43. Chapter 43
Fate played a joke on me, and I escaped from the disgusting part of the institute and fell into the hands of the merfolk.
Yes, I was placed under house arrest again, and the place of house arrest was Shi's home, and Shi was placed in a better place to heal.
Thankfully, my treatment as a prisoner was not bad, I had all the medicine, drinking water, and food, and I was in a state like I was in a hospital, except that I didn't have a TV or books to relieve my boredom.
To be honest, I can completely refute what Adrien said to me in the end, such as that when I got the memory, Abbott had already died in the accident, or that I just accidentally saw someone else's memory, and I didn't know Abbott at all, etc., but in the end I chose to remain silent.
I knew very well what my role was in this incident - a somewhat sympathetic bystander to Abbott's tragic plight, but apathetic. Although I did have the idea of trying to save Abbott at the time, I didn't have the ability to put it into action, and if I had cut off the power system at the time, or if I had prevented them from performing surgery in the past, I would have had the slightest chance of saving Abbott.
But in fact, I did nothing but watch Abbott die in the best interests of my own interests.
I didn't know Abbott at the time, and it was actually understandable that he didn't save him, but if I thought about it, if it was a human being lying on the operating table at that time, would I still be able to die?
The answer is clearly no.
I just psychologically resisted the mermaid race and divided this race into the category of enemies, but I didn't think that Abbott at that time should be the enemy of the enemy, that is, a friend.
In short, Adrien is right, in a way, I am also a murderer.
Therefore, on the premise that I had many ways to escape, I chose to stay, not because I was willing to accept their questioning and investigation, but because of a heavy sense of guilt, and of course, there was another reason.
I looked at the wounds in my left leg and right shoulder and frowned.
It's very strange, after I used the ability just now, these two wounds cracked, and the pain was like a diffuse virus, infinitely expanding to the surrounding injury-free areas, and what was even more strange was that the pain was accompanied by numbness, as long as the pain eroded parts, they lost consciousness.
There are several deeper wounds on my body, but they have gradually healed under the action of the saliva of the release, but it is these two bullet wounds that have a tendency to worsen.
What's going on?
Before I could find the answer, the release appeared.
With permission from the guards, he swam in. Even though the candlelight was dim, I caught his red eyes, and apparently he had been crying a lot before coming.
"Oh little one, what's wrong with you?" With difficulty, I stretched out my conscious right hand to him and pulled him to sit beside me, and forgive me for my poor health, otherwise I would have given him a warm hug.
"Woo whoa, woo whoa." Relieved lying on my chest, hugging me, tears falling uncontrollably, I could feel him crying that he couldn't protect me.
"It's okay little one, I'm fine, look, there's medicine and plenty of food...... Oh, don't do that," I didn't know what to do when he cried louder, "I'm really fine, it's not your fault, you protected me just now, didn't you?" Speaking of which, is there anything wrong with you? β
"Muta." Shi shook his head, as if to reassure me, and patted his chest to prove how strong he was.
I couldn't help but laugh, he always gave me joy.
"Moda?" Shi suddenly grabbed a strand of my hair and tilted his head curiously, staring at the strand of hair.
I turned my head and saw that the hair was not the same color as my current brown hair, except for a little brown at the ends, and most of the others were burgundy.
Oh, if he hadn't pointed it out, I had almost forgotten my original hair color.
Yes, my hair is a natural burgundy color, but this color is too conspicuous to be easily recognized, and I dyed it brown after adding "Falcon", but after being caught by the Nords, I didn't have a chance to re-dye it, and now as my hair grows, the original hair color is naturally exposed.
I explained the problem of hair color, and he clapped his hands happily, hugged me and rubbed my ears with his ear fins, saying that he liked this hair color very much.
I put my arms around the slimy little guy and smiled again, and for the first time I felt that burgundy was such a beautiful color.
I used to think that my hair color was a burden, but now I have changed my opinion, this color is liked by some people, and deeply loved, which means that it is needed, like enthusiasm and blazing flames, even if it is dazzling red, there is still their value, and there are people who go to the fire for them.
Shi stuffed two things into my arms, a white sea lion doll and a large baby bottle.
White sea lion dolls?
I was surprised, could this be the doll I gave him when I said goodbye to him?
Seeing Shi nodding happily, I felt like I was choked by something, and I didn't know how to express my feelings in words. This is a birthday present I bought for him at the market when I was "born" for a month, and he screamed with joy that day, holding the doll tightly, even when eating, and he wouldn't even give it to me if I wanted to hold it for a while.
I still remember Sakura's smile at the time, just like when I got the mermaid doll from my mother, but sadly, the mermaid doll was lost when my father and I left home, so when I saw that Sakura still had the doll, I had mixed feelings.
I couldn't protect the good things, Shi took my place to protect it, look, the doll is old, but the color is still very dark, although some places have taken off the thread, revealing cotton, but judging from the crooked thread that fell off, Shi likes it very much, and is very careful to protect it.
"Thank you, little one, for protecting your birthday present."
Shi happily accepted my touch, shoved the doll into my arms, babbling and gesturing, it took me a little time to understand, and he said that he hoped the doll could accompany me and relieve the loneliness of my house arrest.
I don't know how to express my inner feelings, I know how important this doll is to him, maybe when he was abandoned by me and floating in the sea, it was the company of this doll that he survived strongly, but now for me, he gave up the doll he refused to let go before, and this kind of affection can be possessed by several people
I smiled and gave the doll back to him: "It's something that's important to you, and you have to protect it, you know?" No one can give, including me. β
"Moda?" He asked me puzzled.
"You let me treat the doll as if it were me, do you hear me clearly?" Let's just think of it as fulfilling my wish that I can't protect the mermaid doll.
Shi obediently patted the doll's head, smirked and hugged it tightly, then pointed to the bottle and asked me to drink the water from the bottle.
I looked at the bottle strangely: "Bottle? β
Nodding excitedly, I held the bottle up, bringing the nipple closer to mine.
"Wait," I stopped him, "why are you giving me a bottle?" I'm an adult, not an infant. β
"Babble!" Shi blinked, took the bottle, pulled out the cap, sucked on the nipple, and under my stunned expression, took a few sips and handed it to me, looking very excited to teach me how to use the bottle.
An incredible possibility came to mind: "You've been drinking from a bottle all the time?" β
"Wata!" He patted the bottle and flicked his tail excitedly.
I couldn't help but hold my forehead: "Didn't anyone tell you that the bottle was used by babies?" You've grown up and don't need this thing anymore. β
"Hahaha, it's not that no one sued him, but that he refused to use drinking tools such as drinking cups." An old voice cut in, it was Thomason.
He swam in with the medicine box after being inspected by the guards, and Shi helped him to my side as he had done before.
With a smile in his eyes, Thomason seemed to bring a hint of sympathy: "We once asked him to change his drinking tools, but he said that his mother used a bottle to feed him water, and the bottle smelled like a mother, so he insisted on using the bottle." β
I really had a little headache about the little guy's education, I put down the bottle and tried to explain it to him in words that the little guy could understand, who knew that he had a premonition of what I was going to do, his eyes widened, and he puffed out his cheeks and picked up the bottle, even if I said more truth, he still insisted on his own approach.
"It seems that he is stubborn and does not even listen to his mother." Thomasson laughed teasingly.
"Forget it, when he grows up, let's educate him, by the way, Thomasson," I lifted the quilt to reveal the wound on my left leg, "please help me see what the wound is all about......
I gasped, and after only a few minutes of not noticing, the wound became pus, and a disgusting yellow viscous liquid ran down the side of my leg.
"What's going on?" Tomasson's face suddenly became very solemn, and he immediately took out a clean cotton swab to help me deal with the pus, and then applied alcohol disinfection and good medicine, "If I remember correctly, the little guy has already treated your wound with saliva." β
"It may be that I used the ability just now, and the wound is cracked."
"It's impossible," Thomas denied, "the mermaid saliva has a very effective healing power that allows you to repair your wound in a short time, and besides, you've been in a coma for three days, which is enough time for your wound to heal to the point where it won't crack." Wait, let me check it out, and by the way, please comfort the little one, he looks like he's about to cry. β
I sat up with the help of Shi Zhi, and with great help I wiped away the tears that had been shed because he was worried about me, and asked, "Does he always cry so much?" β
"Oh, of course not," said Thomason, "to tell you the truth, I hardly saw him cry before you came. When he was bullied by a big mermaid, he was covered in wounds, and he didn't shed a single tear, and when he was scolded by me, he also cried, but after you came, he became sentimental. But that's a good thing, because he treats you as a real relative. β
I touched my head, yes, he sees me as a relative, I see him as a relative, we are dependent on each other.
"Your wound isn't normal, I always feel like it's ......"
Thomason was interrupted, and with a shrill whistle, a merfolk scurried in, its anxious face illuminated by the candlelight.
He hurriedly grabbed Thomason's arm and was about to take him away, hurriedly saying something and looking at me a few times.
Tormasson frowned, looked back at me, and explained, "My brother was attacked by the merfolk while on patrol, and he told me to do everything I could to heal my wounded brother, and he said that he would take you with him. β
I frowned, what are you going to do with this patient at this time?
There's always a sense of foreboding.
"Your clan hasn't been peaceful lately, is there something going on?" Before heading to the palace, I asked Thomasen.
Thomason's face suddenly became very solemn, he glanced at the relief, and replied: "In fact, after we were invaded by the Nord a few months ago, the tribe suffered heavy casualties, which led to the economic decline and production lag within the tribe, which gave other races the opportunity to plunder our food and bully our people. In order to protect the clansmen, the leader went out to negotiate with other clan leaders some time ago, but according to the chief, the negotiation results were not satisfactory, and the other races claimed that we wanted us to hand over food to them on time every month, otherwise they would lead the clansmen to invade our territory. β
I was a little shocked by this, I didn't expect that there was not only racism and war within human beings, but also merfolk no exception.
This world of the jungle is truly terrifying, where peers of the same species kill each other, and each race faces not only the provocation of its peers, but also the threat of its enemies.
"The Deep Sea Merfolk are the weakest race, they can't match the Redscale Merfolk in terms of speed, and they can't compare to the Evil Merfolk in terms of attack power, so we have no advantage at all when it comes to snatching food. Although Adrion is a very good leader, the inherent weakness of the deep merfolk means that he will not be able to lead us to reverse the trend of being bullied, you see, even the Nords are bullying us...... If it weren't for the fact that our merfolk had an advantage over humans in strength, I dare not imagine the consequences of that day's war of aggression. Thomasson covered his face, as if suppressing the painful feelings, and his voice became very old, "How we hope that one day there will be peace, free from racial discrimination and war, not only with other races, but also with humanity." β
"Forgive me for taking the liberty of asking, if you want to be friendly with humans," I hesitated for a moment, deciding to say what I thought, "why do you even participate in the sacrifice, you are doing this kind of harm to humanity. β
"Sacrifice?" Thomason's expression looked confused, "I beg your pardon, I don't know what you're talking about." β
"Isn't it?" I asked rhetorically, "Every once in a while, the Mermaid Lord will ask the humans to contribute sacrifices to him as food, and then he will gather the merfolk of all races to the island of Cezea and snatch the human sacrifices, and the first race to give the sacrifice to the Merfolk Lord will receive the supreme glory." β
Thomas was stunned for a moment, and suddenly said in surprise: "Oh my God, who is suing you?" Please be sure to teach the person who sues you hard, this is a misunderstanding, a misunderstanding! Look at us, we are not hostile to you as a human being, and even welcome you very friendly, I think the sacrificial activities you are talking about, but we ......"
"Thomason, you're here!"
Just as I was about to hear the truth, Adrien's anxious voice β‘β‘, and at the same time he himself came to help Thomas to go inside, and by his hurried attitude, he could tell that the matter was very strict.
Shi once told me that in the last battle of the Nord invasion, the few experienced healers in the clan were killed, and only Thomason was left, so Thomasson was the only hope in the clan.
I didn't go any further, and followed Adrien's footsteps into the palace.
Unexpectedly, since I stepped into the palace, the atmosphere in the palace suddenly became solemn, and the mermaids who were still busy swimming just now, as if they had a soul in their hearts, turned their heads tacitly and looked at me with strange eyes.
"Mudda!" Shi seemed to sense their unkind gaze and stood in front of me, staring at the merfolk warily.
This strange phenomenon was not until Adrien told us something that we understood what was going on.
"This is a gift from the Red Scaly Merfolk who attacked us," Adrion tossed a piece of paper in front of me, his face tense, "They said that the lord is looking for this person, and as long as we hand this person over, they will stop their aggression, otherwise they will forcibly break into our inhabited island and rob the people." Sals Vanadium was stunned and plundered and cut his lips and vomited"
I frowned, and there was a portrait of a man drawn on the paper, unfortunately, this person, was me.
The mermaid lord is looking for me, even at the cost of using force, why is that?
"Would you believe me if I said that I didn't know your lord at all, or even only met him once?"
"You know your words are not convincing at all!" Adrien's scepter pointed at me and said, "During the exchange of humans, we all saw the lord hunting down a human, and that human, if I am not mistaken, is you. If you don't know each other, why should the lord hunt you down! β
I looked him in an angry gaze and said, "I don't understand this question, just like you. Forget it, I know you don't trust me, so are you going to hand me over? β
"This is a matter of course for the safety of my people, and of course I will hand you over as a matter of course, but," said Adrien, "you are the benefactor of our people, and I will not make any decision until I have their consent." β
"You've surprised me," I was a little surprised, thinking he wouldn't hesitate to hand me over, "and I can't agree with some of your approaches, but in a way I have to admit that you're a good leader who thinks about his people. β
"Should I be glad you agree?" Ardrion didn't look overjoyed, "Actually, I'd love to hand you over right away to keep my people safe. We don't have enough combat power to deal with other races. β
"So what if I say, I agree with you handing me over?"
"Are you serious?" Adrien looked surprised, "Do you need me to remind you, is your opponent a merfolk lord?" β
"Of course I'm serious," I whispered a reassuring reassurance, hugging the relieved ones who were so excited to stop me, "I know I'm taking a risk, but it's the best outcome for both parties, isn't it?" β
"What are you trying to do?"
"This is my personal matter, and I have no need to sue you. Of course, you can take my voluntary actions as a sense of guilt for Abbott. β
"I don't think you're going to feel that guilty, your eyes are full of deception from beginning to end." Adrien said displeasedly.
"Whatever you think of me, I only ask you if you want to hand me over."
Adrien sneered: "Of course, you are willing, and I have no reason to refuse. β
"Then we have reached an agreement to exchange me for peace with your people, but allow me to say more, it means that your people owe me another favor."
Adrian's face did not change in the slightest, and it was clear that he naturally accepted this statement: "I don't deny it. Then the cooperation is established. β
"No!" At this point, Shi broke free from my embrace and waved his head excitedly to stop me.
"Release, obedience, this is a result that is beneficial to both parties." I touched his head and tried to comfort him with words that he could accept, "I'm not going to die, I have my own plans, can you stay here and wait for me?" I promise to come back safely. β
"No, no, no!" Shi seemed even more excited, his eyes full of tears were full of determination, and he held my arm tightly with incredible strength.
"Shi, listen, I'm only going to tell you about this matter, I hope you can understand me." I leaned into Shi's ear and whispered, "You know, I'm looking for my mother's whereabouts, and there's a good chance that the Merfolk Lord knows where my mother is. β
Relieved.
Yes, the discovery was quite shocking, and even I was taken aback when I thought about it.
Remember when I saw Artelius and the Mermaid Lord, I felt a sense of familiarity? Ben had told me that after being reborn, Artelius still retained the signs of the original Artelius in some respects, such as his appearance.
In fact, after comparison, it was found that the appearance of the mermaid lord and Artelius was 80% similar, except that the eyes and nose were not similar at all, and the mermaid lord was almost a copy of Artelius. Since I had only met the Mermaid Lord and Artelius once, I didn't immediately remember the similarities between the two, and I didn't remember until I met the Mermaid Lord again through the subject's memories during the connection test.
So I made a bold guess, could the mermaid lord be the reborn Artelius, my mother was by his side, and he chased me after me at the first meeting because he recognized my relationship with my mother? Of course, this is only hypothetical, there is no solid evidence, and it does not accurately explain why the merfolk lord who recognized me would hunt me down.
But in any case, it gave me a glimmer of hope to find my mother, and I couldn't give up this great opportunity.
Shi obviously didn't agree with me, he hugged my waist tightly, cried loudly, didn't agree with me to take the risk, and even asked to ask with me, and under my repeated explanations and refusals, he cried even louder.
His cry was like a megaphone, and it spread out in all directions, and I suddenly felt a dull pain in my head, which I had tasted before, and knew it was a sound wave released. It was terrible, not only me, but the other merfolk were also affected by the sound waves, and their expressions were extremely painful.
"Shi, please stop," I hugged Shi, "you're going to hurt us." β
Shi stopped crying, looked at us with teary eyes, sobbed and clutched at my clothes, and refused to let go.
"Shi, the feeling of losing your mother, I think you understand it better than I do." I said with a straight face, "And it's about the safety of your race, you can't be so selfish. β
Shi's expression looked hurt, he seemed to be holding back some emotion, bit his lip, hugged me, and left suddenly.
Looking at his back, I also felt very uncomfortable, after all, I had promised not to leave him, but now I had to leave him to take the risk myself. However, this is the best outcome.
"Adrian, I have two conditions." I didn't have a chance to speak before I said, "First, after I leave, send someone to keep an eye on Shi and forbid him to leave here. "I know how strong Shi's action is, and when he transforms into a blue mermaid, I dare say that no one here can stop him, but I must not let him come to me.
After Adrien agreed, I looked at the pair of trousers I had worn a few days ago and now very tattered, and said, "Second, please prepare me a set of clothes that fit me, as well as a self-defense weapon." β
Wear a base layer, a short jacket, slacks, and mid-rise boots. Three silver needles were hidden in the hair, a miniature knife was hidden in the inner pocket of the jacket, and the wound was bandaged and equipped.
Alright, let's go.
I sat on a bamboo raft and was led by Adrien and his men to the junction with the Redscale Merfolk.
Before leaving, Thomas handed me something with a rather solemn face: "Child, please forgive me for not being able to help you, about your wounds, I guess, may be infected with a contagious virus, but because the time is too short, I can't make up my mind lightly." So please put away this tube of stimulant, when you are in an emergency, inject it into your skin, it can make you recover in a short period of time, the pain and paralysis will disappear, but after the effect of the drug, the side effects on the body are very large, so I will only give you a tube, I hope you do not use it as a last resort. β
I thanked him and took the straw and put it in my pocket for safekeeping.
When we arrived at the handover site, Adrion negotiated with the Merfol's representatives, and finally agreed on the terms of me in exchange for a written pledge that the Merfolk would not harass the Merfolk of the Deep Sea, after which I was forced to lock my hands and go to their territory with the Merfolk of the Deep.
I was taken to a rather large sea building, which seemed to show off its value compared to the palace of the mermaids of the deep sea, surprisingly tall, the shellfish of the building material was half the size of a palm, and even the night pearl embedded in the top of the building was the size of a head.
The building is open, with several male mermaid sculptures with their hands on the ceiling as gateposts, and on the landslide leading to the building, there is also a statue of the god of the sea, but this god of the sea is more majestic and powerful.
This is the palace of the merfolk lord Mystic.
When it comes to the merfolk lord Mystik, one word is always mentioned when people refer to him: mysterious.
Yes, as his name is synonymous with, his name is named after "mysterious".
No one knew who his parents were or where they were born, but he suddenly burst into the limelight, and after the shortest and most brutal battle in history, he gained the glory of the mermaid lord, and created a scepter that symbolized the rights of the mermaid lord, and violently enveloped all the mermaid races. No one knows when he became the mermaid lord, some say it was ten years ago, some say it was decades ago, and it seems that before people knew it, he was in existence.
When people talk about him, they also mention one word: moody. It is said that when he is angry, he will take his anger on humans, causing a small tsunami, but when he is happy, he will send food and gifts from the deep sea.
During his tenure, the rituals were most frequent, but on the other hand, it was a time when humans and mermaids were at peace.
As someone who was about to face this strange mermaid, I didn't know what to say when I met him, and even Adrien kindly reminded me to be careful when talking to Mystic, his temper was not ordinary.
No matter what, it's come to this point, and I can only bite the bullet.
Before I met Mystic, I was wondering how to talk to him about my mother, and who knew that when he saw me, he immediately threw the tail of the fish two meters long at me.
I reflexively jumped up, but the wound on my right leg suddenly became a tearing pain, and my body suddenly fell, and at this moment the wide fishtail was slamming in front of me.
Damn it! I immediately shot flames at the ground, using the force of recoil to rush into the air, fortunately avoiding the fishtail.
Thankfully, Mystyk didn't continue to attack, otherwise I would have been in a bitter battle with my current state.
With the thud of the scepter striking the ground, the red fishtail retracted after an arc.
I am in a very bad state now, I feel warm fluid flowing down from the wound on my left leg, the wound is obviously cracked and blood is flowing out, and the pain and numbness are more intense than before, and the left thigh is completely unconscious.
At this moment, Mystik suddenly laughed maniacally: "Sals Eddie, Sals Eddie, I finally found you, I have been waiting for this day for a long time. In the next second, he suddenly became hideous, "Sue me, where is your mother Renata Eddie!" β
I froze.
I came here in the hope of getting information about my mother's whereabouts from Mystic, but now it seems that it has backfired.
Of course, I wouldn't be stupid enough to tell him the truth, so I frowned and asked, "Why do you want to know my mother's whereabouts?" β
"Why?" Mystyk paused for a few seconds, twitching his facial nerves into a forced smile, "Of course it's because I miss her and want to see her." β
"Why do you want to see her?"
"You're not qualified to question me!" Mystyk's face changed suddenly, this capricious attitude was really like what people say, with a strange personality, "I command you, tell your mother's whereabouts!" β
"I'm not a merfolk, and you're not qualified to command me." I calmly faced his questioning, and looked around at the merfolk guards who were about to come up and attack me, "Of course, if you use the tyranny. force, then I will repay you in the same way, do you want to taste the taste of my fist? β
In fact, I was completely posturing with this sentence, and it was impossible for me to safely escape from here in my current physical state, but my shock worked.
Mystic put away his strong attitude and showed a kind-looking smile: "You know who I am, and I know my relationship with your mother, and now that I am separated from your mother, I need her. So please tell me where she is. β
"I'm sorry," I was surprised that Mystik would use honorifics, but I wouldn't tell him the truth because of that, "I don't know who you are, I don't know your relationship with my mother, I'm only meeting you for the second time." β
"How can you not know who I am!" Mystyk suddenly burst into rage, "I'm Artelius! β
I froze, not because I was shocked by who he was, but because of his violent reaction. If he was really Arteles, why would he be so excited to express his identity.
"Who is Arteles?" I pretended I didn't know anything, and I took his words.
"You don't know?" His eyes widened in shock, "Don't you even know that Ben Les didn't sue you!" β
Again, I was surprised that he had mentioned Ben.
"I'm sorry, but I still don't know what you're talking about, who is Ben Lez?"
"You're lying! You've been in the institute for so long, you must know who Ben Les is, and without his help, you wouldn't have been able to escape from the institute as you did eighteen years ago...... Enough," said Mystek in a sudden rage, "tell me where Renata Eddie is!" β
What Ben helps, what did it do eighteen years ago, and what does it mean? Artelius' words seem to hide some secret, and I am desperate to know the truth.
"I don't know what you said, I'm a little confused, please tell me the details."
"You don't need to know anything," Mystyk apparently lost his patience, "you just need to tell me where Renata is!" β
"I don't think I'm obligated to tell you about my mother's whereabouts until I know what happened."
"You're threatening me?" Mystic's face became even more hideous, and he held the armrests of the throne tightly with both hands. lean, moved his face to me, stared at me like an ant. His body was so large that the shadow of his face almost completely enveloped me.
"I just want to make a deal with you, and if you can convince me with what you know, I'll consider telling you about my mother's whereabouts, provided you don't hurt her, of course, and if you are murderous like this, I will never sue you...... Oh, please don't get angry," I said calmly in the face of his anger, "I think I have to remind you that I am the only one who knows my mother's whereabouts. "Looking at Mystik's nervous appearance, it is obvious that he has been looking for his mother, but to no avail, so he pins his hope on me. Of course, I don't know my mother's whereabouts, I'm just talking.
Mystic's heavy breath sprayed my face, and he was clearly trying to contain his anger, when he suddenly grabbed the pendant on my chest and snapped, "This pendant...... Where did this pendant come from! Didn't Renata give it to you! β
I was stunned, I had never mentioned the pendant to anyone, and no one knew the origin of it, so why would Mystyk know? In fact, the pendant was given to me by my father one night after my mother separated from us two years later, and at that time my father said that it was a birthday present that my mother intended to give me, but because of that incident, we were forced to move and we couldn't find it, and he didn't find it until recently, so he gave the pendant to me and asked me to keep it personally.
Before Shi fell out of the pendant, I had been naΓ―ve enough to think it was a simple birthday present, but now it seems that it is obviously not that simple.
"I'm not obligated to sue you."
I tried hard to pull the pendant back, but Mystek wouldn't let go, staring at the pendant until suddenly, he laughed maniacally, "The pendant cracks, cracks...... Great, quick, sue me, where is the mermaid in the pendant, where is it! β
Simply a madman! I pursed my lips and shot a flame at Mystec's hand in an attempt to get him to let go, but who knew that he had withstood my heat and even allowed his skin to be burned to the blister.
He even knew that there was a mermaid in the pendant, who was he, could it really be Artelius?
No, he's not. Artelius's memories tell me that Artelius was a very simple child, and that he would never be a madman with a twisted personality, and that in some ways his personality was more like Artelius than the similar-looking Mystic.
Wait, Shakti fell out of the pendant that my mother gave me, and Mystic also knew about Shakti's existence, could it be that Shakti had something to do with Mother, Mystic, and maybe even Artelius?
"Tell me where Renata and this mermaid are!"
"Let it go." I gripped the pendant with a cold face, but Mystek pulled it with more force, almost as if he was going to tear the pendant off alive, "I told you, let it go!" β
I suddenly erupted with a wave of high-temperature flames, according to my strength estimate, Mystek should be shaken a few meters away by me, but to my surprise, Mystek was only a few centimeters away from the upper half of his body, and his lower body showed no signs of moving at all, which shows that his strength is not ordinarily strong.
Unfortunately, my actions angered him, and he roared, and my mind suddenly felt like I had been forcibly stuffed with some kind of horror, and I felt inexplicable fear and horror, and this suppressed negativity almost drove me crazy, and my heart was beating faster, and I was about to jump out of my chest.
It's the merfolk lord's ultrasound, and it's destroying my brain.
"No, please stop, Mistress Mystik!"