How to become a sea witch

The torrential rain continued for three days, and then gradually turned cloudy.The continuous rainwater injection has made the salinity of the water layer in the shallow sea area slightly lower than before, and even the fish schools are hiding in the deep water as much as possible.

It was also recently, after discovering that the surrounding sea people and even the angels began to get busy in an organized and planned way, Bernice realized belatedly that it was almost the end of July, and it was time to prepare for the celebration of God's birthday It's time.

Originally, for her, this was a festival that only existed in legends.After all, the year Thiago was officially crowned as the God of the Sea? It happened to be the year when she was desperate on land and finally imprisoned in the Sin Garden waiting to die in a trance.Therefore, she has only heard of this kind of festival, and has never seen it.

And she is a demon,? This kind of festival to celebrate the birth of a god has nothing to do with her.

But there is no doubt that this god's birthday celebration can completely surpass the Moon Festival in terms of solemnity and duration, and has become the most grand and prosperous festival celebrated by the Sea Clan and the Tianyi Clan.

In line with the setting that a good devil should have,? And to repay the kind and friendly attitude Tiago has been treating her since she was released from prison.Bernice always felt that she should help.However, for her who had never participated in or even been in contact with this kind of celebration, she didn't know what to do.

What's more, as soon as she appeared, many sea creatures who recognized her as a sea witch would flick their tails in panic and flee quickly.You can't even strike up a peaceful conversation, let alone help.

Therefore, after trying several times but failing without exception, Bernice simply gave up this idea and simply stayed in her own reef hut, concentrating on making waterweed balls or counting collections.

In her mind, the greatest contribution she could make to the celebration was not to show up.So since I can’t help you, I don’t want to participate, then as long as the gifts and rainbow farts from her are in place, that’s fine.

I believe this is a solution that will satisfy everyone.

Just thinking about what to give is too painful for Mo.

Recalling the tragic "bar fish fillet" incident last time, Bernice has been in awe of the human Internet since then, and decided not to take risks unless it is absolutely necessary.

But the God's Birthday Celebration is different from others after all, so naturally the things given out should not be too casual.

So,? She carefully counted the only collection left in her hand, only to realize that the most valuable and eye-catching thing in it is probably the fish scale that Tiago gave her back then.

As for the rest...

Bernice looked blankly at all kinds of exquisite but far from precious gadgets all over the floor, and once again fell into the sluggish state of "I'm afraid only committing suicide and apologizing can make him really happy".

Recalling that before, Troy and Rebecca gave her advice, since the other party has everything, no matter what the gift is, the true intention of the gift giver is the most precious and important.

But sincerity has never been what Bernice is good at.In contrast, she is more familiar with how to use lies and deceit to perfuse a relationship, just like the decades when she and Thiago have known each other.

Seriousness is a very heavy thing, and she is already struggling enough just to live, and she doesn't need to add more extra burdens to herself.What's more, past experience has taught her how to screen out the different creatures around her, and she also knows exactly what attitude to use to cater to them so that it is easier to achieve the effect she wants.

From childhood to adulthood and then to the Meteor Garden, this method has always been very effective.

Except when facing Thiago.

Bernice sighed, feeling again that this fish was ten thousand times more difficult than Ursula.

Just as she was thinking, there was a regular knock on the door, pulling Bernice back from her rambling thoughts, followed by Gabriel's iconic voice, calm to the point of indifference: "0331. "

She regained her senses and quickly put all the things scattered on the floor into the box. She was just about to stand up but accidentally bumped her head against the corner of the table.

The clear pain immediately pierced Bernice's senses, causing her to take a deep breath. Out of the corner of her eye, she caught a glimpse of the bright red rose sealed in the transparent sea crystal visibly shaking, and it was about to shatter to the ground. , but fortunately she caught her with quick eyes and hands.

Before putting the flowers back in place, Bernice responded while rubbing the top of her head, and quickly walked over to open the door. When she saw the parchment file in Gabriel's hand, she suddenly had a bad feeling: "What happened?" Is something wrong?"

"Not yet." He replied, "I just came to ask if you know where Mian went. I just didn't find him upstairs or by the sea."

"I see..." Bernice pursed her lips, shook her head and said, "I'm sorry, but I don't know too well. I haven't seen Your Majesty much in the past two days, so I thought you guys had been tracking down about Greer in other places. and the creation of the God of Light."

Knowing that the source of those parasites was probably one of the seven creations left by the God of Light in the original world, Bernice was taken aback even though she had already made similar conjectures.

She originally thought that Greer just used some kind of slanted witchcraft, or made a deal with some powerful demon.

"I see."

Gabriel said, and gave her the stack of parchment scrolls in his hand: "If you see Your Majesty, give this to him. These are the information that His Majesty asked the security office to investigate before."

"Ok."

She was about to reach out to pick it up, but suddenly found that Gabriel was looking at the rose in her hand, with obvious surprise in his golden eyes.

Accustomed to seeing his expressionless face or sharp and stern look on his face, Bernice couldn't help but also looked down at the rose: "What's wrong?"

"This flower..." His eyes flickered a few times, as if he had thought of something, and then he quickly returned to the original state, and he added without any fluctuations in his tone, "It's quite special."

"Oh, this is what I saw on the table in the undersea room where I lived the day I first came to the New World."

Bernice shook the prismarine ball in her hand, and the light blue sea water immediately stirred up, while the originally blooming roses gradually closed their petals under the fluctuation of the water flow, restrained and closed into a budding posture.After the water fluctuation subsides, it slowly blooms again.

"It's a welcome gift, every sea creature who comes to the new world has one," she said.

Gabriel listened silently, with downcast eyebrows and brown eyelashes covering most of his sight, only a little translucent cold gold leaked out, and no readable expression/color could be captured on his sharp face.

He still remembers this rose, from planting to blooming, and then carefully cultivating it to keep alive in the sea water, until it was finally sealed in the sea crystal ball, all of which were done by Thiago himself.

Because of smashing it, the Jersey Devil didn't even have a trial and conviction, and died quickly because of the destruction of the magic essence.

At that time, Gabriel had heard Thiago say that this was a gift he worked hard to prepare, but he didn't know who it was for, and he never saw this eternal rose again.

It was originally given to her.

He raised his eyelashes, his eyes fell on Bernice's face, and he saw her eyes facing the light of the corridor.Such a transparent and pure color is like the green leaves stretching out under the first ray of sunlight in early spring, with a brilliant cool tone and freshness.

Two days ago, for the upcoming celebration of God's Birthday, Thiago also confirmed the Sea God's totem as his symbol:

The simple strokes of the waves surge and gather, like a vortex, but more like a blooming rose.

Just like the all-seeing eye is a symbol of the God of Light, any creature who believes in the God of Light must be respectful and devout when seeing it.This totem also has the same absolute effect on the entire sea clan and other creatures belonging to the light camp.

At first, when Gabriel realized that the totem looked very much like a rose, he didn't think much of it, but now...

"You like roses very much?" he asked, and at the same time couldn't help but think of what Rodriguez had said to Thiago-"You actually love her deeply, right?"

Although Thiago later denied it... It cannot be said that he denied it, after all, his attitude at that time was too uncertain, and he even had a kind of lightness and shrewdness to tease Rodriguez between the palms of his hands, which made people completely understand. It is not clear whether what he said is true.

"It's okay, I really like it." Bernice shrugged, and the expression on her face didn't have the excitement that would come from mentioning something she likes.

Gabriel stared at the rose again for a while, and finally when the other party tentatively asked if there was anything else to explain, he was silent for a moment and asked, "Did you have a good relationship with Your Majesty before?"

"Ah? What...what's the relationship?" Bernice looked at him blankly, a little dazed by this too abrupt and sensitive question, her originally relaxed body began to tense subconsciously, and at the same time, she quickly thought about why he would Suddenly asked her such a deadly question.

Obviously, judging from his previous performance, he didn't look like an angel who would care about these insignificant details, and he was only responsible for routinely supervising her.

But since it has already started, Gabriel is not the kind of character who will give up halfway.

So, he glanced sideways and found that occasionally one or two sea people would pass by and said to her, "Come with me."

Bernice hesitated for two seconds, completely unable to figure out whether there was something wrong with this flower or something else.

Finally, she put the rose back on the table, followed Gabriel to the Weather Bureau, and ended up sitting across from the wide desk in his private office.

She was used to Tiago's neat and elegant decoration style despite a lot of furnishings. When she first entered, Bernice couldn't believe that this was actually the office area of ​​an archangel.

White walls and gray sofas, light flaxen wooden floors, and dark green potted plants that are not blooming are placed on the glass coffee table. The iron photo frames at the top are sharp and angular.

There was nothing bright or human here, just like the indifferent seraph in front of him.

Sitting on the cold leather chair, Bernice watched him put his hands on the table, clasped his fingers, and said to herself: "It's not an interrogation, I just want to know. Before you... I mean, before you and Mian In the past decades of knowing each other, have you had a good relationship?"

"This..." I couldn't directly answer whether it was good or bad, but Gabriel suddenly asked about this matter, which made Bernice a little uneasy.

After hesitating for a few seconds, she forced a smile: "Why do you suddenly ask me this question? What have I done wrong recently?"

As she spoke, she recalled the rose again, her eyebrows frowned: "Because of that flower? But..."

Before finishing speaking, Bernice suddenly thought of a rather horrifying possibility: "That flower...does it have anything to do with Your Majesty?"

Isn't it true that every sea tribe who just came to the new world will have it?

Although there were no sea people who were willing to talk to her, she didn't have the chance to ask if it was true.

"No." Gabriel shook his head and said, "Just a few days ago, His Majesty and I went to the bottom of the Fallen Garden and met Rodriguez. I believe you have an impression of him."

"Bottom..." Bernice frowned in pain, then nodded again, "Yes, I know him."

"He mentioned some things that you said you told him, so now I need to confirm whether these things are true." Gabriel explained in a dull tone.

"What did he say?" Bernice straightened her back, trying to recall what she had said to Rodriguez at the bottom.But this is really difficult, because in this memory, there are a lot of torture and pain caused by despair and the endless sea, and she hardly remembers how much she has said to the other party.

Thinking of this, Bernice wanted to hit the wall.

At that time, she only thought that she would be sentenced to death, and she never thought that there would be a day when she would leave the prison. Therefore, she didn't take much precautions against Rodriguez's questions with ulterior motives, and said whatever came to mind.

"He mentioned some things about you and Your Majesty when you were young. Were you friends at that time?"

Bernice seemed a little unfamiliar with this word, and she didn't directly answer Gabriel's words, but only blinked her eyes, as if she was thinking.

After weighing it for a while, she still chose to give an overview of the basic situation at that time, and for the first time she took the initiative to mention how she became Ursula's subordinate in the first place, and how she intentionally approached Thiago at her behest.

It only still concealed the fact that the sea witch's magic power would bring about the blood curse.

This is her biggest weakness, and she has no plans to tell the other party these unreservedly.

When I am not in an advantageous current situation, and I don't know what the future will hold.It is very foolish to rashly let angels who are completely opposed to demons by their racial nature know the weaknesses of sea witches.

Gabriel listened to her narration silently, and found that during the whole process, Bernice only maintained the same posture, as if she was planning to stuff herself into a chair to hide, staring blankly at the wandering woman outside the window. Cloudy, talking non-stop in a dull tone.

Gradually, the summer sun finally emerged from behind the cover of cumulonimbus clouds, and the haze that had been covering for several days was pierced by a delicate and fragile brilliance. Entering the office, branded in front of Bernice.

After she finished speaking, Gabriel waited for a while before asking, "Why didn't you say these things 54 years ago?"

At that time, Bernice did not make any excuses for the accusations of the mermaid clan, as if she had been waiting for a long time.

"If I say so, will you acquit me?" Bernice looked back at him, and then analyzed to herself, "The mermaids hate me so much, and Ursula is already dead." , No matter how much I say, there is no way to verify it, and maybe it will be regarded as a sophistry to get rid of the crime. Even if you don't deal with me, the mermaid will never let me go, right? And in the final analysis, those things are true I did it, it doesn't matter if I say it or not."

Indeed, with the consistent style of the Mermaid Clan, it is absolutely impossible for them to just let it go.Even thinking about it now, the reason why Thiago transferred Bernice out of the bottom prison step by step, and let her be released on parole, after so many years, may be because of the fact that this approach is relatively more difficult. It is easy for the fish race to accept.

During the long silence, Gabriel stared at the other party again, as if he had just met her for the first time.

It seems that many things that I have been puzzled for a long time have been answered.

Although this answer made him feel a little difficult to bear.

After a while, he sighed slightly: "Well, I already know about your situation, thank you for your cooperation."

"Then I'll go first."

"it is good."

After leaving the Meteorological Bureau, Bernice stood at the gate for a while, but instead of returning to the observation center or the ocean, she turned around and walked towards the human city.

Today is the weekend, the rain has stopped, and the streets are full of people who come out to hang out.Bernice was walking on the street, watching several children playing and running past her with a bunch of colorful balloons in their hands.Farther away, wet clouds were creeping docilely over the ridgeline.

Going all the way along the coastal street in front of her, Bernice wandered aimlessly among the endless crowds, passing their noise and joy silently.

Memories are a terrible torture. Even if the things that happened in the past have been covered and scabbed by layers of years, when you think about it again, you will still feel suffocated like being entangled in a nightmare.

Being bullied by all kinds of underwater demons without the ability to resist, and being humiliated mercilessly over and over again has no meaning in living. There will be no days and days when no living beings will be truly loved. It is too painful.

No matter how much she hated them, she couldn't change the fact that she is now a demon like them, and those days when she was imprisoned in the endless sea to die, it was really too painful.

She walked quickly, then stopped abruptly, raised her head and took a deep breath tremblingly, her throat was so sore.

Reaching out to pat her face, Bernice closed her eyes and told herself that she could only be sad for a while, and she would be fine soon.

"It's okay, it's okay, at least I'm fine now, and no one can bully me casually anymore." She kept comforting herself, "I'm also doing well, and the plan is progressing smoothly, and it's still very easy to get rid of the curse." I hope, there must be... and the weather today is also very..."

Before she could say the good words, a drop of moist and cool water dripped onto the tip of her nose.

Then came the second and third.

The re-dense dark clouds were mixed with rumbling thunder, and all the rain brought from above the ocean was splashed down again.

Bernice was wearing a knee-length sleeveless black dress, and she was drenched instantly.

"Very good... amazing." She spat out the rainwater without any salty taste in her mouth, and simply sat on the same open-air wooden bench nearby, watching numbly the humans in front of her who were hurriedly holding umbrellas and running around .

The heavy rain washed over her body brought a certain sense of heaviness, but it also barely took away her emotions just now.

Sitting in the rain with her eyes closed, Bernice began to think about why Rodriguez was suddenly involved, and how she could use it to continue her efforts to cleanse herself.

At this time, the rain seemed to have stopped, but the sound of the rain was still noisy.

Bernice opened her eyes in surprise, and saw a man who was not unfamiliar standing in front of her, holding an umbrella for her.

He had eyes as dark gray as the rainy day above his head, and his gaze was so focused that it was a little creepy.

Lambert Greer.

"Wipe it, it's easy to catch a cold in the rain." He said, handing a towel to Bernice, his arm posture seemed a little stiff and unnatural.

Bernice stared at him blankly, and suddenly felt relieved that when the situation was at an end, she actually had a performance and came to him on her own initiative.

She blinked, took it over, and looked at him gratefully with light green eyes: "Thank you."