"So that's it."

I nodded suddenly. Although I had imagined King Exia's answer, hearing it with my own ears still made me feel enlightened and eye-opening.

"This is the tradition of our mermaid royal family. Every ruler of the sea has to practice on the mainland for decades. Only after he has mastered human relations and passed the test of the previous king can he be qualified to be the king of the sea."

"Has King Exia experienced training on the mainland before? If that's the case, why haven't I heard similar rumors about a strong man like you?"

Probably because I flattered him a lot, Exia laughed a little proudly: "Of course, that time was thousands of years ago, and I also forgot about the time (Me: Yes

My head is covered with sleep.) At that time, a few other partners and I had been practicing on the mainland for forty-six years. However, we were not doing it to show off, but to experience the sophistication of the world. Naturally, we had to hide our strength and not show off.

Dew, making others think that we are just ordinary adventurers, this was one of the training purposes we set for ourselves at the beginning, so it is natural that we did not leave a legend."

How many other friends? I noticed a few of the words and couldn't help but wonder, but I couldn't ask rashly.

"However, Elijah is also a bit younger. Generally speaking, our mermaid royal family's kingship training can only be carried out at least until we reach adulthood. At this time, we mermaids can grow to the size of ordinary humans and be able to deform our tails.

, not to be discovered by the races on the mainland, but also have enough strength to protect themselves."

After saying this, under my questioning gaze, King Exia paused and continued hesitantly: "But to be honest, Elijah is too simple. Her beauty is extremely outstanding even among our mermaid clan.

, so I have been worried about whether it will be too dangerous for her to travel to the mainland when she becomes an adult."

"indeed so."

I nodded in agreement. It is completely conceivable that when Alia grows up, she will be even more beautiful than Sarah. Such beauty is enough to infinitely expand the evil thoughts in people's hearts.

The seven emotions and six desires are emotions that humans can never get rid of. Among them, power, money and beauty are the most attractive. Even I have to admit that even if I don’t want to, I have to admit that when I first saw Sarah, I was actually just innocent.

He was attracted and moved by her beauty.

Seeing my understanding expression, Exia continued with satisfaction: "So, on the night when Eliya was abducted by you, I chatted with her for a while and finally made up my mind. Although it was a little early, but this

It might as well be a good opportunity, otherwise, I would have brought Elijah back at that time."

"..."

Why are both Exia and Willas obsessed with the word "turn"? I have explained it many times, and Elijah insisted on it.

However, from the perspective of a father, whether it is a man seducing someone or his daughter taking the initiative, as long as it becomes an established fact, it can be understood as "abduction". I can understand this feeling empathetically.

"If this is the case, King Exia, will you still let Elijah continue to follow me?"

When I said this, my mood was quite complicated. On the one hand, my adventure path was not smooth, and the various dangers that accompanied the protagonist's halo were like the boogers picked out by the goddess of luck and hitting me.

The same thing happens above my head, and it appears from time to time. From a safety point of view, I really hope that Elijah can return to the sea, which is safer.

But from a selfish point of view, I wanted to keep Elijah by my side. Of course, my love for Elijah was not that of love from the beginning to the end, but as a member of the family.

If a cute and well-behaved little guy like Ariya leaves suddenly, her noisy play with the dead dog, her cute and happy smile when eating fruit, and her charming and cute voice of holding her fingers and coquettishly babbling,...

The graceful and touching mermaid song, the sweet sleeping face curled up in a shell under the water, etc. These daily scenes can no longer be seen or heard, and everyone will feel lonely and dejected.

"Well, I originally asked you to come here today because I wanted to see with your own eyes what kind of person the brother Aelia often mentioned is like.

Only then can we make a judgment..."

Amidst the uneasy beating of my heart, King Exia stared at me closely, as if he wanted to see through all my internal organs, and then he pulled out a majestic smile at the corner of his mouth that made me feel a little reassured.

"Although Elijah exaggerated hundreds of times, which made me a little disappointed, as the guardian of Elijah, you still barely passed the test and passed the test."

Hundreds of times? There’s no need to hurt people like this, I said sadly to myself, but I felt a little unspeakably complicated and happy: “That means Aria can continue to be with me?”

Exia nodded, and the sound was loud, as if humming a heavy "um" from his nose, as if he was telling how unwilling, depressed and helpless he felt in his heart.

My daughter, sooner or later, like a fledgling with full wings, she will fly to the outside world.

"But first of all, you already have a wife, so don't try to take advantage of Aelia, otherwise... I will leave a place for you as a tribute at the Poseidon Festival..."

"Of course not, just rest assured."

I immediately replied loudly, anyway, I am not afraid of shadows as I am upright, and I am not afraid of knocking on the door in the middle of the night if I am not guilty.

"Well, that puts me at ease."

Probably because of my firm look, Exia's aura relaxed slightly.

"In this case, I can go back to sleep with peace of mind (Me: You are still sleeping, pig!!). By the way, I almost forgot to ask, where do you usually place my baby girl? Are you wronging her?

Well, let me tell you, Elijah, a giant golden shell that is more than ten thousand years old cannot sleep."

Is there such a thing?

I broke out in a cold sweat again, thinking about the fish tank where Elijah usually slept, and inside the fish tank, her royal bed (which no one else could sleep on except her) - a huge shell as bright as jade, surrounded by other things.

Dotted with many pearls and sparkling coral like gems.

At that time, I still lamented the luxury of the mermaid. Now compared with the "ten thousand-year golden giant shell" that Exia said, even if I have never seen what the ten thousand-year golden giant shell looks like, I can guess without using my brain. Now Eri

The fish tank that Ya lives in and the shells that she sleeps on are probably no different from the cowshed that she used to have.

Under Exia's sharp gaze, I tremblingly pulled the fish tank out of the necklace bit by bit, but I didn't notice that because of my trembling, a group of golden plush objects also followed the fish tank.
Chapter completed!