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◎ Jiang Li's Journey to Another World 6 ◎

Jiang Li has a mermaid friend.

Every morning, the little mermaid Alice comes to the shore and knocks on his window with a shell to urge Jiang Li to get up.

At mealtime, the mermaid will bring fresh seafood, and Jiang Li will cook them into delicious dishes. After smelling so many heavenly fragrances, Alice finally eats them. Alice, who has only eaten raw seafood since childhood, is deeply shocked by these delicacies. Before Jiang Li can react, she turns around and rushes into the sea. When she emerges again, Jiang Li is almost buried alive by the seafood that fell from the sky.

From then on, Jiang Li began to make meals for two people.

During the day, Jiang Li would go out to sea by boat, with mermaids and dolphins swimming around him, and occasionally he could ride on the back of a whale. At dusk, after dinner, Jiang Li would turn on the projection equipment and show movies to the little mermaid.

He showed movies from other worlds. Alice, who had only heard stories from her elders, watched them with great interest and was extremely curious about everything that happened in the movies. With magic, there was no barrier between humans and mermaids. Jiang Li told her about his experiences during his travels and his life in Dore City.

At the same time, he also expressed his curiosity about the seabed.

"Do you want to go to the bottom of the sea?"

"If possible, I also want to see the habitat of mermaids." Jiang Li said: "I am very curious about the living environment of mermaids. Do you have a crystal palace?"

"Crystal Palace? What is that?" Alice shook her head in panic: "You can't go. I ran away secretly and can't let them find you. If my brother knew that I played with humans every day, they would not let me go out and chase you away."

Jiang Li wondered: "Why?"

"They say that humans are very cunning and full of lies. If you associate with humans, you will not end well." The little mermaid added, "Of course, I know that you are a good human."

Whether it is beastmen or mermaids, they are all very xenophobic. Jiang Li was not surprised, but a little disappointed: "Forget it."

Today the mermaid brought fresh scallops. Jiang Li soaked vermicelli and made grilled scallops with garlic vermicelli.

Alice smelled the fragrant smell and looked at him. Under the water, the aqua blue fish tail swayed hesitantly. During this time, the human was very kind to her, making delicious food for her, telling her stories, and showing her movies - she already knew that those moving pictures were called movies - and last time, the human also helped her solve the monsters that attacked her in the sea, but she did nothing in return.

After eating the grilled scallops with garlic vermicelli, Alice's guilt reached its peak.

She finally made up her mind: "If you really want to go, I can take you there."

"Huh?" Jiang Li was stunned for a moment before he realized what she meant: "Can we? Didn't you say we can't go?"

"We can go secretly." The little mermaid whispered: "As long as we are not discovered by other mermaids."

Jiang Li thought for a while: "Is it far from here to the human habitat?"

"It takes more than an hour to swim from my house!"

"Then there's no way." Jiang Li shook her head and said: "My magic research has not yielded any results yet, so I can't stay in the sea for so long."

The little mermaid tilted her head: "Magic research?"

Jiang Li: "I'm studying magic that can allow me to live in the sea."

The little mermaid said confusedly: "Why do I have to use magic? Can't I just eat herbs?"

Jiang Li: "...Ah?"

Alice returned to the sea. This time, she left for a little longer. When she came back, she had a handful of aquatic magic plants in her hands. This plant looks like seaweed. Apart from the fluctuations of magic elements, it doesn't look special. However, according to the mermaid, after eating this plant, humans can grow gills to breathe in water and live in the sea like fish.

Jiang Li: "..."

Your books about the other world don't mention it!

Fortunately, the taste of this herb is not bad, a bit like kelp. After Jiang Li ate it, he soon felt the changes in his body. He looked down at his feet and then at his hands. A layer of translucent film grew between his five fingers.

When he entered the sea again, breathing really became as easy as on land, and even the resistance when swimming was reduced.

Alice reminded: "But don't eat too much of this herb. If you eat too much, you will become a fish monster."

Jiang Li nodded and followed her to the bottom of the sea.

…

Jiang Li had only seen the deep sea in documentaries, but the seabed he saw with his own eyes was even more magnificent than what was on the screen.

Schools of fish swam through the coral jungle, seaweed swayed gracefully with the waves, he passed by floating jellyfish, saw pearls looming in shells, and a gauze-like fish tail flashed before his eyes. Jiang Li followed it subconsciously, and the little mermaid turned over in front of him and waved to him: "Quick, quick, come here."

Jiang Li swam over.

"We're almost at my house." Alice lowered her voice and whispered, "There are a lot of mermaids over there. You have to be careful and don't let them find you."

Jiang Li: "Okay."

The little mermaid took him around a small path where there were few fish. There were strange rocks on both sides, and large patches of seaweed were entangled together. Even the light was a little dim. But the further he went inside, the more noises Jiang Li heard.

He was getting closer and closer to the mermaids' habitat, so he also saw traces of mermaids other than Alice. A mermaid with a dark green fishtail swam past the other side of the seaweed jungle. The little mermaid was so scared that she quickly pulled him under to hide. After the dark green mermaid swam away, she breathed a sigh of relief and emerged.

The little mermaid led him left and right, to a fork in the road, and rushed to the narrower path without looking back: "Go this way."

Jiang Li paused for a moment and looked to the other end. In the distance, he saw a large-scale building. Although it was not a crystal palace, it was almost the same. It was a magnificent palace decorated with shells, corals and pearls. It was very underwater style and sparkled in the deep sea. There were mermaids with sharp spears patrolling the door. Jiang Li was stunned for a moment when he didn't expect that there would be such a gorgeous palace in the deep sea.

Alice rushed back, grabbed the human's arm and dragged him in.

Alice's home is a cave on the seabed.

When they were almost at the door of their home, the little mermaid remembered something and hurriedly stopped her tail.

"It's getting dark, you can't stay here." Alice said nervously, "My brothers may be back at any time, I have to hide you somewhere else."

Jiang Li let her drag him out again.

There are many stone caves similar to Alice's house nearby, which are the residences of mermaids, and mermaids come in and out from time to time. They came in smoothly, but their luck was not so good when they went out. As soon as she walked out of the door, someone called Alice.

"Alice?" A mermaid with a red tail swam over.

Alice was startled, "What?!"

The red mermaid looked behind her in confusion: "I think I saw another mermaid next to you just now, did I see it wrong?"

The little mermaid turned her head in horror, but found that the human following her disappeared at some point. Instead of feeling relieved, she became even more nervous: "I'm the only one here!"

The red mermaid didn't take it to heart, but just said: "Where have you been these days? I can't find you."

"I... I went to the east side of the sea to play. "

"East side of the sea? Aren't there sea monsters there? Where did you go?!"

"Then, that's the west!"

"West?"

The little mermaid said hurriedly: "I've been to many places to play!"

The red mermaid said with concern: "I heard that there are traces of humans on the nearby coast. Alice, you must not get close to the land."

The little mermaid was shocked: "Humans?!"

"Yes, I don't know what that human is up to, Alice, don't forget Aunt Wendy's lesson. Humans are the best at deceiving young mermaids like you."

Jiang Li showed up after the red mermaid left.

Alice was even more shocked: "Where have you been?"

"A kind of magic to hide traces." Jiang Li said, "You know, I'm a magician."

Fortunately, he is a magician, otherwise, he would have exposed his existence just now.

Alice took him to swim along the path, saying, "You go hide at Aunt Wendy's place first, and when it gets dark and they all go to sleep, I'll come find you. By then, I can take you out to play."

Jiang Li hummed and asked, "Who is Aunt Wendy?" He had heard this name twice.

Alice sighed: "She is a mermaid who was deceived by humans."

"Deceived by humans?"

The little mermaid nodded sadly and told him the story of Aunt Wendy.

Aunt Wendy was originally a beautiful mermaid. When she was young, the mermaids who chased her could line up from here to other seas, but no one could win Aunt Wendy's favor. Until one day, a human ship encountered a storm at sea and was swept by the ocean current to a bay near the mermaid habitat. Aunt Wendy saved the human and was deceived by the human and fell deeply in love with him.

Alice pushed aside the lush seaweed and motioned for Jiang Li to follow her in. As she led the way, she said, "Aunt Wendy insisted on being with that human, but humans can't live in the sea."

Jiang Li asked, "Aren't there herbs?"

"Oh, that herb, if human beings eat too much, they will turn into fish monsters and can never return to the land." Alice shook her head and sighed: "That human didn't want to stay in the ocean, he wanted to return to his hometown. Aunt Wendy was deceived by him and wanted to go home with him. But mermaids can't live on land! For that human, Aunt Wendy gave up her tail and grew human legs."

Ginger Li was shocked: "Grown legs?!"

The little mermaid said: "Yes, Aunt Wendy went to find the wizard in the sea and got the potion from him that can grow legs."

Ginger Li thought: Why does this story sound familiar?

The little mermaid said, "But that human didn't really like Aunt Wendy. He just wanted to get the direction of home and the treasure under the sea from her. After she grew legs, that human broke her heart and left with the treasure. He never came back. Since then, Aunt Wendy moved here. She became different from us and didn't like living with us."

"But don't worry, Aunt Wendy is a very good fish. Although those things happened, she still doesn't hate humans and will be willing to take you in."

When the story was finished, they also arrived at their destination.

The beach here is covered with lush seaweed, corals, anemones and jellyfish floating in it. According to the mermaid's standards, this is a beautiful garden.

Alice swam to the middle cave and called out, "Aunt Wendy, are you there?"

Soon, a soft voice came out, "Alice, have you caused trouble again?"

Mermaids all have outstanding faces. Just by listening to the voice, you can imagine that the owner of the voice must be a beautiful mermaid.

"Aunt Wendy, I want to ask you for help." Alice said, and turned back to remind the human: "Aunt Wendy looks different from us, don't be scared."

Jiang Li responded.

Before he could figure out what was different, he saw a huge fish head sticking out of the cave entrance. The two black and white fish eyes turned around. Seeing them, the big fish swam out of the cave... no, walked out.

Under the fish body, there are two long legs as smooth and slender as those of humans.

The big fish flapped its fins on both sides, and a soft voice came out from its lips: "Alice."

The little mermaid happily swung her tail and pounced on it: "Aunt Wendy!"

Jiang Li: "..."

Jiang Li: "..."

Are these long legs? !

[Author's words]

Thanks to the little angel who irrigated the nutrient solution: 10 bottles every day; 1 bottle for the small tiger tooth with single eyelids;

Thank you very much for your support, I will continue to work hard!