NOVPUB79: 8.
Crab Lady 2
79: 8.
Crab Lady 2
“Let go of me, let go of me!”
The child was babbling something incomprehensible, a language Fisher had never heard before, but quickly, she seemed to realize something and began furiously shouting at Fisher while holding up a bag clutched in her left crab-like claw.
“Is she going to use something from the bag?”
Faced with Renie’s confusion, Fisher remained silent for a moment, then turned to close the door behind and then activated the protective magic.
The protective magic could guard from the inside out, ensuring that the creature couldn’t escape no matter what.
“Alright, put her down and let’s see what she’s going to do.”
After confirming that the child was unarmed aside from a leather bag she was carrying on her back, Fisher instructed Renie to set the creature down.
The demi-human, resembling a crab, quickly landed on the ground and hurriedly opened her leather bag, revealing many shiny objects.
Among them were human items, such as brooches, necklaces, and rings, as well as several other crafts that Fisher had never seen before.
They were exquisitely made, not inferior to human creations, but their designs were too bizarre for human appreciation.
After rummaging through for a long time, the child finally pulled a small sea snail from the bag.
The sea snail was quite heavy, requiring the crab person to hold it with both hands.
On closer inspection, it was filled with a blue, viscous liquid, sealed by some invisible force without spilling.
She abruptly sucked the sea snail against her mouth, and the chill-colored liquid slowly slid down her throat.
Just as Fisher, on alert, thought she was preparing for an attack or an escape and readied herself to smash the girl’s head with her hand cane, the liquid instead spread slowly through her veins into her entire brain, even causing her eyes to emit a faint luminescence.
When she spoke again, her weird language seemed to be replaced by some magical force into Nali Language, which Fisher and Renie could understand, reminiscent of their previous encounter with the Brain Demon Species on the South Continent, only this time the speaker had first ingested some strange liquid.
“Bold humans!
I am Lingna of the Ocean Emperor!
A member of the royal family with endless life and a mighty Companion Sea Beast!
I just need to wave my hand and my Companion Sea Beast will devour the vessel you ride.
Be wise and release me…
and also hand over that pearl!”
She stood with her hands on her hips, her voice crisp like a child’s, ignoring the limitations of her petite body; she seemed to possess an air that commanded the world.
This being Fisher’s first encounter with an Ocean Subhuman, he was captivated by the strange titles she threw out, pondering deeply as he scrutinized the petite, pink-haired girl.
She was less than one meter forty, her pale feet covered by some transparent casing that left no footprints or water marks on the ground, made from some unknown material.
Seeing that she had intimidated him, the girl who declared herself Lingna chuckled mischievously, waving her hand and generously said,
“Since it’s your first time beholding my majestic appearance, I’ll graciously overlook this.
Next time, keep your distance from the nobles of the sea.
Well, I am preparing to leave now…”
As she spoke, she walked toward the pearl, but suddenly, a mahogany hand cane was placed in front of her, blocking her path, causing Lingna’s body to stiffen slightly.
Behind her, Fisher, expressionless like a demon, spoke calmly,
“Do you think we’d be fooled by such a pale lie?”
“Indeed, indeed.
This human in front of us really likes your kind, the adorable demi-human girls.
He will definitely devour you.”
Renie pinched the increasingly pale face of the Crab Lady in front of her, whispering into her ear as if she enjoyed the spectacle.
The Crab Lady trembled all over as she looked at Fisher’s hand cane drawing ever closer.
Not knowing what she was thinking, she tried to push Renie away, the one who was pinching her cheeks, but she couldn’t manage it no matter how hard she tried.
She opened her mouth again, as if wanting to say something, her soft, big eyes glanced at Fisher and then weakly blew bubbles towards him.
Fisher ignored her and simply grabbed the pouch she held, snatching it away amidst her panicked cries.
He held up the pouch and opened it to find that the space inside was larger than he had anticipated.
It contained various crafted artifacts as well as glowing pearls, shells, sea urchins, and even several lively fish.
“Give it back to me!
Give it back!
That’s mine!”
“These items are all stolen by you, aren’t they?
How did they become yours again?”
Fisher ignored Lingna, who was jumping around trying to get her pouch back.
He suddenly thought that the theft on Alagina’s ship might have been done by this Ocean Subhuman before him.
Given her silent intrusion and her speedy escape, she wasn’t someone easy to catch.
Who would have thought that a thief would sneak aboard in the vast ocean?
When Fisher mentioned the word “theft,” Lingna’s face became embarrassed and shy.
Her small mouth puckered up as she stammered,
“You…
you and that previous female human are in cahoots…
She placed the items on the wall, taking them doesn’t count as stealing…”
Even she couldn’t convince herself with such flawed logic.
Fisher, holding her pouch, sat down on the sofa nearby.
He didn’t actually care about that pearl; he had suddenly become intensely interested in this Ocean Subhuman Species that had appeared so unexpectedly.
A strong desire for knowledge was meddling within him, his fingers tapping incessantly on the table, deep in thought.
Only Renie, who knew Fisher well, understood that he was up to no good once again.
She guessed he was now contemplating how to trap this demi-human girl before him and study her thoroughly.
“Do you want this pouch?”
Lingna nodded and hesitated for a moment before saying,
“I don’t want that pearl anymore!
I’ll return that human’s items to you!
Just give me my pouch…”
“No, keep the pearl, and I’ll give you back the pouch…
but in exchange, I would like to have a basic understanding of you, and I hope we both remain honest.”
Uncertain whether it was a threat or a deal, Lingna glanced at the glowing pearl and then at the pouch he held in his hand…
Yet, the pearl was truly beautiful.
A bit of greed and compromise led her straight into Fisher’s trap.
