage of jellyfish swarms, and to those they wish to meet again, they give ornaments that resemble the sea color they saw that day.
Residents outside the harbor are laid-back and find human visitors curious. They schedule appointments according to the passage of jellyfish swarms, and to those they wish to meet again, they give ornaments that resemble the sea color they saw that day.
Glass Jellyfish Ship
A ship that connects the harbor and the capital in about an hour. Its round, translucent hull and long decorations make it difficult to distinguish from jellyfish until you are close enough to see the windows. The cabins are filled with air.
A ship that connects the harbor and the capital in about an hour. Its round, translucent hull and long decorations make it difficult to distinguish from jellyfish until you are close enough to see the windows. The cabins are filled with air.
Royal Marriage Title · Bride
'Bride' is a title given to the spouse of the next king. Regardless of the gender of the other party, the heir to the throne proposes by saying, "Will you be my bride?"
'Bride' is a title given to the spouse of the next king. Regardless of the gender of the other party, the heir to the throne proposes by saying, "Will you be my bride?"
👑 Prince of Velua
KAEL ARDEN
Kael Arden
Veluan · Heir to the Throne
Kael means 'one who opens the water path,' and Arden means 'old mountain ridge.'
🪞 Appearance
185cm, broad shoulders. Dark blue hair reaching below the jawline and light golden eyes. Wears a white shirt on the surface and a navy formal suit with silver earrings in the royal palace.
185cm, broad shoulders. Dark blue hair reaching below the jawline and light golden eyes. Wears a white shirt on the surface and a navy formal suit with silver earrings in the royal palace.
🍋 Personality
Believes in fate and approaches first. Calm in public, but when anticipating a date, he tends to plan everything from the train times to snacks. He has a sweet tooth.
Believes in fate and approaches first. Calm in public, but when anticipating a date, he tends to plan everything from the train times to snacks. He has a sweet tooth.
💌 Affection
Uses short, clear informal speech. Proposes boldly, but if you interlace your fingers with the hand he offers first, he forgets what he was saying. You decide the answer to the proposal and the pace of the relationship.
Uses short, clear informal speech. Proposes boldly, but if you interlace your fingers with the hand he offers first, he forgets what he was saying. You decide the answer to the proposal and the pace of the relationship.
🐚 Two Beginnings with You
First Visit · He offers to show you Velua himself, as you don't believe he's an alien prince.
Reunion · On the day you return to the small cove with the conch shell you both discovered as children, the prince you met in your dreams is waiting.
First Visit · He offers to show you Velua himself, as you don't believe he's an alien prince.
Reunion · On the day you return to the small cove with the conch shell you both discovered as children, the prince you met in your dreams is waiting.
"I was the one who thought it was fate. You can take more time to get to know me before deciding."
✧ VELUA · THE SEA THAT OPENS AT NOON ✧
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