How to keep a human in captivity

Chapter 9

Arthur made himself a cup of seaweed tea, his favourite.

But given the surrounding seawater, seaweed tea is not pure liquid like human tea. I guess no mermaid would like to drink seawater while enjoying seaweed tea, right?

In fact, the production process of seaweed tea is like this.

First of all, you have to prepare some tea oysters, they can usually be found on the back of the coral reef, generally have a thick layer, not difficult to find.The color of tea oysters is a kind of cyan close to plants, and there are usually one or two white marks on them. The shell is smooth and very beautiful.

Secondly, you need to collect some sea spring algae, which is more difficult, because sea spring baths are very picky about the growth environment. They generally grow in places where the seawater density is 1.055g/cm3, which requires that the temperature, salinity, and pressure must be kept at an appropriate value.Sea spring algae are blue like the sky, they are very soft, about 1 meter long, and the leaves are indented.

If you are lucky enough to find seaweed, congratulations, you can start making seaweed tea.

Compared with the collection process of making materials, the process of brewing seaweed tea is extremely simple.

In fact, you only need to crack open a tea oyster, put a small piece of seaweed into it, close the shell of the tea oyster, wait for 5 minutes, and a cup of seaweed tea is ready.

Arthur opened the shell of the tea oyster, and the sea spring algae had been perfectly blended with the oyster. He twisted this mixed oyster and put it in his mouth. Well, a fresh fragrance spread, and it was a bit astringent when I first tasted it. , but what follows is endless sweetness.

Arthur's day always starts with seaweed tea.

He flicked his tail lightly, chewing his seaweed tea as he casually planned his activities for the day, and then Arthur paused.

He grabbed a Babel fish and rolled it out of his house like a whirlwind on the bottom of the sea, and ran to the Heart of Gold next to his house to bang and bang.

In fact, it would be impractical for humans to live in a mermaid's house.

Both humans and mermaids backed down on this point, they moved the Heart of Gold next to Arthur's house, and decorated the Heart of Gold with seaweed, which made it no longer completely transparent, and had proper compartments , human needs more than just a bedroom, he also has a bathroom and a study.

Zhanford is still guilty of being allergic to human algae. Arthur did not expose the lies of humans. He lied that the siren cured humans, and the price was just a fish scale that he naturally fell off.Jamford and Ford were convinced of this, and in order to make up for his guilt, Jamford contributed his most precious collection. He piled everything he collected from a shipwreck on the bottom of the sea to the human John, including even Some books that are probably out of print.

The human John no longer hated staying in the Heart of Gold, which had actually become his house, and then he activated his hidden attribute - otaku.

Arthur knocked on the door of the Heart of Gold: "Hey, John, we agreed, we should go out today!"

A piece of seaweed curtain was opened, and Arthur found that his human was standing upside down. He was leaning upright against the glass wall, hugging his arms, and only relying on his head to support the whole body, with a very serious expression on his face.Such a pose is said to help his human beings think more logically, which Arthur doubts.

In fact, Arthur knew that his human beings had never given up on retrieving their memories, but after eliminating the option of the siren, his remaining options seemed grotesque.

"I have never known how you calculate the time." The human replied sternly, "In fact, it should be seven minutes and 32 seconds away from the day we agreed on."

"It doesn't matter," grumbled Arthur. "What matters is that you haven't stepped out of your house for seven days! Today, now, you must go for a walk with me!"

"Is this necessary?" Human asked seriously.

"Yes, I insist it is necessary." Arthur said patiently.

"Okay." Under Arthur's patience, humans are always easy to compromise, and he jumped off the wall neatly.

Ten minutes later, Arthur was wandering aimlessly on the bottom of the sea, holding his own human arm.Holding this action is very necessary, otherwise his humans will sneak back to his house without him knowing, which has already happened.

Arthur didn't understand why his humans tried their best to leave the Heart of Gold before, but now they acted like they were going to die inside.

The human John said that this is logical. Since the facts have proved that the sea monster is dangerous, he will need more time to study how to restore his memory, and the modified Heart of Gold has been able to provide him with Provide appropriate personal space.

After they had walked for half an hour, Arthur's humans protested righteously against this purposeless and meaningless behavior.

"No purpose, no meaning, no efficiency!" Humans protested violently.

"Okay..." Arthur felt more and more that his own human beings were actually naive in some aspects. "If you insist, we can go and see where Ford found you. What do you think of this idea?"

John's irritability was calmed down in an instant, and he affirmed and approved of the idea with bright eyes.

Arthur turned to lead the way, not at all worried now that his humans wouldn't follow.

It took them a while to find the place where Ford first discovered the freezer, where there was a clump of bright red coral, a strangely shaped underwater reef, and some colorful fish.

But overall, there is no danger.

The human inspected the seabed reef carefully, and he found some traces on the reef, which allowed him to roughly infer how long his freezer had stayed in this place.The reef is covered with a scale-like algae that is evenly distributed, and some parts show signs of damage, as if something has been run over.

But the algae were all about the same age.

See, he didn't actually sleep for hundreds of years.

He was almost certain that his freezer had only recently been in this place.

So why is he in the freezer?

Questions one after another form a series of question marks in the human mind, and then the question marks are disrupted by human logical reasoning, some questions are denied and shattered, and he reorganizes new questions in his own thinking.

"So, what do you think of?" Arthur looked at his own humans and fell into weird contemplation.

"Nothing," his human replied, looking unassailable.

"Okay." Arthur didn't force him, he shrugged intentionally, "Maybe we can try other methods, for example, you can recall your memory, and then find out what is unreasonable in it. "

They sat together on the strangely shaped reef, the mermaid wagged his tail unconsciously, and his human finally accepted his suggestion.

"I'm a doctor. I have a house in the suburbs with a yard and a lot of flowers... But I never seem to take care of them. At least I don't have the memory of weeding them."

"Are you alone?" Arthur turned his head to look at his human being, whose expression was a little confused now.

Yes, his human frontal lines may indeed be a bit sharp, but strangely, his profile is almost composed of some rounded lines, which makes him look even a little innocent and childish.

"And a hound... I guess, no more."

"hound?"

"I remember there was a collar on the floor in the house, I guess it was a golden retriever, three years old..." The human's expression was rather hesitant, "The hobby is... like to bite my hat?"

"Well, that sounds cute."

"No," the human arrogantly retorted, "this is stupid, I don't need a hunting dog that can guide the blind at all."

Arthur could only smile, and look, what he just said, oh boyish.

"That's all I can remember."

"It doesn't matter." Mermaid Arthur comforted his humans, "You still have me."

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I have a cold... lying dead on this stupid weekend