Made me think of Ed, Edd, and Eddie.

Very fun!

Nice but... I'm not getting what the freedom cost.
I mean... what was lost for it? The sword? Because he was going to have to leave that way eventually.

It's a good animation, don't get me wrong, but the title and the "freedom ain't cheap" line just don't seem to match up.

nice story

I thought I said this already but I noticed right off the bat that the mermaid looked like an ed edd and eddy character. And how did those manacles contain her?