However, I was very careful, but I didn't expect to be discovered.

"Oh my God! What is that? Eagle?"

"Youkai! I'm going home to my mother!"

......

As soon as Jack and the others jumped on the deck, Cher fluttered her wings and flew into the sky, although they had already found a more evasive ship to land, but the huge wave of air still lifted some clutter on the deck, making a loud noise. A couple of mischievous seven or eight-year-old children ran out of the cabin, screaming and pointing at Cher, who had not yet flown away.

"Hey, little fish, don't scream!" Jack hurried to the younger child who was screaming loudest, covering his mouth and motioning for the other children not to speak. Michelle struggled slightly, her eyes widened, and she looked at the person in front of her, and her dirty little hands immediately clapped happily.

Jack saw that the children were quiet, and let go of the hand covering the fish's mouth. The children saw who was in front of them, and one by one they were indescribably excited, jumping and pounced on Jack.

The scene was a bit chaotic, and he wanted to sneak home quietly, but now it seems unlikely. As soon as these casual children come home, they will definitely tell their parents the news of his return, and then the news will spread throughout the island. Finished.

"Brother Jack, you're back!" The little fish kid with a few mismatched gray patches on his black clothes, shoulder-length black hair, and messy and uncared for was hugging Jack tightly more than the other children, hugging this brother Jack who had brought him infinite joy in his five years of childhood.

But Jack was sweating profusely by the five children, and Tex was laughing from the sidelines.

"Alright, Kros, Richard, you loosen up first. Jack wanted to speak louder, but he was afraid that the parents in the cabin would hear.

Good things don't go out, but bad things spread thousands of miles. Now for Jack, it's bad for him to come back and be found out by others, and the more he tries to cover it up, the more things turn against him.

The children's hands were loosened, but a person came out of the cabin.

The deck in front of the south-facing hatch shone as if it were covered in gold, and several voices could faintly be heard talking from inside the ship:

"The fish seem to be playing with Richard on the deck, so I'll go find them. "It's a female voice.

"Well, okay, then I'll go back and get the fish out of the pot. A male voice responded.

Then, the sound of the steps getting closer and closer.

The closer the footsteps became, the more panicked Jack became, he really didn't want to face the many questions and confusion of the Garlands, he just wanted to retrieve the sword quietly, and then go back to Tana, and then come back to explain when everything was over.

Contrary to expectations, the woman in the cabin came out.

In the sun, Jack saw this beautiful but slightly old woman in a cloth dress - Helen, the mother of the little fish.

"Ahh She didn't know where to put her hands, bobbing back and forth at her sides, and finally, her eyes were wet with tears.

Jack seemed even more embarrassed, for he knew what Helen was crying for joy, but if he was told the truth, it would be a piercing pain to her.

"Hey...... Helen. Jack's words were a little staccatory: "I—I'm back." ”

Helen is Chinese New Year's Eve and has grown up watching Jack since she was a child, and the two are door-to-door neighbors and have always taken care of her. The woman with brown hair couldn't help crying when she first recognized Jack, and when she confirmed that what she saw was not a dream, she couldn't hold back anymore.

"Jack!" Helen ran through the hatch, her fishbone shoes delicately woven and comfortable, fluttering in the air as she ran, dancing with the hem of her simple but elegant skirt.

She hugged Jack and cried violently.

In her eyes, Jack is like her brother. When everyone said that Jack and they couldn't come back, Jack gave a perfect answer to everyone who missed him with his vivid self.

"Helen. After a long time, Jack gently pushed away the crying Helen and helped her wipe the tears from the corners of her eyelids. Helen gradually recovered from her agitation.

"What about Johnson?"

That's the question Jack fears the most.

"What about the others, is it behind you?" said Helen, who immediately ran excitedly, looking in the direction of the port to the west, and then to the east, to the south, and to the north......

"They, Jack?" said Helen, with a slight uneasiness on her face.

Jack didn't say anything, just kept his head down.

Helen ran over and grabbed Jack's shoulder: "Jack, are you talking?"

Jack remained silent.

At sunset, the woman named Helen kept shaking Jack's arm, getting closer and closer to madness.

"Jack, you speak!" Helen then fell to the ground crying. Seeing this, Tex hurriedly went over to help.

At this time, the man who was in the cabin also heard the sound and walked out. This man is tall and strong, with deep-set eye sockets, firm eyebrows, and short hair that is lean and concise, and he is Helen's husband and Johnson's brother-in-law, Wolf.

Wolf stepped out of the cabin and looked up to see Helen, who was almost fainting from crying, lying in the arms of a stranger. He pushed Tex away and put his arm around Helen.

"Wolf...... It's my ......".

As soon as Wolf looked up, he immediately recognized Jack.

"Jack! It's you! You're back?"

It was the same question again, and Jack didn't want to answer it anymore, so he shook his head.

A trace of sorrow appeared on Wolf's face, and then he turned to a few children who were watching in a daze, and said, "You go back to eat quickly, if you don't go back, the whales will come to bite your buttocks." The boys scattered home.

"Worf, I'm sorry...... I'm the only one who came back......".

Although Helen, who was lying in Worf's arms, already knew this fact, when Jack really said it, it was still heartbreaking, so he cried even more sadly.

"Honey, get up first", Wolf kissed Helen lightly on the forehead, comforting her to go back first. Helen endured her grief, sobbed, and got up and went back to the cabin.

Wolf walked over to Jack, collected the tears that were about to fall, and then looked up at Jack with a look that made Tex's puzzled.

"Bang!"

Jack's head spun suddenly, as if a mallet had hit his cheek, knocking himself to the ground, and he tried to get up, but he could only see Tex lying beside him in a panic, not knowing what he was shouting.

He fainted.