Oh, it's Shakti's ear fins.

I don't know when he liked to rub his ear fins against my ears to express a ...... Well, probably a friendly or liking relationship.

It's just that his current behavior seems to be full of worry, he frowns, pats me lightly in the face, and comes out of his mouth a series of slurred syllables that sound like he is comforting me.

"I'm fine, please don't worry."

I reached out and touched his head, and he squinted in enjoyment, arched into my arms, and rubbed against my face.

I looked at the slimy guy in my arms, sighed, patted him on the back, and realized that I, who had always disliked touching others, had gradually adapted to contact with him.

"Shi, I'm going to save March," I thought about it, but decided to find a way to get Shi back to the sea first, "It's going to be a deadly adventure, and I don't want to bother you." In the evening, I will send you back to the sea, and I ask you to go back to your family. ”

"Moda?" Shi looked up from my arms, his clear eyes full of disbelief.

"Please don't be sad, I'm not abandoning you, but you need to go home, and I can't bother you because of myself. I am very grateful to you for saving me in the first place, and if we have the opportunity to meet again in the future, I will definitely repay you...... Oh, please don't. ”

"Wow." As if accusing me of how irresponsible my behavior was, the tears of relief poured out again, and the tears fell in my palm.

I reluctantly wiped away his tears, trying to make my voice stiffer: "Listen, I'm here for your good, it's useless for you to cry this time." I must send you back, your family is waiting for you in the sea. ”

Shi cried even louder, and I thought I was in the nursery.

"You're embarrassing me...... Well, I promise you, I'll go to you as soon as I rescue March. ”

"Wata!" Shi quickly regained his spirits, hugged me, and kept rubbing my ear fins against my ears, and then his stomach rang at the right time, "Goo." ”

I was stunned for a moment, he touched his little belly, patted it, raised his wet eyes to look at me, and told me that he was hungry and wanted to eat.

Speaking of which, we hadn't eaten for a day, and it was time to eat something to fill our stomachs, so I decided to enjoy a wonderful lunch before saying goodbye.

However, we only found a little bit of fruit, and nothing else. This little bit of fruit is pitifully small enough to fill our hungry stomachs from the exertion of a lot of body.

That's when I remembered the beach when we landed.

I used to observe the topography there, and the beach was in the arc of the island, and there were many coastal mountains nearby, which was quite remote. Maybe we can go back there and send us back to the sea.

Thankfully, as if hearing my thoughts, the communicator brought us a message.

After a sizzling electric current, an annoying sound sounded.

"All patrol officers obey orders, the target is still on the island, and it is necessary to strengthen the vigilance."

"Chief Chelson, do you need to patrol Sea A?" The communicator sounded the voice of a strange man.

After a brief pause, Cherson replied to the man.

"Oh, you idiot! It's all coastal hills, there's no roads, and there's a smart grid at sea, and as long as they touch the grid, we will find that they can't escape there. Don't waste my time, speed up your search for your goals! ”

The call ends with a loud "yes".

I can't help but want to applaud Chelson's excessive complacency, although I'm not sure if we're referring to the same place, but it's certain that where there's a coastal hill, there's no organized human existence.

I put away my communicator, picked it up, and followed the route I remembered back to the beach where we landed.

The sticky sea breeze brought a salty smell, and as soon as I entered the beach, my skin felt like a layer of sticky gelatin, which was extremely uncomfortable. I grew up on an island, but as a regulated Gosai people, we didn't have much access to the open seas - except, of course, when we went to the open sea on our own initiative through a special way - so I still can't get used to the slimy touch.

The sea rolled up the white waves and rushed to the beach, I put it down, walked to different positions, picked up the sand and rubbed a few handfuls, and roughly judged the height of the waves today - not high, and it is very convenient to go to sea.

"Release, you ......" I turned my head and was about to speak, but it stopped abruptly.

God, look what this guy is doing, he's actually climbing a coconut tree. Well, although he was quite nimble in his movements, and climbed to the top of the tree with the help of two webbed claws that fit perfectly on the trunk of the coconut tree, he, as a child, I strictly forbade him to do such a dangerous thing.

"Release, it's dangerous up there, jump down, I'll pick you up." I held out my hands to Shi.

"Moda?" Shi looked down at me for a moment, smiled and wagged his tail, slapped a few coconuts, then circled to the right and slapped a few more.

Oh, that naughty little one.

I looked at him worriedly and helplessly, and every time he changed position, my heart lifted fiercely, for fear that he would suddenly fall. However, he did not listen to me at all, and waited until all the coconuts on the tree were plucked before jumping down.

I struggled to catch the slippery little one, and who knew that he would pounce on me, and I was caught off guard and stumbled down on the beach.

"Shi, you guy...... Oh, don't rub it. "I was thrown on the beach by him, and he didn't seem to have much weight, but he was able to weigh me down. He happily hugged me, his ear fins rubbing against my ear like a puppy, the tail of the fish flicked, and his mouth made a pleasant cry: "Iwaka, Iwaka." ”

I didn't understand what he meant by the syllables he shouted, maybe it was a joyful mood, but in short, compared to his excitement, I was not in a good mood when I couldn't get up.

I tried to push him away, but his slippery skin always made my hands slippery, which made me look less like I was pushing him away, more like hugging him...... Oh no, I couldn't stand this overly intimate gesture and posture, so I got out from under him, patted the sand off my back, and warned him, "Listen, please don't do this in the future, I don't like this kind of contact." ”

The light in his eyes dimmed at a speed I could see, and his ear fins drooped unspiritually, looking rather depressed.

My heart tugged at me hard, was I being too harsh? Two opposing voices rang in my head: one said that he was just a child and should not refuse to be embraced by a child, and the other said that although he was a child, he was of sensible age and that he should know how indecent it was.

Well, maybe this behavior is so common in merfolk races that I shouldn't be measured by human standards.

I squatted down in front of Shi, touched his head, and lowered my voice to a softer voice: "Shi, I'm sorry, I'm not blaming you, it's just that in our human world, this kind of behavior is ......" I thought about it for a long time before I found a suitable explanation, "Well, it will only be done between partners." If you like, you can do this to your wife in the future. ”

"Moda?" Shi looked curious, raised his hand and gestured for a long time, and I realized that he was asking me what a partner was.

"Well......" I struggled to find the words to use to organize the language, and it took me a long time to squeeze out one sentence, "that is, the person who will spend the rest of your life with you in the future, just like your father and mother, they are companions to each other." ”

"Kasha, Kashak......" Shakya tilted his head in confusion, pinching his fingers and not knowing what he was pinching, and after a while, he smiled and pulled my arm and rubbed it, "Iwaka." ”

I couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief that he didn't ask about his "partner" anymore, otherwise I wouldn't know how to explain it to a child from an adult perspective.

I turned my attention to the coconuts he was picking.

I handed him the coconut and told him how to open it, and who knew that before I finished speaking, he immediately snatched the coconut and slapped it hard, "pop", and the coconut was like a punctured balloon, shattered into countless pieces.

Shi opened his eyes and stared blankly at the debris on the ground......

“…… I think you need to listen to me. "I don't think my face looks good.

Shi seemed to realize his mistake, wilted and lowered his ear fins, and stretched out his hand towards my palm upwards aggrievedly, and the fishtail pitifully stroked the fine sand: "Mud...... Mud Dawa. ”

"I'm not trying to punish you," I reluctantly pressed his hand, "I just want to sue you, next time I hear someone finish speaking, this is the least respect for people, you know?" Seeing Shi nodded, I handed another coconut to him, "Remember to make a hole on it first, open the coconut, drink the coconut water, and then dig the coconut meat to eat." ”

Shi nodded very obediently, he had a good comprehension, and opened a coconut according to the method I said, and happily held it in front of me, asking me to eat his masterpiece.

I took the coconut and waited for him to open another coconut before enjoying the belated lunch with him.

Shi put his head on my shoulder, his smile was full of happiness and joy, and he threw away the hollowed-out coconut shell, and a pleasant sound rolled out of his throat.

A melodious song.

Yes, he began to sing happily, the tune was sometimes high-pitched and sometimes low, but forgive me, I don't have any musical cells, and I don't know how to describe this beautiful song in the language of art. After all, in my view of music, there is only a difference between good and bad songs, of course, if I have to make a literary evaluation of this song, then I only have two words to describe it: nature.

I think at this time, if it were someone else, I would have reveled in the beautiful music or hummed along with it, but I was looking at the sea in a daze.

Generally in the separate scenes of the novel, what way will the protagonist say goodbye?

A gift, a hug, or a kiss?

…… Well, I guess what suits me, there's only one hug.

We are about to have sunset, and then we will have separate nights.

Now, it will be the last time we will be together.

I silently gave Shi a hug, which didn't mean anything special, just a way for friends to express their reluctance.

Shi Hui hugged me, his ear fins rubbing against my ears, and continued to sing the song happily.

This scene reminds me of the afternoon many years ago, when Ed leaned on my shoulder, humming a new song he learned at school, his singing voice was so out of tune, and even out of tune, but I felt extremely happy, after all, he was the only "relative" who accompanied me in those years.

It was as it is now, quiet and welcoming. It was one of the few times in my life when I spent time with my loved ones.

Unfortunately, in a few hours, the release that I regarded as a loved one would also leave me.

I'm going back to being alone.

Loneliness and loneliness.