You might be right on that theory, I am inclined to believe it is actually ancient but maybe it is a recent spirit.
Now the story getting interesting! That royal family was suspicious from the beginning anyway. I also have another theory that the mermaid spirit's original spirit is actually the wife from that royal family. Because it stated that thing is female originally.~~ 
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You might be right on that theory, I am inclined to believe it is actually ancient but maybe it is a recent spirit.
Longcat is long.
There's a whole lot going on here, and that royal family seems to be at the centre of it all. Hard to tell how much, because it runs so deep and they're so used to the misdirection to keep others from noticing, but I wouldn't be surprised if you're (OP) right about the mermaid spirit being the "divorced" wife.