The Old Man and the Mermaid

Aigle received a reply from Professor Nice in the morning.However, the content of the reply letter did not clearly answer Ai Gele's question, but simply explained a few words: "Long time no see, Ai Geli, I am sorry that this happened to you. It is almost two o'clock in the morning, you should Have you rested already? If you are free when you read this reply, please don't mind the time slot, you can contact me at any time."

After reading the few short sentences in the reply, Aigre glanced at the time on the computer monitor.It's not yet seven o'clock, he guessed that Professor Nice probably had some important things to do the night before, so he took the time to reply at such a late hour, so he decided to have breakfast first, tidy up the beach as usual, Come back and get in touch with the professor.

When we walked to the beach, the sun was gradually covering the entire sea.Although the sun in the early morning of summer is not too hot, it still feels uncomfortable when it shines on the skin.Aigre narrowed his eyes when he walked out of the lighthouse, turned around and walked down the slope covered by shadows.

Aigre is just the keeper of the lighthouse. In fact, he has no obligation to take care of this beach, but when he stands in the lighthouse every day, his eyes will directly sweep across the coast.This place is as familiar to him as the back garden of his own home, so no matter how he says it, he doesn't want it to become a mess.

However, the entire area near the lighthouse has no frequent visitors, and the beach is surprisingly clean, except that occasionally some seaweed and gravel are rolled up by the waves.Aigre usually only comes to see if there are any messy areas that need to be cleaned up after the wind and rain have hit, but the weather has been surprisingly good during this time, so he decided to come to the beach to have a look .

As he walked slowly towards the shore, he recalled what happened last night.

Since he returned to Twilight Island, the flow of time seems to have slowed down again, and the pressure and tension that can only be felt in the academy have completely disappeared.

He didn't want anyone to disturb his gradually comfortable life, and he didn't want any external factors to affect the tranquility of Twilight Island.

After walking two laps on the beach and throwing some unsightly seaweed back to the sea, Aigre put his hands on a rock and climbed to the top along the crack of the rock.

He stood on the boulder closest to the sea, directly in front of him were the waves that were constantly beating against the stone.The sea water here is thicker than those nearby, and in front of them are the reefs that have damaged countless ships of different sizes to varying degrees.

He remembers his grandfather often taking him to this place when he was young.They sat together on this boulder that had existed for an unknown number of years, and my grandfather would continue to tell those wonderful stories that were still fresh in his memory.

And now, he also met a guest from the sea just like his grandfather did back then.

They even became friends.

At the same time he had this thought, he heard a strange sound, which made him feel mysterious and strange, like——like some kind of large sea creature was constantly swimming and tearing the sea water apart. Generally cracked.

Before he had time to think carefully, the light in front of him was suddenly completely blocked by a figure rushing out of the sea.The figure rushed straight to him, then raised his hand to cover his mouth and nose, and brought him back into the sea again.

...He had just lamented the deep friendship between himself and this friend, and now this friend acted as if he was going to murder him.

Aigre closed his eyes in time before completely submerging in the sea with complicated emotions, lest his eyes would feel sore and uncomfortable due to the sudden covering of sea water.

However, Eigre could feel that Mr. Mermaid was harmless.

The mermaid's palm is one of the rare parts of the body that is not covered by scales, and the feeling of covering his mouth and nose is not too uncomfortable.And Mr. Mermaid's other hand was tightly clasped around his abdomen and waist, leading him to swim quickly in the sea.

Perhaps it was because the swimming speed was so fast that the human body could not adapt in time, so Aigre still felt a little dizzy even with his eyes closed.The only thing that made him feel better was Mr. Mermaid's cold chest—the mermaid's waist and abdomen were also covered with scales, and it even felt strangely itchy when it was pressed against his back.

Mr. Mermaid obviously knew how to control his strength, and he didn't make Eigre too uncomfortable. After less than 20 seconds, he led him out of the sea again.

As soon as Aigre was brought to the ground, he raised his head and took a deep breath, then coughed twice, shook his dizzy head a few times, and then gradually recovered from the uncomfortable state.

The mermaid looked at him in a trance, and couldn't help laughing. She raised her tail and rubbed the softest part of her caudal fin against Aigre's forehead.

He didn't expect to see Aigre so early.Generally speaking, this young man would choose to stand inside the lighthouse and look into the distance in the early morning instead of walking directly to the coast.

Mr. Mermaid has been thinking about how to get rid of the potential threats that would disturb his peaceful life, because he actually couldn’t think of any way to make human beings behave without harming their fragile bodies, so he simply changed it. way of thinking.

For example, a funny little trick that won't make anyone suspicious.

But before he had time to do what he wanted to do, he saw Aigre on the beach.

He thought that his interest in this young man was probably stronger than anything else, so he temporarily postponed his plan without much hesitation, and took the young man away from the beach.

He wanted to invite his friend to see some scenes of incomparable beauty that humans might not even be able to see even by boat.

Mr. Mermaid knew that human beings didn't have the ability to breathe in the sea, and their bodies couldn't bear too much water pressure, so they swam with Aigre as quickly as possible for a certain distance, so that he wouldn't feel so uncomfortable.

However, he still seems to have overestimated the physical fitness of human beings.

The mermaid looked at Aigre's face which had become unbelievably rosy during the process of moving at high speed and being unable to breathe, stretched out his hand and soaked it in the sea water aside for a few seconds, and then lifted it up to touch Aigre's left cheek.

Aigre was taken aback by his behavior, and then he realized what he was doing, and said with a smile: "If it wasn't because I was very sure that you wouldn't hurt me, Mr. Mermaid, I might have thought that you just wanted to Drag me to the bottom of the sea and bury me."

The mermaid didn't speak, but gestured to their surroundings with their eyes.

Aigre turned his head and looked at the surrounding sea, feeling amazed and shocked by the scene he was facing at the moment, and at the same time full of emotion, "...Would you like to hear me tell a story that I have never mentioned before? , Mister Mermaid?"