Wilkes City is lit up at night.

Under the moonlight, the river outside the city is sparkling, and the city is noisy, but the moat outside the city is very quiet.

Thea swam out of the city along the river, swam a few laps in the moat, and thought that the knight would wait for her somewhere on the shore, and take the precious dagger he had left behind, and take the opportunity to ask her for a little advantage.

She had even figured out a reason for rejecting him.

If he dares to come nonsense, she'll give him some color.

Along the way, she was knocked into a glass jar and suffered a lot.

Abominable humans, stupid humans, greedy humans, cunning humans, she cursed in her heart......

She is the daughter of the sea, and she has never thought of living on land, especially in a big fish tank that can't be turned over, which is simply an insult to the sea clan.

From the time she learned to pray to the god of the sea, the high priest of the Sea Clan warned her to accept the favors of others, to remember to be grateful, and to remember to reciprocate if she was able.

She hid in the aquatic plants at the bottom of the river, and the aquatic plants in this moat were not so lush, so she could only stick to the sand and gravel of the riverbed, thinking about whether she was going to give him something after returning the dagger.

She waited in the moat for a long time. Night, when it was almost dawn, he realized that he had no intention of seeing each other again.

What a haughty and ruthless man!

But what should I do, I don't know where the river leads?

Thea didn't swim against the current, finding the source of the river didn't help her, she wanted to swim into the sea.

But until then, it's better to get rid of breakfast.

The fish in the river tasted a little light, and the fishy smell that couldn't be concealed really made her feel difficult to swallow.

Thea went downstream along the river, and she didn't know that she had swam for days and nights, and she thought that she would end up with the river and return to the vast expanse of the sea, as she had done before.

At that time, you may be able to meet other sea tribes, so you can inquire about the location of the Seven Realms Sea.

But when she swam to a crack in the abyss, she realized that it might be the end of all rivers.

There was no sea ahead, but a bottomless chasm, and waterfalls hung on the raised boulders.

Fortunately, she swam carefully, otherwise she would have been carried into the cracks in the ground by the river.

She didn't want to live in a dark underground valley, which was not only cold and terrifying, but also prone to nightmares.

She was so frightened that she kept swimming back, there were many canyons here, all the rivers seemed to have washed the earth through cracks, and the rivers here also had countless intersections, like a broken fishing net spread on the ground with dense mesh.

In this treacherous canyon, she didn't know how many rapids and whirlpools she had dodged, and she was a little desperate to find that she was actually lost in these rivers.

She had to swim upstream, so that she might be able to find the source of a river.

But it wasn't all smooth sailing, and she always met some natives standing by the river with harpoons in their hands, and when they saw big fish, they would howl and rush into the river, and the harpoons in their hands were thrown far and accurately.

She had also met a giant catfish that had hidden its body in the mud and sand, its huge mouth with infinite suction, and if it hadn't been for a one-horned bison drinking from the shore first, maybe it would have been her who had been swallowed into the catfish's stomach.

Thea was so frightened that she fled in panic in the river.

She decided to swim against the current, through the canyon, to find herself a place of safety.

When she went upstream, she found that there was a large plain in front of her, and although the river was wide, the river was very shallow, and the current was not so turbulent.

A shadow swept over the river, and she looked up from the water...... What are those flying in the sky?

A giant bird pounced into the river, and the splash was like a water bomb exploding on the surface of the river, and its two sharp claws almost caught her.

Thea shook the three-colored fishtail, and the next second hid in the soft sand and gravel of the river embankment, but the giant bird kept hovering in the sky and refused to leave.

She didn't dare to go out to swim during the day, and it seemed safer at night.

It's just that she went upstream, and she found that the river was getting thinner and thinner...... This made her a little agitated.

She had been looking for a spacious lake to live in, but who would have thought that after swimming for so long, she couldn't find a place to live.

She even thought of the miserable appearance of lying on the beach after the river dried up, sunburned and dried fish, her scales curled and peeled, and her beautiful, slippery seaweed-like hair turned into black dried seaweed......

The sea god is above, I don't dare to think about it!.

It wasn't until she saw the majestic snow-capped mountains in the distance in the river, and even the river water became cold, the trout in the river were delicious and sweet, and there were no bloated giant catfish in the river, and there were no giant hovering birds in the sky, that she decided to find a place to hide here.

Along the way, she saw many small towns built along the river.

At first, I was very scared, worried that if I swam through the river, I would be discovered by the townspeople.

Later, she found that the people who lived in the town were not at all alert, and slowly got used to swimming silently from ...... side of the town.

Thea discovered that humans can't do without water!

She found a pond next to a small town that was clearly understructured, and knowing that it might be discovered by humans, she lurked nearby, just because it was a little more spacious than the rest of the city.

She occasionally swims into the pond at night and occasionally swims in a wild race......

The beautiful colored fins are not only beautiful, but when she swims at full strength, she can even catch up with those cute dolphins in the sea.

She was sitting on a wooden platform on the shore, combing her long seaweed-like hair, while admiring the moonlight in this strange world, when a little girl's voice suddenly sounded in her ears: "Nika, look, there's a mermaid over there......"

The sound startled Thea, and her first instinct was to jump into the river.

"Signa, it's so dark, can you see it? Your eyesight is so good......" said the little aboriginal girl with envy.

"I'm the Lady of the Night, the Holy Maiden of the Temple of the Night, is it strange that I have night vision?" Signa accepted the compliment very calmly.

"Shall we go over and say hi to her?" Will it scare her? Nika asked quietly.

The two little girls had no idea how sensitive the ears of the Cana mermaids were, and they usually had to use their ears to track whales in the sea......

"She's so big, we should be scared...... Haven't you ever heard of these merfolk singing to confuse the seafarers, and then they will drag the bewitched seafarers to the underwater world, treat them to a seafood meal, and then cook them and eat them! Signa muttered to Nika.

"You're terrible, I don't want to go, let's go tell the townspeople!" Nika was terrified at this moment, she hadn't even heard of it before, and she wanted to tell the people of the town about her new discovery.

This time it was Thea's turn to be scared.

If the people of the town find out, should you run upstream, or should you run downstream?

"Don't ...... Wait a minute, I won't hurt you! Thea turned and said to the two little girls hiding behind the stone steps.

The way she spoke was a bit special, as if she was singing, and she spoke the imperial Chinese very pure.

"Can you hear us talking?" Signa jumped up from behind the stone steps in fright, and she was startled by the mermaid's turn and words.

The delicate face of the Cana mermaid was covered with some sparkling droplets, only at night, these details could only be seen by Signa.

Thea said: "I know a little bit of imperial Chinese, as long as I don't use dialect slang when I speak, I can basically understand it." ”

Then the Gana mermaid added, "My name is Thea, and I am from the Seven Realms Sea. ”

The two girls stood up from behind the stone steps, and although they were a little wary, they still took a few steps closer.

At this time, Nika saw the Cana mermaid sitting on the dock by the river, her delicate skin with faint scales, and her face was a little like Miss Samira, all of them were very delicate, but her hair was a little messy, and the wetness on her face greatly affected her appearance.

"Have you ever heard of the seven seas?" Thea asked, tentatively.

She did not leave the riverbank, and in case of danger, she could jump into the river as soon as possible.

"No, I only know about the Endless Sea, but that's on the Roland Continent." Signa spoke.

Lately she's been with Celia a lot. Cooper communicates, so his horizons are far wider than the other children.

Nika stood beside Signa, staring at the Gana mermaid in the darkness very vigilantly, she even blocked Signa with her shoulder, and only said, "This is the White Forest Plane, I have never heard of this name. ”

The faint light reflected on the sparkling surface of the river, and the mermaid of Cana covered her face with her hands, her tail in the water, and her voice was full of crying and frustration: "O Bailin plane...... It turned out that I had actually arrived on another plane. ”

Nika asked curiously, "You don't even know where this is, so how did you get here?" ”

"I was captured by a group of slave traders, and I had been locked up in a jug of water until I recently found a chance to escape." Thea wanted to cry, but she felt that it was useless to do so other than prove that she was cowardly and helpless, so she held back.

The little Aboriginal girl didn't even know the meaning of the word 'slave trader'.

"Is there anything we can help with?" Signa hesitated for a moment before asking.

Thea looked at her round arms and asked in a low voice, "Can you get salt, I'm a little swollen from the fresh water......

"Of course, I'll bring it to you tomorrow night, by the way, would you like to try the wheat cakes?" Signa decided to help the Cana mermaid, and it didn't seem to hurt her anyway.

Be careful at best, but this is the town of Dodan, and she's not going to meet during the day......

"Thank you so much, I'm almost throwing up after eating freshwater fish these days......"

The Cana mermaid whispered.

……

After three nights of communication, from wheat cakes to pickled cucumbers, the girls' friendship seemed to be as simple as that.

Soon Signa and Nika have a new friend, who usually hides in the river and only appears at night by the pool in the back garden of the Temple of the Two Goddesses, mainly because of the dock built on the shore here, which is cleaner than other places.

After the exchange, Thea found that Signa and Nika did not know much about the rivers here, and they did not know whether there was a sea in this plane.

Finding that they couldn't find their way to the sea, the merfolk decided to swim upstream to find the source of the river.

Surdak saw a big splash in the river, just as Thea had returned from the upper reaches of the Dodan River, and was telling Signa and Nika about her experience of swimming upstream, and she told her two new friends that she had almost frozen to death upstream......

Regarding Thea's existence, Signa and Nika also kept their oaths and did not confide in Selena and Surdak.

……

Of course, Surdak didn't jump into the river at night to fish because of a big splash in the river.

He returned from the village of Wall this time and brought back some small gifts for Signa and Nika, such as chestnut candy, a sweet that is unique to the city of Highlandsa.

Selena didn't ask for details about Surdak's return to Wall Village, she was always deliberately avoiding Min. Feeling the topic, just like in Wall Village, she always deliberately avoided Natasha, she felt that she had taken something that should belong to the other party, but she didn't want to let go of it......

Back at the lakeside cabin, Selena goes into the kitchen to prepare dinner, and Nika offers to help.

Signa liked to sit on the platform of the hut jutting into the river, holding the magic notebook, and by the faint light of a horse lamp. Cooper chat.

Recently, the goddess Celine's divine thoughts have come to her, and she usually chooses to possess Selena, as if she feels something new......

At dinner, Selena found that only half a jar of sour water was left in the kitchen jar of sour cucumbers, so she seriously thought about whether she had neglected her daughter and Nika's three meals a day recently.

Selena brings a plate of fried meat to the table and distributes food to everyone at the table.

Surdak, who was sitting on the throne, took a piece of white bread and drank a little ale before he said to Nika:

"Nika, have a chance to go to Highlandsa City with me once, I know the magicians of the Magic Guild over there, I think you still have to register as a magician."

Nika hugged the soup pot and nodded weakly after Selena.

She cherishes her life now.

Surdak felt that if it hadn't happened to him, maybe Nika would have been sitting in the classroom of the Academy of Magic, listening to the magic teachers talk about the ancient elven language, and now he could only stay in the town of Dodan. Cooper's guidance for the most preliminary meditations.

Follow Celia. Cooper's claim that this is the only place where the dark mage can guide her.

However, the goddess of dawn was able to communicate with Nika occasionally, and the communication between them would always be on a sunny afternoon, and Nika would have to fall asleep to get a little revelation from the goddess.

Occasionally, when I wake up, I will find that I have forgotten all the things I dreamed of......

"Have you been practicing the power of light as he instructed lately?" Surdak felt that he was sitting at the table, so he should care about everyone.

"Yes." Nika straightened up and replied respectfully.

This was a habit she had developed when she was a maid in Baron Goss's house.

"Is there anything new in that?" Surdak was actually curious about how the light Nika had was different from his own light.

"Proficiency is a little better, but unfortunately this beam doesn't heal......" Nika whispered.

This is also where Nika is most distressed.

She was reluctant to use light magic, mainly because it would distance her from Signa.

But since Viscount Surdak asked, she always had to demonstrate, she didn't even need to recite a spell, she didn't need to draw a magic pattern, she just closed her eyes, put her hands on her chest, and stood silently for a few seconds, a beam of light descended from the roof, making her feel like she was standing in the spotlight.

Only then did she slowly open her eyes, which were actually covered with dazzling light, and the light poured out of her chest, and then as she opened her hands, the light turned into a beam of light, which shot out along the window.

This beam of light pierced through the dark night, and when it swept over the river, it actually shone on a snow-white arm stretched out in the river, which frightened Nika and quickly withdrew.

Suddenly, the room returned to its original state......