Fairy empire

07. The Seventh Mermaid

As expected, the first meeting with Earl D did not leave a pleasant impression, and Orihara never thought that a simple "negotiation" could make Earl D let go of his secret.Now that there are too few weights in hand, it is of course impossible to force Earl D to bow his head.

To put it simply, during this meeting, Orihara Lin just wanted to meet the legendary shopkeeper with his own eyes, and to find out the truth by the way.However, it is clear that Earl D's background is much deeper than Orihara Rinya's investigation and imagination. What makes Orihara Rinya feel a little uneasy is that he feels that there seems to be a power in the dark—beyond The power he has known for so many years.

It was this invisible and intangible mysterious power that made it difficult for the intelligence dealers who had been in Ikebukuro for many years for the first time.

To be honest, it is a very uncomfortable feeling: it is like you are living a good life, and suddenly one day you find someone secretly watching everything about you: your happiness, pain, resentment, and struggle are all played by the other party. in the palm of his hand.No matter where he flees, no matter where he flees, the invisible but real eyes behind him always follow closely.

Like a cobra waiting for an opportunity in the dark, only the figure of the prey exists in the upside-down pupils.It maintains the same posture day after day, only waiting for the prey to give its fatal blow when it relaxes completely!

It's like you suddenly received a call one day saying that there was a bomb buried beside you, but it didn't tell you where the bomb was or when the bomb would explode.The ticking sound of time faintly ringing in the ears, driving people crazy little by little.

People always have a certain animal-like intuition for dangerous things, and Orihara Lin is also more sensitive to danger than ordinary people.It's just that now, even if he can get out of the body, Orihara Rin still feels uncomfortable—to hand over the human being he loves most and then admit defeat, this kind of thing is impossible!As long as he is still in Tokyo for a day, Earl D will never want to use the pet shop to make trouble!

But Orihara Lin also knows that this is definitely a long tug-of-war, and what he needs to do now is to plan carefully and plan long-term.

When Orihara Lin also stepped out of the store, Earl D followed behind him unhurriedly. There was an ambiguous taste in his soft voice, like a warning or an admonition: "Mr. Orihara, we will meet again."

"Of course," Orihara Lin also smirked, "The next time we meet is when I take back the ownership of human beings."

Earl D tilted his head and chuckled lightly.

****

Earl D returned to the pet shop, and a voice came from the darkness: "Is it all right?"

"Ah." Earl D wiped his hands, took out a piece of sweet and greasy cake from the counter, then placed exquisite tableware on the gorgeous long dining table, and elegantly delivered the delicious cake into his mouth with a spoon.This piece of cake comes from a very popular dessert shop in Tokyo. It only sells [-] pieces a day. Those who want to eat it have to queue up early. It is also a gift from the last customer who bought it for him.For Earl D, who is addicted to sweets, such a small cake is far more attractive than a check filled with random numbers.

"That person looks difficult." Although the words were worried, there was no anxiety at all in the tone, and they were just stating a fact in a flat manner.

The candle lighted up, and the thing that made the sound finally showed its true face: it was... how should I put it, a species that is difficult to describe, and it is difficult to determine what it is.It has a rabbit-like body, ears, eyes, forelimbs, a mouse's tail, frog's hindlimbs, bat-like wings, and a pair of milky horns on its head, which are as exquisite as shrunken ivory, like Most of the animals are spliced ​​together randomly, which looks weird but unexpectedly cute.

——It was a really creepy feeling.

This is Earl D's pet little Q, and it is also the existence that his grandfather turned into to accompany him.

"It's really not an easy guy to deal with," Earl D raised his head from the moment of chewing pause to reply, "but don't worry, he can't make any waves."

"Is it really okay to put the mermaid named 'Florence' on his side?" Little Q asked.

Earl D smiled mysteriously: "There is no problem at all. I was still struggling with how to get Mr. Orihara to accept this big Buddha. Who knew that he moved back home secretly without me telling him. The charm of the mermaid is really not good. Ordinary people can resist it... Ah, I wonder if Mr. Orihara would be interested in taking a bite of mermaid meat? It's delicious and juicy, and it has the effect of immortality, haha."

The low laughter was like a ghost, and the flickering candle made his face look even more cloudy and uncertain.

"Orihara Rinya's self-righteous cleverness will kill him one day. When he suddenly realizes that I took out the contract today to save him, it must be too late, right?" Earl D put down the spoon, trying not to let He made an ear-piercing sound of porcelain clashing, "After all, without the power of the contract, Florence is a beast that even I can't control."

"So why did she come back this time...?"

"In order to have a heart-warming 'reunion of old friends' with Mr. Orihara," Earl D shook his head regretfully, "It's a pity that the final result of this drama...may not be the happy ending..."

"—After all, Florence is a monster who came back for revenge."

There was a deafening thunder outside the window without warning, and then it quickly fell silent, and then the pouring rain came.

Earl D looked out the window and murmured, "It's raining."

****

The moment Orihara Rinya returned to the house and opened the window, it happened to be raining continuously, and it seemed to be pouring down from the sky to swallow everything.This fast and urgent rain obviously favored Orihara Rinya, otherwise it wouldn't have started raining with his back foot as soon as his front foot stepped into a safe zone.

This meeting did not yield any substantial gains, and Orihara Rin was naturally not in a better mood.Because of the rain, the doors and windows were closed, and the atmosphere in the room suddenly became dull.Orihara Lin also took off his coat and hung it on the hanger, when he suddenly caught a glimpse of the sofa being moved.

A thunder blasted beside his ears, and an inexplicable idea suddenly formed in his mind.

He moved the sofa roughly and circled all the way down the secret passage, the stairs that were still screaming and screaming seemed a bit overwhelmed by his hurried steps.There were no lights on the ground, but in the dark air there was a strange yet familiar smell, full of cruelty and killing.

Orihara Rin also went to pull the gate of the lamp, but nothing happened except the piercing sound of electricity flowing through it.Suddenly the alarm bells rang in my heart, and the anxiety spread uncontrollably round and round.Vigilantly, he turned on the flashlight function in his phone, and walked step by step towards the location he remembered Florence.

However, in the huge fish tank specially made for her, there is nothing but artificial landscapes, water plants and sea water!

——The Florence who was supposed to stay in the water is missing!

Although the expression on the face did not change, the pupils that narrowed for a moment still revealed Orihara Rinya's true emotions.If the human beings disappeared, Orihara Lin would not panic. When an email was sent out, there would be people checking it for him.And now, what disappeared from under his nose was a mermaid, an abnormal species!If she really disappeared from here, I am afraid that with Orihara Rinya's intelligence network, it is really impossible to arrest Florence.

... No, things might not be that bad.

Orihara also found something, and suddenly breathed a sigh of relief: near the fish tank, there was a water stain winding deeper into the darkness, and there were traces of reptiles crawling carefully.He used a flashlight to shine in the direction of the water stains. Because it was too deep, the faint light of the flashlight could only illuminate a small part.

The empty basement was eerily silent, and Orihara Lin also heard the sound of his own heartbeat in his ears.

He lifted his foot and walked along the water stains, and the strange smell that had just been in the air was getting closer.And the closer you get, the more you feel the smell lingering all over your body, a long-lasting, nauseating feeling of nausea.The richer it is, the more dizzy it is, the closer it is, the more it feels like an invisible hand is holding the stomach, slowly exerting force...

The vague premonition is getting stronger and stronger, and Orihara Rin seems to know what happened, but he always feels a little bit unwilling to see it with his own eyes.

As he approached, faint rustling sounds finally sounded, as if in front of his eyes, as if in his ears, the sound of bone and flesh rubbing, the sound of swallowing mixed with depression and longing, and the sound from his throat. The laughter coming from the bottom... the feeling of suffocation that choked the heart became stronger, and the creepy voice was much more presumptuous.

Orihara Lin also stopped, he knew that he had reached the place where he should be.After hesitating for a moment, he raised his hand, and the soft light dispelled some fear of the unknown.And the scene touched by the eyes made even Orihara Lin, who was mentally prepared, couldn't help shaking the lights——

Blood spread all over the place.

The person lying on the ground was in tattered clothes, his internal organs were turned out, and his neck showed signs of being bitten.

The face could not be distinguished clearly, because it had been completely torn apart by the sharp claws, the scalp was completely separated from the head, and the brain was suspected of extravasation.

Limbs are incomplete, and the left leg and right hand were thrown somewhere.

There was a nausea in the stomach, and Orihara Lin also took a photo of the soles of his feet - at some point, the water stains under his feet were replaced with sticky blood without knowing it.

Orihara Rin also frowned. Compared with the dead Mr. Tanaka, such a tragic murder scene was not much better, obviously it was not done by human hands. It has been established that Florence did it.

There was a giggling sound from the front right, and Orihara Lin immediately swept over with a flashlight. Florence was sitting on one of the arms, combing her beautiful hair that was long enough to cover her whole body, as if for her beloved. man grooming the newlyweds.With her beautiful face and graceful movements, there is no doubt that she is a lady from a famous family.However, the blood on her lips revealed a hidden secret.

Florence didn't seem to mind that Orihara saw all of this, but when she saw him, she flicked the fish's tail vigorously and stretched her beautiful body, as if to attract his attention.She stretched out her fair fingers and put them in her mouth, slowly licking her fingertips with her bright red tongue, her raised eyebrows looked particularly provocative.

The original shock completely dissipated, and Orihara Lin also looked at the seemingly innocent Florence coldly: "You really can't bear the loneliness, and you can lure humans to come here in such a place where no one comes and goes. I was negligent. A monster is a monster, how can you use human thinking to think!"

It was his negligence, his negligence, his negligence, his negligence, his negligence, his negligence...! !

It was his negligence that caused this situation to happen!He underestimated Earl D and the pet shop!I also underestimated Florence who could put Mr. Tanaka to death!

Is it still under the control of Orihara Rinya?

Can he still predict what Florence will do next now?

What did she kill?Simply for food?To satisfy appetite?Then Orihara Lin also stayed upstairs for so long, she never ate him and instead went all the way to find someone from outside?

Or is such behavior just a simple warning?Or provocative?

Florence didn't know if she understood Orihara Rinya's words, but seeing his condensed face suddenly burst into a beautiful smile, the sharp shark-like teeth always hidden in the smile It is fully revealed, that is one of the strong evidences that she tore apart the human body!

She giggled, more like a lunatic than a fool.The dark purple eyes reflected a strange light, and the changing vertical pupils made Orihara Rin also feel a strong sense of crisis.The arc of her grin became wider and wider, until she completely abandoned her beautiful human appearance and turned into a monster.And, from that terrifying mouth, a series of laughter spit out.

It seems to have the power to make people enchanted, and the feeling of penetrating people's hearts is very uncomfortable.Orihara Lin also had to cover his ears with his hands to resist the ear-piercing magic sound, but it didn't seem to have any substantial effect.

His temples throbbed suddenly, and some images hidden in the depths of his mind surged violently, eagerly wanting to jump in front of his eyes.

Orihara Lin couldn't help shouting: "Shut up—"

smile.

--"I am……"

Hold hands.

——The temperature in the palm is so hot.

shy.

——"Your face is so red."

Tears.

——"For...why..."

……

What exactly is going on?What happened?Who is that figure that is about to appear in front of my eyes but I still can't remember?What happened to those inexplicable conversations?Hey, stop joking, have I, Orihara Rinya, really experienced such a drama like a bloody drama in my life for so many years?

struggle.respite.Grab your heart.bend over.

All the painful feelings suddenly disappeared when the light above his head suddenly turned on. The dazzling light made Orihara subconsciously close his eyes, and the burning pain was relieved by physiological tears.Immediately, before he could react, Orihara saw two police officers standing in front of him, looking down at him condescendingly.

And Orihara Lin also lowered his head in a daze, holding a gleaming dagger in his hand, and lying in front of him was a still cold corpse.

——It was completely different from the shattered corpse I saw just now.

——This corpse has a complete body structure, except for a wound on the chest.

Florence, who was sitting on the side just now, was nowhere to be seen, and the police officer looked at Orihara Rinya vigilantly with a gun in his hand.

Boundless silence struck, and Orihara Lin felt cold all over, and a sentence seemed to float in his ear: "It's just begun."

——It’s just the beginning, please enjoy everything I have prepared for you, Orihara-san☆.