Devil's Department Store

The news of Hope's sudden death on the street in the middle of the night spread back to the school quickly. After discussion, the school's senior management announced the news to everyone. The kids don't know what's going on.

The police came to conduct an investigation, but Caroline's information allowed them to quickly reach a consensus and close the case as an unknown accident-in fact, it was true, after all, except for the scars that Hope picked out himself, this The man was not attacked in any way, nor did he show any signs of illness, as if his life was really taken away by some invisible mysterious force.

His family had also been there, but Caroline still didn't tell them what Hope had done to the two shy and vicissitudes of old people. She only told the police's conclusion, and they didn't dare to question it. Obediently took away Hope's body.

However, Hope's soul didn't disappear—a black candle was placed in front of Miser, with an ominous green flame burning quietly on it, and there seemed to be faint screams coming from it.

"Wow——" Robert stared and sighed: "It's so atmospheric, I know a game called Pen Fairy, let's play together with the lights off at night!"

Miser: "..."

Miser flicked its forehead and said, "Who is playing with the pen fairy, does the pen fairy dare to come out?"

Focusing on the recessed light socket under the candle, Harry asked, "Is this recyclable?"

"That's right," Belphegor explained, "The burnt candle will replenish to the bottom along this groove. By the way, this is hellfire. When burning the spirit... the candle will not lose any energy." Yes, that is to say, it can burn like this forever."

"That's great, I won't have to turn on the lights at night, and I'll save a fortune on the electricity bill!" The stingy succubus hugged Belphegor happily, kissed him on the cheek, and praised, "That's great!"

Everyone looked away, and Ella in the fish tank saw how sweet they were, with a lonely expression on her face, and asked in a low voice, "Misser, can I go to see Caroline today?"

Miser and Belphegor looked at each other, and said to the little mermaid with some regret: "I'm sorry, Ella, but Caroline said that she might be busy during this time..."

And she doesn't necessarily want to see Ella, no matter how sensible she is, Caroline is still a human being, and she needs time to adjust her mood.

Ella nodded obediently, indicating that she knew.

But on the second day, the little mermaid asked Misser the same question again as if she had lost her memory. After being rejected, she apologized as if remembering, and then repeated it on the third day.

Five days later, Miser reckoned that the time was almost up, so he lifted the ban on the little mermaid who was looking forward to it, and called Caroline, saying that Ella sneaked out to find her again.

In the end, of course, Caroline, who had a strong sense of responsibility, blamed him, but Miser could only sigh when he saw Ella's jumping back. For the happiness of the little princess, what did it matter if he got two meals?

At worst, go back to the Mermaid King and ask for more money.

Because of Miser's phone call, Ella met Caroline smoothly this time, but the latter still had work to do. After Ella acted coquettishly and refused to leave, she could only take her back to her home. home.

Caroline is a doctor of oceanography. Her home has a big fish tank. Although it is not as big as the restaurant where Ella lives, it has a lot of fish that can only be found in the sea. Ella's attention is short. transferred.

She hasn't been back to the sea for a long time, but she still misses it a little.

"Do you like fish too?" Caroline asked softly.

Ella nodded, then turned her head to look at the woman, blushing and said, "Caroline smells like sea water."

Caroline smiled and said, "Because I drive to the beach every weekend. I like the sea, otherwise I wouldn't study marine science."

When the little mermaid heard this, her eyes sparkled. She looked at Caroline and said, "I like the sea too!"

"Oh? Have you ever been to the beach?" Caroline looked at Ella with a closer look.

Ella didn't know whether she should nod, because to be precise, the little mermaid had never been to the beach, and the only time she went ashore was the passage leading directly to the Devil's Department Store under the sea.

Caroline misunderstood Ella's hesitation. She smiled and said, "If I'm free this weekend, I can take you to the beach to have a look."

"Really?!" The little mermaid cried out happily, secretly thinking sweetly in her heart, is this a date?

"Of course," Caroline was very happy to see that Ella was so interested in the ocean, and said, "I have some interesting ocean science magazines here, do you want to read them?"

"Yes!" Ella writhed in the wheelchair, her desire to express was extremely strong: "Actually, I know a lot about the sea!"

"Really?" Caroline didn't take this to heart, she just smiled and said, "Would you like to explain it to me?"

Ella excitedly opened the magazine, pointed to a picture on it and said, "This is a lantern fish! Some places in the sea are very dark, we... I mean, we can use them to illuminate!"

Caroline laughed, but she didn't correct her that it was a deep-sea anglerfish. Instead, she praised the scene and suddenly said, "That's right!"

Seeing this, Ella became even more excited. She wished to let Caroline know how powerful she was right away, and kept telling what she knew. Caroline just regarded it as a child's fantasy at first. , but soon, she changed her mind.

Maybe Ella doesn't understand the deep meaning contained in it, but she does know many phenomena in the ocean, even those hypotheses that have not been verified by humans but have been put forward.

If it wasn't for the fact that the kid read really well, it was that she did have a gift for marine science.

Caroline watched Ella's eyes gradually change. She rubbed the little mermaid's head and said seriously: "Ella, maybe you can become a marine scientist in the future."

Already intoxicated by the temperature of her palm, Ella looked at her with twinkling eyes: "Can I?"

"Of course," Caroline said with a smile, "we might still be colleagues by then."

Ella knew what co-workers meant. Robert often called Bedo so eccentrically. She looked at Caroline and asked incredulously, "Can I work with Caroline?"

Caroline nodded.

Ella could not have imagined that she could work with Caroline, it was the best wish in the world!

"Would you like to continue reading?" Caroline asked.

Ella nodded hurriedly.

Ella stayed at Caroline's house all day, and even had dinner, until the time for the transformation potion was approaching, and she fled back to the Devil's Department Store in a hurry like Cinderella when the twelve o'clock struck .

Since then, Caroline no longer refuses Ella's approach. She welcomes the little mermaid's visit very much, and sometimes calls Miser to ask Ella when she will go out.

The succubus was taken aback. At first, she thought that Ella was so powerful that she actually raped a straight girl. Later, she found out that Caroline asked Ella to learn about the ocean, and occasionally gave tutoring to the mermaid. Mathematics, physics and chemistry, it seems that they intend to train the little mermaid to become another scientist.

Miser didn't know whether to laugh or cry, but Ella was addicted to it, and one was willing to fight and the other was willing to suffer. He couldn't do anything except remind a few words.

Apart from other things, for Ella, this is really the happiest time in Yusheng. She can see Caroline every day and be by her side.

They chatted, read together, and even ate and watched movies together. Sometimes Caroline encountered a bottleneck at work, and Ella could use her rich experience in underwater life to help her, and Caroline praised her from the bottom of her heart. And when Caroline is free, the little mermaid can also take the storybook Miser collected for her before and beg her to read it to her.

The woman's voice was gentle and slow. Ella lay on her lap and closed her eyes. When those happy endings came out of Caroline's mouth, it seemed that they were getting closer to happiness.

On the weekend, Caroline took Ella to the beach as she promised. They sat on the reef, blowing the brackish sea breeze, and the sea water rose and fell on the shore not far away.

The little mermaid looked at the sea, and moved her legs subconsciously, making a gesture of slapping the water. Caroline looked at her funny, pinned her knees, and said, "What are you doing?"

She already knew that the little mermaid's legs are actually usable. Miser told him that because of some psychological reasons, Ella is not used to walking with her legs. Caroline is helping Ella overcome this difficulty recently, and The initial results were achieved—the little mermaid walked up to the reef with her own legs.

Ella glanced at her embarrassedly, blushed, and whispered, "It turns out that the shore is like this, it's so beautiful!"

Of course, everything looks good when you're with Caroline!

"Yeah," Caroline said with a smile, "so I come every week, and I can bring you every week after that."

When Ella heard this, her eyes lit up like stars twinkling in them: "Mmm!"

They stopped talking and concentrated on enjoying the sea breeze.

Suddenly, the little mermaid heard a rustling sound. Ella caught a small crab with quick eyes and quick hands. The crab was only as big as a thumb. It kicked its legs in her hand, which was very interesting.

Just as Ella was about to show it to Caroline, she saw that she was looking down, as if she was doing something. After she straightened up, she held a crushed plastic bottle in her hand.

The little mermaid blinked.

Caroline's face was very ugly. After a while, she sighed and said, "People shouldn't be like this."

"Marine pollution has become more and more serious in recent years," Caroline frowned, and said, "When will people understand the importance of protecting the environment?"

Seeing this, Ella put down the crab, and gently held Caroline's hand.

Caroline looked at Ella with a wry smile: "I still remember the sea I saw for the first time in my hometown when I was a child, it was so blue and so beautiful, but when I left there, it had turned into a terrible gray .To this day, I don’t know if I really chose the right major. Although I can also make some efforts to protect the sea, it’s a drop in the bucket after all. Maybe I should turn directly to environmental issues...”

"You're already great," Ella said seriously. "Everyone will thank you."

It is true that many creatures in the sea are troubled by human garbage. Ella has heard her father discuss these things, but they also vaguely know that some humans are trying to help them.

"The fundamental solution to this problem lies on the shore. It would be great if the Sea Clan had the power to go to the shore." The king said at the time.

Ella didn't quite understand this, but she was glad that Caroline was one of these people. She looked at the woman's profile and felt that her love for her was growing and growing like a snowball.

She couldn't help but said, "Caroline, you, can you hug me?"

Caroline looked at the little mermaid tenderly and said, "Of course."

She spread her arms, hugged Ella into her arms, and asked, "Is the sea breeze too cold?"

Ella closed her eyes, breathed in her scent, and shook her head slightly.

It was her heart that was too hot.

"My legs seem to be able to move," the little mermaid said softly, "Let's pick up the trash later? Take all the plastic bottles away."

Caroline smiled. "Okay, thank you, Ella."

Ella shook her head and said seriously, "No, thank you, Caroline."