Tides: Years of Dawn

Tips in this chapter: He is not as fragile as you think, he is very smart.

The trial takes place in the sept on Bloodstone Isle.

The Cracked Rocks are divided into four main islands, each with a sanctuary.The sanctuary was used for large meetings, sacrifices and trials.Now the lord is Sea Crocodile, and Sea Crocodile lives on Bloodstone Island in the east, so the trial will start here.

The night before, Crewe was brought back to the student union chairman's apartment by Gawain. Gawain was worried that he would stay alone in the small dormitory with a damaged door, so he insisted on letting him go with him.But Crewe didn't have the consciousness to resist, his whole body was pulled on Gawain's body with all eight legs, crying all over.

Gawain also picked him up, and while Rael was sighing and shaking his head, he insisted on putting Crewe on his bed.

He covered Crue with the quilt and put a glass of salt water on the head of the bed.On the other hand, he made a bed on the floor, put his younger brother Lemarlock's fish tank next to him, and slept on the floor.

Crewe rolled himself up in a quilt and sobbed in a low voice all night.Gao Wen had no choice but to let him go.It wasn't until it was almost dawn after midnight that Crewe's sobbing became smaller and he seemed to be falling asleep.

But before he slept for a long time, during the process of closing and opening his eyes, Crewe was woken up early by Gawain.Then the whole person was in a daze, changed clothes and washed in a daze, and was led by Gao Wen to board the boat to Bloodstone Island.

The interrogation did not go well, and Crewe was very emotionally unstable.He started crying again when he entered the church, continued to cry when he sat down, and cried even more when he saw Geraint come up with a bruised nose and face.

Not to mention when he was present as a witness and looked across a platform from Geraint.Crewe didn't even dare to meet Geraint's questioning gaze.

He cried so hard that he couldn't speak a word.

Of course, no information in favor of Geraint was provided at all.

The only memory left in his mind was an indistinct sentence Geraint yelled at him across the platform before he was taken away.He didn't understand what it was, because his mind went blank.And Gawain held his little tentacles tightly until he picked him up and carried him away from the church.

Gawain carried Crewe out all the way, and only put Crewe down at the door.Seeing that there were still sea people watching around, Gao Wen simply jumped into the sea nearby, turned into a sea monster, and swam forward with the little octopus on his back.

Crewe twitched and lay on Gawain's back, two tentacles tightly wrapped around Gawain's pointed dorsal fin.The waves slapped Crewe from time to time, wet his robe, wet his arms, and wet his face that was already red from rubbing.

The waves rose and fell, and with great difficulty, they slowly swallowed Crewe's crying.

Then, something sounded in Crewe's head.

Some people say that Geraint will be expelled, he will be sent to prison, to a control center, to those places that specialize in punishing prisoners, and let him stay for a few years.

It was also said that Geraint would be sentenced to death.Geraint brought back the wand, which was to harm the sea people and threaten the islands.He's in league with the wizards of the land, and he should be hung up for everyone to share.

Others said that Geraint was innocent and Geraint knew nothing.He's just a 14 year old kid, how do you expect a kid to know what a wand is.do you know?Have you seen it?Even if you haven't seen it, how did he know it?

However, in the end someone said that Old Seben knew, and Geraint must know, that the sea snake had no innocents, and that the sea snake was an accomplice of the land wizard.Always, alas... never.

Crewe's mind was buzzing, those turtles, sea monsters, lobsters, octopuses, jellyfish, moray eels, crocodiles, sharks, sword whales...they made the faces of humans flushed, they sprayed each other with stars, and waved Looking at the arm with scales and hard armor, just say it, wait for you to watch, and say that keeping him is leaving the seeds of evil.

Sea snakes always bring bad luck, always sea snakes, always sea snakes.And those restless Ott///Puss, a silly Ott///Puss.Ott///The Pus family just got too close to the Sea Snake's family, so a silly child was born.

defective child.

See, he can't even speak.He should have died long ago, long ago.

"This is the trial against Geraint Thurben," said a clear male voice, "but all I hear is prejudiced slander."

"That's not fair," said the male voice more clearly. "No one has the right to say you deserve to die."

"You didn't make a mistake, you didn't betray anyone, you didn't betray anyone, look at me now, come back to your senses, you are my support, how do you do this to my support."

Ah, now not only is the voice clear, but the messy scene in the church gradually dissipated, and Gao Wen's face became clearer.

He has changed back to human form, sitting on the rocky beach, holding Crewe's shoulders with both hands.His face was full of sorrow, and the sea water was dripping down from his messy hair.

Gawain wiped the water off his face, and shook Crewe again.

"Did you hear me? If you don't respond to me again, I'll slap you." Gawain said again, it didn't sound like a joke.

But Crewe didn't know how to respond.

He lost his only friend like half his soul.

The friend was to be sent away, to die, to be locked up, or to be exiled to some desolate and horrible place, whichever it was, he would be separated from Geraint.

Gao Wen said Crewe was not guilty, so he can stay in school.Gao Wen said that Geraint was guilty, but he would try to let him escape the fate of the death penalty.

"The school will not go back, but my father said that Peidi promised to try to put him in a detention center instead of prison, and try to keep him on the island instead of exile."

But Crewe was not happy.Those endings are pretty much the same except death.He couldn't tell the difference. In his heart, there were only two situations when Geraint was around and not.

And now, Geraint is no longer around.

No matter what, he won't be by his side anymore.

So how should he cope with the rest of his life?He had no friends, and those families weren't really family.Whether at school or at home, he has only one partner, Geraint.

Thinking of this, Crewe felt his chest tightening again.

"You still have me, and Andre." Gao Wen said, he thought that was the only thing Crewe was worried about.It's a pity that Gao Wen didn't know Crewe well, he could only guess half of it.

Yes, Crewe dreads life without Geraint.But he is even more afraid that in the days without the other party, the other party's heart is full of hatred for him.

Although Geraint didn't question him from the beginning to the end, he knew the hatred in his companion's eyes.

In Geraint's heart, Crewe is a traitor.

He was blaming him, resenting him, full of incomprehension and resentment, every time his eyes swept across Crewe's face, Crewe felt as if he had been gently slid by a knife.

It felt like the blade of the sea crocodile brother, standing next to his tentacles.Almost chopped off his tentacles

But now, this feeling is even worse than actually chopping off his tentacles.

Gawain had been sitting with Crewe on the rocky beach after the trial was over. When he came out, it was afternoon, then evening, and now the morning stars were everywhere.

Crewe still didn't respond to any of Gawain's words, but he didn't cry either.His tear stains stuck to his face, and after a while he wiped off the mucus on his face again, how embarrassing he looked.

Of course Gao Wen didn't really smoke him, he couldn't do it.Crewe was always an innocent child in his eyes, perhaps as Rael said - he would cause trouble, he would cause a lot of trouble.

But this is not a reason to hurt Crewe, on the contrary, it is a reason to protect him.From the first time he helped Crewe until now, Gao Wen seemed to be getting deeper and deeper in this relationship.He began to speculate whether there was a deeper reason behind his efforts that outweighed his gains, but he didn't think of it.

He never guessed that he would like Crewe.

"If you don't like him, you won't be with him for so long."

It was Rael who found them first.He knew that Gao Wen liked to come here for a walk when he had nothing to do, and he also witnessed the scene of the sea crocodile bullying Crewe here.At that time, Gao Wen was so angry, he could even feel the deep guilt when Gao Wen gritted his teeth and reprimanded himself for not helping him.

"Sea monsters are righteous, and you have inherited this disposition." Rael said.He said that this is the light that a leader should have, but it must be a growing leader, not a leader who is firmly on the throne.

"Don't talk about that." Gawain left Crewe's side, intending to talk with Rael elsewhere.It's better not to disturb Crewe at this time, maybe he will take Crewe back to his dormitory tonight.

Lemarlock seems to have always liked Crewe, and climbed on Crewe whenever he was awake.And it seemed that Crewe didn't dislike these things, and Gawain was willing to believe that this was a way to ease the other party's emotions.

It's just that he didn't think about it, Leier didn't come to him.After Leier appeared in court as a witness, he waited until the trial was over, and even accompanied his brother back to the guard island before turning back.

During this process, he thought about some things and made some decisions.It's just that these decisions will inevitably be opposed by Gao Wen, so he didn't plan to greet them first.

So he smiled and complied with Gao Wen's request to shut up.Then he walked towards Crewe and picked up the little octopus sitting on the reef.

Then without further ado, he did for Gao Wen what he wanted to do but didn't dare to do, and couldn't bear to do.

He slapped Crewe hard twice.

Then he fixedly looked into Crewe's eyes, and said softly—"Are you awake? Go back to the dormitory when you are awake, and don't waste our time."

Crewe was terrified, but Gawain was even more terrified.He rushed forward to snatch Crewe, stopped behind him, and instantly flew into a rage—"What are you doing?!"

"I'm trying to wake him up, he's not as fragile as you think," Rael clapped his hands, and said calmly, "Don't forget, Ott/// Puss is an octopus, and octopuses are born with endurance and strength. The brain capacity is better than ours, you can see that he cried without saying a word in court, do you really think he was scared because of it?"

"I do not know you--"

"He's not freaking out, it's the octopus's self-protection mechanism. His brain has quickly chosen for him the route that will protect him the most - which is to cry and not say a word - which has even become his instinct."

Rael explained earnestly, pointing to Crewe, who still seemed to be hiding behind Gawain in a trance-"Gaowen, don't always think that he is really stupid when people say he is stupid. You have to understand that even if the octopus If you are stupid, you must be smarter than us."

"I'm sorry, I just don't realize—"

"You really can't understand it, maybe he can't understand it himself, but you can't pamper him and protect him like this, you can't let him think that you are protecting him infinitely."

Rael stared at Crewe, slowly approached the two of them, raised his chin, and asked—"You know a smart guy has been oppressed for a long time, and when you become the master or lord one day, he finds himself What will happen when you have power as well?"

Gao Wen's eyes flickered, but he didn't shake his head or nod.

"He will rely on the power you gave him to become extremely vicious." Rael said, "He can give up Geraint now without the people around him noticing, and one day he will kill the people around you, and You didn't notice either."

Gao Wen's heart skipped a beat.

"Impossible," Gao Wen said after a while, "This is simply a fantasy."

TBC