"Iris?"

"It's a huge luxury cruise ship, and it's always known for being smooth and safe. In its history, there has never been a shipwreck..."

Peter paused and continued, "After I finished that year, I bought a ticket to the first class cabin of the Iris. ”

"On your own? Didn't you bring a maid? ”

Peter nodded, "Personally, I like to be disturbed when I'm out traveling. ”

"Then you were on the boat, did you ever have a conflict with others? Or, have you been in contact with others for a long time? ”

"As far as I know, no."

Peter hesitated for a moment, then shook his head slowly, "Everywhere I go in and out, it's all in the library reading room, the first-class smoking room, the dining room, the dance floor, the deck swimming pool, and basically all of them are alone.

One or two women tried to strike up a conversation with me, but I refused. ”

The consul's wife interjected, "Your Excellency, Peter is a very obedient child. And he's about to reach adulthood, so we'll arrange a family affair for him. ”

Leon glanced at the consul's wife and said nothing, but the latter immediately understood what he meant, closed his mouth, and said no more.

"You mentioned in your medical records that you suspected that someone was following you for a few days after you boarded the ship."

"Not a doubt, it's a certainty. And that's not people, it's something. ”

Peter seemed to think of something, his whole body trembled, and he said in a panic, "In the first few days on board, I liked to lean on the railing of the deck and watch the sea view, but soon I felt that someone was watching me secretly.

Can you understand that feeling? I don't know where the cold greedy eyes are staring at your back all the time..."

"And then you reacted to the ship's security personnel."

"Yes, I explained the situation to them and even showed my identity. They also took it seriously and arranged two personal bodyguards for me. ”

"Is things getting better?"

"Not at all."

Peter smiled helplessly, "It's even worse." The two bodyguards couldn't find the source of their sight at all, and they caused a lot of trouble during this period.

Later I found that as long as I stayed indoors and didn't go out on deck, that annoying sight would disappear for a while. Soon, however, this approach didn't work.

Even if I stay in the reading room or the dining room, I can't get rid of the feeling of being watched.

In the end, I had to stay in my bedroom all day, leaving two bodyguards to sleep in another room in the bedroom.

It's fine during the day, but at night..."

Leon asked, "What's wrong with the night?" ”

Peter shuddered, "At night, the feeling of being peeping at is even stronger, and I am almost driven crazy, and when I go to bed at night, I have to put two daggers under my pillow and under the quilt."

In the end, I sealed all the cracks in the door and the window with black tape, and finally felt better. ”

Leon nodded, "Do you think this kind of weird thing could have anything to do with the spellcaster?" ”

"Not a spellcaster."

Peter affirmed, "When I was out and about, I had some detection and defense items on me that only found the caster who was in charge of security on the ship, and did not find the source of the prying eyes. ”

Leon nodded, "Understood, you continue." ”

"After the windows were sealed, I felt a lot better until the day of the shipwreck."

Speaking of this, Peter seemed a little hesitant, "Actually, it is not very appropriate to say that it is shipwrecked. That afternoon, I felt like I was finally free from prying eyes and wanted to go to the deck to rest and relax.

As a result, the sea was cloudless and calm, but suddenly there were dark clouds and heavy rain.

Waves as high as six or seven stories came from the other side of the sea, and the ship was full of screams of sailors and passengers..."

Peter whispered, "I wanted to run back to my cabin as soon as possible, but the deck and the whole ship began to shake, and I could not stand on the railing, let alone run below deck.

Later, I saw the waves as high as the mountains coming towards me..."

At this point, Peter fell silent, his eyes cloudy and blank.

Leon asked, "Then what happened. ”

Peter took a deep breath and said in a deep voice, "You must believe me what I have to say next. ”

Li Ang straightened his sitting posture and said, "I'm an exorcism expert, I will seriously consider what you say, please say." ”

Peter gritted his teeth, "I was in the water, kidnapped by a merfolk. ”

Leon's eyes narrowed, and his body leaned back slightly, "Who is the mermaid?" ”

"It's not somebody, it's half human and half mermaid!"

Leon nodded, took out a notepad and pen out of nowhere, drew something quickly on the paper, then tore off the paper and showed it to Peter.

On the paper, a monster with a person on the left and a fish on the right half is drawn, and the painting style is a little cute.

Peter stretched his neck for a second or two, then corrected: "It's not left and right, it's up and down." ”

Leon nodded, began to draw again, then tore the paper and held it up with a serious face.

On the paper, a monster with the lower body of a man and a fishtail head is depicted.

Peter was stunned again, "Where's the head?!" There are no birds, she is a woman! ”

Leon drew a new one,

On the screen, it is a monster with a human head and the lower body of a fish head.

"This?!"

Seeing the pained expression on Peter's face, Leon instantly understood, added a few long clumps of hair to the woman's head, and smeared lipstick.

Peter knocked off the paper in Leon's hand with a "snap", and excitedly stretched out his hand and stroked: "Mermaid! It's the kind of one that has a human upper body and a fish's tail! ”

"Understood."

Li Ang put down the pen and paper and asked seriously: "Then the mermaid you are talking about, is she beautiful?" ”

"It's not a question of whether she's beautiful or not, she's... The kind of monster that is rare, ugly enough to be impossible to evaluate. ”

Peter's mood calmed down a little, and he said slowly: "Her complexion is dark, her hair is knotted into little whips, her forehead is open, and her eyes are very far apart, like an anglerfish or a flounder. ”

Leon's expression became more serious, "This mermaid, she kidnapped you?" ”

"Yes."

Peter's voice was a little hoarse, "She swam towards me in the water, and even in the water I could smell a strong, perfume-like smell.

In a panic, I took out my dagger and tried to resist, but she snatched the weapon and threw it into the water.

Then, she hugged me from behind, strangled me by the neck, and made me faint.

The last thing I felt before I fell unconscious was when she kissed me mouth-to-mouth. ”