Trafford's Trading Club

Chapter 1700: Chapter 50: Youthful Days in Thin Spring Garments

This is a captivating singing.

In this brief life of Lei Yaz, he had never heard such a melodious voice. It seemed to constantly soothe Lei Yaz’s mind, making him gradually lost in a state of delight.

Lei Yaz believed that Ke Duojin beside him felt the same way.

Gradually approaching, that perfect silhouette was right in front of Lei Yaz and Ke Duojin, within reach… Ke Duojin even subconsciously extended his hand, wanting to touch this beautiful silhouette.

An impulse, buried deep within him, the most primitive desire, was causing Ke Duojin’s breathing to quicken—but his gaze was filled with infatuation.

Lei Yaz suddenly shivered, coming back to his senses—he intuitively sensed danger and immediately waved to knock away Ke Duojin’s extended arm.

With great force.

Ke Duojin cried out in pain… He held his arm, looking at Lei Yaz with anger, but his infatuated gaze gradually became clear.

At that moment, the mysterious woman sitting by the edge of the pool suddenly jumped into the water… Only then did Lei Yaz notice that the woman’s beautiful silhouette had a fish tail below!

“Sea Demon Clan!” Ke Duojin couldn’t help but exclaim.

Lei Yaz also became tense—he remembered the Emperor’s words. Logically speaking, this area should have been cleared by the Third Legion of the Undersea City. Why was there still a sea monster?

Lei Yaz took a deep breath and instantly drew a finely crafted magic energy cannon from his boot.

During this time, Girl Liuge, besides daily beatings, indeed taught Lei Yaz many things—especially how to use weapons.

For example, this magic energy cannon called the “Fire Kirin” was given by Girl Liuge for him to use… At this moment, the “Fire Kirin” was aimed at the sea monster in the pool, and Lei Yaz cautiously asked, “Who are you? Why do you deliberately lure us here?!”

As he spoke, Lei Yaz fired a shot—the magic bullet didn’t directly hit the half-fish-looking sea monster but shot a water column into the air in the pool.

The rippling water made the sea monster sway—her face turned pale, seemingly frightened.

“I… I didn’t mean it! Really… I didn’t! Please… don’t kill me…” The sea monster hurriedly said, her voice carrying a hint of crying.

But Ke Duojin did not believe her… He snorted coldly, and said angrily, “You sea monsters always want to invade our Undersea City. Every year, countless people from the Underwater City are taken away by you! How can we believe you?”

“I… I’m not from the Sea Demon Clan.” The half-fish woman said very slowly and awkwardly, “I truly am not… I am just too hungry, I have no choice… I only want to eat something, I didn’t plan to harm you!”

“Nonsense, with how you appear, how could you not be from the Sea Demon Clan?” Ke Duojin shook his head.

“Really! I’m not, I am a Siren!” She urgently said, “I! Sisters! Three of us, fled here… got separated, no idea about the way!”

Siren?

Ke Duojin and Lei Yaz exchanged a glance—they clearly had never heard of what a Siren was, and in their understanding, this half-fish woman was undoubtedly from the Sea Demon Clan.

“Be careful, this sea monster might still want to confuse us.” Ke Duojin whispered to Lei Yaz, “My father told me, among sea monsters, there’s a kind called Shark People, half-fish creatures, who love to capture adult males and take them to small caves to breed!”

“Breed offspring!” Lei Yaz was shocked in his heart.

They were still young, and the early education from the Undersea City was very pure. They only knew that breeding offspring was a major taboo before adulthood, and just hearing it could make one flush with embarrassment.

“We cannot let her take us to her small cave to breed offspring!” Ke Duojin said nervously.

Lei Yaz took a deep breath, nodding solemnly, holding the “Fire Kirin” tighter, “Then… how do we deal with this sea monster… Siren?”

At this moment, Ke Duojin showed a look of confusion, subconsciously opening his mouth but unable to speak.

Neither he nor Lei Yaz had ever encountered such a situation… Lei Yaz, more so, had never held the life and death of a sea monster from the Sea Demon Clan in his hands while the other looked unusually frightened.

Overall, he was actually panicked, Ke Duojin was also panicked.

“Perhaps, we bring her back, hand her over to the Kingdom Government?” Ke Duojin suggested heedfully, “Perhaps we could earn a good citizen award?”

“We can’t even take care of ourselves now.” Lei Yaz couldn’t help but smile bitterly.

Uncertain whether the mesmerizing effect of this sea monster called Siren was still lingering, Lei Yaz felt a strong desire to let her go whenever he looked into her eyes.

He had never encountered such a gaze.

Helplessness, pitifulness… made him want to do something from the depths of his heart. Lei Yaz couldn’t explain why, just feeling his heart tightening with anxiety.

“How about, we let her go?” Lei Yaz murmured.

Ke Duojin bristled like a cat and grabbed Lei Yaz’s clothes, hastily saying, “Lei Yaz! You can’t be swayed by her beauty! Look at me, look into my eyes, stay clear-headed! She’s a sea monster, she will definitely harm you! Only I will be good to you!”

Her beauty?

Perhaps not… Lei Yaz was not entirely convinced.

This Siren indeed looked beautiful, but from his perspective, she was obviously not as pretty as the big sister, not even as good as the violent Girl Liuge by the Emperor’s side…

“Then… let’s bring her back.” Lei Yaz thought momentarily, rationally speaking, Ke Duojin’s words made sense. Turning her over to the Kingdom Government of the Undersea City was indeed the best option as an inhabitant of the Undersea City.

So, Ke Duojin mustered his courage, walked to the edge of the pool, and loudly said to the Siren in the water, “Can you come up now? We might not harm you, but you must listen to us! Understood?”

The Siren hesitated for a moment, and finally nodded slowly.

“Alright! Now come up here!” Ke Duojin quickly added, “Slow down!”

The Siren had to slowly swim to the edge of the pool, reaching the feet of the two men… She looked more frightened, her eyes wary of Lei Yaz who held the weapon.

Among the three sisters, she was the youngest, not yet fully grown, very weak… The only weapon she had was her enchanting singing. Yet this young man with a gun wasn’t affected by her song.

“Now, climb up!” Ke Duojin continued to command.

The Siren heard him and reluctantly placed her hands on the pond’s edge, slowly climbing out of the water… Gradually, Reya could see the lower body of the Siren clearly.

Indeed, it looked like a fish… The fins on the tail were particularly large.

However, when the Siren fully climbed out, her tail dazzlingly transformed into a pair of slender legs under a gentle blue light.

Her legs rested on the ground, supported by her hands, allowing her upper body to rise. Her long, thick hair covered most of her body.

Ke Duojin watched with bated breath, feeling a mixture of awe and fear as he thought to himself, “This sea monster is quite powerful, definitely a Shark Person sea monster, the kind my father mentioned that enjoys capturing men to breed in caves.” He dared not meet her eyes!

“Are you injured?” Reya furrowed his brow at that moment.

He noticed a spot of red on the inside of the Siren’s calf… Blood was slowly seeping out.

“The wound, opened, again.” The Little Siren nodded, “Injured, before…”

“Ke Duojin, she might really not be from the Sea Demon Clan!” Reya suddenly said.

“What?” Ke Duojin was taken aback.

“Her blood is red. Sea monster’s blood is green… Haven’t you learned that?”

As Reya spoke, he unzipped the Flywheel Protective Suit and took off his jacket, then draped it over the Little Siren.

After that, he took off the backpack he was carrying—this item was pulled out from Asla, and most standard Flywheels come equipped with it.

It was designed to allow pilots to promptly treat injuries in the wild with a first aid kit.

“What… What are you planning to do? You want to treat this sea monster?” Ke Duojin slapped his forehead, eyes bulging, incredulously exclaiming, “Did you hit your head and become stupid? Or are you enchanted because this sea monster is beautiful?”

“Quiet!” Reya turned, glaring at Ke Duojin.

Ke Duojin was actually silenced by this glare. The words stuck in his throat, feeling rather aggrieved, yet there was a vague sense of intimidation from Reya’s current gaze.

Stern, unquestionable… Sharp!

“She means no harm.” Reya spoke as he lowered his head, cradling the Little Siren’s calf, beginning to treat the wound, “I can feel that she’s very frightened right now… confused, scared. What she needs is our help, Ke Duojin!”

Ke Duojin swallowed his saliva, begrudgingly looked into the Little Siren’s eyes again, then hurriedly averted his gaze, muttering, “You’re obviously charmed by her beauty…”

“Come here! Help out!” Reya hmphed coldly.

Ke Duojin reluctantly stepped forward.

Reya sighed inwardly. He didn’t know why, but from a young age, this seemed to be their way of interacting. Whenever he spoke nicely to Ke Duojin, he always enjoyed opposing him. Only when he got angry did Ke Duojin become obedient.

With Ke Duojin’s help, treating the wound became much easier… His hands and feet were actually quite skillful.

“Your wound doesn’t look deep; it should heal soon. I’ll disinfect it now; if it hurts, let me know, and I’ll be gentler.” Reya looked into the Little Siren’s eyes, then, recalling knowledge from nursing lessons, suddenly asked, “My name is Reya, what’s yours?”

“Helen… Ah!”

During the brief talking pause, the disinfectant potion was directly poured on the Little Siren… Helen’s calf, Reya’s eyes quickly darted, swiftly applying a bandage onto the wound.

Reya looked into Helen’s eyes, his palm pressing on the bandage over her wound, soothing the pain with the warmth from his hand.

He smiled a bit, loosening his hand slightly, gently stroking, “No pain, no pain, the pain is all gone… Well, I don’t know if it helps, but when I was hurt as a child, my mother would always comfort me this way.”

“Tha… Thank you…” Helen gazed intently into the young man’s eyes.

The warmth emanating from his palm was a sensation she had never felt in the cold sea, as if it could melt her body, draining all her strength.

She even had an urge to collapse into the young man’s arms, expressing the helplessness and confusion of recent days—but she restrained herself.

Her elder sisters had warned her about this.

Helen quickly lowered her head, not daring to look into Reya’s eyes.

“Alright, there shouldn’t be any problem now.” Reya clapped his hands, stood up… he glanced at Ke Duojin, thought for a moment, then tossed the first aid kit to him, and crouched down facing away from Helen, “Come, it must be inconvenient for you to walk, let me carry you.”

Ke Duojin’s eyes widened, thinking: You’ve never carried me before—!

Helen hesitated for a moment, then quietly climbed onto Reya’s back… The soft sensation against his back felt strange, as his heart seemed to beat faster.

However, it felt rather comfortable… Holding Helen’s legs, the smoothness made him quite enjoy it.

“Helen, you have sisters, right?” Reya tried to distract himself, “How did you arrive here? How did you get separated?”

“We fled, from before, living by the sea.” Helen slowly explained, “We kept swimming until we reached here, encountering many speaking creatures, who called themselves the Sea Demon Clan… They tried to catch us. My sisters and I kept fleeing, eventually arriving here. Then, in this place, we encountered a terrifying monster! It was huge, my sisters diverted it to save me, I stayed here, afraid to go out, waiting for my sisters to return… they’ve never come back.”

“Huge monster?” Reya frowned, intuitively asking, “Just how big?”

“Very big! Very big!” Helen released her grip on Reya’s neck, gesturing.

As she gestured, her chest occasionally bumped against Reya’s back, making him feel parched… He instinctively swallowed, thinking: Clearly very big… really, very big.

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PS: Next update will be a bit later, around three o’clock…