Chapter 284 Rosette, the God of the Sea

After coaxing Nesser away, Maggie returned to the treehouse. This time, she really needed to rest; her head was throbbing terribly. She had talked so much with the little jellyfish just to distract herself.

Now that I'm no longer fixated on the fact that Nesser is the human form of the Forest God, my nerves relax, and an indescribable feeling of exhaustion immediately washes over me.

Anyway, she doesn't need to participate in the Forest Spirit Competition anymore, and there are still four days until the final settlement, so she can relax for a while. This is a rare opportunity when she's out there.

Maggie threw herself back onto the bed and peacefully closed her eyes.

Roy, the little ghost, and the little jellyfish were waiting for Maggie to return so they could continue their conversation. But when Maggie came back to the house, she lay flat on her stomach with her hands folded over her belly, posing herself as if she were a dead person. For a moment, the study became strangely quiet.

Roy and the little ghost exchanged a glance, then looked at Maggie, who had inexplicably fallen asleep. Finally, the little ghost muttered a speechless complaint.

"This woman is becoming increasingly abnormal."

Roy immediately raised his eyebrows, clearly displeased with the little ghost's words, but fearing that his words would disturb Maggie's sleep, he could only go over and tap the little ghost on the head before leading him out of the treehouse.

In fact, the moment Maggie closed her eyes, she was dragged into a dream and didn't hear the little ghost saying bad things about her.

In her dream, she seemed to fall into the sea, and no one came to save her. She just kept falling down until she sank completely to the bottom of the sea.

Maggie's body was still asleep. She did not struggle as she fell. Her loose black hair and pure white dress floated in the water, like a princess who had fallen into the water and was about to die.

Being enveloped by the water wasn't a pleasant feeling for Maggie, because she couldn't swim.

Maggie felt like she was experiencing sleep paralysis; her body was immobile, but her mind was clear. She could sense the changes around her and feel herself being submerged in water.

Moreover, she discovered that she could actually breathe underwater without experiencing pain from water entering her lungs or suffocating from lack of oxygen.

Just as Maggie was vaguely wondering when she would reach the bottom, her chest suddenly throbbed twice, but the thud quickly disappeared.

Just when Maggie thought it was an illusion, the feeling in her chest, like a heartbeat, reappeared, and this time it didn't disappear, but slowly overlapped with her own heartbeat.

Maggie instinctively sensed that something was approaching her, but she still couldn't wake up. She could only wait quietly for the thing to get closer, feeling her heartbeat becoming clearer and clearer.

Until... her waist was encircled by a strong arm, and another hand pressed on her head. She leaned against his chest, and when she touched his skin, it was not only icy cold but also had a texture similar to fish scales.

Smooth and hard.

"What's going on...? Humans? How strange humans are... why do they have my heart...?"

The voice in my ear was so beautiful it was like being pregnant with your ears, like a dream, with a hint of doubt mixed in.

"!"

Maggie sensed something was wrong. After struggling, she finally broke free from the nightmare and suddenly opened her eyes. She opened her mouth and blew out a string of bubbles, trying to speak but unable to make a sound.

Although she can breathe, she cannot speak underwater.

So she could only pat the guy who was hugging her to remind him that she was awake.

Sure enough, sensing her movement, the arms around her waist loosened, and Maggie finally saw what the person in front of her... no, what the mermaid in front of her looked like.

He has the same features as Rosette, the sea god in the comics, and also bears some resemblance to Xiu.

However, the color of his eyes was not light purple, but a deep purple to the point of being blue, like the deepest part of a dark sea, which made people's hearts tremble just by looking directly at them.

He gives off a completely different feeling from the forest god Haransel; one is pure and clean, while the other is like an abyss.

"Why is my heart inside you?"

Rosette finally released Maggie completely, but her gaze remained fixed on Maggie. Her tone was slow and deliberate, but her eyes seemed to be watching her prey, or perhaps she was on high alert against a thief.

"..."

Maggie remained silent, because she couldn't speak in the water.

However, seeing Rosette's gaze gradually turning cold, Maggie thought for a moment and used light magic to spell out a sentence in the water, which sparkled and slightly illuminated the somewhat dark seabed.

It uses the common language of the mainland, which fortunately was already established in the Golden Dragon Age and has been basically unchanged since. The current timeline should be shortly after the end of the Scourge of the Undead, so Rosette should be able to understand it.

'I have no idea.'

Maggie tried her best to appear genuine, because she really didn't know anything.

Rosette, the sea goddess, is the most intelligent god in the story. If she were to lie, this mermaid would probably see through it at a glance.

"..."

Rosette saw the words Maggie had drawn in the water and fell silent as well.

"Come back with me."

After a while, he said something that seemed to indicate he believed her, which made Maggie feel much more relaxed.

Although she is invincible here and doesn't have to worry about getting hurt or dying, being treated as a thief is too humiliating.

Perhaps because she couldn't swim, or perhaps because she was worried that she would run away, Rosette deliberately held Maggie's wrist and swam forward with her.

Maggie followed behind Rosette, her gaze unconsciously drifting to her arm. A blush gradually spread across her face, but more than that, she was annoyed.

Of course she still remembered that the last time she dreamed of the forest god Haransel, and the memory was particularly vivid!

Because last time, before she woke up in the dream, she was planning to cleanse Harlanser's body of the pollution as a good deed.

As a result, his vines suddenly went out of control halfway through the cleanup of the pollution!

The vines that were originally wrapped around Harlanser's hair climbed up her arms along with Harlanser's clasped hands, tightening their entanglement. Even more outrageous, some of them even reached inside her cuffs and collar.

Fortunately, Harlancel managed to control the vines in time, preventing the situation from becoming even more awkward.

The innocent Elf King blushed deeply on the spot and stammered an apology, leaving Maggie unable to vent her anger and forced to silently swallow her grievance.

Because Maggie knew he definitely didn't do it on purpose.

As she cleansed the pollution from him, she clearly felt the power within his body become disordered for a moment, which is why the vines inexplicably wrapped around her, though the reason is currently unknown.

But the thought of Harlanthal and the vines sharing a similar feeling made Maggie uncomfortable; she felt like someone had taken advantage of her...

Maggie sighed inwardly, but there was nothing she could do. She could only pull herself out of her thoughts and observe her surroundings.