After handing in the cub game

Atlantis Continent, Deep Sea Palace.

"Mom, can I go out and play?" Nuo Er stuck to his mother Afu's arm coquettishly.

"Okay, I'll accompany you out."

Noel blinked his blue eyes innocently, looking like he was thinking of his mother: "No need, just let Lanlan go out with me, mom, can you talk to your friends? Lanlan is also very good, he will take care of you mine."

Afu lovingly touched her son's chubby face, and said with a smile, "No. I know you want to trick Lanlan into taking you far away, so it's impossible not to think about it. Either I'll go out with you, or You just stay in the palace honestly, dare to sneak out, be careful when your father comes back and beats you."

In fact, the mermaid cubs are not that delicate. Noel has been born for almost three months, so it is not a bad thing to run around in the sea under the care of a mermaid.It's just that the mermaid tribe has a major event to be done without telling Noel recently, and she, her husband, and the high priest don't want Noel to break through.

They knew that things would not be hidden for too long, but they all hoped that that day would come slowly, and slowly.

Afu smoothed Nuoer's long hair with her fingers, and patted him on the back: "Nuer, be good, mom will take you out to catch sea monsters, okay? Don't you want to give your teacher a weapon? Mom can help you." Grasp."

The place where the sea monster lives is very far away from the shore, and there are no mermaids around yet, which is just right for her to take Noel out to play.

Why catch sea monsters?It also has something to do with Noel.Not long ago, as soon as Noel came back, he went to his father and asked if there were any materials suitable for making weapons in the sea. He wanted to make a weapon for his teacher to defend himself.

There is no reason for them not to agree to such a trivial matter. When her husband Covia heard that it was given to the human teacher, he directly opened the treasure house of the kings in the palace and let Noel choose whatever he wanted.You know, there are not only items from Atlantis, but also creations from other continents. There are a total of five treasure houses, enough for Noel to choose.

But who knew that Nuoer walked around inside and came out and said that the things inside were not suitable. She suspected that Nuoer hadn't looked at it carefully at all, and she just hesitated when she asked again. She insisted on looking for sea monsters in the deep sea. Preferably the ugly ones.

After persisting for only two days, I changed my mind again.

Now she took the initiative to take Noel to catch sea monsters, but she didn't know if she could still arouse Nour's interest.

Noel was taken aback, his cheeks blushed quietly.

He really wanted to give the teacher a weapon because of the scorching wind, and he was very active looking for it after he came back, but things are always unexpected.

Teacher Yan Jue sent him a large section of words and sincere explanation texts and videos, which knocked him out, and made him realize how much he had done to the teacher when he swore to guarantee Burning Wind and Ah Qing. troubles.

As long as Noel thought of the word "gift", his face would blush with embarrassment, and he didn't know how to wiggle the tip of his tail in embarrassment.Really, with so many beautiful gifts, why did the teacher give him ugly ones? It caused him to misunderstand for so long, and he also said wrongly to his younger brother.

Also, you can't blame him entirely, who made the teacher so nasty.

"Noel?"

Noel regained his senses, shook his head and put his face on his mother's arm and whispered, "No, it's not necessary to use sea monster bones as weapons..."

Fearing that his mother would ask him why, Nuoer hurriedly changed the subject, "Mom, can you help me think about what is the most suitable gift for the teacher? I'm thinking too much, and I don't know what to give. "

"The ones in the treasury are fine, as long as they look good."

In view of Nuoer's previous performance, Afu did not doubt the reason why Nuoer didn't want sea monsters or ugly ones.As for the cub, it's normal to always think about it, as long as you don't always think about sneaking out to play, she can do anything else.

Afu thought for a while and said, "Your teacher is a weak human being, so you can't give those flashy weapons, but give them useful ones."

Nuo Er added: "The teacher can already practice, and he will become very strong in the future."

Afu and the others have already learned about the situation in Yanjue's world from Nuoer, and they are no strangers to the word cultivation. To understand it more simply, it is similar to humans with magic on other continents in their world.

"Okay, your teacher will be very strong in the future." Afu did not refute, and continued: "In our world, apart from ordinary swords and our own talents, only weapons with magic are the most powerful, but your teacher It’s useless without magic, and ordinary ones are even more useless…”

Noel was in a hurry, and couldn't help interjecting: "Yes, yes, what should I do then."

Afu pinched Noel's nose: "Have you forgotten what our mermaid's talent is?"

As for serious weapons, Afu herself couldn't think of any useful ones.In the sea, the mermaids rely on their own physique, sharp claws and strong tails to fight and prey, and occasionally use their singing to deal with other races, so in her opinion, there is no weapon better than the mermaid's singing.

Nuo Er's eyes lit up: "The teacher's world has a tape recorder, I can record a few more different singing voices for the teacher!"

Although he can attack by reciting poems by himself, his singing voice is also very pleasant. If he only listens to poems, he will get tired of it.And the mermaid singing is so useful, once it is released, it can attack without any effort on its own, and the teacher will be more relaxed.

Besides, the teacher's world also has swords and hot weapons. The most peculiar magic item in their world can only be given as a decoration, and the mermaid's singing is the most practical.

Wouldn't it be too rudimentary just like this, Nuoer secretly thought, maybe some beautiful pearls and shells can be added as special gifts to the teacher?

Just do what you say, Noel doesn't want to go out to play anymore, bid farewell to his mother and go back to the kindergarten to ask the teacher for a tape recorder, and then asked for a waterproof bag to wrap it up, and returned to reality.

Before going to find his mother, Noel suddenly thought, maybe he can take this opportunity to confess to his parents that he can use poetry to inspire strength?He doesn't have to wait for others to discuss poetry before pretending to be curious about it, he can ask.

What reason should I find?

Holding the tape recorder, he begged his mother to hum a short song, and then went to find a few servants in the palace who came to work and sang a short song. After that, Noel found his mother and played the recording for her to listen to. Finally, he said: "I feel that everyone The singing voices are almost the same. Mom, do you know any other songs?"

Afu shook her head: "The singing voices of our Mermaid Club have been passed down from a long time ago, and these are the types that have been used by our ancestors for generations."

Noel knew that his mother had told him about it the first time she tried to teach him to sing, and he was bringing it up now on purpose.After listening, he pretended to be naive and said: "That's a pity, my mother's voice is super nice."

"The teacher used to praise me and said that just listening to my voice makes me feel better, and my mother is the same. It's a pity that such a beautiful voice is only used for singing."

Afu was amused: "Did you just learn how to praise others from your teacher?"

"That's right, I even learned to tell stories from my teacher!" Noel snorted, "I just can't remember much... The teacher also read novels to me, mom, do you know what a novel is?"

"Fiction?" Afu repeated these two words silently, "Is it similar to a biography?"

"I guess. There are many, many interesting stories in the teacher's world, as well as many short poems, as well as TV dramas, operas, and stage plays..."

Afu listened quietly, and waited for Noel to finish speaking before saying: "The entertainment methods of our mermaids are different from that of humans, but the royal palace also contains the notes of troubadours, as well as some famous opera lyrics in mainland China. .”

The mermaid tribe wants to learn the mermaid tribe's characters and the common characters of the mainland, but they are not good at culture and entertainment. It's not that they don't have artistic attainments, but because they live in the deep sea and face countless dangers every day, so they have the leisure to delve into it. A hobby is a minority after all.

Less does not mean no.

"There are also some poems and books written by mermaids in the palace."

Nuo Er's eyes lit up, his heart was jumping with joy, but he wanted to endure it desperately. He said with a little restraint: "I want to see it, can mom take me to see it?"

"Do you understand?" Afu teased her son without any burden, covered her mouth with a smile, took Noel's hand, and led him to swim to the library.

There is a magic circle engraved in the library, which is said to have come from the hands of a magician who once traveled to the continent of Atlantis.The magic circle can be used as long as the magic core is not destroyed, so for thousands of years, the magic circle is still working conscientiously, and the library is dry.

Afu propped herself up on the ground with her tail fin, holding Nuo Er, took out a magic scroll from the door of the library and tore it open. There is no threshold for using the magic scroll, as long as it is torn open, it will take effect.After wrapping herself and Noel in a round bubble filled with water, she manipulated the bubble to the bookshelf that occupied an entire wall.

"All the new translations are put here. Some records of the early mermaids are placed on stones and other objects, which take up space, so they are placed in another palace."

It was the first time for Noel to come here. He opened his mouth and raised his head to look around. He was as shocked as he was in Yan Jue's world for the first time.

He reached out his hand to touch the water-blue bubbles, and after carefully poking out his fingers, he found miraculously that the exposed fingers were dry and the bubbles hadn't burst.

Afu casually took a book from the bookshelf, "The library is open to the entire mermaid race, as long as you apply, you can come and read books. However, very few people from the mermaid race will come."

The mermaids in the past year can be counted with a slap.

"Why?" Noel was surprised: "Don't everyone like reading?"

"I don't have time to read." Afu laughed, rubbing Noel's head and explained: "Everyone is busy getting food, chasing away provocative sea monsters, fish schools, and robbing territory, experience... Everyone is very busy. busy."

Mermaids respect strength. Although they have wisdom and their own culture, they still have fighting blood and fierceness in their bones. Except for their good-looking faces, none of them conform to the "beauty" that humans imagine.

The reason why the mermaids look down on mermaids who can't sing is because once such mermaids leave the sea, they will become fish at the mercy of others. They have no power to protect themselves and can only be controlled by humans and other races.

Afu didn't think there was anything wrong with it. If she couldn't sing, then it would be fine if she didn't leave the sea for the rest of her life. Why do you have to make an assumption that other races will not jump into the sea in their free time.

She put the book on a special shelf and spread it out, and only then did she see the words on the cover: "It turned out to be a collection of poems by troubadours. There are the most books of this kind in the library, and I don't know why troubadours can write so much. .”

The last rant, Afu quietly hid it between her lips and teeth, so that Noel could not hear it.

Nuo Er looked at the incomprehensible text on the cover through the sea bubbles, and asked curiously: "Doesn't Mom have time to come to the library?"

Afu stopped flipping the book, and said with a smile: "Yes, my mother is Wang's wife, and she is very busy every day."

No wonder, she just simply doesn't like reading books, and the same goes for Covia.Since taking the throne, Covia would never step inside unless he came to store books.

Noel is a little confused, is mom busy?Then how could he see his mother in the palace every day, and sometimes his mother would tell him where she was going to catch sea monsters with her sisters.It must be because of him, my mother has to take care of him, so she stays in the palace all the time.

It was him who stumbled in my mother's footsteps.

Noel's tears were about to come down: "Mom, thank you for your hard work, Noel has caused you trouble."

Afu was confused, and accepted the cub's concern: "Not hard? Noel is very good."

After the mother and son chatted for a while, Afu picked out a poem and read it to Nuoer.During the whole process, Nuo Er's heart was raised all the way, waiting for her mother to find out that she was reciting poems before she could arouse the energy in her body.However, after reading one article, nothing happened.

Noel panicked, he was afraid that he was just a special case who was inspired by chanting poems.

He begged his mother to read it again, and this time, he repeated it sentence by sentence. What was frustrating was that nothing happened this time, and he himself was not aroused after reading.Noel stared blankly at the pages of the book with blank eyes, almost thinking that the previous joy was all his own illusion.

However, the teacher has already affirmed that he can attack when he recites poems, and he also helped the teacher, the teacher will not lie to him.There must be something wrong.

He was flustered, suppressed his anxiety, and asked, "Mom, what's the name of this book?"

"The Poems of Chester Libekken"

"A troubadour, who is that?"

Afu was at a loss: "I don't know, I haven't heard of it."

Noel had a little guess, he steadied his voice and asked, "Mom, is there any collection of poetry that you have heard of. The one Mom knows must be the best one, and Noel wants to listen to that."

He still remembers the name of the collection of poems he borrowed from Teacher 91, which is a collection of world-renowned poems.

"Our Noel is quite picky." Afu pinched Noel's cheek: "My mother has heard all the world-famous poetry collections. Yes, she has vision, just like her mother."

Afu took Noel to find a work of a bard he had heard of, took it down and flipped it over and said, "This man was the most famous bard 500 years ago. During the war, the poems written during the period are classics handed down to later generations, and it is said that some excerpts are used in the teaching materials of the human kingdom."

Nuoer listened to his mother recite slowly with nervousness and anticipation.

After three sentences, Afu stopped and looked at the words on the page in disbelief, as if those characters came to life.

In her opinion, this metaphor is not far from the reality, because she actually aroused her own energy in the process of reciting poems!

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