A Mother's Regret

"My Queen, my Queen!" A mermaid enters an underwater palace while using her mana to make her voice echo through the water.

She swims quickly through the corridors that seem to be in ruins until she arrives in a great hall, also underwater. Sunbeams enter through small holes in the ceiling, making it clear that the place is not too far from the surface.

"My Queen?!?" That woman, who looks about forty and wears shining armor that even covers parts of her long tail, looks really apprehensive as she calls out to her Queen.

"Ramla!" A sweet and also angry voice echoes inside the hall. "Be quiet!!"

Realizing the direction the voice came from, Ramla quickly swims towards a room, where she sees her Queen looking at another mermaid's painting on the wall.