Tides: Years of Dawn

Crewe is an octopus, the squishy kind of thing.

No, to be precise, it's a sea witch mixed with ancient octopus blood.

The so-called sea witches, as the name suggests, are a group of friends who live by the sea.They are the descendants of ancient sea beasts and human wizards, half of sea beast blood, half of human blood.

They were cut off from the outside world and kept company only with their fellow men.After all, the outside world doesn't like guys with tentacles or fish tails, and they don't want to be thought of as freaks.

Since ancient sea beasts and wizards have mana, so do they.But they're not like wizards who wield a stick and cast spells, because they don't have a wand and don't know how to use it.

Even after hundreds of years of evolution, they have evolved a society similar to human beings, with schools, hospitals, government, and army, but there is no magic wand.

Not only Crewe and Geraint's generation, even the generation of their parents and even their parents' parents, had never seen a wand.

After all, few sea witches in the Split Rock Islands go out to the outside world, because their parents always told them when they were children that if you don't obey, the monsters outside will come and eat you.

Such stories have been passed down from generation to generation, making them believe that even if there are no monsters out there, those humans have the same temper as monsters.

But Geraint has been outside, so Geraint is a different sea witch.He had always felt different, not only because he was an orphan, but also because he came from the Sea Serpents, one of the nine families of the Rift Rocks.When he was a child, he was served as a young master, which made him unable to change his identity as a young master until now.

And he looked down on Crewe.

Yes, he despises his best companion very much.The reason is the same as above - Crewe is an octopus.

He's a mollusc, and his personality is as soft as his body.

Geraint had known Crewe since he was five years old, and from the day he knew him, Crewe had been a soft-hearted crybaby.As long as someone speaks loudly, Crewe will cover his face with two tentacles and cry aggrievedly, crying out mucus all over his face.

Geraint couldn't understand this, so when he was ten years old and was sent to Crewe's family for foster care due to family accidents, he felt more closely that Crewe had really softened from the inside out.

But Gelan's irritable temper made him dislike Crewe's weakness, but he couldn't help protecting him.He would spit out letters to drive away those who bullied Crewe, and he would show his fangs that hadn't grown in yet and bared his teeth to scare the opponent.He will also transform back into the shape of a sea snake, and tie up the bad guy with a hard drill.

So Crewe has developed a habit for more than ten years, that is, whenever he is bullied, he will run to Geraint while crying and waving eight tentacles.

But there is also a bad thing, that is, after Geraint helped him vent his anger, Crewe would definitely be punished as well.He would slap Crewe on the head with a snake's tail, and scold angrily—"All the nutrition you eat has gone to grow tentacles, right? Can you grow your brain!"

Then Crewe would cry even harder.

Then, Geraint would mutter and give up the lesson, and go to comfort him instead.

But today Crewe couldn't run anymore because his tentacles were knotted by others.

His tentacles were tied in four knots, and the human's two hands were bound with spell rope.At that time, he was just catching sea stars on the reef in the backyard of the school, but he was surrounded by two domineering brothers of the sea crocodile family without paying attention.

The two brothers have always liked to play tricks on the soft Crewe, because sea crocodiles are hard and soft, and bullying soft things can especially reflect racial advantages, and it can especially bring supreme satisfaction to the young and naive two.

Crewe resisted while crying, but how could he resist a sea crocodile that was taller and stronger than him.So he was tied up and thrown beside the rocks.He missed his afternoon classes and dinner time.When he was found by Geraint, his tears were almost dried up.

"Damn it...it's the two of them again?" Geraint scolded and untied the tentacles.

Crewe nodded with a whimper.

"Don't cry! Are you annoying..." Geraint continued to curse, and untied the second knot of the tentacle.

But Crewe cried even more exaggeratedly, he just felt wronged.He also knew that Geraint hated seeing him cry, and would never cry if he could stop him.But the strange thing is that the more I want to bear it every time, the more tears burst out.

"I told you not to cry..." Geraint untied the third knot, rubbed the untied tentacles, and kicked them aside.

Crewe pursed his lips, slightly moved the part that had been untied.Due to the long time of knotting, the tentacles are still a little numb and not very controlled.They swayed randomly, looking like a few small sea snakes.

"...Damn it, I have to teach them a lesson!" Geraint untied the last knot, wiped the slime on his body, and swore viciously.

Crewe didn't dare to speak, fearing that the angry Geraint would continue to scold him.I could only let the tears flow silently, and my throat was sore from choking.

Geraint still wanted to say something, but seeing Crewe's sad look, he couldn't bear to have another attack.

He walked to Crewe and sat down, brushed off Crewe's smeared hair, wiped the mucus that was also smeared with his sleeve, and clicked his tongue.

"Okay, my eyes are swollen from crying, and I lost such a pretty face for nothing."

Yes, Crewe does look good.Some sea creatures are genderless, which also makes sea witches look different from ordinary humans.And Crewe is the best in this kind of difference, which makes him more refined and beautiful.

But maybe it is also because of this beauty that he has more reasons to be bullied than others.

Whether it's his octopus tentacles, or his soft personality, together with that face that will cry when poked, even Geraint can understand why the sea crocodile always likes him.

Crewe wiped away the tears from his eyes with human hands, and wiped them several times before they were a little bit clean.He sniffed vigorously, wiped the mucus and tears off the back of his hands on his clothes, and nodded obediently.

But Geraint could see that Crewe was still aggrieved, and this grievance was like a flood that could break through the dam if he was not careful.But besides crying, Crewe is also very simple in thinking.So as long as he is allowed to divert his attention, then this will be over.

Geraint thought about it for a while, then suddenly thought of something and took out his satchel.The satchel is almost a treasure chest except for books, and every time he can find something that makes Krewe happy.

This time, it was a small gear that made a sound.

This is what he came back with his wand when he went out last time.He didn't know what it was called, but it made a sound when poked.At that time, I wanted to open the eyes to Crewe together, so I put it in my pocket.

Unexpectedly, he was so excited about getting the wand before that he completely forgot about it.Fortunately, it happened to come in handy now.

He took Crewe's hand and put the gadget in Crewe's hand.

"You can sing, look at it." Geraint said, forcing out a smile by the way.

Crewe looked at it close to his eyes, looked at it for a long time but shook his head - "No, it didn't sing."

"That's it." Geraint grabbed Crewe's fingers and pinched the metal rod next to the pinion.

As the rod turns, the pinion makes a tiny sound.But the sound is not harsh, it is ups and downs, it sounds like a song.

Crewe was surprised.

Geraint withdrew his hand and motioned Crewe to move it himself.Crewe followed Geraint's example carefully, turning the lever round and round.

"Like a bird chirping, a very low chirping." After listening for a while, Crewe concluded.

Then Crewe laughed, and there were tears on his face when he laughed.But as long as he smiled, he couldn't remember the sad things before.

Geraint was relieved.

That's right, Crewe is such a simple, childish and weak companion.Geraint never liked these characters in Crewe, and he didn't look down on him at all.

But Geraint was used to protecting him.

This matter is over for Crewe, but for Geraint, he still has to settle the score with the two sea crocodiles.

TBC