[Comprehensive] Natsume Reiko's trip

"That's the ship."

The next day, Umibozu took Reiko to the sparkling sea, in front of him was a huge cruise ship.

Reiko doesn't know how to swim, but under the command of Umibozu, the sea water is like a living thing. Even if Reiko doesn't move, the waves will slowly push Reiko forward.

The seabed is dark, and the water pressure is much greater than that on land.Even if Reiko ate the mermaid meat and gained the ability to survive in the water, she still felt a strong discomfort the moment she broke through the sea.

The glare of the sun made Reiko's eyes white, and the feeling of air surrounding her made Reiko seem to be floating in the air. She was in a state of weightlessness and felt nauseated.

"It will be fine in a while. If you are still an ordinary human being, you will naturally not be able to bear this, but you are a person who has eaten mermaid meat now." He waved his hand in concern.

It's really unreal!

Reiko took a deep breath while smiling wryly in her heart.

In Reiko's memory, yesterday she was still listening to the old people in the village telling stories, looking at the blue sky and fishing on the boat, but today she has become a "no longer ordinary" human being.

Her life has declared a complete farewell to the past, and she can no longer be the lonely girl who was rejected by human beings in Yahara 1000 years later.

However, Reiko has no regrets, because there are people who can cherish her here.

Reiko took a deep breath slowly, feeling the feeling of breathing the air again, the dizziness gradually disappeared, and the floating sea water and the huge cruise ship appeared in front of her eyes: "Thank you, I'm fine."

Master Haifang handed Reiko a conch: "Jiaotu is a descendant of dragon in legend, so he also has the ability to control the wind and rain. As long as Jiaotu is still on board, the ship will not be shipwrecked. There is a little demon in the sea who said he saw it. Jiaotu gave the name to the humans on the ship, but I don't know exactly what happened to Jiaotu on the ship, after all, the water monster looks very different from the humans, and there is no way to mix it up."

"So everything is up to you. When the matter is over, you can blow the conch, and I will send you to the shore, and then you can go back to where you want to go."

Reiko stroked the delicate texture of the conch with her fingertips, and solemnly nodded to Umibozu and Ama.

Ama gave Reiko a hug, and then Umibozu called a wave and sent Reiko to the empty deck.

Reiko hid in a corner of the deck and wrung out her clothes, reacquainted with the down-to-earth feeling.After the clothes and hair were half-dried in the sun and stopped dripping, Reiko opened the barrier used to hide her figure and sneaked into the cruise ship.

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The world under the sea is always the same, even if there are luminous fish and luminous beads, it is still so dark.

She calls herself Jiaotu, a descendant of the dragon.

It sounds very remarkable, but in fact it is just a thin blood that cannot be thinner.

So she can't jump out of the bottom of the sea like a real dragon, and then soar in the sky; all she has is the hard shell that serves as a residence, and the fish tail that can't walk on the shore at all.

It is said that in the human world, there are rouge like water, jewelry shinier than luminous pearls, and countless beautiful clothes.

It would be great if one day I could visit the human world, and it would be great if I could live in the human world someday.

For this, she is willing to give everything.

Ah, look, something fell from the sky again, this time it seemed to be a piece of luminous fragments.

Jiaotu picked up the piece of debris swimming in the sea, and put it into his shell.

There are all kinds of shiny things inside the shell. If one day, it can be filled with glittering jewelry and countless rouges, that would be great!

Jiaotu imagined himself dressed up beautifully, and then fell asleep.

Under the sea there is neither day nor night.For Jiaotu who has never left the seabed, time is meaningless.

If you can't feel the passage of time, you can't learn to cherish the time. Jiaotu is always living in such a daze.

The desire to get rid of this kind of life is like weeds spreading wantonly in spring, wrapping around Jiaotu's heart.

After being in a daze for a long time again one day, she finally decided to seek a way to set foot on land.

According to legend, the turtle is the longest-lived creature in the sea.

This time, Jiaotu sought the help of the old turtle.

"Grandpa Turtle, can you take me to the human world? I am willing to exchange anything for glowing gems and fragments." Jiaotu took out all his treasures and looked at the aging old man expectantly. turtle.

The old sea turtle slowly twisted its stiff neck that had been motionless for a long time, and its dark brown skin was covered with grooves: "In this sea, there are no monsters that can take you to live on land. Humans and monsters cannot coexist. Yes, unless..."

"Unless what?" Jiaotu asked impatiently.

The old turtle sighed: "You have become a shikigami of humans, so that you can live in the world of humans."

When the old turtle was young, he had also been to the human world.It even took human form and lived on land for a while.

But what it sees is not a paradise, but bloody killings and conflicts between humans and monsters.

Either monsters ate humans, or humans wiped out monsters. The only monsters that can freely come and go in the crowd are the shikigami of the legendary Onmyoji.

Perhaps, the day when monsters and humans coexist peacefully will come one day, but it is definitely not now.

"How can I become the Shikigami of Onmyoji?" Jiao Tu only had this beautiful yearning for human beings in his heart.

The old turtle sighed peacefully in his heart: "I don't know, but it's nothing more than a contract."

Jiaotu doesn't know what to do to make a contract with humans, but she still has the instinct of a monster, knowing that as long as she gives her name to humans, humans can order herself to do anything.

Probably, this is the contract?

She is going to the human world soon!

Jiaotu was swimming in the sea excitedly, wishing to tell the whole world the good news.

"There is no way for monsters like us to survive on land." Some experienced sea monsters told Jiaotu.

But how could Jiaotu, who was immersed in beautiful fantasies, listen to such baseless warnings?

Bright red rouge, exquisite jewelry, gorgeous robes, she will have all of these right away!And those guys who didn't have the courage to step out into the sea must be jealous of her.

One day, she'll come back here all dressed up, and show off to these cowardly monsters, to prove she's right.

Jiaotu dug out his best clothes, took the best pearls, carved the name deep in his soul with stones on the most beautiful shells, and waited for the arrival of the ship on the channel where humans often pass by.

What shall we say then?

"Master human, are you willing to accept my name? As long as you take me to the human world, I am willing to pay any price."

Is that all right?

Jiaotu waited in that sea area for three days, and the direct sunlight made her feel gradually dried out, so she had to go back to the bottom of the sea and hide in the shell from time to time.

These are all the hardships before a good life, and Jiaotu silently cheers for himself.

On the fourth day, a huge cruise ship appeared in the sea.

The cruise ship is in the style of a building boat, with a height of three floors.The polished and painted hull forms a sacred halo in the sun, as if looking at it from a distance, one can smell the luxury inside.

Jiaotu looked at the huge ship with admiration, which was what she had been pursuing.

A young sailor was alone with a bucket and a rag, kneeling silently on the deck to clean up the dirt.

The young sailor is the child of the old sailor, and the old sailor begged the owner of the ship to give his child a job before he died, so the young sailor stayed on the ship like this.

A young sailor with no background, no qualifications, no contacts, and nothing is destined to be bullied by other sailors at will.

So other sailors were drinking and chatting in the cabin, while he had to work hard to clean the deck under the scorching sun.

Sweat dripped on the board that had just been wiped, and the sailor paused for a moment, then wiped away the drop of sweat viciously, as if he wanted to pour out the fear and resentment in his heart.

He wants a chance, he only wants a chance!

When the opportunity comes, he will definitely trample those insidious villains under his feet.

But where is the opportunity?

A wave rose out of thin air, and what appeared on the deck was a... monster with a fish tail sitting inside a blue shell?

Jiaotu looked at the human being who was sitting on the ground looking at him in horror, and covered his face with his sleeve embarrassingly: "I'm sorry, I didn't mean to scare you, I just want to sign a contract with you, and then go with you Take a look at the human world."

The sailor looked at Jiaotu with a simple face, and a flash of lightning flashed through his mind.

Isn't this what he has been waiting for?

Jiaotu put the shell with the engraved name in front of the sailor: "If you can take me to the human world, I will give you my name. With my name, you can order me to do anything."

The sailor carefully reached out to the shell and picked it up.

Not only did Jiaotu not stop him, but he showed a happy smile: "If you accept it, the contract is complete! I want rouge and jewelry, do you know where I can get them?"

"Of course, can you really help me with anything?" the sailor asked tentatively.

"Okay, as long as I have my name, I can't refuse you."

"Is that so... This is really..." Great!

Rouge will give you, jewelry will also give you, so, help me earn more wealth!

Innocent and stupid - monsters!