The Lord's Castle at night is very quiet.

The guards patrolled the castle, with light footsteps and a little dim in the corridor, but they still allow people to see the road ahead.

In a spacious and gorgeous room, a girl just finished her shower and was sitting on a big white bed, watching a book under the oil lamp.

The book's packaging is old, the paper pages are yellowed, the cover is tattered, and the title on it is not very clear, but you can vaguely see the two big words "Explore the Secret".

This is a handwritten book.

The writer is Earl Custer, who participated in the global sailing ten years ago.

Navia once held a global voyage, with most of the investors being nobles and officials, and the royal family had little interest in sailing. So they handed over all the matters to the earl.

This book records the entire journey of Custer.

Earl Custer is a madman who is obsessed with recording various strange natural phenomena and creatures and writes them into books.

However, the voyage was not successful, and the ship sank into the sea on a stormy night.

Nothing survived.

The nobles and officials were full of abuse and resentment for the sailing.

Because I have consumed a lot of financial and manpower, I have not got what I want.

This book was cut out from the belly of a big fish when a fisherman was fishing.

The fishermen were illiterate and gave it to local parade merchants. The merchant entered Navia with foreign trade and sold it to a market owner.

The books are soaked in water soaked in a bad state. The fonts in the front are basically unseen, and I don’t know who wrote them. Almost no one would buy such a shabby thing.

However, the moment An Yeran saw the book, he knew who the book belonged to.

The name on the cover of the book cannot be seen clearly, but there is an eye pattern, which is the logo specially printed for himself by Earl Custer - the Eye of Truth.

This is very likely to be the final work of Count Custer.

After buying it, it was indeed as expected.

An Yeran reads Custer's articles in the palace. His articles are full of strange fantasies and desire for exploration, so she is familiar with his fonts.

Although the previous content cannot be seen clearly, the following content can be read a little bit.

They are all the experiences of some counts at the sea, and some daily life.

When she looked through the pages in the middle, she suddenly realized that the style of the text seemed to have become different!

[Today is the second day. On the first day of entering a new field, I heard the singing at night. At first I didn’t care. Maybe it was a crew member who missed his family, so he used the singing to relieve his longing.]

[On the third day, the sea surface was calm during the day. After a while, you will probably see a new land. I heard the singing again last night, which was louder than the night before. Although I understood the crew's thoughts, it really affected my rest! I don't know if I will sing tomorrow night, but if there is still tomorrow night, I will be really angry!]

[My God! It's still singing! And this time, people are so loud that they can't sleep! I'm so annoyed! Didn't God tell you not to disturb others' rest?! No, I'm going out to have a look!]

After writing this page, there is a large blank space.

An Yeran frowned slightly, and even turned over two pages, he could not see his words.

It's impossible, there should be some.

She jumped directly to the last page, turned from behind to forward, and finally on the seventh to last page, she saw the font of Earl Custer in a panic!

【There is foggy outside! My God! God! What are those things?! They come out of the fog, with human bodies and fish tails! Their hands are webbeds that can paddle! There is something wrong with the singing! There is definitely something wrong! The crew members looked dull, they, they jumped off the boat!】

[Mermaid! I recognized it! Those things are mermaids! The legendary mermaid!]

[They are coming up! The crew members who refuse to jump into the sea were dragged down by them! My God! What did I see!? Blood! All are blood! They, they eat my crew members!]

【The legend is true! It is true!】

[I know I can't live tonight! I've been discovered! I used my last time to record these things! Those who see my notes please make sure that these things are made public! It's over! They dragged me! Mermaids, it's true! It's true--]

"Bang!"

A sudden night wind blew open the window!

An Yeran was shocked and raised his head suddenly!

She put down the book and walked to the window. The sound of tides outside was particularly obvious.

The wind was a little strong, so she had no choice but to close the window and hold it tightly.

The windows are transparent glass. Thirteen years ago, the Navians discovered the method of firing glass. Since then, glass products have been continuously developed in the past decade and have now been used in various fields of life.

The lights in the room were dim. She sat back on the bed, with a calm surface, but her heart was filled with storm.

She couldn't describe her mood at this moment.

Although Custer's words are full of fantasy, he will never lie!

The text stopped at the word "true" at the back.

She didn't know what Custer had experienced, but from the meaning of the text, she could probably guess that Custer might have been eaten.

An Yeran lifted up the quilt and wrapped himself up.

The oil lamp at the head of the bed was still jumping the flames, reflecting on the girl's face.

She suddenly felt a hint of chill.

The back is cold.

The legend of the mermaid is true.

They will appear in foggy weather, induce fishermen and sailors with singing, and then, eat them.

Three days later, she will go out to sea.

From the letter sent by An Yewen, we can guess that the guy should be in a small island country heading west, not too far from Navia and not within the management of the Holy See.

The old book was placed at the head of the bed, and An Yeran buried his head in the quilt, and did not blow out the oil lamp and fell asleep directly.

After her breathing was stable, the old book suddenly started to flip.

There is obviously no wind.

When I turned to the word "true", the reading of the book suddenly paused.

Then, I slowly turned to the last page of the book, where there was a line of text soaked in water and blurred.

An Yeran hadn't noticed before, and there was a chilling sentence written there-

After eating humans, their fish tails turned into legs.

*

After the sound of water flowing, the text disappeared.

A faint shadow appeared on the head of the bed.

The boy closed the book and looked at the girl beside him.

She slept very well, her breathing was light and very smooth.

Her fair hands slowly stroked the girl's face, her red lips curled slightly, and a strange light gradually appeared in her brown pupils.

His nails were a little pointed, and the moment he touched his cheek, some red marks appeared on the girl's face.

The boy raised his eyebrows slightly and withdrew his hand.

——The human body is too fragile.

Then, he turned around, came quietly, and disappeared into the night quietly.
Chapter completed!