The Duke in the Spire of Thorns

Escrit couldn't imagine that Celeste had come to his senses now, it was not good at rejecting his lover's request, and finally agreed.

"You have to hide better."

Meris Bay is right in front of you, but Celeste is not in a hurry to go ashore. He earnestly told the mermaid: "Don't let others see you."

"I'll come back when I've had enough fun. You must wait for me here, or I won't be able to find you at all."

He said a lot of miscellaneous words to confuse the public, and tried his best to make a gesture of reluctance. In terms of emotions, the cunning of mermaids is far inferior to that of humans, and the last trace of worry in Escrit's heart disappeared.It was full of tenderness, and without hesitation let go of the arms that imprisoned the human being in its arms, and watched him leave.

Celeste was very calm. After a few steps ashore, he deliberately turned back into the sea.

"You must find a place to hide." He returned to the sea and told him carefully: "But as soon as I come back, you must come out to pick me up immediately."

The illusion he deliberately made completely blinded the mermaid in front of him. At first, it was very worried about whether Celeste would be willing to come back after landing, but it was relieved by this turning back.

"I will." It replied gently: "I will wait for you here, as soon as you show up, I will pick you up immediately."

"I'll be back as soon as possible." Celeste kissed Escrit's lips, feeling a little melancholy in his heart: this might be the last kiss between him and this mermaid.

However, his expression never changed.

"I'll miss you," he said.

The mermaid didn't know it was a farewell, and it happily understood that even if it was only for a short period of time, its humans would remember to miss it.

How wonderful!

Celeste kissed the mermaid again before swimming to the shore.

The corners of the mermaid's lips twitched slightly, watching its humans leave, already planning what they were about to do tonight.

It has newly discovered a very beautiful coral formation, and its humans will love it there.

The sky gradually darkened, but humans never came back.

The mermaid is still waiting.

In the evening, there was no human figure, so it was not in a hurry: Celeste said that he might come back later.

When the sky turned gray, it still didn't see its human beings. It was a little anxious, but it was thinking in its heart: Maybe Celeste hasn't had enough fun, and he said he would come back when he had enough.

The sky turned completely black, with a few stars twinkling and dotted in the sky, but the shore was still empty.

The mermaid's face gradually changed.

It waited for three days and got nothing.

The gentle expression on its face was gone, replaced by cheated rage.

"You can't escape."

Its voice was hoarse, like a poisonous snake: "No matter where you go, I can find you."

Celeste was wet all over, his face was beautiful, and his temperament didn't look like a sailor.He very calmly defined himself as a "brother who unfortunately fell into the sea".

"You are really kind, but don't worry."

Celeste said casually in a playboy tone, "It's just a small thing."

He took off his shoes and socks, and warmed himself by the fireplace. The innkeeper kindly brought a blanket to cover him, and Celeste thanked him for his kindness, and gave him a pearl in return.

Before going ashore, the merman filled his pockets with costly pearls and gems.

Celeste sighed, tidied himself up, and went to find his mentor.

The connection between the alchemists is very convenient. Celeste drew an alchemy circle for communication, and soon learned the current location of the mentor.He bid farewell to the kind shopkeeper and headed in the direction of his mentor.

Celeste's mentor has many hiding places, one of which is an abandoned castle on the coast, and now, his mentor is there.

It wasn't far from here, so Celeste arrived there without much effort.

"tutor."

He walked around the alchemy circle in front of the castle gate to attack uninvited guests, and pushed open the castle gate.

Dickens was waiting for him inside.

"came back?"

"Yeah." Hillest nodded.

"It didn't hurt you, did it?"

Celeste shook his head, a strange feeling suddenly appeared in his heart: The mentor's attitude is as if he knew in advance that he would come back?

But this is impossible. Who would have thought that such an accident would suddenly appear?

"It seems that it likes you very much." The instructor's voice was slow, with some slyness: "Then, why didn't you bring it back?"

Celeste opened his eyes wide, looked at his mentor in disbelief, and took two steps back involuntarily.

Dickens didn't seem to notice the ugly expression on the apprentice's face, he continued: "Since it won't hurt you, wouldn't it be nice for you to bring it back? You are my apprentice, you should know an obedient How important the Mermaid leader is to us."

"But……"

The joy in Celeste's heart was completely gone, but Dickens added at this moment: "Have you forgotten? It will be Arro's party in another month."

"Hill, isn't your original intention to learn alchemy is your sister? At that time, if we have that mermaid leader, I have a good chance of changing her to me as an apprentice, so that you brothers and sisters can learn from each other in the future." Taken care of."

"...I see, mentor."

Celeste lowered her eyes and said in a low voice, "I'll go and bring it back."

"That's right."

Dickens said kindly: "Don't worry, the instructor has prepared the fishing net, and you don't have to worry about it taking you away again."

With a heavy heart, Celeste agreed to the tutor's request.

It had been almost a week since he had tricked the merman into escaping, and it took no guesswork to know that the merman must be very angry right now.His mentor must have known this too, but he still insisted on bringing the mermaid back.

—but he might be torn to pieces by that mermaid.

"After being caught, the mermaid will inevitably get angry for a while. You should feel wronged and try to calm it down."

"You don't have to sacrifice long, and when your sister comes back, you can leave it," Dickens said.

Celeste had faintly sensed something from the mentor's attitude, but he didn't say anything.

At least one thing Dickens was right about: he had to get his sister back.

He soaked in the sea water according to the instructor's request, and his mood was indescribably complicated.

I hope that the mermaid will not appear, but I also hope that it will come.Two thoughts made his expression blank, the sea was very cold, and the waves wet his hair.

He and his mentor are waiting.

The development of the incident was very in line with his mentor's expectations. It didn't take long for Celeste to feel something cold on the bottom of the sea grabbing him. Then, the fishing net that had been arranged in advance was quickly closed, and the net was shining with golden light, firmly trapped the mermaid.

Celeste was wrapped in the fishing net, and the mermaid was taken aback for a moment, then quickly pulled him into his arms and tightly protected him.

"You're a little liar."

While putting on a protective posture, it said angrily, exerted a little force, and bit Celeste's chin.

The mermaid's teeth were sharp, but only tooth marks were left, and there was no bleeding.

Celeste didn't speak.He stayed silently in the arms of the mermaid.

Escrito began to tear the fishing net, but this was not an ordinary fishing net. In order to trap it, this fishing net was covered with alchemy circles.The more it tore, the tighter the net was drawn.

"I'm sorry." Celeste said, "I lied to you."

Just as the mermaid was about to speak, an old voice sounded: "Well done, my child."

Dickens appeared with a big laugh. He was dressed in a black robe, and his old face was full of pride. He put away the fishing net, and the vigorous body of the mermaid was completely out of the water.

It immediately understood what had happened, and immediately stopped struggling, and its slender fish tail drooped down peacefully.

"wizard."

It looked straight at Dickens, "I know what you want, I can give you what you want, but I want to exchange."

As expected, Dickens grinned, "Swap? Of course."

As for what to exchange?Although no one said it out loud, everyone present knew it well.

"Sill, my dear, don't forget the Yale party next month."

The mermaid's tone of voice was a bit weird. It lowered its head to look at the human in its arms, and its ear fins moved, "Look, the shore is not as good as you imagined."

Celeste didn't answer.

Dickens was very satisfied and brought the mermaid back to the abandoned castle. There was a spacious bathing pool on the side of the castle near the sea, which was already filled with fresh sea water, and the mermaid lived in it leisurely.

Celeste was sitting on the edge of the bath.

Dickens told him to move the bedroom here, and now he had to eat and sleep with the merman.

"He wants my blood." Escrit chuckled and said, "Do you want to give it to him?"

Celeste looked up at it, and twitched the corners of his mouth: "I think so."

The mermaid nodded, without saying anything, took the glass bottle placed on the edge of the bath, cut her wrist with sharp nails, blood flowed out, and soon filled the entire bottle.

Then it corked the bottle, put the glass bottle back to its original position, and lowered its head to lick its own wound, looking with a unique sense of wild beauty.

"Is there anything else you want?"

the mermaid asked softly.It held onto the edge of the bathtub with both hands, almost sticking to Celeste's body. It was wet and cold, but Celeste didn't hide.

"Aren't you angry?" He asked flatly, "I lied to you and got you arrested."

"Of course I'm angry." The mermaid said softly, with a very gentle tone: "But I love you, so I want to make you happy."

"Humans love to lie, and they like strange things."

"I've known this for a long time," Escritter said.

It remembered something it had seen, and its voice became softer: "I'm not angry with you, because you are my human being."

Celeste looked up at it, "After a month, I will let you go."

"...At that time, I will move to live by the sea."

The mermaid smiled and said nothing.

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