Noticing the change in Shimabukuro Kimie's expression, Aizen asked while the iron was hot: "How about going to see the legendary mermaid?"
"..."
Shimabukuro Kimie stared at Aizen's eyes for a while, then said in a dry voice: "Are there really mermaids in this world?"
Although Shimabukuro Kimie's rationality told her that there was no such creature as a mermaid in the world, looking at Aizen's serious eyes, she felt that Aizen was not lying.
In fact, before learning the truth about the longevity woman, Shimabukuro Kimie, like other young people on the island, had no doubts about the legend of the mermaid.
"If you want to know the truth about this world, then come with me!"
Watching Aizen's leaving figure, Shimabukuro Kimie bit her teeth, got up and chased after him in the direction he left.
Under the leadership of Aizen, the two of them soon arrived at a deserted beach.
"Is there really a mermaid here?"
Shimabukuro Kimie looked around, not to mention the legendary mermaid, not even a ghost. She suddenly felt as if she had been tricked.
"Don't worry! She's a bit shy and doesn't like to show up in crowded places, so we have to go to this deserted beach to call her out from the bottom of the sea."
Aizen made a calming gesture towards Shimabukuro Kimie, then raised his left hand and waved, a palm-sized golden conch suddenly appeared in his hand out of thin air.
"This is……"
When Shimabukuro Kime saw this, his pupils suddenly shrank.
Retrieve items from the air!
Shimabukuro Kimie was certain that Aizen's technique of taking out the golden conch just now was definitely not the kind of magic show on TV.
Even the best magician needs to use some tools as a cover if he wants to conjure a palm-sized golden conch out of thin air.
But when Aizen transformed the golden conch just now, there was nothing in his hand. This is definitely not an ability that ordinary people can possess.
What's more, the golden conch in Aizen's hand looks a bit like gold, but also feels like jade. It sparkles in the sunlight and is absolutely extraordinary.
"More than three hundred years ago, when I was traveling in this sea area, by chance, I rescued a seriously injured mermaid."
Before Shimabukuro Kimie could ask, Aizen began to lie seriously: "In order to repay my life-saving grace, the mermaid gave me a piece of mermaid meat and gave me the conch that can call her.
.”
"Three...three hundred years ago?!"
Hearing what Aizen said, Shimabukuro Kimie still felt a little unbelievable, but in her heart she hoped that these words were true.
"Woooooooo..."
Under Shimabukuro Kimie's tangled and expectant eyes, Aizen picked up the golden conch and started to play it slowly. A strange sound like a whale's roar spread to the surroundings.
Looking at the calm sea in the distance, Shimabukuro Kimie clenched her hands unconsciously, feeling that time had slowed down many times.
The low conch sound lasted for nearly five minutes before slowly stopping.
Aizen put away the golden conch, stared at the sea a hundred meters away, and suddenly said: "Here it comes!"
Plop!!!
As soon as Aizen finished speaking, the sea surface in the distance suddenly burst open, and a slender silhouette rushed out from the bottom of the sea, shining brightly under the sunlight.
"Mermaid! Really a mermaid!"
Although the silhouette was still a hundred meters away from the shore, Shimabukuro Kimie could clearly see that her lower body was a huge fish tail.
Wow…
The mermaid leaped high, quickly fell into the sea again, and swam towards the shore at an extremely fast speed.
"What a nice view!"
As the beautiful figure continued to approach, Shimabukuro Kimie also saw her appearance clearly, and was instantly conquered by her beauty.
The black hair, which is as thick as seaweed, makes the skin of the mermaid in front of her look whiter and whiter, like the finest jade in the world.
The mermaid's stunning appearance shocked Shimabukuro Kime even more. Her charming face is definitely not something that human women can possess.
Especially her big blue eyes, full of innocence and simplicity, formed a strong contrast and conflict with her charming and pretty face.
If she hadn't seen it with her own eyes, it would be hard for Shimabukuro Kime to believe that someone could combine both charming and pure temperaments into one person.
But what caught Shimabukuro Kime's attention the most was her mysterious blue fish tail.
Judging from the eyesight of Shimabukuro Kimie, a top makeup artist, she can be sure that it is a real fish tail, not a fake fish tail made by using special effects makeup.
Aizen glanced at Shimabukuro Kimie, who was stunned, and greeted the mermaid with a smile: "Henlingji, long time no see."
╭(╯^╰)╮
Yan Lingji put her hands on her hips and curled her lips somewhat unhappily: "Really, you haven't come to see me in more than a hundred years."
"Okay! Don't be angry. Didn't I come to see you? And for us immortal species with endless lifespan, more than a hundred years is only about ten days and a half. Take a nap.
It’s over.”
"Quia! Men are all big liars!"
Yan Lingji puffed up her cheeks angrily, turned to look at Shimabukuro Kime and said, "Who is this little girl? Is she your newly recruited subordinate?"
Hearing Yan Linghime's magnetic voice, Shimabukuro Kime gradually recovered from the shock, and said somewhat awkwardly: "Hello, my name is Shimabukuro Kime, and I am the shrine maiden of this island shrine."
"Miko?"
Yan Lingji tilted her head, stared at Shimabukuro Kimie and looked her up and down, then suddenly clapped her hands and said: "I remember! More than two hundred years ago, there was a shrine maiden wearing the same clothes as you who worshiped me.
Food is coming.”
!!!∑(?Д?ノ)ノ
Could it be that the people on the island already knew about the existence of mermaids more than two hundred years ago, and that's why the legend of mermaids spread?
If it had been in the past, Shimabukuro Kimie would have regarded this incident as a fairy tale.
But now that she has seen a mermaid like Enreihime with her own eyes, Shimabukuro Kimie has begun to doubt how many of the myths and stories spread across the island country are true and how many are false.
As for why the people on the island have never seen a real mermaid in these years, we can know it from Aizen's conversation with Yan Lingji just now.
For these immortal species with immortality, a hundred years is too short. They may just find a place to sleep, but the people on the island have changed for several generations.
For example, in a few decades, when Shimabukuro Kimie has grandchildren, if she tells the story of the mermaid to her children, I am afraid that the children will think that it is just a myth.