After the man said this, he immediately turned his head as if he was about to leave the inn.
Drizzt glanced at Lu Tian, who had already put away the dried fish and slapped the cat on the head before getting up and following him.
The two of them followed the man around the lonely streets. It was only then that Drizzt discovered that although there was no one on the street, there seemed to be pairs of eyes staring at him behind the old windows in the buildings along the road.
These townspeople were just like those in the previous village, rejecting outsiders, being cautious, and observing them secretly.
You can vaguely see their faces, which are not much different from ordinary people, but their expressions are numb, like zombies or the living dead.
Along the way, the three of them arrived at the edge of the town, where they could see the sea.
"My name is Ayu, and I fish in the east of Kurshui Town. My sister's name is Pisces, and she is fifteen years old this year."
The man pointed to the beach not far away.
You can see some women and old people with their children picking up seafood such as shells and small crabs on the beach.
In the morning, the beach is sparkling. The rising sun dyes the sea into a golden color. You can vaguely see the fishing boats in the distance, and the white sails are swaying in the waves, showing a peaceful and peaceful atmosphere, which is different from the closed and gloomy town.
The atmosphere is completely different.
"What do you want?"
Lu Tan did not lament the difference between the two, but asked directly.
"I want to ask you to save Pisces."
The man's voice suddenly became a little uncertain, a little trembling, and more fear was mixed in it.
"Save your sister? But didn't your sister get married because she fell in love with the young master of the Hai family?"
Lu Tan asked.
"...Yes, Pisces does have a very good relationship with the young master of the Hai family. She may have really fallen in love with that person, but...but no, that is not love. She was confused. She
Bewitched!"
Having said this, the man who called himself Ayu was a little excited.
"You're saying that the Hai family used magic to confuse your sister and make her become a bride?"
Drizzt took a deep breath of smoke from his pipe and blew out a circle.
"No, no...it's hard for me to tell you, but the Haijia...we all like the Haijia. The Haijia is the savior of our town. No, I want to save Pisces. This goes on.
no......"
Ayu's words were a little unclear, making it difficult to understand what he wanted to express.
"Wait a minute, we were invited to the wedding by the Hai family. Why do you think we can save your sister instead of helping the Hai family?"
Drizzt sensed something was wrong.
"Because, because you are foreigners."
Ayu seemed to have found his focus and finally uttered a sentence that could be understood.
"Strangers? Don't you like strangers?"
Drizzt asked, and suddenly thought of Lu Jian. When he turned around, he saw that Lu Jian was gone.
He looked around hurriedly, only to find that Lu Tan had run into the group of old people and children at some point, and was catching crabs on the beach with a child.
"Don't count on him anymore..."
Drizzt continued to look at Ayu.
"Outlanders are not welcome in Dry Water Town, and outsiders will not gain the trust of the Hai family. I have no choice. If I want to save Pisces, I can only rely on you."
Ayu answered in a strange, forceful tone.
"...You said you should save Pisces, but the Hai family is probably the largest family in your town. It can also control the wind and rain. Shouldn't you be very happy to marry into their family?"
Drizzt thought for a while, and felt that he should be able to get some more information about the mission and this town from Ayu, so he continued.
"No, I am definitely not happy in the Hai family... The people in the Hai family are all very weird."
Ayu seemed to recall something bad.
"...They have stopped communicating with people in the town since twenty years ago. They all like to wear black clothes that cover their whole body and wear masks...Yishu's
mask."
Ding——
When Drizzt heard Ayu's words, his heart suddenly skipped a beat.
"You mean, a fish mask? What kind of mask is that?"
At this moment, dark clouds from nowhere came from the sea, temporarily blocking the sun. The entire beach and the entire sea covered Ayu and Drizzt.
Drizzt saw the gloom cast on the fisherman's face, which actually looked a bit ferocious.
"It's like a fish, a fish that can walk... Haijia's dance, the wave prayer dance, is just fish swimming in the sea... They seem to come from the sea..."
The clouds passed by, and the laughter of children came to his ears. Half of Ayu's face was illuminated by the sun, while the other half was hidden in the darkness. For a time, Drizzt had an illusion that half of Ayu's face was
, the eyeballs are protruding and turning into that fish-like monster.
"If Pisces marries into the Hai family, she will become like them, just like the previous brides..."
Ayu muttered to himself.
"You want us to save your sister, so what help can you provide us?"
Drizzt suppressed his inner uneasiness and asked.
"There is something in the Hai family's house. There is a very scary thing. They have no way to deal with it and can only guard it. If you find it, you can release the thing. The Hai family will not notice other people.
of."
Ayu became a little sober at this time and said in a calm voice.
"You mean some kind of monster?"
Drizzt felt that what Ayu said was also very strange.
It's as if rescuing his sister is just a pretext, and releasing the thing suppressed by the Hai family is the ultimate goal.
"No, it's not. It's the Hai family's own thing. It belongs to their own family. It will only react to people in the Hai family. It won't hurt you. It said it won't hurt other people."
At this time, Ayu opened his mouth and showed a funny smile.
"Do you know how to release that thing? What does it look like?"
Drizzt had a vague premonition.
"It's here. It's in an altar in the center of the Hai family mansion. As long as the stone on top of it is removed, it can be released. That's what it said. It's right. That's it. I figured it out."
Ayu's tone became confused, with a trembling tone.
"I figured it out, I won't hurt you, I will only take revenge on the Hai family, they hurt me..."
In the blink of an eye, the fisherman seemed to have become the incarnation of something. His cheeks twitched and his eyes narrowed, forming another strange expression that was completely opposite to the fish's eyes.
"May I have your name?"
Drizzt sensed something was wrong, he moved closer, the hand that was not holding the pipe quietly pressed his holster, and asked cautiously.
"My name is Ayu...I am...the Black Queen Mother."
For a moment, Ayu raised his head and saw only darkness in his eyes.
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