frightfiction Chapter 694 Speaking out
Chapter 694 Speaking out
Chapter 694: Frankly Speaking
This is--
The mermaid Alpha whom I accidentally bumped into on the street a few days ago.
This time, the other party's dress was not as luxurious and ostentatious as before. Not only did he take off the jewelry made of gems and gold, but his clothes were also changed into black. The only thing he pinned on his chest was a white flower for memorial.
Also.
The gauze scarf he had previously worn around his neck had been replaced with a face scarf embroidered with intricate patterns. The scarf covered the lower half of his face so tightly that he looked particularly inconspicuous in the dim sky.
If it weren't for his silver hair and pigeon blood red eyes that were too conspicuous.
Lu Chihuan probably wouldn't recognize him either.
"Thank you."
He thanked him politely.
The dimple at the corner of the lips also appeared faintly.
However, when his eyes swept across the mermaid's silver eyelashes, high nose bridge, and the slightly protruding veil on her face, he blinked his eyes unconsciously a few times.
A hint of curiosity flashed across those dark and watery eyes.
If he remembers correctly...
Every time I meet this mermaid, she would cover her face with something.
Could it be that this mermaid has a special identity, and if she reveals her face she will be recognized by other mermaids participating in the ceremony, which will cause chaos and shock, so she deliberately covers her face?
Or maybe there are some blemishes or scars on the other person's face.
Because of low self-esteem.
That's why I dare not show my face.
For a moment, several guesses flashed through Lu Chihuan's mind.
However, although he was very curious about why the mermaid in front of him always wore a scarf or mask on her face, he did not dare to ask. After all, he was not so low in emotional intelligence.
After taking the lighter.
Their hands touched accidentally, and Lu Chihuan's fingers trembled slightly.
The other person's hands are too cold.
There was almost no heat, and it was as cold as a piece of ice that could not melt.
The eternal lamps used for memorial services were specially distributed by the mermaids in the city. After Lu Chihuan took one from the other party, he placed it on the altar in front of him and then half bent his waist.
In order to prevent the night wind from blowing out the eternal lamp, he covered one side of the eternal lamp with one hand and tried to light the wick with a lighter with the other hand.
fortunately.
The eternal lamp was lit successfully.
The warm yellow halo fell between Lu Chihuan's eyebrows, making his handsome face look a little gentler. His beautiful almond-shaped eyes were filled with pity and reminiscence.
He sighed.
To this day, he still remembers the faces of Stuka Lumin's brothers and sisters.
The thought that they all died in the incident caused by human greed, and the youngest child didn't even have time to grow up, was only as tall as his knees.
His heart became heavier.
Lu Chihuan placed the eternal lamp on one side of the altar.
It seemed like he remembered something.
He took out a round candy from the storage ring and placed it next to the eternal lamp, then whispered a few words in the ancient language he had learned from Stuka Lumen.
This ancient saying is obscure and difficult to understand.
But Lu Chihuan has always had a good memory.
In addition, Stuka Lumin seemed to like repeating these things in his ears because he couldn't understand them, and he learned most of them by imitation.
Now I can speak one or two short sentences fluently and completely in front of other people.
The merman Alpha standing behind him was originally just staring at the thousands of eternally burning lamps in front of him, with deep pain and hatred suppressed in his pigeon blood red eyes.
His heart seemed to be rooted in a thorny vine, and the pain of his flesh and blood being sucked out made him shake his body weakly.
It's almost impossible to breathe.
A sharp buzzing sound also rang in my ears.
For a moment he seemed to be pulled back to the day when his parents and brother died.
At that time, the entire palace was engulfed in flames. The corpses lying on the ground and the pungent smell of blood made his hands tremble. His stomach churned and he almost couldn't help wanting to retch.
That day.
He lost everything.
Parents, relatives, friends, and even the home where I have lived for decades...
All destroyed.
So even though he had taken revenge on all those who had plotted against his mermaid tribe, the hatred and pain had never completely disappeared. Instead, they turned into his nightmare as time passed.
It kept him awake every night.
Every sleepless night he couldn't help but reflect and review.
He thought that if he had been a little stronger at the beginning, he would not have been unable to mature due to his emotional knot, thus causing damage to his spiritual sea. Or if he had been a little more alert at the beginning, he would have noticed in time that there were spies from other countries infiltrating the Stu Sea.
Then.
Would the tragedy that took place in the Stu Sea have never happened?
He couldn't think of an answer.
Every year when he paid tribute to his relatives, Stuka Lumin felt as if his heart was being cut into pieces by a knife. The wounds were bloody and the endless pain made him numb.
And at this moment——
He heard a familiar string of ancient words.
This ancient language was lost among ordinary mermaids long ago.
Only in the books of the mermaid royal family are there still some records. In order to prevent the ancient language belonging to the mermaids from completely disappearing in the long river of history, basically all members of the royal family are required to learn and remember one or two ancient sayings.
At first.
Stuka Lumen learned best.
Every time the brothers were scratching their heads over ancient Chinese language questions, they would usually give him a look secretly.
Trying to get the right answer from him.
So Stuka Lumin now also understood the meaning of this ancient saying.
It's prayer.
Pray that their souls can find peace and be reborn in a new world.
But that's not the point.
Stuka Lumen tightened his grip unconsciously, his blood-red pupils trembled a few times imperceptibly, and his gaze lingered on the mermaid in front of him for a moment.
There was confusion, inquiry, and suspicion in his eyes.
The mixed-blood merman in front of him had a face that was unfamiliar to him. He was sure that he had never seen him in the palace before, but why did he know the ancient language that only the royal family knew?
Is it possible...
He is a friend of his brothers and sisters, and the two sides have a connection that he himself doesn't know about?
Think of this.
Stuka Lumen exhaled.
His heartstrings seemed to be plucked by a hand, and his pigeon-blood-red eyes were filled with a morbid fanaticism and excitement, as if he had seen the relics of a loved one.
His brothers had nothing left.
All the items were burned in the fire that could not be extinguished by water.
but now.
There was actually a living relic standing right in front of him.
The other person may have spent some time with his brothers and sisters and know things that he doesn’t know. Perhaps he can use this person to regain the good old days.
Lu Chihuan didn't know yet that he was being targeted. He returned the lighter to the slightly tall mermaid Alpha behind him and was now trying to find out where Chun Jing had gone.
But suddenly I heard the other party speak in a low and hoarse voice:
"These eternal lamps will be sent into the sea after the ceremony. It is said that doing so can calm and resentful souls. What do you think..."
“Will they really rest in peace?”
Lu Chihuan raised his head.
He met the eyes of the merman Alpha, who looked at him intently and stubbornly, as if trying to get an answer from him.
Realizing that this merman Alpha was talking to him, Lu Chihuan couldn't help but be stunned.
Originally, he had no intention of communicating with other mermaids in the city.
after all.
He is currently disguising himself as a hybrid merman using a transformation patch, and if he says something wrong, his true identity will most likely be exposed, which could bring him into trouble.
But the sadness and hatred in the other person's eyes did not seem to be disguised.
Coupled with the sense of familiarity on his body, he couldn't help but feel... they might have met somewhere before.
Therefore.
Lu Chihuan hesitated for a moment before speaking dryly:
“It might be a little difficult.”
Whenever Stuka Lumin asked this question before, the mermaids around him would basically comfort him and give him a positive answer. This was the first time he heard a negative statement.
Because I couldn't help but raise my eyebrows.
Then, while lighting the eternal lamp, he asked, "Why do you say that?"
Lu Chihuan pursed his lips.
He carefully considered his words, and then slowly whispered, "Maybe it's because... they are all very good brothers and sisters."
"They died under the enemy's butcher knife, leaving only the brother who used to be the most unrestrained and carefree, living alone in this world. Now he is tortured by hatred... and is unrecognizable."
"How can they rest in peace?"
Hearing this, Stuka Lumin's hands trembled violently.
The flame from the eternal lamp burned his fingertips, but he didn't feel any pain at all. It took him a long while to come back to his senses from his trance.
He twisted his red fingertips.
Because he did not want to block the other mermaids behind him from lighting the eternal lamps for their parents and brothers and sisters, he walked aside. His hoarse voice sounded indistinguishable between joy and anger.
"You are very brave to say that."
He felt that the other party did not mean to say that he was tortured beyond recognition, but rather that he was tortured to the point of being neither human nor ghost.
After all, he also knew—
People outside thought he was crazy.
He had also heard about the rumors outside. It was said that some people believed that... from the day when the incident happened to the mermaid royal family of Stuhai, the one who survived was no longer the third prince of Stuhai.
Rather, he was a demon that had crawled out of hell, bent only on revenge.
This rumor even affected some of the mermaids, and they seemed to believe it.
So even though most people knew what the hybrid merman said, no one dared to speak it in front of him, as if they were afraid that he would kill them if he was unhappy.
Stuka Lumin felt that these people seemed to have a misunderstanding of him.
He is not actually bloodthirsty.
But he really didn't want to waste time explaining himself.
Other people’s recognition…
It has become the last thing he needs.
After hearing the ambiguous words of the Alpha, Lu Chihuan touched his nose awkwardly and said, "Isn't it because Stuka Lumen is not here that I dare to speak so boldly?"
"If he were here..."
"I promise I'll keep my mouth shut as tight as a clam."
A strange look flashed across Stuka Lumin's blood-red eyes. He placed his pale, cold fingers on his raised arms and tapped them a few times, as if he was thinking about something.
He felt something strange, not because the other party called him by his name.
It was because although the other party said he was afraid, there did not sound any fear in his voice. Not only that, when the other party called his name, the ending tone unconsciously curled up, and there was a sense of familiarity and calmness when he spoke.
Seems to know him well.
It's like I've known him for a long time.
The other party's overconfidence made him doubt his own memory. He really didn't remember that he had ever known such a person.
After a long while, he couldn't come up with an answer, so Stuka Lumin readily changed the subject and took this opportunity to ask the question that had been bothering him for a long time, "So..."
"Do you also think that Stuka Lumin should let go of his hatred, work hard to be the emperor of the Stuka mermaids, and eventually revitalize the entire mermaid clan and lead them to regain their former glory?"
Lu Chihuan frowned.
He said quite frankly, "This question is a bit difficult to answer."
Stuka Lumen was a little disappointed.
But then he heard the voice of the hybrid merman again:
"But from my own perspective, I don't want Stuka Lumin to completely let go of his hatred, because although hatred and pain draw nutrients from him, they also become his pillars, supporting his entire being."
"Once you let go completely..."
"I think his whole being will collapse and eventually cease to exist."
Stuka Lumin's eyes flickered.
Now he looked at Lu Chihuan with surprise. The other party's words were like an extremely sharp scalpel, cutting into the most serious disease deep in his heart with incredible precision.
It's really weird.
There is actually someone in this world who understands him so well besides himself.
Can see through his disguise.
Get to the essence beneath the disguise.
Lu Chihuan was still talking to himself, "I just want him to be self-consistent and find something to coexist with his hatred, so that the ratio between the two sides can reach a certain balance."
"In this case."
"There will be subtle beauty left in his life. Even if there is no hatred in the future, there will still be beautiful things to support him."
Stuka Lumen's Adam's apple rolled a few times.
He stared at Lu Chihuan in front of him. His blood-red eyes were like boiling magma, filled with a strong desire to explore and genuine excitement.
He wanted to see what the soul color of this hybrid merman in front of him was.
Why is it so pleasing to me?
"you……"
This is just the beginning.
Suddenly, a dull and deep bell sounded in the square.
"Dangdang——"
The ceremony is about to begin.