The Old Man and the Mermaid

The mermaid rolled onto the shore along the waves, and jumped up suddenly while supporting the ground with both hands, holding Aigre's shoulders and pushing him to the ground on the coast.The human legs are too advantageous on the ground, so the mermaid chose to overturn these two powerful and graceful legs without much thought—it was the first time he thought that his fish tail was like this. Get in the way.

Aigre would naturally be frightened by the sudden attack of the mermaid, but his reaction was still dissatisfied. When he was overturned and fell to the ground, he pressed his forearms to the ground, grasping the ground with ten fingers, He raised his feet and kicked the mermaid's waist.

He didn't quite know whether that part should be called the waist or abdomen, but it seemed that the structure of the upper body of a mermaid was not much different from that of a human, so he called it that for the time being.

For a moment, Eigre admired his way of thinking in such a critical moment as usual.

And the mermaid once again proved to himself that Egrele does have a strong body that looks thin but is actually full of explosive power.The vitality of human beings is so majestic, it even made him think of the joy he felt when he was loyal to hunting the most ferocious beasts in the deep sea a long time ago.

At first, he really just wanted to say hello to Aigre, and even thought about having a friendly exchange with him, but the moment he rushed out of the sea and saw Aigre, he changed his mind.

He still wanted to communicate with Aigre and even live in peace—but before that, he had the desire to conquer this human being who had suffered him twice.

He felt the heat in his blood rushing, urging himself to put his thoughts into action.

Egre felt something was wrong when he put his feet on the waist of the mermaid—his belly was also covered with scales, and these fish scales soaked in sea water were quite slippery. And it slid towards the side of the mermaid, causing the blow full of strength to lose its focus.

This position is very awkward.

But Aigre obviously didn't realize this.The energetic young man focused all his attention on fighting the mermaid because of the crisis, and reacted very quickly, using the power of his two legs to clamp the mermaid's waist, and threw him to the ground next to him. go.

The mermaid landed on its back, and the scales and skin behind it were covered by a scalding heat at the same time.He frowned, knowing quite well that his chances of winning in a dry environment were extremely low, so he simply let go of the hands that grabbed Aigre's shoulders, turned to hold his arm, and rolled him to the point where he could be caught The area where the waves hit.

The sea possesses no actual magic power, but it is his dwelling place.The water source is the biggest dependence on which he depends for survival.

When a layer of moderate waves rolled up and hit them, the mermaid clearly felt the vitality and joy of her skin.This feeling directly relieved the oppressive force of the sun on him, enabling him to keep his mind clear and ready to deal with Aigre's next attack at any time.

But Aigre was lying in the sea water that submerged half of his body, but he didn't continue to fight with the mermaid.

——He looked at the mermaid, and was firmly attracted by the pair of dark eyes.

The last time he looked at these eyes, he didn't keep such a close distance, and he didn't have the intention to take a closer look at the mermaid's appearance.But this time he had to admit that this kind of creature might be because of its mysterious race, or because of individual reasons, but no matter what, it exuded a unique charm.

It's really... such a beautiful species.

The mermaid's long hair hung loose on his shoulders, slid down along the mermaid's arms, and curled up softly on Aigre's chest and neck, making him itchy all over.At this time, Aigre came back to his senses and realized that the mermaid actually wanted to attack him in the first place.

However, the mermaid was quite quiet at this time, and he was also watching Aigre, with no malicious intent on his expression.

Aigre remained vigilant, but at the same time began to think wildly.

He was actually like a fool seduced by beauty, deeply fascinated by the vigor and beauty of the enemy at such a dangerous moment.It sounds like a love story that girls love to read, but he is not one of the protagonists, but the fat passerby who is shocked by the protagonist's amazing appearance.

...Another embarrassing experience that cannot be described.

It seems that in his dark history, apart from the key exclamation mark on his underwear, there must be another mermaid of unknown origin.

The mermaid didn't know why Eigre gave up the fight, but he could vaguely guess the young man's thoughts from Aigre's expression.Although he has never taken the initiative to approach human groups, humans are not unfamiliar to him. When he is free and lucky, he can also find and read many human books, knowing that his appearance is in the aesthetics of humans. It can be called extremely handsome.

He will not feel that the enemy has lost his dignity because of his appearance, but he will never be willing to win without fighting in this situation.

In fact, the mermaid's aesthetics are basically the same as that of humans. At least at this moment, he also thinks that Aigre's appearance is quite handsome and charming.

It's just that he appreciates Aigre's physical fitness and close combat skills more than his appearance.

The mermaid looked at Aigre in silence for a while, then slowly let go of the hands that clamped his arms, rolled over from him, and backed away towards the sea.

The moment the mermaid let go of him, Aigre obviously felt his heart beating steadily.He let out a long breath of relief, sat cross-legged with his hands on the ground, and looked at the mermaid in front of him again from a relatively equal height.

Under the sun, the scales on his fish tail no longer look as dark as they did that day, but are slightly dark red, a bit like the color of dried blood, and it may be the original skin of his fish tail hidden under the scales. color, or being affected by the sun or something like that.

But his long hair was still so black, and because it was so wet, it looked a bit like seaweed that had been straightened out.

Aigre felt a little sorry for the inexplicable metaphor in his mind, but at the same time he was also a little confused. He didn't know why a mermaid needed hair when they lived in the deep sea.

Although he doesn't know why human hair grows long.

And the only thing about the mermaid that Egreel didn't notice during the previous two meetings was his ears—let's call them ears.

Aigre didn't know what the two fin-like things growing on both sides of the mermaid's head were for, but they grew where human ears were, so he subconsciously thought they should be ears.

The two thin fins hang down softly with the mermaid's hair. Aigre originally thought they would stand up like the ears of elves in fairy tales, but they actually look more like two pieces of tulle , which is extremely transparent under the sunlight.

...So it shouldn't be the ears.

Aigre continued to question his own speculation, still maintained a slightly stiff posture, and stared at the mermaid motionlessly.

The mermaid didn't seem to intend to leave. While Aigre was paying attention to his own safety, he also began to worry that some island residents and children would come to the lighthouse and find this beautiful and precious creature.

Although the possibility was not too high, he sincerely hoped that no one else would discover this mermaid.Human beings' exploration of the world is still not too deep, but they have incredible stubbornness and persistence. Once someone discovers these treasures in the sea, it is likely to bring disaster to the entire sea.

From the mermaid's attitude, Eigre could know that he might not be able to use brute force to throw the mermaid into the sea like the first time, so now he can only try to communicate with him.

He stared at the calm eyes of the mermaid, raised his hand and rubbed his uncomfortable throat a few times, and said hello softly: "Hello."

The mermaid moved the tail of the fish under her body slightly, and lowered her head slowly and obviously to Aigre.

...It is actually a very polite gentleman fish, who knows the etiquette of human beings well.

Aigre thought this with a complex expression, and felt that what he was doing at this time must have seemed quite unbelievable.

"I don't know if the things you brought me were to thank me for sending you back to the sea, but the way I treated you at that time was not very friendly, so I think I should first thank you for treating me Show goodwill, and apologize for my previous rude behavior." Aigre sat cross-legged on the spot, and bent down to the mermaid.It is rare for him to say such a long sentence in one breath, and his tone at this time fully shows his solemnity, "If you have no intention of taking back the things you gave me, I will treat them well, because... "

When he said this, he was slightly taken aback and paused.

Because the mermaid looked away from him.His eyes turned to a certain direction behind Aigre, and after staring for a moment, he looked back at Aigre, and stretched out his finger to point to the position he had looked at before.

Aigre turned back to look in the direction the mermaid pointed, but found nothing unusual.He felt a little puzzled, waiting for the mermaid's next move.

The mermaid raised her hand and paddled a few times on the beach, then turned around and jumped into the sea, bringing up a few beautiful water flowers and then completely disappeared.

Aigre recovered from his stupefaction, and looked down at the position where the mermaid was paddling on the beach. There were several clear numbers there, and the mermaid cleverly wrote them as facing his side.

20: 00.

...It is actually a high-end fish with high IQ and high education.

Aigre couldn't describe his mood at this time in words, but felt that his knowledge of this world was too superficial, even less than one-ten-thousandth of half the earth.

A few seconds after seeing the row of numbers, he heard a call behind him.

"Little Aigre!"