Chapter 3: The Princess of the Deep
"Little star, don't cry, twinkle and shitle. "The girl hummed a nursery rhyme and sat cross-legged on the reef with her fishtail crossed, looking at the beautiful stars in the night sky.
This is her favorite nursery rhyme, and her mother always hummed it in her ear when she was a child. Listen to the crisp rustle of the breeze through the wind chimes, like the sound of crushing seashells. The touching stories of princes and princesses haunted her heart, and every night and in her dreams, she would always look forward to the prince in her dreams riding a white horse to her.
Her name is Hai Xin, and she is the eldest princess of the Sea Kingdom, the daughter of the greatest Sea King Haiman and Sea Emperor Hailin. She has lived in Ye Na City since she was a child, and received the best education in Haiguo, etiquette, literature, music, and combat skills, in every aspect, Princess Haixin has done a good job. The person she admires the most is her father, who led the people of the Sea Clan out of the endless sea, unified the four seas and eight wildernesses, and established the magnificent city of Yena. She thought that one day, perhaps, she would take over the burden from her father's shoulders and become the queen of the new generation of the Sea Kingdom. In order to achieve this, Princess Haixin constantly works hard, and she wants to prove that she can also become a qualified king with her practical actions. Because of this, his father Heyman was so tired that he could only spare ten minutes a day to spend with him. She rarely saw his father laugh, except when he was talking to herself, and she knew that he must not be happy. After all, how can a happy person not have a smile?
The eldest princess was accompanied by her mother in the same year, and the kind Hailin patiently took care of Hai Xin, telling her many stories, about her father's former glory, about the world beyond the sea, those elves with pointed ears like them, the human race with round ears unlike them, and the feather clan with wings in the sky. Since then, the eldest princess has had a wish in her heart: to go out and see, even if she can't come back, she has to go out and see.
When the eldest princess was ten years old, her mother Hailin died, and a grand funeral was held throughout the country. On that day, the burial procession was very long, Haiwang Haiman swam at the front of the line with his head down, and the delicate eldest princess followed her mother with a small fishtail, holding her mother's cold hands, with tears in her eyes.
It was the first time, but not the last, when Hai Xin saw her father crying, standing in front of the crystal coffin, staring at Hai Lin's peerless face.
"I'm sorry, I tried, and Heart of the Ocean can't save you. ”
Hai Xin remembers that her father said a lot, but this is the only one she remembers.
After Hailin's death, the eldest princess gradually became less talkative, and ate by herself, read books alone, and practiced spiritual arts by herself. When he was tired, he fell into his bed and took a nap, and when he was tired, he turned over and looked at the portrait of his mother. When she was bored, she always looked at the horizon in the distance and drooped her eyes. Every day, the only thing I have to look forward to is fifteen minutes before going to bed, my father sits at the head of her bed, tells a vivid fairy tale, and then kisses her on the forehead and says, "Good night." ”
For the death of his mother, Hailin does not blame his father, because he is not only a father, but also a king, and as a monarch, there are too many things that must be given up.
Haixin is very sensible and hard-working. At the age of twenty, in the Elvin Arena in Yena City, as the eldest princess, she defeated all her opponents and became the strongest spiritual sorcerer under the age of fifty in the Sea Kingdom. On that day, she proudly stood on the podium at the Alvin Arena, receiving her father's praise and facing everyone's cheers. Looking at her father with slightly wrinkled eyes in front of her, Hai Xin felt very uncomfortable.
"My father is proud of you, and I believe that your mother will be very pleased!"
Hai Xin nodded.
Thinking back to the joy at that time, Haixin just smiled at this time. Eight years later, she found herself gradually wanting to leave. Countless glories weighed on her shoulders, making it difficult for her to breathe. Faced with the complicated court etiquette every day, Hai Xin began to feel tired. Sitting in front of the window every evening, how she wished she could get out of Yena City and find her own happiness.
Flipping through the fairy tale books that her father and mother had read when she was a child, Hai Xin began to wonder, when will her prince charming come? She looked at the fishtail on her lower body and sighed secretly, maybe she could only stay in Ye Na City for the rest of her life.
"The moon bent and turned into a boat, and from afar it looked like a hill. Hai Xin sat on the reef outside Ye Na City and looked at the moon with her tail crossed, rubbing her chest that was gradually plump, and sang these familiar nursery rhymes casually.
In the flickering lights of Ye Na City, his father King Heyman is celebrating his 100th birthday, which is very lively. After performing the necessary etiquette, Princess Haixin went out of the city alone. She wanted to be alone, and every night, she always thought of her mother Hailin's warm embrace from time to time.
Princess Haixin played with the soft light blue curls around her ears and said with a gloomy expression, "My father is a hundred years old this year, but I really can't be happy. She raised her head and counted the stars in the sky, with a helpless look on her face, "It would be nice if my mother was still here, so that our family would be happy!" She picked up a small stone beside her, and gently threw it into the sea, looking for a long time but did not see the slightest ripple, and smiled boringly, "Even if my mother is still here, my father will be so busy! After all, he is the king of the sea." ”
Princess Haixin lay on the cold reef, looking at the calm sea, reflected in the moonlight and starlight in the dark night, she saw her beautiful face clearly, even more beautiful than her beautiful mother.
She had a face even more beautiful than that of her mother, Hailin, and wore an apricot-white navy-style round-necked gown with fluttering rose lace carved into the corners. Her long, silky blue hair slung neatly over her shoulders, and her fragrant sideburns were in a bun that her mother had worn. The skin is snow-white and delicate, but it is a little more bloody than the pale skin of the Sea Tribe. The slender belt is engraved with ornate and intricate graphics, embroidered with the endless sea and brave people. Those bright eyes revealed a bit of resentment and melancholy, but they were like two bottomless oceans, reflecting the whole world.
"Is there really a prince charming in this world?" said Princess Haixin, remembering the fairy tale her mother had told her bedside, she pursed her lips and looked at her fat fishtail with an indifferent expression. "The princess doesn't have a fishtail, so she's really lucky. She let out a long sigh and said enviously.
At this moment, the melancholy Princess Haixin saw a person in the sea, with a handsome face. His deep eyes were dotted with stars, his blood-colored skin was full of life, and his thick blonde hair was dotted with a few strands of fiery red.
"You're so beautiful!" the man lowered his head and carefully looked at the reflection of Princess Haixin in the water, with a look of envy on his face, and smiled slightly.
Hai Xin hurriedly raised her head and moved her huge fishtail into the sea. With a thud, the whole body disappeared into the dark sea, leaving the remaining waves to spread in all directions.
"I'm sorry, did I scare you?" the man hurriedly put his face close to the sea, showing an embarrassed look, "I may be too direct to speak, I'm really embarrassed, because you are really too beautiful." ”
Princess Haixin, who was hiding at the bottom of the sea, slowly came out, looking at her handsome face and looking at herself, her heart involuntarily accelerated, and her snow-white cheeks suddenly turned red. She covered her face with her hands and turned away, afraid that he would see her shyness.
"Don't be afraid, I'm not a bad person!" he explained with a handsome face to Princess Haixin again, spreading his hands and smiling kindly on his face, "This is the first time I have left heaven to come to the sea, and I am really lucky to have met you." His eyes widened, and then he said knowingly, "I haven't introduced myself yet!" He stretched out his right hand, his eyes slightly closed, "My name is Guang, I am from the Yu Clan, please advise!"
Princess Haixin put down the hands covering her eyes, looked at Guang in front of her shyly, and didn't dare to look directly at his soft eyes, "I...... Xin, my name is Hai Xin. Xin slammed her mouth and said with a flushed cheek, "Yes, I'm sorry......" She lowered her head again, looking at the reflection of Zhongguang on the surface of the sea, he was wearing a silver-gray sacred armor, like an ancient warrior, with a pair of fiery red eyes. The wide body is not majestic, but it gives people unprecedented steadiness, and it seems that there will be no harm by his side. Hiro's waist was tied with a black sash with numerous feathers tattooed on the belt. Powerful legs suspended in the air, wearing a pair of silver-white armor combat boots.
Princess Haixin lowered her head, looked at the fishtail in her water, and then looked up at Guang, feeling very uncomfortable, pursing her bloodless lips and being silent.
Guang flapped his huge white wings and stayed in front of Princess Haixin, with an encouraging look on his face, "You are really beautiful, just like the stars in this night sky, even the moonlight can't compare to you." Why are you so inferior to such a beautiful person?"
"You must be very free in the sky!" Princess Haixin asked with a smile at the reflection in the sea, "The white wings, the free wings, and the bouquet in the sky are really envious!"