Tides: Years of Dawn

Crewe couldn't tell what he was feeling when he saw Geraint.

He wanted to see him so badly, and during the three months that he couldn't get in touch with him, Geraint would pass through his mind several times a day.Walking back and forth, no matter how hard you rush, you can't drive away.

Crewe's heart is full of guilt and longing, suffering from his own powerlessness, resentment and resentment for being alone and helpless.

But more, it is overwhelming confusion.

He felt as if he fell asleep in the past six months, and when he woke up, everything was different.

He didn't know how to spend each day, it seemed that one second Geraint just took out the tattered and mysterious little box from his cloth bag, and the next second he and the other party were separated by a hard and cold iron fence.

Crewe's tears kept flowing, but what shocked him was not only Geraint's haggard appearance and haggard face, but also the indifference conveyed from his companion's eyes that made his heart ache.

Crewe held the two railings with human hands, and the tentacles got into the railings through the gaps.He wanted to touch Geraint, but Geraint didn't come close to him.

The visiting room of the control station is very small, only ten square meters, and it is divided into two halves by an iron fence.Crewe's cries echoed in the empty room, and Geraint was expressionless.

Geraint took a few steps forward when Crewe had finished crying the most and began to sob and sob.

There were still shackles on his feet that prevented him from transforming into a prototype, and every time he walked, the harsh sound reminded Geraint of how humiliating this moment was.

"You're his support now?" Geraint asked, not looking Crewe in the eye.

For some reason, he found it difficult to face.He asked the question knowingly, but it was different from Crewe when he said it from someone else's mouth.

Crewe wiped away his tears, pinched the iron railing and remained silent.

Geraint smiled, not knowing where to put his hands.On weekdays, he is used to carrying a satchel, but now he is only wearing a prison uniform that looks like a sack with a cut.Not sure where the little bottle of rainbow water is now, but presumably he'll never be able to give it to Crewe.

When he knew that Crewe would not respond, he took another shallow breath and asked again—"Why did you do this?"

Crewe still didn't answer.He didn't know whether the other party asked why he wanted to be Gawain's assistant, or why he wanted to sell the wand.But no matter which one it is, it seems that he does not have the right to decide.He seemed to be pushed away by a wave, and he clearly saw the coast, but the waves rolled further and further away.

Geraint glanced back, and there were two turtle jailers standing by the door.They looked solemn and motionless, but they must be monitoring Geraint's every move, and even silently recorded every word Geraint said.

And Geraint understood that Pei Di hated the Sea Snake family.

This information was only known to Geraint. Just this morning, before he was taken out of the prison by the prison guards for transfer, he met with Pei Di.

He begged Pei Di to help him find his sister, and he said—"I have something very important to tell Jade, I really didn't do anything, I need Jade's help."

When he almost cried out this plea, he even forgot that this day was his birthday.He is 15 years old, but for a 15-year-old boy, he is helpless to the limit.

Three months of solitude///prison///depression/// made him crazy, and at night he could always hear various noises coming from the corridor.

Sea snakes can release hormones that make humans hallucinate, but at that moment, Geraint felt that the hormones had hurt him, messing up his brain and consciousness.

He had never been so eager to see his family as he was this morning.

Unfortunately, his petition was unsuccessful.

Pei Di looked at him coldly, and then said something that he couldn't understand - "I wish you were innocent, but think about your father Barrow, think about everything he has done, how could he to give birth to an innocent son."

What Barrow did, Geraint didn't know.He didn't know what those monsters and antidote meant.He had just learned a little bit about why Debbie and his father died.

He is innocent, he is a child.But he is still alive, so when the guilt of the dead cannot be held accountable, he has to bear the punishment for the dead sinner.

It turns out that death is really a relief.

Crewe stopped crying, his eyes were swollen, and he looked at Geraint sadly.The tentacle was still reaching into the fence, only now instead of trying to wrap around Geraint's ankles or wrists, he slumped limply on the ground.

"I...I didn't betray you," Crewe muttered, "I...I miss you very much, I'm, I'm scared..."

After saying this, the tears that had just stopped flowed down again.

Geraint looked uncomfortable and turned his face away.

"Don't say that in the future." Geraint stepped back a little to avoid stepping on the tentacles on the ground. "You have become the support of the sea monster, and if you talk about this...they can think that I am deliberately bewitching you."

"You didn't confuse me, I, I really miss you, I... I'll wait for you to come out, and then I can tell Gawain that we made an agreement before, I—"

"You really only have tentacles, not a brain." Geraint interrupted him roughly, then raised his head, and stared at Crewe for a while.

Then he simply turned around and interrupted the brief meeting before the visiting time ended.

Maybe Crewe doesn't understand what it means to be an assistant now, but Geraint believes that three years will be enough for Crewe to understand before he is actually released.

Geraint thought that people living outside were free, because he was once free.But he didn't know that Crewe was different from him after all, and the little octopus living outside couldn't live better than him.

And all Crewe can and is forced to do is just trying to survive.

When Gawain sent Crewe home, Saru still greeted him with a smile on his face.As if nothing happened, Gao Wen didn't know how to make it clear.

Crewe was unwilling to go back, and kept looking at Gawain pitifully.Rael had no choice but to ask Saru a few words on Gawain's behalf, roughly why Crewe didn't cause trouble, but came here because he was in a bad mood, and asked his family to pay more attention to Crewe's emotional changes. Lu's situation is useless, but it has to be said.

Saru responded persistently, and patted Crewe's head with great concern.

But when Gawain and Rael disappeared at the end of the road, Saru closed the door and immediately lowered his face.

"You think you're smart, don't you?" Saru snorted coldly, looking down at Crewe, "You've learned how to tell the truth now? Do you think you've found a backer? Heh... stupid thing."

Crewe didn't dare to look up, he just wanted to get into his room at the moment.He was afraid of his brother and his sister, he didn't like Gao Wen sending him back, it felt as uncomfortable as being abandoned.

But he failed to enter the bedroom smoothly, because Elena stopped him in front of the door and slapped him with a raised hand.

The ring had sharp lines, and immediately drew a shallow bloodstain on Crewe's face.

"Disgusting thing! You really take yourself seriously!" Elena was so angry that the veins on her forehead popped up, she raised her hand and wanted to slap him a second time.

But her hand was pinched by Saru, "Aren't you afraid that he will sue again? Show the sea monster the scratches on your face, and you will have no chance!"

Elena was out of breath, her chest heaving violently.The beautiful face also became ferocious due to anger, and Crewe felt that such a person seemed to have a slight resemblance to his dead sister Debbie.

But Debbie didn't hit him, and Debby didn't bother to contact him.

Compared with everything he encountered in the waiting room before, this slap is actually not particularly painful.Compared with the damage the Sea Crocodile Brothers brought to Crewe, it is indeed not worth mentioning.But it caused Crewe to have a strange emotion, which had never been released before, but at this moment, it seemed to be awakened, and hot air and smoke came out from the crater in his heart.

That is hate.

Yes, this is a very strange feeling for Crewe.

He has never hated anyone, and often does not know how to express anger.Being beaten, scolded, bullied, and humiliated, he felt more ashamed, deeply blaming himself for his ugliness and incompetence.

But maybe it was Gawain's encouragement, maybe Geraint's indifference, maybe Rael's indifferent sarcasm, maybe he was misunderstood by his closest friend and rescued by a stranger, or maybe he was not good at lying For the first time, he saw the ray of hope from lying—he couldn't tell what it was, and a series of complicated emotions were brewing in his chest. Finally, he finally noticed this trembling power.

That's right, the power brought by hatred made him tremble slightly.

He didn't know how to resist, but he felt trembling all over his body.It's just that this trembling was different from the past, it didn't make him shrink into the corner or go into the dark, but made him stand still for two seconds, then raised his head and looked at the furious Elena.

"Kill me," Crewe said, his voice trembling as he spoke, but he said it anyway.Those words squeezed out from between his teeth, and each word consumed a lot of his energy - "If you hate me so much, then find a way to kill me...Kill me!"

Not only Elena, even Saru was stunned when he heard this sentence.

Crewe is afraid of death and is as cowardly as a mouse. This seems to be a fact recognized by the O///特///P///S family.

But even though everyone felt that Crewe would die sooner or later, and hoped for the death of this useless compatriot, no one had the guts to really kill him.

They could crowd him out and hurt him as much as they could, but they just couldn't kill him.

Not to mention the massacre within the family, even if Crewe had no blood relationship with them, murdering fellow seamen was a felony that would be shared.

Does Crewe know they dare not?Maybe he knew, that's why he dared to say such outrageous words.

He has no awareness of death, and he is also very afraid of death at the moment. He even fears the furious elder sister and suppressed angry elder brother. His tentacles are trembling, making it difficult for him to even straighten his back.

But along with the hatred, there is another belief that is firm - that is, the two people in front of him are actually more afraid of death than him.

Because they have much more to worry about and pursue than this humble Cru.

TBC