Chapter 121 A Generation of Pirates 8 Let’s see what the treasures are.
The overwhelming smell of blood rushed into Felix's nostrils, and a startling red color appeared in his eyes which had shrunk to the size of an animal's pupil.
Blood, blood everywhere, staining the entire bed shockingly. In the middle of the thick and colorful sheets, a person was lying.
He was so pale and thin that it was hard to imagine that so much blood came out of his body.
As Felix watched, his eyes gradually turned the same red as the blood.
He didn't even realize what he was saying. He just felt that his body had its own consciousness and was slowly moving towards the bed.
The closer he got, the redder his blue eyes became.
How to describe today's teenagers?
Felix's mind went blank. He stretched out his hand, but didn't know where to touch the boy so as not to hurt him.
New wounds, old wounds, plus the recent wounds that made him feel murderous, were piled up on the boy's body. At first glance, there was not a single clean piece of skin.
Is this...his boy?
So familiar, yet so strange.
A huge pain and a trance of unwillingness to believe the reality enveloped Felix. He raised his hands in vain and fell into a daze.
He knew how flexible and lively this body had once been, and the throbbing sensation caused by the long legs wrapped around his waist was still so clear. However, in the blink of an eye, the boy was lying here, his eyes closed, and even his lips were covered with mottled wounds.
Felix's hands trembled slightly, and he slowly and gently placed them on the boy's neck.
Here, in addition to the signs of torture, there was also an obvious purple bruise. It was obvious that someone had strangled him by the neck and done something to him while he was struggling violently, and the person who strangled him used a lot of force.
When he touched the deep pinch mark, Jian Ziyan shuddered subconsciously.
The amplitude was extremely small, but it was like a sharp sword piercing Felix's heart. Before he could react, a drop of transparent liquid rolled down from his eye socket, condensed into a round white pearl in mid-air, and fell to the ground with a tinkling sound.
Mermaid's tears are extremely precious, a treasure that only exists in legends, and one tear is worth a thousand gold.
Mermaids are cold-hearted by nature and almost never shed tears.
Felix didn't seem to notice that he was crying. His eyes were fixed on the boy, revealing his extreme desire to touch him, yet he was trying hard to suppress his struggle.
Outside the door, Lun, who had already raised the firearm in his hand, stopped pulling the trigger.
He looked at the pearl that had rolled to the ground and attracted no attention from its owner, with a look of shock.
In this heavy and subtle atmosphere, the boy finally seemed to regain some consciousness. He felt the touch on his neck and opened his eyes slightly.
The black pupils were dull and lifeless, like the pitch-black deep sea or the eternal night at the polar regions.
"No……"
He let out a hoarse and broken voice.
Felix shuddered violently, half-knelt beside the bed with a blank mind, and retracted the sharp nails on his muscular fingers, gently stroking the hair on Jian Ziyan's cheek.
"Jian Ziyan..." He called out his name in a whisper, fearing that if his voice was a little louder, the boy would break. "My boy, I'm coming. Look at me. I'm coming."
He didn't know what he was saying, he just couldn't accept that his boy's eyes didn't reflect him.
Those eyes were sharp and beautiful, and the entire pupils were clearly filled with him. They shouldn't be so lifeless, so... without any life at all.
Felix's voice was very gentle, completely betraying the cruelty that had just caused a river of blood to flow on the ship. It was like a gentle mother coaxing her delicate child.
"Jian Ziyan...Yan Yan."
Jian Ziyan's name was a little difficult for him to pronounce, so he simplified it into a more intimate pronunciation.
"Look at me."
If there were other mermaids here at this moment, they would definitely be extremely shocked. When had their cold and powerful king ever cherished them so much and was reluctant to even touch them?
Felix was completely unaware that at his persistent and gentle calling, Jian Ziyan's pupils trembled and he actually looked at him.
"Felix..." Jian Ziyan's voice was dry and hoarse, as if every word he spoke would tear his throat a little, making it almost impossible to hear his pronunciation. "Am I going to die again? Otherwise, how can I see you again?"
Felix's joyful expression froze on his face before it could even unfold.
He was struck by a huge fear.
He remembered that the boy thought the same when he last saw him in the dungeon.
The boy at that time was also seriously injured and thought he was an illusion, but at that time, things had not turned out like this...
This is irreversible.
Felix's body trembled. He looked at the boy's pale lips stained with blood, as if trying hard to smile.
"Every time before I die, the first person I see is you." The boy murmured, "It turns out that I really like you so much."
Felix cupped his face.
"Yan Yan, look at me." His voice was low and deep, and accompanied by the waves outside, there was a reassuring power, "I am not your imagination, I really exist, touch me, I have a body and temperature."
"real?"
Jian Ziyan didn't seem to understand what the word meant. He repeated it in a murmur, his eyes dim and distracted.
Felix watched as another pearl fell from his eye sockets, but he ignored it as his eyes were filled with only Jian Ziyan.
He took Jian Ziyan's hand and placed it on his face, stroking it slowly. The boy's rough fingertips touched the cold and smooth skin, and the blood left on his fingertips left bloodstains on it.
“Do you feel it?” Felix said, “I am real, I am here, I am sorry I am late.”
Even though he tried his best to control his emotions, he couldn't help but reveal some regret and rage when the last note fell.
He regretted why he left the boy alone in that dark and cruel dungeon. How could he let the boy come to this ship alone?
He regretted not swimming faster.
A dark color surged in the blue eyes. Felix stared at the boy and wanted to say something, but he felt that all words had become powerless.
The fact is, he was late.
The boy has suffered such harm that it can no longer be undone.
The murderous intent that Felix had suppressed because of his attention to the boy surged up again. He could feel the man's eyes fixed on the two of them.
He knew who had hurt the boy, and knew his position in human society. As the mermaid king, he should have put the interests of his tribe first. For the secrecy of the kingdom, he should not have actively interfered with and influenced humans.
If he killed Lunn, it would inevitably arouse humans' vigilance and counterattack. Even if they were not afraid, it would go against the teachings left by their ancestors.
For the sake of world stability, the kingdom of the sea cannot appear in front of land creatures, otherwise the consequences will be disastrous.
In the hundreds of years since he became the Mermaid King, he has strictly followed the instructions, put the interests of the sea people at the highest place in his heart, never had any private affairs, and never felt that there was anything wrong.
He was born to protect the tribe.
But now, a strong sense of unwillingness and regret was churning in his chest, turning his eyes bloodshot.
He could hardly control himself, and a hundred years of rationality and the sudden outburst of emotion produced a violent conflict.
Kill Lun, kill everyone who hurt the boy!
Felix stood up suddenly, his nails became as sharp as knives. Just when he was about to turn around, Jian Ziyan suddenly moved.
After a long journey, the information finally entered Jian Ziyan's mind, and his hazy consciousness cleared up in an instant.
"Felix...?"
There was a strong sense of fear in Jian Ziyan's voice.
Felix regained his senses instantly, and he lowered his head: "Yan..."
Jian Ziyan was clearly so badly injured that he couldn't even move a finger, but he tried his best to crawl to the bedside, as if he wanted to stand up. However, he had no strength at all and fell directly under the bed.
“…”
Felix's pupils suddenly shrank, and his extremely agile body suddenly seemed to be frozen. It was not until Jian Ziyan fell to the ground and let out a low groan that he suddenly reacted and squatted down to help him.
"Yan Yan, don't move." His voice was magnetic, like a tiny echo, but it was trembling a little at this time, "Don't be afraid, I'm here..."∫
His words got stuck in his throat.
Because the boy grabbed his arm hard, and even though his knuckles were white, he still couldn't exert much strength.
The pair of black eyes looked at his face hard, with clarity and confusion flashing alternately in them. Then, as if he had finally confirmed that the person in front of him was real, a glimmer of light froze in his eyes, and then a strong despair was revealed.
"You...don't move."
Jian Ziyan took a few deep breaths. His body simply could not withstand such a "large-scale" movement. As he breathed, blood oozed from the wounds all over his body.
However, he seemed not to feel the pain, and he just grabbed Felix's arm and forced himself to stand up.
Felix wanted to stop him, but when he saw the determination flashing in the boy's eyes, he frowned and helped him to stay standing against him.
Then he saw the young man took a step with all his strength and used his scarred body to block him.
In front of him was Admiral Lunn and all the navy, and behind him was his lover.
Even if he couldn't protect himself, as long as he was still alive, he would not expose his loved one to danger.
Felix understood his move, and so did Len.
The moment Jian Ziyan fell to the ground, he had already rushed into the cabin. At this time, he retracted his outstretched arm, and the worry on his face was also gone. His eyes paused on Felix's face, then fell on Jian Ziyan's face, and he closed the door with his back hand, his eyes deep and unclear.
There were only three of them in the cabin at this time. Isolated from the gazes from outside, Jian Ziyan's long eyelashes covered with cold sweat trembled, and his muscles, which were so tense that they hurt, relaxed a little.
"Ren...Alva." Jian Ziyan couldn't help the slight trembling in his voice. Even though he didn't want to admit it, when facing this person, he couldn't suppress the fear that surged from the bottom of his heart.
But even so, he did not retreat a single step. Instead, he moved forward a little, trying to use his body to completely block Felix's attack.
"I am already under your control. I will never run away again in this life." He said hoarsely, "You don't need to threaten me with Felix. Let him go."
Ever since they met, Jian Ziyan had never, ever spoken to Lun in such a humble tone.
In other words, he had never begged anyone for anything in such a humbly manner.
And now, for the sake of his lover, after realizing that he had no power to protect his lover, he was willing to lower his head, bend his back, and put down his pride, just to give his lover a chance to survive.
Felix was stunned for a moment, and his expression suddenly changed: "Yan Yan..."
"Shut up, Felix, just shut up, I beg you."
Jian Ziyan quietly stopped Felix from speaking and continued to look up at Lun.
There was no longer any trace of stubbornness or defiance in his black eyes, and his gentle eyes were filled with pleading.
Felix felt like he was hit hard on the head. He stared at the boy in front of him who had not even lived a fraction of his life, with a storm in his eyes.
Jian Ziyan didn't have the strength or energy to turn around and consider his reaction. He just looked at Lun En, or more precisely, at the firearm in his hand.
The most dangerous weapon of this era. Once it is fired, anyone hit will surely die.
He didn't dare take the risk.
Lunn looked back at him, the look in his eyes changing.
"Do you think I arrested him?" he asked.
Jian Ziyan did not answer this obvious question. Felix was living well in Crescent Bay. Apart from Lun, who else in the world could easily find Crescent Bay and bring people out?
"This is the person you love, isn't it?"
Lunn was shocked
When he said this, he felt a subtle pain spreading from his heart. It was like he thought he just wanted Jian Ziyan, but when he saw him fall off the bed, his heart still twitched subconsciously.
He continued, "You are so arrogant and stubborn. Even if I did these things to you, if he wasn't here, you wouldn't bow to me so easily, right?"
Jian Ziyan pursed his lips, trying his best to swallow the sarcasm that was about to come out, and adjusted his tone to be respectful: "What I think is important to you? Now I have decided to become your caged bird and never escape again. That's enough."
Neither he nor Lun noticed that the blond man's pupils had turned a sticky dark blue.
Lunn curled his lips without any emotion and said, "Do you know what he is?"
Jian Ziyan didn't understand this question. Felix suddenly raised his eyelashes, with murderous intent in his eyes.
Only then did he realize that he had shed tears without realizing it, just because he saw the boy's pain.
Lun looked back without fear, and the two men's eyes collided in mid-air, creating intense sparks.
"I... I'm not sure, but Felix has the characteristics of a Penorman noble." Jian Ziyan gritted his teeth and said this thing which was just his personal guess as a bargaining chip to save Felix. "He may be the heir of a noble who is wandering outside. Don't hurt him. Go back and check it out. It may bring you some benefits."
The two men's eyes shifted to Jian Ziyan at the same time. Unlike the previous tension, they were filled with the same surprise.
"You suspect... that he is the descendant of a noble?" Lun En felt extremely absurd. Before he could sort out his emotions, his eyes suddenly changed and his voice became deeper. "So, the reason why you risked your life to sneak into the palace's database and got caught was... to check this guy's family tree?"
It was silent.
Felix's gaze moved down little by little, looking at the boy who accepted it.
"There's no need to mention this." Jian Ziyan lowered his head. "Lun Alva, you are a smart man. You know what choice to make."
Although Lunn now has absolute power in Penorma, those cunning nobles have not completely submitted to him. The reason they listen to him and cooperate with him is simply because he can bring them more wealth and benefits.
Based on what Felix had said before, Jian Ziyan speculated that he might not be an illegitimate child, but rather the legitimate heir of a noble family who had unfortunately met his death while sailing with his wife.
Therefore, he threw out this chip. He believed that with Lun's desire for power, he would definitely put "winning over a noble" above "torturing and threatening Jian Ziyan". After all, he now... had nothing worthy of threat.
He has already lost, lost miserably and miserably.
Jian Ziyan suddenly felt extremely tired, his body felt heavy and his eyelids felt heavier than ever before.
But he couldn't fall down yet because he hadn't received Lunn's promise yet.
Although he didn't dare to believe the promise from Lunn's mouth, but now that things have come to this... he has no other choice.
He was just an ordinary pirate. Perhaps from the very beginning, he shouldn't have owned anything and shouldn't have tried to protect anyone.
If that were the case, wouldn't he be so frustrated now and feel so incompetent?
Jian Ziyan's thoughts wandered for a moment, then he swallowed the fishy sweetness and bitterness in his throat and looked at Lun En quietly.
It wasn't Len who answered him, it was Felix's deep voice.
"You were arrested because you wanted to find my family for me?"
It was extremely calm, yet it contained a hint of madness that was about to come.
Jian Ziyan didn't have the energy to distinguish it. He blinked slowly and said, "Don't mention it anymore. I haven't found it anyway."
“No,” Felix whispered. “No.”
In the dirty dungeon, the boy was covered in wounds, but he looked at him with a look of joy and guilt, and said, "I wanted to find your family and ask them to take you away from there, but I didn't find them either, Felix. I'm sorry, I'm useless."
It was not until now that he realized the cruel weight contained in these light words.
Because of his deception and concealment, the boy risked his life, even got caught, was insulted, and ended up in his current situation, all for the sake of bringing him home.
Felix looked at the young man who couldn't even stand steadily, and his dark blue eyes gradually turned blood red.
He remembered the lonely figure of the young man walking in Crescent Bay, the guilty look in the young man's eyes in the water dungeon, and his hesitation with a hope in his heart when he heard the tribe members report the young man's itinerary.
The last thing that froze in his mind was the figure of the young man lying in a pool of blood when he opened the cabin.
He deceived the boy, but the boy gave him back his sincerity and enthusiasm soaked in blood.
Felix held the boy's arm tightly. He opened his mouth to explain, but only trembling, rapid breathing came out.
How dare he explain?
In the days before, he had countless opportunities to explain and save his boy. He was the Mermaid King and he possessed the most powerful force among the sea people. As long as he wanted to take action, how could he not be able to save a person quietly?
But he did not take action. Because of all kinds of suspicions and concerns, he ultimately did not reach out.
He watched the young man walking on the line suspended between the human world and hell. The wind was howling above and the young man was on the verge of falling, but he just watched from below.
Do you hate it? Do you regret it?
The Mermaid King's responsibility is like a chain that locks him to the cold and ancient throne. He is used to considering everything from the perspective of his tribe. He is strict with himself all his life and never does anything to harm his tribe.
But it was this rational consideration that made him hurt the only person in the world who truly loved him.
It's not about loving his gorgeous tail, nor is it about admiring his status as the king of fish.
He realized that Jian Ziyan loved him and only loved him.
But with so-called concerns, he watched coldly as he fell into the abyss step by step. Every scar on his body was not left by him, but was caused by his inaction.
He did nothing.
All the harm and insults that Jian Ziyan suffered were because he did nothing.
There was a loud bang in Felix's head, and all the sounds disappeared.
At this moment, some deep-rooted thoughts that had been rooted in his heart for hundreds of years began to shake violently, causing him to fall apart.
The pain on his face was so obvious that Jian Ziyan felt anxious. Just as he was about to speak, he suddenly heard the hurried footsteps of soldiers on the deck. A moment later, someone came and knocked on the cabin door.
"Admiral, we have detected a pirate fleet heading this way!"
"Pirate fleet?" Lunn quickly put away the astonishment on his face and asked in a deep voice, "Which one is it?"
"According to the flag, it's the Pirate King's direct fleet!"
"Pirate King?"
Lun En looked towards Jian Ziyan, but only saw the boy's ugly face.
"It seems that your mother is also determined to get your treasure." Lunn also understood immediately. He glanced at Felix, whose mental state was obviously unstable, and silently tightened the firearm in his hand. "I didn't expect that the first thing she did was not to check whether you were still alive, but to assemble her fleet."
The light that had finally gathered in Jian Ziyan's eyes gradually dimmed again, and his face took on a grayish look like that of a dead person.
"Then... come on."
His voice was so hoarse that it was difficult to hear.
"Come and take a look at what the treasures you have been trying so hard to covet are."
This sentence brought back some of Felix's sanity. A look of worry appeared in his eyes. He wanted to say something, but he couldn't control the severe pain in his heart. He had to cover his chest and suddenly spit out blood.
The reason why he completely let go of his suspicion of the boy's conspiracy with Penorma was because of this island.
[Jian Ziyan took the time out of his busy schedule to wipe off his cold sweat: "I was so scared, I almost didn't have time to stop Xiaoyu. You must not kill Lun En now, I haven't got my forgiveness points yet!"]
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The author has something to say: ∫This∫work∫is∫made∫by∫
In order to prevent Felix from killing Lun directly, Yanyan and I made great efforts...
One more thing, in this context, using "my boy" in English would actually blow up my XP, but in a full Chinese context, "my boy" doesn't make that sense, which is sad.
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