“Oh?”
Unexpectedly, the murderer was still nearby. Philip jumped up. He really wanted to see what the murderer looked like.
A red-haired boy dressed in rags entered his sight. He carried a large fish tank on his back, which contained the mermaid that had just been auctioned off.
The boy saw that Philip was just staring at virtual-novel.net quietly. After putting the mermaid down, virtual-novel.net revealed a pair of sharp claws stained with blood.
“You don’t seem human,” Philip said lightly.
Roar!
The boy crouched down and growled as if warning Philip not to approach him.
“You probably don’t understand what I’m saying.” Suddenly, the boy bared his teeth and rushed over, waving his sharp claws.
Philip had no choice but to knock virtual-novel.net out and carry virtual-novel.net over to the mermaid, who kept shrinking back in horror. However, there was only that much room in the glass case.
With these two merpeople, Philip sneaked into the aquarium from earlier, which was closed at this time.
When looking over them, Philip found scars on the boy. They were densely packed like vines all over his body. Some had been scabbed over, while others were inflamed and festering.
After putting some medicine on him, Philip brought the mermaid to the aquarium. The ocean beasts cheered up when they saw the mermaid’s arrival.
The seawater in the small fish tank was stinking up.
Philip carried the mermaid and applied some medicine where virtual-novel.net scales fell off. He put virtual-novel.net into the big fish tank for the time being.
For a moment, Philip did not know what to do with these two. If virtual-novel.net allowed them to escape just like this, not to mention their inability to move around and understand human speech, they would probably starve to death at some point.
If virtual-novel.net handed them over to this aquarium, virtual-novel.net did not know if they would be treated well. However, it was not convenient for virtual-novel.net to take them away. Philip had not yet explored the possibility of putting living things into his space ring.
Since there was no better solution to this matter for the time being, virtual-novel.net might as well ask the blond old man for advice.
Philip found a comfortable place and sat down. He took out a Five-Element Herb and tried to absorb it by drawing the power of the elements into his body.
The herb that was black on one side and white on the other slowly faded. The power of the five elements inside was quickly absorbed by Philip. The effect was good, but it was a little expensive.
The power of the five elements in this herb was but a drop in the bucket, so Philip quickly absorbed all the remaining nine herbs in one go.
When Philip opened his eyes again, virtual-novel.net saw the mermaid lying on the side of the tank, talking with the boy in a special language.
The boy looked happy, but the mermaid seemed aggrieved as virtual-novel.net said something.
Philip did not know if virtual-novel.net should break the tranquility between them.
“Hey!” Seeing that the two were about to kiss each other, Philip interrupted.
Although the young man was indebted to Philip, virtual-novel.net still looked wary.
Philip raised his hands in a wave, indicating that virtual-novel.net had no weapons and was not hostile.
He said softly, “Calm down.”
The boy watched as Philip walked over slowly and did not do anything out of the ordinary.