How to become a sea witch

There are no roses under the sea.

That delicate and fragile flower simply cannot adapt to the harsh environment of the deep sea.

Dull light, high pressure, low temperature, salt water, everything can destroy it into dry mud.

Therefore, it does take a lot of thought to cultivate a rose that can survive in sea water forever.

But fortunately, the finished product is beautiful enough, with a bright and intense deep red, quietly blooming under the light blue water layer, as if watered and condensed by blood beads, sealed in by completely transparent deep-sea ice crystals.

Beautiful and eccentric, like some kind of living specimen.

Now, it was shattered, the ice crystal layer was torn apart, debris and water flowed everywhere, and the flowers were hanging wet on the ground.

This is what Thiago and Gabriel saw when they first entered the door.

The angel in charge of guarding further tightened the spirit seal that restrained the Jersey devil in his hand, turned his head to see the person coming, and immediately bowed and saluted: "Your Majesty, the archangel."

As soon as the words fell, the Jersey Devil, who was able to move in the gap, immediately roared and knocked away the angel beside him, raised his long tail with sharp barbs, and swung towards Thiago at the door.

Gabriel clicked his tongue, and was about to make a move, but saw a large piece of hard frost suddenly condensed in the air just before the tail sting was about to approach Tiago, instantly stopping its attack.

Tiago tilted his head, his long platinum hair slid down his shoulders, and the corners of his mouth were flattened into a straight line.

He first looked at the broken crystals and roses on the ground, and then raised his eyes to the Jersey Devil who had been frozen half of his body, with one hand in his trouser pocket, his expression was more blank and indifferent than those frosts: "If you want to lose your temper, you don't want to lose your temper." Don't you want to see what should be touched and what should not be touched?"

"Your Majesty..."

As soon as the guardian angel uttered a word, Gabriel stopped him with his eyes.He quickly backed away and made no more sound.

Thiago picked up the rose on the ground and pinned it in his breast pocket. With a light wave of his hand, he turned the Jersey Devil, who had been immobilized by the ice and the spirit lock, over a few times and pulled him closer to him, looking him up and down: "The wound It's serious."

Because of the desperate fight with the angel at the guard, this demon had many large and small wounds visible to the naked eye. The green blood was sticky and turned into hard black scabs, which gradually burst open due to the struggle just now.

It stared at Thiago dying, its dark pupils slacking off.

"Generally speaking, if I encounter particularly serious injuries, I will treat them first and then talk about trial and conviction."

Thiago spoke unhurriedly, raising his hand to condense the ice crystal fragments on the ground into a thin and shiny sharp blade, and lightly tapped on its cervical spine protected by the soft armor, his expression was as dull as his tone: "But You just ruined the gift I worked so hard to prepare, so I am not in the mood to do those. I will remove the ice ban in a while, without the low temperature for relief, it may be quite painful when the magic essence is destroyed .”

"But that can't be helped."

The tip of the knife pierced the soft armor and pierced into the skin, and the cold divine power immediately spread out, tightly locking the magic marrow, and it could be broken with only a little force.

He smiled slightly: "Be patient."

……

If you want to say where everything started, Bernice would definitely choose this moment without hesitation, or when she heard that she was about to go to the human world during the parole period, she still nodded and agreed without hesitation. for a moment.

Therefore, it is true that being isolated from the world in one place for a long time will cause many problems due to information asymmetry.

You must know that she had been to the human kingdom on the coast many times before she was caught in the Fallen Garden.Therefore, when Gabriel told the destination, Bernice had already figured out how to dress up to show respect.

After all, although she has not completely regained her freedom and is forbidden to use any high-level magic power, it is not a problem to get herself a decent set of clothes.

It's just that when she was wearing a plain black palace dress with ribbons and lace, and a velvet hat with feathers and roses on her head, she stood at the subway entrance where people came and went, and everyone passing by voted or praised her. When looking at with strange or startling eyes.The malice from the gods and the chill feeling that something must be wrong became clear and sharp in an instant.

Obviously, the human world in front of him has nothing similar to the one in his memory, no matter in terms of clothing or other things.

At least in her cognition, human beings will not stuff themselves into a box with a strange shape, and then use an unimaginable way to drive the four wheels to move at high speed.

This salmon is magic, don't try to lie to me!

Seeing all the incomprehensible things in front of her, Bernice calmed down after only panicking for a moment, and attributed them all to the test of her by the Fallen Sin Garden.

Just kidding, no matter what, she is also the sea engraved on the Twelve Sin Pillars. I have been (salted) and repaired (fish) in Meteor Garden for 54 years, and I have already experienced a lot of battles, how could I be shocked by such a small scene.

Thinking of this, Bernice immediately put on a standard villain face that a demon should have when facing a human being, and glared fiercely at everyone who looked at her.

Immediately afterwards, she realized that she was still on parole and should be more friendly.

So she tried to adjust her facial muscles, blinked her eyes, and managed to pull out a smile that she thought was "kind but still arrogant, elegant and full of enthusiasm, dignified and slightly playful".

The traffic light standing on the side of the road turned green, Gabriel passed through the gray rain and fog between the sky and the earth, broke away from the bustling crowd and walked across the road, stood not far from her, with his hands in his uniform pockets Li, the dark brown eyes covered by magic looked at her calmly: "Are you cramping?"

Otherwise, why is the corner of his mouth twitching all the time, and why is he still wearing such inappropriate clothes.

Bernice tried her best to resist the urge to roll her eyes at the other party, and instead stretched out her thin white fingers and waved in front of him: "Thank you for your concern, I'm fine. It's embarrassing for you to come up with such a weird place Test me."

As she said that, she also waved her hand at the girl who was holding a piece of something she didn't know what it was aimed at herself in a particularly good mood, and made a series of strange clicking sounds: "How, do I still satisfy you with my performance? "

"What test?"

"You don't have to say it if you don't want to, but I'm a good sea witch who has completely changed my mind and is dedicated to good. I won't hurt humans casually."

"... Hurry up." Gabriel didn't intend to say anything more to her, and walked straight towards the subway entrance, "The Ocean Observation and Research Center is quite far from here."

"What center?" Bernice followed in a daze, passed the security check in a fog, and finally sat in the subway, looking out the window at the straight road below the viaduct and the continuous flow of four-wheeled iron boxes, "It's awesome here, How far is it from the human world?"

Gabriel glanced at her, but fortunately she was speaking a foreign lingua franca, which no human here could understand.

"This is the human world." He replied.

"What... eh?!"

The subway moved, and Bernice slid along the inertia, and then saw the scenery outside began to retreat rapidly.

The rain in early summer fell densely and lightly, and sprinkled on the car windows to form a misty patch, which was then wiped clean by the airflow brought by high-speed driving.It was misty and misty outside, but the car windows were always clear. Seeing the ever-changing scenery was like oil paint dripping into the water, which gave off a strange and indistinguishable beauty.

She stuck to the glass and looked out hard, and from time to time she spoke some languages ​​that people could not understand at all, causing the surrounding humans to look at her one after another, as if they were watching some kind of neuropathy collectively, with different expressions on their faces. sympathy and regret.

It roughly means "the little girl looks pretty, but unfortunately her brain is not working well, she is a fool".

After noticing the focus of the eyes of the people around him, Gabriel quietly moved towards the empty space next to him, keeping a distance from Bernice and pretending that he didn't know each other at all.

After getting off the subway, walk about ten minutes to the Ocean Observation and Research Center. The sky is still cloudy and heavy, with only occasional pale gleams flowing between the gaps in the clouds, and the fine rain is constantly rustling.

Holding her skirt, Bernice trotted all the way to follow behind Gabriel: "You just said that this is a human world, what do you mean? It wasn't like this at all when I came here before. The human category is said to let a person grow up A strange box on four wheels flies, and it is impossible even for a pig with four hooves to fly."

"That's a car," Gabriel corrected.

"...Is this the nickname that the creatures of this world have for pigs?"

He paused for half a second, closing his eyes in desperation or speechless, and changed the topic: "This is the human world, but it's not the one you think. I won't explain this. When you see it later, what should you say?" After meeting, he will tell you in detail. I am only responsible for supervising you and leading the way. So, shut up!"

Bernice wrinkled her nose, raised her face and peeked at the side face of the other party, which looked extraordinarily white in the drizzle, but also sharp: "I thought angels were all kind and gentle creatures."

"You are the devil."

"...you are racist."

After turning another corner, there is the research center. Gabriel walked quickly into the gate, and Bernice behind her was able to squeeze in through the side gate that only allowed one person to pass through because of the width of her skirt. .

"He's waiting for you." Gabriel turned back.

"Who?"

"In charge of your parole assessment."

"I thought it was you."

"As I said, I am the Inspector."

"That sounds exactly like the same thing."

"He's in charge of deciding whether or not you pass your parole. I'm in charge of taking you back to jail or summarily executing you if you show any signs of disqualification, understand?"

"...deeply profound, sir."

However, she was wrong, and the truly profound thing was yet to come.

Before following Gabriel to the marine ecological simulation area, everything was still within the range that Bernice could barely accept with a fork.From the moment she stood by the semi-enclosed waters connected to the open sea and saw that very familiar figure from the back, the whole world burst apart.

A teenager sits on the water's edge treating an injured orca.

He has long, smooth platinum-blonde hair, and a slender fishtail with ice blue scales, starting from the dark color at the waist, and gradually evolving into a light color at the tip of the tail.

Gabriel stood on the other side of the water and knelt down on one knee towards him, and saluted with his right hand on his heart: "Your Majesty, I have brought 0331."

"It's hard work for you to take a trip, and it's raining outside again. It's really not a good weather." Thiago smiled and reached out to pat the killer whale, which had almost recovered, with a clear and gentle voice.

"Should be."

Bernice didn't hear what they were saying at all, she just stood there stiffly, staring blankly at the mermaid boy not far away with frightened eyes, which happened to meet his blue eyes.

The rain is getting bigger and bigger, and it keeps beating on the high glass vault, becoming the only living sound here, so grand that it is close to noisy, and finally withering in the quiet and weird air.

Bernice saw his face in the gray light, and there were still clear traces of moisture left by the sea water. Every detail was so delicate and beautiful that it was impeccable. Oil paintings will dissipate at any time, the beauty is illusory and amazing.

"Long time no see, Bernice," he said.

These words pierced Bernice's eardrum like a needle, pulling her consciousness back to reality with a clear sharp pain.

"I see, it's the love of all beings, why you, why you, you..." She took a step back subconsciously, and then remembered what Gabriel just said about the parole assessment, and suddenly felt a sense of being forced to The despair of being a sea witch.

"Don't tell me that he is the one who decides whether I am qualified or not!" Bernice took a deep breath, her light green eyes seemed a little vain due to the strong emotional fluctuations, and she just stared at the person beside her. Archangel.

She was wrong, the prison/imprisonment in the Falling Sin Garden was not a punishment for her at all, but caring protection, and it was the kind that would provide three meals of love and luxurious single accommodation.

So is it too late for her to apply to go back to prison?

If I had known earlier, she should have just caught a few children at the subway entrance to make a children's pilaf, so that Gabriel would kick her back to prison with her sins to spend her old age in peace.

Gabriel glanced at her, then turned to the young god on the other side of the water: "You're right, she really reacted like this."

Bernice was stunned for a moment, and suddenly realized that she had been tricked into a huge trap: "So you did it on purpose, right? You said that you were released from prison on parole, in fact, it was to trick me out and take the opportunity to kill me to avenge my revenge."

"Don't worry, things are not what you think." Thiago raised his hand slightly, and the cold blue sea water immediately swirled along the guidance of the magic power.

The fish tails turned into legs, and the sea water condensed into pure white clothes to cover him.

He stepped on the turbulent water and walked towards the opposite side of the water step by step, the expression on his face was still gentle and harmless.

Bernice froze in place in panic, subconsciously glanced at the door, and at the same time regretted why she was not sentenced to death in the first place.

Who would have thought that when she was released from prison, she would meet the mermaid who she had planned to deceive and was arrested and served in prison for this reason.

Moreover, the other party has successfully inherited the position of God. If the new and old hatreds are counted together, and he is bound by the curse seal and cannot use high-level magic...

The more Bernice thought about it, the colder she felt, she couldn't help shivering, shaking her head to shake off all the messy memories in her mind, shrugging her shoulders and preparing to run away.

Whether you can run or not is a matter of ability, but whether you can run or not is a matter of attitude.

Even if you know it's impossible, you still have the desire to survive.

Thinking of this, she immediately teleported to the door and prepared to flee.

But when he was about to step out of the gate, he was drenched headlong by a shimmering sea wave.

The moment the water droplets touched her, they dispersed, like countless transparent crystals being thrown out, and quickly disappeared into the air.

Bernice withdrew the green light instinctively condensed in her palm, only to realize that the wave just now was not some offensive magic, but just helped her completely change the overly complicated outfit on her body.

"This place is completely different from the human kingdom you've been to before, so it's better for you to change your clothes." After finishing speaking, Thiago added, "Of course, I'm not saying that you don't look good in skirts."

Bernice was stunned for a moment, seeing that the reflection of herself reflected in the glass door had completely changed.The long black hair that was originally hidden under the wide hat completely fell down, and the cumbersome long skirt on her body became a very simple set of dark green sweater and black jeans. There was also a badge on her neck that was printed with words that she could not understand. .

Too much shock made her start to pay attention to some unnecessary issues inexplicably.

She pointed blankly at the badge on her chest: "What is this?"

"The access card of the research center." Thiago explained, taking the white coat handed to him by Gabriel, "Come with me."

He walked to the door, pushed it open, turned around and saw Bernice still standing there, and said, "Don't you want to know what's going on?"

"Actually..." She tried to pull the distance between them a little bit, and then mustered up the courage to look directly into each other's blue eyes, and said as naturally as possible, "I was just thinking, is there Maybe, I can take the initiative to apply to go back to the Fallen Sin Garden? After all... How should I put it, I suddenly found that I seemed to have an inseparable affection for my lovely single-person water bubble room. Moreover, I still miss it Flying fish dinner."

"You've never liked flying fish, Bernice. You said they taste like rotting algae wrapped in sea sand." Tiago debunked her lightly, a layer emerged from his clear blue eyes Thin dark color, like the surface of the sea condensed by dark clouds.

"Did I say that? I don't even remember." Bernice pulled the corners of her mouth with all her strength, feeling like she was laughing almost like crying.

"Or you just don't want to admit it in front of me, do you?"

"..." Please don't ask such sharp questions in such a gentle tone, it's too weird!

Gabriel looked at the young sea god who had just succeeded to the throne, and then at the demon who had just been released, and suddenly felt that the crime files might not be as reliable as he thought.

Because according to the information he knew, the reason why Bernice was arrested in the Fallen Garden was because she tried to cheat Tiago into getting the Heart of the Ocean.

She almost did it, and almost killed Thiago.

You must know that the heart of the ocean is one of the two treasures cast by the old gods with all their strength before they fell, and it is also the source of magic power for the entire ocean to last forever.Whoever owns it will have the Seagod position and become one of the only two supreme gods left in the world.And before Thiago was born, the heart of the ocean had never chosen a master.

Therefore, Bernice's original behavior can be said to be extremely unforgivable.

After being arrested, she confessed to everything she had done without making any excuses, and the crime was settled in this way.

She was called "the most vicious sea witch" and "the eternal enemy of the sea clan" by the former sea emperor, and he would not allow Bernice to step out of the sinful garden for a day.

But who knows, Thiago let her out after inheriting the throne.

Although it is for some reason that has to be done.

But the atmosphere between the two of them is really weird.

Gabriel looked at Bernice again, and saw that after a brief silence, she blinked quickly and shifted her gaze to other places. Her eyes, soaked in a thin layer of light, were like a pair of lifeless glass beads, light green to the open.

"Then, come with me." Thiago let go of the door handle, turned and walked outside.