"Cursed?" I frowned, "Whose curse is it from?" ”

"From me." He replied calmly, as if to see my confusion, and continued to explain, "It is true that the blood of our mermaids can retain the youth of human beings, so that human beings will not grow old, and keep the state that when taking blood, but it is all based on love. ”

"Love?" I vaguely understood something, as if to confirm my suspicions, the merfolk continued.

"That's right, love. The mermaid itself has no love, we are united with the same kind, all by virtue of the beauty of the appearance, the pattern and strength of the fish's tail, and the choice of origin in the mermaid society, we will only choose the most beautiful, strong, the most suitable partner, our union is for reproduction, in order to continue the blood of the mermaid, not because of love. ”

The mermaid said, her eyes were a little wandering, as if she remembered something, and sighed softly, "Love, this is something that you humans have, a very powerful thing." I once asked the oldest wise man among the merfolk, and I asked him what love was, and he said that it was the most powerful power in human beings, and it was the power that would make them incomparably stronger, and that they would continue to thrive and become the largest race in the world. It's something that we merfolk can't understand, and it has an incomparably powerful power, and it is the power of love that allows us to make our power break through the limitations of race and keep the life of the person I love. ”

"So that's it, what about the curse?" I asked, "Is it the curse you left behind?" ”

"Yes, the curse did come from me." The merfolk nodded, her face calm, "It's just that the curse is out of my control." ”

"What does it mean not to be under your control?" I was slightly stunned, "Since it's a curse from you, how can it not be controlled by you?" ”

The merfolk shook her head slightly, "Maybe it's not appropriate to say that it comes from me, strictly speaking, the curse comes from the sea, and I am only the cause of the curse." ”

I frowned slightly, as if I understood what she meant and didn't, so I didn't speak, waiting for her to continue explaining.

"As I have just said, love is the key to breaking through the limits of our race, and it is only when I love someone that I am allowed to preserve his youth with my own blood. And when I don't love someone, if someone wants to stay young with my blood, they are cursed by the sea. The mermaid's eyes flashed, and she looked up at us, "And I can't continue to love someone who wants my blood and is full of greed for me." What's more, the only people I love are the prince, his parents, even if I am willing to cooperate, there is no way to keep their youth. ”

I think I can see what that was like, just

"Even so, what exactly is your curse? How could it be possible to make them become"

I couldn't help but think about the scene in this room, and even though I didn't look to the sides, I still felt a twitch in my stomach, and I forced myself to resist the feeling of nausea and turn my attention back to the mermaid.

"The curse of the sea, if humans hurt us, then they must hurt their own kind, and this can be regarded as a kind of revenge." The mermaid's voice was faint, I couldn't hear too many feelings, if this person's cannibalism was really caused by her, I don't know what she feels like as a non-human race, "They forcibly use my blood to retain youth and are cursed, the content of this curse is that they must eat the flesh of their own kind and drink the blood of their own kind, only in this way can the power of my blood take effect, they can retain youth too much." At the same time, if they don't consume the flesh and blood of their own kind, they will die instantly. ”

Is that why those people eat people? I pursed my lips and didn't know what to say, whether it was the greed for eternal life, the cruelty of imprisoning merfolk, or the evil of cannibalism, I couldn't say anything to help them justify. Perhaps the malice of human beings has been with us since the moment we were born, but we can't feel the horror of the little evils around us, but once it swells, it will breed a hell that can make everyone feel terrible.

"They want to lift the curse, but there are only two ways to lift the curse, one is to kill me, but after killing me, the blood that sustains their youth will also disappear. They didn't want to give up their hard-won youth, so they just imprisoned me and didn't kill me. The merfolk said again, shaking her wrist again.

I can understand this, and the fact that those three people can eat human flesh in order to keep their youth is enough to know how crazy they are.

"And what about another way to lift the curse?" While I was still thinking, Wolffang asked.

When I heard the sound of the wolf's fangs, I remembered that there were two ways for the mermaid to say just now, so I looked at the mermaid again, "Yes, what about the other way?" ”

"The other method is what they have always hoped to do, because once this method is successful, they will no longer be affected by the curse, and they can enjoy the youthful effect of my blood completely without negative effects, and they can get eternal life." The mermaid replied in a deep voice, her face slightly solemn, "This method is to eat the heart of a real princess." ”

"A real princess?" I chuckled in my heart, hurriedly controlled my body and didn't move, and forcibly turned my head to look at the wolf's tooth, although I don't know why, but I just have an intuition, I can't let the mermaid know that the so-called real princess is the wolf's tooth!

Yes, that's right, if my guess is correct, that so-called real princess is referring to wolf fangs!

Here are two fairy tales mixed together, think about it, according to the plot of Princess Pea, a rainy day, Princess Pea arrives at the castle, the king opens the door for her, the queen prepares a bed for her, the real princess tosses and turns in bed and can't sleep, because she feels a small pea under the layers of mattresses. If we combine these with our current view, the real princess refers to the wolf's fang!

"What does a real princess mean?" I asked the merfolk with the emotion in my voice, after all, the thought of the three ogres seeking the heart of the wolf's teeth made me shudder.

"I don't know, it's supposed to be a person, you human princess." The mermaid shook her head, "It's just that they seem to have eaten a lot of princesses, but it didn't work, I don't know what that really means, and I've been imprisoned here, and I don't know if they have come up with a way to tell the real princess." ”

I figured it out, of course I figured it out, and the princess is right in front of you

I didn't know where to start, but if the wolf's fangs were the target of the three ogres, I was afraid that the danger we would face would be even greater.

"How long have you been imprisoned here?"

The wolf's voice suddenly sounded, and I turned my head to look at him a little strangely, not knowing why he was asking the question.

The mermaid was stunned for a moment before replying, "I have only been imprisoned for a long time, I hope you can save me, as long as you are willing to save me, I am willing to promise you anything!" ”

"How can we help you? Even if we save you, we don't know where the sea is, and we can't help you. I shook my head, not because I didn't want to help her, but because we couldn't help ourselves now, and we really couldn't help her.

"Just help me get the keys! All I need is the key! The mermaid was slightly excited, and shook the chain on her wrist, "Just help me untie this, and I can do the rest by myself!" ”

Is it just unchaining? Wouldn't it be okay to break the chains?

"If you don't have a key, can't you break the chain?" I asked.

The mermaid's eyes darkened, "No, you have to have a key, there is magic on this chain, there is no other way to take it down except to open it with a key." ”

I'm afraid we won't be able to do anything about it, I frowned, although the mermaid is just an earthling, but if I can do it, I don't mind helping her. But the problem now is that this one around me is probably the primary target of those ogres, and the best thing to do is to find the key to open the wall of thorns as soon as possible and get out of here, if I help the merfolk, it will be much more difficult to find the key.

I was thinking about it, but Wolf Fang spoke again, "Do you know how to open the next wall of thorns?" ”

It occurred to me that perhaps our most important question of finding the key to the Wall of Thorns might be a clue from the merfolk, so I turned to the merfolk in hopes of a useful answer.

"The key to the Wall of Thorns? I know. The mermaid nodded, her eyes flashing, "The key is mine, as long as you summon the key to open my chains, I can exchange it with you!" ”

"What you said is true?" I was the first to ask.

After watching the mermaid nod, I couldn't help but purse my lips. In this case, it seems that we have to rescue the mermaid, maybe this is the main quest of this fairy tale, just like the game also has a main quest that must be completed.

"So, do you know where the key to your handcuffs is?" Wolf Fang asked.

The merfolk shook her head, "I don't know, they never let me see it, I didn't even see it when they locked me the first time, I don't even know what the key is. ”

Listening to the mermaid's words, my eyes fell on her wrist, the keyhole did look a little strange, running through the entire handcuffs, it looked about two or three centimeters long, a thin on one side and thicker on the other.

"However, there should also be magic lines on the key, and this may be the only clue." The mermaid said helplessly.