The Old Man and the Mermaid

When dark clouds gradually began to form over the Twilight Island in the afternoon, Mr. Mermaid was still staying in the sea a little farther away from the island.He has spotted an excellent prey, and has gradually approached it to Twilight Island like playing tricks—he originally planned to bring this excellent food to Aigre alive. What a way to cook this fish.

It's just that this kind of fish lives on the bottom of the deep sea, and almost never appears in the shallow sea, and it seems that it is not suitable for human consumption. Therefore, when Mr. Mermaid brought it to the vicinity of Twilight Island, he had already decided to release this poor fish. The fish has a way out.

He just didn't expect that this guy with little thinking ability would have the guts to provoke him.

The mermaid has never been considered a kind race, so Mr. Mermaid decided to end this unlucky bastard directly, and then consider whether it can be used as human food.

He chased this nimble thing all the way across the reefs, and at a position very close to the shore, he found a chance to kill it with a single blow.

——The only accident that happened during this whole cat and mouse hunt was that he saw Aigle standing on the shore.

After noticing the existence of Aigre, the mermaid subconsciously relaxed the strength on her hand, and did not directly pierce the tail of the prey as before, but only tore its flesh and pulled it back together. to the sea.

He clearly saw Aigre's focused eyes looking at him, and he was sure that the young man would not change his impression of himself just because he happened to see the hunt, but at the same time, he really didn't want to let himself do this. A friend saw too bloody scenes.

Human beings now live in a peaceful society like a greenhouse and a cradle, and people don't need to fully understand the too primitive way of living.

Mr. Mermaid thought so, dragging the tail of the poor prey, and throwing it to the reef in the process of swimming quickly, ending its life.This guy was injured too badly, even if he was released, he wouldn't be able to live for long, so it would be better to let him not feel the pain before he died.

The mermaid watched the fat guy's body sink into the bottom of the sea, then turned her eyes to her blood-stained hands, and suddenly lost the mood to taste the prey.

The wind and waves on the sea became more and more unbridled, and the torrential rain finally got rid of the confinement of the clouds at this moment. It poured down in an instant, and hit the churning waves heavily and quickly, mixed with the constantly sweeping wind, and hit Egger Ray's body.

Only then did Aigre come back to his senses, raised his hand and wiped around his eyes with his sleeve, and did not return to the lighthouse immediately, but took a few steps to the place where the waves could reach, and walked into the dark sea look.

The light that the lighthouse can provide is very limited and not so clear, and Aigre can barely see the phantom shadows of those stones submerged in the not-too-deep sea water, as well as the few wisps of bright red blood floating on the sea surface.

He was sure that Mr. Mermaid would not be injured in this hunt, but at this moment, he was extremely eager to see that beautiful creature reappear from the sea.

This is a very strange mood, like a hot spring water with a sweet and sour smell suddenly poured into the blood vessels of his body, driving his limbs and bones to boil.

Aigre let the rainstorm drench him thoroughly, although his face was expressionless, he exhaled lightly and slowly.

The mermaid quietly watched the blood on her hands being gently taken away by the sea, then cleaned off all the remaining prey scales on her arms, turned over and floated to the surface of the sea.

He was a little surprised by Aigre's attitude of still standing there, and after making a questioning gesture, he took advantage of the opportunity and sat down on the highest stone.To him, this level of rain is like the sunshine after noon in a human town, and it doesn't bring him any discomfort, and it is even much more comfortable than dry air.

He looked back at Aigre's unclear gaze at this time, and lifted the tail of the fish by the way, covering the top of Aigre's head with the fully extended tail fin, blocking part of the rainwater for him.

Aigre was stunned for a moment, raised his hand to gently stroke the tail of Mr. Mermaid's beautiful and sharp fins, felt the cold touch from his fingertips to his mind, and sighed.

Mr. Mermaid felt a little puzzled.He saw many emotions in Aigre's eyes that he had never seen before, but this kind of eyes were still very warm, so he didn't mind to wait for Aigre to clarify his thoughts before explaining.

"The sea at night needs guidance from the person in charge. I have to go back to the lighthouse first." After staring at Mr. Mermaid without any scruples for a few seconds, Aigre smiled again, in order not to let the sound of the rainstorm overwhelm him The voice was deliberately too high and said, "Mr. Yu, if you don't mind, you can sit in the lighthouse after the rain stops—the rain at night should not last long."

The mermaid nodded, agreed to the invitation, and watched Aigre as he turned and trotted back towards the lighthouse.

Before returning to the sea, he took a special look at his hands, recalling the size of the previous prey, and reconfirmed that these prey were more delicious after being carefully cooked by human cooking.

It's a pity that Aigre couldn't get a taste of it.

Although he doesn't know much about human tastes, he is quite sure that people will definitely be willing to try new flavors without worrying about their own safety.

After Aigre ran back to the lighthouse, he tore off all the soaked clothes and threw them into the laundry basket before going straight into the bathroom.

During this process, he also remembered that this rainstorm seemed surprisingly similar to the night when he first saw Mr. Mermaid, but Mr. Mermaid was in much better condition this time than last time.

When he thought of this, he suddenly became a little curious about the reason why Mr. Mermaid was so weak at that time.

Maybe it was also because of a fight that was evenly matched with the opponent?

The heavy rain did not last long.At about ten o'clock in the evening, the rain gradually became thinner, and the sea breeze was not as rampant as before. It gradually disappeared along with the subdued waves, leaving only a few wisps of breeze occasionally rushing into the first floor of the lighthouse window.

After cleaning, Aigre has been sitting in front of the various equipment on the top floor of the lighthouse, ensuring that the equipment is working well as usual, and picking up a book that he has not finished reading in his spare time.

It wasn't until the heavy rain stopped completely and there was a crackling sound from the windows on the first floor that Aigre put down the book in his hand and walked down the stairs.

When he reached the first floor, he saw that Mr. Mermaid was still quite wet, so he couldn't help laughing, turned around and brought a bath towel from the bathroom and handed it over, "Wipe it first, although I know you must be more Loves the humidity, but I still have to worry about my floors."

Mr. Mermaid took the bath towel, didn't wipe his body directly, but spread it flat on the floor, and then put his fish tail on it.

"That's fine." Aigre pulled a chair from the side and sat down, still couldn't hold back and looked at Mr. Mermaid carefully, "I saw you in the lighthouse just now, that's why I wanted to go to the coast Say hello, I didn't expect the rain to come so suddenly."

Mr. Mermaid snorted, and after drying his hands, took the pen and paper on the table and wrote: You look at me now as if I were looking at my prey.

Aigre was stunned for a moment after watching Mr. Mermaid write that line, feeling his heart inevitably tense up.But then he saw Mr. Mermaid's still relaxed and gentle expression, and then he relaxed, and replied with a smile: "I was just quite deeply attracted by the scene just now - I always wanted to know what the mermaids were doing before. I didn’t expect to have the opportunity to see it with my own eyes this time about what it would be like to hunt.”

The mermaid looked at him with eyes obviously mixed with a little excitement and admiration, and felt that her previous worries were probably quite superfluous.

He'd forgotten that the young guy was violent in a way, too.

...For example, the courage to throw him directly into the sea when we first met.

Mr. Mermaid quickly dismissed the strange picture from his mind, and then wrote on the paper: Those are the ingredients that were originally intended for you.

"It doesn't look delicious at all." Aigre criticized rather unceremoniously, but at the same time, he felt that his mood was uncontrollably happier because of this line.

It's a pretty good mood.

However, I have to say that his emotions are still a little confused, and he is absolutely unwilling to bring any troubles and troubles to Mr. Mermaid, so after a few hours of calmness, he decided to temporarily put this unthinkable problem to rest. In the bottom of my heart, don't let it affect the friendly and warm conversation between friends.

Mr. Mermaid looked at Aigre's ever-changing expression, and turned the pen in his hand. While he clearly felt that Aigre's mood became happier, he did not deny that his mood was still quite happy.

"That is indeed a very attractive picture." After a short period of thought, Aigre still praised without hesitation, and after a pause for a few seconds, he finally couldn't help but joked: "And the prey was taken care of." The way the blood oozes and floats to the sea also reminds me of some pictures I have seen before—for example, when the large creatures in the sea give birth?"

Mermaid: "..."

After listening to this passage, Mr. Mermaid felt that the happiness just now was probably an illusion.

So he decided to teach this guy who couldn't control his brain a deep lesson.