Chapter 48 Chapter Forty Seven

"So we're out of luck again?" Emily looked at him, then at D, trying to make sense of the situation. "We had no hope at all from the beginning," Setus said. "No one ever escapes the commission's court. Here, they are the law itself." "Then why didn't you say it earlier! We all came here to die!" Emily pouted and turned around in disgust.It was evident that she no longer considered Setus her friend now. "Because he wants to see her." I interjected.I can not hold it in. Hearing these words, Cetus suddenly turned his head and stared at me.

"Please, anyone can see that." I glanced at him and shrugged.Maybe it was D's relaxed stance that finally caught on to me, and to be honest, I wasn't as outraged by him for putting us "in danger again" as Emily was. But Emily just wants to tear me down. "Her? Which her?" she asked aloud. The mermaid soldiers leading the way immediately turned around.I hastily grabbed her and gave her a perfunctory smile.After the mermaid soldier turned his head inexplicably, I glanced at Cetus, lowered my voice, and tentatively said, "He and the queen are lovers."

Emily suddenly realized.Setus fell silent. In fact, before speaking, I was not sure.There is no doubt that the relationship between the two of them is close, which can be seen from her "special care" for him, but I dare not rashly characterize this relationship.But Setus's reaction surprised me.When I mentioned her, his resolute face instantly became gentle, just like the boys I saw in love on the shore, and he didn't even refute me a word. The two of them are indeed a pair of lovers, and the degree of intimacy is far beyond my imagination.After confirming this, I was actually as shocked as Emily.

The mermaid soldiers leading the way stopped in their tracks. "Please rest here temporarily, waiting for the call." He said, "The palace is important, please don't walk around." Emily reacted quickly this time. "Are they putting us under house arrest?" she said, frowning. "It's better than going straight to jail." D patted Setus on the shoulder, "Thanks to you." Setus kept a cold face and said nothing.Clearly, D was joking about his relationship with the Queen, but he himself was not happy. But even more unhappy is Emily.Behind him, two mermaid soldiers carrying Little S put down the stretcher.She looked worriedly at her boyfriend who was still unconscious, frowning.

Little S was extremely heroic in the arena.He had a lot of injuries, none of which were fatal, but he also lost a lot of blood.His glasses were broken a long time ago, and the frame was lost somewhere. A not-so-shallow wound on his forehead was clearly visible. Blood trickled down his blond hair and gathered beside his eye sockets and nose. His entire face looked completely unrecognizable.But he's still breathing.The slow rise and fall of his chest proved that his life had not left him.Although we bumped all the way, he never opened his eyes. Emily's arm was also injured, but she didn't care.She just looked at her boyfriend anxiously and gently stroked his cheek.I couldn't help but think that her heart was far stronger than her appearance.

This is a slightly smaller square courtyard, and we walked into the room along the marble cloister.It still looks like a temple, and the interior furnishings are simple and spotless. Behind the screen, I saw an open-air pool built of white marble. There was a hot spring behind our room. While we were dumbfounded at this hot spring, Cetus did something even more unbelievable.He bent down to pick up the unconscious little S, and threw him into the pool without saying a word. Emily yelled, and she jumped in immediately.I froze there, not knowing whether I should jump in together or just stand on the shore like this.Until D beside him jumped into the hot spring with a "plop".

"Come down." He greeted me with his hand. Now only Cetus and I stand on the shore.I looked at him inexplicably, and then looked at D in the hot spring, not knowing whether to jump or not, until I heard a familiar voice. "I'm scalded to death!" Xiao S shouted.He thumped desperately in the pool, finally caught the shore, and then jumped out. Emily in the pool stared at him dumbfounded.Not just her, all of us focused on Xiao S, watching him jumping around and shouting like nothing happened.His shirt was soaked and clinging to him, but all the blood had been washed off.There was not a single wound on his body.

He didn't look like he was injured at all. Emily cried out in delight.She looked at her arm, and the obvious scratch just now was gone.Her skin returned to its original state, just like Xiao S.Just like me.Just like D. "I said that I don't have the ability to heal, but our spring water can." Setus forced a smile and sat down on the ground by the pool. "It's amazing!" Emily looked down at the steaming hot spring, carefully inspecting her fully healed arm. "It's nothing unusual. We have hot springs everywhere," said Setus. Little S bent down, and carefully put his hand into the hot spring, "It healed my injury? So it's good for me?"

"Of course," Cetus replied proudly, before adding, "It's good for anyone." "Then why didn't you come in?" Little S suddenly raised his head and asked. Emily and I stared at him in unison. Setus froze.I don't know if it's because of the light in the room, but I think his cheeks are a little red.After a while, he muttered in a low voice: "Why should I go in?" Then he got up quickly and left. After Setus left, Emily looked at the pool of water in front of her and began to hesitate.She swam to the shore, and Xiao S reached out and pulled her up.

"Let's find some dry clothes to change into." She hurriedly said to us, and then left with Xiao S. Only D is still soaking in the hot spring.He waved at me. I gritted my teeth, sat down by the pool, took off my shoes, and put my numb and swollen feet into the steaming water.The moment my toes broke through the water, a gust of hot air rushed up along the soles of my feet, and then quickly flowed through my limbs and bones.Immediately my feet stopped hurting.Unable to resist the temptation, I took a deep breath and slid into the pool. I'm dizzy.I felt extremely light in my body, as if my whole body was floating, and with the waves, it changed into swaying seaweed.I don't feel my limbs, I don't feel any gravity, or force of any kind, just the water, soft and light, and they seem to become my body and I melt into the flow itself.

"The mermaids are the longest-lived clan among the elves, largely because of these hot springs." D hugged me from behind, and said to me softly, "These hot springs can almost bring people back to life." "Then why doesn't he come in?" I thought of Setus who had left suddenly. "Because the mermaid's legs will turn into fish tails in the water." D smiled, "Maybe our friend doesn't want to show his tail in front of us yet." The Mermaid Palace is located at the top of the mountain.From here I can see the vast city below me, with dense waterways and magnificent buildings.I saw the blue waves above my head, and I saw schools of fish and coral and seaweed.I saw in the distance the amphitheatre, glowing with water and light.But those are no longer important. D is beside me. I lean on him.I lay in the steaming pool water.We are safe for now.Maybe we'll be tried by a council court tomorrow - as Setus said - and no one escapes death.But that's after tomorrow.Now I just want to be with D and enjoy the rare moment of calm before the storm. Because tomorrow maybe everything will be different. Maybe I'll die tomorrow.