There is no wind and light rain on the southeast coast today, which is much better than the previous two days.
At the request of Opern, the soldiers of the imperial capital had already searched the entire east coast, and gradually moved to the southeast coast.But still nothing.
"Are you sure it really leaves a mark?" Kenly asked irritably.
The news of the merman's disappearance was strictly kept under wraps by Ou Poen, and the royal family indulged in pleasure, let alone the people below.
The fact that the army searched the coast extensively was regarded by many people as an after-dinner chat, and a consensus was reached among countless speculations—Opern must have lost some jewels.
Maybe it was given to him by some noble lady, it is shameful.
And the owner of the rumors was standing on the shore, with a calm expression on his face.
"It will, it is their nature to mark their territory with the bones of their prey."
Kenly frowned and wiped his sweat, suddenly realized what
"Didn't you say that it was a sacrifice that swallowed the godhood?"
Opern glanced at him. This man's eyelids were thin, and his eye sockets were slightly sunken. When he looked down from a high position, he always made people feel an uncomfortable feeling of being underestimated.
"But now he may not be as good as an ordinary merman. A not perfect merman can only use teeth and claws."
Kenly wiped his sweat with his hands, and continued walking along the beach.At a certain moment, he sensed something was wrong, "Opern, if his danger is not high, you still need to have so many people here..."
"What kind of idiot are you?" Opin said coldly, "If he touches something with divine power, or..."
"In short, it's just to see whether it is favored by heaven or not, right?"
Kenly stopped where he was, annoyed, the fat on his face crowding his small eyes.
But it didn't affect his gloomy gaze.
"You treat me like a gun and a fool!"
……
Oppen said nothing.
The soldiers on the beach raised their heads and looked this way, obviously very interested in the confrontation between the big shots.
Kenly pushed Oppern away angrily, "Three days, I'll give you three days at most."
Opern: "You..."
Kenly walked angrily in the opposite direction of the two's destination, and bumped Opperon hard on the shoulder as he passed.
His attendants chased him up to help him, fearing that the general's three hundred catties of flesh would fall.
Kenly suddenly thought that he had been commanded by O'Prior like a dog for the past two days, so he turned around and pointed at O'Prior's nose, posing as an aristocrat. "I reserve the right to pursue legal responsibility against you."
Hearing this, the attendants behind him immediately looked at Opern proudly.
……
The wind is getting stronger and stronger, heavy black clouds are pressing, and a storm is about to come.Opern didn't move, his eyes followed Kenly's back until he watched the gilded carriage drive away from the beach.
A researcher hurried over with an umbrella, "Dean, what happened?"
Opern's eyes were fixed in the distance, as if he didn't hear him at all.
"Three days, he must be found within three days." Opern withdrew his gaze and looked at the researcher coldly.
Researcher: "But now the south coast has been found, but there is still nothing. It is connected to the Hengma Empire to the west..."
Opern raised his hand to signal him to be silent, "I will ask Xingkong tonight."
The researcher was taken aback.
The so-called inquiry of the starry sky is the astrology method in ancient alchemy.This nearly lost forbidden technique requires the user to exchange the trajectory of fate at the cost of life every time it is used.
A merman who merged with the fate of an ancient god.
O'Pern ignored the researcher's eyes that seemed to be looking at a madman for a moment, and turned around to follow Kenley's leaving back.
Kenley's attack today was not accidental. According to the average daily salary of the guards in the imperial capital multiplied by the number of people, Oppern has spent at least [-] gold coins in the past few days.
And Kenley's recent control over the army has aroused many people's doubts,
He was having a hard time, so he took his anger out on Opern.It just so happened that he caught Opern's trick just now, and immediately used it to make use of it.
Holding the military power of a country in his hand, but living like a puddle of mud.A sticky darkness rolled under Opern's heart. He hated Kenly, hated the soldiers on the beach, hated this country.
He remembered that when he was still in school, everyone in the aristocratic school was glamorous. At that time, the emperor was tall and handsome, and Kenli, who was still a young man, was by his side, not much inferior.The lady with the big skirt was amused and giggled. Behind her were a group of attendants holding books and maids helping with luggage.
And he looked like a bug who had wandered into a fairy tale world by mistake. He was wearing an apprentice uniform issued by the Alchemy Association that had been worn for two years, and half of his face was covered by inferior thick lenses.
He is not even as good as the servant behind those people.
In the next few years, he had to find time to tutor the young master and lady in the rigorous learning tasks and complicated alchemy knowledge.
Had to take over as squire after Kenly and the others got drunk.
Even so, he would still be scolded by his teacher at the end of the semester, and the old alchemists didn't like him, but he had to be admitted into the tower because of regulations.
From that time on, Oppen vowed that he must be the one who made the rules.
Since he graduated and took over as the chief of the younger generation of alchemists, he got the position of veteran at the age of 30, and exchanged several medicines for the treatment of royal genetic diseases in exchange for the opportunity to establish a research institute.
He finally had his own place, and the notebook he found in the ancient alchemy library when he was young was finally brought back to the light.
Thousands of years ago, the almost crazy notes of the old alchemist turned into hoarse whispers and rang in his ears again.
——[I succeeded, the black tail really summoned the ancient god, but it will never know how much disaster this will bring to the Merman. 】
【The deep sea is red today, He is really hungry...】
【…】
[Is this the power of the gods? ... Then can I get it too? 】
【…】
【...I want to devour him, I want to become a god...】
The alchemist once stood on this beach and watched the bloody storm caused by the ancient gods. He who only wanted to contribute to the continuation of human civilization was easily bewitched by the power of the true god.
O'Pern turned back, and the messy formula calculations covered all the pages behind.
Opern knew what he was doing, and he wanted to wake up the ancient god while he was weak.
Then devour his godhead.
Humans are perpetually insatiable creatures, ignorant and fearless.
The notes are missing the last few pages, but I also want to know that the alchemy of life extension was not so developed a thousand years ago, and he failed.
But fortunately, after a thousand years, there are still people who are willing to inherit his mantle.
O'Brien sat in the carriage, resting his hands on his face, leaning his elbows on his thighs, arched and gasping for breath.
What is longevity, what is holding the nobles of the imperial capital in his hands.
Becoming a god is what he ultimately pursues.
All those who hinder him on this road will be eliminated by him mercilessly.
... Kenley -
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Rhines is teaching August to write his own name.
He arrived at the room before Herbert came back last time, and successfully avoided a disturbance, so he hid on the third floor with the child he picked up for the past two days.
As long as he escaped for more than ten days, he was like a little ostrich, thinking that he could escape danger by burying his head in the sand.
"Well, this is your name."
Rhines sat by the window, with one leg bent for support, and his long eyelashes drooping.His handwriting is very beautiful, with a smoothness that has not been systematically trained.
"It's August now, can you just call this one first?"
Half of the face of the child in front of Rhines was covered with gauze, exposing the intact tip of the nose and lips, making him look extremely handsome.
Rhines asked Tina to bring the gauze to him. He is already receiving some orders for transcribing books and has spare money.Rhines is planning for two years later, when he is driven out of Sauk's house as an adult, at least he will have a job that can settle down.
August's dark blue eyes flashed across the paper, his thinking was not so fast, it took some time to understand.
The child sat next to him in Rhines' top and shorts... like a crouching beast.
When looking at this little boy who was only ten years old, Rhines would always feel a faint fear creeping up from the bottom of his heart.
If he knew everything perfectly, Rhines would understand.When there is no interference, instinct will tell him what to do is the safest.
stay away from him.
run now.
Run where he will never be found.
But in this regard, Rhines is like a newborn cub.All the subconscious reactions of the body were interpreted by him as fear.After all, the kid got hurt like that in the first place, probably because the impactful scene has been remembered in his mind, and he can't forget it until now.
Rhines was consoling himself, but for August, all changes in the people around him could not escape the merman's keen senses.
Rhines was terrified.
This reminded him of the white cat, but Rhines would not run away, let alone have a chance.
Because he has now learned how to make Rhines relax.
The bandage-wrapped fingers touched Rhines' arm, and even the bandage couldn't block the cold touch.
But August was careful.
'Thank you brother, I like it very much. '
He writes on Rhines' arm.
Rhines smiled a little shyly, and then realized what August had done, "You know how to write?"
This is not common. In today's society, most of the people who can send their children to colleges are noble families.
Rhines thought of August's face, and his tone was a little excited, "I have been asking Tina for the past two days to ask if there is a child your age lost in the nearby village, but I have never asked.
Could it be because you are actually from the city? "
August didn't speak, just looked up at Rhines.
"That……"
Just as Rhines was about to say that he could take August to the ball to recognize someone, he remembered that as long as there was a ball held by the Sauk House, Herbert would definitely be there.
And his father and wife.
The magnificent hall on the first floor has never been a safe place in his eyes.
August's eyes reflected the shadow of Rhines.
His little silver tail was sad.
Rhines was knocked off his shoulder unexpectedly, and August, as if he was afraid of scaring him, waited until Rhines' eyes showed confusion before pushing him in his direction.
His kiss was like a lick between small animals, falling on the tip of Rhines' nose.
August didn't close his eyes, he just stared at Rhines, then stuck out the tip of his tongue and licked it.
This is a closeness that does not cause any guard at all, and August is like any amnesiac, insecure, but once well-educated young gentleman who still has residual physical instincts, using the only thing he can think of now. , soothing Rhines in a soft and polite way.
After three years of Herbert's blasphemy, Rhines' rejection of men almost became instinctive.
But this time, he just felt like laughing.
"Who did you learn from?" Rhines asked softly, pushing August away with a smile.
Then she put her chin on one knee with reddish ears, like a delicate flower that was finally willing to bloom.It's like saying you can kiss again.
……
August felt his knuckles itch, and he quietly rubbed his thumb against the tip of his index finger, and sure enough, a little hard claw grew there.
The merman held it tightly in his palm with his middle finger and thumb mercilessly.
Even though Rhines didn't intend to transform at all, that kind of sweetness seemed to be engraved in his bones, as if it could come out from under the skin every moment.
Mermaids who have just completed gender transformation have no resistance at all.
He felt that his speed could be sped up a little, and he could get rid of the disgusting humans on the other side of the strait earlier, so that he could bring Rhines back to the bottom of the sea earlier.
Suddenly someone knocked on the wooden door, very hurriedly, Rhines was taken aback, put down the book in his hand and walked over.
"It's me, Rhines, open the door quickly."
It was Tina's voice, Rhines recognized it immediately, but why did she come now?
Rhines turned around and waved to August, signaling him to hide, and then opened the door.
The brown-haired maid didn't wear the usual black and white long skirt, but changed into a light yellow linen skirt, which was tied with a belt around the waist.
Young girls are like this, as long as they dress up a little, they will be very eye-catching.
Rhines has been in a good mood for the past two days, and at this moment he actually bent his eyes and said to Tina: "It's beautiful, do you want to go out?"
This is not common.
Tina was obviously taken aback by his unreasonable words. Reines is undoubtedly a beauty no matter if he uses the aesthetics of women or men.
It was rare for Tina to be a little embarrassed to be praised by such a beauty, "Yes, yes. Later, I will go to the next town to buy cheese with Old Annie."
"You seem to have changed a little these two days."
Tina said as she looked up and down at the boy standing in the door.
In her impression, Rhines always had his eyes downcast, his neck was slender and fair, and he was not inferior at all under the short blonde hair.
Soft and obedient, always a little alienated.
But these two days are different, Rhines will smile at people, and even like today, he will take the initiative to provoke some other topics besides "necessary negotiations".
Tina didn't read the book, but she liked the change of Rhines very much, and patted Rhines' arm, "This state is very good, keep it up."
Immediately afterwards, she felt a prickly pain all over her body.
An indescribable coolness climbed up her spine and finally pierced her brain sharply.
Tina shivered.
Rhines: "What's wrong? Are you cold?"
Tina rubbed her arms, confused, "How is it possible, isn't it summer now?"
"That's right, that's right!" She finally remembered the ultimate purpose of coming here today, "I haven't been in the kitchen these two days, and Old Annie said that I won't be back until Thursday at least."
Rhines looked at her in surprise.
Recently, he has been asking Tina to help bring food to August from the kitchen. After all, the servants and maids in the kitchen of Sauk's family should know how little Rhines eats.
Sudden and abnormal food intake will definitely attract the attention of others.
Herbert was probably looking for an opportunity to trouble him, and Rhines didn't want to be targeted at this time.
"...Is that so." Rhines lowered his eyes a little embarrassingly.
Tina didn't see it, and nodded in affirmation, "Yes, I can't help you recently. But when I go to the town over there, I will have a chance to ask you about your brother's whereabouts. Don't worry."
Rhines knew that Tina was actually a very kind person, and he didn't want her to think about himself when she was playing outside, so he forced a smile.
Tina said a few more words at the door, and hurried downstairs.
Obviously, the old Anne and other servants she mentioned should be waiting in the carriage.
Such an opportunity to go shopping is a great job for a servant.
……
It was still hot in August, and Rhines went to the corridor window to look down, and there was indeed a carriage parked there.Tina's figure quickly appeared at the door, and she picked it up in two or three steps.
The servant who waited impatiently should have reprimanded him, but Tina didn't care at all.He even glanced towards the third floor without any trace.When she saw Rhines, she visibly smiled. ;
Unknown multi-colored small flowers bloomed on both sides of the road. When they walked through the middle, two shallow ruts were pressed on the ground.
……very nice.
Rhines thought to himself that he couldn't go out because Herbert's mother wouldn't allow it.
Even the job of copying books that he borrowed was handed over secretly at night.
Rhines was in a daze when someone gently pulled the hem of his clothes.
He looked down, and August's face, which was mostly covered by gauze, appeared in sight.
"Brother... do you want to go out?"
the child asked hoarsely.
He hasn't spoken much these two days because his throat injury hasn't healed yet.
August looked at Rhines, his dark blue eyes looked like cornflower-colored sapphires, "I will take you out."
……
Language is like this, even though he knew that August was a child, even if he knew that what he said had no substantive effect, Rhines was still appeased.
He pushed August into the room, "I, I can't get out."
He didn't know how to explain his rough fate and the not-so-glorious past in the Sauk family to the child in front of him, thinking to the end.
Rhines bit his lower lip subconsciously, and the rose-colored soft lips became much lighter under the teeth.
Then he caught August shaking his head.
"But I can take you out."
He said I can, not I will.It was as if it was destiny to take Rhines away from this home.
……
Rhines squatted down slowly against the door, then hugged his knees and pursed his lips and smiled, "Okay, I believe you."
He used the tone of coaxing the cat, which was soft and pampering.
But Rhines felt sour and sweet in his heart. He felt that it was a very pleasant thing that he could pick up the seriously injured August this summer.
If only he had a brother like August.
There was a shadow in front of him, and it was the first time that August looked down on Rhines with such a condescending gaze.
He also smiled, and wrote with his fingers on Rhines' palm.
——If August can really take his brother away, will Rhines follow me?
The records that Opern read in the ancient alchemy notes are still valid today.
In many cases, the control of silvertail is called trapping. Starting from the food, the cod should be taken from the thin fish fillets without spines on the back, and the salmon should use the creamy piece of the abdomen, or fresh shrimp that has been peeled off the shell. Use these to calm an already hungry Silvertail.
Surrounded by sea monsters, they can only choose to accept food.
So many times, the friction between the fish tails is lingering, slowly approaching, and when they are willing to stretch their bodies, they can cheat the promise.
It's really odd that educating such a creature seems like a big promise - especially where it's not necessary.
"Would you like to be with me?"
No merman would be so stupid.
The best choice is when Silvertail is cowed by the sea monster - "Let me stay with you?"
"Come with me, okay?"
"I will always protect you, love you, and dedicate everything to you, okay?"
In this way, in the final prison, he could repeat the original promise over and over again with his silver tail closed, with enough gentle torture and pleasure.
It's unnecessary, even superfluous, but sharks always like to do this.
Oppern was wrong about something.
Even though he has approached perfection, the instinctive part still dominates his behavior.
Rhines, who knew nothing, had no idea that he was on the verge of a trap.
All of August's actions were too deceptive, not to mention that Rhines was still thinking about how to prepare August's food and wound medicine during Tina's absence.
So the instinctive warnings that were no longer working were ignored by him.
"Okay." He responded ignorantly, "But I probably won't be kicked out until I have to. I probably won't have a chance."
In the jungle in the distance, a bird skimmed over the calm lake, and suddenly its wings were bitten by a snake that had been dormant in the water for a long time.
The snow-white wings kept flapping against the lake water, and after just two seconds, there was no more movement.
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For the rest of the day, Rhines was a little restless.
According to the chance, he should have taught August some useful words first, and then finished the book that he hadn't finished copying.
But now, he can't stop thinking about the night's actions in his mind.
he has to...
He had to go to the kitchen and steal some food by himself.
Rhines took a sip of tea absently, his lips pressed against the edge of the teacup, and was aroused by the hot tea, and instantly turned a little red again.
With a "click", the teacup fell to the ground, splashing everywhere with the tea.
!
Rhines hurriedly pushed away the chair, bent down to tidy up.
"...Brother." The voice above his head made Rhines' subordinates pause.
August didn't seem to notice anything, squatting down with a plate and a handkerchief, which obviously meant that he wanted to help.
"No, no, you go to bed."
Reines took the things from his hand, thinking about what he was about to do, he didn't dare to look up at August's face.
I don't know if it's an innate racial talent, or Rhines is good at being shy. Now that he lowered his head, two extremely red ears protruded from his blond hair.
August glanced across them without hesitation, and then stopped on Rhines' slender and fair neck.
"Brother, are you nervous?"
Rhines, who was called his elder brother, trembled a little, "How could it be? Nothing happened, August, please go to sleep."
His last sentence was almost in a coquettish tone, whose elder brother would talk to his younger brother like this.It is possible for couples.
The long-term confinement of the Sauk family has had an impact on Rhines' character, and all the benefits have been tasted by the sharks under the deep sea.
So delicious, so sweet that he wanted to take a closer look.
……
August fell silent.
are you angry?
Rhines thought subconsciously, so he looked up to see the reaction of the person opposite, and happened to bump into a pair of calm eyes.
There was no sign of surprise, August was just waiting here for him to take the bait.
"Brother...something...keep it from me." August said.
Why are children who have not recovered their memories so keen in this regard?
Rhines was about to cry.
How would he tell August about his plans?
The rule of Suoke's house is that there must be a maid and a servant in the kitchen at night. They are all things to be eaten in the stomach. If no one is watching, what if they are drugged by someone with malicious intentions?
Of course, this is also to prevent servants from covering up and stealing from each other.
Rhines once heard Tina say that the maid on duty tonight is a slacker.
She wouldn't steal anything, but she would sleep soundly behind a hidden boiler.
But the maid was never tracked down, because the manservant with her seemed to be a lady's lover, and took advantage of this time to go out on a weekly date.
The two of them tacitly agreed that nothing happened anyway, so they kept it a secret.
There will be maids patrolling the corridor at night. If Rhines puts on the maid's attire, even if he is seen, no one will suspect that it is Rhines without the lights.
That is, tonight.The second young master of the Suoke family wanted to take advantage of the moonlight to steal a set of clothes from the maid's room to change into, and then go to the kitchen to steal a piece of bread or bacon or something like a poor girl who couldn't eat enough.
Rhines always hopes that in August's eyes, he is an image of an older brother.He has lived alone for too long, and August is as close as his family, and Rhines has no way to refuse.
So he was just ashamed to be stared at by a child with dark blue eyes.
As if he had been caught, stripped in front of everyone and confessed to two counts of theft.
"...Sleep well, I'm tired." Rhines avoided his eyes in embarrassment, curled his fingers on his clothes, and begged August with difficulty.
You're so stupid that you can't even tell a lie.
August's gaze was like that of an impartial judge, but he couldn't help it. In front of him was his brother.
So he is very tolerant.
"I'm tired too, bro," he said.
Looking at Rhines' relaxed figure, he added maliciously, "Sleep together."
Then, his little silver tail was frightened immediately.
August could hardly control the corners of his mouth that wanted to turn up.
Very cute isn't it.
The two of them don't sleep together, even though Rhines' room has only one bed.But there is an extra quilt in the middle to ensure that the two of them will not sleep together.
Of course, this was Rhines' idea. All he saw in the morning was August sleeping obediently on the other side.
But in fact, every night, the bandaged merman would slowly stand up under the moonlight.
Silvertail on the other side was already asleep, under a trace of neurotoxin.
There was a bright yellowish full moon outside the window, and August would slowly undo the bandages from his arms.
His movements are graceful, and the next bandage will be wrapped around the other hand.By the end, the two rolls of bandages on the bed didn't even look like they had been used.
Then, He would climb over that ridiculous dividing line and go to Rhines' side.
With a cold, scaled, snake-like tail clinging to Rhines' body.
The soft touch of silk and satin, with a warm and fragrant fragrance, just thinking about it, August can't control himself.
His need for Rhines is indeed extremely urgent.
But Rhines is not suitable for transformation now, he has not dealt with the group of alchemists in the imperial capital, and the deep sea does not reserve the best territory for mermaids like it did thousands of years ago.
Most importantly, August always felt like something was missing.
So he can only taste it for the time being.
However, there is a difference between a taste and a stop.
Of course, Rhines, who is usually unconscious, is not as good as the "brother" who will take the initiative to surround him.
August looked at Rhines, "Sleep together."
"No." Rhines immediately wanted to refuse, but August didn't give him a chance.
Children should have the rights of children. In just a few days, Heiwei's cunning has been clearly revealed in him.
He controlled the scale so that he didn't bore Rhines, and didn't soften enough that Rhines would find a way to say no.
August lowered his eyes and cleaned up the debris on the ground, not letting Rhines intervene at all.
He was very meticulous in his work, and finally even wiped off the water droplets.
Then, August raised her small face, can I sleep with my brother now?
What this means is that he cleaned up the mess made by Rhines on the floor.Now little August needs a reward.
He wanted Rhines to allow his closeness.
……
Rhines was eventually deceived by the merman's innocent appearance.
When he hugged August to bed, his fingers trembled a little.
Just wait for August to fall asleep, children fall asleep easily.Although he was on the third floor, the way down was not far. From the room where the maid kept her clothes to the kitchen, Rhines thought about it over and over again.
His eyes were closed, of course he had no idea how disturbed and... alluring he looked.
Rhines' eyelashes were trembling, as if moving on the hearts of others.
August licked his dry lips, he wanted to kiss them.
Start from between the eyebrows, then lick Rhines' eyelids, then moisten the eyelashes, bit by bit, kiss down the upper nasal bone, and finally reach the lips.
Rhines hugged him, surrounded by the smell of him, and now it was as if Silvertail had built a nest and stored him in it.
Rhines shouldn't have treated himself like this.
Everyone knows that feeding a hungry wolf to fullness and keeping the wolf in a hungry state will result in different results.
But it doesn't matter, he thought, anyway, Rhines will pay the price in the end. ,
He is very forgiving.
Now the question is.
What exactly does His little silver tail want to do.
When the moon rose over the treetops outside the window, Rhines was pleasantly surprised to find that the child in his arms was fast asleep.
Breathing evenly and long, Rhines called August twice in a low voice, but he didn't respond at all.
finally...
Rhines didn't know whether he was relieved or raised his heart instead.But in the end, he was all barefoot on the floor.
At the request of Opern, the soldiers of the imperial capital had already searched the entire east coast, and gradually moved to the southeast coast.But still nothing.
"Are you sure it really leaves a mark?" Kenly asked irritably.
The news of the merman's disappearance was strictly kept under wraps by Ou Poen, and the royal family indulged in pleasure, let alone the people below.
The fact that the army searched the coast extensively was regarded by many people as an after-dinner chat, and a consensus was reached among countless speculations—Opern must have lost some jewels.
Maybe it was given to him by some noble lady, it is shameful.
And the owner of the rumors was standing on the shore, with a calm expression on his face.
"It will, it is their nature to mark their territory with the bones of their prey."
Kenly frowned and wiped his sweat, suddenly realized what
"Didn't you say that it was a sacrifice that swallowed the godhood?"
Opern glanced at him. This man's eyelids were thin, and his eye sockets were slightly sunken. When he looked down from a high position, he always made people feel an uncomfortable feeling of being underestimated.
"But now he may not be as good as an ordinary merman. A not perfect merman can only use teeth and claws."
Kenly wiped his sweat with his hands, and continued walking along the beach.At a certain moment, he sensed something was wrong, "Opern, if his danger is not high, you still need to have so many people here..."
"What kind of idiot are you?" Opin said coldly, "If he touches something with divine power, or..."
"In short, it's just to see whether it is favored by heaven or not, right?"
Kenly stopped where he was, annoyed, the fat on his face crowding his small eyes.
But it didn't affect his gloomy gaze.
"You treat me like a gun and a fool!"
……
Oppen said nothing.
The soldiers on the beach raised their heads and looked this way, obviously very interested in the confrontation between the big shots.
Kenly pushed Oppern away angrily, "Three days, I'll give you three days at most."
Opern: "You..."
Kenly walked angrily in the opposite direction of the two's destination, and bumped Opperon hard on the shoulder as he passed.
His attendants chased him up to help him, fearing that the general's three hundred catties of flesh would fall.
Kenly suddenly thought that he had been commanded by O'Prior like a dog for the past two days, so he turned around and pointed at O'Prior's nose, posing as an aristocrat. "I reserve the right to pursue legal responsibility against you."
Hearing this, the attendants behind him immediately looked at Opern proudly.
……
The wind is getting stronger and stronger, heavy black clouds are pressing, and a storm is about to come.Opern didn't move, his eyes followed Kenly's back until he watched the gilded carriage drive away from the beach.
A researcher hurried over with an umbrella, "Dean, what happened?"
Opern's eyes were fixed in the distance, as if he didn't hear him at all.
"Three days, he must be found within three days." Opern withdrew his gaze and looked at the researcher coldly.
Researcher: "But now the south coast has been found, but there is still nothing. It is connected to the Hengma Empire to the west..."
Opern raised his hand to signal him to be silent, "I will ask Xingkong tonight."
The researcher was taken aback.
The so-called inquiry of the starry sky is the astrology method in ancient alchemy.This nearly lost forbidden technique requires the user to exchange the trajectory of fate at the cost of life every time it is used.
A merman who merged with the fate of an ancient god.
O'Pern ignored the researcher's eyes that seemed to be looking at a madman for a moment, and turned around to follow Kenley's leaving back.
Kenley's attack today was not accidental. According to the average daily salary of the guards in the imperial capital multiplied by the number of people, Oppern has spent at least [-] gold coins in the past few days.
And Kenley's recent control over the army has aroused many people's doubts,
He was having a hard time, so he took his anger out on Opern.It just so happened that he caught Opern's trick just now, and immediately used it to make use of it.
Holding the military power of a country in his hand, but living like a puddle of mud.A sticky darkness rolled under Opern's heart. He hated Kenly, hated the soldiers on the beach, hated this country.
He remembered that when he was still in school, everyone in the aristocratic school was glamorous. At that time, the emperor was tall and handsome, and Kenli, who was still a young man, was by his side, not much inferior.The lady with the big skirt was amused and giggled. Behind her were a group of attendants holding books and maids helping with luggage.
And he looked like a bug who had wandered into a fairy tale world by mistake. He was wearing an apprentice uniform issued by the Alchemy Association that had been worn for two years, and half of his face was covered by inferior thick lenses.
He is not even as good as the servant behind those people.
In the next few years, he had to find time to tutor the young master and lady in the rigorous learning tasks and complicated alchemy knowledge.
Had to take over as squire after Kenly and the others got drunk.
Even so, he would still be scolded by his teacher at the end of the semester, and the old alchemists didn't like him, but he had to be admitted into the tower because of regulations.
From that time on, Oppen vowed that he must be the one who made the rules.
Since he graduated and took over as the chief of the younger generation of alchemists, he got the position of veteran at the age of 30, and exchanged several medicines for the treatment of royal genetic diseases in exchange for the opportunity to establish a research institute.
He finally had his own place, and the notebook he found in the ancient alchemy library when he was young was finally brought back to the light.
Thousands of years ago, the almost crazy notes of the old alchemist turned into hoarse whispers and rang in his ears again.
——[I succeeded, the black tail really summoned the ancient god, but it will never know how much disaster this will bring to the Merman. 】
【The deep sea is red today, He is really hungry...】
【…】
[Is this the power of the gods? ... Then can I get it too? 】
【…】
【...I want to devour him, I want to become a god...】
The alchemist once stood on this beach and watched the bloody storm caused by the ancient gods. He who only wanted to contribute to the continuation of human civilization was easily bewitched by the power of the true god.
O'Pern turned back, and the messy formula calculations covered all the pages behind.
Opern knew what he was doing, and he wanted to wake up the ancient god while he was weak.
Then devour his godhead.
Humans are perpetually insatiable creatures, ignorant and fearless.
The notes are missing the last few pages, but I also want to know that the alchemy of life extension was not so developed a thousand years ago, and he failed.
But fortunately, after a thousand years, there are still people who are willing to inherit his mantle.
O'Brien sat in the carriage, resting his hands on his face, leaning his elbows on his thighs, arched and gasping for breath.
What is longevity, what is holding the nobles of the imperial capital in his hands.
Becoming a god is what he ultimately pursues.
All those who hinder him on this road will be eliminated by him mercilessly.
... Kenley -
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Rhines is teaching August to write his own name.
He arrived at the room before Herbert came back last time, and successfully avoided a disturbance, so he hid on the third floor with the child he picked up for the past two days.
As long as he escaped for more than ten days, he was like a little ostrich, thinking that he could escape danger by burying his head in the sand.
"Well, this is your name."
Rhines sat by the window, with one leg bent for support, and his long eyelashes drooping.His handwriting is very beautiful, with a smoothness that has not been systematically trained.
"It's August now, can you just call this one first?"
Half of the face of the child in front of Rhines was covered with gauze, exposing the intact tip of the nose and lips, making him look extremely handsome.
Rhines asked Tina to bring the gauze to him. He is already receiving some orders for transcribing books and has spare money.Rhines is planning for two years later, when he is driven out of Sauk's house as an adult, at least he will have a job that can settle down.
August's dark blue eyes flashed across the paper, his thinking was not so fast, it took some time to understand.
The child sat next to him in Rhines' top and shorts... like a crouching beast.
When looking at this little boy who was only ten years old, Rhines would always feel a faint fear creeping up from the bottom of his heart.
If he knew everything perfectly, Rhines would understand.When there is no interference, instinct will tell him what to do is the safest.
stay away from him.
run now.
Run where he will never be found.
But in this regard, Rhines is like a newborn cub.All the subconscious reactions of the body were interpreted by him as fear.After all, the kid got hurt like that in the first place, probably because the impactful scene has been remembered in his mind, and he can't forget it until now.
Rhines was consoling himself, but for August, all changes in the people around him could not escape the merman's keen senses.
Rhines was terrified.
This reminded him of the white cat, but Rhines would not run away, let alone have a chance.
Because he has now learned how to make Rhines relax.
The bandage-wrapped fingers touched Rhines' arm, and even the bandage couldn't block the cold touch.
But August was careful.
'Thank you brother, I like it very much. '
He writes on Rhines' arm.
Rhines smiled a little shyly, and then realized what August had done, "You know how to write?"
This is not common. In today's society, most of the people who can send their children to colleges are noble families.
Rhines thought of August's face, and his tone was a little excited, "I have been asking Tina for the past two days to ask if there is a child your age lost in the nearby village, but I have never asked.
Could it be because you are actually from the city? "
August didn't speak, just looked up at Rhines.
"That……"
Just as Rhines was about to say that he could take August to the ball to recognize someone, he remembered that as long as there was a ball held by the Sauk House, Herbert would definitely be there.
And his father and wife.
The magnificent hall on the first floor has never been a safe place in his eyes.
August's eyes reflected the shadow of Rhines.
His little silver tail was sad.
Rhines was knocked off his shoulder unexpectedly, and August, as if he was afraid of scaring him, waited until Rhines' eyes showed confusion before pushing him in his direction.
His kiss was like a lick between small animals, falling on the tip of Rhines' nose.
August didn't close his eyes, he just stared at Rhines, then stuck out the tip of his tongue and licked it.
This is a closeness that does not cause any guard at all, and August is like any amnesiac, insecure, but once well-educated young gentleman who still has residual physical instincts, using the only thing he can think of now. , soothing Rhines in a soft and polite way.
After three years of Herbert's blasphemy, Rhines' rejection of men almost became instinctive.
But this time, he just felt like laughing.
"Who did you learn from?" Rhines asked softly, pushing August away with a smile.
Then she put her chin on one knee with reddish ears, like a delicate flower that was finally willing to bloom.It's like saying you can kiss again.
……
August felt his knuckles itch, and he quietly rubbed his thumb against the tip of his index finger, and sure enough, a little hard claw grew there.
The merman held it tightly in his palm with his middle finger and thumb mercilessly.
Even though Rhines didn't intend to transform at all, that kind of sweetness seemed to be engraved in his bones, as if it could come out from under the skin every moment.
Mermaids who have just completed gender transformation have no resistance at all.
He felt that his speed could be sped up a little, and he could get rid of the disgusting humans on the other side of the strait earlier, so that he could bring Rhines back to the bottom of the sea earlier.
Suddenly someone knocked on the wooden door, very hurriedly, Rhines was taken aback, put down the book in his hand and walked over.
"It's me, Rhines, open the door quickly."
It was Tina's voice, Rhines recognized it immediately, but why did she come now?
Rhines turned around and waved to August, signaling him to hide, and then opened the door.
The brown-haired maid didn't wear the usual black and white long skirt, but changed into a light yellow linen skirt, which was tied with a belt around the waist.
Young girls are like this, as long as they dress up a little, they will be very eye-catching.
Rhines has been in a good mood for the past two days, and at this moment he actually bent his eyes and said to Tina: "It's beautiful, do you want to go out?"
This is not common.
Tina was obviously taken aback by his unreasonable words. Reines is undoubtedly a beauty no matter if he uses the aesthetics of women or men.
It was rare for Tina to be a little embarrassed to be praised by such a beauty, "Yes, yes. Later, I will go to the next town to buy cheese with Old Annie."
"You seem to have changed a little these two days."
Tina said as she looked up and down at the boy standing in the door.
In her impression, Rhines always had his eyes downcast, his neck was slender and fair, and he was not inferior at all under the short blonde hair.
Soft and obedient, always a little alienated.
But these two days are different, Rhines will smile at people, and even like today, he will take the initiative to provoke some other topics besides "necessary negotiations".
Tina didn't read the book, but she liked the change of Rhines very much, and patted Rhines' arm, "This state is very good, keep it up."
Immediately afterwards, she felt a prickly pain all over her body.
An indescribable coolness climbed up her spine and finally pierced her brain sharply.
Tina shivered.
Rhines: "What's wrong? Are you cold?"
Tina rubbed her arms, confused, "How is it possible, isn't it summer now?"
"That's right, that's right!" She finally remembered the ultimate purpose of coming here today, "I haven't been in the kitchen these two days, and Old Annie said that I won't be back until Thursday at least."
Rhines looked at her in surprise.
Recently, he has been asking Tina to help bring food to August from the kitchen. After all, the servants and maids in the kitchen of Sauk's family should know how little Rhines eats.
Sudden and abnormal food intake will definitely attract the attention of others.
Herbert was probably looking for an opportunity to trouble him, and Rhines didn't want to be targeted at this time.
"...Is that so." Rhines lowered his eyes a little embarrassingly.
Tina didn't see it, and nodded in affirmation, "Yes, I can't help you recently. But when I go to the town over there, I will have a chance to ask you about your brother's whereabouts. Don't worry."
Rhines knew that Tina was actually a very kind person, and he didn't want her to think about himself when she was playing outside, so he forced a smile.
Tina said a few more words at the door, and hurried downstairs.
Obviously, the old Anne and other servants she mentioned should be waiting in the carriage.
Such an opportunity to go shopping is a great job for a servant.
……
It was still hot in August, and Rhines went to the corridor window to look down, and there was indeed a carriage parked there.Tina's figure quickly appeared at the door, and she picked it up in two or three steps.
The servant who waited impatiently should have reprimanded him, but Tina didn't care at all.He even glanced towards the third floor without any trace.When she saw Rhines, she visibly smiled. ;
Unknown multi-colored small flowers bloomed on both sides of the road. When they walked through the middle, two shallow ruts were pressed on the ground.
……very nice.
Rhines thought to himself that he couldn't go out because Herbert's mother wouldn't allow it.
Even the job of copying books that he borrowed was handed over secretly at night.
Rhines was in a daze when someone gently pulled the hem of his clothes.
He looked down, and August's face, which was mostly covered by gauze, appeared in sight.
"Brother... do you want to go out?"
the child asked hoarsely.
He hasn't spoken much these two days because his throat injury hasn't healed yet.
August looked at Rhines, his dark blue eyes looked like cornflower-colored sapphires, "I will take you out."
……
Language is like this, even though he knew that August was a child, even if he knew that what he said had no substantive effect, Rhines was still appeased.
He pushed August into the room, "I, I can't get out."
He didn't know how to explain his rough fate and the not-so-glorious past in the Sauk family to the child in front of him, thinking to the end.
Rhines bit his lower lip subconsciously, and the rose-colored soft lips became much lighter under the teeth.
Then he caught August shaking his head.
"But I can take you out."
He said I can, not I will.It was as if it was destiny to take Rhines away from this home.
……
Rhines squatted down slowly against the door, then hugged his knees and pursed his lips and smiled, "Okay, I believe you."
He used the tone of coaxing the cat, which was soft and pampering.
But Rhines felt sour and sweet in his heart. He felt that it was a very pleasant thing that he could pick up the seriously injured August this summer.
If only he had a brother like August.
There was a shadow in front of him, and it was the first time that August looked down on Rhines with such a condescending gaze.
He also smiled, and wrote with his fingers on Rhines' palm.
——If August can really take his brother away, will Rhines follow me?
The records that Opern read in the ancient alchemy notes are still valid today.
In many cases, the control of silvertail is called trapping. Starting from the food, the cod should be taken from the thin fish fillets without spines on the back, and the salmon should use the creamy piece of the abdomen, or fresh shrimp that has been peeled off the shell. Use these to calm an already hungry Silvertail.
Surrounded by sea monsters, they can only choose to accept food.
So many times, the friction between the fish tails is lingering, slowly approaching, and when they are willing to stretch their bodies, they can cheat the promise.
It's really odd that educating such a creature seems like a big promise - especially where it's not necessary.
"Would you like to be with me?"
No merman would be so stupid.
The best choice is when Silvertail is cowed by the sea monster - "Let me stay with you?"
"Come with me, okay?"
"I will always protect you, love you, and dedicate everything to you, okay?"
In this way, in the final prison, he could repeat the original promise over and over again with his silver tail closed, with enough gentle torture and pleasure.
It's unnecessary, even superfluous, but sharks always like to do this.
Oppern was wrong about something.
Even though he has approached perfection, the instinctive part still dominates his behavior.
Rhines, who knew nothing, had no idea that he was on the verge of a trap.
All of August's actions were too deceptive, not to mention that Rhines was still thinking about how to prepare August's food and wound medicine during Tina's absence.
So the instinctive warnings that were no longer working were ignored by him.
"Okay." He responded ignorantly, "But I probably won't be kicked out until I have to. I probably won't have a chance."
In the jungle in the distance, a bird skimmed over the calm lake, and suddenly its wings were bitten by a snake that had been dormant in the water for a long time.
The snow-white wings kept flapping against the lake water, and after just two seconds, there was no more movement.
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For the rest of the day, Rhines was a little restless.
According to the chance, he should have taught August some useful words first, and then finished the book that he hadn't finished copying.
But now, he can't stop thinking about the night's actions in his mind.
he has to...
He had to go to the kitchen and steal some food by himself.
Rhines took a sip of tea absently, his lips pressed against the edge of the teacup, and was aroused by the hot tea, and instantly turned a little red again.
With a "click", the teacup fell to the ground, splashing everywhere with the tea.
!
Rhines hurriedly pushed away the chair, bent down to tidy up.
"...Brother." The voice above his head made Rhines' subordinates pause.
August didn't seem to notice anything, squatting down with a plate and a handkerchief, which obviously meant that he wanted to help.
"No, no, you go to bed."
Reines took the things from his hand, thinking about what he was about to do, he didn't dare to look up at August's face.
I don't know if it's an innate racial talent, or Rhines is good at being shy. Now that he lowered his head, two extremely red ears protruded from his blond hair.
August glanced across them without hesitation, and then stopped on Rhines' slender and fair neck.
"Brother, are you nervous?"
Rhines, who was called his elder brother, trembled a little, "How could it be? Nothing happened, August, please go to sleep."
His last sentence was almost in a coquettish tone, whose elder brother would talk to his younger brother like this.It is possible for couples.
The long-term confinement of the Sauk family has had an impact on Rhines' character, and all the benefits have been tasted by the sharks under the deep sea.
So delicious, so sweet that he wanted to take a closer look.
……
August fell silent.
are you angry?
Rhines thought subconsciously, so he looked up to see the reaction of the person opposite, and happened to bump into a pair of calm eyes.
There was no sign of surprise, August was just waiting here for him to take the bait.
"Brother...something...keep it from me." August said.
Why are children who have not recovered their memories so keen in this regard?
Rhines was about to cry.
How would he tell August about his plans?
The rule of Suoke's house is that there must be a maid and a servant in the kitchen at night. They are all things to be eaten in the stomach. If no one is watching, what if they are drugged by someone with malicious intentions?
Of course, this is also to prevent servants from covering up and stealing from each other.
Rhines once heard Tina say that the maid on duty tonight is a slacker.
She wouldn't steal anything, but she would sleep soundly behind a hidden boiler.
But the maid was never tracked down, because the manservant with her seemed to be a lady's lover, and took advantage of this time to go out on a weekly date.
The two of them tacitly agreed that nothing happened anyway, so they kept it a secret.
There will be maids patrolling the corridor at night. If Rhines puts on the maid's attire, even if he is seen, no one will suspect that it is Rhines without the lights.
That is, tonight.The second young master of the Suoke family wanted to take advantage of the moonlight to steal a set of clothes from the maid's room to change into, and then go to the kitchen to steal a piece of bread or bacon or something like a poor girl who couldn't eat enough.
Rhines always hopes that in August's eyes, he is an image of an older brother.He has lived alone for too long, and August is as close as his family, and Rhines has no way to refuse.
So he was just ashamed to be stared at by a child with dark blue eyes.
As if he had been caught, stripped in front of everyone and confessed to two counts of theft.
"...Sleep well, I'm tired." Rhines avoided his eyes in embarrassment, curled his fingers on his clothes, and begged August with difficulty.
You're so stupid that you can't even tell a lie.
August's gaze was like that of an impartial judge, but he couldn't help it. In front of him was his brother.
So he is very tolerant.
"I'm tired too, bro," he said.
Looking at Rhines' relaxed figure, he added maliciously, "Sleep together."
Then, his little silver tail was frightened immediately.
August could hardly control the corners of his mouth that wanted to turn up.
Very cute isn't it.
The two of them don't sleep together, even though Rhines' room has only one bed.But there is an extra quilt in the middle to ensure that the two of them will not sleep together.
Of course, this was Rhines' idea. All he saw in the morning was August sleeping obediently on the other side.
But in fact, every night, the bandaged merman would slowly stand up under the moonlight.
Silvertail on the other side was already asleep, under a trace of neurotoxin.
There was a bright yellowish full moon outside the window, and August would slowly undo the bandages from his arms.
His movements are graceful, and the next bandage will be wrapped around the other hand.By the end, the two rolls of bandages on the bed didn't even look like they had been used.
Then, He would climb over that ridiculous dividing line and go to Rhines' side.
With a cold, scaled, snake-like tail clinging to Rhines' body.
The soft touch of silk and satin, with a warm and fragrant fragrance, just thinking about it, August can't control himself.
His need for Rhines is indeed extremely urgent.
But Rhines is not suitable for transformation now, he has not dealt with the group of alchemists in the imperial capital, and the deep sea does not reserve the best territory for mermaids like it did thousands of years ago.
Most importantly, August always felt like something was missing.
So he can only taste it for the time being.
However, there is a difference between a taste and a stop.
Of course, Rhines, who is usually unconscious, is not as good as the "brother" who will take the initiative to surround him.
August looked at Rhines, "Sleep together."
"No." Rhines immediately wanted to refuse, but August didn't give him a chance.
Children should have the rights of children. In just a few days, Heiwei's cunning has been clearly revealed in him.
He controlled the scale so that he didn't bore Rhines, and didn't soften enough that Rhines would find a way to say no.
August lowered his eyes and cleaned up the debris on the ground, not letting Rhines intervene at all.
He was very meticulous in his work, and finally even wiped off the water droplets.
Then, August raised her small face, can I sleep with my brother now?
What this means is that he cleaned up the mess made by Rhines on the floor.Now little August needs a reward.
He wanted Rhines to allow his closeness.
……
Rhines was eventually deceived by the merman's innocent appearance.
When he hugged August to bed, his fingers trembled a little.
Just wait for August to fall asleep, children fall asleep easily.Although he was on the third floor, the way down was not far. From the room where the maid kept her clothes to the kitchen, Rhines thought about it over and over again.
His eyes were closed, of course he had no idea how disturbed and... alluring he looked.
Rhines' eyelashes were trembling, as if moving on the hearts of others.
August licked his dry lips, he wanted to kiss them.
Start from between the eyebrows, then lick Rhines' eyelids, then moisten the eyelashes, bit by bit, kiss down the upper nasal bone, and finally reach the lips.
Rhines hugged him, surrounded by the smell of him, and now it was as if Silvertail had built a nest and stored him in it.
Rhines shouldn't have treated himself like this.
Everyone knows that feeding a hungry wolf to fullness and keeping the wolf in a hungry state will result in different results.
But it doesn't matter, he thought, anyway, Rhines will pay the price in the end. ,
He is very forgiving.
Now the question is.
What exactly does His little silver tail want to do.
When the moon rose over the treetops outside the window, Rhines was pleasantly surprised to find that the child in his arms was fast asleep.
Breathing evenly and long, Rhines called August twice in a low voice, but he didn't respond at all.
finally...
Rhines didn't know whether he was relieved or raised his heart instead.But in the end, he was all barefoot on the floor.
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