[Beauty and the Beast] Rose Castle

Looking back, it was a marine iguana who was talking, ugly and weird, with dark gray skin and dense round scales, which gave me goosebumps.But I don't know why, its flat upper and lower jaws and lizard-like claws, I think it is very cute, and I want to scratch it.When I came back to my senses, I had already walked over and reached out to scratch its chin.

The marine iguana immediately took two steps back, hugging Chou Chou's head with its small paws: "You, who are you... You are not from the Northland!"

I smiled, and just about to introduce myself, a cold voice sounded above my head: "She is my fiancee."

Lambert came over, put his arms around my waist possessively, and gave the marine iguana a cold look.It was just a look, which made the ferocious-looking marine iguana tremble with fright. After a while, it lay straight on the ground, losing its voice.I was startled, broke away from Lambert's arm, knelt down and touched its heartbeat, and said to Lambert in disbelief: "You, you seem to have scared it to death..."

"The marine iguana family can control their own heartbeat, and they are best at playing dead."

"Really?" I looked at him suspiciously, and he looked back with a flat look, not like he was telling a lie.However, ten seconds later, I touched the iguana's heart again, but there was still no heartbeat: "It's been so long, and its heartbeat hasn't returned to normal. Could it be that you were really scared to death..."

Lambert folded his arms and ordered condescendingly: "Get up." As soon as the words fell, the marine iguana under my hand moved and woke up faintly: "His Royal Highness, can you stop touching me... ...I really can't bear His Majesty's anger."

I first let go of my hand in embarrassment, and then said in surprise: "Your heart can stop beating for so long, it's amazing."

It got up and proudly raised its chest: "Of course, the longest feigning death record of our marine iguana is one hour1. This is our ability to save lives in the sea."

it's wired.Every movement of it, I think it is very cute... Could it be that I like lizards by nature?I was considering whether to take a marine iguana as a pet, but it collapsed on the ground again, motionless.Needless to say, he must have been frightened by Lambert again.I looked at Lambert helplessly: "Why do you always scare him?"

He stared at me for a while and said, "It deliberately seduces you. I can't bear it."

"..." I was speechless for a while, "You may have misunderstood the word 'seduce'."

"If it didn't seduce you, why did you scratch its jaw."

I really didn't think carefully about this point. After all, even land people have different customs due to different regions. Maybe in the eyes of sea people, scratching the chin is a sign of love... I had to apologize and said: "I'm sorry, I didn't think about that. Duo, I scratched its chin because I thought it was cute. Don't think too much, I won't be seduced by a marine iguana."

Lambert nodded and fell silent.I don't know what he is thinking.Hope this topic can be solved.While marine iguanas are really cute, I don't want to be the first human to be seduced by them.Unexpectedly, after a while, he asked with a serious expression: "Then you don't scratch my chin, is it because I'm not cute?"

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I was so blocked by him that I couldn't speak, and almost wanted to scratch my hair. I was speechless for a long time, but I couldn't think of anything to calm him down, so I walked over and scratched his chin with my hand: "Okay, Your Majesty, you are very cute. Please Don't bring up the subject again."

His chin was exactly as I imagined it to be, full of sharp-edged bones without a trace of excess fat.In terms of hand feel alone, it is indeed not as comfortable as the fleshy marine iguana, but I don’t know if it’s because his eyebrows and eyes are so beautiful that when I scratch his chin, my heart beats a lot faster, and I can’t even breathe. Some confusion.A few seconds later, I swallowed my saliva and put down my hand: "Your Majesty, the marine iguana seemed to want to report something to you just now, do you want to ask it..."

Before he finished speaking, his wrist was suddenly grabbed by him, and he couldn't help but staggered a step in his direction.Then, two lips that were colder than sea water fell down and covered my lips.He clasped the back of my head with one hand and wrapped my waist with the other.In order not to get too close to him, I put my elbows on his chest and tried to distance myself.

He didn't invade my mouth, just pressed against my lips quietly, as if he was waiting for something.It was the first time they kissed in sea water, and it turned out that even though the blood contract was concluded, the sea water did not become invisible air.His lips were still stained with the smell of sea water, as bitter as tears.The heart beat heavily, and there was an inexplicable pain in the chest cavity.

I don't know how long it has passed, until I heard the humpback whale's long and beautiful cry, pick it up!The kissing is finally over.

He lifts my chin and I meet his eyes.At this moment, his eyes turned a rich dark blue, and his voice was frighteningly suppressed: "Little Rose."

...Is it my illusion?

Just the change in the color of his pupils gave him the feeling that he had changed himself.

He didn't answer me, he moved his feet slightly, swam into the air, and condescendingly threw an order: "Marine iguana, send the queen back to the bedroom."

It's definitely not my illusion, his majestic aura has become much stronger.I saw the marine iguana, who was pretending to be dead just a second ago, quickly got up and said respectfully: "Yes, Your Majesty."

Lambert nodded slightly, and swam away like a white shark.His eyes, reactions, tone... He is not the same person as he was at the beginning.I couldn't help asking the marine iguana in a low voice: "Your Majesty...is it..." There is something wrong with my mind.

The marine iguana hesitated and said, "Your Highness, have you seen it?"

"Since the beginning of our Northern Kingdom's establishment, there has only been one king, His Majesty Lambert."

I thought about it for a while: "That is to say, your system is the same as Tibetan Buddhism. The position of the leader is only passed on to the reincarnation of the living Buddha, and the throne of your northern kingdom is only passed on to the reincarnation of His Majesty Lambert?" Seeing it nodded, I nodded. Can't help but get entangled, "Then what should your Majesty do if you marry a wife and have children? If you give birth to a child, what should his child call his reincarnation, and what should his reincarnated child call the child of the previous life?" After finishing speaking, he was dazzled up.

The marine iguana said: "No matter which majesty is, they never marry a wife and have children until they find their first queen."

his queen?Refers to the queen of the land north?

I can't help but feel a little complicated. This oceanic northern country is full of historical traces, and it seems to have existed for at least a few hundred years.In this world, does such an infatuated man really exist?In order to meet the woman he loves, he even built a kingdom in the ocean, waiting for her reincarnation life after life.My father is already a rare, infatuated, and enlightened man in the world, but ten years after my mother passed away, he still continues!Continued to marry a young queen.Therefore, I always thought that the time limit for infatuation was only ten or so years, but who knows that there are people who are willing to wait for a reincarnation for hundreds of years.

I thought about it, and tentatively asked: "Then he just..."

The marine iguana is an animal after all. Although it can speak human words, its thinking is far less agile than that of humans. After a casual test, it found out the truth: "We have always had two majesties, and the one who talked to us at the beginning was the second majesty. It is the real His Majesty who just ordered me to take you back to the bedroom."

"Two sires?"

Fortunately, I had learned about the past of Beiguo before, otherwise I would not understand what it was talking about.The marine iguana means that Lambert has two personalities, one is calm and majestic, and the other is simple and violent.The reason for the fall of the Northern Kingdom on the land is very likely that the previous personality disappeared due to the death of the queen... leaving a simple and irascible personality, leading the Northern Kingdom to decline.

Hearing this, I think there is a high probability that it is a historical legend made up by historians in order to cover up the stupidity of the land king.How could someone have two completely opposite personalities... Although Lambert's eyes were really weird just now.

On the way to the bedroom, I intentionally or unintentionally asked the marine iguana a lot of words.For example, the customs and taboos of the Northland of the Ocean.The marine iguana pondered for a moment and said, "There are no taboos. If I insist on one thing, it is..."

Before he finished speaking, a zebra-striped sea snake swam over and whispered a few words next to the marine iguana.The marine iguana was so angry that its dorsal fin stood up: "Put her into the water prison immediately."

The marine iguana said: "Northland is a tolerant country. We accept marine humans, mermaids... all animals that depend on the ocean for survival. However, we also have a taboo that cannot be touched, that is, prohibiting trading with witches. The human girl who was rescued before , She can breathe and speak in the water, and the people of the same family are amazed!, I just found out that she is not a human being, but a mermaid transformed by a witch. I want to report to His Majesty and ask His Majesty to punish her with death."

"Why?" I frowned, "Isn't witchcraft prevalent in the land north?"

"I don't know either, but Your Majesty must know. He is the smartest and most knowledgeable person in the entire ocean. If Your Highness has any questions, just go to His Majesty, and he will definitely answer you."

The smartest and most learned man in the whole ocean?

After swimming for a long time, I finally saw the bedroom of Ocean North Country.I have also been to many countries and seen many magnificent palaces, but after seeing this palace, I was still taken aback.The entire bedroom is like a closed clam shell, shining with colorful and crystal-clear luster.After entering through the main entrance, the interior of the hall is not narrow, but quite open.A jellyfish emitting a faint blue light is located above the dome, illuminating the entire palace.I looked up for a while, rubbed my sore eyes, and asked the marine iguana hesitantly, "You use jellyfish as chandeliers? Wouldn't it be too cruel for jellyfish?"

"This is a jellyfish-shaped chandelier, not a real jellyfish. Don't you have this style of chandelier on land?"

"……No."

After swimming around the dormitory, I suddenly found a fatal question: "Don't you northerners sleep in bed?"

"Then why is there no bed in my bedroom?"

The marine iguana gave me a strange look: "Of course you are sleeping with His Majesty."

"..." It was so taken for granted that for a few seconds, I didn't know how to refute. By the time I came up with the best words to refute, the best time to refute had already passed.I had no choice but to give up my rebuttal, and asked an explosive question: "You have two Your Majesties, who should I sleep with?"

I thought I would see its shocked expression, but it may be that the existence of the two majesties is too deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, and its answer is even stronger than mine: "I don't know, which majesty should control the body, you just Sleep with that majesty."

I:"……"

well.