[Pirate] My Luna

"Luna, puff up your chest!" A big red hand with obvious fish-man characteristics patted the girl's back. The girl, whose whole body was tightly wrapped in a cloak, moved two steps awkwardly. She turned around and looked back at the tall girl. The red fish-man said with a bit of anxiety in his voice, "Is it really going to be okay, Tiger?"

Tiger was wearing short sleeves and trousers as usual, and did not use a cloak to cover the too obvious dorsal fin on the back of his neck. Seeing the girl frozen in place, barely daring to move, his expression became a little complicated, and he quickly covered it up Go down. He knelt down, touched the girl's head, and showed a generous and gentle smile, "...Luna, you don't need to hate all humans, but you don't need to be afraid of them either."

"Stand up your chest!" he said again, gently pushing the girl behind his back with his palms, encouraging her to move forward.

Luna wrapped the cloak tightly around her body and moved forward with a bound. From a distance, she cautiously stretched out her hand from the cloak, holding a wrinkled Bailey in her palm.

"Please, please give me an ice cream." She said softly.

As evening approached, there were few people on the street. The ice cream vendor who was taking a nap was still yawning after being woken up, but he already had a warm smile on his face.

He whipped up the ice cream and looked down at the little girl in front of him who was only as high as the window. He was about to tease her a little in a friendly way, but when he caught sight of the red fish-man standing in the distance from the corner of his eye, all the blood drained from his rosy and cheerful face. He roughly stuffed the ice cream into the girl's hand and remained silent after that. He only lowered his head and tried his best to hide his disgusted and frightened expression.

Luna didn't realize it. She hurriedly caught the ice cream and wanted to follow Tiger's instructions and muster up the courage to look up, smile at the stall owner and say thank you.

"Luna, come back." Before she and the stall owner could look at each other, Tiger called her from behind. Luna was a little confused, but still breathed a small sigh of relief. She happily skipped towards Tiger holding the ice cream.

Tiger took Luna's hand that wanted to grab the hem of his clothes, and the two figures, one tall and one short, walked silently towards the dusk-stained coast, just like ordinary humans out for fun.

The sweet taste of ice cream slowly filled her mouth. Luna shook Tiger's hand and said, "Tiger, where are we going? Aren't we going to stay on this island for a few days? Just like before."

Tiger exhaled a breath and put a smile on his face again, "I will take you back to Fishman Island, where all our compatriots live."

Luna paused, the ice cream in her hands no longer smelled good.

Although she looks like it, she is not a mermaid at all.

Not even Luna.

She clearly remembered that she was a shark who lived in the Great Wasteland. She got separated from her tribe on the way to Haishi, and ended up in a strange world inexplicably. She couldn't find anything to eat, couldn't find her way home, and couldn't understand the language. When she finally couldn't help but want to communicate with humans like Hai Ke from her hometown, she was captured by greedy businessmen and locked in an animal cage.

It was Tiger who saved her.

After that, she kept following Tiger, who took her on trips and taught her how to speak and read. He named her Luna, saying it meant moon. When she was quiet and silent, she looked like a clear little moon.

But she's not a mermaid, and there won't be any of her kind there. Mermaids will not all have blue hair and blue eyes, they will not have no ears but only scales and gills, they will not weave water into yarn, and they will not have hot tears falling out of their eyes and turning into cold beads.

But Luna still nodded, "Wherever Tiger goes, I will go."

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The Fish-Man Island is 10,000 meters deep in the sea. It is not easy for them to walk. Luna's swimming speed is only half of that of a normal mermaid, so they have to spend more time in the dark deep sea.

The closer you get to Fish-Man Island, the softer and brighter the light becomes. It looks like a huge crystal ball floating on the bottom of the sea. Huge sea kings and a large number of whales were swimming around it, and the sunlight poured in brilliantly from the roots of the Eve tree, making the surroundings even more dreamlike.

Entering the interior of Fish-Man Island through a tall pass that resembled a keyhole, Luna looked around in wonder. Colorful coral buildings, inverted U-shaped fast waterways connecting various places, and bubble islands floating in the sky were everywhere on the streets. The fishmen and mermaids were all sights she had never seen before.

Tiger took Luna to buy bubble coral so that Luna could use bubbles to move around in places without water, without having to jump around.

After that, they visited almost all of Fish-Man Island, but Luna thought Tiger was a little strange. Tiger would try his best to buy anything she seemed to like, which made Luna a little worried about whether she would not be able to eat tomorrow.

It was gradually getting dark, and there were no stars at night on Fish-Man Island, but there were scattered gleams of deep-sea plants and fish. A long fish boat came to pick up Tiger. Tiger said he was going to visit two people he respected, the king and princess of this country.

Luna was lying on the window, watching the town below shrink into beautiful colorful blocks. Tiger was behind her, clumsily combing her hair, patiently braiding it, and wearing hair accessories studded with pearls.

Pink and white pearls are dotted on the long dark blue hair, and there is a pair of dark blue eyes on the soft and white face. The girl is looking at the scenery below intently, with a happy and innocent expression.

Tiger also followed her and stared at the shrunken coral island, "Luna, do you like it here?"

"Yeah!" Luna turned to Tiger and showed a bright smile.

Whether it was novel scenery, food, or being able to walk freely without her cloak, it all made her feel relaxed and happy.

Tiger also laughed, "...that's good."

When they arrived at the main entrance of the palace, Luna was so sleepy that she almost fell asleep with her face buried in Tiger's palm.

The princess of Fishman Island is called Otohime, a petite blond mermaid, and the king, Tiger calls him King Neptune, is as big as a whale.

Luna followed Tiger and bowed stumblingly, looking at them secretly and curiously.

Princess Otohime made a face at her when Tiger and King Neptune weren't paying attention. Seeing her being amused, Otohime narrowed her eyes with laughter.

They talked in the council hall, and Tiger slowly recounted what he had seen and heard on this trip.

Luna began to imitate Tiger and sat cross-legged on the ground. Gradually she couldn't help but feel sleepy and leaned against Tiger.

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"...I'm sorry for not being able to come back sooner."

"Whitebeard has protected this place, so you don't have to worry too much about Tiger." Before King Neptune could speak, Princess Otohime had already smiled and reassured her, with a relaxed and high-spirited tone, "Now we have passed the crisis, in all aspects Everything is recovering. Fish-Man Island will definitely get better and better in the future~"

Drowsily, Luna felt someone gently stroking her long hair.

"This time I will stay in Fishman Street for a while before setting off. For this child, can you ask the princess to help find a family member who is willing to take care of her?"

"...Fishman Street won't be suitable for her."

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When Luna woke up on the soft shell bed, Tiger was gone.

They had just overcome the crisis of pirates occupying Fish-Man Island, and King Neptune and Princess Otohime were very busy. A seahorse fish-man told her, and the fish-man looked at her with a very gentle and friendly expression.

But Luna felt that her brain was in chaos and she couldn't find the energy to respond.

Why would Tiger leave her behind? She couldn't understand.

Is she not well-behaved and too noisy? Eat too much and act like a spoiled child? Or did Tiger finally realize that she lied to him and that she was not a mermaid?

She wanted to find out from him.

Luna finished her breakfast obediently and was told to go around as she pleased, but not to disturb the king and princess, and to ask the patrol brothers for help when in trouble. She also nodded quietly and obediently.

After the seahorse mermaid left, Luna took out the bubble coral and hung it around her neck, and took out the Fish-Man Island Tour Guide, which Tiger bought for her.

Slender fingers slowly slid across the rough paper, and in an inconspicuous corner of the map, she found the place she was looking for, Fishman Street.

Fishman Street is in the northwest of the Forest of the Sea, and the Forest of the Sea is under the main island of Fishman Island, in the deep sea to the southeast.

As long as she enters Fish-Man Island from Ryugu City, she can directly take the flounder boat to the Forest of the Sea, and then find Fish-Man Street.

Luna put away the map and took out some Baileys from her backpack and stuffed them with her. She went out as if nothing had happened, carefully avoiding the patrolling soldiers, and jumped into the sea when no one was paying attention.

Like Fishman Island, Ryugu City is wrapped in two layers of bubbles. There is an air layer between the two layers of bubbles. Foreign enemies cannot invade from the outside. They can only enter through the special passage opened by the garrison. However, there is no way to get out from the inside. .

By accelerating under the sea, breaking through the first layer of bubbles, free-falling directly out of the second layer of bubbles, you can enter the sea water between Dragon Palace City and Fish-Man Island. At that time, you can rush into Fish-Man Island from above. After entering Use bubble coral to slow down and land safely.

Although Luna's speed was only half that of the mermaid, it was still enough for her to break through the first layer of bubbles, and everything went smoothly until she fell out of the second layer of bubbles.

It's just that Luna forgot to consider why no enemy has ever invaded Ryugu Castle from above?

After falling out of Dragon Palace City, what she encountered was not gentle and controllable sea water at all, but violent and disorderly sea water turbulence. Neptunes with giant bodies can treat turbulence as a breeze blowing on their faces. Huge whales also have the power to avoid and fight against it. However, ordinary humans, mermaids and even fishmen cannot escape from this turbulence and can only be trapped. Swallowing.

Luna pressed hard on the bubble coral, and before she was pulled into the depths of the turbulent flow, the bubbles tremblingly wrapped around her, forming a small space that was constantly twisting and deforming under the pressure of the seawater, making her unable to As for being smashed by the incoming sea current, his internal organs were broken and his bones were crushed.

After that, she fainted from the constantly changing perspectives.