After I became a zookeeper

The place where the mermaid lives is a water marsh with a wide area.

The dykes by the lake are all piled up with soil, and clumps of aquatic plants grow beside them.The breeze blew across the lake, creating sparkling ripples and rippling water.

Luo Jia and Ye Zhi walked along the embankment by the lake.

"Mermaids are more suitable to live in the sea, which is their hometown." Luo Jia looked at the smooth mirror-like water surface and slowly said to Ye Zhi.

Ye Zhi can also understand this situation. In his original world, there are many animals in the zoo that should run freely on the grassland.

"Yeah, compared to the sea, this lake is too small." Ye Zhi echoed.

"But there is no way." Luo Jia turned back to look at Ye Zhi, "The mermaid here is plagued by mental rage, and cannot hunt and feed himself. He has no ability to live in the wild."

Ye Zhi nodded, it seems that the mermaids here are not kept in the zoo for ornamental purposes.

The two of them continued to walk along the embankment of the lake in silence, not noticing that a dark figure in the water was getting closer and closer.

Luo Jia continued to tell Ye Zhi some precautions for feeding mermaids, just like introducing him to the habits and characteristics of panda cubs last time.

Ye Zhi couldn't help being awed, Luo Jia seemed to have a deep understanding and experience of all kinds of animals.

Ye Zhi was listening intently, when suddenly he felt that the side of his vision went dark, as if something blocked the light.

Before he had time to blink—this was an instinctive reaction of the body when encountering danger, Lorgar beside him moved.

His reaction was quicker than conditioned reflex, almost the moment the black shadow jumped into the sky, Lorja quickly made preparations for the challenge.

A pattern suddenly appeared on his face - Ye Zhi noticed this change nearby, yes, it was the strange makeup on the other side's face when he first met Luo Jia.

He thought it was a maverick fashion trend at first, but now it seems that it is not.This pattern will naturally appear on the face of orcs when they are fighting.

I saw Luo Jia and the black shadow quickly fighting for several rounds in the air, and the dull sound of physical blows came from time to time.

Then Luo Jia exploded and slapped the black figure back into the water with one hand.

Ye Zhi was worried about whether Luo Jia was injured in the fight just now, and stepped forward to check.

Luo Jia shook his head, indicating that he was fine, and took a step back while protecting Ye Zhi, and the two of them looked at the water together.

The black shadow just now was photographed back to the bottom of the water and slowly floated up again. The water shadow in the water became bigger and bigger, and then burst out of the water with a splash.

A string of water drops splashed onto the muddy lakeside and disappeared under the sun, and the black shadow in the water completely revealed his face, with a radiant face, clear eyebrows, thin silver scales growing on the side of his cheeks, and long hair scattered like moonlight.

It's a mermaid.

Ye Zhi couldn't help holding his breath, he had never seen such a creature that only existed in fantasy.

However, this fantasy creature does not seem to be easy to mess with.

He bared his fangs, opened his mouth to reveal the tip of his scarlet tongue, his webbed hands between his fingers opened his teeth and claws, and his sharp nails gleamed in the sun.

He is fierce.

This is Ye Zhi's first impression of him.

"Hiss—" the mermaid in the water sneered at them again, but it might be because they suffered a disadvantage from Luo Jia before, so they didn't come up to fight directly this time.

Ye Zhi turned his head to look at Luo Jia, and asked him what to do next with his eyes.

Luo Jia signaled Ye Zhi not to be afraid, he was there, and then yelled back at the mermaid.

He didn't open his mouth, but there was a vibrating sound in his throat.When the mermaid heard this sound, the frequency of hissing became faster.

The confrontation between the two refused to give in, and the water around the mermaid was churning, as if it was about to pounce on Lorja and tear Lorja apart in the next moment.

Luo Jia seemed to have no intention of giving in, Ye Zhi watched from the side, and pulled La Luojia's sleeve at this time.

There is no point in their confrontation like this. Mermaids do not have intelligent thinking, and will only be provoked to become more irritable, so it is better to retreat from their own side.

Ye Zhi thinks that Luo Jia should understand this truth better than himself, but he has been watching for so long, Luo Jia has been yelling at the mermaid.

Ye Zhi: "..."

To be honest, it may be that he doesn't understand the communication of orcs, and this scene looks a bit naive.

He could only understand that Luo Jia was suddenly attacked by the mermaid and became angry.

"Are you not injured?" Ye Zhi asked again, worried that Luo Jia hadn't noticed the small injury just now, "Let's stay away from the water, this mermaid doesn't seem to like others approaching his territory."

When Ye Zhi said this, he kept paying attention to the mermaid in the water, afraid of his next move.

Unexpectedly, after he finished speaking, the mermaid became quiet instead, and stared straight at her side.

Luo Jia moved a step to the side, and quietly blocked Ye Zhi behind him, so that the mermaid could not see him at all.

The mermaid didn't continue to hiss at Lorgar this time, but sank slowly.

When Ye Zhi looked over Luo Jia's shoulder, the mermaid had completely submerged in the water, and only one face could be seen.

Across a thin layer of water, the moment that face saw Ye Zhi, a string of bubbles spit out from its mouth to the surface of the water.

When the bubbles disappeared, the mermaid had completely sank to the bottom of the water and could not be seen.

"Mermaids are very aggressive. Don't you want to add a guardrail to the water? What if someone is attacked while passing by?" Ye Zhi gave advice based on the experience of the previous world.

"Animals are also free. Doing so is equivalent to imprisoning them." Lorgar's tone was very serious.

Ye Zhi immediately realized that he was wrong, this is the world of beastmen, and beastmen can transform into beasts, so their attitude towards animals must be very different from his original world.

He took this matter for granted, and when he realized his problem, Ye Zhi immediately apologized, "Sorry, I only thought about safety, not that much."

Luo Jia glanced at Ye Zhi again, seeing his sincerity, so he didn't continue to hang on to the topic just now, shook his head, and said:

"I also have my problem. I'll take you to the water's edge, but..." Luo Jia said in a puzzled tone, "Although mermaids are cruel by nature, they won't go to the shore to attack people even when their spirits are rioting."

Because the water on the shore is too shallow, all lakes are deep in the middle and shallow around the periphery. Mermaids like to swim freely and will not take the initiative to go to the shore.

"Then he was...?" Ye Zhi asked.

Lorgar shook his head, he couldn't understand either.

He greeted Ye Zhi and prepared to go out together.At this time, the sound of splashing water suddenly came from behind.

Luo Jia immediately became alert, and the pattern just now appeared on his face again.

In fact, the mermaid posed almost no threat to him, but the degenerate human beside him was too fragile.

So much so that if he couldn't stand it, a light paw from the mermaid might cut Ye Zhi's blood vessel and kill him.

Sometimes it's harder to protect than to kill.

Ye Zhi was also retreating quickly, he didn't have any strength to fight against the mermaid, staying here would only be a drag on Luo Jia.

However, the next moment, his back steps stopped.

Because he saw the mermaid poking out its wet head on the lake in the distance, holding a big pearl in its hand, and smiling at him.

Although the mermaid will show his sharp fangs when he smiles, the arc of his eyes still proves that he is expressing his closeness to Ye Zhi.

Ye Zhi stayed in place for a moment, neither retreating nor advancing.

As for Luo Jia, who was watching this scene, his expression could be called psychedelic.

The mermaid who has always been known for his ferocity, the mermaid whose fangs were aligned just now, turned around and took a pearl to curry favor with the degenerate humans around him.

He also smiled so much that he showed his white teeth, like a 200-jin silly fish.

Luo Jia looked at the round and huge pearl in the mermaid's hand, such a fine pearl cannot be grown in this shallow artificial lake.

It can only be a gift from the other party's parents in the growth period, and came here with him after he failed to transform into a beast.

Such a precious thing, to take the initiative to give it to a degenerate human who just met?

Luo Jia thought confusedly in the wind, has this mermaid come into heat?

Seeing Ye Zhi standing still for a long time without responding, the mermaid seemed to be a little anxious, he hissed a few times, but it was not the tone that Luo Jia had just screamed at.

Ye Zhi couldn't understand, but he could understand that this meant urging him to go and get it.

Ye Zhi looked at Luo Jia, wondering if he should go and get it.

Luo Jia also hesitated, and finally said cautiously: "Take his pearl, and you will be his fish."

Ah this...

Ye Zhi took a step back, forget it.

Because of Ye Zhi's retreat, the mermaid became visibly irritable to the naked eye.

He seemed to be able to sense that it was because of Luo Jia that the humans he liked stayed away from him, so he bared his teeth fiercely at Luo Jia, then turned to Ye Zhi and smiled more friendly.

He swam to the shore a few more times, the water on the shore was shallow, the upper half of the mermaid's body was exposed on the water, and the wide tail pressed against the mud at the bottom.

Ye Zhi was afraid that he would leave the mermaid and then make some crazy moves. It would be bad if he continued to climb to the shore and eventually became dehydrated.

It's not that Ye Zhi is narcissistic, he just imagined the worst situation to prevent the mermaid from falling into such a situation.

He looked at Luo Jia and asked for the other party's consent, "I'll go over and have a look, and I'll take care to protect myself."

Luo Jia is helpless, a degenerate human being, no matter how much he pays attention to protecting himself, in the face of absolute strength, he still has no ability to protect himself.

But instead of hitting Ye Zhi, he said, "Okay, I'll follow you, don't worry, I will protect you."

Ye Zhi nodded to Luo Jia, thanking Luo Jia very much in his heart, the other party helped him a lot, but he had nothing to repay, so he had to keep all these in his heart, hoping to pay back when he had the chance.

The two walked towards the lake together, the mermaid watched them walking together, looked at Luo Jia for a while, bared their teeth, and looked at Ye Zhi for a while, smiled and approached.

The treatment is distinct and the contrast gap is embarrassing.

Finally, Ye Zhi squatted in front of the mermaid, pointing to the pearl in his hand, "Is this for me?"