Mermaid [Interstellar]

No sooner had Alice and Pearl reached the Ducal Palace than George came up and whispered to her that Adolf had arrived.

"I see." Alice responded, seeing that George hadn't left, but looking at Pearl, she asked, "Is there anything else?"

The situation seems to have something to do with Pearl.

Pearl noticed George's gaze and said with a smile, "It's okay to be straightforward."

George told the story of the Mermaid King's Court, and Alice was silent for a long time after listening to it. Pearl asked in surprise, "So, the elder sister really killed the man?"

George nodded yes.

Pearl lowered her eyes, her voice remained unchanged: "In this matter, Alice, do what you should do, and don't worry about me."

"You really don't care?" Alice asked aloud.

"That's it." Pearl raised a weak smile.

Alice frowned and wanted to say something, but Pearl interrupted with a smile: "I know you will be able to handle it."

Now that Pearl has said so, Alice can only agree.

Take your time, Alice said to herself, she and Pearl hadn't resumed their relationship yet.

……

Now that Adolf has been found, it is natural to inform Cyril, who is crazy about finding him.

Alice discussed with Adolf about how to deal with Philip, and Adolf also agreed to lock Philip here first.

"Didn't His Highness Cyril say that His Majesty is seriously ill?" Adolf shook his hair, and the colorful hair made Alice's eyes hurt. Seeing Alice's eyes twitch, Adolf didn't care. "If there is a peaceful transition, Nature is the best."

"I'm afraid that His Majesty the Emperor will not think about it when he is about to die." Alice said coolly, "The battle situation on the front line is not good, and there is still a rebellion inside. With such a big mess, it is hard to guarantee that he will have a whim and a final madness before he dies."

Adolf laughed loudly: "His Royal Highness Philip is actually a good person, but he is not suitable for this position."

Really straightforward.

Alice glanced at Adolf unexpectedly, and didn't expect him to say it directly.

Philip had nothing against her, but she couldn't understand Philip's temperament. As for the emperor, she didn't want to keep him at all.

It made Alice feel extremely disgusted to see him giving orders in a sanctimonious manner.

In all fairness, Adolf was surprised that Alice could cooperate with him calmly. After all, he was also an accomplice in the Yunhaixing incident.

"I want to kill you, but if I kill you, the country will probably disappear."

As soon as the news of Adolf's suspected death spread, rebellions broke out on many planets. If the news was true, it would be even more chaotic.

"I don't know how to march and fight." Alice raised the corners of her eyes, "Since the marshal will live with me these days, doesn't he need to pay for food?"

Adolf looked at Alice warily.

"Under the star field I manage, some lords of autonomous planets have also rebelled. It's not good for your Excellency Marshal to keep deserted. Why don't you practice how you feel?"

Adolf: "..."

Alice smiled: "If you don't speak, you will acquiesce. I am here to thank you on behalf of Davis Star Field."

Adolf stroked his forehead, like a father, like a daughter, but why didn't his son inherit his abilities?

……

After Adolf left, George stepped forward to pack Alice's things, and there were some military orders to be sent to Adolf, all of which had to be prepared.

George's approach to Alice has always been to guide rather than force. This time Alice asked Adolf to help put down the rebellion, which was beyond his expectations.

"I remember that the marshal had notified his father before, so he rushed to Yunhaixing to stop the emperor." Alice said interrogative sentences, but her tone was affirmative.

It's just that after the old duke got there, he was killed by the emperor instead. Adolf had good intentions and hoped that the old duke could stop the emperor when he arrived there. He never expected the emperor to be so cruel.

George sighed secretly.

Adolf agreed to help Alice, probably because of guilt...

At that time, he was also very helpless, and he had tried his best to avoid this from happening...

After the Yunhaixing incident, many people shuddered at the emperor's methods and gradually became dissatisfied.

Adolf was also one of them, so he would let his only son associate with Cyril and win Alice over.

Cyril learned that Philip was under house arrest with Alice, but he didn't say anything, only that he would try to delay it.

How could it be delayed? Alice didn't ask, and after everything was settled, Alice went to Pearl again.

At this time, Pearl is here with Julie. The biggest sponsor of this project is the Duke, and the results are naturally given priority to her.

Julie made a record before asking about Pearl's recent physical condition - she has already started to help Pearl adjust his state.

Pearl took a careful look back and said, "I know where I came from, but I can't remember everything."

Julie asked, "Did you remember it before?"

Pearl nodded.

Julie frowned. From this point of view, her transformation experiment was not completely successful.

She took out the previous records for comparison, and Pearl looked over curiously, but was waved away by her: "You can't understand it, so it's better not to join in the fun, or go to your Duke and ask her to tell you more about the past. , it might be good for you."

"After dealing with everything, Alice went to Pearl again.

"..." Pearl paused and asked, "What's the benefit?"

Julie was at a loss for words, and realized that she had slipped her tongue. No matter what Pearl asked, her mouth was closed like a clamshell, and she just didn't speak.

"Anyway, you'll know when the time comes." Julie pushed Pearl to Alice. "If you really want to know, you might as well ask the Duke."

Pearl said quietly: "Do you think she will tell me?"

Julie looked at her strangely: "Aren't you a couple? Why didn't Duke Alice tell you?"

"It's not done yet."

"It used to be," Julie recalled, remembering how Alice was when she kicked Pearl out. "Go away, go away, and don't bother me."

Pearl, who was pushed out of the door by Julie, bumped into Alice.

Alice stretched out her hand to support Pearl who was about to fall, and seeing the two struggling, she asked speechlessly, "What are you doing?"

As if she was pardoned, Julie pushed Pearl towards Alice: "Your Excellency, you came just in time. Pearl has a question to ask you." After finishing speaking, she directly closed the door.

Alice who stayed outside the door: "..."

Pearl leaning on Alice's arms: "..."

Pearl hurriedly got up from Alice's arms as if she had been scalded, and then realized that it was not good for her to do so, and she was suspected of disliking Alice, so she hurriedly explained: "I'm just not used to it..."

Alice gave a "hmm" and didn't care, she pulled Pearl to find a place to sit down.

"Julie said you have a question for me." Alice asked George to prepare tea, and Pearl realized that this meant a long talk.

"Cough——" Pearl coughed a few times in discomfort, and she was a little shy. She still couldn't adapt to the rapid changes in the relationship between the two of them—even if this was what she expected, after all, she had asked Ellie before. Si confessed.

Now Alice's attitude towards Pearl is to be cautious again and again. She watched Pearl's reaction and waited quietly, very patiently.

"I want to know what Julie is researching. It seems to be related to me." Pearl remembered Alice telling herself before that she changed herself from a half-merman to a mermaid, and this time Julie also wanted to collect her data.Afraid of arousing Alice's disgust, she added: "It's okay if you don't want to say it."

——She subconsciously cared about Alice's attitude.

Realizing this, Pearl's movements could not help but stiffen.

Pearl is really sensitive.

Alice sighed silently, and asked, "I want to know, as a mermaid, do you feel any different from being a human before?"

— She still cares about Pearl's opinion.

"Ah, this—" Pearl hesitated for a moment. She still hadn't fully recalled her previous memories. When she was a human, walking was a very life-like action, and she didn't pay much attention to it. When she was a mermaid, she couldn't. Legs, at most, she was troubled with, and they weren't long, after all, mermaids could still melt their legs.

She also has legs now.

"I think it's about the same. Most mermaids are still the same as humans and can live on land." Pearl kept paying attention to Alice, watching her reaction.

Alice seemed dissatisfied, and her tone was a little surprised: "That's all?"

Pearl was at a loss: "What else should there be?"

Alice paused and asked, "Are you really aware that you are a mermaid now? A real mermaid! It's different from humans."

What is the biggest difference between mermaids and humans?

Pearl stuck his neck and looked at Alice with some surprise: "Do you want to have a peerless love with me that is hunted down by the emperor?"

Alice: "..." Why Pearl can never catch the point.

"I want to be with you, forever." Alice stated her intentions bluntly. Seeing Pearl's blushing face, she raised her eyebrows and approached Pearl, "I can hold hands and grow old together." kind of."

"That's impossible." Pearl subconsciously retorted, "The lifespan of mermaids and humans is different." After saying this, she was stunned for a moment.

Yes, mermaids and humans have different life spans, how do they grow old together?

She always thought that they had a lot of time to wander and hesitate, but she didn't expect that the time was so unequal.

Alice looked at Pearl, and couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief when she finally realized the problem.

"That's what I'm trying to say, and that's what Julie's trying to address—Pearl, I mean it."

I really want to be with you.

I'll break down all barriers, fly across oceans and time, until I'm in front of you.