Embrace the light

After the mermaid incident, both Ian and Mino were a little tired and palpitations.

Now the sky is bright and the sea waves are gentle, as if this absurd and bizarre story has never happened.

Mino told Ian and Heng Ting everything the turtle said.

"Married?!?" Ian was surprised, "But why did Mo suddenly come over to make a contract with you? Is it because you played the oath conch?"

Mino said: "I don't know the details, and I don't want to know. I always feel like last night was just a dream. I don't care about it. When we leave Senlanxing, we will be separated, and we will no longer be related to each other."

"However, we don't know what effect this 'contract' ceremony will have on you. Will it prevent you from leaving Senlanxing?"

Mino was also a little worried, but there was nothing he could do about it.After all, he didn't understand the mermaid race, and according to the driver's uncle, no one really understood it.

[Your Highness can leave Senlanxing, and the deed ceremony will not harm you. ]

A lively girl's voice sounded in Mino's mind. He looked around first, but there were no marine creatures outside the protective cover.

[It's us, Your Highness, we're in the conch. ]

Mino looked down at the conch on the stone table, two purple pentagons were trying to wave their short tentacles.

"Is it you guys talking?"

[[Hmm, it's us. ]] Two voices overlapped.

[I am Purple Star. ] Naughty boy voice.

[I am Ziyue. ] Lively girlish voice.

"Nonuo, are these two starfish talking to you?"

Mino nodded. He pointed to the smaller starfish and said, "It's called Purple Moon." Then he pointed to the bigger starfish and said, "It's called Purple Star."

[We are a couple~]

"They're a couple."

"Wow." Ian folded his hands on the stone table and asked Zixing Ziyue: "Can we touch you? You are so cute."

[[Cute, of course we won't refuse~]] Another two voices overlapped.

Mino conveyed their words to Ian, and Ian stretched out his hand carefully, and gently stroked their little feet with the index fingers of both hands, uh, it may also be the little finger.

The two starfish were not afraid of people, they hugged Ian's finger with their two tentacles very affectionately.

"Heng, look, they are so cute." Ian's voice conveyed his happiness, he lifted the starfish carefully, and then sent it to Heng, "Heng, do you want to pet it? They are very good. of."

Heng just looked at the two starfish hugging Ian's fingers for a while, then shook his head.

Yi'an sent Zixing Ziyue back to the conch, which contained sea water.

"I always thought that being able to communicate with other non-human creatures was just a fairy tale. It seems that the story really comes from life."

Mino nodded in agreement, but he didn't know if his suddenly acquired skill was only effective for the animals around Mo, or for all marine life.

Minuo asked the question, and Ziyue replied: [After signing the contract, you can understand the words of all sea creatures on Senlanxing, but your Highness needs to practice more. Now you can hear our voices, but It's just passive acceptance, you have to practice hard to actively listen to the sounds of marine life. ]

[Uh-huh. ], Zixing then said, [One of the reasons we were sent to follow His Highness is to teach you how to communicate with the ocean. ]

"What about the other reasons?" Mino asked.

The two starfish looked at each other before answering.

Ziyue said: [[-]. Teach you how to communicate with marine life. Of course, this is to facilitate better communication between you and the owner.Second, we have to serve you and protect you.[-]. We need to follow you and report your living conditions to the host one by one. ]

Mino raised his eyebrows, "So you are sent to monitor me?"

Ziyue pointed her fingers, [I can't say that, the main thing is to protect and take care of you. ]

Mino asked, "What if you are thrown into the sea?"

Ziyue swayed quickly, [Don't do it, the master will be angry, so you and your friends will never leave Senlan Sea. ]

"Then I will leave Senlanxing and leave you in the seas of other planets."

Ziyue shook a finger, [No, Your Highness, the master will still be angry if you do this. ]

"The Emperor Shan Gao is far away, so what if he is angry?"

This time it was Zixing who raised his hand to answer, [You and the master have signed a contract, if you make the master angry, the master will sing to you, some songs will make you very painful, this is your punishment. ]

Seeing that Mino looked a little angry, Ziyue quickly added: "Please rest assured, Your Highness, although the master looks cold and fierce on the outside, he is actually very friendly to other creatures, as you humans often say." This kind of face is cold and kind. ]

Of course, the battle state does not count.

Mino recounted the conversation with Hai Xing to the two people around him, and Ian worried: "Then what should we do? Even if you leave Senlan Xing, Mo can still control you."

"I can only take one step at a time. The imperial capital is so developed, I don't believe there is no way to get rid of the mermaid's control."

[The master is so powerful, mighty, handsome, and handsome, why do you want to get rid of the master, Your Highness?In our Senlanhai, the master is unanimously admired by millions of creatures. ]

As for the fact that her master, who is loved by thousands of people but never changes her heart, chooses a weak human being, Ziyue can only express that no matter how strong she is, she can't escape the fate of a mermaid.

Mino flung his eyes at him, and Ziyue quickly shut up.

"Let's not talk about it, I don't like boys at all! As for your master, he is a mermaid. How can he fall in love with a different species from mine! And even if he is strong and handsome, so what? A contract to control me, even if there is a disagreement, I will do it, this kind of savage fish, of course I want to get rid of it!"

Zixing and Ziyue looked at each other, and silently retracted into the conch together, pretending that they didn't hear anything.

Seeing the rising sun rising higher and higher, Yi An asked: "Wait, shall we tell others about Mo's appearance?"

Heng said, "It's better not to."

Both Ian and Mino looked at him, and Heng explained: "At least for now, Mo is an extremely dangerous existence. Let them know of Mo's existence, and then they will be involved."

Both of them felt that what Heng said was reasonable, so Mino put away the conch, so that others would not see the starfish and jewels in the conch.

If he was discovered, he would not be able to explain why these things would suddenly appear in the conch in the airtight protective cover.

Heng got up and walked to the hole caused by the ink. Now the sun is bright and the light is abundant. Looking at it with the eyes, it is impossible to see that this place has been damaged.

Ian also came over and touched the place where the hole had been broken. It was clean and smooth, without any signs of being broken.

"The mermaid is really a miraculous existence. Like magic, it healed Nono's wound and completely restored the damaged protective cover."

"Yesterday, he used his right hand when he damaged the shield, and he used his left hand when he healed Mino and repaired the shield," Heng said.

Mino nodded, "Could it be the ability to destroy with the right hand and heal with the left hand?"

[Not. ] Ziyue's voice came out again, [The master can destroy and heal with both hands. As for using the right hand when destroying and the left hand when healing, that is just the master's habit, not a limitation of ability. ]

Mino repeated Ziyue's words to the two of them.

"Morning, friends." It was Alex's voice greeting.

Ian, Heng, and Mino turned their heads together and looked at the security compartment. Five people including Alex, Gene, and Harvey came out one after another.

"Cousin, you haven't slept all night, or you got up too early."

Although the safe compartment was not that spacious, all five of them slept soundly.

At first when the three of them pushed the door to come out, they were still aware of it, but before they knew it, they slowly fell asleep again, and slept deeply until dawn.

Gene also said with emotion: "Sleeping on the big soft bed at home, I didn't sleep as deeply as sitting in this safe box yesterday. However, I just have some back pain."

Mino replied: "It's quite heavy. When the three of us got up, you didn't react at all. It seems that each of you is a bit masochistic. In the future, you can buy a recliner and sleep on it at night. Save With the bed, the bedroom space is bigger.”

"I'm a little hungry after sleeping, shall we have breakfast?" Harvey asked.

Mino nodded, and called Ian and Heng, "Let's get breakfast. You guys should enjoy the beautiful scenery of the sea in the early morning."

Back in the safe compartment, the three of them rinsed their mouths and washed their faces, then went out with enough compressed biscuits and drinking water.

After everyone had breakfast, they took pictures of the beautiful scenery and group photos for a while, and saw a cruise ship approaching here in the distance.

Not a while after the cruise ship approached the mooring, the uncle driver appeared. He checked the protective cover and the safety compartment, and found nothing unusual. Then he took two empty food boxes and took everyone down to the cruise ship by a straight ladder. superior.

It was noon when we returned to the hotel.

After having lunch in the hotel, Mino announced that he would suspend his rest today and continue traveling tomorrow.

The other seven people have no objection, everyone needs to wash and tidy up well, the five people who are sleepy with backaches need to stretch their muscles and bones, and the three people who haven't slept all night need to catch up on sleep.

Back in the hotel room, Ian and Heng took turns washing up.

Seeing Heng coming out of the bathroom in pajamas, Yi An patted the vacant side of his bed, motioning for Heng to come and sleep together.

Heng came over and lay down beside Ian.

Although a little sleepy, Ian was still a little excited. He said to Heng: "Heng, I didn't expect that we could really see a mermaid this time. Although he seems to be more primitive and fierce, he didn't actually hurt us. With With this close contact, I think the mermaids in my works will be more vivid in the future."

Ian lay on his side, propped his head on his hands, and asked Heng: "How did you feel when you saw the mermaid?"

Heng replied: "He is very powerful. As an individual, the fighting power of mermaids is beyond our human beings' ability to compete."

Ian nodded, "So today you said that we should not tell other people about Mo, I agree very much. Although human beings are weak individually, we are the strongest in the interstellar when we reunite. So if too many people know If we know the true existence of mermaids and their magical power, maybe this original balance will be broken, and they will be forced to study them and hurt them because of fear of them. The empire is now vast, but I know that under this peace and tranquility, it is actually It covered up a lot of bloody violence, and those that could not be used and controlled by the empire were suppressed by force of the empire. You look like Mo, he is not happy to communicate with us humans, but likes to unilaterally occupy absolute dominance. One day, the empire wants to rule the mermaids, but if the mermaids don't agree, wars and injuries are likely to occur."

After listening to Ian's worried words, Heng nodded his head with his finger.

"Thinking too much, going too far."

Ian smiled, he really thought too much, they had already decided not to mention Mo to the outside world, maybe no one would see the mermaid with their own eyes.

Perhaps, his worries were simply unfounded.