The Mermaid of the Deep Sea

After a few days, Lei Boding found that the life of a mermaid is actually quite boring. Besides fishing, they sing together or stay at home and raise children. For example, now Lei Boding is chatting with Ivor and Ralph to relieve boredom.

"Hey, Ralph, do you know how we should be treated if we mermaids are injured?" Lei Boding seemed to inadvertently raise this question while talking.

"Using our own saliva, of course." It was Ivor who answered Lei Boding, who shook his head exaggeratedly, "Oh, Ray, it's too bad that you don't even remember such a thing."

"Our own saliva? Really?" Lei Boding felt that this matter sounded a little unreliable.

"Of course it's true." It was Ralph who answered the conversation. He looked at Lei Boding with a strange look. "Our mermaid's saliva is naturally able to heal wounds. You don't remember this?"

"But why are Derby's wounds always bad?" Lei Boting blurted out after receiving Ralph's affirmative answer.

"Derby?" The name Derby stunned both Ivor and Ralph.

Raffle, who first came back to his senses, asked casually, "Is his wound still not healed?"

Thinking of the still hideous wound, Lei Boding frowned slightly, "Yeah, the flesh is still turned over, it looks really scary."

"Well, there is one more thing I forgot to tell you about Derby," said Ivor who was sitting on the side after listening, "Derby not only has the flaws I told you last time, but also, his saliva can't heal the wound." " Noticing the look in Lei Boding's eyes, Ivor spread his hands, expressing that he could do nothing, "This is bad, right? In fact, compared to those flaws that seem innocuous to me, this flaw is the most fatal, right? .He lives alone and has to fish by himself, and the saliva doesn't heal the wound, which makes his fishing much more dangerous, doesn't it?"

When Ivor said a little, Lei Boding's face turned ugly, and it was Ralph who said, "Why, didn't Derby tell you about this?"

Lei Boding patted the ground with his tail anxiously, "Do you think a mermaid as sensitive as Derby would tell others about his flaws?"

"We thought he wasn't wary of you anymore." Ivor murmured after hearing this, but he also knew how much Derby had done to save Lei Boting's arm injury. After thinking for a while, Ivor's eyes lit up , "Hey, Ray, why don't you use your saliva to heal his wounds!"

As soon as Ivor made this proposal, the other two were stunned for a moment, and then Ralph nodded in agreement, "I think this is also a good idea."

Lei Boding was quite moved when he heard it, but after thinking for a while, he shook his head and looked up at his two friends, "Guys, do you have any other ideas?"

"Why, isn't this idea okay?" Ivor felt very strange about Lei Boding's reaction, and joked, "Hey, Ray, can't your saliva heal wounds? I haven't heard you say that before!"

Lei Boting patted Ivor on the head angrily, "Do you think Derby's character would allow others to use saliva to heal his injuries?"

"Oh, well, buddy, you're right." Thinking of Derby's more sensitive and shy personality than Mimosa, Ivor had to agree with Lei Boding's point of view.

"So, guys, use your brains and tell me what else I can do to treat that horrible wound." Reberdin felt unhappy when he thought of the hideous wound and Derby's handicap due to the injury.

"Ray..." Ralph, who was sitting on the sidelines watching Lei Boding and Ivor's jokes, said.

"What's wrong?" Lei Boding turned to look at Raph.

"You're so nervous about Derby, don't you have a crush on him?" Ralph answered happily.

Ralph's words made Ivor's mouth open into an O shape, and Lei Boding narrowed his eyes and gave Ralph a merciless, "Let you guess!"

Ivor, who was on the side, felt pain when he saw Ralph grinning his teeth. He retracted his O-shaped mouth and couldn't help muttering, "I think what Ralph said is right, you see that you go to Find Derby, if you didn't like him, why are you so active?"

"Nonsense!" Lei Boting looked at Ivor with contempt, and then looked at Ralph with a look of hatred, "You cold-blooded mermaids, don't you know the meaning of repaying favors at all? Is it?" As he spoke, Lei Boding put on a heartbroken expression, "Derby risked his life to save me, a mermaid who had never had any friendship before, and was injured for it, shouldn't I care about him and repay him? Is it him? Letting his wounds heal as soon as possible is my unshirkable responsibility, right? You people who only know love affairs every day, will never realize such a sense of responsibility!"

Ivor, who was reprimanded by Lei Boding, felt embarrassed, and muttered, "Ralph and I just mentioned this, why are we so excited."

And Ralph, who was a little dizzy after being flicked on the forehead by Lei Boting, nodded quickly and said, "Yes, yes, that's what I said casually, don't worry, don't worry."

Lei Boting snorted, and acted like an old pedant, "As the old saying goes, you can't catch fish randomly, so you can't say that too!"

"Is there such an old saying?" Ivor asked stupidly after hearing it.

Lei Boding quickly answered, "You haven't heard of it because you are ignorant."

Well, such a sentence blocked the mouth of Raph who was about to ask questions.

Lei Boding glanced at the two of them triumphantly, and then induced, "Just now you slandered me for repaying Derby like this, it really hurt my heart, so do you feel a little sorry for me now?"

Ai Fu thought about it following Lei Boding's words, and nodded blankly, "It seems a little bit."

Lei Boding turned his head and looked at Raph with threatening eyes, "What about you?"

Frightened by Lei Boding's supernatural powers, Ralph agreed with a painful expression, "Me too."

"Very good," Lei Boding was very satisfied with the feedback, "Then, now, use your brains and tell me, what other methods can promote the healing of the wound?"

Ralph and Ivor racked their brains for a long time, and finally Ivor gave an answer, "Why don't you go to Nathaniel?"

"No!" Before Lei Boding could speak, Raph jumped out to object.

"Oh, yes, no, no, of course you can't go." After Ralph's objection, Ivor, who was dizzy, also reacted and shook his head.

Lei Boding was puzzled, "Why not?"

"Of course not!" Raph's objection was still strong, "Nathaniel is not a good mermaid, don't go to him if you are desperate."

Lei Boding was even more puzzled, "How do you say that?"

"Nathaniel is weird and gloomy. He's a scary mermaid," Ivor explained. "And you have to pay a high price for anything from him. It's too dark."

"A big price?" Lei Boting instantly remembered the old witch who asked for the tongue of the little mermaid in the cheating mermaid, "Do you want the tongue in exchange?"

"Tongue? Why do you need a tongue?" Ivory was taken aback by Lei Boding's nonsensical words.

Lei Boting's expression was innocent, "Didn't you say that you will pay a high price? Could it be that you want to exchange it with your tongue?"

"Ouch—" Ivor made a disgusted expression, "Ray, what are you thinking in your head, who would want to change things with your tongue! Nathaniel is weird, but he is not a devil, okay?"

Seeing Ivor's excited look, Lei Boding made a gesture of surrender, "Okay, okay, my imagination is a bit too much, so what is the big price you are talking about?"

"I don't know, I heard that Nathaniel wants to eat the upper jaw of a swordfish, the fin of a shark, and—" At this point, Ivor made another nauseous motion, "Whale feces. After finishing speaking, Ai Fu thought about it and added a little indignantly, "He still wants to pay for pearls and gold coins. He is really a greedy and unscrupulous person!"

"Then does his stuff work?" Lei Boding asked.

"Even though he's annoying, the stuff is still very good." Despite his reluctance, Ivor still said something fair.

After hearing this, Lei Boding nodded, "Okay, I see."

On the other hand, Raffle, who had been silent since they talked about Nathaniel, spoke again, "Hey, Ray, I know you're tempted, but listen to me, never go to Nathaniel, because you No idea what he's going to ask you for, swordfish's upper jaw or shark's fins are too dangerous, don't try them, or you'll lose more than you gain!"

Seeing Ralph's serious expression, Lei Boding felt warm in his heart, and patted him on the shoulder, "Got it, I know it."

Later, the three got together and talked about other topics before they separated. Before leaving Lei Boding's house, Ralph told Lei Boding about Nathaniel again, but this time he took a small step back. "If you really want to find him, remember to call me and Ivor."

Lei Boding stepped forward to hug Raph, and patted him on the shoulder, "Understood, my good brother."

After Ralph and Ivor left, Lei Boding pursed his lips, turned around and went back to the house to start looking for the small vault hidden by Lei Boding before.