Standing up, Canberra elegantly patted the sand off her skirt with a few tentacles, then strolled towards the deep sea before her.
She could already hear sounds from the human hotel nearby; most people had finished dinner and were preparing to take a walk along the coast.
She had to leave early; she didn’t want to cause those humans to scream again just because she was seen.
Diving back into the sea, Canberra’s tentacles behind her swayed gently, and a string of white splashes flashed in the water.
Canberra quickly returned to the deep sea, thousands of meters from the coast.
Catching her rushing daughter, Mrs.
Granger smiled and ruffled her hair.
“Who were you chatting with just now?” “A girl my age, she was right there…” Hermione said, turning to point at the spot where Canberra had been.
However, the spot was now empty.
“Huh?
She was just there.” Hermione blinked in confusion, “Did she leave in another direction?” “Possibly, she might have gone to find her parents.” Mr.
Granger gently offered a guess, then took Hermione and Mrs.
Granger for a stroll along the coast.
The sea at night always felt more dangerous than during the day.
Accompanied by her parents, Hermione instinctively kept a greater distance from the sea.
In the deep sea, Canberra maintained her human form and slowly “sank” to the seabed.
Unbeknownst to her, the name Canberra was automatically recorded in a book, faintly shimmering with golden light.
The next day, as the sun shone on the sea, Canberra, who had been sitting cross-legged on the seabed all night, opened her eyes and looked up at the surface.
“It’s morning…” Canberra blinked, her tentacles behind her swayed slightly, and she approached the Cornwall Coast at her fastest speed.
She was still curious about the thing called an ATV that the little girl mentioned last night, thinking that people would probably be playing with it during the day.
As long as someone was playing with it, she would be able to see how the thing worked.
Although she was already a Kaiju tens of millions or even hundreds of millions of years old, Canberra always believed she maintained a young, curious heart.
Stopping about five hundred meters from the Cornwall Coast, Canberra’s eyes could already clearly see everything on the shore.
In her sight, there happened to be a parent about to take a little girl to play on an ATV.
“It’s that little girl from last night.” Canberra murmured to herself, floating quietly in the seawater, watching Hermione, who was hugged by her mother and sitting on the ATV.
Hermione was hugged by Mrs.
Granger as she sat on the ATV, and she subconsciously swallowed.
This was her first time riding such a vehicle; she felt both nervous and excited.
After seeing the little girl carefully examining the ATV last night, even curiously poking it with her hand.
Hermione pestered Mrs.
Granger this morning, begging her to take her to ride an ATV.
Mrs.
Granger, who wanted her daughter to be more lively, naturally wouldn’t miss this opportunity; she immediately agreed to Hermione’s request.
She directly hugged her onto the ATV, and after paying the fee, the staff helped start the ATV.
Mrs.
Granger tossed her hair elegantly, “Hermione, hold on tight.” Hermione’s smile stiffened, and she quickly turned and hugged her mother’s waist tightly.
“Mom, take it easy.” “Take it easy?” Mrs.
Granger raised an eyebrow, “What’s the fun in riding an ATV gently?” No sooner had she spoken than Mrs.
Granger stomped on the accelerator, and the ATV shot forward rapidly.
The roar of the engine echoed on the beach, and Mrs.
Granger’s driving skills were surprisingly good.
At least Hermione was very shocked by this; she looked up at her mother with an incredulous expression.
Mrs.
Granger focused on driving the ATV, not forgetting to ask Hermione a question.
“Hermione, how is it?
Is it fun?” Hermione turned her head, looked at the rapidly passing scenery ahead, and felt the whistling wind in her ears, her smile gradually widening.
“Fun!” Hermione cheered happily, and at the same time, she made up her mind that when she was older, she would definitely drive an ATV herself.
Watching the little girl cheering on the ATV, a tentacle behind Canberra emerged from the sea and scratched her head.
“This speed…
is it fast?
Why is she so happy?” Canberra didn’t quite understand; if it was about speed, her swimming or flying speed was already much faster than this.
But she usually didn’t feel very happy, nor would she cheer like this.
Throughout her long years, Canberra mostly felt peaceful.
A tranquility accumulated over time…
well, actually, it was a habit of zoning out because there were no other Kaijus fighting, so she didn’t need to run around.
Floating on the surface of the sea for a while, Canberra watched until Hermione and Mrs.
Granger got off the ATV, and then both put on swim rings and walked into the sea before she turned and left.
The ATV, she could try it at night, even though she couldn’t start the thing normally.
But she could “start” the ATV in a different way.
Anyway, as long as the car could run, there shouldn’t be any difference, right?
With this thought, Canberra returned to the Cornwall Coast again when all the tourists had gone to dinner.
Straddling the ATV seat, this time Canberra didn’t waste time trying to step on the pedals; instead, she let the dozen or so tentacles under her skirt hang down onto the sand, twisting and exerting force.
The ATV tires spun wildly, driving across the beach at a speed it could never normally achieve.
At the same time, Hermione quickly finished the food on her plate, stood up, and wanted to walk out of the restaurant, but after taking one step, she remembered she should tell her mother and quickly turned back.
“Mom, I’m going for a walk on the beach first, to see if I can run into the girl I met yesterday.” Mrs.
Granger nodded, putting down her knife and fork, “Hermione, didn’t you see her on the coast during the day?” “No.” Hermione shook her head honestly.
“Right,” Mrs.
Granger smiled, “After all, there are so many tourists on the coast.” “Go ahead, maybe you two really can meet again.” “But be careful, stay away from the sea, and be wary of strangers around you.” “Mhm, I know.” Hermione nodded vigorously in agreement, then trotted out of the restaurant.
“Is our precious daughter preparing to make friends?” Mr.
Granger looked at Hermione’s retreating figure with a smile.
“It seems so; maybe that little girl whose name we don’t know is very much to Hermione’s liking.” Mrs.
Granger picked up her knife and fork and took a bite of food; Hermione showing the desire to make friends actively still made them very happy.
No matter how excellent their child was, as parents, they certainly wouldn’t want her life to consist only of studying and books.
Being able to actively make friends made her and her husband very happy for Hermione.
Canberra “drove” the ATV around the beach twice, and after not feeling very happy, she directly parked the ATV back in its original spot and got off.
Just in time, Hermione also arrived at the coast, looking at the silhouette in front of her that was only visible in outline, just like yesterday, she friendly waved at the silhouette.
“Hey, good evening, are you also here for a walk again?” Canberra turned to look at Hermione, blinked, and slowly nodded.
“Hmm…
I guess so.” Hermione chuckled, smoothed her skirt with her hand, and sat down on the sand.
Seeing this, Canberra also mimicked her actions, smoothing her skirt with her hand before sitting down on the sand.
“I have a question, I don’t know if I should ask you, or rather, if I can ask you.” “Ask away.” Canberra nodded, very curious what this human female Little Cub would ask her.
“Today, when I was riding the ATV with my mom, I found a very small hole on the side of the ATV.” “That small hole was about the size of a child’s finger my age.” “Then I thought of you, because I feel like your age is very similar to mine.” “And,” Hermione paused, “and when I saw you last night, you were right next to the ATV, looking like you were fiddling with it, so was that little hole made by you?” The tentacles behind Canberra twisted slightly, leaving a series of wet, sticky marks on the sand.
“There are so many people…
children on this beach, why would you think of me?” “Oh, if you ask why.” Hermione raised her hand and rubbed her chin.
“Maybe it’s intuition?” Canberra chuckled, reached out, grabbed a handful of sand, and casually tossed it into the air.
“Aren’t you afraid?
If that little hole really was made by me, I couldn’t be an ordinary child, could I?” “Aren’t you afraid I’ll do something to you?” Hermione giggled; she sat on the ground, turned to face Canberra, and spread her hands.
“I’m just an ordinary little girl with no strength.
If you were really a bad person and wanted to hurt me, I would have already been in trouble, wouldn’t I?” “Pfft,” Canberra burst out laughing, “You really are insightful.” “But have you ever thought that I might not be human?” Canberra looked at Hermione with a mix of curiosity and playfulness, her tentacles slowly wriggling behind her.
“I really haven’t thought of that, because you look like a person.
If you’re not a person, what would you be?” “Vampire?
Werewolf?” Canberra looked amusedly at the human female Little Cub opposite her, “If I really wasn’t human, wouldn’t you be afraid I’d eat you?” “No,” Hermione shook her head without hesitation, “Sometimes humans can be much scarier than other creatures.” “Moreover, I myself am very interested in Kaijus, and they are probably the most dangerous non-human beings.” “But I think they are really fascinating, you know, Kaijus…” Canberra’s eyes pierced through the darkness, looking at the human female Little Cub opposite her, listening as she, a Kaiju herself, gave her a lecture on Kaijus.
“So I think, since Kaijus have both good and evil, then other creatures must also have both, and as for you, I think you should be kind.” Hermione curled her legs, rested her chin on her knees, and smiled at Canberra’s figure opposite her.
“Well said, your human understanding of Kaijus is quite rich.” Seeing that Hermione wasn’t afraid, Canberra simply stopped pretending to be human and admitted it generously.
“You really aren’t human!” Hermione became emotional, “I knew it!
You wouldn’t let me see your appearance, and that little hole on the ATV.” “Hahaha, yes.” Canberra admitted with a chuckle.
“Then what exactly are you?
What are your species’ habits?
Why are you here?” Hermione’s eyes burned with intense curiosity; she rattled off several questions like a machine gun.
“Hehehe, calm down, Little Cub.” Canberra said helplessly, stopping Hermione’s “machine gun” questions.
“What exactly am I, hmm, aren’t you very interested in Kaijus?
I am one.” Hermione froze in place for a few seconds, “Oh, I’m sorry, I might have misheard just now, what did you say you are?” Canberra’s tentacles behind her curled slightly, and a very happy smile appeared on her face.
“You didn’t mishear, Little Cub, I am a Kaiju.” “But, aren’t they all,” Hermione drew a large circle with both hands, “I mean, aren’t you all supposed to be very big, Kaijus?” Canberra raised an eyebrow and said teasingly, “You even said it when you introduced them, Kaijus are all very mysterious.” “Then it’s not that strange for one to be able to transform into a human form, is it?” “This, it seems so.” Hermione nodded hesitantly.
“But you’re also right, my original state was indeed very large.” “As for our species’ habits, I am the only one of my kind of Kaiju.
Don’t ask me about my parents, because I don’t know either.” “Oh, I’m very sorry.” Hermione said politely.
Canberra waved her hand dismissively, “It’s fine, I don’t feel anything about it.” “As for why I came here,” Canberra pouted, “because the place I used to live became very noisy after you humans built a research station there.” Hermione listened to Canberra’s words and awkwardly touched her nose, “We were just trying to understand the world, we didn’t know it bothered you.” “It’s okay,” Canberra spread her hands, and her tentacles behind her also swayed, “Anyway, before you humans appeared, I often moved to avoid battles between other Kaijus, so I’m used to it.” “Alright.” Hermione said with a smile.
Canberra swayed as she stood up, looked at Hermione, and thought for a moment, “You’re so interested in us Kaijus, do you want to see one with your own eyes?
Feel it up close?” “I can transform into my true form for you to see.” “Really?!” Hermione excitedly jumped up from the sand, looking at Canberra with surprise.
“But won’t this cause you trouble?
I mean, won’t you be seen by others?
There are satellites in the sky, won’t they photograph you?
Will the military come to fight you?” Hermione once again launched into her “machine gun” speech, and the more she spoke, the more worried she became.
“Forget it, forget it, you’d better not reveal your true form, it will cause you trouble.” Canberra burst into laughter; this Little Cub’s rapid-fire worrying was just too cute.
She shook her head and said softly, “No, don’t worry, it’s so dark now, they won’t find me, and even if they do.” Canberra’s face showed a strong confidence, and she spoke as straightforwardly as when she revealed her identity as a Kaiju, “With human speed, even your warships?
It’s impossible to catch me on the open sea.”