My two-dimensional resident

"I didn't... I just..."

After being outmaneuvered by Lin Tian, ​​Erza realized that she had been too sensitive and impulsive.

But you can't entirely blame her. She had just been betrayed by her most trusted companion, who was also her childhood sweetheart, which made her instinctively wary of others.

She was completely unaware of all of this at such a young age.

When she heard Lin Tian tell her to go back, her deepest instinct told her that Lin Tian didn't want her anymore. That's why she reacted so strongly.

"Alright, I don't blame you. Just believe that I'll always be by your side, always your brother. Little Erza, forget what happened in the past, and be an optimistic and strong person."

If you can't do it yourself, but want to go back and take revenge, your brother can help you..."

What happened at the Tower of Paradise will forever remain a hurdle in Erza's heart, an eternal nightmare.

Lin Tian hoped she would forget this pain, but he had not personally experienced Erza's suffering, and could not force Erza to completely obey him.

"No! Brother, I will handle my own affairs. I don't want to be someone who always needs your help... Didn't we make a promise this morning? That I would protect you when I become stronger... So I will handle my own affairs."

By then, I'll have become stronger...

Having lost her family at a young age, Erza is stronger and more independent than her peers, which is why she was able to become a key member of the resistance in the Tower of Paradise and overthrow the rule of the evil sorcerer.

After arriving on the island, she met Lin Tian and others. Their care and love gave her affection and made her feel the most precious feeling she had always wanted, allowing her to return to being an innocent and carefree little girl.

But Erza is still Erza, a strong and resilient Erza.

"Hmm...this is the Erza I know."

Watching Erza's expression change little by little, Lin Tian's feelings shifted. He raised his arm and gently touched Erza's tear-stained eyepatch.

"Your eye mask is all wet. Come on, brother will take you to change it. By the way, the world Ilya lives in has more advanced medicine. Once the island's air route reopens, brother will take you to Ilya's world and help you heal your eyes..."

"really?"

When Erza heard that her injured and blinded eyes could be healed, a glimmer of hope appeared on her face.

"Of course it's true! Ilya's world is similar to your brother's world, a world with advanced modern technology. The level of medicine is much better than in your world... Even if it can't be cured, we can ask Ilya to help you create an alchemical magic eye."

Lin Tian stroked Erza's head, feeling the silky smooth hair. He began to wonder if he had awakened some kind of fetish, a particular fondness for touching girls' hair.

"Alright, let's go back... Kikyo and Ace were very worried about you!"

"Um..."

......

Before they even returned to the plaza, Lin Tian and Erza saw Kikyo and Erza walking towards them.

When Erza saw Kikyo and the others coming to find her, she took a few quick steps and ran to Kikyo, hugging her leg.

"Sister Kikyo! Brother Ace! I'm so sorry for making you worry!"

"Little Erza, it's good that you're alright."

Kikyo lowered her head, gazing at Erza. A hint of reminiscence appeared on her eternally beautiful face, as if she were recalling the days she spent with her sister.

"Um..."

After seeing that Erza was alright, the group of people they met took her back to the plaza. On the way, at Erza's insistence, Lin Tian sang a Jay Chou nocturne for her.

Although Erza didn't quite understand what it meant, she still clapped happily and said that her brother sang very well.

Back in the plaza, Lin Tian took her to Little K and helped her change into a new eye patch. Erza's matter was thus considered resolved.

......

In the dead of night, countless tiny stars of varying sizes, gleaming with golden light, dotted the deep blue sky. They flickered and shone rhythmically.

The cold, lonely moonlight, carried by a gentle breeze, rose and spilled onto the rippling sea. Along the three-kilometer stretch of the South Beach, six reflections of varying sizes swayed and undulated with the rise and fall of the waves.

Why should I go fishing with you?

On the dark brown wooden dock, Ilya, standing next to Hercules, groaned wearily as she turned to look at Lin Tian, ​​who, like her, was holding a fishing rod and waiting for a fish to bite.

About one kilometer east of the airport service hall, Lin Tian and the others, except for Hercules who wasn't a resident, each took a fishing rod and cast their lines at the shadows of fish in the sea.

"I didn't force you to come fishing!"

After helping Ilya set up her tent in the afternoon, Lin Tian suggested that they go fishing together that evening to complete Xiao Ke's daily task for the day.

Ilya initially refused, saying she needed to rest. At that time, Lin Tian didn't force her and acquiesced to her request.

However, as night fell, Lin Tian and Kikyo were fishing along the coast looking for fish shadows when Ilya, accompanied by Hercules, came to their side, saying that she was getting bored in the tent and wanted to join the fishing activity.

Chapter Sixty: Why can't two people who are both unlucky make a positive result from two negatives?

"Brother Lin Tian! Look what I caught! A clownfish! It's so pretty, can I keep it instead of selling it?"

Ten meters away, Erza finally caught her first fish on the adorable Rabbit Island. Overjoyed, like a two-hundred-pound giant, she hopped and skipped over to Lin Tian's side.

Holding the fish tank containing clownfish in both hands, she looked at Lin Tian excitedly.

"Hmm...that's fine, Erza. A clownfish living in a fish tank must be lonely, right?"

"It seems... kind of pathetic, just like the single dog my brother described..."

"Keep trying, try to catch another one. Don't let this clownfish end up single."

"Mmm...Okay, brother!"

Seeing Erza so happy, Lin Tian, ​​who had been somewhat irritated after failing to catch his quest target—the sawshark—all felt his gloom vanish, and a long-lost smile appeared on his face.

Just then, he felt a tremendous force on the fishing rod; it was most likely that a fish shadow near the hook had taken the bait. Lin Tian didn't have time to say anything more to Erza and prepared to find the best time to reel in the line.

"Erza, I have a clownfish here for you. It's late, you should go home and rest!"

Ilya was initially annoyed that Lin Tian had ignored her, and was secretly gritting her teeth. But now, seeing Erza arrive, the displeasure on her face vanished instantly. Instead, she put away her fishing rod and smiled as she approached Erza.

"Really?! Wow! That's great, thank you Ilya! But I can't go back to sleep, I want to stay with my brother and fish until we catch a sawshark!"

When Erza saw Illya pull out a fish tank exactly like hers, containing a very beautiful clownfish, she shouted excitedly.

However, after taking the clownfish from Ilya, she didn't plan to go back to rest, but instead wanted to help Lin Tian catch today's target.

"What's so great about him? You're such a fool, you've been fooled by him!"

Looking at Erza, who was about the same size as her, with that excited and joyful expression on her face, Ilya was speechless. She turned to look at Lin Tian, ​​who was fishing, and then complained to Erza about how bad Lin Tian was.

"Sister Ilya, you can't say that to Brother Lin Tian. You promised me this afternoon that you would help him go fishing!"

Erza put the two clownfish back into her backpack, put her hands on her hips, glared angrily at Illya, and retorted forcefully.

"Damn it! It's just a sawshark, right? I'll catch it for you in a minute!"

Hearing Erza call him "sister," Ilya felt very dissatisfied with Lin Tian, ​​but she couldn't bring herself to say anything bad about him to Erza.

Having a strong attachment to being the older sister, she can't refuse when someone calls her "older sister." Having accepted herself as Erza's older sister, she can't tolerate anyone vying for her adorable younger sister's attention!

"Berserker, let's go! This place is cursed by the god of misfortune; no large fish will appear!"

Ilya snorted and decided to take Hercules fishing elsewhere. But before leaving, Ilya focused her gaze on Erza.

"Erza, why don't you come fishing with your sister somewhere else?"

"No, I'll stay here with my brother! Sister Ilya, if you're tired, go back and rest. After all, you just arrived on the island today, you must be very tired!"

Erza glanced at Lin Tian, ​​who was fishing, then looked at Illya and apologetically declined her invitation. She also considerately told Illya to go back and rest.

"Ah! Erza really is an angel! Let me hug her!"

Before Erza could react, Ilya stepped forward and pulled her into her arms, affectionately rubbing her face against Erza's.

"It's just a sawshark, I'll catch it for you in no time! Your brother's been fishing for bass all night. He'll never catch a sawshark in his lifetime!"

From evening until now, Ilya has been fishing near Lin Tian, ​​while observing his every move, wanting to learn more about this mysterious island owner.

So she knew exactly how many fish Lin Tian caught that night, and what kind of fish each one was.

"Ilya! Don't slander me! I caught other fish too! Look, this fish must be a rare one!"

Upon hearing that Ilya had told Erza about her battle achievements, Lin Tian's forehead veins bulged!

Just then, the fish that had taken the bait was showing signs of exhaustion. Lin Tian angrily rebuked Ilya for her unethical behavior while quickly reeling in the line!

"Little Erza, look how big my fish is! Uh..."

"Wow! That's huge! It's really huge! Hahaha! I'm dying of laughter, another sea bass, that's your 18th sea bass combo now! Haha!"

Seeing that Lin Tian had caught another sea bass, Ilya clutched her stomach with both hands, bent over, and laughed wildly. She laughed so hard that tears streamed down her face.

"Brother's alright, the next one will definitely be a sawshark!"

Lin Tian was frozen in place, completely oblivious to Erza's words of comfort. One sentence kept replaying in his mind.

"It's not fish sauce, it's sea bass!" "It's not fish sauce, it's sea bass!" "It's not fish sauce..."

"Brother? Are you alright?"

Seeing the sea bass in Lin Tian's hand, which had broken free and returned to the sea because he hadn't put it in his backpack for a long time, Erza asked with some concern.

"It's alright! Erza, Illya was right, this place is indeed cursed by someone plagued by bad luck. Let's go fishing somewhere else! Hmm... let's go to Kikyo's spot!"

Lin Tian put away his fishing rod and cautiously stared at Ilya, who was already laughing so hard she was collapsed on the ground. He didn't choose to leave immediately.

Why are you looking at me like that?

"I'm waiting for you to leave!"

"you go first!"

"No! You go first!"

From Lin Tian's reaction, Ilya understood that he regarded her as the one who was plagued by bad luck.

'Damn it! If Erza hadn't begged me to help you fish, I wouldn't have come at all! Don't you know how unlucky you are?'

The more I looked, the angrier I became. Ilya really wanted Hercules to beat Lin Tian up for her, but she was very wary of the island's abnormally unreasonable rules.

But out of pride, she couldn't possibly leave early!

Lin Tian's reason for not leaving wasn't to compete with Ilya for face. The fish shadows respawned faster here than in other places.

Although he hadn't caught a sawshark, or any other rare fish, he believed it was all because of Ilya.

He considered himself unlucky, but not to the point of catching eighteen bass in a row; there must be a reason. And he had already identified the culprit as Ilya.