song of water and fire

Makoto, who took the food, turned her head to remind him.

"Oh, sorry sorry."

Then the three of them sat at the dining table and enjoyed breakfast happily.

"I didn't expect to be able to eat a hot breakfast at Senior Makoto's house in my lifetime..." Lian, who was full, couldn't help complaining in a low voice.

After all, Makoto should be regarded as a very good senior from various perspectives, except...that he can't cook.

Rei, who once stayed at Makoto's house and could only eat cold bread, looked at Haruka with adoring eyes.

"Haru...Senior is really amazing!"

"...Senior?" Haruka was a little puzzled by this title.

"Also, you don't know how to cook."

"Ahaha..." Lian rubbed his head, trying to change the subject in embarrassment. "I heard that Haruka-senpai saved Makoto-senpai..."

"Ah, it's just a coincidence." Haruka responded casually without paying attention.Compared to answering Lian's question, what made him more concerned at the moment was Makoto's unusual silence.

"Real piano."

"......"

"Hey, Makoto-senpai?"

"Ah, sorry, I was thinking about something just now, and I didn't pay attention to what you said. What's wrong?"

The author has something to say: pity the heart OS: I'm going to sleep on the sofa, can't you two sleep on the same bed [x]

#In fact, it’s amazing that Japanese people sleep on the floor#

In addition, why the word count of my chapters tends to increase... I am bald, and it is really difficult to control the word count.

☆、Chapter 15

"What is Senior Makoto thinking, so focused." Lian was a little surprised. "Senior Yuan and I called you and you didn't even notice."

Although Haruka didn't speak, she looked at Makoto with puzzled eyes.

"Ah, I just remembered a few very strange fires mentioned by a retired senior from the fire department..."

"It seems that in those fires, the owner's family was not injured in any way, and important property was not lost. But I don't know why, but I can't find the cause of the fire..."

Makoto, who was concentrating on talking, didn't notice Haruka's unnatural expression for a moment.

"At that time, the police seemed to be involved in the investigation, but there was still no result."

"Since there are no casualties, it's not a big deal, compared to this," Haruka interrupted Makoto.

"Is it time for you to leave soon?"

"Ah, yes." So Makoto put on her coat and picked up her work backpack.At this time, Lian also prepared her outfit.

"Then, Haruka, see you tonight~" Makoto stood at the door and waved to him.

"Goodbye, Senior Haru."

"Oh, remember to bring mackerel rice back." Haruka waved her hand, not forgetting to remind Makoto about the dinner.

As for lunch, Makoto left enough money in the morning—"If Xiaoyao wants to eat at noon, she can buy it herself."

"Don't be too small when you call me by my name!"

"Oh, sorry."

"How about mackerel for dinner tomorrow?"

"Ah, yes, I will remember to go to the fish market to buy fish."

"Let's continue to eat at the store yesterday."

"Okay."

"Your dinner in the future..." Just hand over these words to me, and Yao swallowed them back.But in fact, this is of no use, because the next moment,

"Then thank you Haruka." Makoto, who understood what Haruka meant, smiled happily, which made Lian beside her feel inexplicably confused.

Waiting for Nagisa to come back from training... Rei, who was walking on the road, thought deeply.

Although...it's almost impossible for Nagisa to cook.

The following day was a bit of a running account.

As always, Haruka transformed into a mermaid and soaked in the bathtub to enjoy the touch of water. Makoto was seriously processing some documents in the fire department. During this period, several landlines of the fire department rang from time to time.Lian began to tidy up her horrific room in desperation.After Rin went to the police station to say hello to Zongsuke, he patrolled the streets with Nitori who had been waiting for a long time......

Until this Tuesday afternoon around 03:30, Niao Niao rushed to hand in some documents due to the temporary notice of the school, so Rin continued to complete the patrol alone, and happened to be planning to go out to buy some materials to make mackerel pudding And some puddings that Makoto might be able to accept.

"Yo, isn't this a coincidence." Rin stopped Haruka who was walking on the street with a wandering face.

"Little mermaid, what are you going to do when you go out?"

Haruka was taken aback by Rin's sudden appearance in front of him.

"Hey, don't stand so close and talk suddenly." Yao raised the hand holding the ingredients angrily.

Rin didn't let Haruka go easily.He kept the distance from before and carefully looked at the things in Haruka's hand, and he backed away with a "cut" sound after realizing that they were indeed some common ingredients.

"Didn't that fellow Makoto tell you to go out as little as possible?"

"I'm free to do what I want, right?"

"If it doesn't matter if you get caught and sliced, then of course it's your freedom." Rin looked around and grabbed Haruka's wrist.

"follow me."

"Hey..." Haruka was forcibly dragged to a park seat.

"Sit down, let's talk." Rin no longer used the word "talk" this time, so Haruka hesitated and sat down.

"Drinking Coke?" Rin bought two cans of Coke from the vending machine beside him without waiting for Haruka's reply.

"Here, here you are." Rin threw one of the cans to Haruka.

"...Thank you." Haruka followed Rin's example and opened the Coke and took a sip.

"So you still say thank you."

"Speak quickly if you have anything to say."

"Tsk, I'm so impatient." Rin took two sips of Coke, and finally stopped being a joke. "I don't care about anything else. As long as you don't want to hurt humans, then I can at least not reveal your identity."

"One more point is my personal request... Please help Zhenqin get rid of his nightmare within your ability."

"I can see that you came to the human world not on a whim. I don't care what you want to do...don't use Zhenqin."

The author has something to say: there is no suspense, no reasoning, only brain holes and new species.

I regret that I marked it as relaxed...Maybe only the meme part is considered very relaxed, and maybe my writing style is not suitable for easy.....bald.

It's probably the feeling of eliminating each other's psychological shadows while progressing the plot.I hope... don't collapse the human design.

☆、Chapter 16

"If you want a definition, I'm here to help humans." Haruka looked back into Rin's eyes seriously.

"You humans are too long-winded and troublesome."

"Hey, even if your last sentence was very serious, I can't forgive you for your indiscriminate attacks on the entire human group."

Rin gave up after realizing that Haruka was not lying.After all, sometimes knowing the so-called truth doesn't mean anything to finding the truth.

"No matter what you want to do, as a half murloc, it's better to be restrained in the human territory. After all, not every policeman is like me who doesn't like to meddle in other people's business."

"Are you sure you don't like to meddle in other people's business?" Yao couldn't help but complain.But he also felt the concern hidden in Rin's words.

"Huh?" Rin stood up from the bench, supported the back of the chair with one hand and pressed his body against Haruka's face.

"Enough." Haruka helplessly looked up at Rin in front of him. "Tell me about... Makoto and... what happened to you."

"How do you know that I also..." Rin's eyes widened in shock.

"You can guess it by looking at you..."

"It was a... rainy day." Rin stopped joking, sat back in the chair and began to tell.

"Many, many people who went to sea that day did not come back, including my father and a grandfather who knew Makoto well."

"I hate the sea, but my father's lifelong desire was to swim...so I couldn't hate water."

"And Makoto..." Rin suppressed the soreness in his throat that wanted to cry.

"At that time, I thought about my sister and my mother. I was the only man in the family. I had to protect them, so I persisted in the end."

"As for Makoto, he can only stand alone in the gap between life and death, with the returned living in front of him and the undead sleeping in the sea behind."

"The goldfish that the old man gave to Makoto all died not long after that..."

"In the end, there is nothing left. I think, for Makoto, the original kind elders, the fresh goldfish... are all gone. Except for his soul and memories imprisoned by the dead... ..”

"So he has been afraid of the sea and water ever since."

"Is that so...?"

"That's right." Rin covered his face, but a mischievous tear on his cheek had already quietly betrayed him. "I have no way to bring Makoto out of that memory, because I am also afraid of it."

"But I think you might be able to."

"Tsk, intuition..." Haruka nodded helplessly. "Although it's a bit strange to be asked, I will try my best."

"What the hell is it to say as much as possible, so let's say it is doing our best."

"I still have to continue patrolling, let's go first." Lin Chongyao curled his lips, got up and left first.

"......"

So Makoto, who came home with a lunch box that day, saw Haruka sitting in the bathtub in a daze in the form of a mermaid.

"Eh? Haruka..." Makoto looked at Haruka in the bathtub and stretched out her hand with a smile—

"Xiaoyao, come out to eat, or the mackerel will be cold."

"I told you not to make it smaller." Yao turned his head and said, but still held Makoto's hand and stood up with both legs.

"Huh?! Haruka is going to wear swimming trunks all the time...?"

"Can't you?"

"Ah, it's not impossible...but..."

"Worry." Haruka casually picked up the new towel prepared by Makoto and dried her body, put on her clothes and sat down on the dining table.

Speaking of which, since Rin, Lian, and Nagisa may often come to stay overnight at Makoto's family, all kinds of supplies are well prepared.

"Then, I'll start." The two began to enjoy their dinner.

"Let's talk about today..." Makoto was about to talk about an interesting thing that happened at work, when she found that Yao was eating mackerel... in a daze.

"Yao?" Makoto called out tentatively.

"Ah, what?"

"Is Haruka thinking about something?"

"Well, no."

"Haruka went out today?"

"Ah."

"Meet Rin?"

"......"

"That guy Rin likes to joke a lot, so don't take it too seriously."

"That guy... so annoying." Haruka recalled the police officer named Rin saying "I think you can do it" to him, turning his head away with a blushing face.

"Haha, Haruka is really not being frank." Makoto understood what Haruka really meant, and teased him with a smile.

"Rin has always been a very kind person, although he sometimes looks fierce, but most of the time, he is just a cute little crying bag." Makoto concluded with a smile.

Haruka recalled the tear on Rin's cheek, and couldn't help but nodded at Makoto's "accurate" evaluation.

"It's really a little crying bag."

The author has something to say: I think Rin cried so many times in the first ten chapters of the plot, it must not be mine... blame it qaq

Afterwards it will be very happy and harmonious, no ghostly memories will kill QAQ

☆、Chapter 17

"But I remember that Rin's grilled fish is pretty good."

Makoto raised her chin and said with a smile, "I don't have a schedule this weekend. Rin and Sousuke should also be resting, and Nagisa is coming back. Why don't we go to the beach at around [-] noon and have a barbecue party?"

"I want mackerel."

"Okay, the honey I got earlier can also come in handy. Do you want to try grilled fish with honey?"

"Hmm... grunt." This was the voice of Yao swallowing his saliva.

"Then I'll call Rin and ask if he's free."

"Grilled fish party? Not bad..." Rin on the other end of the phone readily agreed to Makoto's proposal.

"Zong Jie doesn't know if he's free, I'll ask him later. But is it really okay for the mermaid to eat fish?"

"I used to eat fish in the sea." Haruka retorted softly when she heard Rin's words.

"Ah, by the way, I got a jar of honey when I went to a small town to complete a mission. I remember Rin likes grilled fish with honey?"

"Ah, yes. But Jiang seems to be researching desserts or something recently. Last time I told me that I needed honey but couldn't get it. Can you share some with her?"

"Ah, of course. Do you need my help to send it there?"

"I'll ask Jiang, but she should have time to get it herself. Thank you very much."

"You're welcome, I'll see you on Saturday."

"Okay, see you then."

Rin hung up the phone.

At this moment, Lian is concentrating on doing experiments at home.The doorbell rang suddenly, followed by Nagisa's voice.

"Lianjiang, I'm back!"

"Ah, welcome back." Lian tidied up and opened the door.

"Hasn't Nagisa come home? Why did you come to me..." Before Rei finished speaking, Nagisa ran to open his own refrigerator.

"I'll talk about it later, Rei-chan." Nagisa complained while taking out two bags of bread and devouring it. "I'm starving to death...the training department actually asked me to control my diet!"

"Ah..." Lian looked at the newly bought food that Nagisa ate today in order to ensure that he would not go out to complete the experiment for a week... the disastrous situation, the first time What comes to mind is not the amount of compensation that needs to be compensated by Nagisa, nor is it whether Nagisa's stomach capacity has improved, but...

"That's right." Nagisa is such a guy.Rei reluctantly and Nagisa packed up the remains of the food.

"Ah, I'm sorry, Rei-chan." Nagisa looked at the packaging bag he had left after eating, and scratched his head.

"Forget it, remember to buy me a new one." Lian said with her chest in a accustomed tone.

"Okay!" Nagisa regained his energetic state after filling his stomach.

"Then why don't we start now..." Nagisa was talking, when Lian's cell phone rang suddenly.

"Moses, Moses, what's the matter, Makoto-senpai?"

"Hey, it's Makoto calling." Nagisa on the side hurried over after hearing Makoto's voice.

"Ah, Nagisa is here too. Just in time, I want to ask you, if you have time at noon on Saturday, do you want to come to the grilled fish party? Rin and Sousuke should also come."

"Sounds good." Nagisa readily agreed. "I'm fine, where's Lian-chan?"

"On weekends, I can make time for it." Lian thought about the progress of his experiment, and decided to attend this party.

"Okay, then we'll see you at the beach then."

"Well, see you at the beach."

After finishing the call, Rei and Nagisa decided to make a big purchase.After all, what Nagisa solved by himself before was Rei's food for a week.And it would be too impolite to go to a dinner party with seniors without bringing some food.

"Ah, let's say," Lian, who was walking on the street with big bags and small bags, suddenly remembered something.

"Senior Makoto's house, there is an extra... half murloc."

"Huh?" Nagisa, who was chewing, muttered vaguely. "Aren't you joking, are you?"

"How could I make such a silly joke? Senior Haruka should also go to the dinner party at that time. You will understand when you see it."

"Wow, half murloc or something, sounds so cool. But does Rin-chan know about it?"

"I'm not sure...but I should know, right? Makoto-senpai shouldn't be hiding anything from Rin-senpai."

"That's right... But if Rin-chan knew, wouldn't she let Xiaoyao live in Xiaozhen's house?"

"I don't know about that." Lian smiled. "Our purchases are almost done, let's go back."

"Ah, wait, Rei-chan," Nagisa shouted, running to a nearby food stall to buy meatballs.

"This guy," Rei watched as Nagisa kept stuffing things into his mouth, feeling a black line protruding from his forehead.

"It's really delicious."

The author has something to say: why the word count has risen uncontrollably qaq

☆、Chapter 18

Time is like water, and the peaceful daily life always passes quickly, and it is already 09:30 am on Saturday in the blink of an eye.

Satisfied, Makoto finished the breakfast that Haruka had made by herself, sorting out the grill and ingredients for the noon dinner.

"Speaking of which, Jiang should be here soon..." Makoto said to herself, while Haruka soaked in the bathtub as always—since Haruka took over the bathtub of Makoto's house, Makoto expected that the bathtub was no longer This fact belonged to him again.

Compared with the behavior of people who "leave their homes" and directly carry the well away, Makoto who can still see his own bathtub expresses great relief, even though its name may be more appropriate to be changed to "merman tank".

Ah, I'm sorry to digress, so let's take a look at the situation outside the town at this time - Jiang is walking on the road with some handmade snacks, humming happily.

Just 5 minutes after Zhenqin finished calling Rin that day——

"Hey, brother is free to call me?"

"Ah, I heard Makoto say that he has honey there, just before you said that you didn't buy anything..." Nitori, who was patrolling with Rin, looked at Rin's face that suddenly turned red when he was on the phone, Secretly laughed out.

"Senior Rin is actually very cute. I don't feel as distant as before..."

Jiang on the other side of the phone couldn't help laughing happily when he heard Rin's answer. "I see, thank you brother. Then I'll go there on Saturday morning. I don't know if Makoto-senpai is inconvenient."

"Well, that guy Zhenqin is planning to hold a grilled fish party, and he wants to invite me to join it, Jiang, if you want to go..."

"I want to participate!"

"I knew." Rin smiled helplessly. "That guy Makoto set the time to come at eleven o'clock in the noon. According to the distance from his house to the beach and the time it takes to organize things, you can go there around ten o'clock."

"Ah, okay. I still have class in the afternoon, so I'll hang up first."

"Well, pay more attention to your body and rest early."

Hearing these words, Jiang on the phone suddenly burst into a sweet smile. "Well, brother, you too. Goodbye~"

Rin was stunned for a few seconds looking at the call records on his mobile phone, and with a grin, he picked up Niao, who was snickering, and continued to complete the patrol work.

"If you go to Senior Makoto's house, it's better to bring some gifts." Jiang thought as he walked on the road.

"Hey, is this a newly opened restaurant? It didn't seem to exist when I came here half a year ago."

Jiang looked at this shop named Tianfangjiaのお店, and decided to buy a dish for Makoto pragmatically.

After all, Makoto-senpai is good at everything but can't cook, if you imagine him gnawing bread every day...Jiang suddenly felt a wonderful sense of pleasure - that is having a talent for cooking Some people have the most natural contempt for the creators of dark cuisine.

In fact, Jiang carried a box of mackerel sushi that he had made before, but Makoto didn't seem to like mackerel very much.Jiang thought distressedly, because he didn't have enough ingredients to make desserts, so he bought some fresh food and made a few boxes of sushi.After distributing one box to each roommate, there is only one box of mackerel left.

"Oh, chatting is better than nothing. At worst, I will buy some other gifts on the way..." However, when Jiang walked towards Zhenqin's house with anticipation, she was very embarrassed to find that along the way, there were row upon row in her memory. The small shop, the dazzling array of goods—all disappeared unexpectedly.

"I just... haven't been here for half a year..." Jiang wiped the cold sweat from the side of his face. "It's changed a lot..."

"welcome!"

"Wow, the girls in this shop are so cute." Jiang thought as he looked at Tianfang Meifan who was looking at her with a smile on his face.

"Well, there are so many dishes..." Jiang's eyes hesitated on the menu.Since it wasn't time for dinner yet, Jiang was the only one in the small shop that had just opened.

"If you're planning to give it to a friend, I recommend the new cat cake set, which comes with cute cat claw biscuits." The owner looked at Jiang's hesitation and recommended it.

"Ah, then I'll take this." Jiang, who has choice phobia, looked at Tianfang Meifan gratefully.

"Okay, thank you for your patronage," the shopkeeper looked at Jiang and smiled, "I haven't seen you before, are you here to play?"

"Ah, well, let's visit a friend by the way." Jiang picked up the packaged meal. "Hey, this little bag is..."

"A free strawberry-flavored biscuit, it's for you." The owner said with a smile. "Cute girls will of course have gifts."

"Eh?" Jiang took it with a blushing face. "Then...thank you."

"Hmmmm~"

"The newly opened store is great," Jiang thought happily with the dishes, and quickened his pace to go to Makoto's.

The author has something to say: The number of words is still uncontrollable. The other Japanese sentence means Tianfang’s small shop. It comes from Kingsoft PowerWord. If there are mistakes, don’t shoot me QAQ

By the way, please comment and nutrient solution_(:з」∠)_

☆、Chapter 19

"Ding dong——" the sound of the doorbell passed through the living room, calling Zhenqin to the door.

"Ah, Jiang is here." Zhenqin hurried over and opened the doors.

"Good morning, Senior Makoto!" Jiang handed over the food in his hand.

"Did Jiang bring a gift, thank you." Makoto took the cooking and took out a small jar of honey that had been wrapped long ago. "Remember to take it away after the party is over."

"Ah, I'm sorry." Jiang thought of the earnest eyes of his roommate before he left, and smiled awkwardly, "Our department has volunteer activities today, and my roommate has important things to do in the afternoon. Might not be in time for the party."

"That's it," Zhenqin smiled reassuringly at Jiang, "Although it's a bit regrettable, there will still be opportunities in the future."

"Hey, Makoto." Haruka, who was only wearing swimming trunks, suddenly opened the bathroom door and walked out. "When are you leaving?"

"Ah!" This was Jiang's scream.

"Haru?!" It came from a surprised Makoto.

"Well, Haruka, do you want to put on your clothes first..." Makoto looked at Haruka with shame, trying to push him back to the bathroom.

"Perfect triceps, ah, so good..." Jiang's mind was filled with beautifully shaped muscles at the moment, and she covered her red face intoxicated.

"En? Wait." Jiang recovered from his muscles and suddenly realized something.

"Senior Zhenqin actually has another man in his family?" Jiang shouted in shock. "This...how can I be sorry...my brother." Then Jiang added in a low voice.

Makoto, who didn't hear the second half of the sentence, waved her hand at Jiang in a panic: "Jiang, it's not what you imagined! This is my friend, Nanase Haruka who is temporarily staying at my house."

"Is that so?" Jiang looked at Yao who got dressed and came out to wipe his hair, lost in thought. "Anyway, 100 points is enough for the triceps." Jiang began to whisper to himself.

"The smell of mackerel," Haruka took a sudden, deep breath. "It smells good."

"Eh? This... Senior Nanase, I brought mackerel sushi, do you want to try it?"

When Haruka nodded seriously, a voice suddenly sounded outside the door.

"Xiaozhen, Xiaoyao!"

"Ah, it seems that Nagisa is here." Makoto opened the door.

"Hello, Xiaozhen. Lian was temporarily called by the professor to work as a coolie and couldn't come. Let me say sorry for him." Zhu walked in with a big schoolbag on his back. "I heard Lian mention Xiaoyao's matter, is that the one over there?"

"Ah, yes..." Makoto watched as Nagisa unloaded a backpack that was almost a circle wider than him.

"These are the snacks that Rei-chan and I bought~" Nagisa looked at Makoto's puzzled look, and unzipped his backpack to show him. "How about it, is there enough to eat?"

"Ha...maybe, a little too much."

"It's okay, I can solve most of it by myself." Nagisa said lightly. "Hey, Jiang (gou) is here too?"

"You bastard, why do you always call it wrong, it's obviously Jiang (kou)," Jiang pouted angrily, "I'm a girl, don't use that masculine name!"

"Understood, Jiang (gou)."

"Jiang (kou)!"

"No problem, Jiang (gou)."

"Ah..." Jiang stood up from the sofa angrily, "Senior Makoto, look at Nagisa..."

"Well, don't quarrel." Zhenqin looked at the two people who were arguing and smiled helplessly.

"Mackerel, Jiang (kou)." Haruka, who was ignored, said silently.

"Ah, okay." Hearing that Haruka called his name correctly, Jiang happily handed over a whole box of mackerel sushi.

"Please use it slowly~"

The author has something to say: the word count is finally under control, happy【x】

☆、Chapter 20

The three who sent Jiang away checked the time and were about to set off for the beach.

"I'll call Rin again to confirm." Makoto struggled to free one hand from the bag and took out the phone.

"If it's inconvenient, why don't I come." Yao suddenly said.

"Then it's troublesome." Makoto handed the phone to Haruka after broadcasting Rin's number.

"Hello, Makoto?" Rin on the other side quickly picked up the phone.

"It's me." Yao replied. "We are ready to go, I don't know how you are preparing..."

"Ah, it's you, villain... no, Haruka." Rin laughed, showing sharp teeth.

"We still have about 10 minutes." Zongsuke's voice came from the other side of the phone.

"We are similar, see you later~" Makoto replied on the phone.

"Don't plan to tell me, who is the 'Yao' in your mouth?"

After hanging up the phone, Sousuke looked sideways at Rin.

"Is he the part you wanted to hide before?"

"Yes, I really can't do anything about you." Rin knew that she couldn't hide it anymore, so she could only say sorry to Yao in her heart.

"I think it's more appropriate for me to say this." Zongsuke's face became a little serious, "Tell me, why did you hide it from me?"

"The guy who saved Makoto is not a human, but a murloc."

Rin told Sousuke the truth. "That guy Makoto is so stupid, just let that Yao enter the room..."

"Didn't you also hide the news from me?"

"That's Makoto's request..." Rin had no choice but to add under Sousuke's gaze. "Well, I admit, I want him to help Makoto get rid of the shadow of the past, and maybe my own..."

"Why do you think so?"

"Can a half-murloc help the two of you get out of the psychological shadow of so many years?"

"I don't know either, maybe it's intuition. But aren't you surprised, Sousuke..."

"There is a legend about the murloc in the police force," Zong Jie recounted what he had learned. "Based on your temperament, you should have questioned that guy, did he say something to help humans?"

"Eh, how did you know?"

"Because ten years ago, there was a record of the appearance of half-murlocs. However, the seniors involved in the case are no longer working here, so the authenticity is still unknown."

"There were a lot of very strange fires in the small town back then. The strange thing is that even if the whole house burned, no one was seriously injured or killed, but all the firemen and police were really busy at that time. .”

Zong Jie paused, and continued, "And the murlocs seem to have appeared at that time. I don't know the specific process, but after they took action, there was no fire in that year."

"You didn't tell me because you were afraid that I would arrest that guy." Zongsuke continued with a smile, "If I hadn't learned about the previous file, maybe I would have arrested him."

"Well, I knew you." Rin patted Zongsuke on the shoulder, "The inexplicable fire, the half-murloc that suddenly appeared...for a moment, I felt that the world was so mysterious."

"It's really unimaginable before." Zongsuke frowned suddenly, "But this is not what I care about the most. In fact, you should really tell me about the half murloc earlier, after all..."

"what do you mean......"

"That's right, the last time the murlocs appeared was to help humans solve the fire, so what about this time?"

As if in response to Zongsuke's words, in a street not far from them, the sound of an ambulance suddenly sounded.

Zongsuke immediately raised his head to look at the nearby sky - a wisp of faint black smoke diffused from above the street.

"I'll check the situation first, I won't take part in the picnic, you can go by yourself." Zongsuke threw the bag containing the food to Rin.

"Hey, can I come too?"

"No, I'm just going to check the situation. The police station will definitely send someone there." Zongsuke turned his head and smiled at Rin, "Have a good barbecue!"

☆、Chapter 21

"So, it's just the four of us in the end..." Makoto looked at the other three people on the empty beach.

"Tsk, I knew you were unreliable, Makoto." Rin glanced at Makoto and Nagisa, who had big bags and small bags, and reluctantly prepared to take over the heavy responsibility of grilling fish.

"Fortunately, the ingredients are quite comprehensive, let me do it."

"Aha, that's going to be hard work."

“Rin sauce is awesome!”

After putting down his backpack, Nagisa ran up to Haruka.

"Hey you......"

"Hello, Xiaoyao." Nagisa naturally called out his nickname.

"My name is Hazuki Nagisa, nice to meet you." Nagisa said while looking at Yao's legs.

"Can it be turned into a tail..."

"..." Haruka cast her eyes on Makoto helplessly.

"Ah, Nagisa." Makoto was helping Rin set up the grill, but after hearing the movement of the two people here, he hurried over to block between Haruka and Nagisa. "Don't tease Yao."

"Well, Makoto," Nagisa held Makoto's arms with both hands in dissatisfaction and poked his head towards Haruka.

"I'm just curious." Nagisa blinked.

"..." Yao thought for a while, and realized that he hadn't been in the sea for a few days, so he quickly ran to the beach, took off his clothes and jumped into the water in a second.

"Wow, great!"

Nagisa excitedly ran to the beach and sighed. "Mermaid!"

"Makoto," Rin, who finished setting up the grill by himself and took out the ingredients, bared his teeth at Makoto who was trying to stop Haruka and Nagisa. "Are you going to wait and eat directly like those two guys?"

"Ah, I'm sorry." Makoto hurried over to help Rin.

"Forget about Nagisa, Haruka is too capricious..."

"Ah ha ha......"

"I said, are you going to keep this mermaid forever?"

"It's a murloc." Makoto corrected Rin's slip of the tongue first.

"That's not important, answer my question."

"Well, Rin shouldn't have asked me..." Makoto thought about it seriously. "As a half-murloc, Haruka is unlikely to