A mermaid.

No, perhaps accurately, a silver-tailed male mermaid king.

Its tail is like a fan with a silver glow, opening in a rather beautiful arc, and each scale is like a finely polished jade, exuding a translucent silver light. There are two tail fins on both sides of the tail, and the hard spines on the fins emit a bright silver light, full of power.

Looking upward, the mermaid's elbows and abdomen grew sharp fins, like two pairs of sharp spears, protecting his elbows and abdomen, and on the ridge like a mountain, there were wing-like dorsal fins, and the open dorsal fin was like a pair of steel wings, extremely sharp. His body, from his abdomen to his neck, was covered with aqua blue markings, like features that had evolved to intimidate his enemies.

Look at his figure again, he is like a perfect handicraft fabricated by Ai Shen according to the golden ratio, every muscle is like an equal amount of cut, the lines are well-proportioned, not a single bit of fat, and the face hidden under the seaweed-like silver curls is even more flawless, I am sure that whoever sees that face will not be able to help but be deeply attracted to him, and then indulge.

When I saw this face, I also had a moment of trance, and that face was so perfect that I couldn't find any words to describe it. And his eyes, beautiful light green - well, coincidentally, I must admit that light green eyes are not unique among the merfolk race, but rather common, and I wouldn't simply associate him with Shakti.

However, after a brief period of distraction, I realized something unbelievable.

I think I've seen this face somewhere.

But in order to hide my identity, my social circle is not wide, and the beautiful men I have seen can be counted on five fingers, how did this familiarity come about?

"This is your transformed Mermaid King?" I asked, confused. Only the Mermaid King has fins on all parts of his body, and the current Mermaid Lord only has fins on the tail, not like this mermaid, in addition to the tail fin, there are elbow fins, pelvic fins, and dorsal fins, so I subconsciously thought that they had modified this mermaid to give him a more aggressive appearance.

However, Ben's statement shattered my dogmatic perception: "Look at your puzzled eyes, and I can guess what you misunderstood." I think it is necessary for me to explain to you the species of mermaid, in the long process of development, in order to conform to aesthetics and convenience, the mermaid has degenerated its fins, leaving only the representative fish tail, ear fins and webbed claws, and gradually assimilated with humans, with similar shapes, wisdom and behavior patterns to humans, and even intermarried with humans, which seems to be the evolution of an ordinary species to a higher species, but in fact, this is a primitive and wild degradation. ”

Ben paused for a moment and continued: "The Mermaid King is not so much an evolution of the mermaid as an atavistic body of the mermaid, they have the most primitive strength and blood of the mermaid, not only the attack power is higher than that of the mermaid, but also the body is more aggressive, you see," Ben pointed to the tail, abdomen, elbow and back of the mermaid in the portrait, "His four fins are proof that the mermaid king has a strong attack power, they can not only protect themselves perfectly, but also cut enemies like sharp blades." In fact, not all mermaid kings can have these characteristics, mermaid kings have different forms at different stages of evolution, and the current mermaid lord has only evolved a tail fin, so he is only a low-level form of the mermaid king, and the mermaid in the portrait is the ultimate form of the mermaid king. This discovery alarmed everyone at the institute, but unfortunately, the results of this theoretical study were not included in any of the books, because it was discovered by the Gosai people, whom we despise. Yes, it's your mother, the only person on the island of Cezea who can be called a mermaid research biologist worthy of that name. And she is also the breeder of this mermaid. ”

"Mother, where is she!" When it came to my mother, I couldn't help but get excited.

Ben smiled, "Please don't get excited, you need to know about this mermaid before talking about your mother's whereabouts, after all, he is your mother's companion day and night." Okay, let's take a look at this mermaid, don't you think his tail and hair color are worth your curiosity? ”

Silver-I couldn't figure out what message Ben was trying to convey to me, and when he didn't answer me, I could only hold back my anger and follow his train of thought.

Theoretically, there are only three hair colors and tail colors in the existing mermaid race, namely the black hair and black tail of the evil mermaid, the red hair and red tail of the red-scaled mermaid, and the blue hair and blue tail of the deep sea mermaid...... At this moment, a few fragments suddenly flashed in my mind, and at the same time, a voice said very clearly to me, Sals, remember, your mother once told you that the silver-haired silver-tailed mermaid was ......

"The Grey Merfolk," Ben looked me straight in the eye, "a legendary mermaid species, ancient and mysterious, with a striking appearance, beautiful silver hair and silver tail, and a heavenly singing voice. They are the most perfect mermaid species, their attack power and agility far exceed that of any species in the world, and their singing also has a demagogic effect, and the most amazing thing is that they are good at camouflage, and can change the color of the fish's tail and hair by adjusting the nanocrystals and hair elements on the surface of the skin, that is, they can perfectly blend into any mermaid race and will not be recognized. In short, this species, in legends, is endowed with beautiful, powerful adjectives, full of magical colors. We originally thought that the mermaid was just a beautiful legend, but twenty years ago, we saw this mermaid with our own eyes and were lucky enough to get their embryos. The mermaid you see now is the final form of the embryo formed by the action of a catalyst. ”

I didn't speak, and the listener gets more information than the inquirer.

Ben said this, and his face shone with pride: "His attack power is so powerful that we can perfectly capture a well-equipped battleship and destroy the electric nuclear energy cannon on it without much modification of him." Of course, in order to make his combat effectiveness stronger, we still transformed him, and saw the markings on his body, which were the electromagnetic energy tablets we implanted in his body, which we called 'magnetic spots', as long as we gave him an order, he could radiate electromagnetic energy from the magnetic spots, and easily destroy the objects around him, even high-rise buildings made of reinforced concrete. ”

My heart immediately swelled with turbulent waves, and I was even more shocked that my mother would be his breeder than the power that shocked the blue demon mermaid. Damn the Nords, they let their mother breed such a dangerous species, if something happens to their mother during the cultivation process, who will be responsible! I tried to calm myself down, and cynicism was obviously much more useful than meaningless anger: "With such a powerful species, you are not afraid of accidents." ”

"Oh, don't worry," Ben said, waving his hand, probably seeing my anger, "do you know the imprint study in animal behavior?" Animals will see the living creatures they see at first sight as their mothers, and we took advantage of this by making the newborn fairy mermaid recognize your mother as their mother, and with the nurturing, training, and neural sensor chip implanted in his body, we finally made him obey your mother perfectly, no, more accurately, obey us. Of course, we will keep your mother safe, after all, it is very difficult to find someone as good as your mother. Besides, your mother can communicate with this mermaid without barriers, and he respects and loves your mother, and has never hurt her. ”

"Communication without barriers?" I frowned, I don't know how merfolk learned human language, but they could understand what we were trying to say, and humans couldn't understand their language.

"Research has shown that there is a special kind of neuron in the brain of mermaids, which participate in the process of signal transduction in the brain, which converts completely unfamiliar languages into languages that they can understand, which is why mermaids can understand human language. On the contrary, human beings who do not have this trait cannot understand their language. But this communication barrier was basically solved after the arrival of your mother, who discovered that merfolk also have their own language, and their language is mostly meaningless syllables to us humans, like babbling when a baby can't speak, but it is such simple syllables that constitute their complete and difficult to understand language system. ”

I don't know if it's my delusion, Ben has a moment of pride and pride when he mentions my mother, which is not seen on the faces of ordinary Nords: "Their language will have different expressions in different ages, for example, when they express doubts and incomprehension, they will use the syllable 'Mada' in childhood, but they will become 'Mozha' in adulthood, so to decipher their language, you need to observe mermaids in different periods." However, it is not only difficult to decipher their language, but the syllables of their same meaning change in different contexts, and you can't decipher what the syllable means in that context. So far, your mother is the only person who can understand the mermaid's language, and the rest of us can only infer what the mermaid is trying to say based on the context. ”

Whata? I've heard this word in Shi's mouth many times, and I've probably guessed what he was trying to say. But for the other syllables, I can't guess: "What does 'sha' mean?" ”

"Huh?" Ben paused, probably reacting to what I was asking, "Oh, that's what the merfolk meant by attacking or expressing anger." It seems that the merfolk around you have caused you a lot of doubts - please don't be so guarded, as someone who has been watching you for a long time, I will know that there is a merfolk by your side, but our target is you, and we don't do anything to your merfolk. Okay, if you want to ask anything, as long as it's simple, I can tell you. ”

I chose to ignore his lies, and since he didn't expose their capture, it was not appropriate for me to ask: "What about 'Shakava'?" ”

"That's what it means to call out to your peers or to encourage your peers."

I frowned, and after shouting the syllable, I found the hole in the tree, which seemed to have been the habitat of another mermaid.

"Where's 'Wata'?"

"Agree, or affirm."

"Where's the 'mud waka'?"

"What?" Ben paused, and his expression became a little shocked when he heard my repeated questioning, "Oh, that means he made a mistake and asked you to punish him." I'm amazed that your mermaid would take the initiative to ask for punishment, just like this mermaid, your mother taught him well, and he would take the initiative to punish every time he made a mistake. ”

"Really? So...... "I'm not interested in the mermaid in the portrait, and I ask the biggest question," what do 'Kashi' and 'Iwaka' mean? ”

Ben's smile stiffened, "You're asking me this question very seriously?" ”

"Any questions?" I suddenly had a bad feeling.

"I was just surprised," Ben's smile looked like schadenfreude, "in fact, 'Kasha' means mother, and 'Iwaka' means like or love, and the two together mean, 'Mom, I like you.'" ”

"......," I short-circuited my head for a moment, "I'm sorry, can you say that again?" ”

"No matter how many times I repeat it, the content is the same," Ben's smile deepened, "'Kasha' means mother, and of course sometimes for the sake of brevity, the syllable 'shi' is used to mean 'mom', and 'Iwaka' means liking." Forgive me, Mr. Sals, for gloating, if I am not mistaken, that merfolk mistook you for mother, then allow me to take the liberty of asking, what did you do to that mermaid, that he would call you 'mother'? ”

“……”

Calm down, Sals, you need to calmly recall how this beautiful misunderstanding was caused. …… Oh, it seems that I listened to March at that time, and soon after biting the ear fin, the term "Kashi" came out of his mouth.

"Ear fins?" Ben put his hand to his chin and laughed, "Mr. Sals, I think I need to explain to you that in the merfolk race, only mermaid mothers or partners do this to their children or spouses, which is a very intimate gesture, and similarly, merfolk will also rub their ear fins against their ears in response to their love. However, when we watched you covertly, we found that your merfolk looked only four months old, immature, and had no mates, so ...... Cough. ”

Boom -- I feel like I hear a string break in my head.

A sudden image appeared in front of my eyes:

A blue-tailed mermaid playfully flicked its tail, intimately rubbed its ear fins against my ear, and happily shouted, "Mommy, I like you, Mommy, Mommy......"

Then I touched his head affectionately and called him by name: "Shi (Mom) ......"