Mermaid Wharf

"Ah... It seems that someone still got into trouble."

When a demonic voice sounded like a sigh and a mocking sound behind me, the familiar breath also stopped beside me with leisurely footsteps.Angelo slowly picked up the bucket on the ground, put the frightened mermaids back into the water tank, and then came forward to check Bjorn's body.

"I've told you that juvenile fish are quite fragile, let alone the critical moment of adulthood; I didn't expect that although you seem gentle, you can refuse so violently and completely." He put his hand on Bjorn's stopped pulse , Shaking his head regretfully.

After listening to Angelo's sentence with cold hands and feet, I squeezed out a broken voice from my parched lips:

"Is he really... dead?"

"The fatal timing and fatal parts can only be blamed on his own bad luck."

Being dull, I didn't notice the abnormality at this time. I still stared blankly at Bjorn who seemed to be asleep in front of me. After a while, I straightened up as if realizing something, and suddenly grabbed Angelo's arm and said: "An Jieluo Luo, you are a mermaid expert, you must know how to bring him back to life, right?!"

Ten years later, Bjorn is still alive and well as a human being, which means that even if I am really a murderer, I must have found a way to save him; Now only he can make up for my mistakes.

Angelo smiled, and the light blue pupils gradually revealed a deep color:

"If I say there is a way, what treasure are you willing to exchange with me, my dear brother?"

……

I stared at him blankly, with cold sweat rolling down my back, and finally realized belatedly that I was not wearing any disguise when facing Angelo at this time.

Seeming to be quite satisfied with my pale expression at that moment, Angelo touched my head like a really kind and gentle brother, with vague emotions hidden in his words: "Are you surprised, Moran?—— Or my own brother, Mano, who came back from ten years later?"

I stood up and retreated to the side of the water tank, and my back hit the cold and hard glass. The real pain made me wake up a lot, and I slowly clenched the hand hanging by my side.

"Since when did you..."

"Hmm... probably from the very beginning?" Angelo recalled with his chin in his hand, thinking, "After all, the outline and temperament are familiar to me, and I still believe in the existence of mermaids. The young man whose eyes meet mine but always hesitates to make a move can only be Mano, the lover of the mermaid ten years later, who has the same name as my illegitimate brother."

Every word he said stuck in my heart like a sarcasm, making me realize that in his eyes, my actions these days were just too poor a performance; not only did he guess that I was Veliga from Ten His lover after years, even guessed that I was his younger brother through my appearance that was too similar to him.

I have to admit that Angelo is much smarter than me in all aspects; compared with the noble children who have been good at observing words and demeanor since childhood, no matter how shrewd a country bumpkin is, he has to bow down.Facing the crisis of being exposed, I instinctively panicked, but he didn't seem to have any dangerous aura on him, and he just watched me with interest, like looking at a fresh toy.

So I calmed down, looked at him coldly and said:

"What are the conditions?"

"Don't treat me with such a cold attitude, Mano; no matter what, I'm your brother." Angelo sighed faintly, and then thought seriously, "As for the conditions... Let me think about it... Break up with that merman, tell me where the merman's treasure is, and stay by my side, always at my command?"

I looked at Angelo's generous proposal, and almost gritted my teeth. Sure enough, he tried every means to restrict my freedom, trying to tie me to him and become a complete vassal, just like ten years later.

"It seems that God has treated me kindly. Not only has he sent me a beautiful creature like a mermaid, but he has also sent me a grown-up brother." Angelo seems to like my face that is almost the same as his. , the raised hand came towards me again, brushing my soft blond hair behind my ears, "I need a real right-hand man... Mano. An existence that can accompany me for the rest of my life. Although the royal mermaid is not bad , but the bonds of brothers are far stronger than lovers, don’t you think so, brother?”

Seeing my frown, Angelo glanced at the ground, and suddenly slowed down his tone: "Although I don't know what the relationship between this mermaid and you will be ten years later, you should not be willing to just watch him die in front of your own eyes." In front of you." He shrugged towards me: "You have to think about it quickly, my dear brother; maybe in a few minutes at night, this poor little corpse in front of you will be completely cold."

……

"...Okay." After an unknown amount of time, I finally compromised in frustration, "Please save him."

Although it is impossible to agree to his conditions, I know that there is not much time left for me to hesitate. As long as I stabilize him first, there will be plenty of opportunities to escape in the future.Angelo looked at me inexplicably, but didn't say anything else, picked up Bjorn and walked straight out of the cabin door, and said lightly behind him:

"Then now, please go to this ship immediately to find a pair of human legs for him. The time limit is 5 minutes."

……

I stood there in a daze for a few seconds, and soon understood.Although I don't know whether it is feasible to transform the dead Bjorn into a human being, Angelo's confident appearance made me understand that this should be the only way at present.

When he entrusted me with the task of picking human legs, he made up his mind to completely defile me, a kind human being; Well, it's completely hopeless.

But even if the humans on this ship are still abusing the mermaids, where can I find the most suitable pair of legs for Bjorn?

I was in a hurry to get out of the cabin and go to the banquet hall on the upper floor, when a man staggered in from the cabin door where Angelo had disappeared just now, and knocked me to the ground, my facial features could not be seen clearly due to the backlight. "Hi... Is the little beauty lonely here, do you want my brother to satisfy you, hahaha..."

The drunken sailor ignored me and walked to the water tank, as if wanting to pick a suitable sexual partner and abuse object, pried off the water tank cover without much effort, and fished out the closest mermaid to him.

I realized that it was Tangba who had been observing me from the beginning to the end.Tang Ba was carried out of the water by him unexpectedly, struggled subconsciously, his tail fin swept across the side of the sailor's face, although it wasn't very heavy, it was obviously taken as a reluctance provocation by the drunk sailor; he swore and beat him Tang Ba slapped his face, as if he felt a little puzzled, and took out a blunt dagger from his pocket, as if he wanted to teach him a bloody lesson first.

"Hey! What are you doing!!"

I rushed forward to stop his movement, trying to snatch the dagger that was about to fall on Tangba; however, the drunk sailor had obviously lost the basic ability to distinguish, and the dagger sharply scratched Tangba's neck, and then turned towards Tangba. Let me fall.

He and I rolled by the water tank, desperately pushing the dagger that was about to stab into his chest toward him; and although he had a lot of strength, he was deprived of the minimum flexibility by alcohol, and suddenly staggered at a certain moment , Pushed and shoved, I sent the blade into my heart.

……

Blood splashed onto Tangba's cheeks, and he covered his neck that was still bubbling with blood and looked at me. While the wound was beginning to heal, his expression seemed to be a little dazed.

——Now I am a veritable murderer.

I smiled wryly, but I didn’t have time to repent. Thinking that I was about to overtime the task, I picked up this young man who was about the same size as Bjorn and walked towards Angelo’s nacelle; Only then did he discover that he was indeed the boatswain Bjorn from Hedmark on this ship.

At this time, I can finally confirm that what I have done has not changed the right track of history, and there is no such thing as a coincidence in the world.

……

With such complicated emotions, I returned to Angelo's nacelle as fast as possible; when I opened the hatch panting, he had already set up the simple operating table, and covered the instruments and instruments in front of him with white gloves. The tools are sterilized, and the concentrated appearance is really like a doctor who saves lives and heals the wounded.

"If you're scared, you can wait outside first." Seeing me throw the lifeless young man at his feet, Angelo raised his eyebrows in surprise, as if he didn't expect me to be so decisive; then he wiped him The saw, which is used to cut the human body, succinctly threw this sentence at me.

I have to admit that I did feel scared for a moment, but this is not a reason to back down; I must see Bjorn's resurrection with my own eyes, and confirm that he will stand in front of me intact, even if the process may be very bloody. .Seeing me shaking my head, Angelo didn't say anything else, motioned for me to disinfect my hands, handed him the prepared equipment, and then calmly opened the skin under my hands.

Dead humans and mermaids will not feel pain. I watched Angelo's movements with my eyes open, as if I saw Veliga once lying on the operating table. "Angelo..." Seeing that he had already separated Bjorn's fish tail in an orderly manner, I finally opened my mouth trembling slightly, "Did Veliga... also die at that time?"

Angelo paused and understood what I meant.

"Are you talking about your lover? He didn't die when he lost his fish tail, but during the operation the next day, he also gradually lost all life characteristics, and then he revived as a human being." He casually She answered calmly, and combed the sutures in her hands, "That is to say, this is the only way from mermaid to human; so don't worry too much, this dead little pity is just omitting one for me." Just steps."

The chill permeated the not-so-spacious nacelle, and I looked at Angelo's still focused profile, and finally understood his intentions.

Villiga didn't tell me that he came back from the dead, how Angelo forced him into darkness during the operation, and how he made him breathe again in a human way; death is a necessary condition for them to become human .And now, Angelo seems to hope that those mermaids who are being abused by the nobles will also die early, so that he can save himself the troublesome steps of killing a mermaid.

He is indeed a living god of death, and his disregard for life does not need any reason at all.

"But at the end of the day, I can't guarantee a 100% success rate. Your lover's survival is due to his tenacious will to survive; after the operation, I tried to wake him up until I said your name. There is a reaction." Angelo has already started to sew up the body in front of him, and said with emotion, "Although it is very touching, his operation is not considered successful, and he still retains too many mermaid characteristics, and his hair color and pupil color are also different. They are still the same as before, and a successful operation should be completely assimilated."

I never said a word.

"By the way, you'd better not think about such unrealistic things as revenge for your lover in the future." Angelo raised the sharp scalpel and looked back at me, "I have completed the species If you are a historical celebrity who has perfectly transformed between the two, or your own brother, you should think more about yourself when you do things, don't you?"

Hearing the deep meaning in his words, I still stared at Bjorn, who already had a human form on the operating table, and ignored him.Angelo turned his back to me very reassuringly, as if he knew that I would never do anything outrageous to him at such a critical moment.

……

Angelo's operation is not complicated in practice, and he is a person who likes to show off in essence, and he is explaining to me endlessly from the beginning to the end, which makes me upset, and at the same time, my eyes fall on the operating table On the bloody fish tail beside him, he suddenly had another strange thought.

"...if mermaids can turn into humans." I looked up at him and said, "Can humans turn into mermaids?"

"In theory, of course." Angelo was already finishing the operation, and took off his gloves with satisfaction, "After confirming that my operation is completely successful, I will try to transform humans in the next step, so I must keep these Fishtails, they are about to become the most important badges on my way to fame."

Angelo said that he put the fish tail into the refrigerator that he had prepared earlier in the morning, looking very happy.

Bjorn was still lying quietly on the operating table, not having a pulse or breathing.

I pray that he can wake up as soon as possible, and he will still be the big brother Viking who likes to make jokes ten years later. He will not dislike my usual clumsiness and the fact that I have killed him by mistake; I can see that his body is faintly changing , the mermaid's energy surged in the dark under the thin skin, and finally disappeared in the unknown depths, and the weak but steady breathing sounded in my ears.

Realizing that Bjorn was successfully resurrected brought tears to my eyes.

However, before I had time to feel relieved, I saw Angelo on the side ticking off his surgery records, and a strange satiation gradually appeared on his face. "My plan went smoother than expected. I originally wanted to make these filthy nobles happy for a few more days, but now it seems that there is no need for it."

As he spoke, he turned around and tied his slightly longer blond hair behind his head. While wiping his shiny silver saw, he said to me who was standing beside Bjorn:

"Mano, go and drag another human back, we will perform the next operation immediately."

I froze for a moment, and saw some kind of fanatical light in his eyes.The operation just now was really perfect, Angelo was obviously immersed in this creator-like pleasure, and couldn't wait to become the savior of more mermaids and the godfather of their new world on land.

"I reject."

Angelo raised his head and gave me a slightly surprised look. "To be honest, even if I'm not a demon like you who disregards human lives, I don't care about the lives of these human beings. But," I looked at the sleeping Bjorn and thought of Veliga who was still at sea at this time, and held my hand tightly. Looking directly at Angelo with his fist, he said, "These mermaids don't want to become humans, and you haven't deprived them of the right to leave the sea."

……

"...Sure enough." Angelo sighed deeply, and helplessly lifted up what he had just taken out of the operating box, "I knew you wouldn't be so obedient, Mano."

The next moment, he suddenly rushed towards me, pressing me against the bed in a fairly firm posture, and the needle in his hand was precisely pierced into my artery. "...I was still hesitating whether to choose the beautiful royal mermaid or my own brother as my partner for the rest of my life."

The cold liquid flowed to the limbs along the meridians, I struggled to throw him off my body, rolled off the bed and stood up tremblingly, trying to escape from this horrible operating room, but my foot fell unsteadily and fell to the ground. Vision becomes blurred.

"You let me down, Mano." Angelo said regretfully behind me, and stepped up to catch my crumbling body, "If possible, I would prefer that person to be you; but now it seems , rather than hating my younger brother with all his heart, it is better to raise a goblin who can act like a baby on the bed. I can only choose to sacrifice you to the royal mermaid, and use these beautiful legs to comfort myself."

Angelo's face became more and more blurred in front of my eyes, I tried my best to stand up, grabbed his arm and asked:

"what do you mean?"

"Literally." Angelo gently covered my cheek with his hand, and said in a loving tone, "Don't worry, you are my only younger brother, I swear I will turn you into the most beautiful mermaid in the sea; The legs will also continue on him. I believe you will form the most perfect existence in this world."

He raised his hand and slowly covered my eyes.

"Go to sleep, brother, when you wake up, everything will be over."