Deep sea mermaid head-to-head strategy

The lights were on in the study room, and several stacks of books took up most of the desk, leaving only an open space in the middle for people to read and write.

A quill pen hovers above the light yellow paper. The ink at the tip of the pen is almost dry. The knuckles of the hand holding the pen are clearly defined, together with the stretched tendons on the back of the hand, giving people a sense of cleanliness and neatness.

The tip of the quill was lifted suddenly, it crossed the air, and sank into the ink bottle next to the paper. The tip of the pen was lifted, and the thick black wrapped around the tip was like a torn, stretched soft silk net, part of it pulled and fell towards the tip. The other part retracted and condensed into dots of ink, revealing the milky white background of the nib below.

The ink dripping from the nib slid on the paper one after another beautifully. At a certain point, the nib stopped, and the ink in the quill continued to seep into the paper, and soon formed a large ink blot on the paper.

Klein stared at the ever-expanding ink dots under the pen, put the quill on the table, put one hand on the paper and folded his fingers together, the smooth paper wrinkled towards the middle with the sound of twists and turns, and was finally rolled into a ball by two slender and well-proportioned hands , and threw it to the ground.

Seven or eight paper balls like this have accumulated on the ground.

Klein sighed, put his hands on the armrests of the seat, and leaned back on the back of the chair.

——Three days have passed since he last saw Sweet.

During these three days, Lisa and Dick's wedding had been planned and was just waiting to be held on the chosen date.

The rest of the trivial matters were all taken care of by the high-spirited Nata, and he, the best man, was brutally expelled because he had been distracted and made mistakes many times before, which was not helpful.

"Okay, don't make trouble anymore, you just need to live to attend the wedding that day."

Nata's requirements for him have been so low.

Klein had never been disgusted like this before.

He intends to contribute to his friend's wedding, but recently he is really upset and depressed, so he has to temporarily implement his own principles and not cause trouble to others at this juncture.

He hasn't gone out for the past three days, shutting himself in the study to sort out the notes of the voyage——

Although he brought back many original books of Tuster, Denia, and Bugatina this time, many of the customs and habits that he had seen with his own eyes but had no evidence in books required him, a witness Impressions are put on paper so others can read them.

However, his tidying progress is so slow that it can be described as a tortoise.

Because every time he tried to recall something, images of Sweet would pop up.

Once he faced those experiences directly, the disordered kisses not long ago would also pop into his mind, and those were the culprits of his recent abnormalities.

Staring at the ceiling of the study in a daze for a while, Klein got up and rummaged through the bookshelf, wanting to pick up a lighter novel to relax.

When I touched the spine of the book with my fingers, I suddenly remembered that when Lisa came to visit, Sweet was stuck between two growing pains and was forced to hide in the study. For some reason, he deliberately knocked down the pile of books.

——Because I was jealous of the person who sent you back, that's why...

stop.

Klein stopped in time and forcibly diverted his attention to avoid spinning around Sweet.

What he didn't want was that the invisible thread of thoughts floated deep into the memory, and brought out a series of past.

This is not the first time in three days that he looks back on the past, and no matter how many times he looks at it, he has to admit that the past month with Sweet was not as unbearable as he always wanted to think.

With this conclusion that cannot be ignored, Klein fell into deep thought——

Recently, in order to avoid being disturbed by Sweet, he deliberately filled his brain as much as possible, and naturally thought about a lot of things, the most important of which was the Pearl and his own future plans.

Either this time or next time, the Pearl will start a new journey sooner or later.

And Dick and Lisa's marriage, Nata and Patrick's love, means that he must adapt to a person's life as soon as possible.

This is a matter of course--

His two friends are about to enter the wedding hall, and it is impossible to talk to him like they did when they were young.

Nata is very close to him and takes care of him like a younger brother. Because of this, he hopes that Nata will be more relaxed in the future and pay more attention to the future of himself and Patrick.

As for the other crew members, they get along day and night on a ship, and they all have their own families one day.

Klein has always been an independent person. When he was surrounded by many people, he never thought about relying on him for anything.He just watched other people's excitement to fill his empty daily life.

Because he knew that one day, he would have to retreat further.

Although he had expected it long ago, when that day was getting closer, he would also be a little confused.

Confused to the point of starting to think wildly—maybe he can find a partner to avoid being alone.

There have always been many choices in front of him. As long as he wants to, he can have an excellent partner right away.

He stopped because he couldn't give back the same feelings to his suitors.

But in fact, he can choose a suitor who doesn't ask for his likes.

Of course, it would be best to find someone who doesn't like being alone as much as he does.

Even if he will never feel like each other in getting along, he still has the confidence to manage a harmonious and warm family, and the relationship based on the joint management of both parties will definitely be more stable and lasting.

In the past nine years, he has had countless opportunities to facilitate such a relationship, but for some reason, whenever he looks forward to such a future, he always feels empty in his heart.

It seems that something is missing.

Klein thought for a long time, until he witnessed the union of Conrad and Ino, and realized that what was missing was enthusiasm and heartbeat.

In fact, it wasn't that he hadn't been moved——

Sweet gave him the affection of his youth; Mephides made him think of his family; when he got along with the transformed Sweet, apart from the mermaid hybrid's natural yearning for the royal family, he was more than once because of Sweet And the heart beat faster.

When standing on the observation deck and looking at Sweet on the deck, he suddenly had an idea: It would be great if it could continue like this.

The question is, will it last?

It's not that he doesn't know that Mephides is Sweet, and he deliberately distinguishes them in order not to immerse himself in the sense of belonging during those two months.

As Mephides can appear and disappear, he's not sure if this is yet another whim of Sweet's.

When returning to the voyage, there were several late nights when he opened the drawer and saw the fluorescent conch, and wanted to pick it up and listen to it, or ask Eno about it.

But in the end, he chose the safest way to sink risks and uncertainties into the mine.

Cut off all possibilities from the source.

……

Perhaps, he should learn to overcome the emptiness caused by lack of enthusiasm?

Temporarily withdrawing from work did not help Klein relieve the slightest irritability.

The words on the spine floated out and tangled together, just like his current mood.

The slender and strong five fingers gathered little by little, and pressed against the bookshelf.

Two days later, Lisa and Dick's wedding came as scheduled.

It was definitely the biggest wedding in Port Paloi in the decades before and after.

Not only the most outstanding captain in the Windsor waters served as the best man, but also the mermaid prince, the youngest son of the Duke of Rainer, and the sheriff of the port of Paloy among the guests.

The wedding scene was quite grand, and it was said that the people of Paloi Port discussed it for half a month afterwards.

On the day of the wedding, Klein had been helping Dick and Lisa entertain the guests. When he caught a glimpse of Sweet, he thought he was wrong.

Dick was also busy socializing, so he took the time to explain: "He gave such an expensive gift, it would be rude not to invite him. But Lisa and I didn't expect him to come, after all..."

Lisa called Dick to come over not far away, and Dick responded, clasping his hands together: "You know him better, so I'll leave him to entertain you!" After speaking, he waved to Lisa and walked over there quickly go.

Klein: "..."

Klein watched Dick and Lisa arm in arm, greeted the guests who had just arrived, and turned to look in Sweet's direction.

Sweet was sitting in the corner of the banquet hall. He had no intention of overwhelming the guests, but his outstanding appearance and temperament still attracted the attention of many people.

Those who knew him, such as the crew of the Pearl, knew who he was coming for, and did not bother him tactfully; those who did not know him wanted to talk to him, but they were frightened by his aura that no one should enter, and they were curious follow his line of sight.

Therefore, across the crowd, Klein could also feel several lines of sight following him, just like at the ball at the Toust Palace back then.

Sweet crossed his legs, resting one elbow on the armrest, pointing his fingers to the side of his face, and resting his other hand casually on his knee, without hiding his gaze.

He noticed that when Klein looked over, he sat up a little bit, put his supporting hand down on the armrest, and made a faint effort as if he wanted to stand up.

Klein sensed his intentions, and before he got up, he quickly looked away, and turned to talk to Conrad and Ino.

Sweet froze, relaxed the strength accumulated in his hands, and calmly leaned back on the back of the chair.

After the whole wedding, Klein didn't even look in Sweet's direction.

The wedding feast continued into the evening.

When the show was about to end, after being reminded by Eno, Klein learned that Sweet had already left the venue, so he relaxed a little, sent all the guests away, bid farewell to everyone, and went home in a power car.

The car drove to a fork in the road, and the two houses in front were shrouded in darkness, with no light at all.

Klein suddenly felt inexplicable repulsion, got off the car at a fork in the road, and planned to walk for a while, trying to delay the time to enter the empty house.

When passing the road sign at the fork, he caught a glimpse of someone by the wall out of the corner of his eye. His heart skipped a beat and he turned sideways, only to see Sweet coming out of the shadow in the corner.

"..."

The rapidly constricted heart stretched, but Klein's tension did not ease.

He remembered that this was the place where he met Mephides for the first time, held back the sense of depression for no reason, and asked with a frown, "Are you waiting for me?"

There was also surprise in Sweet's expression. He didn't expect Klein to get off the car halfway, but he quickly adjusted and said, "I'll take you home."

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In addition to the update at [-] o'clock every night in the past two days, there may be occasional additional drops, if not, just pretend I didn't say orz

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