Mermaid [Interstellar]

George: "I don't know, the Mermaid King's Court seems to have their own plans."

At this time, the people below came to report that the hostages had been received, and they failed to track again.

Heinrich sent a warning to tell them to take it easy and not be so polite next time.

These star thieves are really not easy!

Alice and George stopped discussing and asked instead, "Where are the rescued people?"

"Still fainting, he must have been drugged."

George: "In this case, we may not be able to ask anything."

"Skeleton Group" Alice gestured with her fingertips. The kidnapping was so meticulous and detailed that it required not only prior planning, but also a very important piece of information—Philip must come to Blue Star.

In other words, there are messengers within the empire.

Even, it is very likely that it is the person behind the plan.

Otherwise, Philip would be out of reach, with no grievances or grievances, and those star thieves wouldn't need to take such a big risk to catch him.

Alice: "Let's ask, the boss of the mermaid, also go to remind me. After a comprehensive study, maybe I can get some useful information."

George withdrew.

Alice fumbled with the "Comprehensive Preparation Strategy for the Imperial General Education Exam", and she should give it away next time when she finds a chance, and finish this matter first.

Anyway, she doesn't remember herself...

After seven years of forgetting, the one who forgets is myself. In fact, I should get used to it long ago.

Moreover, her lifespan has been greatly shortened from a human to a mermaid. When she is not around, she will still be alive. No matter what, she will be alone, and she will have to get used to it sooner or later...

……

What Alice didn't expect was that she and Pearl met soon.

Since there was no reply from the eldest sister and the rescued person could not give any useful information, Alice decided to go into the sea herself.

The Crystal Palace is still crystal clear, exuding a faint light.

Alice and her party entered the main hall of the Crystal Palace and waited.

The main hall of the Crystal Palace is not separated from the water. Before the eldest sister came, the mermaid who led them started explaining to Alice and the others.

Pearl also appeared at this time.

Alice: "!!!"

"Comprehensive Preparation Guide for the Imperial General Studies Exam" is not included!Did not bring! !bring! ! !

Alice was so overwhelmed by the sadness of not having a book with her that she could not greet Pearl kindly!

George secretly pokes Alice in the arm.

Alice was unmoved.

The mermaid who explained: "Everyone, please go this way—ah, Pearl!"

Pearl smiled and said hello. Seeing Alice was staring at her, she deepened the arc of her smile.

"Is something wrong?" Pearl asked.

The narrating mermaid thought Pearl was asking her, so she introduced, "This is Her Excellency Duke Alice of the Empire, who is here to see the Eldest Princess."

"Empire?" Pearl looked up at Alice.

Is it for Philip?

Alice nodded reservedly, and said lightly: "Please hurry up and take us to the water compartment."

George took a deep look at Alice.

Pearl thought for a while and asked, "Can I go with you? I also want to find my eldest sister."

The narrating mermaid knew that Alice and the others had important business to find the eldest sister, so she wanted Pearl to come back after they left.Before he opened his mouth, Alice nodded, agreeing.

The mermaid explaining: "..."

There are not many water-proof rooms in the Crystal Palace. After all, the people living here are usually mermaids, and the water-proof rooms are generally used to entertain guests on land.Later, Atlantis was built, and more often, the mermaid went ashore to discuss things there.All in all, Crystal Palace has not had any guests for a long time.

The narrating mermaid took them to the water compartment and asked Pearl to accompany the guests to inform the elder sister.

Pushing the walker in the water compartment, Pearl pretended to be curious and asked, "Is this the first time the Duke has come to Blue Star?"

Alice paused, shaking her head.

Pearl frowned. He didn't speak outside before. It can be understood that he didn't like talking in the water. If there is no water, the Duke still doesn't speak. Is this a waste of words?

Some people don't like talking in the water wearing a device, Pearl can understand, but she is so enthusiastic to poke her head over, is it really okay for you to be so cold?

As a good housekeeper, George stepped forward in a timely manner: "Is there any water? My family likes your crinoids very much."

"Yes." Pearl turned and went out to find water.

The accompanying people spread out and sat in twos and threes, tacitly not surrounding Alice and George.

"Miss, is there something uncomfortable?" George asked her in a low voice, "The pressure in the water will indeed be higher, but you should be able to adapt to it... Or, since you haven't been in the sea for too long—"

"No," Alice interrupted him, "don't think too much about it."

As soon as she spoke, her voice was a little hoarse, and George lowered his head and smiled: "You look like this, tell me not to think too much?"

Alice coughed lightly: "I'll be able to adjust soon."

George looked at her and fell silent.

"Is this your first visit to Yunhaixing?"

That's what Pearl asked Alice when they first met, and it was their first sentence.

Alice thought that her memory would gradually become blurred. After all, Pearl had forgotten it. It was really meaningless to leave her alone in the memory.

However, there are some things that you will forget if you try desperately to remember, and you will remember more clearly what you desperately want to forget.

The more she wanted to forget, the clearer the things related to Pearl became. She remembered every moment and every word they spent together.

I was still too nervous, Alice sighed: "Sometimes people really can't be too arrogant."

George: "You finally admitted it?"

Alice: "Are you so eager to tear down my desk?"

George was calm: "I just hope you can face up to a fact. It is not advisable to deceive yourself."

Alice: "I've already thought about it, this time I will control myself, um...we will never meet again."

George: "I hope so."

The faint scent of crinoids passed through the tip of his nose—Pearl came back and brought tea with crinoids added.

Alice picked up a cup and sipped slowly while Pearl stared at her without blinking.

Alice: "..."

Realizing that Pearl had been watching her, Alice took a deep breath, and the clear fragrance of flowers flowed down her trachea: "I heard that the mermaid will wear a crinoid wreath on the night of adulthood, is that true?"

George stroked his forehead silently.

Pearl nodded, a little surprised at the duke's initiative: "That's true, in the legend, we will share the wreath with the people we like, but you know, raw crinoids are poisonous. "

Alice looked down at the walker under Pearl and asked, "When will you have your coming-of-age ceremony?"

"I'm an adult." Pearl rubbed her nose in embarrassment, noticed Alice's gaze, and said vaguely, "I just had some temporary problems and couldn't get my legs out."

"is it serious?"

"It's not serious, it will be fine soon."

Seeing that Alice just said "Oh" and stopped asking, Pearl was relieved. She must be the only mermaid who can't melt her legs after she grows up.

There is also "Comprehensive Preparation Strategy for the Imperial General Studies Exam"...

Alice couldn't forget this incident, and began to look for trouble: "Will you go to a higher civilization planet when you grow up?"

Is this person here to help the poor?

Pearl nodded silently. Those who came from a planet with advanced civilizations, do you think they are particularly poor and backward here?

"It's a general education test, right?" George didn't know if he should remind Alice, her tone was too kind, as kind as... a superior leader who went from a rich town to a poor village to give cordial condolences cadre.

"Yes."

"Oh, then what textbooks will you use to study?" Alice didn't notice, her tone remained unchanged.

"The recommended bibliography on the official website of the exam." Seeing Alice hesitated to speak, Pearl said, "In fact, these are enough."

Alice suddenly asked, "Where will you go if you pass?"

Pearl was a little puzzled, she hadn't taken the exam yet, how would she know if she could pass it?"I haven't taken the exam yet," she said.

"Where will you go if you pass?" Alice persisted.

Pearl didn't quite understand that the duchess would suddenly ask this question. She carefully considered her tone and said, "Emperor Star, the capital of the empire should be very developed." .

"Emperor... so far away..." Alice whispered, "so far from home... would you like to?"

No matter how much you say, it's just empty talk, and Pearl doesn't mind saying a few more words: "Then Yunhaixing, in the same star field, the transportation is also convenient."

Alice: "Yunhaixing is great, the transportation is convenient, there are a lot of transition points, and they are still increasing, and the business is also very prosperous, and there are..."

She froze for a moment and suddenly stopped talking.Cloud Sea Star was previously the mermaid planet—Pearl's hometown.

Pearl: "What else?"

Alice: "It suddenly occurred to me that the capital of the star field has only been relocated in the past few years. In fact, many infrastructures on it are not perfect, and there are not many good schools. If you are going to study, it is really not suitable."

"That's it." Pearl read aloud, and said the names of several planets, all of which were planets with relatively developed education.

But Alice has long been absent-minded. A long time ago, Pearl did tell her that she wanted to go to school, but she wanted to go to the mermaid school that was indeed Yun Haixing.

Now that there are no mermaids in Yunhaixing, the mermaid school naturally ceases to exist.

No matter what Pearl said, Alice always smiled and listened.Pearl did not know why she had an inexplicable affection for her.When she met Philip before, she didn't want to talk nonsense to him.Pearl thought that she didn't like human beings, but she was eloquent when facing the Duchess.