What does it mean?
Before Xia Nuo closed his eyes, he still couldn’t help thinking about this question in his mind.
Could it be that she likes me? This idea suddenly crossed his mind.
Thinking about it carefully, Miss Mermaid’s attitude towards him is indeed worth pondering.
After all, she is a mermaid who is considered ‘arrogant by nature’ and ‘bad tempered’ by everyone, but he didn’t feel this at all during this visit. The mermaid lady laughed at his appearance, and she didn’t look like a bad-tempered person at all.
And she didn’t seem to like the gift he sent. She placed the bottle of beauty potion by the pool without much attention, so it wasn’t the gift that played a role.
So because Miss Mermaid is a face-con?
Xia Nuo suddenly remembered the little girl’s evaluation of her before, and for some reason, the three words ‘selling your appearance’ reappeared in his mind.
He thought about it and gradually fell asleep. I don’t know if it was because he thought too much before going to bed, he had a particularly absurd dream.
In the dream, Miss Mermaid stood in front of him and softly called his name.
“Chang An.”
Xia Nuo didn’t answer, he looked at the mermaid lady in front of him, and a deep sense of disobedience welled up in his heart.
He intuited that there was something wrong with Miss Mermaid.
What the hell is this?
I don’t know why, but his thinking is very slow at this time. After thinking for a long time, he finally found the answer.
——”Miss Tou Ya, why did you cut your hair short?”
The seaweed-like long hair of Miss Mermaid disappeared, replaced by neat short hair, which looks full of heroism.
Without the cover of her long hair, her flat chest immediately caught Xia Nuo’s attention.
Although it’s not very good to comment on a girl like this, seeing the scene in front of him, his most straightforward thought was – this chest looks like a man.
“Chang An?”
As if to get Xia Nuo’s attention, Miss Mermaid called his name again, Xia Nuo raised his head in response and found something wrong again.
Miss Mermaid’s neck, which had always been covered by her collar, was now exposed to him, and her Adam’s apple, which could not be ignored, was clearly showing its presence.
“Chang’an.” Miss Mermaid’s voice also changed, the original neutral voice suddenly became deep and magnetic – this is completely a man’s voice.
She—no, it should be said that he said the words of confession with an extremely serious expression: “I like you, Chang An.”
Xia Nuo was startled and took a step back subconsciously, but the mermaid’s movements were faster than his, grabbing his arm and pushing him closer.
“Want to escape?” Although she was still smiling, the mermaid exuded a dangerous aura.
Xia Nuo keenly sensed the danger, but there was nowhere to run.
At some point behind him, a wall appeared. The mermaid cornered him and looked down at him, watching him tremble like a small animal.
“What about your answer, Chang An?”
“Ah—” Xia Nuo sat up suddenly, the quilt slipped down to his waist, he looked around blankly, he couldn’t help but heave a sigh of relief when he didn’t see the mermaid.
It was a dream.
With his heart still beating wildly in his chest, Xia Nuo stroked his hair and murmured, “What a mess.”
Does this count as thinking by day and dreaming at night?
Frightened in the dream, his spirit was unavoidably depressed. After being spotted by the little girl, he took the initiative to explain: “I had a nightmare last night.”
At this moment, they were waiting in the dining room to have breakfast. As soon as he finished speaking, the radiant Miss Mermaid appeared at the door: “I had a sweet dream.”
There was a smile on the corner of her mouth, and she looked very happy.
Very good, still long hair.
Xia Nuo thought about it and involuntarily looked at her neck and chest.
Finding nothing unusual, he breathed a sigh of relief.
After having that dream last night, Xia Nuo realized that he was afraid to look directly at Miss Mermaid’s face.
After eating breakfast without taste, the carriage had already stopped in front of the door.
Pulling the cart are two black horses with wings. This time they are going to another dimension, and the journey is quite far away. Xi Xi originally planned to go with them, but before leaving, she received a letter.
“I have something urgent to deal with.” The little girl finished reading the letter and folded the letter paper in her hand. Although she said so, there was no worry on her face.
“Can I help?” A small staircase has been set up next to the carriage, Xia Nuo is about to step up the stairs, he turned around and asked.
“I can handle it myself.” The little girl calmly rejected his offer, and she waved her hand, motioning for Xia Nuo to lean over.
Xia Nuo complied with a puzzled face, and then the little girl stuck to his ear and whispered: “Brother, I have warned you in advance—mermaids will be very proactive and will do everything they can when hunting their favourite prey—you have to be careful.”
“Goodbye, and good luck!”
Before Xia Nuo could react, the little girl waved at him, turned and ran away with a bright smile.
Xia Nuo, “…”
Always feel that he seems to have heard something incredible?
“Chang An?” Until Miss Mermaid’s slightly puzzled voice sounded, “Why don’t you come up?”
Only then did he realize that Miss Mermaid had already stepped onto the carriage ahead of him. When she said this, she tilted her head slightly, and she looked a little cute.
“It’s nothing.” Xia Nuo shook his head, “I was thinking about what Xixi reminded me before leaving.”
When I said this, it actually carried a bit of a tentative meaning.
“Is that so?” Miss Mermaid said with frowned eyebrows.
She didn’t ask the little girl what reminded him, the translucent ear fins vibrated slightly, reflecting a dazzling light under the light.
The mermaid’s hearing is also very sensitive.
The two of them sat in the carriage, the body bumped slightly, and the two Pegasus began to gallop.
The space in the carriage was very spacious, Xia Nuo and Miss Mermaid sat face to face, not knowing what to say.
The tail of the mermaid is placed beside him. The beautiful and slender silver tail occupies most of the space in the car, and it is only a dozen centimetres away from Xia Nuo. Looking at the fine scales shining on it, he short-circuited his head and blurted out, “How long is Miss Tou Ya’s tail?”
As soon as the words came out of his mouth, Xia Nuo felt a little inappropriate. Isn’t this equivalent to asking a girl how long her legs are? It is too presumptuous to ask such a question suddenly.
He just wanted to apologise, but unexpectedly the mermaid didn’t care, and replied directly: “It’s about 1.5 metres.”
Xia Nuo subconsciously calculated in her heart, so including the fishtail, the total height of Miss Mermaid is 2.4 metres?
He had glanced at it before and found that the figure of the mermaid was in accordance with the golden ratio, but because part of her fishtail was bent behind her when she was standing, it seemed to be only about two metres one.
After finishing the calculation, Xia Nuo recalled his height, and there was only one thought in his head.
——A man is not as good as a fish.
Although he didn’t think he was short, he was nothing compared to Miss Mermaid.
Why beat yourself up? How can two different species be compared?
He was comforting himself silently in his heart when he suddenly felt that his hand seemed to touch something.
Cold and creamy, with well-defined protrusions, like an ivory texture.
Huh? Xia Nuo lowered his head in amazement, looked at the fishtail with silver scales under his hand, and was stunned.
“Sorry!” His first reaction was to move his hand away, but Miss Mermaid moved faster than him.
She pressed Xia Nuo’s hand: “You seem to have been paying attention to my tail, dear Chang An?”
“I… I didn’t do it on purpose,” Xia Nuo argued weakly.
He couldn’t figure it out, he just wandered away for a while, why did his hand suddenly touch the mermaid’s tail? He clearly remembered that there was still a distance between the mermaid’s tail and his hand.
“I can swear I didn’t have any bad intentions for your tail!”
Xia Nuo’s hand was caught between the fishtail and the mermaid’s palm, in order to prove his words, he tried hard to pull it out—but failed.
The mermaid girl chuckled, she let go of the palm that was holding him down for a moment, and then took the boy’s hand in her palm: “Really?”
“Really!” Xia Nuo nodded vigorously, even though the mermaid rubbed his hand back and forth, he didn’t dare to resist.
——Because he was so unreasonable!
Unexpectedly, the mermaid frowned upon hearing this: “Do you mean that my tail is not beautiful and attractive?”
Xia Nuo, “…”
How should he answer this? This is simply a proposition!
The mermaid just pretended to be angry, she smiled and looked at the boy’s embarrassed appearance, and she already sighed ‘a lot of cuteness’ in her heart.
After hesitating for a long time, Xia Nuo said bravely, “It’s not that, Miss Tou Ya’s tail is very beautiful and attractive.”
This is not a lie, no matter from which angle you look at it, the mermaid’s tail is very beautiful, whether it is the precisely arranged silver scales, there are still many transparent tail fins supported by ivory-coloured long bones, it is like a perfectly carved work of art, and there is no delicacy in it.
After he finished speaking intermittently, his eyes unconsciously showed a pleading look.
‘Let me go’, his whole body is desperately sending this signal to the mermaid, his pitiful appearance almost melts people’s hearts.
Miss Mermaid obviously can’t resist this cute light wave, but she won’t give up teasing the little cutie so easily.
She changed the subject and said, “In that case, you can touch it more, I don’t mind at all.”
Xia Nuo froze for a moment, then quickly shook his head after realising it: “No, no, let’s forget it.”
Miss Mermaid selectively ignored his refusal, put Xia Nuo’s hand on her tail, and pressed his hand all the way down from the sensitive waist to the translucent tail fin.
She nonchalantly introduced what each part with, and how much strength would make her feel comfortable—as if the young woman’s tail was not her tail at all, but some insignificant model—while she continued: “According to common sense, the mermaid’s tail is a forbidden area for mermaids. Only those closest to me can get the right to touch it. But with our relationship, we naturally don’t need to worry so much.”
“Yeah…” Xia Nuo was completely speechless, his mind was blank, he didn’t hear what the mermaid said at all, he just nodded like a chicken pecking rice, wanting to end this ‘torture’ as soon as possible.
The mermaid looked at his red ear tips and cheeks with a large blush spreading with a smile, thinking that it was enough to tease him, and then stopped her hands somewhat unsatisfied.
Until the mermaid stopped moving, Xia Nuo was still in a daze. He lowered his head, and for some reason, he suddenly remembered the little girl’s reminder. He felt as if he could understand her meaning.
Did Miss Mermaid take him as prey?
If the mermaid knew what he was thinking, he would definitely nod without hesitation—this is indeed a hunt, and the deliberate hunter has already made complete preparations, just waiting for the cute little animal to fall into his trap.
There was a moment of silence in the carriage, Xia Nuo lowered his head, and the sound like a drawer being opened was very obvious. He was a little curious in his heart, but he raised his head in embarrassment, and could only silently guess what the mermaid was doing.
A book with a red cover was suddenly placed in front of him, with a few big gilt characters on it – The Demon King’s Labyrinth.
Xia Nuo raised his head in surprise, and he didn’t care about the embarrassment: “What is this?”
Looking at the name, it’s hard not to think of this game world.
Seeing that the bait successfully lured the little rabbit out of the hole, the mermaid pointed her finger at the cover of the book: “As you can see, this is a fairy tale introducing the world we live in.”
“Fairy tale?” Xia Nuo was attracted by this sentence.
“Yes.” The mermaid nodded and introduced, “This is written by the famous fairy tale writer, Chris. The story about the devil and his labyrinth is a very popular book for children under the age of ten in our group.”
“Then why did you show me this book?” Xia Nuo asked, puzzled.
Does he look like someone who likes fairy tales?
Miss Mermaid smiled slightly, staring straight at the boy in front of her with her devilish eyes:
“Don’t you humans always like to explore the labyrinth and the devil? Although this story is fictitious, some of the information in it is still very credible.”
For a high-level monster like Miss Mermaid, the labyrinth isn’t even a labyrinth, at best it’s just a relatively large space, but the humans who came here all showed interest in it by coincidence.
Wanting to find the exit of the maze – this is the saying given by humans.
Although I don’t care about human thoughts at all, let alone whether they can really find the exit of the maze, because of this reason, it is a surprise to be able to use this book to please the boy.
Xia Nuo, “…”
After hesitating for a long time, he still said thank you and then opened the book.
As the mission says, this is a fairy tale through and through. It tells the story of a brave man who goes all the way to find the devil in the maze and challenges him.
No princess is waiting to be rescued in the maze, and the devil has not done anything heinous. From the standpoint of the monster, the author describes the brave man as a little man who wants to gain fame and wealth by defeating the devil.
The brave man with ill intentions learned that the devil lives in the centre of the maze, but no one has ever actually arrived at that place, and no one has seen the true face of the devil — the brave man doesn’t even know how to find the devil.
However, although this brave man is not noble, he has a clever mind. He found out that the mermaid clan had served as the devil’s servant, so he deliberately approached the princess of the mermaid clan and won her heart.
Regardless of the opposition of the tribe, the mermaid married the brave man, and they lived together for three years. The princess even gave birth to a daughter for the brave man — but this still couldn’t stop the brave man from realising his goal.
The brave man finally learned from the princess who lost his vigilance the way to reach the centre of the maze, that is to plant a moonlight tree, and the fruit produced by the moonlight tree can guide him to the palace of the devil.
However, the seeds of the Moonlight Tree are extremely rare, and each seed is regarded as a treasure by the Treant Race, and will not be easily obtained by outsiders.
The brave man once again had a plan – he disguised himself as a tree man, sneaked into their territory, and after some twists and turns, he finally succeeded in deceiving the seeds of the Moonlight Tree.
In order to ripen the Moonlight Tree as quickly as possible, he killed countless creatures and used their flesh and blood to water a sinful fruit. The fruit guided the brave man to a magnificent palace.
The devil is sleeping in the palace. He has been sleeping for nearly a thousand years. After so many years, the maze he created is about to give birth to his own soul.
The brave man was overjoyed — he didn’t have the confidence that he could kill the demon king in his heyday, but it was easy to kill a sleeping demon king.
He broke into the hall, walked through the garden, and ran all the way to the bedroom of the devil.
Finally, he saw the Demon King lying on the bed, sleeping so deeply that he seemed unaware of the brave man’s arrival.
‘What a stupid demon king.’ The brave man thought contemptuously, ‘He didn’t set up any guards in the palace, and fell into a deep sleep without vigilance. He really has the reputation of falling as the demon king.’
But it was also because of this that he could get the chance to strike.
As long as you kill him and get his treasure, everyone will kneel at my feet and cheer, and I will become the greatest brave in their hearts—
Thinking so, the brave man raised the sword in his hand.
With a sound of ‘puff’, the tip of the sword pierced through the heart, and bright red blood flowed out, staining the snow-white bed sheet red.
With a ‘plop’, the brave fell to his knees on the ground. He opened his eyes wide in disbelief, looking at the silver light shining from his chest, he can’t figure out how things turned out like this – he tried his best to come before the Demon King, but was killed so easily. Before he could even see the enemy’s face, he was pierced through the heart by the long sword.
Behind him, the demon king’s avatar slowly pulled out the long sword stuck in his heart, letting the blood from the sword tip drip onto the snow-white carpet.
“…”
Xia Nuo quickly finished reading the story. He closed the book and agreed with Miss Mermaid’s statement — this story did convey a lot of information to him.
Although it seems that it is just a bad guy who did all the bad things by all means for fame and fortune, and finally got punished, and the ending came so abruptly, It’s hard to feel the thrill of seeing the villains being sanctioned – of course, this is just Xia Nuo’s opinion, maybe the monsters prefer this style.
But later he found out that it was because the monsters were secretive about the Demon King, so he hurriedly mentioned it — this is a later story, so I won’t mention it for the time being.
Let me talk about the information he has learned so far.
There are four key characters in the story, the brave man, the devil king, the mermaid princess, and the treant who was cheated of the moonlight tree seeds.
If this story is true, then in order to find the Demon King, one must first obtain the seeds of the Moonlight Tree, and to obtain the seeds of the Moonlight Tree, one must find the Treants who have long lived in seclusion.
It is also said in the story that only the mermaids who have made good friends with the tree people really know the whereabouts of the tree people.
Xia Nuo raised his head, and looked at the harmonious appearance of Tou Ya’s smile in a complicated manner, as if a mermaid who knew everything well, only had one thought in his mind.
――Did she really not do it on purpose?
As if the mermaid didn’t know what he was thinking, she set out the snacks and tea that had been prepared, picked up a piece of dessert and held it in front of Xia Nuo.
The small snack almost touched the boy’s lips, and the mermaid smiled and said, “Ah—”
What does it mean?
Before Xia Nuo closed his eyes, he still couldn’t help thinking about this question in his mind.
Could it be that she likes me? This idea suddenly crossed his mind.
Thinking about it carefully, Miss Mermaid’s attitude towards him is indeed worth pondering.
After all, she is a mermaid who is considered ‘arrogant by nature’ and ‘bad tempered’ by everyone, but he didn’t feel this at all during this visit. The mermaid lady laughed at his appearance, and she didn’t look like a bad-tempered person at all.
And she didn’t seem to like the gift he sent. She placed the bottle of beauty potion by the pool without much attention, so it wasn’t the gift that played a role.
So because Miss Mermaid is a face-con?
Xia Nuo suddenly remembered the little girl’s evaluation of her before, and for some reason, the three words ‘selling your appearance’ reappeared in his mind.
He thought about it and gradually fell asleep. I don’t know if it was because he thought too much before going to bed, he had a particularly absurd dream.
In the dream, Miss Mermaid stood in front of him and softly called his name.
“Chang An.”
Xia Nuo didn’t answer, he looked at the mermaid lady in front of him, and a deep sense of disobedience welled up in his heart.
He intuited that there was something wrong with Miss Mermaid.
What the hell is this?
I don’t know why, but his thinking is very slow at this time. After thinking for a long time, he finally found the answer.
——”Miss Tou Ya, why did you cut your hair short?”
The seaweed-like long hair of Miss Mermaid disappeared, replaced by neat short hair, which looks full of heroism.
Without the cover of her long hair, her flat chest immediately caught Xia Nuo’s attention.
Although it’s not very good to comment on a girl like this, seeing the scene in front of him, his most straightforward thought was – this chest looks like a man.
“Chang An?”
As if to get Xia Nuo’s attention, Miss Mermaid called his name again, Xia Nuo raised his head in response and found something wrong again.
Miss Mermaid’s neck, which had always been covered by her collar, was now exposed to him, and her Adam’s apple, which could not be ignored, was clearly showing its presence.
“Chang’an.” Miss Mermaid’s voice also changed, the original neutral voice suddenly became deep and magnetic – this is completely a man’s voice.
She—no, it should be said that he said the words of confession with an extremely serious expression: “I like you, Chang An.”
Xia Nuo was startled and took a step back subconsciously, but the mermaid’s movements were faster than his, grabbing his arm and pushing him closer.
“Want to escape?” Although she was still smiling, the mermaid exuded a dangerous aura.
Xia Nuo keenly sensed the danger, but there was nowhere to run.
At some point behind him, a wall appeared. The mermaid cornered him and looked down at him, watching him tremble like a small animal.
“What about your answer, Chang An?”
“Ah—” Xia Nuo sat up suddenly, the quilt slipped down to his waist, he looked around blankly, he couldn’t help but heave a sigh of relief when he didn’t see the mermaid.
It was a dream.
With his heart still beating wildly in his chest, Xia Nuo stroked his hair and murmured, “What a mess.”
Does this count as thinking by day and dreaming at night?
Frightened in the dream, his spirit was unavoidably depressed. After being spotted by the little girl, he took the initiative to explain: “I had a nightmare last night.”
At this moment, they were waiting in the dining room to have breakfast. As soon as he finished speaking, the radiant Miss Mermaid appeared at the door: “I had a sweet dream.”
There was a smile on the corner of her mouth, and she looked very happy.
Very good, still long hair.
Xia Nuo thought about it and involuntarily looked at her neck and chest.
Finding nothing unusual, he breathed a sigh of relief.
After having that dream last night, Xia Nuo realized that he was afraid to look directly at Miss Mermaid’s face.
After eating breakfast without taste, the carriage had already stopped in front of the door.
Pulling the cart are two black horses with wings. This time they are going to another dimension, and the journey is quite far away. Xi Xi originally planned to go with them, but before leaving, she received a letter.
“I have something urgent to deal with.” The little girl finished reading the letter and folded the letter paper in her hand. Although she said so, there was no worry on her face.
“Can I help?” A small staircase has been set up next to the carriage, Xia Nuo is about to step up the stairs, he turned around and asked.
“I can handle it myself.” The little girl calmly rejected his offer, and she waved her hand, motioning for Xia Nuo to lean over.
Xia Nuo complied with a puzzled face, and then the little girl stuck to his ear and whispered: “Brother, I have warned you in advance—mermaids will be very proactive and will do everything they can when hunting their favourite prey—you have to be careful.”
“Goodbye, and good luck!”
Before Xia Nuo could react, the little girl waved at him, turned and ran away with a bright smile.
Xia Nuo, “…”
Always feel that he seems to have heard something incredible?
“Chang An?” Until Miss Mermaid’s slightly puzzled voice sounded, “Why don’t you come up?”
Only then did he realize that Miss Mermaid had already stepped onto the carriage ahead of him. When she said this, she tilted her head slightly, and she looked a little cute.
“It’s nothing.” Xia Nuo shook his head, “I was thinking about what Xixi reminded me before leaving.”
When I said this, it actually carried a bit of a tentative meaning.
“Is that so?” Miss Mermaid said with frowned eyebrows.
She didn’t ask the little girl what reminded him, the translucent ear fins vibrated slightly, reflecting a dazzling light under the light.
The mermaid’s hearing is also very sensitive.
The two of them sat in the carriage, the body bumped slightly, and the two Pegasus began to gallop.
The space in the carriage was very spacious, Xia Nuo and Miss Mermaid sat face to face, not knowing what to say.
The tail of the mermaid is placed beside him. The beautiful and slender silver tail occupies most of the space in the car, and it is only a dozen centimetres away from Xia Nuo. Looking at the fine scales shining on it, he short-circuited his head and blurted out, “How long is Miss Tou Ya’s tail?”
As soon as the words came out of his mouth, Xia Nuo felt a little inappropriate. Isn’t this equivalent to asking a girl how long her legs are? It is too presumptuous to ask such a question suddenly.
He just wanted to apologise, but unexpectedly the mermaid didn’t care, and replied directly: “It’s about 1.5 metres.”
Xia Nuo subconsciously calculated in her heart, so including the fishtail, the total height of Miss Mermaid is 2.4 metres?
He had glanced at it before and found that the figure of the mermaid was in accordance with the golden ratio, but because part of her fishtail was bent behind her when she was standing, it seemed to be only about two metres one.
After finishing the calculation, Xia Nuo recalled his height, and there was only one thought in his head.
——A man is not as good as a fish.
Although he didn’t think he was short, he was nothing compared to Miss Mermaid.
Why beat yourself up? How can two different species be compared?
He was comforting himself silently in his heart when he suddenly felt that his hand seemed to touch something.
Cold and creamy, with well-defined protrusions, like an ivory texture.
Huh? Xia Nuo lowered his head in amazement, looked at the fishtail with silver scales under his hand, and was stunned.
“Sorry!” His first reaction was to move his hand away, but Miss Mermaid moved faster than him.
She pressed Xia Nuo’s hand: “You seem to have been paying attention to my tail, dear Chang An?”
“I… I didn’t do it on purpose,” Xia Nuo argued weakly.
He couldn’t figure it out, he just wandered away for a while, why did his hand suddenly touch the mermaid’s tail? He clearly remembered that there was still a distance between the mermaid’s tail and his hand.
“I can swear I didn’t have any bad intentions for your tail!”
Xia Nuo’s hand was caught between the fishtail and the mermaid’s palm, in order to prove his words, he tried hard to pull it out—but failed.
The mermaid girl chuckled, she let go of the palm that was holding him down for a moment, and then took the boy’s hand in her palm: “Really?”
“Really!” Xia Nuo nodded vigorously, even though the mermaid rubbed his hand back and forth, he didn’t dare to resist.
——Because he was so unreasonable!
Unexpectedly, the mermaid frowned upon hearing this: “Do you mean that my tail is not beautiful and attractive?”
Xia Nuo, “…”
How should he answer this? This is simply a proposition!
The mermaid just pretended to be angry, she smiled and looked at the boy’s embarrassed appearance, and she already sighed ‘a lot of cuteness’ in her heart.
After hesitating for a long time, Xia Nuo said bravely, “It’s not that, Miss Tou Ya’s tail is very beautiful and attractive.”
This is not a lie, no matter from which angle you look at it, the mermaid’s tail is very beautiful, whether it is the precisely arranged silver scales, there are still many transparent tail fins supported by ivory-coloured long bones, it is like a perfectly carved work of art, and there is no delicacy in it.
After he finished speaking intermittently, his eyes unconsciously showed a pleading look.
‘Let me go’, his whole body is desperately sending this signal to the mermaid, his pitiful appearance almost melts people’s hearts.
Miss Mermaid obviously can’t resist this cute light wave, but she won’t give up teasing the little cutie so easily.
She changed the subject and said, “In that case, you can touch it more, I don’t mind at all.”
Xia Nuo froze for a moment, then quickly shook his head after realising it: “No, no, let’s forget it.”
Miss Mermaid selectively ignored his refusal, put Xia Nuo’s hand on her tail, and pressed his hand all the way down from the sensitive waist to the translucent tail fin.
She nonchalantly introduced what each part with, and how much strength would make her feel comfortable—as if the young woman’s tail was not her tail at all, but some insignificant model—while she continued: “According to common sense, the mermaid’s tail is a forbidden area for mermaids. Only those closest to me can get the right to touch it. But with our relationship, we naturally don’t need to worry so much.”
“Yeah…” Xia Nuo was completely speechless, his mind was blank, he didn’t hear what the mermaid said at all, he just nodded like a chicken pecking rice, wanting to end this ‘torture’ as soon as possible.
The mermaid looked at his red ear tips and cheeks with a large blush spreading with a smile, thinking that it was enough to tease him, and then stopped her hands somewhat unsatisfied.
Until the mermaid stopped moving, Xia Nuo was still in a daze. He lowered his head, and for some reason, he suddenly remembered the little girl’s reminder. He felt as if he could understand her meaning.
Did Miss Mermaid take him as prey?
If the mermaid knew what he was thinking, he would definitely nod without hesitation—this is indeed a hunt, and the deliberate hunter has already made complete preparations, just waiting for the cute little animal to fall into his trap.
There was a moment of silence in the carriage, Xia Nuo lowered his head, and the sound like a drawer being opened was very obvious. He was a little curious in his heart, but he raised his head in embarrassment, and could only silently guess what the mermaid was doing.
A book with a red cover was suddenly placed in front of him, with a few big gilt characters on it – The Demon King’s Labyrinth.
Xia Nuo raised his head in surprise, and he didn’t care about the embarrassment: “What is this?”
Looking at the name, it’s hard not to think of this game world.
Seeing that the bait successfully lured the little rabbit out of the hole, the mermaid pointed her finger at the cover of the book: “As you can see, this is a fairy tale introducing the world we live in.”
“Fairy tale?” Xia Nuo was attracted by this sentence.
“Yes.” The mermaid nodded and introduced, “This is written by the famous fairy tale writer, Chris. The story about the devil and his labyrinth is a very popular book for children under the age of ten in our group.”
“Then why did you show me this book?” Xia Nuo asked, puzzled.
Does he look like someone who likes fairy tales?
Miss Mermaid smiled slightly, staring straight at the boy in front of her with her devilish eyes:
“Don’t you humans always like to explore the labyrinth and the devil? Although this story is fictitious, some of the information in it is still very credible.”
For a high-level monster like Miss Mermaid, the labyrinth isn’t even a labyrinth, at best it’s just a relatively large space, but the humans who came here all showed interest in it by coincidence.
Wanting to find the exit of the maze – this is the saying given by humans.
Although I don’t care about human thoughts at all, let alone whether they can really find the exit of the maze, because of this reason, it is a surprise to be able to use this book to please the boy.
Xia Nuo, “…”
After hesitating for a long time, he still said thank you and then opened the book.
As the mission says, this is a fairy tale through and through. It tells the story of a brave man who goes all the way to find the devil in the maze and challenges him.
No princess is waiting to be rescued in the maze, and the devil has not done anything heinous. From the standpoint of the monster, the author describes the brave man as a little man who wants to gain fame and wealth by defeating the devil.
The brave man with ill intentions learned that the devil lives in the centre of the maze, but no one has ever actually arrived at that place, and no one has seen the true face of the devil — the brave man doesn’t even know how to find the devil.
However, although this brave man is not noble, he has a clever mind. He found out that the mermaid clan had served as the devil’s servant, so he deliberately approached the princess of the mermaid clan and won her heart.
Regardless of the opposition of the tribe, the mermaid married the brave man, and they lived together for three years. The princess even gave birth to a daughter for the brave man — but this still couldn’t stop the brave man from realising his goal.
The brave man finally learned from the princess who lost his vigilance the way to reach the centre of the maze, that is to plant a moonlight tree, and the fruit produced by the moonlight tree can guide him to the palace of the devil.
However, the seeds of the Moonlight Tree are extremely rare, and each seed is regarded as a treasure by the Treant Race, and will not be easily obtained by outsiders.
The brave man once again had a plan – he disguised himself as a tree man, sneaked into their territory, and after some twists and turns, he finally succeeded in deceiving the seeds of the Moonlight Tree.
In order to ripen the Moonlight Tree as quickly as possible, he killed countless creatures and used their flesh and blood to water a sinful fruit. The fruit guided the brave man to a magnificent palace.
The devil is sleeping in the palace. He has been sleeping for nearly a thousand years. After so many years, the maze he created is about to give birth to his own soul.
The brave man was overjoyed — he didn’t have the confidence that he could kill the demon king in his heyday, but it was easy to kill a sleeping demon king.
He broke into the hall, walked through the garden, and ran all the way to the bedroom of the devil.
Finally, he saw the Demon King lying on the bed, sleeping so deeply that he seemed unaware of the brave man’s arrival.
‘What a stupid demon king.’ The brave man thought contemptuously, ‘He didn’t set up any guards in the palace, and fell into a deep sleep without vigilance. He really has the reputation of falling as the demon king.’
But it was also because of this that he could get the chance to strike.
As long as you kill him and get his treasure, everyone will kneel at my feet and cheer, and I will become the greatest brave in their hearts—
Thinking so, the brave man raised the sword in his hand.
With a sound of ‘puff’, the tip of the sword pierced through the heart, and bright red blood flowed out, staining the snow-white bed sheet red.
With a ‘plop’, the brave fell to his knees on the ground. He opened his eyes wide in disbelief, looking at the silver light shining from his chest, he can’t figure out how things turned out like this – he tried his best to come before the Demon King, but was killed so easily. Before he could even see the enemy’s face, he was pierced through the heart by the long sword.
Behind him, the demon king’s avatar slowly pulled out the long sword stuck in his heart, letting the blood from the sword tip drip onto the snow-white carpet.
“…”
Xia Nuo quickly finished reading the story. He closed the book and agreed with Miss Mermaid’s statement — this story did convey a lot of information to him.
Although it seems that it is just a bad guy who did all the bad things by all means for fame and fortune, and finally got punished, and the ending came so abruptly, It’s hard to feel the thrill of seeing the villains being sanctioned – of course, this is just Xia Nuo’s opinion, maybe the monsters prefer this style.
But later he found out that it was because the monsters were secretive about the Demon King, so he hurriedly mentioned it — this is a later story, so I won’t mention it for the time being.
Let me talk about the information he has learned so far.
There are four key characters in the story, the brave man, the devil king, the mermaid princess, and the treant who was cheated of the moonlight tree seeds.
If this story is true, then in order to find the Demon King, one must first obtain the seeds of the Moonlight Tree, and to obtain the seeds of the Moonlight Tree, one must find the Treants who have long lived in seclusion.
It is also said in the story that only the mermaids who have made good friends with the tree people really know the whereabouts of the tree people.
Xia Nuo raised his head, and looked at the harmonious appearance of Tou Ya’s smile in a complicated manner, as if a mermaid who knew everything well, only had one thought in his mind.
――Did she really not do it on purpose?
As if the mermaid didn’t know what he was thinking, she set out the snacks and tea that had been prepared, picked up a piece of dessert and held it in front of Xia Nuo.
The small snack almost touched the boy’s lips, and the mermaid smiled and said, “Ah—”
