The giant beast in the sky emitted a long, distant low growl, and its deep red body slowly moved in the direction of Saint Nali, flashing yellow lights around the airship like warning lamps.
Lingna was quite frightened by the appearance of the airship, but she wasn’t very scared as she seemed to have seen even larger things than the object in front of her while in the ocean.
"Fischer, what is that? Is it a ’Companion Sea Beast’ of you humans?"
Fischer shook his head, grasping the cold Ramasitia Fluid Sword as he stood up. Usually, when not in use, the mercury-like substance extending from the handle of the weapon could be retracted, disappearing to who knows where.
"That’s an airship, a transportation device made by humans... Its presence here means that dawn is near. You can discuss the matter I mentioned earlier with your father, if you have figured out how to explain to him about sneaking out. I’m taking this Fluid Sword, is that okay?"
Fischer raised the Fluid Sword in his hand, not needing to guess that this thing was indeed a valuable treasure, but obtaining it only cost 1350 euros minus the price of a bag, and Lingna looked quite happy about it, which made Fischer feel like he was deceiving a child.
So, before leaving, the conscience-stricken Fischer still asked Lingna.
She didn’t mind at all, as the Fluid Sword had somehow ended up in her bag anyway; giving it to Fischer in exchange was like picking up a piece of Earth Marrow for free.
"It’s fine, hehe, I need to hurry back, my dad is probably going to wake up soon, and if I get caught, I’ll get a beating... I’ll discuss it with my dad, and if I can’t find Lord Royal, I’ll use that prop to come find you."
She tilted her small face upward, her beautiful pink hair swaying with her movements.
Now without those crab-like organs, she looked just like a cute porcelain doll, and Fischer couldn’t help but pat her little head, only to discover her hair was wet, which explained why it looked somewhat reflective earlier.
"Alright, you should head back, be careful not to be discovered by other humans."
"Don’t worry, I’ll go back through the sea, that way I don’t have to swim through the pipes you humans have built, the tunnels below the water pipe smell so bad..."
That must be connected to the sewer system below, a place with a truly unpleasant smell, Fischer had the fortune of smelling it when he was with Alagina at the end of Snake Head Street.
Fischer nodded, and once again repeated to her how to use the paper airplane messenger, then he returned to Parker Park to find Carlo.
Lingna waved at him from where she stood; once Fischer had completely disappeared from her sight, she lovingly embraced the piece of attractive Earth Marrow and walked towards the ocean, walking and looking all around, which completely distracted her from noticing when a figure emerged from the sea in front of her.
As Lingna walked, her head suddenly bumped into something soft, without any pain from the impact, instead a faint fresh scent enveloped her nose.
She looked up in panic, only to find a strange girl standing directly in front of her.
The girl looked very sweet, wearing a white dress. Aside from the unimaginably soft texture, everything else appeared human—it was none other than her classmate Moli.
Lingna thought she was discovered by another human, she immediately prepared to loudly call Fischer’s name, but before she could speak, the girl in front of her embraced the little girl in an even more panicked state,
"Uh ah, Fi... let go of me, let go!"
Lingna struggled in the arms of the flustered Moli, who quickly spoke in the language of the sea floor,
"Shh, don’t attract Mr. Fischer here, that would reveal my demi-human identity... I am Moli, a Whale-man from the Sea Trench, you are from the Crab Clan, right? I saw the blessing of light from Lord Ramasitia, you must be the one coming to meet me... huh?"
As Moli held Lingna and explained, she suddenly discovered that at some point Lingna had become completely still. She panicked and let the little girl go, only to find her appearing as if she was running out of oxygen, closing her eyes, and those normally vibrant big eyes looked weakly at Moli in front, as if seeing some horrific thing.
"Sorry, sorry, sorry... uh.."
Moli apologized repeatedly to Lingna, now limp on the ground, and at the same time, her silky black hair was tinged with a faint crystalline glow, witnessed by the ocean waves, her long hair slowly turned blue. Her ears also gradually lengthened, morphing into forms similar to whale fins.
But at the tips of those black elongated ears, two oval-shaped white spots appeared, her legs did not vanish, but from behind her dress a huge black tail longer than her legs burst from the illusion of concealment and laid itself along the sand soaked by seawater.
Her twinkling eyes were also fully revitalized at this moment, a crown of water formed by unknown force gently held her deep blue silky long hair.
Lingna opened her eyes, staring blankly at the girl in front of her who had transformed into a divine and gently beautiful being, at a loss for words.