Under the moonlight, the river outside the city was sparkling, and the city was noisy, but the moat outside the city was very quiet.
Thea swam out of the city along the inland river and swam a few times in the moat. She thought that the knight would be waiting for her somewhere hidden on the shore, and took the precious dagger he had dropped by the way, and took the opportunity to ask her for it.
A little benefit.
She had even thought of a reason to reject him.
If he dared to act recklessly, she would give him some trouble.
Along the way, she suffered a lot from being knocked into a glass jar.
Hateful humans, stupid humans, greedy humans, cunning humans, she cursed secretly in her heart...
She is the daughter of the sea. She has never thought of living on land, especially in a big fish tank that cannot be opened. This is simply an insult to the sea people.
When she learned to pray to the Sea God, the High Priest of the Sea Tribe warned her to accept favors from others, to be grateful, and to repay them if she was able.
She hid in the water plants at the bottom of the river. The water plants in this moat were not that lush, so she could only stick to the sand and gravel on the river bed, thinking about whether to give him something after returning the dagger.
She waited in the moat for a whole night, and it was almost dawn when she realized that he had no intention of meeting again.
What a arrogant and cold person!
But what should I do? I don’t even know where this river leads to?
Thea did not swim upstream, finding the source of the river would not help her. She wanted to swim into the sea.
But before that, we still need to take care of breakfast.
The fish in the river tasted a bit bland, and the fishy smell that couldn't be concealed really made her find it difficult to swallow.
Siya went downstream along the river. She didn't know how many days and nights she swam. She thought she could finally follow the river into the vast sea like before.
At that time, we might be able to meet other sea tribes and learn about the location of the Seven Realms Sea.
But when she swam to a crevice in the abyss, she realized that this might be the end of all rivers.
There is no sea in front of it, but a bottomless chasm, with waterfalls hanging on the raised rocks.
Fortunately, she swam more carefully, otherwise she would have been carried into the cracks in the ground by the river water.
She didn't want to live in a dark underground valley, which was not only cold and scary, but also prone to nightmares.
She was so frightened that she kept swimming back. There were many canyons here, and all the rivers seemed to have opened up cracks in the earth. The rivers here also had countless intersections, like a broken river spread out on the earth with a dense mesh.
fishing net.
In this dangerous canyon, she had to avoid many rapids and whirlpools, and she finally realized with some despair that she was actually lost in these rivers.
She could only go upstream along the river, so that she might be able to find the source of a certain river.
But the journey was not all smooth sailing. She always met some natives standing by the river holding harpoons for fishing. When they saw a big fish, they would rush into the river howling and howling, throwing away the harpoons in their hands.
Far and accurate.
She also encountered a giant catfish that hid its body in the mud. Its huge mouth had infinite suction power. If a one-horned bison hadn't come to the shore first to drink water, it might have been swallowed into the belly of the catfish.
That could be her.
Thea was so frightened that she ran away in panic in the river.
She decided to go upstream and through the canyon to find a safe place for herself.
When she went upstream, she discovered that there was a large plain in front of her. Although the river here was wide, the water was very shallow and the current was not that fast.
A shadow passed over the river, and she raised her head from the water... What are those flying in the sky?
A giant bird swooped into the river, and the splash it stirred up was like a water bomb exploding on the surface of the river. Its two sharp claws almost caught her.
Siya swung the three-color fish tail and hid in the soft gravel of the river bank in the next second, but the giant bird always lingered in the sky and refused to leave.
She didn't dare to go swimming during the day. It seemed safer at night.
Just going upstream, she found that the river was getting thinner and thinner... which made her a little anxious.
She originally wanted to find a spacious lake to live in temporarily, but who would have thought that after swimming for so long, she could not find a livable place.
She even thought about how after the river dried up, she would lie on the beach and look like a dried fish, her scales curled and peeled off, and her beautiful and slippery hair like seaweed turned into black dried seaweed...
Poseidon is above, I simply don’t dare to think about it!
Until she saw the majestic snow-capped mountains in the distance in the river, even the river became cold. The trout in the river were delicious and sweet. There were no bloated giant catfish in the river, and there were no giant giant catfish hovering in the sky.
Bird, she decided to find a place to hide here.
Along the way, she saw many small towns built along the river.
I was very scared at first, worried that when I swam across the river, I would be discovered by the people in the town.
Later, she discovered that the people living in the town were not alert at all, and gradually became accustomed to swimming by the town silently...
Siya discovered that humans cannot live without water!
She found a pond with obvious signs of construction next to a small town. Even though she knew that it might be discovered by humans, she still lurked nearby just because it was a little more spacious than other places.
She occasionally swam into the pond at night, and occasionally had a wild racing swim...
Not only are those beautiful colorful fins beautiful, when she swims at full strength, she can even catch up with those cute and cute dolphins in the sea.
She was sitting on a wooden platform on the shore, combing her seaweed-like long hair, and admiring the moonlight in this strange world, when a little girl's voice suddenly came to her ears: "Nika, look, there is something over there.
A mermaid..."
The sound startled Thea, and her first reaction was to jump into the river.
"Xigna, can you see even in such dark darkness? Your eyesight is really good..." the aboriginal girl said with great envy.
"I am the beloved of the night, the saint of the Temple of Night. Is it strange to have night vision?" Xigna accepted the compliment very calmly.
"Should we go over and say hello to her? Will it scare her?" Nika asked in a low voice.
The two little girls have no idea how sensitive Janna's mermaid's ears are. They usually use their ears to track whales in the sea...
"She is so big, we should be the ones to be scared...haven't you heard that these mermaids like to sing songs to confuse sailors? Then they will drag the confused sailors to the underwater world and treat them to a meal of seafood first.
Then cook them and eat them!" Xigna whispered to Nika.
"What you said is really scary. I don't want to go. Let's tell the people in the town!" Nika was frightened at this moment. She had never even heard of it before and wanted to tell her new discovery.
To the people in town.
This time it was Thea's turn to be scared.
If someone in the town discovers him, should he run upstream or downstream?
"No... just wait a moment, I won't harm you!" Siya turned around and said to the two little girls hiding behind the stone steps.
The way she speaks is a bit special, as if she is singing, and she speaks Imperial dialect very pure.
"Can you hear our conversation?" Xigna jumped up from behind the stone steps in fright. She was frightened by what the mermaid turned around and said.
Janna's mermaid's delicate face had some crystal drops of water hanging on it, but at night, only Xigna could see these details clearly.
Siya said: "I know a little bit of Imperial Language. As long as I don't use dialect and slang when speaking, I can basically understand it."
Then the Janna mermaid added: "My name is Thea, and I come from the Seven Realms Sea."
Two girls stood up from behind the stone steps. Although they were a little wary, they still took a few steps closer.
At this time, Nika saw clearly the Janna mermaid sitting on the pier by the river. Her delicate skin had light scales, and her face looked a bit like Miss Samira. They were both very delicate, but her hair was a little messy.
, if it sticks wet to your face, it will seriously affect your appearance.
"Have you ever heard of the Seven Seas?" Siya tried to ask.
She did not leave the river bank. If she encountered danger, she could jump into the river as soon as possible.
"No, I only know about the Endless Sea, but that is in Roland Continent." Xigna said.
Recently, she has been communicating with Celia Cooper a lot, so her horizons are much broader than other children.
Nika stood next to Signa, staring at the Janna mermaid in the darkness with great vigilance. She even blocked Signa with her shoulder and only said: "This is the Bailin plane. I have never heard of this."
name."
The faint light reflected on the sparkling river surface, Janna Mermaid covered her face with her hands, her tail resting on the river, her voice filled with crying and frustration: "Bai Lin plane... It turns out that I have actually arrived in another plane.
noodle."
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. I have been locked in a water tank before. I just found a chance to escape recently." Thea wanted to cry, but she felt that doing so would not only prove her cowardice and helplessness.
It was of no use, so she endured it.
The little Aboriginal girl didn't even know what the word 'slave trader' meant.
"Is there anything you need our help with?" Xigna hesitated before asking.
Siya looked at her round arms and asked in a low voice: "Can you get some salt? I'm a little swollen from soaking in fresh water..."
"Of course, I'll bring it to you tomorrow night. By the way, do you want to try wheat cakes?" Xigna decided to help this Janna mermaid. It doesn't seem to do any harm to herself anyway.
The best thing to do is to be careful, but this is Duodan Town, and she doesn't plan to meet during the day...
"Thank you so much. I almost vomited after eating freshwater fish these days..."
Janna the mermaid said softly.
…
After three nights of communication, from wheat cakes to pickles, the girls' friendship seems to be that simple.
Soon Xigna and Nika had a new friend. This friend usually hid in the river and would only appear at night by the pool in the back garden of the Twin Goddess Temple. The main reason was that a pier was built on the shore here.
The place is cleaner.
After communication, Thea discovered that Xigna and Nica didn't know as much about the rivers here as she did, and they didn't know whether there was a sea in this plane.
The mermaid found that she could not find the way to the sea, so she decided to go upstream to explore the source of the river.
Surdak saw a big splash in the river. It happened that Siya had returned from the upper reaches of the Dodan River. She was telling Xigna and Nika about her experience going upstream. She told her two new friends that she almost
Frozen to death upstream...
Regarding Thea's existence, Xigna and Nika also kept their vows and did not reveal a single thing to Selina and Suldak.
…
Of course, Suldak did not jump into the river to fish at night just because there was a big splash in the river.
He came back from Wall Village this time and brought back some small gifts for Xigna and Nika, such as the unique sweets of Helensa City, chestnut candies.
Selena did not ask about the details of Suldak's return to Wall Village. She always deliberately avoided this sensitive topic, just like she always deliberately avoided Natasha in Wall Village. She felt that she
He takes some things that should belong to the other party, but he doesn't want to let them go...
Returning to the lakeside cabin, Selena went into the kitchen to prepare dinner, and Nika would take the initiative to help at this time.
Signa likes to sit on the platform of the wooden house that extends into the river, holding the magic notebook and chatting with Celia Cooper by the faint light of a lantern.
Recently, the goddess Celine's spiritual thoughts usually choose to possess Selena, as if she feels something novel...
During dinner, Selena found that only half of the pickled cucumbers in the kitchen jar were filled with sour water, and then she seriously thought about whether she had neglected her daughter and Nika's three meals a day recently.
Selena brought a plate of fried meat to the table and distributed food to everyone at the table.
Suldak, who was sitting on the main seat, took a piece of white bread, drank a little light ale, and then said to Nika:
"Nika, if you have the opportunity to go to Helensa City with me, I'm very familiar with the magicians in the magic union there. I think you should register as a magician."
Nika hugged the soup pot, followed Selina and nodded weakly.
She cherishes her current life very much.
Suldak felt that if something like that hadn't happened to him, maybe Nika would have been sitting in the classroom of the magic academy, listening to the magic teachers telling the ancient Elvish language, and now he could only stay in Dodan Town, according to the
Under the guidance of Celia Cooper, conduct the most preliminary meditation.
According to Celia Cooper, this is the only place where a black magician can guide her.
However, the goddess of the morning can still communicate with Nika occasionally. The communication between them always takes place on a sunny afternoon, and Nika has to fall asleep to get some enlightenment from the goddess.
Occasionally, when I wake up, I find that I have forgotten all the things I dreamed about...
"Have you practiced the power of light according to that person's instructions recently?" Surdak felt that since he was sitting at the dining table, he should be concerned about everyone.
"Yes." Nika stood up straight and replied respectfully.
This is a habit she picked up when she was a maid in the house of Baron Goss.
"Then are there any new gains?" Surdak was actually curious about the difference between the light controlled by Nika and his own holy light.
"My proficiency has improved a bit, but unfortunately this beam of light has no healing power..." Nika said in a low voice.
This is also what worries Nika the most.
She is reluctant to use light magic, mainly because it will distance her from Signa.
But since Viscount Surdak asked, she always had to demonstrate. She didn't even need to recite the incantation or draw the magic pattern. She just needed to close her eyes, put her hands on her chest and clasp her hands, and just stay there silently.
After standing for a few seconds, a beam of light came down from the roof, making her feel like she was standing under a spotlight.
At this time, she slowly opened her eyes, and those eyes were actually covered by dazzling light. The light ball poured out from her chest, and then as she opened her hands, the light ball turned into a beam of light, along the
The window shines outside.
This beam of light penetrated the dark night, and when it passed over the river, it actually illuminated a stretch of snow-white arms in the river, scaring Nika so much that she quickly stopped her hand.
Suddenly the room returned to its original state...