Chapter 49: The rman
The Emperor’s full na was Valen Rowett. He brutally killed his thirteen brothers in a bloody overthrowing the rule and beca the most brutal and unpredictable monarch since the establishnt of the entire empire. He was an ambitious power holder and a ruthless conqueror, but under his heavy handed and iron-fist rule, the empire’s power has developed to its peak in history.
Although he was willing expand his power, he never showed much interest in private enjoynt, until one day—
the Emperor suddenly dispatched manpower and hired the best designers and architects to design a private pool for him.
Rowett seed to have acquired a new hobby.
Sunlight spilled from the skylight above the head, illuminating the entire transparent glass room clearly and brightly, making it seem like a shrine shrouded in golden light, warm and brilliant light shone onto the sparkling water surface, making the underwater scenery completely visible.
The rman ca slowly out of the water, first head and then shoulders exposed, the pearly white tail fin swayed slowly and gracefully on the surface of the water, there were droplets on his slender eyelashes, and his wet cheeks sparkled in the sun. The blue and purple eyes looked towards the side of the pool without evading, his eyes were like a clear sky, without the slightest brutality and blood thirst in them.
The young emperor stared at the rman in front of him, as if he was admiring the most precious masterpiece, and it felt as if a satisfied owner was admiring and examining his possessions.
As he was being watched, Ge Xiu was also looking at the man in front of him.
The last ti he saw him was in the dimly lit dungeon, he could only see the fuzzy outline of the other party, and I couldn’t distinguish his appearance at all.
The man in front of him was tall, with handso features that were almost dangerously beautiful. The high brows were sharp and sharp, the eye sockets were deep, and the narrow and tall nose gave him a very aggressive sense of danger. The dark eyes caused him to emit strong sense of pressure, he looked thoughtful.
Suddenly, Rowett knelt down, putting them both on the sa eye level.
He asked unhurriedly: “Are you satisfied?”
Ge Xiu was taken aback for a mont, and then he realized what the other party was asking—about the size of this place and his colour preferences.
Of course not satisfied. After all, no matter how beautiful was a fishtank it was still a fishtank. Could you put him back in the sea?
Ge Xiu’s interest suddenly dropped.
He withdrew his gaze indifferently, as if he hadn’t understood the other party’s question, his fan-shaped tail fin splashed hard, and his whole body sank under the water surface again.
Rowett raised his hand to block his eyes, but the dripping water still inevitably splashed on his face, and the attendant guarding the door gasped in fright, and as if petrified by a certain fear stood rooted on the spot.
Unexpectedly, the Emperor was not angry.
He took out the handkerchief from his pocket, wiped off the drops of water on his cheeks unhurriedly, and then lowered his eyes, looking thoughtfully at the rmaid’s figure that was blurred and obscured by the refraction of the pool water—the blue-purple rman curled up his tail quietly behind the rock, then closed his eyes drowsily, as if he was uninterested in everything that happened around his body.
The sound of the soles of the leather boots hitting the ground transmitted through the water, and the sound of the man’s footsteps drifted away. Soon, only the gurgling of the water continuously flowing could be heard in his ears.
Ge Xiu put his forehead against the hard and cold rock, and his thoughts ca back to the previous train of thought again.
Ever since entering this world, his state has switched between two extres — either violent and impatient, impulsive and irritable, or listless and chaotic.
This wasn’t like the lack of energy caused by the body breaking down and damage in the final stages of the previous few worlds, but sothing else…
As if there was a dark and enormous existence hidden deep in the mind, the outline of it was blurred and unclear, but it was whispering in Ge Xiu’s ears all the ti, releasing negative energy that was hard to ignore.
Water waves, walls, the sound of changing water…
lights, glass…
Everything made him irritable for unknown reason. He couldn’t wait to destroy it all. This kind of irrational impulse dominated his thoughts and silently urged him to do sothing—
It seed that the residual anaesthetic in his body played its role, and Ge Xiu gradually fell into a deep sleep.
The broken images were like shredded film, scattered in the dream world, but they couldn’t be put together. Only the resistance from the depths of the soul was clear and sharp, as if a knife blade cut through the skin.
When Ge Xiu opened his eyes again, the warm and brilliant sun that had previously ward the water temperature had disappeared, replaced by large expanses of dense sunset clouds and gradually deepening haze.
There were small fish swimming around.
The small fish were silvery white, and the scales on their bodies were sparkling with light shimr, and they clung to it ignorantly..
Ge Xiu reached out his hand, his fingers were slender, and the joints between the fingers were covered with webbed mbranes.
He used his fingertips to circle around the little fish that was swimming up close, and the water flow that was brought with his fingers instantly confused its directions, and it bumped into Ge Xiu’s palm dizzily.
Ge Xiu stretched his tail, and more small silver fishes were washed away by the current of the water caused by his movents, and they swam away from him in panic.
He lost interest and let go of the stupid fish.
The little whitebait floated between his fingers and its simple mind made it forget the danger just now, it continued to chase the swaying water weeds by the rock.
Ge Xiu lay down again, and the smooth and elegant fishtail went back to the original position. He rested on his tail fin, squinted to look at the changing clouds in the sky, the blue-purple eyes under blue rippling waves were like stars that sank underwater.
He spit out a bunch of bubbles with boredom.
…Really want to eat candy.
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“…He didn’t eat.”
Rowett raised his eyebrows, and finally condescendingly turned his gaze on the rmaid expert not far away: “Why?”
The rmaid specialist trembled and lowered his head a little bit: “Your, Your Majesty, this…this…”
Etes whitebait was the favourite food of rmaids, this was definitely true! The breeding conditions of etes whitebait were very harsh. Even in the hos of wealthy aristocrats, it wasn’t used as a staple food for rmaids, but only occasionally as a reward to the rmaids with outstanding performance. The Emperor was really generous. This was the first ti he was feeding and he already used the most expensive food—but what he didn’t expect was that this rmaid would not buy it!
He suddenly thought of sothing and stamred hurriedly:
“Or, maybe you can ask the rchant who sold you this rmaid to see what kind of food it likes?”
Rowett stared at him with a deep gaze, a smile with indistinct emotions appeared on his face: “Good advice.”
Before the expert could be happy, he heard the voice of the Emperor from above his head saying lightly: “But if my rman still doesn’t eat, you can go to jail and keep company that rchant.”
The expert suddenly broke out in a cold sweat, and his figure shrank again, shivering a little bit — he knew that His Majesty the Emperor never joked.
After being imprisoned for nearly a week, the rchant was not as fat and bloated as before. He stumbled to the ground under the escort of the soldiers, then got up in a panic, and stood below the steps in an awkward posture, he was panicked like a rat that saw its natural enemy, looking as if the wind and grass could scare him to death.
He really didn’t expect that a rman he sold could cause him such a terrible disaster.
All rmaids were gentle and friendly in nature, so they could beco pets sought after by wealthy noble rchants. He had been in this business for nearly 20 years, and he has handled countless rmaids. From fishing to selling, he mastered everything. He had never seen such a beautiful and vicious rman, who could actually kill his master the day after he was sold—and the one who was killed was the cousin of the current emperor!
Now he was actually taken to the supre Emperor… The rchant felt that he was about to face a catastrophe.
A man’s low voice ca over his head: “Did you sell this rman?”
“Yes…yes…” the rchant replied tremblingly, almost too scared to speak.
“What does he like to eat?”
“…?” The businessman was taken aback, and he didn’t react for a while. It was not until the soldier behind him pounded impatiently with the butt of his rifle that he suddenly recovered from the shock.
Rowett patiently asked again: “The rman you sold, does he have anything he likes to eat?”
“This…this…” The rchant hesitated: “Have you tried feeding him fish like other people?”
Rowett’s expression turned cold, and he casually tapped the armrest of the seat with his fingers: “So you don’t know?”
The rchant raised his head in a panic, and hurriedly replied: “No, no! Your Majesty! I didn’t an that!”
He lowered his head evasively again, and murmured: “It’s just…it’s just…”
Rowett’s force of tapping on the armrest increased as he grew impatient, he asked in a cold voice that gave a vague feeling of pressure “What are you hiding?”
The businessman gritted his teeth, seed to finally make up his mind, and said in a very low voice: “It’s just… I suspect… it may not be a rmaid.”
Rowett stopped the action of tapping, raised one eyebrow and sat up: “Oh?”
The rchant didn’t dare to look up:
“I, when I was in prison all this ti, I have been thinking about this issue. As everyone knows, rmaids are all a gentle and very obedient species, but this one was so fierce and violent. I had been in the rmaid trade business for 23 years, and I have never seen a rmaid like him. Plus…you have also seen his beauty is truly unmatched even among rmaids, so…so I suspect…I suspect that the rmaid I caught is not a rmaid…I think it…”
He took a deep breath, and said his guess a bit unsure: “Maybe …It’s a siren.”
Siren.
Although in looks it was very similar to the rmaids, their essence was completely different.
They were a kind of sea monsters that derived from mythology. Legends said that they had a natural singing voice and miraculous beauty. They were cruel and violent by nature. They used their voices to lure sailors passing by on ships, causing them to hit the rocks and sink, and then they ate the people. Whenever they were the sea was full of bones of their victims.
All the rchants engaged in the rmaid hunting and selling industry have heard of the legend of the sirens. Many people were convinced that they were real. So claid to have heard them bewitching people from afar when going out to sea. Their singing voice was a hundred tis more beautiful than a rmaid. There were even people telling stories about encounters with them vividly.
But no one had actually ever seen or caught one of them.
In their line of occupation, the existence of siren is like a legend.
A dream from myths.
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