16. Bestial threats
"Are you happy?" Ao Bai clung to his partner's side and asked him funny.
"Happy."
The scene of leaving was staged again, Ji Mo was still happy and relaxed, still carrying his little baggage, and a fish swam in front of him quickly.
"That's good." Bai Long said reassuringly.
*****
Just before they left-
Bai Yan said angrily: "Xiaobai! You'll regret it, it was that clownfish that bewitched you, right? "It's really a stupid dragon who doesn't know how to lift his brain into the sea, no wonder he can't even transform into a shape, it seems that he is indeed born with a defect!
Ao Bai frowned and replied, "This is the last time, don't let me hear you slander my partner in the future." Or are you going to test the limits of my tolerance? "Ji Mo is obviously the most beautiful and special mermaid in the sea.
Because he could leave immediately, Ji Mo was rarely magnanimous, and he didn't bother with Bai Yan, he was busy packing up his little baggage.
Bai Yan was so angry that she almost transformed into a dragon with teeth and claws to bite Ji Mo. However, Ao Bai was right in front of her, and the powerful coercion released by the dragon clan shocked her and made her dare not act rashly.
"Xiaobai, you actually can't bear to do this to me...... Ji Mo, he is obviously not worthy of you-" Bai Yan still didn't give up, although she had always looked down on Ao Bai in her heart, but no matter how she said Ao Bai, she was also the only dragon she could covet, and the other dragon orcs were all high up and disdainful of the dragon females - and she, Bai Yan, was unwilling to combine with the male of the same race at will, she wanted to follow in the footsteps of the strong and give birth to healthy and strong offspring for him.
- I don't like this dragon, but I can't cheapen you clownfish!
"Bai Yan, I don't know why you have such thoughts, Ji Mo is the only partner I recognize, that's it." After Ao Bai finished speaking, he felt that he couldn't go down with this unreasonable female โกโก anymore, so he simply stopped paying attention to her.
"Xiaobai, stay, you will definitely regret it if you leave, what's wrong with staying in the West Sea?" Bai Yan persuaded her bitterly, thinking about what to do if the sea god blessed and Ao Bai suddenly could transform in a few years? Wouldn't it be a big loss to let him go like this?
After Ji Mo stacked the things in the small baggage neatly, wrapped them squarely, and carried them properly, he took the time to reply to Bai Yan with a smile:
"Save it, don't waste your time. Ao Bai is already mine, and no matter how hard you try in this corner, you can't pry it. โ
Ao Bai was used to his partner occasionally saying things he couldn't quite understand, "Are you cleaned up?" โ
"Ji Mo, don't be complacent, you're just a female who has eaten the fruit transformation, I want to see if you can give birth to a healthy offspring for Xiaobai, if not......" Just when she shouted hoarsely, Ji Mo had already swam out of the distance.
*****
"Has the cold snapped?" Ji Mo asked with some concern, he felt very guilty in his heart, because he was not strong enough to resist the cold current, so he led Ao Bai to take him to the West Sea to toss for a while.
Bai Long comforted him: "It's already over, I'll go out to see it this morning." โ
The two of them swam quickly side by side, rubbing against each other from time to time.
"Morning? I don't know. Ji Mo gently gave Ao Bai a tail, squinted his eyes and asked.
"You were still sleeping." The white dragon replied with a doting smile, and he also slapped the mermaid with his tail lightly.
Ji Mo was furious, just a little bored swimming, and wanted to stop and rest. So he turned around quickly, grabbed one of the white dragon's claws with both hands, and kept diving down, intending to slow him down.
The white dragon let his partner play around, and his speed of progress was not affected at all, but he was relieved to swim faster because Ji Mo was in the heart of his claws.
"Hey~~", Ji Mo gave up the strength contest with Ao Bai in frustration, let go of the other party's claws stupidly, and played his own honestly again. Since leaving Xihai, his mood has become much better, he loves to talk and laugh again, and the relationship between him and Bailong has become deeper and deeper.
"Tired? Do you want to take a break? The white dragon slowed down and asked gently.
Ji Mo shook his head, "Don't be tired, let's swim a little longer, didn't you say that the cold season is coming?" We need to hurry. "How cold is the cold season? Will there be nothing to eat? But it doesn't matter, isn't there a Sicilian continent next to it, at most, when I turn out my legs and go ashore to hunt, I will definitely not let Ao Bai go hungry!
"Don't be afraid, I'll take care of you." Bailong earnestly promises that he will do his best to make his partner's life comfortable and happy, no matter what the circumstances.
Ji Mo would be very moved every time he heard something like this, because he had been gritting his teeth and working hard at work before, and he never thought that he would suddenly come to this fantasy world, and he was taken care of wholeheartedly by Ao Bai.
*****
The sea water has indeed returned to normal, and they are all relieved. In the evening, the mermaid, tired from a day of swimming, was finally able to rest comfortably in the warm and calm cave.
"Ao Bai, what did the Sicilian Sea look like at that time?" Ji Mo, who was lazily holding a handful of seaweed to help the white dragon wipe his scales, suddenly asked.
Ao Bai lay his partner on his belly, and he curled up slightly, quietly enjoying his partner's careful and gentle cleaning of his scales.
"The Sicilian Sea is actually very good. Food is plentiful and the sea temperature is perfect - but because there are no dragons guarding it, there are many fierce beasts, and the orcs on land are dangerous. Ji Mo, you must not trust them lightly and let them come close to you, you know? โ
Ji Mo was a little stunned: "Why?" They live on land, we live in the sea, and it doesn't affect them. โ
"I don't know why, it's been like this for a long, long time, and even the oldest priest doesn't know why. In the ocean, merfolk are the weakest and have little attack, and I heard that many mermaids have been caught ashore by them in the past...... In the end, they all died. The white dragon said worriedly, he couldn't imagine if his companion was dragged ashore by those savage and brutal land orcs.
Ji Mo subconsciously shuddered, with the brain of the earth crossing the fish, he could easily make up for the thousand and one kinds of torture after the enemy captured the captive.
- It is impossible for all orcs to be like Ao Bai, and perhaps some of them are just fierce "beasts".