introduction

A piece of news swept the world overnight

It also swept a small fishing village in the middle of nowhere

It reads like this:

"Strange news! Blue pearls appear overseas!!

The International Pearl Association issued a statement that this is the world's first blue pearl to date, and this pearl will be named "Watchful Heart" by the association

Even the person who named it couldn't figure out why it was called that

Other than that

The International Pearl Association and the International Institute of Marine Biology will work together to explore the origin of blue pearls

××, ××, ××

××News Agency reports"

His father was holding a newspaper, and he was fantasizing about how nice it would be if he had one of these blue pearls

Then he wouldn't have to live in this dilapidated cabin

Initial fantasies

Zero longed for more than once

The father can treat him as a real son, not a tool that only knows how to make money

The sky was getting darker

Zero stepped on the golden sand that reflected the afterglow of the setting sun, and looked at the beautiful shells that he had picked up in his arms, which he had spent half a day resting

He smiled

Violent reality

"Where have you been today!! I just helped you find another part-time job at a fish workshop, and you'll be able to do it every week today. ”

Father grabbed Zero's clothes, even though there was almost no place for him to pull them

But this action of his father still scattered the shells in Zero's arms

"I know all day long to get these useless things!!"

The father bent down to pick up a piece of seashell and threw it in Zero's face

Zero, crying

Hopefully a little bit of shredding

In front of Zero, the father smashed the shells one by one

Zero's tears didn't stop rolling in his eyes, but he didn't dare to resist

finally

Father was a little annoyed by the smash, and he threw his chair into the remaining pile of shells, and left his dilapidated cabin in a rage

Loneliness never comes at a price

Pocket wiped his tears with his already dirty sleeve - which made his otherwise clean little face a little embarrassed

He leaned down and picked up a fragment of a shell

Look at how beautiful these shells are

It's like a rainbow on a few waves, and it's full of color

It took Zero a long time to put together a bunch of pieces into a shell

But when you touch it, it shatters

"Huh?"

Zero let out a sudden exclamation

"What is this?"

Under the shadow of the colored shells, there is a faint bluish light

transition

And so it was almost a week, and it was that day again

flaunt

There are a lot of children working in the workshop, and there are zero of them

"You're lying!!"

A boy pointed at Zero and shouted, "My dad said! The beads in the shell are not blue at all!! ”

"I'm not lying!!"

Zero retorted with a blushing face

"Then you can show it to us! Liar Spirit! ”

"Liar!"

"Liar!"

The other children echoed the child

"I'll go home and get the beads back!!"

Zero wiped tears and ran away from the workshop

Dusty treasures

"Wow! It's really a blue bead! ”

Several children gathered around Zero

Only the kid who laughed at Zero at first

"Huh? It's not..."

The down-and-out teacher who had just come to the workshop to help was trying to urge the children to work

But he saw the bead in Zero's hand

The teacher hurried back to his room

Even the work given to him by the workshop owner was left behind

He rummaged through the room

I found a newspaper with a picture on it, and the teacher saw the picture at first sight

"Watchful Heart !!"

The truth

"Zero! Show me the bead in your hand. ”

The teacher had the newspaper in his hand

"But..."

Zero looked at the other children beside him, a little hesitant

"Otherwise, you won't want to work in the workshop in the future!"

The teacher kept a straight face, making himself look like he could at least fool the children

"Well... Well..."

Take the blue beads

The teacher also took out the newspaper and compared it

"Nope! It's not a watchman! This pearl is bigger than the heart of watchman! This is the second blue pearl!! ”

Good liars?

The teacher couldn't hold back his excitement

"Zero, you guys still play with things during working hours, what if the workshop owner finds out?"

Zero didn't speak, but tears were already in his eyes

"Okay, I'll give you two hundred dollars, and sell me this pearl, and then none of us will talk about it, how about it?"

guess

"Father! Father! Come and see!! ”

Zero excitedly pushed the door open

Two hundred!

That's something you can't earn even for a month of hard work

Father will be very happy this time!

Zero thought so

Innocence always hurts the heart

"Blue beads?"

Father frowned, and something seemed to come to mind in his head

"Hmmm! The teacher also said, "It's a pearl!" ”

Zero laughs

"Daddy, what's a pearl?"

rage

"Rubbish! Put on airs!! ”

Father slapped Zero to the ground

"Say it! Where did you pick up the shells? I'd better hurry up and see if there's anything left! ”

The unexpected

The second blue pearl thing went on and on

It's rare for this small fishing village in the middle of nowhere to be so lively

Adventurers from all over the world have gathered in this sea, and the only thing they want is the blue pearl

And Zero's father is even more aggressive, going to sea every morning and returning in the evening

For the blue pearls

Everybody is crazy

storm

There was a storm that night, and the radio in the small fishing village was broadcast more than once

It is said that a typhoon is about to make landfall here

It is the climax of this treasure hunt

The arrival of the typhoon is like a pair of pincers, which fiercely chokes the throats of all adventurers

Why?

This is because most of the shells and mussels will surface for ventilation before the typhoon comes

The uninvited visit to the typhoon is not only a danger, but also an opportunity

Of course, my father, who had spent half his life in a small fishing village, knew this

Why bother

"Dad. Tonight there is..."

"There's a typhoon!"

Before Zero could finish his words, his father glared at him coldly

"If you hadn't sold the blue pearl to that damn teacher in the first place! The guy ran away as soon as he got the pearl!! ”

"Oh my God! How could I have such a stupid son as you?! ”

As his father spoke, he raised his hand to hit zero, but it stopped in mid-air.

"You go tonight, so many treasure hunters have been looking for two weeks and haven't found it, maybe you can have good luck going, you will finally have some use."

Father said fiercely

Zero also smiled

His father finally approved of him

Stormy night

As soon as he went out, Zero saw the direction of the beach, and half of the sky was already covered in dark clouds

From time to time, you can see lightning bolts connecting the sea and the sky

"Father, or else we'll or..."

Zero said weakly, he gently grabbed the corner of his father's coat and looked at the dark cloudy sky

"Shut up! Put on airs! ”

Father patted Zero's hair

"Hey, let's go."

Lost

"Daddy!!"

Zero wandered alone on the beach, tears already soaking his clothes

"Daddy, where are you!! Come back soon!! ”

Zero's voice trembled slightly

Just now, my father saw a little blue light in the dark, so he couldn't wait to rush out

yes

Father broke free of Zero's hand that had been grabbing the corner of his clothes

Then Zero couldn't find his father

"Daddy! Zero will definitely work hard after that! No more lazy picking up shells!! You're coming back!! ”

Zero shouted and cried over and over again

"Dad will hit zero again, and zero won't cry anymore,! Won't eat secretly! I won't ignore my dad anymore..."

Zero's voice grew weaker and weaker, he was just a child after all, and he collapsed on the sand from exhaustion, his voice heart-wrenching

"You're coming back!! Daddy..."

"Daddy..."

"Boom!"

The thunder was clear, and the torrential rain came to this sea at the last moment when Zero closed his eyes

Again...

Can't you see Daddy...

The truth is always cruel

Zero was lying alone on the beach

After the storm, the warm sea breeze and food-seeking scavengers wake Zero from his sleep

"Ahh Father! ”

Zero sat up violently

But I still didn't see my father

"Huh?"

Zero suddenly felt a sinking in his hand, and he turned his head to look

It was an ocean-blue pearl, it was crystal clear and round, as if the whole sea was in this pearl

"Daddy! I've found a pearl!! ”

Zero excitedly ran back to the cabin with his father, thinking that maybe his father had seen the wind and rain too much, and had returned...

Greed is the original sin

Hut...

Originally... The hut has been crushed by the storm and is in ruins...

No! It's not just the cabin!

The whole small fishing village has been...

"Dad... Father... Daddy..."

Zero repeats the phrase, alone as if he had lost his soul, and wanders around like a puppet without any purpose

Before I knew it, I had walked from the hut to the beach, and the blue pearl in Zero's hand also emitted a faint blue light

"Look! Blue Pearl!! ”

A treasure hunter who survived a storm sees Zero staring at the sea in a daze

"Oh my God! It's really a blue pearl! There really are blue pearls in this sea! ”

Several of the other treasure hunters beside him began to whisper

"Blue Pearl?"

Zero stared blankly at the pearl in his hand

Suddenly, my heart hurt

"It's because of your dad that I didn't have !!"

Zero shouted, throwing the pearl in his hand into the sea in front of him

"Oh my God! O loser! That's a blue pearl!! He threw it like that!? ”

"Don't rob it! The blue pearl is mine!! ”

"Nonsense! Don't want that kid! Whoever grabs it is whoever's is! ”

"Get out of the way!!"

Several treasure hunters rushed forward and pounced on the sea where the pearl had fallen

Even if one by one they are dragged into the water

Even if the crimson blood fills the sea

Even a hazy figure floats on the surface of the sea and sings

That's the Kraken!!

It turns out that it was all a plot of the Kraken!!

But people are still stupidly fooled

Wonderful singing voices

Zero saw a familiar figure waving on the other side of the water

"Daddy..."

Zero muttered, slowly stepping away, tears in his eyes once again

"Daddy!!"

Zero screamed and rushed over, not feeling the slightest,

Seawater... It's over his head...

afterward

The teacher, dressed in a neat gown, stood in the auction hall

Next to him was the second blue pearl

The auction is about to begin

And at the moment

The pearl suddenly thumped

The teacher was puzzled, so he took a closer look

Originally

The pearl shattered itself ...

At the moment when Zero died...

The blue pearl that wasn't supposed to exist also disappeared

So far

There are only two blue pearls left in the world

One is the heart of watch

As for the other...

The Kraken dug out Zero's heart after killing it, and he smiled, smiling desolately

"It's another good watchful heart..."

This is the true watchfulness

『END』