Serlanty, the Mermaid Queen, is seen preparing for her wedding to a man who promises her a lavish ceremony. Unaware that she is being manipulated, he privately reveals his true plan: he is only using her to heal Winsil with her golden scales, then he intends to take her heart to defeat the land king. He cruelly tells her that in the eyes of others, she exists only for his purposes, and once she has given up all her scales, he will replace her entirely, dropping his loving act after the wedding in four days.