"Tick, tick."

What was that?

Where did the wind come from, it was so cold...... Well? The thighs were crispy and numb, as if something was sliding against the base of the thighs, and there was a strange feeling that could not be explained.

It's comfortable, but it's a little bit of an inexplicable sense of shame, oh my god, my body is heating up like it's being burned, and what's more, some restless part is also reacting to this weird comfort...... No, stop, it's such a shame!

I opened my eyes suddenly, and my eyeballs were suddenly flooded with a dim light. My head was still in a state of confusion, and I vaguely turned to the source of the light, slowly gathering my gaze, and saw one hanging from the wall...... Oh no, a candelabra on a rock wall to be exact.

It was so dark that there was no lighting except for the candlestick, and I was about to check my surroundings when a heavy object suddenly pressed against me.

"Niniwa!"

"Uh-huh......" At the same time, I let out a muffled grunt of pain, and my body protested as if it were about to fall apart, and I swear it was the sum of all the pain I had ever experienced before.

"Sa...... Sals? A little frightened voice rang in my ears, and I saw what this weight was pressing on me.

Oh, Shi, this naughty little one.

"Shi, are your injuries alright?" I immediately looked at his body, and there were no wounds except for reddish marks on some parts, and it looked like the wounds had healed with the mermaid's high-intensity healing ability.

"Woo whoa, woo whoa." He hugged my waist with tears in his eyes and called my name crying, but now was not the time for me to comfort him, because I had discovered something strange.

My wounds were carefully bandaged and probably too many wounds, and now I am completely naked. Naked, while the thighs with the deepest wounds, the bandages were untied, and the slippery touch on the skin showed that they had just been treated with a viscous liquid - the therapeutic saliva of the mermaid.

God knows, the skin at the base of my thighs is sensitive, the organs that symbolize male signs are coming up in a situation that I can't control, and I think all the shame accumulated in the past twenty-five years has exploded today, and if there was a mirror in front of me, I dare to swear my face must be red.

Oh shit.

I tried to push the little guy in my arms away, but the wound was terrible, and the pain widened several times because it was a thigh pierced by a gun, but I not only didn't push him away, but also hugged his back because of the slime on his body.

"Moda?" The little one stopped crying, he turned his head and quietly watched my hand that had slid down to his waist, and after a few seconds, he threw himself into my arms even more excitedly, flicked his tail, and rubbed his ear fins against my ears, "Iwaka, Iwaka." ”

God, did he know how sharp his scales were, the scales that scraped against my leg were like knives, and if it weren't for the lucky bandage on the outside of the wound, the wound would have cracked.

"Stop...... "My throat was as dry as if it was about to burst into flames, and the sound I made was so weak that I couldn't believe it.

Fortunately, the little guy caught my low voice, and he honestly got out of my arms, probably seeing my pale face, he was startled: "Moda! Then he saw my thigh that was starting to bleed, and he immediately stuck his tongue out.

"No......" Before I could stop his shameful behavior, his tongue was pressed against my sensitive skin...... The temperature of the tongue penetrates the skin like a flame, and the slippery touch is not only not disgusting, but also brings a cool and ambiguous atmosphere.

The smell of blood in the air seemed to have turned into the fragrance of roses, and a certain part of shame was immediately stimulated by the aroma, and it stood up energetically, and unfortunately bounced into Shi's face.

Oh shit!

I lost my cool in embarrassment, and scrambled to try to exonerate him, but as before, the slime on his body once again protected him, and I accomplished nothing but to get his head off a bit.

I think my face must have been red with blood, especially when I saw those pale green eyes staring straight at the organs, and I felt even more ashamed.

"Release, be obedient, close your eyes." I softened my voice, struggled to cover my eyes with my hands, and struggled to pull through the thin quilt that had been thrown aside.

After doing this, I felt like I was drenched in hot water, covered in hot sweat, and the sweat obviously exacerbated the cracking of the wound.

I exhaled in pain and embarrassment, and although Shi honestly did not continue his viewing, his up-and-down ear fins betrayed his curiosity.

"Moda, Moda?" He flicked his tail lightly and tilted his head.

But I wasn't going to let go until I suppressed this disobedient thing.

I took a look at the environment.

It was a dimly lit cavern with a very narrow entrance, and several curtains of water hung down from the ceiling, blocking my view from looking outside. At the end of the cave was a rough block of rock, and I lay on a rough slab of polished stone, next to which were bottles of liquid that looked like potions. On the periphery of the stone clusters is flowing clear water, which flows through the narrow hole of guò to an unknown place outside.

It looks like a humble place to live.

"Where is this?" I asked.

"Babbling." He shook his paw and explained to me: this is the habitat of deep-sea merfolk.

I was surprised and threw more questions at him, such as what happened after I passed out and why I was here.

Shi gave me the answer very clearly.

After I passed out in a coma, Shi was very successful in making Burst Dawn force down at sea, although due to his immature technology, Burst Dawn was extensively damaged, but fortunately, the hard high-tech metal shell protected Burst Dawn, as long as a technician was found to repair it, Burst Dawn can continue to be used. As for Hetty, Shi arranged for it to be placed on the Merfolk Island of the Deep Sea, and the other merfolk who shared our suffering also said goodbye to us and returned to their respective territories.

Saku, along with the other deep-sea merfolk who escaped from the research institute, took me to the habitat to recuperate, and this cave is Shi's home. But when I asked Shi if he remembered when he recovered the mermaid, he looked dazed and looked like he had lost this part of his memory.

At this moment, an old voice broke into the hole: "Little one, is your friend awake?" ”

The curtain of water was cut off by a figure, and in the faint light, I vaguely saw a person swimming in.

An elderly deep-sea mermaid with white whiskers.

Despite his age, his energetic eyes and ruddy face made him look young.

"Muza!" As soon as the old man came, Shi Deng, who had been clinging to me, swam over with his tail flicked, obediently helped the old man to come and sit next to me, and then happily introduced the identity of the old man to me.

I let my guard down.

Thomason, the healer of the merfolk of the deep.

"Son, you look in good spirits."

Hearing the familiar language here, I immediately felt a sense of familiarity with Thomason.

He put down the medicine box in his hand and smiled and held out his hand to me, "Show me your injuries...... Oh, your wound is cracked and needs to be rebandaged, come and hand it to me, child. ”

"Listen to the release, it was you who helped me bandage the wound, thank you." Maybe it was Thomason's loving smile that infected me, or maybe he was able to communicate with me fluently, but he felt so much like my grandfather that I handed him my hand almost unsuspectingly.

"You're so gracious, child," said Thomason, smiling lovingly, and after helping me to sit up, he examined my wounds, "and we are to be thankful for saving our people." ”

I smiled and nodded, and didn't go on on with this question, after all, my original intention of taking them out of the institute was to use them, and although I changed my opinion later, the original intention was still impure.

"Anyway, you helped me."

Tomason smiled and helped me untie the bandage, and Shi also offered to come over and help.

"No, it's the little guy who really helped you compared to me. You know, you have been in a coma for three days, the little one has been taking care of you, almost not sleeping, of course, I also advised him to rest, but he said that he hoped that when you woke up, you could see him at first sight. ”

At this time, I noticed that Shi's eyes were bloodshot and his face was not very good. "Sorry, I don't know." I guiltily apologized to Shi, who immediately returned me with a friendly hug and rubbed my ear fins intimately.

"Looks like the little guy is clinging to you." Thomas laughed.

"Little one?" I looked at the awkward Shi who was cleaning my wounds and asked, "That's what you call him?" ”

"Yes, when we picked him up, he told us, and that's what his mother called him."

I was stunned, "little one" was what I called him when I raised him, but I didn't expect him to use this meaningless title as his name in the clan.

Thomasson looked up at me, his gaze becoming obscure: "We wanted to name him, but he insisted on using the title 'little one', and he said that his name would be chosen by his mother when he found him. ”

For a moment, my heart felt like a bullet had been pierced, and I couldn't speak. The guilt of abandoning the little guy once again invaded me, and I didn't know what expression to use to face Shi, and I could only say guiltily: "Thank you for raising Shi." “

Thomason's expression suddenly became stern: "To be honest, I thought at first that the person who raised him was his mother, so when he brought you back three days ago and said that you were his mother, we were really shocked. Well, anyway, let me take the liberty of asking, son, why did you leave the little one behind in the first place? ”

I sighed and told Thomason what had to be done, and when he finished speaking, Tomasson fell silent at the same time as Sakuto, who had been babbling all the time.

After a few months of changes, he has developed the ability to think independently, and I can feel that he can deeply understand my distress at the moment, and finally he chose to forgive, hugging me and crying, saying things I don't understand.

Probably receiving my bewildered gaze, Thomas translated: "He said that he hopes to never be separated from you for the rest of his life." He paused for a few seconds and said with a straight face, "But I'm sorry, no matter what your reason, as an elder, I still can't forgive you for leaving the little one, you know, the little one was only a month old at the time, and although he grew up at an amazing rate, he was still a baby with no ability to survive on his own, and if you release him into the sea, it is likely that he will be in danger." I think that if our chief had not seen him and brought him back, he might have died in a sea full of dangers. ”

The guilt weighed on me like a mountain, and I was about to suffocate, but Thomasson was right, the responsibility was indeed on me, and if I had calmed down at the time, I might have found a more appropriate way than to release myself into the sea.

"I'm sorry, I'm really sorry," I said bitterly, reaching out to cover my eyelids, "I don't dare to ask for your forgiveness, but I promise that I will do my best to make up for the debt I owe to you and repay you." ”

"Sals!" Shi threw himself into my arms excitedly, rubbing against me coquettishly, "Iwaka." ”

"I hope you can be responsible for what you have said, child, and I hope you can do what you say," Thomas looked at Shi lovingly, and smiled again, "The little guy is a very well-behaved child, and everyone in the clan likes him, I hope you will treat him well." ”

"Of course, I'll take good care of him." I promised, "Speaking of interpretation, I have a few questions for you. ”