Mermaid Wharf

The days of working during the day and hanging out with Veliga at night have passed almost a week without knowing it. The Royal Ghost is about to reach the port of Bayac, the last destination before the end. The trade wind leads the huge sail to the extreme east. Start preparing for disembarkation.

This week passed quickly, my daily routine was filled with all kinds of weaving, rust removal and scrubbing chores, and the remaining free time was firmly occupied by Veliga, and I couldn’t find any chance to watch Angelo Whenever I finish my day’s work and feed a certain tireless mermaid, I only need to hold back the exhaustion and light the lamp, no matter how late it is, the second mate and the steward will come suddenly All kinds of reasons called me to work overtime.

My intuition told me that this must be Captain Garcia’s order again; although I was confused, I didn’t openly question anything, thinking that it would only be a week or so, and no one would be able to stop me after I disembarked. Hold back for now.

It’s just getting dark on the sea now, and the Royal Ghost is only a dozen hours away from the port of call. I sit by the bed and start packing my simple luggage.Since it was only a three-week vacation, I didn't need to take all the sailor's belongings with me, but it seemed that I had to find a way to get Villiga off the ship without anyone noticing.

I thought about it for a long time, but I could only focus on the abandoned refrigerators in the freezer.Let Velijia hide in the refrigerator and ask someone to carry it down, and say that I brought fresh seafood to my sister. Even if such a lie is lame, it will not arouse suspicion.

Velijia had pestered me twice just now, and she was lying down behind me and fell asleep, but she seemed to be sleeping unsteadily, her brows were frowned, and unconscious murmurs overflowed from her lips from time to time.I smoothed his beautiful eyebrows and sprinkled some water on his somewhat dry silver tail, then I put on my coat and planned to go to the freezer to bring the boxes over.

"—Mano!!!"

I was startled, and turned to look at him quickly.Velija woke up trembling, her red hair sticking wetly to the side of her neck, she plunged her head into my arms and gasped for breath, it took a long time before she whispered with lingering fear: "I had a nightmare..."

It was rare to see Velija's fragile appearance, so I lowered my head and kissed his temples lightly, then hugged him tighter, and said, "What kind of nightmare?"

Velijia stared at me, and gradually calmed down in my arms, but her face was still a little pale, and she said in a trance for a long time: "I dreamed that a man who was very similar to you...killed me..."

I froze for a moment: "Why should I kill you?"

Veliga shook her head, as if recalling the details of her dream, and said dejectedly, "No, that's not you, it's just a man who looks a lot like you..."

Although it is very common to have nightmares, but when I thought of Percy's prophecy and saw Veliga's terrified state, I felt a little strange in my heart, so I could only comfort him softly: " It was just a dream. We are safe now, I... I will always protect you. When you go back to the tribe, no one will dare to hurt you."

Velija paused, and seemed to want to say something, but she still lay quietly in my arms.I didn't know until later that mermaids don't actually dream; once they do dream, it's a prophetic dream.

"Mano, where are you going?" he asked suddenly.

Only then did I get down to business, patted his head and said, "We're about to disembark, and I need to find you something to cover up, so I'm going to the freezer to carry a box, and I'll be right back."

"Can I go with you?" Velijia stood up, looked at me with some anxiety, and said, "I'm afraid that once you leave, you won't come back."

I laughed dumbfounded when I heard this, and wanted to persuade him to rest assured, but then I thought that the cooler was not too light, and I seemed to really need a helper, since the boat was pitch black and would not be seen by any patrolling sailors, so I agreed to come down , holding the lamp and leading him to the refrigerated cabin at the stern.

The Oak Snake Company’s manifest does not contain many commodities that need to be frozen. Most of them are frozen food for the carnivores on board, and also include the rare fish that Captain Garcia caught in various seaports.Although I wrapped up thick clothes in advance, I still shivered in the pile of ice cubes. Seeing that Veliga seemed a little cold, I took off the scarf and wrapped it around his fish tail, in exchange for a coquettish look. Warm rubbing.

With some itch in my heart, I dragged him into the depths of the cryogenic cabin. I glanced at the mermaid sticking to me, and suddenly felt that this was not like escorting the prince home, but more like elopement.

……

Picking up those refrigerators that had been abandoned for many years in the corner, I picked one that was just big enough to fit into Velija, dragged it out to sweep off the dust on the top, and then pinched my nose to open the lid, trying to put a lot of food inside. Years of zombie meat cleaned out.

The light in the cabin was dim, and I couldn't see what was in the dark, so I had to turn on the light, took off my gloves and poked in.The cool, smooth and delicate touch of the fingertips is like fish scales, but it is much larger than ordinary fish, with vigorous texture and smooth lines, it feels like...

I shuddered, and the lamp in my hand fell in, illuminating what was huddled at the bottom of the cooler.The silvery tail of the fish shone bright iridescent under the light, and the old blood permeated through the nose. Before I recovered, I heard Velija tremblingly speaking:

"Mermaid..."

A tear fell from the corner of his eye, he stood beside the open refrigerator, and said in a daze:

"Only royal mermaids have silver tails, this is... this is my uncle..."

"..."

A bone-chilling chill hit my head along the spinal cord. Seeing that Velijia's eyes turned scarlet, and his lips were bitten by blood, I didn't have time to look at the dead things in the box, so I hurriedly fished out the lamp and closed the box cover , stood in front of him and said: "You read it wrong, it must not be your uncle, it's just some kind of rare fish that looks like a mermaid, let's change the box, Velija..."

This clumsy cover-up obviously had the opposite effect.Big drops of tears poured out of his eyes, Velijia fell down as if he was dehydrated and suffocated, lying on the cold floor and grabbing his chest, the next moment he uttered a painful cry.

……

I can't describe how shocking the mermaid's mournful cry was. I originally wanted to go forward to help him up, but I was shocked by the sudden sound wave and took two steps back. ache.

The hull suddenly jolted violently, the messy and panicked footsteps of the sailors came from the deck above the head, and the noisy voices also floated through the broken ice layer.

"what happened?!"

"Go and get the topsail and jib, where's the tackle?!"

"Call the guys who are standing guard on the downwind to come and assemble, the storm is coming!"

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After looking at it, I feel that 10wz seems to be too much to write, but it won't be much longer.

I know that this article may make people look confused so far... But it's not very complicated, I believe I will work hard to get it back!If the circle doesn't come back I'll just... I'll just... lock it and pretend nothing happened (hey

By the way, it must be HE, I’m afraid it’s because I want to report to the newspaper after writing it for such a long time ˊ_>ˋ