510 Taking Off (1/2)

Jiang Fei slid his hands away from the ever soft bosoms of the beautiful Mermaid Princess Ariel and quickly escaped into the swamp where the village of the Tidehunter Tribe was. Even though he had exclaimed that he wanted to calm the Fishmen, it was merely an excuse to avoid the storm that was brewing ever so violently.

After an hour or so, Jiang Fei managed to calm the Fishmen down and return to the beach. To his surprise, Jiang Fei saw Isabella and Ariel hugging and laughing together.

”What in the world happened? Did someone snap his fingers and end world suffering?”

Jiang Fei was shocked. Before he left, he was sure that Isabella was fuming. He had honestly thought that she might turn into a dragon and gobble up the poor little Mermaid Princess. How was it that the two were so close to each other? They were acting like they were sisters!

”It's not nice to eavesdrop on girl's secrets!” said Isabella when she noticed Jiang Fei peeking through a palm tree.

”Ehehehe… Sorry. I didn't hear a thing,” said Jiang Fei as he laughed awkwardly and came out of his hiding place. He dared not ask anything since Isabella seemed to have calmed down about Ariel. It was best not to disturb a sleeping lion.

”My love, my father is coming for me. We are fighting the Nagas and I must help my father. Please wait for me. I shall come for you as soon as I can!” said Ariel as she kissed Jiang Fei's cheek.

”Fret not my little sister, I shall take good care of him,” said Isabella before Jiang Fei could even respond.

”You have my thanks, elder sister. Your words give me peace,” said Ariel as she smiled at Isabella and hugged her once more.

At this moment, the waves grow violent for a minute and rows of tiger sharks appeared, forming a line. Soon, an army of Merfolks appeared and a Merman appeared in the middle of the parade holding a large trident.

The Merman was a middle-aged man that looked extremely handsome. The man had aged well and looked extremely manly with his golden armor and the trident in his hand.

”My love, my father is here. I shall take my leave now,” said Ariel as she left. As soon as she was waist level in the water, her legs turned into bubbles and her fishtail reappeared. In a blink of an eye, she swam toward King Elric and waved goodbye to Jiang Fei.

From afar, Jiang Fei could see the two exchange a few words and King Elric glared at Jiang Fei for a brief moment before returning into the sea.

”Hmph. Now that I have made my peace with little sister Ariel, I don't want to see you simply allowing butterflies landing on your flowers! Understand?” said Isabella.

Jiang Fei nodded.

”Where's your response?!” Isabella snarled like a tigress.

”Yes, madam! It will never happen again, madam!” cried Jiang Fei as he stood still like a soldier.

”Good!”

”But it's really not my fault this time… She came to me on her own accord. All I did was cure her with the mushroom…”

”No excuse! You are not allowed to hypnotize other poor girls!” cried the jealous Isabella.

”Yes, madam!” cried Jiang Fei fearfully.

”Hmph!” Isabella scoffed disgruntledly. She knew that it was not Jiang Fei's fault but who could reason with a girl who was obviously jealous.

”Shall we continue our hunt? We still need a couple hundred more of the Sea Serpent's Nerve strand,” said Jiang Fei. To be honest, Jiang Fei was madly curious about what the girls did when he was in the Fishmen village. How could the little red chili pepper calm down? What did Ariel do? What did Isabella do? Alas, Jiang Fei would never know since he did not dare to ask her about it. It was still best to leave it at that.

What followed next was dull. Jiang Fei and Isabella continued their hunt. Due to the poor efficiency of killing monsters underwater, Jiang Fei still failed to collect a thousand Serpent's Nerves by the end of the day.

Jiang Fei logged out at 5 am instead of the regular 6. He did that so that he had enough time to prepare to leave the house before his parents woke up. He could not bear to see his mother crying again.

He placed a note saying that he was leaving and would be back in a week or the longest, a month. He then slowly opened his room door and tip-toed out of the house.

”Ah Fei, are you leaving now?” asked his father as soon as Jiang Fei walked into the living room.

His father was sitting on the sofa, staring at the window all night, not able to sleep.

”Yes,” said Jiang Fei adamantly.

”Alright. I won't hold you back. Take care and good luck,” said his father. Even though his words were cold and short, it meant a lot to Jiang Fei. His father had always been a man of few words.

”Please dad, stay at home and spend more time with mom,” said Jiang Fei as he tried his absolute best not to cry.

”Yeah, yeah… Why do you think I've been working my ass off this whole time? It was all for you. Now that money means nothing to you, I can finally rest and spend my time with your mother. It's been ages since we went out for a date. I wonder if I still have the skills to charm her…” said his father before he chuckled to himself. He had finally admitted that he loved his son very much and worked with his blood, sweat, and tears for him. As a result, he had forsaken his mother and it was about time to pay back the time lost at work.