blue whales under the stars

After coming down from the forest, Mu Ye was still in a trance. When he passed the birch tree again, he suddenly looked back and stared fixedly in the direction behind him for a long time.

But what he expected never happened.

Mu Ye's steps were also a bit erratic when he walked. Bai Cang originally wanted to carry him all the way down, but the boy firmly rejected the proposal.Although he is fragile, he has also become stronger, and there is a faint look between his eyebrows from his previous life.

Although Bai Cang wanted to see the boy look carefree all the time, he would not make choices for him without authorization, and he would do his best for what Mu Ye wanted to do.

The inquiry of the two in the small town also did not bring back any good news. The beast tide will still happen next year, and the scale of damage it will bring is not serious. Arman's army will only be there one year before the beast tide. He conducts field training near the foot of the mountain from time to time, and has never received outside personnel.Moreover, in the 200 years that have been recorded, the beast tide here has never caused any casualties.

These bits and pieces of information were pieced together, but it easily shattered Mu Ye's original 18-year world.

In order to confirm the information, the two asked the boss who talked eloquently on the street, and also sneaked into the training ground of the Arman army.They even left the small town to inquire throughout Yarman, and they still got the same answer—this mountain range is located at the junction of several small countries, because the forest area is too large, and it is also the birthplace of the beast tide. It is therefore not subject to any national jurisdiction.In Yarman, which is close to the northern slope of the mountains, no one has ever heard of people living in the mountains and forests. The human practitioners who settled nearby have been recruited by the state. Ordinary people live a quiet and peaceful life, and they don’t know What is a tamer.

If it wasn't for the fact that the terrain, which is the same as the memory, hasn't changed, there wouldn't even be any traces related to the ethnic group.

They failed to find a clue in Yarman, but the leave note given by St. Paul's College was counting down the time limit all the time.A whole week had passed since the two of them left the academy, and the freshman holiday was over at this time.

It doesn't make much sense to stay here any longer.

"Xiao Ye," Bai Cang said without any haste, "We should go back."

But the boy still didn't give a quick answer when he heard this topic. He grabbed his cuff and didn't speak.

"Xinniao can't stay in Yuan Beast Ball for too long, it will have a bad influence on him." Bai Cang explained patiently, "After we return to Sao Paulo, we can check the current mainland map to find other tame animals You can also ask the animal trainer teachers in the academy if they have experienced similar situations. There will always be more opportunities there than now."

Hearing about the beast tamer, Mu Ye finally reacted.He raised his head and looked at Bai Cang, but what he asked was: "The other places where the beast taming clan might live...will it have something to do with the eight major clans mentioned by Anna Getaiu?"

Bai Cang said: "There is such a possibility."

Mu Ye asked: "Have you heard about the Eight Great Clans?"

When meeting Anna Getaew for the first time, Bai Cang acted more like a beast tamer than Mu Ye.Before, Mu Ye only thought that Mr. Lan Jing knew a lot of things, but he didn't think about it deeply.

Bai Cang really didn't deny it: "I know some history of the beast taming clan, but not much."

Those things that he has personally experienced are too far away from now.

Mu Ye chased after him and asked, "Can you tell me something?"

Bai Cang agreed very simply: "Okay."

After receiving the answer, Mu Ye thought for a while, then suddenly changed the subject: "Let's release the letter bird."

Bai Cang frowned: "Release it here, it may attract attention."

Mu Ye said softly: "If you leave immediately, it shouldn't matter, right?"

This time Bai Cang was taken aback.

The place where the letter bird was summoned was still in a forest. The letter bird, which had not been seen for more than three days, still looked innocent and curious. After eating a new third-order crystal, it still did not give up on Mu Ye. Persevering, she stretched her neck and wanted to get a closer look at him.

This time without Bai Cang's stop, it finally got its wish and rubbed its head into Mu Ye's arms.

Mu Ye stroked its white feathers, and the two sat on Xinniao's back together.The letter bird raised its head and gave a loud cry, and quickly spread its wings and flew towards the sky.

Unlike Mu Ye, it can still find its way home.

After the protective barrier next to the seat was opened, the two had a chance to chat. Bai Cang was about to speak, but he heard Mu Ye ask, "The first time we met, isn't it at the beach?"

Bai Cang didn't know why Mu Ye suddenly asked such a question. He vaguely sensed something, but he also knew that it was time for him to make a decision.He whispered: "What's wrong?"

Mu Ye touched his forehead, with some tiredness on his face, he whispered: "We met before, right? So you said you were waiting for me, you know about Xingman, so I was clearly unconscious when I signed the domestication contract, but when I woke up the next day, animal patterns appeared in my palm."

"I don't know why. Even if I had questions before, I didn't want to ask them, as if there was a force in my heart that prevented me from knowing these things." Mu Ye looked up at Bai Cang, "But now, I want to know What have I been through. Is it true that only you know what I have forgotten?"

Bai Cang didn't avoid looking at him, on the contrary, those eyes that were so deep and beautiful that Mu Ye had seen the stars in them, were still focused on Mu Ye at this moment.

He said, "Sorry, Ono, I don't know."

Mu Ye lowered his eyes, his expression was obvious, but he didn't know which reason accounted for more.

"I know, it was you earlier."

Mu Ye was stunned.

Bai Cang stretched out his hand and grabbed Mu Ye's right wrist. He slowly removed Xingman from Mu Ye's arm, revealing the animal pattern that he hadn't seen for a long time in the palm of his hand.

"That was a long time ago."

"More than 400 years ago, I was a beluga whale raised in a noble's private mansion. There was an animal trainer who disguised himself as a breeder and sneaked into the noble's territory to collect evidence of the noble's cruelty to animals." The memory slowly unfolded with Bai Cang's deep voice, "Many animals in captivity have already received more or less torture, and they have great hostility towards humans. A heart of hatred."

Bai Cang noticed the other party's slightly tightened fingers, and he continued: "Only the beluga whale that was just captured was the first to express kindness to the breeder."

"Many of the rest of the animals have gradually survived under the care of the breeder. At least after he came, no animal was injured and died due to abuse. The animals gradually accepted this breeder who was very comfortable to touch, and made contact with him. He stayed together for a whole year. It didn't end until the tamer gathered enough evidence."

"The animal trainer can get away by himself, but when he exposes the criminal evidence from his mobile phone in private zoos and major circuses, the most powerful nobleman refuses to admit that he abused the raised animals. When other animals were rescued one by one However, the nobles intend to kill the animals they raise."

"The animal trainer anticipated this possibility, so he led people to sneak into the noble territory again, intending to rescue those animals in advance. The people he brought will release all the animals that can run and fly, and those who are injured and cannot run Carried away by other animals, but no one can save the animals that have to live in the water."

"They can't run or fly away. There are no lakes or rivers in the aristocratic territory. None of the beast tamers who live on land have ever signed a domestication contract with marine life. Those people have no way to communicate with marine life. "

"so……"

Bai Cang's voice paused, and Mu Ye looked up, and the eyes of the two collided.

"So you tamed me."

A not-so-good start.

Mu Ye's voice was dry: "What happened more than 400 years ago, how could it have anything to do with me?"

He is only this year.

Bai Cang's words are very subtle: "The rebirth of the same person, so when you were at the beach, it was indeed the first time you met me now."

Mu Ye is not very supportive of this statement. Even if the soul is reincarnated, the experience of the two lives will lead to different results.The priest may also have been a sinner in his previous life.He closed his eyes and rubbed the bridge of his nose: "How are you sure we are the same person?"

Bai Cang looked at him: "Because you were the youngest prince in the royal family of beast tamers at that time, and the royal family of beast tamers had a special bloodline. They could only tame companion beasts after they reached adulthood. And once domesticated, they could enjoy the life limit of companion beasts. Even if they fall unexpectedly, as long as the other party is still alive, the domestication contract will continue, and they can still find each other."

Mu Ye thought, their current relationship was originally established by a contract.

Bai Cang's words continued: "When I saw you at the seaside, what I did with you was also to restore the contract a hundred years ago. You... After we separated, I have been waiting for your breath. But once I got ashore and approached you , your breath will disappear and will not appear until 18 years later. If you don’t get close, your breath will disappear once every 20 to [-] years, and will reappear soon. So I can only be at the seaside closest to you Wait, wait until you come to me by yourself."

Mu Ye heard some clues from Bai Cang's words, but he didn't think about the truth. The amount of information he received in a short period of time was too much, and Mu Ye's thoughts were full of questions, so that he didn't know what to do next. He asked.

Bai Cang's voice also became dry: "I can only detect your breath, but I can't find your person, and I can't see how you live..."

He sighed silently: "So I don't know what happened in the forest."

If possible, Bai Cang would like to participate in all of Mu Ye's life, and he also wants to watch the boy grow up slowly, not missing every minute.

But Bai Cang lost his little prince, so he could only wait silently and anxiously in a distant place, waiting for the distance between them to be shortened.Even during this period, the distance will remain constant for a long time, and it will go further and further away many times.

Accidentally got the answer from the white whale in the dream, but now Mu Ye doesn't have much sense of clarity.

Most importantly, he thought about it again and again, and still spoke his mind: "I don't remember what happened at that time, if you came to me because of what that person did at that time, I might let you disappointment."

Bai Cang wanted to say something, but was interrupted by Mu Ye: "The person you want to find is the animal tamer who saved you. The person you like may also be him."

"I have no memory of him, nor the things he did, you see, I can't pretend, I can't feed whales, I'm not a prince, I haven't even met my own parents. I used to know they died in In the beast tide, I left a wooden house for me, but now these things may be false.” Mu Ye’s words were a little confused, “I don’t know if I can remember those things in the future, but this feeling is very strange. Not necessarily, it will become like him."

Bai Cang knew that the boy's mood was not right, but he couldn't find a clear promise for a while.From Bai Cang's point of view, Mu Ye is always the same person, his soul and breath have not changed, even though he has awakened a new magic element ability this time, there are many things, such as appearance, such as starry, such as Mu Ye The daily habits, the way of speaking, the demeanor of actions, and the choices in dealing with the world are all inherited in one continuous line.

Even with a different face, as long as he appears, as long as he speaks, Bai Cang will still have feelings for him that go beyond domestication.

But Bai Cang also knew that he could say these words, but Mu Ye couldn't be sure immediately.In the boy's eyes, before and now are completely separated periods.For Mu Ye, their incident at the beach was a simple meeting, not a re-bonding.He comes with a new heart, only to meet a whale waiting for an old friend.

And when Mu Ye learned about these things, it happened to be the time when he had just had doubts about his past memories.

Bai Cang chose to tell these things because Mu Ye, who had just lost his hometown, was in a fragile state of mind, and he didn't want the other party to feel that his closest companion was also deceiving him.But while saying this, Bai Cang also understands that now is not a good time to sort out the frontier.

From the beginning of learning human language, Bai Cang felt that it was the most effective and versatile language among all the languages ​​on the mainland, but now, he found that the human language he knew, and even all the languages ​​he knew, were far from the facts. All so pale and powerless.

But even so, Bai Cang didn't want Mu Ye to indulge in struggle and pain alone.He can only use his own actions to slowly consolidate what he said: "Some emotions and relationships are created and determined because of the experience and memory of getting along. But that doesn't mean that after the past memories disappear, the feelings will disappear." It will definitely disappear."

Bai Cang spoke very slowly, every word was earnest and honest: "No matter how many times I meet, I still hope to be tamed by you."

I will fall in love with you too, and expect your response.

Mu Ye stared blankly at Xinniao's long snow-white neck in front of him, but didn't speak.Bai Cang didn't expect him to accept this right away. After a while of silence between the two, Bai Cang began to slowly tell Mu Ye the news about the Eight Great Clans of Beast Tamers that he had learned in recent years.

Bai Cang will definitely do what he promised Mu Ye.

On the way back, I also flew for three days, but this time the journey was much longer than before.After that conversation, there were very few conversations between Mu Ye and Bai Cang, and most of the time it was just too brief exchanges.The time Mu Ye was in a daze became longer and longer, and sometimes he would think of his childhood experiences, those memories were vivid in his memory, as if he could touch them again as long as Xinniao turned around.Sometimes Mu Ye would think of the things that happened in the past few days after he went to the beach. These things were a little farther than he originally imagined, like a kind of stolen intimacy.

In the previous journey that was also on the back of Xinniao, Mu Ye once felt that doing everything was very exciting because of getting along with Mr. Lanjing.He found that he still thinks the same way now.But a thought would always haunt his mind like a shadow, making it impossible for Mu Ye to face his emotions calmly - what Mr. Lanjing wanted to take care of was the person he was looking for, not himself.

It is too difficult to find a reason for the relationship, both giving and rewarding.Before Mu Ye could find a reason for his feelings for Bai Cang, the reason why Bai Cang was so kind to him was clearly presented in front of him, so that he felt that his reason had turned into a desire to enjoy the tenderness of the other party, and the more he The more I think about it, the more I think this reason makes sense.

Until the letter bird was returned to the teacher of the Ministry of Communications, and the two returned to St. Paul's College, the relationship between them still did not return to its original appearance.

Sandor, who came to pick up the two, was the first to find out about this. He and Mu Ye had a better relationship. After dragging Mu Ye to his dormitory alone, Sandor couldn't help asking: "What's the matter at home?" Has the matter been resolved?"

Mu Ye hesitated for a while, then shook his head: "It hasn't been resolved yet, but there is no need to go back for now."

Sandor frowned, "Is it serious?"

Mu Ye didn't know how to explain this situation. He thought about it, but shook his head, not wanting Sandor to worry about him: "I may need to seek some help from the library and teachers of the college. It's nothing serious, don't worry about me."

Sandor looked at him: "Then you and Bai Cang have an affair?"

Mu Ye was stunned for a moment before he realized: "Huh?"

Sandor said: "If it's not about the family, then the reason should be Bai Cang. Did something happen between you two?"

Mu Ye pursed his lips: "Why do you ask that?"

Sandor said: "The feeling you got along with before is not the same as it is now. Now he is still looking at you, but you seem to seldom see him."

Mu Ye took a deep breath and found it even more difficult to answer this question.

Sandor didn't intend to force it, he stretched out his hand and patted Mu Ye's shoulder: "Although your contract was relatively early, I can see that the way you got along before was really enviable. So, even if there is really something between you Whatever the conflict, we must communicate well and resolve the matter as soon as possible. Don’t cause future troubles because of a momentary misunderstanding.”

Mu Ye was surprised to catch a word: "Contract?"

Although it is true that he and Mr. Blue Whale signed a domestication contract, Mu Ye is now an elemental student, and Bai Cang is a beast tamer.The relationship between him and Sandor was just brothers. Mu Ye couldn't figure out why Sandor knew about the relationship between the two of them.

Sandor also became puzzled: "Isn't Bai Cang your contractor?"

No, he asked Bai Cang this question before, and the other party admitted it.

It was only then that Mu Ye remembered that he had heard the word contractor, and he couldn't help asking: "Can you tell me... what is the relationship between the contractor?"

Sandor raised his eyebrows, and then explained: "The contractual relationship referred to by the contractor usually refers to the partnership contract between two people... that is, the kind of marriage contract that ordinary people often say. But the contract is much more effective than the marriage of ordinary people. During the contractual relationship, both parties can only protect each other. Once they fall in love with each other, the contract will punish the betrayer, and the other party will know the other party's change of heart."

So right now, Mu Ye probably just doesn't understand the contractual relationship, and the two of them didn't have any major accidents.

Mu Ye was really stunned this time, and after a while, he asked, "Then how can you be sure... have you signed this kind of partnership contract?"

Sandel suddenly felt even more strange. He looked at Mu Ye with doubtful eyes, and finally said: "The ceremony of signing the contract is to have a relationship."

Mu Ye waited for a while, but he still didn't quite understand Sandor's next explanation: "What's the matter?"

After asking this sentence, Mu Ye saw Sandor's strange expression, and suddenly reacted.

"F, happened..." Mu Ye couldn't help but stammered, and his face couldn't help but feel a little hot, if it was the meaning he understood...

But even so, Mu Ye still felt confused: "Is that all right?"

Sandor frowned: "That's it? This is a very serious matter. Unlike ordinary people, practitioners will only have desires for people they have feelings for. If they don't plan to find a contractor, many practitioners will spend their entire lives. They will not have a relationship with others. After all, that kind of thing consumes a lot of elemental energy, and unless the love is deep, generally no one will try it lightly."

Mu Ye was completely stunned.

Sandor simply explained the whole thing to him: "Exchanging desires is an energy-consuming and dangerous thing. If you can't confirm the other party's intentions, you are easy to be attacked in the process of doing this kind of thing, and it is also possible At the end, it becomes a one-sided benefit—that is, only one person contributes elemental energy, but the other person rejects it. So this kind of thing can only be done by two people who want to complete the contract."