The Old Man and the Mermaid

Mr. Mermaid, one of the hunters, did not see the scene where Aigre put the boat on the sea.After dawn, he woke up from his sleep and started hunting around Twilight Island—although he did feel a little tired of the hunting process because of what happened yesterday, but it didn't mean he didn't need to eat.

What's more, he didn't want to disturb Aigre's leisurely morning.

After the heavy rain last night, the heavy clouds in the sky still haven't dissipated. It seems that in the next two days, the rain will continue to fall on this small island.After these few rains are over, Dusk Island will probably gradually become cooler.

After solving the breakfast problem, the mermaid swam to the east of Dusk Island in the direction Aigre said yesterday.He can ensure that he will not be discovered by the weird instruments on the human ship, but that is because he has some understanding of human technology.If the female tribe had indeed appeared here before, he really needed to give that careless girl some advice as Aigre reminded.

The mermaids are indeed strong enough to fight and win against any biological individual, but they are absolutely unable to guarantee their own safety in front of such a large and intelligent group of humans—especially his other tribes are still ignorant of human technology. Nothing is known about the product, which makes weapons capable of capturing large sea creatures extremely sudden.

Mr. Mermaid quickly searched the eastern waters of Dusk Island, but he didn't find any trace of the Mermaid lady.After pondering for a while, he slowly approached the shallow sea area on the eastern coast.

It's still early, so the small fishing boats that came out to fish haven't landed yet, but have just returned from a distant sea area, and are still floating on the surface of the shallow sea.The fishermen packed their tools and let the boat move slowly towards the coast with the wind, which also gave them some time to count the approximate number of small fish.

Mr. Mermaid has seen many reports about fishing boats before.In recent years, the fishing boats used by fishermen have become quite large and advanced. For Mr. Mermaid, it has been a long time since he has seen fishermen relying on their own abilities to fish like this.

Although this kind of scene looks much simpler than the large-scale fishing operations supported by technology, it reminds him of many memories from long ago.

At that time, the development of human society was not as fast as it is now, and most people still maintained a rather primitive way of life.People rely on their own crafts to survive, and almost all coasts are as peaceful and serene as Dusk Isle.But although they seem to have an easier life than people now, they still need to consider whether they and their families can have enough food for the day.

Anyway, no matter when, this world will never lack troubles.

Mr. Mermaid stopped at a position a little far away from the fishing boats, and then floated up a little bit. After confirming that the people sitting on the fishing boats could not find him, he crossed the shiny sea and looked towards the coast.

First he saw some fishermen coming ashore and children playing on the beach, and then he saw the young men he had seen near the lighthouse in Aigre.

A few young people are groping for something on the beach. They all hold pens and paper and a smart phone in their hands—Mr. Mermaid has not had direct contact with these newly developed smart phones, so he can only judge from the appearance .

This reminded him of the antique phone that Eigre often held in his hand without a camera except for making calls and sending text messages, and occasionally he would have the illusion that the phone was probably older than Aigre.

And beside these young people, stood an older elder.This gentleman is probably the Professor Nice that Egrele mentioned before. According to Egrele, he is also a very polite and wise man who is willing to judge right from wrong.

Mr. Mermaid can understand the respect and reverence that young humans have for elders, but in terms of age alone, that professor is much younger than him, so his attitude towards any human being can be regarded as quite consistent.

He stopped at that position and observed the shore for a while, making sure that they did relax temporarily after making some preliminary observations of the beach and the surrounding sea water, and then turned to continue searching for their fellows in other sea areas near the island.

While Mr. Mermaid was out looking for the lady in the sea, Egrele also carefully read the manual about the boat in his hand, and pushed the boat to the surface of the sea.

The size of the boat was small, but it wasn't too narrow either. After two or three people took it, it could hold up a small sail.However, since the power motor is installed, the canvas is quite redundant, so the owner of the ship probably did not add the elements of the small sailboat when designing, and only kept the strong hull and beautiful appearance.

Aigre used to ride this type of boat with his grandfather when he was a child.At that time, the motor device was not as convenient as it is now, and it often had problems, and it was not so flexible.But now, Aigre only needs to hold the handle firmly to control the direction at will.

He recalled the introduction in the manual, and did not increase the speed immediately. After getting used to the way the ship turned, he gradually increased the speed.Since he was exposed to similar things when he was a child, it didn't take too long to try to get used to it when he now had a brand new model boat.

This feeling can be said to be handy.Aigre gradually sailed away from the coast, directly avoided the reef area, and continued to explore the various functions of his new toy in the wider sea.

When Mr. Mermaid came back, what he saw was the layers of waves on the sea surface that were being continuously raised by the stern of the boat, and the beautiful bottom of the boat that was moving rapidly.

Although Aigre hadn't mentioned buying a boat to Mr. Mermaid before, Mr. Mermaid knew that the young man who was so obviously happy was sitting on the boat, so he decided to give Aigre one before today's formal greetings. little surprise.

He quickly followed the boat's trajectory, lurking not far below the boat, and after Aigre's driving the boat gradually slowed down, he rushed up and grabbed the side of the boat, and relied on the fish's tail to The force caused the boat to shake violently.

Aigre was caught off guard and stumbled on the boat. Before he could stabilize his body, he fell into the sea from the boat that almost turned upside down.

Mr. Mermaid raised one hand to stabilize the shaking boat, looked at Aigre who had just fallen into the sea with a smile in his eyes, and pulled him into the sea again after he surfaced and took a breath of fresh air.

Because his actions were so sudden, Aigre almost thought that the guy with the tail was actually committing murder.But after being dragged into the sea for the second time, he was enough to react and open his eyes.

Aigre held his breath, barely opened his eyes in the sea water, frowned and looked at Mr. Mermaid who was looking at him with a smile—he never thought it was so easy to stop breathing, but when he saw When Mr. Mermaid was in a complete state in the sea, he did fall into a short-term suffocation state.

The side fins that Mr. Mermaid showed occasionally during yesterday's hunting were fully stretched in the sea water, probably because they were not moving, and they were softly fitting Mr. Mermaid's waist and tail at this time.It was only at this time that Eigre discovered that Mr. Mermaid actually had several layers of rather short and sharp fins on both sides of his tail, which were connected with the two longest side fins and clinging to the waist and abdomen of the mermaid. Finally hiding under the scales.

The short fins that were originally hidden in the scales on the outside of his arms were also exposed in the sea water. It looked a bit like the sleeves that girls in the town would wear in summer, but they were more beautiful and aggressive.

And the two ear-like fish fins on both sides of Mr. Mermaid's head also unfolded together, making his facial appearance more handsome and rampant.

Fairy tales are indeed deceptive.Aigre thought with mixed feelings—the two fins on the side of the head are not like the ears of elves at all, but more like several sharp blades, which seem to be able to cut through the prey in the next second throat.

With this thought in mind, Eigre couldn't help stretching out his hand to stroke a fin on the side of Mr. Mermaid's head while he was suffocating.

——Sure enough, it was as sharp and hard as he imagined.

After doing this action, his face finally became a little ugly.

And Mr. Mermaid has been paying attention to the state of Aigre. When he began to feel the pressure in his lungs, he stretched out his fish tail to wrap around his waist and sent him back to the boat.

Aigre sat down on the board of the boat, took a few deep breaths, and then turned his head to look at Mr. Mermaid who was propping his hands and arms on the boat, and jokingly said, "I'm so glad you're willing to let me see you in the sea What exactly does it look like, Mr. Fish—you are covered in weapons, and I have begun to sympathize with the prey you are targeting."

Then you should pity yourself for a few seconds, my friend.Mr. Mermaid laughed while lying on the side of the boat, and told Eigre in simple words:

——You are also being targeted.