Mermaid [Interstellar]

Heinrich: "Count Vincent, do you know how much you are worth?" He grabbed Vincent with one hand, compared the numbers with the other hand, and finally said triumphantly: "You are so thin and small. It looks like you can't do much work, but it's worth so much, do you think your family will take the money?"

"Let go of me!" Vincent panted roughly, trying to break free from the big hand on his arm, but no matter how hard he struggled, the hand didn't move at all. Instead, the skin on his own hand was worn red.

Heinrich squinted and said contemptuously, "This is a nobleman, weakling!"

The star thieves around laughed in unison.

The young masters and ladies who were arrested looked terrified. The reputation of the "Skeleton Squad" has only gradually risen in recent years. Anyone who knows a little bit knows that they will release people if they take money, but before they release them, they will definitely release them. The hostages were humiliated.

"What do you think?" Where has Vincent ever been insulted like this?He came from a noble family, and since he was a child, he was well-clothed and well-fed, and when he went in and out of the palace and castle, all he saw were polite people—at least on the surface, everyone tried their best to maintain their so-called aristocratic demeanor.

Joseph on the side spoke in a flirtatious tone, and mocked: "Oh, boss, you forgot, where do the nobles need to work? They raise themselves meticulously like pigs, stretch their hands to eat and open their mouths, and cut a piece of meat from them , the fat and lean meat are evenly distributed."

The star thieves laughed again.

Heinrich squatted down, patted Vincent's face with his palm, but said to everyone: "Masters and ladies, please don't worry, Duke Alice has contacted us, and she will bring the ransom soon Come here and redeem you."

He stood up and grabbed the waist of another thin noble young master: "Although the food here is a bit poor, I still trouble everyone to eat as much as possible. I hope you will gain weight when you leave here—as for losing weight instead." For those, the time to go back may increase.”

Someone gritted his teeth and said "Damn it" in a low voice, and Heinrich immediately caught him. He stared at the person for a while, knowing that the person's legs were obviously wet, and then slapped the subordinates beside him. Said: "When eating later, let this gentleman eat two more cans, let him feel our warm hospitality, remember, let him finish eating."

Now no one spoke.

These aristocrats are really pampered. Eating an expired and rotten can would kill them, and they even go on a hunger strike.

Heinrich sneered and thought about how many expired cans there were in the warehouse. My brothers didn't eat them, and it would be too wasteful to throw them away. It was just right to feed these things that were not as good as pigs and dogs.

How do these nobles know what the life of the lowest class is like?When you are so hungry and have nothing to eat, you can even cut off your own flesh!

Joseph has been following Heinrich, silently acting as a shadow.

Heinrich: "Joseph, tomorrow you will take people to the satellite, using the new airship."

Joseph was startled. The new airship Heinrich is very precious. It is said that it uses the latest stealth material. Even the elite personal guards of Marshal Adolf can only detect it within 30 kilometers—— Adolf's elite personal guard is recognized as the strongest army in the empire.

Joseph: "You don't need that, Duke Alice is too poor, and her guards are not that well equipped."

Heinrich patted Joseph on the shoulder: "A good baby should be used wisely. If you leave it alone, it may become obsolete one day. The Davis family has ruled this star field since the establishment of the empire. Don't underestimate them. .”

Joseph stood still and agreed in a deep voice: "Yes!"

……

Atlantis where people come and go.

Philip stood on the street in a daze: This place is so big, where is the Empire's office in Blue Star?

Lan is a remote and backward planet. If it is not mentioned here, the mermaid will be mentioned. It has no sense of existence as if it has been forgotten.Of course, its rulers are also trying their best to reduce their own sense of existence.

Philip felt the backwardness of Blue Star completely - no one here could speak the common language of the empire!

Pearl used the common language to talk to him before, making him think that the common language is also used here, and it turns out...

The people on the road chattered and chattered a lot, and he couldn't understand a single word!

And no one could understand what he said.

Ha ha.

Philip is extremely irritable now, just like playing a game, he is still short of the last boss to pass the level, but in the end he can't survive.

He walked one road after another, as if he had come to another world - he didn't understand the language or the written word.He also tried to reach out to people who seemed to be scholars. They did understand him roughly, but they spoke Common Tongue with a strong accent-it still sounded more like another language.

Just walking around and asking around, Philip finally asked the approximate location of the office.

The Empire's office in Blue Star is not located in the bustling area of ​​Atlantis, but is located in the sparsely populated periphery.

When Philip came here, Alice was contacting various families whose children were kidnapped this time to ask for money.

George reported: "Suddenly there are a lot of surveillance people around us."

Alice didn't care much: "It's the 'Skeleton Group', probably to see if we are really rich, after all, I'm notoriously poor."

George asked, "Should I warn them?"

"Keep them away, and don't care about anything else." Alice said, turning around and continuing to ask for money from the nobles opposite, "You'd better send the money here quickly, or I really can't save your son's life."

She spoke more than a star thief, and the lion opened his mouth: "Do you think your son can't ask for so much money? Lowering the price? Who have you ever seen negotiated with the 'skeleton group'?"

"Why was he arrested? How do I know this? I have to ask your son what did he do to provoke these desperadoes?"

"Okay, okay, I know your daughter is the quietest and the most obedient, can you please stop crying and send me the money?"

"What? I will be responsible for the accident in my star field? That's fine, first pay the fine for your son entering the country without registration, and double the number I just said. In order to serve as a warning, we wear The fines in the Weiss Starfield have always been very high."

After the last nobleman reluctantly agreed to give the money, Alice could finally rest.After talking for so long, her mouth was already parched, and George had thoughtfully put a glass of water next to her, and she drank it all in one go.

George refilled her another glass: "Do you want some snacks? There are many snacks similar to Yunhaixing here."

"This water?" Alice smacked her tongue, "It's a bit sweet, did you add crinoids?"

George hesitated: "You are too busy, drinking some crinoids is good for clearing the fire."

Alice knew that George was also kind, but he was too cautious. She waved her hand and said, "I already told you not to worry. What I mean is—there are crinoids here too?"

George looked at her and spoke carefully: "Yes, I also found crinoid cakes, do you want some?"

Alice thought for a while and said, "Come some, I want the sweetest."

It was probably because the work was over, and the atmosphere became more relaxed. Perhaps Alice's attitude infected George. He said, "I remember you didn't like sweet food very much, and you always found it boring."

Alice: "Sweet things... I still only like crinoids - by the way, did you know that crinoids can be eaten raw?"

George was slightly surprised: "Aren't raw crinoids poisonous?"

"In the legend of mermaids, they will wear sea lily wreaths when they go ashore for the first time as adults. That night they will be lucky enough to meet the humans they like, and then the mermaids will take off the wreaths on their heads and share food with humans. If they don't die after dawn , it means that they are recognized by Sea God and can be together."

……

"The target is found, and the target is currently heading to the Empire's Blue Star office."

Joseph nodded: "Seize the opportunity and arrest him. Don't let him go to the office. Also, don't let Duke Alice find out."

Philip suddenly felt an ominous feeling. The more people walked outside, the fewer people walked, the air slowly stagnated, and even the sunlight made people feel chilly.

Something is wrong, are those star thieves ambushing even here?

For the first time in nearly a century, the nerves of being lazy became tense, and Philip carefully noticed the movement around him and slowed down.

For the third time the young, strong man walked past Philip.

Sure enough!

Philip took a deep breath, and he had to be calmer at this time. He counted down in his heart and gathered strength under his feet.

three.

The man was five statures away from Philip.

two.

The man was eight statures from Philip.

One.

run!

The man behind him suddenly realized that something was wrong, turned around and realized that Philip had already started running, and he pinched his earphones angrily and reported: "The target has run away, hurry up, the current direction is the office."

More people poured in from all directions, seemingly surrounded Philip. In order not to attract Alice's attention, these star thieves mixed with the crowd and followed Philip, planning to find a secluded place and arrest Philip.

As Philip got closer to the office, more and more star thieves surrounded him.

That does not work!

Gotta figure out a way to get rid of them.

Philip twisted and turned in the crowd, confusing the star thief's sight, but there were too many of them, there was another one to avoid.

The closer to the periphery, the fewer people there are. Philip guessed that these star thieves should not dare to arrest him openly, so as not to cause panic among the public.

He made a quick decision, stopped running to the office, turned around and ran back to the crowded place.