Meroune "Mero" Lorelei

Meroune Lorelei (メロウヌ・ローレライ Merounu Rōrerai) or simply Mero (メロ) is a mermaid and the fifth girl. She has pale human skin and blue eyes, her hair and tail are pink with yellow fins, and in private she tends to wear a skimpy two-piece bathing suit made of fabric that has been specially treated so it won't slide off her slippery skin.[ch. 17] She's always polite and friendly, but sometimes can be unknowingly insensitive. To move around on dry land, she needs a wheelchair. In public, she uses a long dress with hat and frilly cuffs to hide her tail, webbed hands and spiny ears, giving her a Gothic Lolita appearance. She can effortlessly blend in with the crew of a maid cafe, with a little help from Suu.[ch. 18]
She initially meets Kimihito when he prevents her runaway wheelchair from crashing; later, Ms. Smith forces her on the household without bothering to ask first. Mero (whether consciously or unconsciously, it's not yet certain which) projects an aura that causes people to treat her with great respect and deference, and has been treated like royalty at the local aquarium, where she performed with the dolphins,[ch. 19] and by Cerea, who believes her to actually be royalty. It is later revealed in Chapter 34 that Mero is indeed royalty, specifically a princess as her mother is the queen of the merfolk. Ms. Smith apparently knows about it, judging from her reaction when Mero's identity was finally exposed.
She seems to have a masochistic side, as she enjoyed Miia's cooking (despite foaming from the mouth) and doesn't mind being tied up by Rachnera. She is a great fan of Hans Christian Andersen's story "The Little Mermaid" (as, according to her, all mer-people are) and dreams about falling in all kinds of tragic love, earning her the title of "Tragedy freak" from Miia; however, when she actually falls in love with Kimihito and sees him with Miia, she realizes that tragic love actually hurts, and in Chapter 30 the hope and possibility of becoming Kimihito's bride makes her so happy that she seems to have abandoned the dream of being his mistress (although still remaining in "tragic heroine mode").[ch. 30]
In Chapter 43, it is revealed that she helps supplement the Kurusu family expenses with money sent to her by her mother; she would like to get a part-time job, but her mother has forbidden it, so she helps with Papi and Suu's home-study as a teacher.[ch. 43]
She refers to Kimihito as Beloved (だんな様 Danna-sama) and Master in the English Dub.
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