Mermaid [Interstellar]

The Empire’s office in Blue Star was originally established for negotiation purposes. Later, when Blue Star joined the Empire, the office was retained as the Empire’s liaison department with the Mermaid King’s Court, and at the same time provided accommodation for Imperial officials.

Alice lived here when she came to Blue Star.

As soon as they entered the door, George greeted them: "Welcome." He turned his head and saluted Alice, "Your Excellency, there is a short message from you in the Empire."

Fifth Sister said disappointedly: "The Duke has something to do, will we bother you..."

Alice nodded slightly to George: "You entertain them first." She turned to Pearl and the others and said, "Sorry, I will deal with other matters first, and you can find George if you need anything."

Fifth Sister: "It's okay, it's okay, you go first."

Alice: "Then you can do whatever you want, I'll be busy first."

After Alice left, George served them some snacks and tea for them to enjoy freely.

Third Sister pressed Fifth Sister's hand: "You seem to talk a lot today, very lively."

Fifth Sister laughed twice, and pulled out her hand: "Is there? Maybe it's because I'm particularly happy today?"

The third sister pursed her lips and smiled, and stopped talking.

Pearl on the other side was quietly eating pastries, watching his nose and heart.

"Pearl, are the snacks delicious?" The third sister turned around.

"Hmm." Pearl still had something to eat in her mouth, and replied vaguely a few times.

Third Sister: "These look like they belong to Cloud Sea Star, which used to be a mermaid planet, very similar to our Blue Star."

There are no more mermaids in Yunhaixing.

Pearl stopped chewing and looked at her. What did the third sister mean by this?

Third Sister: "Pearl, you went out to sea for the first time that night... where did you go?"

Pearl: "I didn't go anywhere, I just looked around."

The fifth sister muttered, "If you just look at it, you won't come back all night", but the third sister stared at it, and the sound was automatically silenced.

The third sister nodded: "It's best like this."

is something happened?Pearl wondered restlessly, is it related to that Philip?

The heir to the empire was missing...Pearl's heart suddenly rose, and he couldn't eat anymore. If Philip hadn't lied, wouldn't Blue Star have to bear a lot of responsibility?

So the reason why this Duke Alice came here is also because of this?

"Ugh..." Pearl's stomach twitched, and he vomited out everything he ate.

"Pearl!!!"

"I'm fine." Pearl stopped Fifth Sister and Third Sister's outstretched hands, "Probably the dim sum is not to my liking."

George was busy in the kitchen, but hurried over when he heard the sound: "Do you need to call a doctor?"

Pearl: "Probably the acclimatization."

"..." George paused, looking at the leftover snacks on the table, "Sorry, it's my fault, I'll go prepare something else."

Pearl: "No, it's time to have lunch... Why don't you go and ask the Duke if he's done?"

"Okay." George took a deep look at Pearl, let the housekeeping robot clean up the place, and invited the person to the restaurant before going to Alice.

study.

Alice held back her anger, and controlled herself not to slap Erwin's face that deserved to be punched: "So, you really can't find out?"

Erwin spread his hands: "Is this kind of thing true or false? I also want to know who stole my business."

"I said, Alice, can you put this aside for a while, I'm going to Blue Star."

"……so?"

"Don't you need to prepare to entertain me? The empire's office on the Blue Star should be all yours?"

Alice narrowed her eyes: "This is too much to say, I won't say it."

Erwin snorted: "Are you afraid of losing your mind when you talk big? Ha, don't be kidding. You led the negotiations for Blue Star's joining the empire. Who does this office listen to if it doesn't listen to you?"

"Under the whole world, is it the king's land." Alice emphasized, "I'm just an agent—"

"Okay, okay, I get it," Erwin interrupted her, "You also know that I don't have any public office, and I have to pay for it by myself to go to Blue Star. In view of our friendship for so many years, you help me Save some money."

Alice: "...you can come if you want, there is always a place for you."

"That's what you said," Erwin narrowed his eyes and smiled, "I'm at Blue Star's airport now, and I'll be at your side soon."

Alice: "..." It turned out that it was already prepared.

She took a deep breath: "Come here quickly, you can still make time for dinner."

"okay!"

After closing the door of the study and coming out, Alice told George, "additional meal, that guy Erwin is coming."

"Okay." George agreed, and turned to speak: "Pearl just now..." He thought about it, and barely corresponded to a word, "It seems a bit unacceptable."

Alice looked at him: "She has been in Blue Star for 40 years, and now she is not acclimatized? After 40 years, the acclimatization will happen?"

George was also very confused: "I don't know what's going on, the cloud star cake I served her was made of blue star ingredients, but she did vomit after eating it."

No matter where the acclimatization is, it doesn't seem to make sense.

"...does it matter?"

"She said it was fine."

Alice was silent for a moment, and said, "You will remind me later that Erwin is from Cyril."

George hesitated to speak: "This time the prince was kidnapped..."

Knowing what he wanted to say, Alice simply replied: "I don't know, I don't believe it doesn't matter at all, at least I know it, no matter how much I push it behind the scenes."

George frowned and said in a low voice: "I always feel that Blue Star is getting more and more complicated."

Alice walked ahead without looking back: "I will never let Lan Xing become the second Yun Hai Xing."

The three sisters waited in the restaurant for a while, and finally heard a few light footsteps coming from the end of the corridor.

The Duchess walked over step by step with her head held high and the butler.

"Sorry for keeping you waiting." Alice nodded, her eyes resting on Pearl's pale face, "I heard from George, are you okay?"

Pearl's breath was a little weak, but she felt that her spirit was still good: "It feels okay."

"If there is anything uncomfortable, you must tell me." His Excellency the Duke repeatedly instructed with a serious face, attaching great importance to it.

Looking at the earnest Alice, Pearl's heartbeat seemed to miss a beat, and a corner was missing and poured into heat.

It's getting hot again...

Erwin arrived in a few moments.

As soon as he entered the restaurant, he was startled: "Alice, you don't have to welcome me so warmly, do you?"

He is using the fifth and third sisters as maids. These days, only the nobles will continue to use real maids, and the rest are basically replaced by robots. After all, they are cheaper.

"There is also a beautiful lady mermaid here." Erwin smiled brightly, showing his white teeth, "Hello!"

"Ahem——" Alice coughed a few times to signal Irwin to turn around, "These are the ladies of the Blue Star Autonomous Lord's family."

Erwin immediately understood, bowed and apologized: "I'm really sorry for offending you just now, I hope I didn't cause you any trouble, and I hope the beautiful Miss Mermaid can forgive me."

Fifth Sister covered her mouth: "It's okay, it's okay, you—"

"Erwin, just call me Erwin."

Now that Erwin introduced herself, Alice didn't say anything more, she nodded to George - it's time for dinner.

According to Alice's previous invitation, Pearl and the others were invited to taste alien food.

"My butler said, Pearl, you were not feeling well before because you were not used to it after eating alien pastries. If there is something uncomfortable..." George poked Alice indiscriminately, "...you must say it ’” Alice insisted.

Pearl nodded. The Duke really cared about her, and he said the same thing several times.

Erwin looked at the three mermaid sisters with interest, one underage and two adults. Is this a private visit or a business?

There was only a slight sound of tableware on the table.

Nothing happened to Pearl until the last dish was withdrawn.

Alice breathed a sigh of relief.

Fifth Sister got up and thanked: "Thank you, Lord Duke, for your warm hospitality today. The food is delicious and I like it very much."

The Fifth Sister thanked her, and the Third Sister and Pearl followed suit.

Alice nodded and nodded reservedly.

Pearl felt that the Fifth Sister was a little abnormal today, she was very enthusiastic and lively, and she seemed a little dissatisfied with the expression of the Third Sister.

The meal is over, and it's time to leave. Seeing the Duke's appearance, it seems that he still has something to discuss with her friends.

The third sister was just about to get up to say goodbye, when the fifth sister interrupted: "I don't know if the food I ate just now came from the same planet. I'm really curious if Lord Duke can introduce it to me."

"Of course, the dishes we ate today are mainly from Yunhaixing," Alice glanced at Pearl without any trace, and was interrupted by George who stepped forward to continue the introduction.

"Let me do it." He saluted and began to introduce them one by one.

Fifth Sister: "Your Excellency is a Yunhai star? Isn't there a mermaid planet?"

Alice: "I lived in Yunhaixing for a while, so I really like eating there."

Pearl always felt that something was wrong, but she couldn't say it. She really wanted to ask something, but she didn't know what to ask. Her tongue was numb and her body was weak, and her upper body was uncontrollably limp.

Third Sister and Fifth Sister stepped forward and pulled her: "What's wrong? What's wrong?"

Bursts of black mist appeared in front of Pearl's eyes, the world was foggy, his body was hot, and his blood was gurgling.

Finally, before she closed her eyelids, the face of the always calm Duchess changed. She took Pearl's arm in panic and grabbed ahead of the third and fifth sisters: "What's going on?!"