The next morning, Castor woke up early. The bright morning sun was slowly rising from the horizon. The waves on the shore also receded, leaving a large area of wet yellow beach.

  "Ahh~" Castor yawned and stretched his body as he rose. He gently rubbed his eyes, his demeanor revealed a lazy temperament.

  He glanced around as he rose. There was nothing here. The fireflies from last night had gone back to the dense forest. He did not rush back to the dilapidated castle but walked along the beach instead.

  Looking at the boundless azure ocean, enjoying the beating of the sea breeze and the warmth of the sun, it is undoubtedly refreshing. Unfortunately that Castor couldn't feel up because of the curse, but his heart was always slightly shaken.

  Squawk! Squawk!

  Many sharp sounds broke the silence here. He looked up and found that it was a group of white seagulls fishing. Aside from fishing, there had even been some seagulls fighting on the beach, they snatching small fish from the ground and swallowing them to fill their stomachs, while their fellow seagulls beat them up.

  "WHY DID YOU SNATCH MY FISH!!!"

  "BECAUSE I'M HUNGRY!!!''

  While they fighting, Castor walked over silently, listening to the angry roars of some seagulls and the immoral words of other seagulls. But during their quarrel, there was a voice that was very clear and powerful in his ears.

  "Hah, they are fighting again. Oh, by the way, I see there is something big coming towards here." A seagull said to another seagull beside it.

  "What's something big?" Another seagull tilted its head and asked out of confusion.

  "Oh! Oh! I know what humans call that! It's called 'ship'!" A seagull descended from the sky and shouted.

  "Ship?" Castor was suddenly stunned for a moment. The next moment, he walked toward the seagulls and squatted down in front of them.

  "Yo, Castor, what brought you here? Ahem, I have to say I can't give you my fish." The seagull who saw the ship said.

  "Don't worry, I don't need to eat. I want to ask, is it true that you see a ship coming?" Castor asked, his tone emotionless with no rising and falling pitch.

  "Ugh, yes, many of us saw it." That seagull replied and soon added, "But it moves slowly."

  "In what direction?" Castor asked again.

  "Right there." Seagull lifted one wing and pointed to the ocean, which is in the west direction.

  Castor stared in the direction of where the seagull's wing pointed, but saw nothing. He shook his head helplessly, then turned to look at the seagull and said slowly, "Thanks."

  "It's still far away, be patient, boy." The seagull said and swallowed a small fish.

  "I'm a patient already..." Castor looked at his white patient gown.

  "I mean... patience..." The seagull said.

  Castor nodded slightly and left the seagulls' gathering place. After walking for a while, there was no more sound of seagulls in his ears, only the sound of waves crashing

  Finally, after walking along the beach, he returned to where he slept last night. It was almost noon, and the sand under his feet began to get hot, hence, Castor stopped walking and turned back to the castle.

  Once again, he set foot on the path full of flowers and soil, and the surrounding trees blocked the hot sun and provided a chill space. After walking for a while, the castle was in sight, and an invisible figure suddenly appeared. Compared to the mother's figure, this figure is shorter, even shorter than Castor's.

  "Brother! Where did you go? We were looking for you!" The petite figure spoke in a girl's voice.

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  "Oh, sorry, Mary, I was wandering around the beach." Castor apologized to the figure in front of him, who was his little sister's soul.

  "Hmpf! Next time, don't be so capricious!" Mary snorted, but her tone wasn't blaming Castor.

  "Yeah, I'm really sorry... I promise I won't do it next time." Castor promised her.

  "Hehe... that's it! Come! Today is your birthday!" Mary chuckled and grabbed Castor's hand and ran towards the castle. Castor pretends to be pulled by her and follows her

  When entering the castle, there are many familiar figures in the living room. These figures are the family members and relatives who have been with Castor for 13 years. They are mother, brother, sister, uncle, and aunt.

  "Castor! You finally come back!" Mother rose quickly and hugged Castor, even though she knew she couldn't touch him, but she still did it because of her concern.

  Not only his mother, but others also came up to him, and their concern for him was genuine. Castor's heart was shaken again, and this time he felt warmth in his heart.

  "What's wrong? You can tell me." Castor's sister asked.

  "Is he thinking of a woman? That shouldn't be the case. The girls in fairy tales are not pretty, so he shouldn't like them." Castor's brother thought.

  "Children of this age do think about this, but Castor has a curse, so he should be different from other children." The uncle said.

  "Sigh...what is going on here..." Aunt sighed.

  "Guys... I'm fine." Castor said slowly, his mind felt something was blocked by something indiscernible and unspeakable.

  After these words were spoken, all the souls were stunned for a moment. They seemed to be thinking, wondering whether what Castor said was true.

  "Okay, stop thinking too much, happy birthday, Castor!" Mother cheered, and every soul followed up.

  "Yeah, Castor! Happy birthday! Now you're 13 years old!"

  "Um, thank you all." Castor said, with an impulse in his heart.

  He always felt an impulse on his birthday, as if something was hitting an invisible barrier. He felt that behind the barrier was what others called 'emotions'.

  "Here, brother, this is what I made this morning." Mary positioned a colorful wreath on Castor's head.

  Castor stared at his little sister Mary, who stood on tiptoes and positioned the wreath on her head. Although he couldn't see his little sister's face, he knew that she must be smiling like the princess in the fairy tale.

  "Thanks..." Castor said slowly.

  "You're welcome, brother~ Also! Brother, you should try to smile! Trust me, you will look good if you smile, so do it!" Mary said with an excited tone. Then she used two fingers to try to pull up the corners of Castor's mouth.

  Castor panicked and controlled the corners of his mouth to slowly follow his sister's fingers. He doesn't know why, even though his sister knew that souls and people couldn't touch each other, but when she tried to touch Castor, Castor would try his best to cooperate.

  Gradually, Castor smiled. This was his first time smiling. His smile was unexpectedly pretty good, his warm smile and colorful wreath making people feel he was a cheerful and sunny boy.

  "This guy looks pretty good when he smiles, doesn't look gloomy anymore." Uncle murmured.

  "Agree." Brother, sister, and aunt said in unison.

  "My son... I tried so hard to teach you how to smile, but you just couldn't. But now you smile easily just by a simple action of your little sister..." Mother complains but with a prideful tone.

  "Mother... I'm sorry..." Castor lowered his head and apologized in a small voice.

  "No need to be sorry." Mother was amused by her son's act, "And... since you're 13 now... you should..."

  The air suddenly fell in dead silence. Everyone had always been in high spirits on Castor's birthday, but now it was a little quiet, which made him feel something was wrong.

  "What's wrong?" Castor asked out of confusion.

  "Castor... do you want to go out? Go to the world outside this island, go to the human city that appears in the fairy tale." Castor's older sister asked him back.

  "Go... go out...? Why...? What do you mean?" Castor tilted his head and stared at her sister's soul figure as if trying to seek the purpose of her question.

  "There's a ship coming, you know it, right? You've asked the seagull already." Castor's older brother said lightly, his tone firm and steady.

  "...What? You guys know what I do?" Castor frowned.

  "Yes, c'mon, we are souls, we don't need to sleep so we just follow behind you carefully last night... and mother are stand on the top of the castle and gazing at you..." Older brother explained.

  Hearing this, Castor subconsciously looked at his sister next to him. His sister also sensed the gaze from her brother, but she turned her head away.

  "I-I'm sorry, brother... but they tell me not to say... so... please don't hate me...!" Mary stammered.

  "It's ok." Castor shook his head, he won't hate Mary by only this.

  "Um... so... Castor, do you want to go off this island?" Mother spoke.

  "After I left this island, where should I go?" Castor asked instantly and raised his head, then stared at his mother.

  "Yeah, where should he go, Mom?" Older sister asked too.

  As the question came out, everyone looked at the mother. Under their gaze, the mother slowly spoke the answer. She said in a calm and slow tone.

  "Any place will be fine, just not here."

  She walked towards Castor and patted his head gently, like last night.

  "Castor, you have to know. You can't be a flower in a greenhouse, because the greenhouse you are in is about to collapse. What you need to do now is to leave here, and I hope that what comes next is a good one." Mother said slowly.

  "Go out and be stronger. I wish you a bright future." She paused and added, "When you leave, we will rest, this will sink and disappear. If you want to come back... find your father..."