How to become a mermaid

Chapter 22 Bet
How did the people on the merchant ship notice Johnny?

Rewind time to a few minutes ago.

merchant ship.

A one-eyed sailor leaned against the rail of the deck, resting his head on one hand, watching Johnny splashing in the water.

His eyes are different from ordinary people, the color is light yellow, and the pupil size is much smaller than ordinary people, it looks like a bird.

"Baron, that kid said his grandfather was on our ship, do you want to save him?" He asked his companion.

"Don't mind your own business, Hawke." Another crew member standing on the deck said indifferently.

The two of them were the crew members responsible for cleaning the deck, and they had noticed Johnny in the water early in the morning.

"But... I kind of want to know who this kid's grandfather is. It seems that someone got off the boat nearby." Hawk stroked the stubble on his chin and said with great interest.

"Liar." Barron responded to his companion coldly.

"Why don't we make a bet! How about betting ten gold coins? See if that kid is telling the truth!" Hawke took out a yellow cloth bag, took out ten gold coins from it, and placed them in front of his companion.

"Are you idle?" Barron glanced at Hawke in disgust.

"Ah——" Hawke leaned on the bow rail, looked at the sky and grumbled: "It's very idle, I'm so idle, this voyage is too long, there is not even a female creature on board except for Miss Tess , I'm almost bored to death."

"How about it, do you want to bet with me?" Hawke asked again.

"Five gold coins." Baron compromised.

"Okay! I knew you would agree, I bet he was telling the truth!" Seeing his companion agreeing, Hawke jumped up happily.

"Ding..." The sound of gold coins suddenly sounded above Hawke's head.

A dozen or so gold coins shining with golden light fell from the top of Hawke's head, and two of them just hit his head.

"We want to gamble too!" The two sailors on the observation deck poked their heads out and said in unison.

No, these are not two sailors, he has only one body, but with two heads.

"No problem!" Hawke picked up the gold coins on the deck and asked the two-headed man on the observation deck: "You bet that he lied, or did he not lie?"

"I bet he lied!" said the head on the left.

"I bet he's telling the truth!" The head on the right had a different opinion.

"Okay, Roy said he lied, and Ron said he didn't lie!" Hawke nodded and put away the gold coins.

"Little Hawk, I want one too."

"Add me."

"I want to bet too!"

When the other crew members on the ship heard the movement, they all came over and joined the gamble.

Hawke was surrounded, and soon he was surrounded by gold coins.

Sailing at sea is so boring, they all want to have some fun.

"Hey, hey, you guys are yelling about not sailing the boat properly, it made me fall asleep, be careful I will deduct your salary." A young man with messy hair came out of the cabin.

He was wearing a silk pajamas, holding a black cat with smooth and soft fur in his hands. If you ignore the two fiery red horns on his forehead, he looks like an ordinary young man.

"Captain Mooney!" Hawke stood up straight when he saw the young man in pajamas.

"We just..." Hawk approached Mooney and told him about the bet just now.

As long as it's about the things on this ship, Mony can't hide it. Anyway, he doesn't restrict the crew to form a few small bets, so Hawke told the truth directly.

After listening to Hawke's explanation, Money's eyes lit up, as if interested.

He walked to the bow and glanced at Johnny who was flopping in the water, handed the cat in his hand to Hawke, and said, "I bet you too, I bet he is a liar, and the bet is Miss Tess."

Miss Tess is the black cat in his hand.

"After winning Tess, you have to brush her fur three times a day. Before each brushing, you must massage for half an hour, give her water in time when she is thirsty, and offer food with both hands when she is hungry. If it's hand-baked dried fish, you have to bake it yourself..." Money carefully passed on Miss Tess' breeding experience to Hawke, and said a long list in one breath.

"Meow~" the black cat let out a proud cry with its head held high, as if agreeing with Moni's statement.

"Captain..." Hawk said with a bitter face, "If you want to find a new servant for Miss Tess, just say so."

"Hey, you found out!" Mo Ni laughed.

He glanced at Johnny in the water, and said, "That little guy can't hold it anymore, throw him a rope!"

"Yes, Captain!"

A long hemp rope was thrown from the boat.

Time goes back to the present.

"Come on and climb hard, you little guy!" Hawke on the boat encouraged loudly.

Johnny clung to the rope tightly and was swayed by the sea wind.

"Ahhh!!" After hearing Hawke's encouragement, he burst out with a strong desire to survive, gritted his teeth and climbed up.

Johnny's hands were worn out by the rough rope, blood oozing out, and his legs were red, swollen and hot due to the friction, but he didn't dare to stop, squirming and crawling bit by bit.

Like a caterpillar, Jonny finally squirmed to the side of the boat little by little, and desperately grabbed the round pole with his hands.

A hand stretched out, and Hawke lifted Jonny onto the boat with one hand like a chicken.

"Captain! The man has been brought back!" Hawke reported excitedly.

"Ahem..." Johnny coughed weakly twice.

As soon as he got up from the deck, he saw dozens of pairs of eyes of different colors staring at him unblinkingly, as if looking at some strange object.

"Plop!" Jonny was so frightened by the battle that he sat down on the ground.

"You guys...yes...sorry! Trouble... trouble everyone!" Jonny propped his hands on the ground, his body trembling, stumbling and unable to speak much.

"It's okay." Moni, standing in front of the crew, comforted with a smile.

He approached Jonny, knelt down and squeezed Jonny's face, looked back and forth several times, and asked suspiciously: "You said your grandfather was once our crew member? Did I ever have such an ugly crew member? Or You look nothing like your grandfather?"

"...I...I'm not ugly." Jonny blushed and suppressed the words from his mouth.

He wasn't ugly, he just had an ordinary appearance, but Johnny had a lot of freckles on his face, and even after washing his face, he looked dirty.

Moreover, due to dehydration and hunger, he is currently in a very bad condition. He looks haggard, with sunken eye sockets and dull eyes. This is naturally a bit ugly.

"What was your grandfather's name?" Money asked.

"His name is...Clark Edel." Johnny glanced at Mooney and said with some trepidation.

　want tickets...

　　ps: I originally wanted to give Joni’s surname Yeager, but after thinking about it, I’d better forget it, it’s too free for me to hold back.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)