Fisher didn’t make it back to his rented room with the chicken until almost nine thirty, by which time Lady Martha had already gone out to exercise. When Fisher pushed open the door to his room, Moli was lying on the sofa, listless and unmoving, clearly on the verge of starvation.
It was only when Fisher appeared with the food that her nose twitched instantly, and then from tip to tail, it was as if life was breathed into her in succession.
Eventually, her whale tail twitched first, and her head followed with shining eyes, but instead of asking about the food first, she spoke to Fisher in a low voice, like a wife waiting for her husband, stirring a tender warmth in one’s heart,
"Fisher, welcome back..."
Fisher was momentarily taken aback, but at that moment, he suddenly got a taste of what it must feel like for other Nali Gentlemen with families to come home, especially since Moli was one of the most beautiful types of ladies...
Looking at the harmless and unguarded Moli, Fisher paused for a second, then discreetly moved his somewhat intrusive gaze away and nodded in response,
"Breakfast, come eat quickly."
Moli pinched her skirt and ran barefoot from the sofa, then helped Fisher move the extra plates to the table.
As she looked at the fragrant roasted chicken, Moli once again made a prayerful gesture. The blue hair on her head was lightly lifted by a crown that seemed to be made of flowing water, giving her an elegant appearance.
"Thank you, Fisher, for the delicious food, aowu..."
Once Moli really started eating, Fisher watched the water crown resembling a crown and suddenly guessed that maybe it was because of this that the Ocean Subhuman considered the Whale-man Species as the royal family of the ocean.
After all, they rarely met each other, who could know that essentially, the Whale-man Species was very lazy, waiting every year for other Ocean Subhumans to throw fish into the Sea Trench?
"Speaking of which, what’s with the water crown on your forehead?"
Moli looked up from eating the chicken and glanced at the stream on her head, then said with a bit of embarrassment,
"Ah, this, it’s a directional device made by my aunt, because it’s too dark in the ocean, and I’d get lost every time I swam out of the Sea Trench... When I was little I got lost and just sat crying in the coral beds until my mother found me after a long search..."
As she talked about her embarrassing childhood stories, Moli touched the water crown on her head with some embarrassment, her fingers causing some droplets to stir, which were quickly sucked back into the crown, following the flow.
Hm? This is actually a directional device?
Fisher could never have guessed that was its purpose...
So, it’s not that every Whale-man has one; could it be because her mother calls herself the "Ocean Emperor" that other tribes refer to the Whale-man Species as the royal family?
Moli showed Fisher the actual body of the relic, which turned out to be a small clip made of Gold, holding a small strand of hair at the back of Moli’s head.
Then Moli touched the clip lightly, and the water crown on her head suddenly changed direction, pointing to a location in the Southern Ocean near Saint Nali; another touch, and the water would disappear, retreating back into the tiny clip.
"Although I’ve rarely gotten lost after growing up, I still like to use this as a hairpin because I can’t really feel the weight of my hair in the ocean. Now that I’m on land, it’s not so easy to get used to..."
"It seems your aunt really treasures you."
"Mm... actually, making relics is very difficult, but as long as I say I want one, my aunt will make it for me, no matter how childish my requests seem..."
Talking about her aunt, Moli seemed to recall a hearty smiling female figure in the ocean, and even her speed of eating the chicken slowed down. Clearly, Moli’s affection for her aunt was deep.
Besides, Moli said that Mu Xi also made her an automatic tracking fishing net relic for catching fish, earplugs to prevent Ramasitia from talking, and a relic for automatically collecting the fish that other Ocean Subhumans throw down every year.
All in all, they were relics with magical functions but of no practical use.
Rather than calling them relics, they’re more like toys made for the little Moli.
It seems true crafters of relics can do as they please, which made Fisher even more determined to help Moli find her aunt so he could learn how relics were made.
Speaking of which, relics were actually the term used by the human academic world for these artifacts left over from ancient times, as to what they should really be called, Fisher didn’t know.
The reason Moli also referred to them as relics was because her Nali Language was bestowed upon her by Ramasitia.
And essentially, Nali Language is a pictographic language, each new noun requires a new pronunciation to coin a word, Moli, not being a native speaker of Nali, of course did not have this capability, so she could only follow the Nali people in calling them relics.
The more Fisher listened, the more amused he felt, especially hearing that the relics made by Mu Xi were mostly made of Gold, since there was a lot of Gold on the Sea Floor.