Lying on the big velvet bed, Todd listened to the wheezing voice of the woman next to him, and said helplessly: "This kind of thing can continue tomorrow." ”

"I just don't have the strength...... Mary rests her head on Todd's arm, as if she's just come out of the water, "I just need some sleep." ”

Todd lowered his head and kissed Mary lightly on the forehead, and out of the corner of his eye, he caught a glimpse of a model doll covered with a white cloth in the corner of the bedroom wall.

"What's that?"

Hearing Todd's question, Mary struggled to cover his eyes with her hands and hurriedly said, "That's a costume I'm designing!"

"Can I lift the cloth and take a look?"

"No!" Mary paused for a moment and whispered, "At least not yet......"

"When will ......?"

Mary, who was sleepy-eyed, fell on the bed and said weakly: "Don't worry, when the time comes, I will personally wear it for you......"

Looking at Mary's stubborn face, Todd shook his head with a smile, hugged her, and slowly closed his eyes.

Waiheke Island, a mermaid business district.

Sitting in a new tavern built by the sea, Carol watched a beautiful mermaid happily swim from the sea, along the pre-built waterway, to the bar of the tavern, with her hands propped on the wooden rail, and asked for a glass of gin with ice at the human bartender overhead, and the orc's expression was a little stunned.

Aldenan glanced at the mermaid's bumpy figure and impeccable face, and secretly whistled, "No wonder some people say that the Creator was never just. ”

Carol whispered, "It's only been a little over a month, and these merfolk have already adapted to our lives. ”

"It's not surprising that there's no better city in the world than Twilight City for food and entertainment?"

Aldnan said, tossing a grilled chicken leg into his mouth: "Waiheke Island is now home to more than 30 shops, and in addition to the usual restaurants, bars and accessories, I heard that an open-air theater will be built next month...... Now many people in the city are eager to move to the island. ”

Taking a sip of gin with ice, the beautiful mermaid let out a pleasant compliment, took out a Jin Xu from the cloth bag on her chest, threw it to the bartender, and said, "Another plate of fried shrimp!"

The glittering coins fell in front of the bartender, and the crisp and pleasant sound attracted the astonishment of the diners around him.

Aldenan pursed his lips: "One gold coin can buy a bucket of fried shrimp...... I have to say, this group of mermaids is really rich......"

Carol touched her chin and twisted her neck: "The morning before yesterday, I saw the mermaid leader in the bank on the island, the woman named Rita, who was holding a large bag of pearls the size of a snake fruit, planning to exchange them for a common currency and distribute them to her people. ”

Aldnan took a sip of ale and wondered, "A pearl the size of a snake fruit, is there such a thing in this world?"

Carroll shrugged: "Let me put it this way, that Waiheke branch is now a mermaid, and in the words of the bank president, all the coins in the branch vault combined are not enough to buy those pearls......"

Burst!

Aldenan squirted out all the ale in his mouth.

Wiping the corners of his mouth full of wine stains, Aldenan's eyes widened: "That guy really sold all the banks to mermaids?"

"Not only the coins in the vault, but also the land and buildings were also discounted and sold to mermaids. Carol looked at the two mermaids not far away, swam slowly towards the bar, and whispered: "I heard the governor say that he will not use unjust means to deceive those merfolk because of some interests, because he does not want to add a weight called 'sin' to the balance of his fate after death." ”

Aldnan nodded understandingly: "He's not wrong to say that. ”

In the distance, two mermaids swam closer and closer, one was an adult woman, and the other looked like a human ten-year-old girl.

The young mermaid still seemed to be full of fear and wariness of the world on land, and had been reluctant to swim into the waterways under the eaves of the bar.

With the encouragement of her companions, the young mermaid finally mustered up the courage to go to the bottom of the bar and ask for a plate of shortbread cakes and a bottle of juice.

Aldenan poked Carroll with his elbow: "Seeing now, it seems that the mermaids who show up are all women?"

"Have you forgotten? Only female merfolk have the right to contact the outside world, and male merfolk are only worthy of guarding the yard and grazing and hunting. ”

Aldenan let out a long sigh, "Thank you, Holy King, I was not born in water. ”

While the orcs and werewolves were talking, a dark-skinned minotaur in chain mail and earrings burst into the bar and began to look around.

Aldnan craned his neck, pointed to the door, and said to Carroll, "Look, isn't that Bourville who is on duty with us?"

Carol turned his head to look, and after confirming the identity of the visitor, he raised his big hand and said loudly, "Black charcoal! Look here! Come here and have a drink together!"

When the minotaur saw Carol, he hurriedly rushed over and said with an anxious face: "You still have the heart to drink here?!"

Carol and Aldernan looked at each other.

"What's wrong?"

The Minotaur pointed in the direction of Twilight City, and spoke quickly, "Miss Barbara, and Mr. Randall, are surrounded by a large group of members of the Holy Cult!

Carroll's body stiffened there, as if she couldn't believe what she was hearing.

After a few moments, he jerked to his feet, flipped over the chair under him, and rushed towards the tavern door without looking back.

"Carol, you bastard, wait for me!" Aldenan quickly stood up, first apologizing to the surprised diners around him, before running out of the bar.

Carol striding through the streets of Waiheke Island was like a rhinoceros in a rage, and any obstacle in his way, whether it was a stall or a fence barricade, was knocked aside without hesitation.

Carroll ran wildly, all the way south.

At the griffon outpost built at the southernmost tip of Waiheke Island, a dwarven animal trainer standing on scrubbing the backs of griffins with a horsehair brush caught a glimpse of a two-meter-tall green-skinned orc rushing towards him at full speed from the bottom of the mountain, his eyes widened in fright, and the brush in his hand fell to the ground.

Carroll snatched the griffon's reins, flipped onto the mount, and led it to the edge of the platform.

Looking at the guards gathered below, the dwarf finally reacted: "Unless it's a special messenger!, the griffin must show the Holy Cult's edict!"

Carol didn't seem to hear the words, and he clamped his legs into the belly of his mount, and the griffon spread its wings and slowly lifted him into the air, heading towards Twilight.

The frightened dwarf hurriedly ran to the top of the watchtower and sounded the horn of the guard.

Aldenan, who was out of breath, looked at the griffin flying overhead, and cried out without tears: "Wait for me! You green-skinned bastard! I didn't go up! I didn't fucking go up yet!"

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