good night my mermaid princess

Chapter 16: The Witch's Request

"I heard that mother is planning to invite princes and princesses from other sea areas to come and hold a large palace banquet?"

During the customary afternoon tea time with his mother, Neptune heard this news that surprised him.

"Yes," Anxi replied, "Recently, I have been having a bad dream repeatedly, which makes me uncomfortable."

"Can't we change the date?" Neptune asked.

"I don't want to either...but this is what the witch asked for."

"Isn't that pearl already disposed of, what else do you need to worry about?"

"After what happened to her, I don't dare to rest assured anymore."

"I'm sorry, mother."

"Honey, it's not your fault. It's my fault..." Anxi murmured, "Actually, that's fine too. Maybe the existence of the banquet that day could divert our attention and make us less uncomfortable... Speaking of the banquet The preparations are almost complete, and the messengers sent out also reported that the rumors have arrived, and it is not good to go back and forth."

Neptune said: "Then listen to my mother. This year we will postpone the time to go, and we will go in the afternoon..."

An Xi nodded: "... No matter what, you will always be her brother. And even if she is not my own daughter, I will always be her mother."

"Speaking of which, the witch came the day before yesterday, right?" Sea King said.

"En. Although the old witch was a little disgusted, she kept what she promised. And this time, she asked to come here on her own initiative, and she didn't pay any price, so we didn't lose anything."

The old witch in Neptune's mouth is the witch who lives not far from Neptune's palace, where the reefs are all over the place.Witches are cursed mermaids born under the sea. Their appearance is extremely appalling and unbearably abnormal. The witches of the last two generations even lack arms and tails. They are usually abandoned by their frightened parents when they are born.Unable to live among normal mermaids, they can only go to reef areas with harsh environments.

This curse is the source of their misery, but this curse also brings magic power that ordinary people can't match.If there is anything that cannot be solved, and if there is anything that needs magic, you can ask them to try.It's just that they don't take money, they take the most precious thing from the requester.

Speaking of which, why the witch came to An Xi, it started with the damn pearl of doom, that is, the pearl that Su picked up. It was too hard, unimaginably hard, and it was intact no matter what was crushed. Ordinary magic doesn't work either.But although there is no way, Anxi never thought of inviting witches in the past. Because of the bad memories of the past, she dislikes witches very much. God knows what she will want. You must know that the last time she wanted was her son...

But this time the witch came to the door by herself, and she asked her clownfish to send a letter, saying that she was willing to help them solve this trouble (how do you know if you are curious? The witch has always been so sensitive, she always has a way...) just There is one small request.

In this regard, Anxi went to see the witch in person, and the witch also crushed the pearl in front of her.

"The holding of this banquet can also fulfill her request by the way."

The witch knew from nowhere that Anxi was going to hold a banquet, and she asked that the banquet be held on the day she stipulated, because that day was her daughter's birthday.She hoped that Anxi would allow her daughter to come to the palace.She didn't want her daughter to have never been out of that small and dark reef area.Of course, in order to avoid scaring other mermaids, she will definitely wrap her daughter's face tightly and order her to be invisible as much as possible.

In fact, the witch's request was not difficult at all.It's just that the correspondence between the birthday and the death day made Anxi feel a little upset for no reason.But the witch seemed very happy, the giggling old and ugly laughter still made Anxi a little allergic.

"It's a bit of a surprise that witches can have daughters." Neptune seemed a little unbelievable.

Who would like a witch, and who would?This is completely unimaginable.

"Maybe it's the male wizard who was abandoned by her parents like her, or maybe she's asking for a handsome merman like other mermaids... Speaking of which, Boya still won't go with us?"

An Xi shifted the conversation elsewhere.She didn't want to talk about witch-related topics anymore. She had been brooding over the prophecy and the price back then. That hostility was not only towards God, but also extended to his spokesperson.

At that time, An Xi thought that this was the worst.The worst result of the wrong decision back then was losing his daughter, which was already the limit of life.

But one day in the future, when An Xi recalled it, she felt a deep sense of fear.The price of the choice was more than that. Everything was foreshadowed, but fate had disguised it too well at the time, shrouding everything under the illusion that it would get better and better.Everyone was unaware, and had no idea that the first big wave in Neptune's Palace was about to set off.

At the same time, in the beautiful garden full of flowers, Su almost cried before the unexpected happy birthday.

She looked at Ariel's palm in surprise, she recognized the pearl, how could she forget it, she said in disbelief:

"How did you come back?"

Pearl, who was told to go missing by her grandmother, now appeared in front of her intact.

Ariel smiled mysteriously: "My luck is very good."

"Uh, you didn't steal it... You can't steal it. If your grandmother finds out, she will definitely punish you severely."

"No, if I really wanted to steal it, I would have been arrested by now. Grandma is under strict supervision, and she won't take it hard. No matter how much I beg her to make trouble with her, it's useless. Before this, I couldn't believe it was possible. To get this pearl, I almost give up."

"Then how did you get it?"

"Sorry, I made an agreement with someone else, so I can't talk about it." Ariel forced the pearl into Su's hand, "Su, this is yours, it's Grandma's fault to force it away."

"Why do you feel so uneasy... Ariel, I think it's better to go back, I'm fine."

"Don't worry, the man promised me that he would never have any worries, so just accept it."

Su couldn't hold back Ariel, so he had to accept it half-believingly.

Doubts about the statue, guilt over Su's pearl being taken away from him.All these troubled things are gone, and Ariel's joy is beyond words:

"Sue, I'm so glad you're still a good friend of mine."

Su looked at the jumping Ariel, felt that she was very cute, and couldn't help smiling.

Ariel tugged at the corner of her clothes: "Can you come to me tonight?"

Su's smile turned into a big laugh: "You are addicted to listening to stories, and you are so sad that you haven't heard stories for a few days?"

"I'm so sad, you're still laughing."

Su smiled and embraced Ariel, coaxing her who was angry in her arms: "I'm busy with nothing, and didn't I say I'm going to see you tonight, and I'm going to talk about "Beauty and the Beast" today. It turned out that I didn’t get tired of listening to it so many times.”

Ariel's eyes lit up, she pushed Su's elbow for a moment, and put it down: "It's done."

Su reached out and touched Ariel's head, she couldn't help doing this whenever she felt that Ariel was like a child, and many times she would feel that she had returned to the time when she was carefree.

"Well, it's done."

Ariel's care and reaction to him made Su feel that the hard work these days was really worth it.

So even if she is criticized, she will still be by her side.She will try her best not to let Ariel be embarrassed because of her.

"Su" Ariel looked at her with deer-like clear eyes, and called her name softly, "Do you know that the banquet in our palace has been prepared for a long time is finally coming, and it will be next month, when there will be There are a lot of beautiful dances, and there are a lot of delicious things, then sit with me, we will eat and watch together. Also, I can also teach you how to dance. "

Su nodded, recently heard about this banquet from the maids in the palace, and didn't expect it to be so soon.

"Okay, but let's forget about learning to dance or something, I don't think your grandmother would want to see..."

"This..." Ariel also hesitated

Su patted her on the head: "You know it. In this palace, the only one who really likes humans is you."

"Alright then." Ariel said reluctantly.

"Are you going to perform at the banquet?" Su changed the topic.

Ariel blushed a bit: "I might want to sing a song. If you can't sing well, don't laugh at me."

"How could it be? The mermaids all said that you have a moving voice that is rare in a hundred years. It is this sea area, no, it is the best voice in the sea."

"But I usually hum alone..."

"Where, you often hum in front of me in the garden."

"You're a human, you don't know our songs, and you won't know if you sing the wrong tune occasionally... I would be very nervous to sing in front of my own race, and I'm usually a little embarrassed to sing to my grandmother." Ariel said dejectedly .

Su patted her on the head lightly: "What do you do?"

"It's okay." Ariel suddenly showed a cute smile, "At that time, I kept staring at you and singing."

"Are you sure? I was mixed among the mermaids at that time. Your grandmother would be easier to find."

"No, grandma might have left before. Every year on this day, she and her father would go to a place far away from Neptune's Palace. They would go out in the morning and come back in the evening."

"No way! Really? Then I want to choose a conspicuous place to stand?"

Ariel nodded very seriously, and said in a non-negotiable tone: "That's right, so you must be present, and let me find you at a glance, otherwise I will blame you if the song fails."

The author has something to say:

Witch, you must be good at cheating.