The Old Man and the Mermaid

Aigre reached out to take the few small pearls, and took a look at the mermaid's tail, which was quite different in length from the one described in the storybook.With the help of the strong light from the lighthouse above, he reached out his hand in a mysterious way and stroked the mermaid's tail fin lightly.

I don’t know if it’s because the tail of the fish has become numb from years of fierce fighting and swimming, which makes this part of the mermaid not very sensitive, or because the sharp scales on the tail will hurt Aigre’s hands, the mermaid kept As if raising the tail of the fish slightly, he didn't move immediately.

This translucent tail fin feels very smooth to the touch, and is softer than Aigre's imagination. It feels as if he can directly tear this layer of fins as fragile as long as he uses a little force.But the muscle lines of the upper body of the mermaid are quite graceful, not too exaggerated, but you can clearly feel the power contained in it, and the tail of the mermaid is not as flexible as a fish can do—— All these details reminded Eigre that even this seemingly weak fin was probably stronger than the toughest cloth.

The mermaid retracted the long tail after Aigre stood still for a moment.He was still leaning against the rock, sitting cross-legged and looking at Aigre.

Probably because he was curious about him, the sadness on the young man's face seemed to have dissipated a little, and his mood was no longer as bad as before, and there was even a little more interest in it.The mermaid didn't know exactly how much the current gathering had changed, but it was nothing more than a little fun for talking and drinking.

Aigre didn't seem to be as drunk as those people who were indulging in the joy and music.

"...You look different from what I imagined." A few minutes later, Aigre spoke slowly and cautiously, provoking a topic, "Although there is no record in our scientific data I have never had any credible information about mermaids, but storybooks often refer to creatures with human upper body and fish tail lower body. You look quite different from them - your skin is not as smooth as human , the whole body is covered with scales, and the tail is much longer than those mermaids painted in the picture. I think you can understand what I said? You can ask a little, your tail will really not affect the Actions in the sea?"

The mermaid quietly listened to his long words, and then shook her head slightly in reply.

"That's right." Aigre nodded thoughtfully, "Perhaps in human cognition, it has always been believed that the tail of fish should be short and thick, so that it is powerful enough to break through the sea water, so it is Make a guess like this. At least from those science fiction and fairy tales, the tails of mermaids are probably about as long as our legs."

The mermaid has read a lot of human science fiction.He has read no fewer books than a normal adult human being, and his knowledge in some aspects even surpasses that of people who don't like learning very much, so he knows exactly what Aigre is talking about.

Those books did contain a lot of information about mermaids. Although most human beings might think that it was fictional and imaginary, mermaids can be sure that in the human race, there must be someone else who has seen it with their own eyes. The look of a mermaid.The words that describe them are mixed, but most of what is told in the books is actually true.

For example, the cognition about the mermaid fish tail mentioned by Eigre.

The mermaid stared at him silently for a while, straightened up and left from the side of the rock, slowly swam to a coast not covered by sea water behind Aigre, and wrote a sentence in the sand: It varies from person to person.

"Have you ever studied our characters?" Aigre turned around and adjusted to a posture facing the mermaid, asking in surprise.

The mermaid nodded.

"It's unbelievable... I don't mean that you shouldn't learn these characters, I mean, if you live in the sea, you shouldn't need to use human language." Aigre Aigre moved forward a little, more clearly Looking at the line of words written by the mermaid on the beach, he waved his hands, denied his previous statement, and asked, "Can you talk?"

The mermaid also adjusted her posture, removed the tail of the fish blocking Eigre, raised her hand to brush herself on the beach, and wrote again: The sound is different.

Aigre thought for a few seconds before he understood the meaning of the mermaid, and asked again: "Since you can understand what I said, even if the way of speaking is different due to some reasons, I should be able to gradually learn to understand your words. Language? Forgive me, I didn't mean to pry into your privacy... I'm just really curious."

The mermaid stared at him and nodded again.

Aigre moved his lips, but couldn't organize his words to say anything more. After a pause, he continued: "I think you should come to look for me several times because you believe that I won't expose your existence. .If you don't dislike me as a foreigner—maybe we can be friends?"

Hearing his question, the mermaid suddenly flicked its tail and walked around behind Aigre.

Aigre originally thought that he was going to make some move to get close to his body, but the mermaid just stretched out its fish tail and took something near the rock behind him, and handed it to him again.

He inevitably breathed a sigh of relief, and lowered his head to look at the things the mermaid handed over.

Those are two deep red fish scales.

Aigre was a little puzzled, and even looked up at the scales on the mermaid's tail, but he still reached out and took the two fish scales, and asked, "Is this for me?"

Those two fish scales were taken by the mermaid from that giant creature, and the purpose was indeed to give it to Eigre as a second meeting gift, so the mermaid nodded quite frankly again.

"Can I think that you are willing to be this friend with me?" Aigre smiled and held the two fish scales in his hands, "Thank you, I will think about what is unique to the shore. It can be given to you."

Seeing that the mermaid did not object, Aigre paused for a moment, and asked again in a relaxed tone: "If you don't mind, can I listen to the voices of the mermaids? It is said in story books that the singing of mermaids spreads all over the world. Even God thinks it's beautiful. Although I don't make too much fantasy because of the description in the storybook, I'm still quite curious about the unknown."

The mermaid turned her head and left a sentence on the beach: Next time.

Then he used the power of his tail to return to behind Aigre, and it seemed that he was planning to return to the sea.

The overgrown fish tail swayed in front of Eigre's eyes a few times, which made Egreel inexplicably think of unhealthy thoughts, and at the same time another question popped up in his mind.

Before the mermaid left, he still couldn't help raising his hand, and asked hesitantly: "I know this question is really not friendly, Mr. Mermaid, but I'm still a little too curious... you will eat and drink normally like us. Do you excrete?"

Mermaid: "..."

For a moment, he really wanted to pry open Aigre's head to see if there was a bottomless black hole in the young man's skull.

But he still didn't show any emotions in the end, and he didn't answer the question at the same time. After a few overturns, he disappeared into the sea under the night.

Aigre looked at the direction in which the mermaid left, touched his nose lightly, thinking that he was more or less under the influence of alcohol, otherwise how could he ask such an abrupt and stupid question.

He even left his guests speechless, and finally ended the meeting helplessly.

What a shame.Agree sighed.