I became a mermaid egg and saved the Imperial Marshal

"Five stars and twelve regions, the five stars are Emperor Star, Neon Star, Labtari, Guwei Star and Olivia."

"The twelve regions include the Eternal Region ruled by the Mermaids, the Asman Region ruled by the Orcs, and the Cross Region and Dusatus Region formed by the various human forces and races outside the region..."

In the deep sea, Bai Heng lay on a shell bed, slowly telling Xiaotuanzi about the distribution of power in the star field.

The little dumpling nestled in his arms with his big eyes staring at him, seeming to understand but not quite.

"For hundreds of years, conflicts between various forces have continued, and wars have occurred frequently..."

Little Dumpling looked up and asked curiously, "Why are they fighting?"

Bai Heng looked down at him and replied after a moment: "Because we have different philosophies, no one will submit to the other."

"Like Seiya?" asked the little dumpling.

"Um--"

"Are we going to fight them too?"

Looking at the little dumpling's innocent face, Bai Heng's eyes showed a different emotion.

He gently patted the little ball on the back and replied, "My race and the human race once swore an oath to never offend each other. The mermaids never participate in the struggle for interstellar rights."

Bai Heng's thoughts were a little distracted when he said this. He paused and emphasized, "But most humans are cunning by nature, so we can't trust humans easily."

"Then why does Father want me to be friends with them?"

The little girl felt very comfortable being patted, and couldn't help but yawning, then snuggled into Bai Heng's arms.

Bai Heng stroked his hair and said slowly: "Because not all humans are bad, there are good people among the human race."

"But we can't always tell the difference, so we have to be vigilant at all times."

The little ball hummed twice, rubbed its head, and then fell silent.

Bai Heng looked down and found that he was already fast asleep.

After helping him adjust his sleeping position, Bai Heng hummed a ballad softly.

-

In the second half of the night, Xiaotuanzi had a nightmare.

In his dream, he was trapped in a pitch-black space. It was silent all around, without a single living thing.

The little dumpling swam and swam but couldn't find the exit.

The sea water was so cold that the little tail lost consciousness.

Gradually he felt his body getting heavier and heavier, and he was about to fall into a bottomless abyss. At this moment, he trembled all over and suddenly woke up.

After waking up in shock, the little girl started looking for Bai Heng with a wronged look on her face.

There was no sign of her on the shell bed, nor in the palace. Even Hongqiao, who usually served in front of the palace, was nowhere to be seen.

Since the Eternal Sea is a sea within a sea, ordinary fish cannot reach here at all. Therefore, at this moment, there is not a single living creature to be seen in the huge underwater palace, which seems extremely dead.

The panic in the dream came true at this moment.

After looking around and still not seeing anyone, the little girl, who had been pouting all morning, finally couldn't hold it anymore and burst into tears.

After crying for a long time, the surroundings were still eerily quiet. Little Tuanzi remembered Bai Heng's usual admonitions to him. He rubbed his eyes aggrievedly and began to swim towards the sea surface.

After landing, he ran directly into the hall, stomping around with his short legs but found nothing.

Little Tuanzi, who had never been away from home, felt helpless and scared at this moment, but he always kept in mind Bai Heng's teachings and must not show any weakness.

Sniffing, the little girl tried hard to control her tears, turned around and ran towards the woods, ready to look for Gui Fang.

But the ghost who usually came whenever he was called did not respond today no matter how the little dumpling called.

The more panicked you are, the easier it is to make mistakes. While running, your short legs may trip over a branch and you may fall to the ground.

At this moment, the tears in the little girl's eyes could no longer be held back and burst out in an instant.

"Um...Father..."

He was too young to understand the meaning of separation, but he had already felt the fear of suffocation.

Just then, a figure appeared in front of him.

The man placed his hand on the little ball's head and rubbed it gently and skillfully.

Feeling the force, the little girl raised her head and stared blankly at the person in front of her, forgetting to cry for a moment.

In fact, rather than being a person, it would be more accurate to say that it is a human figure outlined by a cloud of mist.

However, the strange thing is that the little dumpling did not feel scared, on the contrary, he felt a sense of closeness.

It was this feeling that made him forget his fear for a short time.

"Yan'er!"

"Your Highness..."

At this time Bai Heng and Hong Qiao hurried over.

Bai Heng's face was filled with anxiety. Although he was usually calm, his steps were a little unsteady at this moment.

However, when he was about to reach the little dumpling, he quickly calmed himself down.

The figure slowly disappeared the moment Bai Heng appeared, leaving only the little ball sitting on the ground.

When the little girl heard the voice, she turned around, pouted her lips, and opened her arms with a wronged look, asking Bai Heng to hug her.

"Father..."

But Bai Heng restrained his impulse and said sternly: "Get up by yourself."

Hongqiao behind him instinctively wanted to step forward to help, but due to Bai Heng's majesty, she held back.

At this time, a group of mermaid elders who were following behind them also rushed over.

The little dumpling looked at Bai Heng's expression, then looked at the people not far away, curled his lips in grievance, but still obediently got up from the ground.

Before he could stand firmly, he pounced on Bai Heng in the next second.

Bai Heng clenched his hands, but his tone remained stern: "Where is the emergency avoidance method I taught you? What should you do when I'm not around?"

The little dumpling didn't say anything, but hugged his legs tightly, crying silently.

Bai Heng sighed imperceptibly, then bent down and picked him up.

As he passed the crowd, he said to them, "I will take His Highness back first, and I will leave the rest to you."

The others nodded, and after they left, the crowd sighed:

"That was indeed..."

“This day is finally coming.”

-

In the hall, Bai Heng placed the little girl's feet in the palm of his hand and carefully wiped off the sand and gravel on them.

He said seriously, "Your Highness, you have forgotten what I said. When we transformed into legs, without the protection of scales, the tail is the most vulnerable part."

In the past, whenever Bai Heng called Xiaotuanzi "Your Highness" in a businesslike tone, he would always scare Xiaotuanzi into obeying him.

But today was obviously different from the past. The little girl was silent, hiccuping and twitching all over.

Bai Heng touched his cheek, wiped away the tears on his face, and softened his tone: "But did you have a nightmare?"

I still remember that ten years ago, on the first night he brought little Tuanzi to leave the country, little Tuanzi also had a nightmare, and his reaction then was exactly the same as it is now.

Bai Heng, who had figured out the reason, hugged him distressedly and coaxed him, "Dreams are all fake, father is here."

This sentence successfully made the little girl, who had already stopped crying, burst into tears again.

Seeing this, Bai Heng stopped trying to stop him and simply let him vent his anger to his heart's content.

As the little girl cried, her voice gradually became quieter. Finally, when she was tired of crying, she hugged Bai Heng's neck and fell asleep.

Bai Heng patted his back skillfully, but he couldn't help feeling a little sad.

Thinking about his future fate, I don’t know whether it is a good thing or a bad thing that I raised him to be so pampered.