The streets near the aristocratic quarter have names, which are said to be named after the surnames of famous and famous people in the past. What surprised me was that although the language of the people of the sea sounded almost the same as Japanese, the writing was all Western-style characters composed of letters. As a result, the names of all the streets are often in a series of foreign languages, and it is difficult to remember them even if you read them. On the contrary, the streets and villages of the common people were very common Roman numerals. There seems to be no interest in naming the villages of the common people, who are illiterate.

It's very different from on land. I tilted my head and listened to Crane tell me that there were villages three and five nearby, and I felt a little disagreeable.

Leave the bustling city behind and enter something resembling a suburb. The land here is divided into fast administrations, and people generally gather in a certain part of a piece of land. This is very similar to the countryside. Due to the vast area and sparsely populated area, there are basically no people on the small roads in the suburbs. Every 100 meters, or about two street lights, there is a coral reef that appears to be cultivated. The Coral House also glows faintly in the depths of the seabed, lighting up the road. Kiyomi was a little reluctant when she came, and it must have been quite painful to hurry with her current body. But now my sister has a cute expression that matches her age, staring at Coral.

Tanigawa looked around, as if trying to find the Pearl of the Sea. Crane was still nervously guarding his surroundings. Actually, I don't think she needs to worry about it, because I don't feel like there's anyone around me except us.

We set off around eleven p.m. according to the Sea People's time, and then wandered around the city for half an hour to avoid the guards and to explore. After walking on the country road for less than an hour, I arrived at a village where people from the sea gathered at midnight. At first I thought they were houses made of wood or something, but then I remembered that there was no wood in the depths of the sea. Like the villas, it is a stone building. However, it seems to be a village built directly near the coral reef, so it looks like an ancient castle deep in the mountains. For the sea people, the heavy stone also became very light due to the buoyancy of the water, so it was surprisingly not very difficult to build such a house.

"All the villagers live together."

Crane stopped about two hundred meters from the castle and we found a small rest stop. Crane began to explain to us some of the necessary things.

"Do you mean they all live in this castle?"

"That's right. Because the pearl of the sea that can avoid the water is still more efficient to get together. ”

Crane explains the basics of water avoidance. Sea people are no different from ordinary humans, so they need oxygen at all times. However, when a person is asleep, he cannot properly wear the pearl of the sea on the wing of his nose, and he cannot speak without air. This is because in the vicinity of the house, special devices are usually used to extract the "vitality" of the pearl of the sea, and the whole house is forced to be filled with "vitality". If everyone lives apart, it will be an unaffordable expense to provide the Pearl of the Sea for many houses, so everyone lives together.

"Basically, a village as a whole is one big family."

"Is that the so-called clan?"

I nodded. However, for civilians, the concept of surnames is very vague. Most of them will probably leave the village for the rest of their lives, except for marrying. In this way, it doesn't matter what everyone's surname is, whether it's a clan or not. This is the "acquaintance society" that has gradually disappeared under the influence of "internationalization" on land. From birth, I first recognized all the people I needed to know in this life, and from then on, everyone was an acquaintance.

"I brought you here, and no one knows about it but me."

Crane's words took me by surprise. I thought it was a more organized event, and that Crane might be a little younger and more impulsive than I thought. No, I'm probably younger than Crane now. Unfortunately, there were too many reincarnations, and my mentality began to gradually age. Although experience is gradually accumulating, the human heart is still no match for time. If it weren't for seeing the new stimulation given to me by the goddess in person, my state of mind might have been even more decadent than it is now.

"It's not that I don't want to entertain you well, it's just that our side is still a little divided about your attitude."

I took a closer look at the castle in front of me, built in the middle of a coral reef. Although the villa I lived in before was gorgeous, this is probably the most fantastical scene I've ever seen. I can't help but get excited at the thought of the seamen walking into the castle on the fluorescent coral reef. However, it was one of the most important strongholds of the rebels.

"When I went back and reported, the leaders above were in a meeting." Crane explained, "I don't think there is any danger to the three of you children, just that you are being exploited by the ambitions of that Viscount of Souls. In fact, you who have been placed under house arrest are also those who need to be rescued. But there are some people who believe that you earthlings are the culprits who have broken the peace of the sea people's world. They think that as long as you don't die, even if you kill Viscount Braganza, new ambitious nobles will emerge. The extremists even believe that all earthlings are our enemies, and some suggest preparing for war with earthlings. ”

Say goodbye to the war with the people on earth. The Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) is in a very delicate situation. If the United States and other countries discover the existence of sea people on the bottom of the Pacific Ocean, they may directly knock this place down in three days. However, trade invasion and cultural infiltration may be more effective for modern state strategies. In a few days, there will be a promotion policy of "home appliances going to the sea" and "kitchen knives for color TVs" in the world of seamen, and all the old and small seamen will watch American blockbusters and Japanese anime with TVs. In the end, you may end up saying something like "Long live the Free Country" or "What kind of Japanese are you if you don't eat rice in the morning?"

"So we're here to try not to be obtrusive as well?"

"That's it."

Tanigawa and Kiyomi looked bored. They also seem to want to enjoy the deep-sea mud and the special food of the sea people here. But with all due respect, my lovely sister and friends should also suffer a little.

"But why did you go out of your way to bring us here?"

"There's something I want you to see."

When Crane said this, it didn't look like he was selling off. His expression was serious, and we had to follow him to the castle. Of course, there are people standing guard here, but it seems that the guards are much less difficult than in the aristocratic quarters. The civilian quarters were much larger than the aristocratic quarters, and the rebel strongholds hidden within them were inherently difficult to detect. Overly strict guarding can be suspicious. Crane stepped forward to greet the man who was sitting in the doorway, looking like an idler from the village. We slipped in.

Kiyomi seems to be playing very devotedly, and Tanigawa is about the same. The two of them tiptoed like thieves, carefully bypassing the entrance. But I felt that they had done so purely on the part of a number of times, for the idler in charge of the guard had stared at Crane with his eyes fixed on him, and had no time to pay attention to anything else. If you look closely, he looks nervous with his hands clenched. I don't think he even knew what he was talking to Crane.

I'm a little relieved, it seems that for the sea people, Crane's beauty is also destructive.

Speaking of beauty, I have to say that it seems that the appearance of the sea people is a little wonderful. When I lived in the villa before, all the people I saw were Western-style looks. From the name "Viscount Bragansa", it is known that he is actually a handsome guy with blonde hair and blue eyes. The captain of the guard is an iceberg-type man with thin eyes and red hair. The butler Fausto usually wears a hat and can't tell the color of his hair, but his glasses are actually amber. He seems to be wearing makeup and a wig when we meet Crane just now, but now we see Brother Crane is actually a slender and graceful beauty with some black medium to long hair, and of course the eyes are also orthodox Asian's dark brown. The man who was now nervous about Crane was dressed scruffily, but he also had black hair and dark brown eyes, and he looked like a down-and-out ronin. Because the drama I performed before was full of princesses and kings, I still thought it was a Renaissance Western feeling. Unexpectedly, when I saw the two people dressed in Japanese-style clothes interacting with each other, I mistakenly thought that I had come to Japan at the end of the Edo period.

After we walked into the castle for some distance, it didn't seem like Crane had come yet. Tanigawa and Kiyomi felt worried, went back to take a look, and then came back with a subtle expression. They no longer tiptoe, they no longer bend their waists. After another five minutes or so, Crane hurried over with small steps.

"Sorry, it's been a bit long." When Crane came over, he apologized to us.

"That guy is very talkative." My sister said in a subtle tone. Watching her squint her eyes and make a little devil-like expression, I began to wonder if my sister had matured a little early lately. Kiyomi, there are some things you don't have to understand now.

"Ah, Mr. Cai Zang is a reserve officer, and he admires us special commissioners who can go directly to work." Brother Crane smiled a little embarrassedly and said, "It's a bit like a longing for a hero?" I'm actually looking forward to being the first to be the first student. ”

On the contrary, there are people here who mature too late. I think if Crane showed his unsuspecting smile to his current talent, Mr. Zang, or the head of the class, he would be eaten. Forget it, let's let it go for now, and then find a way to subtly remind Crane.

Our infiltration was easy, but it was almost an accident. As we passed a low, semi-basement, we were startled by what was going on inside. I saw a lot of tentacles coming out of the dark semi-basement. I almost thought it was some demon chasing us, but when I calmed down, I didn't notice the disgusting aura.

"Rest assured, it's our tortoiseshell."

Adult hawksbill turtles are said to love places like coral reefs. They hide their bodies in caves in coral reefs, with only their heads exposed. We may be mistaking their sticking heads for demonic tentacles. According to Crane, the people of the sea here are mainly engaged in aquaculture. Fortunately, all kinds of resources in the seabed are well developed, so it can be regarded as abundant. There are other farmed species besides the hawksbill turtle, and Crane is ready to have time to show us around, but not today, of course.

"Where are we going?"

After carefully going around the back half of the castle, we came to a staircase that led to the underground. Looking at the bottomless darkness, Kiyomi said with some confusion. Tanigawa and I feel the same way. We bypassed the "livestock area" mentioned earlier, the "mission area" where special personnel were meeting, and carefully passed through the "residential area". I don't think the only things I have ever been to in the castle are the torture cells and secret rooms. Crane sighed at this.

"Didn't Viscount Braganza want to make a deal with the people of the earth about the Pearl of the Sea?"

"To be exact, it's the pearl that's left after the Pearl of the Sea is used up. I don't think the people on earth are interested in the Pearl of the Sea......"

A researcher like Tanigawa may be interested, but the amount needed is certainly small.

"All in all, Pearl of the Sea and Pearl, I'm going to take you right now to see how they came to be."

After Crane said this, he was the first to enter the staircase that led to the underground. Ji Daimei and I looked at each other, and the so-called pearls should have come from pearl oysters. Could it be that we are going to a pearl oyster breeding base? But it didn't help to be stunned here, so we had to go along with it.