Tides: Years of Dawn

"He disappeared for three days, and today is the third day." Shirna looked a little nervous when she walked into Juventus' room, "I heard that Gawain didn't come home either... Do you think there is any relationship between the two?"

Juve was cleaning her scimitar at the time.Her enlistment notice has come down, and she will enter Moonspear Castle with a few companions for training in a week.

Moonspear Fort is located a little further north of Cliff Island, a small broken island.

There are two places for military training in the entire Split Rock Islands, one is the Firestone Fort on the Garrison Island, and the other is the Moonhalberd Fort.They belong to the turtle family and the jellyfish family respectively, one in the west and one in the north.

Almost all females of the right age in the jellyfish family are required to serve in Moonspear Fort, with a period of three years as a service.

Most of the members of the Jellyfish family will serve in other positions on the Cracked Rock Islands after they leave the army, while a small number will continue to stay in Moonhalber Fort, merge with some sea turtle soldiers who also stayed in Firestone Castle, and train them to become official members of the Cracked Rock Islands. army.

Juventus belong to the latter.

The purpose of her going in was not to fulfill her three-year obligation, but to become a member of the official army.

Most of her family was like that, and most of them ended up becoming generals.

"Is there any other way for me?" Juwen didn't turn her head, she silently inserted the scimitar into the leather sheath.The jellyfish family's coat of arms was painted on the leather sheath, and now she pressed her thumb hard on the badge, as if trying to pick it off.

She was about to leave at dawn. She thought she could wait for the news of Crewe's return, but the little octopus took longer than she thought.But this is also a good thing. If Crewe really made a mistake and confessed Juventus, the lord Sea Crocodile has no right to go to the barracks to arrest her.

The lords are in charge of the politics, economy and so-called diplomacy with other fragmented islands of the Cracked Rock Islands, but the military affairs are not under their control, only the turtle and jellyfish families are in charge.

The separation of military power and political power minimized the possibility of the lord's centralized rule, and also prevented the sea crocodiles, who had always held great power and acted recklessly, from extending their sharp claws to them.

Ewing's hair is nearly shaved.

Although the jellyfish family's military camp is also divided into male and female, but because there are too few males, a unified planning and management is carried out, and all the hair is shaved to only a thin layer.Without the cover of hair, Juventus looked even paler.Her translucent skin made her look like a ghost.

But her brows were tightly furrowed, and there was some unspeakable hatred in her eyes.These days, she no longer shed tears, although every time she thinks of her brother, she still feels a dull pain in her chest.

The swelling around her eyes hadn't subsided, and the bloodshot eyeballs made the whole face look tired but grim.

She was so overwhelmed with grief and pain that she even forgot that she had a younger brother.

When Andre came to look for her that day, she was leaning against the bed and was pushed by her brother, so weak that she knocked her head against the wall.

Andre gave her a small crystal carved in the shape of a jellyfish.It was pierced to make a pendant.

Andre said he had blessed it and it would give Juventus a smooth sailing in the army.

"If I am honored in the future, I will also use it to contact you." Andre said, "Maybe next year, maybe the year after... Of course, it is also possible to wait for my sister to come back and let you watch me accompany the head into the sea."

Alas, the tears had already dried up, but Juventus still felt hot when Andre said this.

Why is she the only girl in the family? Why do you have to have a younger brother now that you have her?She didn't understand her mother, she would rather be separated from Andre since she was a child, so that the siblings would not have the opportunity to cultivate their relationship, and once Andre was sacrificed, she would not suffer so much.

Juventus pinched his brows hard, trying to make a smile for Andre.

How well Andre was educated, even death can't make him feel the slightest fear.His heart is filled with the dream of winning glory for the family, so sunny, so positive, even if he has to sink into the darkness, as the deepest cornerstone.

"We will be reunited in the palace of the Devil King of Hell." Juventus held Andre's face and kissed his brother's forehead.

"We will be reunited in the palace of the Devil King of Hell." Andre repeated with his sister with a smile.

"If there is any news, I will bring it to you, whether it is Crewe or Andre." Shirna approached Juventus, holding her hand that kept picking at the leather sheath.

"Let me know if you get the chance, and if not...do it your way."

Once Juventus enters the barracks, it will not be a matter of time before he wants to come out.And she trusts Hilna, Hilna has inherited the boldness of being the head of the family, but there is still a little softness in her heart, and Juventus can't find anyone who is more suitable for her.

So Juventus also told Shirna the address that her brother told her, and Shirna will also let Crewe go to the designated place on land to find the formula hidden by Debbie after Crewe returns.

What's more, Hilna will also be the head of the family in the future. Even if she really makes a mistake, she still has more immunity than ordinary people.

In fact, Juventus felt a little emotional at that moment. She was also locked in a closed place, also isolated from the world, and the environment was harsh. She was also forced to do things she didn't want to do, and she also became numb after being exhausted.

But those who come out of the barracks are heroes, and those who come out of prison are prisoners.

The prisoner fulfilled his desire in advance, so he has to pay the price of the rest of his life to repay it.And for those like Juventus who repay their fate first, I don’t know if it means getting through this period, and the other side is a happy time.

But Geraint didn't want to repay, he didn't feel that he had done anything wrong, why should he repay?So when he poisoned, all he could think about was how to avoid being discovered, but he didn't feel guilty or sorry at all.

He is obviously the only son of the lord's family, and he should stay in the old Haisnake house to inherit the wealth and the glory he was born with, and he should have the right to defend himself, and even have the ability to protect the people around him, but everything about him has been taken away. snatched away.

As soon as Barrow died, everyone tore the Sea Serpent family apart like vultures and hyenas.Whether it is the wealth in the house or the rough stones, they have all fallen into the treasure house of others.

The only legitimate heir was thrown in the detention center, trying to use three years of prison life to erase his sharpness-this is impossible, this is absolutely impossible.

Not only did Geraint poison three fellow inmates, he drank the poison himself.He even drank so much that the viciousness of the snake's venom overwhelmed the efficiency of the sea snake's body to degrade the toxin.

Along with the three of them, he twitched and foamed at the mouth, and kept slapping the door of the cell with his snake tail.Soon, the administrator came over.When they saw this extremely tragic scene, they didn't even think about it, and they were so frightened that the medical staff carried them into the hospital.

When you come to the nursing home, it will be much easier to act again.

Guards are not allowed to enter the nursing home, only nurses and doctors stay here.Of course, Geraint would not wait for the doctor to give him a diagnosis of "sea snake venom". Even though he drank the most venom, he is a sea snake after all, and his recovery is the fastest.

Just as the four of them were sent to the emergency ward and waited for the doctor to come for inspection and diagnosis, Geraint quickly opened his eyes and jumped out of the bed without even leaving the door. He pushed open the window and turned into the prototype of a sea snake. Drilled out quickly.

Geraint was only 15 years old, and the snake was not too big. He walked along the balcony and found a small vent after a while.

He followed the drainpipe around the ceiling, biting the baffle with his teeth.The size of the vent is just right for him in his animal state, and he can move unimpeded along the way.

By the time he crawled out from the air vent at the back door of the hospital, his body was already covered with dust.But he couldn't control that much anymore, he pressed his body into the grass as much as possible, and fled outside at a high speed.

Although it was very smooth, his heart was beating violently.

There are not many people in the hospital, but all the people who come and go are Haimin patients.If a snake is found in the grass, those doctors and nurses with sharp eyesight and quick hands must think that some patient has gone crazy, and they will grab him neatly, and they will probably tie him up with a restraint belt.

But luck is on his side, or the devil is tempting him.He encountered no obstacles until he escaped from the hospital completely, and then went into the sea near the port of Garrison Island.

He doesn't take a boat, and he won't take risks in the shallows. He knows that there are poisonous ghost weeds everywhere in the shallows, so he walked through the bright red erythrina forest, and he chose a small cliff that seemed safe, and jumped off. go down.

The moment he fell into the embrace of the sea, his snake tail was scratched by the reef.Blood was dripping, and the scales of the snake turned up.But even though he didn't even fully digest the snake venom in his body, he still swam desperately farther, south.

He had to stay away from the guard island before he was afraid, so that he could breathe the taste of freedom.

By the time he was heaving and bobbing with the water, almost exhausted, he saw the octopus banner.

He still wants Shanghai City Island, only Haicheng Island is the closest to the border between sea people and humans, and only here can he find passing human ships, and then be completely free.

Of course, he wanted to take another look at Crewe.

Although the bottle containing the rainbow water has gone for a long time, and the magic wand brought from Luwu World does not know which office has not been received, but even if he said a few words, at least he had to let Crewe know—— He's leaving, but he'll be back to see him.

So he climbed over the wall of the octopus's house and sneaked to the window of the room on the left where Crewe lived.

He took on human form, wrapped in a tattered robe he found from a garbage heap.He dragged his injured calf, and blood flowed all the way.He didn't have any cloth on his body to wrap it up, but it didn't matter, the salinity of the sea water made him feel so painful just now, but now he doesn't feel so uncomfortable.

Crewe's windows were closed and the curtains were drawn a crack.

Geraint pulled the window sill to look inside, but saw that there was no Crewe in the bedroom, but a man and a woman.

They randomly flipped through Crewe's books and drawers, chatting with each other.

"Where can he go? Do you still expect him to die?" Saru chuckled, and casually threw Crewe's diary on the bed.

Geraint had read that diary, but it actually recorded not daily life at all, but some excerpted notes.Crewe can't always remember historical events in his history class, so he will carefully transcribe them several times with charcoal.He said it would help him concentrate, and of course it also slightly deepened his impression by the way.

"Oh, he's not dead...then I know where he went." An octopus girl Geraint had never seen before spoke, rolled her tentacles, took Crewe's small medicine bottle containing starfish specimens, and shook it. Shake it and put it back in place.

"Where did you go? Don't tell me you went to the Shanghai Monster's house again." Saru frowned, and his tone was very bad.

"Otherwise? Who else do you think he can look for?" The girl snorted, "He is really annoying, he has so many crazy ideas at a young age. Is he really that stupid? Or is he pretending to be stupid for us to see? "

Gerald's heart skipped a beat.

Saru didn't answer, but let out another sneer from his nose.

The girl was also happy to see Saru's anxiety, as long as Saru was in a hurry, he had to find a way, so she poured more oil on her—"Just wait, I don't think there is any need to wait for Gawain to become the lord. As long as he becomes the boss, your precious brother must be fully prepared to kick you off, roll up your bedding and run to the sea monster's bed—”

Geraint swallowed, and looked away.

He didn't know the girl, but he knew that what the girl said was what others saw.

He didn't understand anything while staying in the control station, and he couldn't get any news.But Crewe, who became an assistant, was different. He lived very well without Geraint, even better than when Geraint was still there.

Geraint didn't stay for too long. He sat quietly outside Crewe's window for a while. After the blood on his calf was basically solidified, he stood up again and climbed over the wall to go out.

Yes, this was Geraint's last day on the island.

He thought he would have a decent farewell to Crewe, even though he hated Crewe, despised Crewe, and still hated Crewe a little, but he still had to see him.

But the reality was crueler than he thought.He didn't even have a chance to cry and curse, nor did he have a chance for Crewe to wrap his arms around his tentacles and defend himself timidly and in vain.

Everything was so quiet, as if Geraint had never been here.

The sunset that day was blood red.The blood-red sunset dyed the sea from the sky.

Winter is coming, and the sea is getting colder and colder.

Geraint stood on the shore and exhaled, and there was a faint mist.

He turned around and took one last look at the octopus's flag, and then at the sea folk passing by not far away.

No one noticed him, no one paid attention to a ragged little guy.

No one realized that he was Geraint, and no one cared where the last blood of the Sea Serpent family went.

Geraint took a light breath.

He jumped into the slightly rippling water.

TBC