Chapter 257. Inside the mermaid kingdom (1)
“Since you are the Grand Master, you won’t die even if you fall into the icy water, right?”
“….”
“Is that right?”
“….”
What do you mean, Lloyd?
Xaviel looked at Lloyd with a serious look involuntarily.
The silver-haired knight’s mind went busy for an instant.
“You asked me to go fishing out of nowhere, so are you really trying to use me as bait?”
“huh. answer.”
“….”
“Hmm, are you glad you got it right at once?”
“….”
I’m not happy, but I want to step on you a little bit. wee.
However, Xaviel was unable to express his honest feelings.
It was because Lloyd, who had hardened his expression before he knew it, quickly explained.
“Hey, even though I’m talking like this, you know that this isn’t really a joke, right?”
“I know.”
“So it is.”
Lloyd said with a serious look.
“It can’t go on like this. If this ship continues to be attacked in this way, it will not be able to withstand it any longer. But I don’t think I’ll be able to properly shake off those persistent mermaids.”
“That is the same for me.”
“So you should jump in some water.”
“If you said to be the bait, what exactly did you think of?”
“Absolutely terrifying bait.”
Lloyd smiled fiercely.
“I was trying not to counterattack. Probably not. That’s it. Just once. One room is enough. One shot that forces them to step back a lot without hurting them. Can you do it?”
“So you’re trying to get them back and give them time to escape?”
“huh. how is it?”
“I think we can try.”
Xaviel nodded.
He quickly realized Lloyd’s intentions.
A single powerful and threatening counterattack.
Through that, he makes the mermaid army retreat for a while.
That’s how you break the pulse of the wave and buy time to escape.
“good. If you can avoid getting hurt in the meantime, there’s no better way than that.”
“All right.”
A faint smile formed on Xaviel’s lips.
I like that fake Lloyd like this.
He often acts like a madman.
Still, I always worry about this.
But right now, that’s not the point.
Xaviel moved immediately.
“Please tie the rope to the mast over there.”
“uh.”
He tied the rope Lloyd gave him tightly around his waist.
Meanwhile, Lloyd tied the other end of the rope to the mast.
With that, everything is ready.
“I will jump into the sea now. If I counterattack in the water, you can immediately pull up the rope.”
“How are you going to let them know that you counterattacked? Are you going to send a separate signal?”
“no. Even if there is no signal, you will know right away.”
“how?”
I asked.
Xaviel smiled.
“Because the sea will turn upside down.”
After saying that, Xaviel climbed onto the boat.
I glanced back at Lloyd.
and jumped into the sea
with a plop!
The extreme cold that wraps around the whole body in an instant.
A sensation as if all of the skin and muscle vessels beneath it were frozen.
But even so, Xaviel didn’t care at all.
I have activated the dark mind method to the limit.
Resonate the Mana Hearts dwelling in the cells of the whole body.
holding a roar
with cold eyes.
I swept the entire sea area.
A legion of hundreds of mermaids rushing towards the Peliconia.
I calculated the movement and predicted path of each one of them.
Prepared a blow that would sweep them back hundreds of meters without hurting them.
‘Opportunity is once.’
Xaviel’s eyes shone even bluer in the cold blue water.
Concentrating his mighty power, he gripped the handle of his sword.
But did he sense the momentum of this side?
Did he feel danger with a sense close to the wild?
All the mermaids stopped attacking at once.
The assault on the Peliconia was stopped.
He swallowed back the roar he had been uttering.
Everyone paid attention to Xaviel.
with the same bright eyes.
with a shocked expression.
He glared intently at Xaviel.
Xaviel’s eyebrows twitched at the sudden change.
‘Could I have realized this side’s intention?’
It seemed like that.
But I also thought it didn’t matter.
This is after figuring out the location and movement of all the mermaids.
Now, if you draw your sword, you will be able to sweep them all hundreds of meters away.
With that certainty, the moment Xaviel was about to draw his sword.
The mermaids who were glaring at me raised one hand.
I gently pointed at Xaviel’s face with my index finger.
And with a slightly flushed, dazed face.
With a trembling voice like a girl in love for the first time.
Everyone muttered at the same time.
“You pass.”
…slam.
For a moment, the sea became calm.
None of the mermaids swam wildly.
The drift ice that floated around did not collide with each other.
The only sound you can hear is the calming sound of waves from the water above.
In the momentarily calm sea, Xaviel flinched.
He grabbed the handle of the sword he was about to pull out, and his cold eyes shone.
“….”
it’s pass
What am I talking about out of nowhere?
What tricks are those mermaids trying to do?
Could it be that he foresaw this side’s intentions and tried to block the counterattack?
Or is it trying to outwit this side by wasting time?
‘You must not loosen your guard.’
I thought so.
But that was then.
The mermaids stopped their offensive while surrounding this side and the Peliconia.
One of them, a mermaid, slowly swam this way.
Unlike before, it was a very cautious attitude.
Did it come closer to 5 meters like that?
the mermaid asked
“What is your name, beautiful human being?”
“….”
Xaviel didn’t answer.
Actually, I couldn’t answer.
Because he wasn’t a mermaid, he couldn’t do the trick of talking underwater.
The mermaid who had been talking to him soon nodded as if he realized that fact.
“really. some of my mind Humans don’t know how to use ventriloquism underwater like we do. I want to share a story. Then can we go up to the surface for a while?”
“….”
“are you okay. that you passed I will not attack you.”
The mermaid showed her two outstretched palms and smiled.
And that wasn’t all.
She looked back at the other mermaids and ordered them strictly.
“Everyone stay back.”
At that word, the mermaid army retreated dozens of meters and broke the siege.
Looking at it, I thought I could believe it a little bit.
Xaviel went up to the surface without a word.
“…Whoa.”
He let out the breath he had been holding in the midst of the rolling waves.
After a while, the mermaid also poked her head out to the surface.
Finally, Xaviel was able to properly see the face of the mermaid who served as the representative of the mermaid corps.
“nice to meet you. I am the 3rd leader of the Mermaid Kingdom’s Underwater Guard.”
“I am Xaviel Asrahan, a knight who serves Count Frontera.”
“Haviel Asrahan?”
“yes.”
“oh. Your name is pretty too.”
“….”
A wrinkle formed between Xaviel’s forehead.
The mermaid in front of me and the other mermaids as well.
From a while ago, everyone was turning red in this direction.
Xaviel could easily guess the reason.
Because it was an unfamiliar experience.
“You’re saying that my face is passing?”
“Oh how did you know?”
“I am used to it. A situation like this.”
Xaviel said calmly, as if it were natural.
“I have been attracting attention with my face wherever I go in my life. In particular, it has received warm favor from many women. So this situation is not new to me. But-”
Xaviel’s eyes grew slightly cold as he looked at the 3rd Chief of the Underwater Guard.
“No matter how nice I look, you are probably the ones who protect the borders of the territory. I’ve heard that I need to get your permission and approval to access the mermaid kingdom.”
“Um, that’s right.”
“I heard that in order to be recognized, you have to sing beautiful songs with sincerity and sincerity. Is that correct?”
“Yes, that is roughly correct.”
“But I didn’t sing.”
“does not matter.”
“relation…don’t you? no way?”
“Singing isn’t the only thing that moves the other person.”
“….”
“I’ve already been touched by your face, and I’ve given your permission and acknowledged it, so what does a song have to do with it?”
The head of the mermaid guard said with bright eyes as if it were natural.
Xaviel was somehow overwhelmed by that momentum (?).
“Then are you really qualified to enter your kingdom? With my appearance?”
“of course. Didn’t you see that all of our sisters also acknowledged it?”
“…All right. Then could you give me a moment?”
“hour? what time?”
“I want to break this news to my party up there.”
Xaviel’s eyes glanced at the deck of the Peliconia.
The mermaid guard shrugged his shoulders.
It was an unspoken permission.
“Thank you for the favor. then.”
Xaviel immediately fell asleep.
I went up to the deck of the Peliconia.
Just then, there was the captain, crew, and Lloyd who had gathered on the boat to see the situation on this side.
“what. how did this happen Why did they stop attacking when they didn’t even counterattack?”
Lloyd, who ran first, asked.
Xaviel replied as he brushed off his hair dripping from the seawater.
“It seems like I got their recognition.”
“admit? You got permission?”
“yes.”
“how?”
“They said my face passed.”
“….”
“In fact, when you think about it, it’s not that surprising. I’d rather have Lloyd-sama sing from the beginning than just me jumping into the sea. If that was the case, this ship would never have been attacked.”
“….”
“But I’m glad I got their permission like this.”
“okay. I’m so glad because you are handsome yes? Ha ha ha ha ha.”
“yes. It’s really fortunate that I was able to prevent the violent catastrophe caused by Lloyd-sama’s hopeless song with my good looks.”
“okay. I’m really glad oh good Ahahahaha.”
“Mrs. Lloyd.”
“huh. why.”
“Stop crying.”
“shut up. I got dry eye syndrome because of the salty sea breeze.”
“But first, talk to the mermaid representative below.”
“It will be anyway.”
Lloyd pushed his upper body out over the railing of the boat, wiping away tears with his rough sleeves.
I looked down.
thanks i was able to find it
‘omg. Great muscle.’
Between the waves of icy water.
There was a mermaid brother or sister who was sticking out his upper body.
It was loud.
The muscles were no joke.
I thought about it when the mermaid statue was erected in Cremo Harbor in the past.
As expected, the muscles of the mermaids trained by swimming at an extreme level 24 hours a day for the rest of their lives literally felt like a weapon itself.
‘It wouldn’t be a joke if I took him to the gym alongside Orc Arosh.’
He felt a crazy physical that could easily be compared to the strongest musclers he had ever experienced, Orcs.
But now is not the time to appreciate muscles.
Lloyd cleared his throat.
“Hmm heh heh! hello? My name is Lloyd Frontera.”
“….”
“I just heard from my escort knight, Lord Asrahan. Fortunately, the people over there decided to praise and acknowledge Lord Asrahan’s beauty with a generous heart, right?”
“…Did you?”
“First of all, I would like to thank you for your generous and wise decision.”
Lloyd put on a bright commercial smile.
Is that an effect?
A hearty smile appeared on the mermaid guard’s lips.
“thanks? we should be grateful Unexpectedly, you came to appreciate such beauty. I guess today is a day full of luck.”
“Oh, thank you so much for saying that. I think today is a lucky day for us too.”
“luck? Are you lucky as well?”
“Why not be lucky? I was able to meet such generous and wise people.”
“It is a generous and wise eye. I just said that beautiful things are beautiful.”
“Ahaha. Is that so? You’re even being honest.”
“To be honest, I don’t know. What’s your business with us anyway?”
The guard’s gaze, looking up, sharpened slightly.
Her question continued.
“Come to think of it, I was a little puzzled. We were only impressed by Xaviel Asrahan’s beautiful appearance and allowed us to visit his kingdom. But I don’t understand why you came forward a little while ago and keep being nice to me. Do you have any other business for us?”
“Oh, of course there is.”
“What kind of business?”
“As I briefly mentioned earlier, it is because I am the one escorted by that Xaviel Asrahan. They are the same group.”
“so?”
“Since you have allowed Lord Asrahan to visit the kingdom, of course I am with you….”
“no.”
“…yes?”
“No.”
The mermaid leader of the guard who speaks firmly as if cutting a sweet pumpkin at once.
she asked with a more serious look.
“What we are moved by is Xaviel Asrahan’s beautiful appearance, so why do we have to allow a visit to a kingdom that has nothing to do with that appearance?”
“Oh that….”
Lloyd swallowed.
‘Oh no.’
I was frustrated at heart.
To be honest, I didn’t expect this kind of coldness.
Lloyd was finally able to grasp the situation.
‘Discriminate against people based on their faces.’
Apparently, it seemed that only Xaviel was the one who allowed them to visit the kingdom.
There seemed to be no other reason.
‘Because he’s handsome. Really, that’s probably all the reason. okay. I’m sorry I didn’t turn out well. Sorry it happened like this! Big.’
It was sad.
I was envious.
Tears of resentment toward the world’s jonzalers welled up.
But I couldn’t let it go like this.
He poked Xaviel’s side with his elbow.
It whispered and urged.
“hey.”
“yes.”
“Help me with something.”
“How can I help?”
“Anything is fine so I can visit their kingdom too.”
“All right.”
Xaviel shook her head.
He stepped forward and leaned out of the boat.
Lloyd waited anxiously for the guy’s mouth to open.
I hope he will say something grandiose to help with the situation.
I hope the mermaids will fall for his words.
So, I hope that he too can be allowed to visit the kingdom of mermaids.
‘please!’
while praying like that.
Finally, Xaviel’s mouth opened.
“Captain of the guard? Actually, I have a favor.”
“Oh my goodness. What kind of request is it?”
A muscular mermaid whose voice changes 180 degrees when answering Xaviel, unlike when he was talking to us. A muscular mermaid whose eyes even look bright.
Lloyd snorted at the temperature difference in the reaction.
In the meantime, the conversation between Xaviel and the head of the guard continued.
“I would like you to allow Lloyd-sama to visit the kingdom.”
“Yes, if it is Asrahan-nim’s request, I will be happy.”
So simple.
Like it’s really natural.
Why are you making such a request now?
The head guard smiled brightly and nodded his head.
