Deep sea mermaid head-to-head strategy

After the Pearl stayed in Denia for two months, it set sail for Bugatina, where it assembled with Ino and Konrad in Mineral City.

Eno is the type who doesn't get on the house for three days. In the past few months, no one has disciplined him, and he is even more lawless. He just rides on Conrad's shoulders to play around.

Conrad doesn't think he is noisy, he finds everything his lover is cute, his eyes are always full of tenderness and doting, and when the love is strong, he will stare deeply at each other.

Seeing that an accident was about to happen, Eno thought of what to do, and often hugged and kissed Conrad in public.Although Conrad was concerned about the sight of his surroundings, he couldn't stand Ino's tossing. Most of the time, he would obey him, and every time he finished with him, he would gently apologize to everyone.

Klein had accidentally bumped into two people making out, and he greeted them calmly with no emotion on his face, and would try his best to avoid them in private.

Even Nata and Patrick, a couple who have just established a relationship and are in a fiery period, are often so numb that their hairs stand on end. They meet each other from a distance and then quickly move away.

Over time, the crew on the Pearl became numb.

Conrad specially came to Klein to thank him, even though he and Eno had said it many times.

Klein respects Conrad and Eno's choice, but in his opinion, any intimacy is risky, no one will stay with another person forever, and sooner or later they will leave like grandpa, the best way not to be sad Just never step into a relationship.

And Conrad and Ino's life spans are far apart. It was precisely because of this that he left the Kingdom of Havre before. Why did he come back willingly now?

He once asked Conrad about it, "Aren't you afraid you might lose him someday?"

Thinking of Ino, Conrad showed a lingering smile and said, "Scared. But it doesn't matter how far I stay away from him. From the moment I fell in love with him, I began to lose."

It is a strange life, he does not pay attention to it and does not intervene, and its birth or death has nothing to do with him.Irrelevant things are smashed and broken, so it is not lost, because I have never cared about it, and it doesn't matter if there is one more or one less.

To care is to intervene, and to intervene will empathize with the passing of life, and empathy is the beginning of loss.

It's like holding a handful of sand in his hand, he can ignore it, escape, don't think about it or look at it, but no matter how careful he is, the handful of sand will be exhausted one day.

Conrad's expression was so calm that he was a little sad, and said with a faint smile: "So, every day I spend with him from now on will be regarded as extra earning. I don't know what the future will be like, I only know that I am immersed in the immeasurable In happiness, I have accumulated so much happiness, even if I have to face parting in the future, recalling these for the rest of my life can give me some comfort."

Klein: "..."

He is not sure about other things. The only thing he can foresee is that with Conrad by his side, Eno will live a happy life.

On the night he talked with Conrad, Klein didn't feel like working all night.

When he saw Sweet through the window of the observation deck, he didn't walk away immediately as usual, but looked at Sweet quietly.

He was thinking through Sweet—did he care about Sweet, or Mephides?

When he returned to the cabin to sleep, Klein opened the drawer and saw the navy blue conch lying inside. He couldn't help wondering: Why didn't he throw the conch in the mine?

Dazzling is on the one hand, and on the other hand, it is because he feels in his heart that things that carry the wishes of others should not be trampled on and discarded at will.

"..."

The conch radiated fluorescence in the dim cabin, Klein took a second look and closed the drawer.

The crew of the Pearl was divided into two groups, one to collect information on Bugatina and the kingdom east of Bugatina, and the other to select and purchase goods. Two months later, the two groups converged and returned with a full load.

When they came, there was only Ino on board, and when they returned, they brought Conrad with them. Conrad is an elf with sensitive five senses. On the first night on board, he found Sweet.

The next day when Conrad mentioned the mermaid's visit to the Pearl, everyone kept it secret. Ino smiled and said to him, "Just think that's the guardian elf of the Pearl."

Conrad: "?"

Klein: "..."

Since the last time he met Sweet's eyes, Klein never showed his face on the observation deck again.

The conch was eventually left in a dark mine in Ore City—he was not Nata or Conrad, and whether he cared about it or not, he didn't want to have any deeper contact with Sweet.

Conrad later met with Switzer many times. Every morning when he met Klein, he hesitated to speak. Klein pretended not to see it. He continued to draw his own charts to accumulate experience and wealth for the Pearl.

The Pearl is back a year and a half after leaving Port Paloi.

Duke Rainer received the letter early and came to greet him with great fanfare. The wages of the port workers were doubled that day.

Eno and Conrad returned to the Duke's mansion. Before parting, Eno gave Klein, Nata and the others several invitations to the banquet, and repeatedly urged them to attend.

After disembarking for a week, Klein didn't have time to go home. He was busy ordering goods every day, accepting invitations from the royal family and various nobles, telling what he saw and heard, and sorting out and submitting the voyage materials for this time.

He stayed in the hotel in Wangcheng for more than half a month, and after finishing most of his business affairs, he was free to return to Paloi Port.On the way, I made a special trip to the town to see Lisa and Dick, but unfortunately Lisa and Dick were not there. I heard that they were going back to Lisa's mother's hometown to visit relatives.

Klein took the power car home from the town. When he was close to the door of the house, he saw that the door of the yard next door was open. Butler Paton, whom he hadn't seen for a long time, was watering the flower beds in the yard.

Large areas of two-color flowers bloom vigorously, and clusters of golden petals even give people a sense of hustle and bustle.

Klein got off the power car, walked to the courtyard gate in surprise, and said hello, "Mr. Patton? Long time no see!"

Seven years plus this one-and-a-half year voyage, Klein and Butler Patton haven't seen each other for nearly nine years.

Butler Patton didn't change much. He still looked like the first time he saw him back then. He put down the shower, smiled kindly, and said, "Master Klein, long time no see."

Klein had a lot to say. Before he opened his mouth, he glanced over the yard and found that the inside of the yard had been renovated, and the broken stone slabs had all been mended, making it clean and tidy.

Not only the stone slabs and flower beds, but even the fish pond he dug was filled with water, and there were several beautiful goldfish swimming in the pond.

"Mr. Patton, this is..."

At this moment, the door to the balcony on the second floor was pushed open, and Sweet came out of the bedroom and leaned on the railing to look down.

It was the time when the sun was abundant in the morning, and Sweet was bathed in the morning light, her blue eyes drooping down.

The same people, the same place, the flower bed and Butler Patton seemed to be frozen in time. In an instant, Klein seemed to return to an afternoon seven years ago.

After being dazed for a long time, he looked to the side from the door of Sweet's house. The low, dilapidated but cozy house in his memory had long been replaced by a brand new and luxurious blue-roofed house.

The yellowing gradually became clear. He returned to reality, secretly mocking himself, the smile on his face was a bit forced, and he didn't even think about reminiscing about the old days. He took a step back and said goodbye to Butler Parton politely. own courtyard.

He remembered the scene he remembered just now, and pushed open the courtyard door——

One and a half years away from home, the flowers in the flower beds are still blooming, and the soil in the flower beds shows signs of recent loosening. Except for the two-color flowers with half-open buds, most of the flower beds are seasonal plants that he has never planted.

In the past, when he came back from a long trip, his home was like a barren vegetable garden, with weeds growing between the stone slabs.This time, not only was there no shadow of grass, not even a single fallen leaf or stone, it was clean, as if the owner had always been at home and had never left.

—someone helped him take care of the flower beds and yard.

Is it Dick and Lisa?

still is……

Butler Parton paid attention to the movement here, and nodded when Klein looked up.

Klein immediately understood.

He controlled himself not to look at the balcony over there, stared at the two-color flower in the flower bed for a long time, straightened up and opened the door expressionlessly.

Klein repeated the process every time he came home, cleaning the house inside and out.

Butler Parton brought lunch during the period, and he couldn't refuse, so he finished his lunch while chatting with Butler Parton.

"How does it taste?" Butler Patton asked.

"Very to my liking, thank you, Mr. Parton."

Butler Parton took back the plate and said, "I will pass on your evaluation to Master Sweet, and he will be very happy."

"..."

Klein happened to have something to do, so he simply asked to change the subject: "Did you help clean the yard?"

"After the Pearl left Paloy Port, the young master came back once and planted many flowers in the flower beds, and asked me to take care of these two yards before you come back." Butler Patton said with a smile: "But those flowers are very beautiful. It is easy to feed, as long as it is watered occasionally, it can bloom very vigorously."

"..."

Klein always felt that Butler Parton had seen through everything, so he said uncomfortably, "I've troubled you," paused, and added, "Please help me convey my thanks to Sweet."

Butler Parton smiled: "I will."

For the next few days, Klein didn't go out and sorted out his navigation notes in the study every day.

Butler Parton came over to deliver three meals almost every day, and Klein refused several times.

But Butler Parton always smiled and said that he was just running errands for the young master, and the mission was completed when the things were delivered. If Klein had any thoughts or opinions, he would convey them to Sweet in person.

It was difficult for Klein to be cold-hearted to Mr. Patton, who had always been friendly to him, and he didn't want to see Sweet, so he was forced to accept the kindness from his neighbors.

On the fourth night, Lisa and Dick came to the house as guests.

Not seeing each other for more than a year, the two of them have changed a lot, not in appearance, but in temperament and demeanor.

Lisa wore the most popular sand red long dress, her hair was coiled up, and she wore a small hat. Her skin was much fairer, radiant, and beautiful.Dick, on the other hand, wore a long iron-gray coat, shiny leather boots, and looked vigorous, and carried a gentleman's stick.

Klein went to the kitchen to prepare hot tea, and when he came back, he happened to see the two of them quickly put aside their handshake, and sat down on the sofa with a cup of black tea, smiling without saying a word.

"Oh, it's already been exposed, so there's nothing to hide." Lisa was the first to take the lead, holding Dick's hand generously.

Dick somehow, still a little shy, took Lisa back, cleared his throat, and said, "As you can see, I'm with Lisa."

"Well, I saw it." Klein raised his chin, motioning for them to continue.

Lisa looked serious: "You'd better put down the teacup first."

Klein was puzzled, but he still did it.

When he put the teacup on the coffee table, Lisa Pingdi announced in a thunderous voice: "Dick and I are getting married."

Before Klein took his hand out of the handle of the teacup, when he moved his hand, the hot water in the cup splashed out, scalding his fingers red.

Seeing his surprise, Lisa laughed happily.

Klein didn't expect them to move so fast, he put his red-hot fingers to his mouth and blew, and asked in a slightly embarrassed way, "When?"

Dick scratched his head in embarrassment, glanced at Lisa, his face flushed, "Actually, it's been decided a long time ago. We planned to wait for you to come back from the beginning and let you be my best man. When you come back, it should be... It's been a few days."

The two best friends are getting married, and they deliberately postpone the wedding until he comes back.

Surprised and delighted, Klein rarely revealed a bit of his teenage heart from the first year. He detained Lisa and Dick and questioned them carefully about their journey together.

The three chatted until late at night. Klein wanted them to stay, but Dick and Lisa, as prospective couples, had a lot to prepare for recently.

He had no choice but to send the two of them to the fork in the road, and watched them board the power car with his own eyes, before returning the same way with the evening wind blowing.

After walking a few steps, Klein stopped, and the corners of his mouth raised unconsciously—he was sincerely happy for Lisa and Dick.

In the drowsy night, Sweet stood on the balcony, shaking a glass of wine brought back from the Kingdom of Denia by the Pearl, leaning on the edge of the handrail, looking into the distance.

There was no light on the balcony, so Klein couldn't see him, but he could see the other person's expression in full view.

Klein's figure is not thin, and his mood can't be called depressed at this time, but against the boundless dark blue night in front of him, he looks extremely lonely and distant.

Klein was about to step forward when suddenly there was a light in front of him. It turned out that the light in the bedroom on the second floor next door was turned on.

He flickered in front of his eyes, subconsciously looked up, and saw that the curtains in Sweet's bedroom were not drawn, and the light was poured out unreservedly, thrown out of the courtyard, illuminating his way home.

A goblet filled with dark red wine was placed on the armrest of the balcony, and the wine was shaking and still not calmed down.

The owner of the wine glass should have just left.

News spread quickly on the Pearl that Dick and Lisa were getting married.

Nata and Patrick also joined the intensive preparations on the grounds of learning the wedding planning process and accumulating experience.

Klein was best man, busier than all but two parties.

In his busy schedule, he took time out to attend the dinner at the Duke of Rainer's residence.

Knowing that Klein's friend was about to get married, Eno specially asked Duke Rainer to include Lisa's seafood shop and Dick's newly opened tailor shop in the Duke's mansion's daily purchase list.

Duke Reiner was very grateful to Klein for taking care of Eno. In addition to Eno's request, he signed a large sponsorship fee for the Pearl, and he was quite generous with Dick and Lisa.

After Klein talked with Duke Leiner that night, he came out of the room and met Hyman who had been waiting for him for a long time in the corridor.

I haven't seen him for more than a year. Heyman's appearance is more and more confusing. His legs are slender. Outside the upper body shirt, there are a few black shirt fixing straps that run across the back and come down from both shoulders, making him a strong and handsome figure.

He put his right index finger and middle finger together, tapped it on his forehead and drew it outward, and said with a smile, "Long time no see."

"Long time no see." Klein also responded with a smile.

Heyman seemed to have something to do, and after a few words of greeting, he took out his pocket watch and took a look, closed the case, suppressed his smile, and said seriously, "I came here because I knew you would be present."

Klein asked sharply, "Did something happen?"

Heyman nodded and said, "Hook escaped from prison."

Hook has been imprisoned in the prison in Port Paloy for more than a year. According to the usual practice, he will be moved to another prison in the near future.

Unexpectedly, the carriage escorting him overturned halfway, and he took the opportunity to knock out the two guards and escaped.

Heyman: "According to the records at various checkpoints, Hooker should still be in Paloi Port. According to the prisoner who was detained with him, he always wanted to take revenge on you when he was in prison, and now he escapes and refuses to leave Paloi. Yigang, it is likely that he wants to wait for an opportunity to attack you, you should pay attention recently, and before he is re-imprisoned, don't come out and walk around."

Klein was not afraid of Hook's revenge, but Heyman reminded him out of concern.

Apart from Dick and Lisa's wedding, there were no major events recently, so he readily agreed.

Heyman received a satisfactory answer, looked at his pocket watch again, and said: "I will step up patrols recently, and I can't stay here for too long. Let's go, I will take you home."

Klein didn't know whether to laugh or cry—how did he become a person who needed an escort?

He had seen everyone who was supposed to meet at the dinner party. He really didn't like dinner parties and other occasions. There was no need to insist on staying, so he left the Duke's mansion with Heyman without his kindness.

Heyman specially drove the sheriff's patrol car over, and drove Klein towards the port.

Except for mentioning Hook once at first, Heyman never mentioned the name again, and mainly talked about some interesting things that happened in Port Paloi after the Pearl left.

"Not long after you left, I passed by your house on a patrol and saw Mr. Parton loosening soil for your flower beds in your yard."

Without waiting for Klein to ask, Heyman said bluntly: "I will know his name, of course because I have chatted with him. Mr. Patton is a well-informed gentleman, and talking to him is very rewarding. Although He refused to reveal who his master is, but according to Dick, he is the steward of the mermaid prince."

"……Yes."

"So, is this the second thing you lied to me?"

"?"

Heyman glanced in his direction, and said with great interest, "You haven't liked men before, have you? Nine years ago——"

Before he finished speaking, the power car approached Klein's house.

Seeing the blond man leaning against the door, Heyman raised his eyebrows, "ah", and said with a smile: "Someone is here to pick you up."