Chapter 18: The Loss of a Beloved
"Everyone is safe! now leave half of the mermaids, and the rest will return to the territory to guard!" the old mermaid said, and the merfolk swam away. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info
"This monster...... This monster can't leave the deep sea?" Jack couldn't help but let out a sigh of relief as he saw the shadow of the giant beast in the deep sea under his feet reaching the shallow waters and swimming towards the deep waters.
"Are you Jack?" an older mermaid swam towards Jack.
"Yes, hello! I'm Jack. Jack hurriedly thanked, "Thank you and everyone for saving my life." ”
"You don't have to thank us! The old mermaid sighed slightly and glanced at Jack deeply, "No matter what your attitude towards Sophie is, I hope you don't disturb her normal life in the future." In two months, when her eyes improve slightly, she will marry Alan of her own clan, and Alan will inherit my current position as patriarch and become the new leader. ”
"What?!Sophie!Sophie!!!What the hell is going on?Why did you suddenly want to marry Alan?Didn't you say you wanted to be with me before?" Jack's heart seemed to be beaten by a boulder, and tears flowed uncontrollably. He looked at Sophie sadly, but Sophie, whose eyes were closed, couldn't see his sadness.
"Sophie, Sophie!!, you answer me!!!" Jack's voice choked, "Sophie, I feel like I can't live! Answer me, okay?
"Father, please let me explain to Jack, after all, we can take him in, right?" Sophie's brow was full of sorrow, and her eyes were closed as she grabbed the arm of the older mermaid pleadingly.
"Okay. Alas, you are always so headstrong. The old mermaid sighed and nodded.
"Jack...... I married Alan of my own free will. My father promised me to lead my people to save you, and this is the price. The dark god just now is a sacred giant beast and an overlord in the deep sea. We don't provoke it on weekdays, but today, my father has made an exception for me. Sophie's voice was also choked, "Jack, I want you to go back to your people, or, you can stay, I have begged my father to agree to accept you." ”
Sophie...... You know that I will not stay in the mermaid group, but you ask your father for me to allow me to live, because you are afraid that if I encounter your clan in the future, when I am hostile to Alan, the merfolk will think of my own clan and not kill me?
Sophie...... You think of everything, you want me to live safe and sound, but I, but I hide your identity as a human being.
Jack wiped away his tears with his hands, his heart touched and warmed by Sophie's affection for him.
"Patriarch, I don't agree with Jack to stay! The rule of the mermaid clan since ancient times is that except for the couple mermaids in the two races, you can choose one race to live in, and the foreign mermaids are not accepted by the race!" Alan angrily rushed at Jack and pushed him hard.
"This ......" the mermaid patriarch hesitated, looked at his daughter, whose eyes were closed and looked painful and sad, lowered his gaze.
"I won't come into your people's life, but this potion may be able to heal Sophie's eyes, please give it to her. Jack didn't want Sophie and her father to be embarrassed, so he took out the potion, looked at the patriarch pleadingly, and handed the potion, which was not far away.
"Jack......" Sophie's voice choked, her fingers stroking the potion, her brow furrowed.
"I'm against using this potion on Sophie!, it's made of the same material as the one found in the shipwreck, and it may come from humans!" As soon as Allen's words fell, the crowd began to stir.
"What? from humans?"
"This kind of thing...... I'll see! Wow! It's really the same thing that humans use on a sunken ship!"
"If it comes from a human being, then this potion will die if it is used!"
"That's right! How could humans be kind enough to save us? And the origin of this potion is questionable!"
"Who the hell are you, where did you come from?"
"Tell us so! If you dare to deceive us, I'll kill you!"
"Yes, say it quickly, or I'll kill you!!"
The merfolk surrounded Jack, shouting and glaring angrily.
"I—I stole it from a dolphin that was raised by humans. Jack's mind raced as he figured out how to explain the source of the potion.
"How did you get out?"
"Yes, haven't you been discovered by humans?"
"Tell me, where the hell are you from?"
"Could it be that you are a mermaid domesticated by humans?" A mermaid's words caused a thousand waves, and all the mermaids looked sideways and looked at Jack carefully, with a look of horror.
"Ahh
"Did humans discover our existence?"
"What can we do? Will humans come and arrest us right away?"
"For the sake of the children, we must fight to the end with humans, just like our ancestors!!"
"Will this one named Jack bring us bad luck?"
"That's right, will it bring us any misfortune?"
"You look at Sophie's eyes, it's because she came into contact with Jack, and now she has been sprayed by a giant mullet, and she can't even open them!"
"Did Jack bring bad luck to Sophie......?
"Ahh
"Ahh
"Ahh
With the suspicious words of a mermaid, the merfolk who had surrounded Jack retreated one after another, looking at him in horror. It seems that approaching him means approaching misfortune.
"Everyone, be quiet!" the merfolk patriarch raised his arm and motioned for everyone to be quiet, "I believe that Jack was not sent by humans! If so, we have no advantage against human weapons and equipment on this sea! ”
"That's right!"
"Yes! The patriarch's analysis makes sense!"
"yes!"
"Alright, everyone now return to the deep waters, don't attract the attention of the dark god again!" shouted the merfolk patriarch, and all the merfolk dived into the deep sea, leaving a little splash on the surface of the sea.
"Sophie......" Jack was about to say something to Sophie, but was blocked by Alan.
"You are not qualified to pester Sophie!Didn't you hear what the patriarch said just now?!In two months, I will have a wedding with Sophie!Sophie will be my wife!" Alan looked at Jack angrily and pushed his body away.
"Sophie...... You're all for me! I, I'm ...... I just hope you believe me, try this potion, maybe it will really heal your eyes. Jack looked at Sophie, and said to the mermaid patriarch, "Patriarch, please believe me, please take the merfolk out of this sea to live, it's not safe here! ”