strictlysupreme Chapter 1189: A bit of corruption (1)
Chapter 1189: A bit of corruption (1)
Chapter 1189: A bit of corruption (1)
With the interruption from the Five True Witches of the Sea, it took a bit longer for things to wrap up.
But when it was all over and everything was wrapped up, it seemed like things were even better than before.
All because of the Merman Academy idea, the two brothers seemed like they were much closer. The wall between them had broken and now they were talking like brothers again.
Though from time to time, it did seem like they argued over some things about the academy, but that was also part of what being a brother was.
Since I was the one that had brought them together, I also had no choice but to remain here a bit longer.
I could only apologize in my heart to Klein and the others that were still waiting for my return.
I had gone into the sea with the mermaids without even asking their opinion and had left them on Peace Island. I'm sure that they were worried right now, but this wasn't the time to go back just yet.
I still had to see this through to the end, as well as get my other relic from Aquaron.
I had been waiting the entire time to be summoned again by him, but it never happened. That just meant that the matter of reuniting the Merman Empire and the sea witches still wasn't finished yet. Or at least it wasn't finished yet in the eyes of the god.
Though there was a part of me that thought that this was just because Aquaron was lazy in the first place. After all, I had seen the way that he acted when we met, so it really seemed like this was the case...
Still, I persevered for the sake of the other relic.
I didn't even get to use the one that he gave me earlier, but it was still good to have more of these just in case.
Both the Merman King and the former crown prince had looks of deep thought on their faces, as if there was something that was weighing on their minds.
I finally couldn't take it anymore and said, "Just what is it? Tell me already instead of keeping me in the dark like this."
The two of them were pulled out of their thoughts and looked at me with surprised looks.
It was clear that they didn't expect me to suddenly say something like this, but they weren't offended by it either.
The two of them looked back at each other as if they were confirming something before the Merman King reached out under the table to pull out some seaweed. He reached his hand out and showed that seaweed to me.
"Corruption? What does that mean?" I asked in a confused voice after reading the report that was written on the seaweed.
It didn't seem to make any sense at all since it just said that there were traces of corruption that were found.
It didn't mention what kind of corruption, it just called it corruption.
Neither the Merman King or the former crown prince said anything when they heard this. They once again looked at each other as if they were confirming something with each other. It was only after they nodded at the same time that they turned back and the Merman King said, "The corruption is something that only those in the royal family and those that serve the royal family know about. It's something that hasn't happened in a long time, but the royal family has records of the past that mentions the corruption."
"That still doesn't tell me what the corruption is..." I said with a bitter tone in my voice.
The Merman King once again hesitated for a moment before taking a deep breath to say, "The reason we can't tell you what the corruption is is because we don't know what it is either."
"Huh?" A surprised and confused look appeared on my face when I heard this.
The Merman King ignored this look of mine as he continued, "All we know is that this corruption has the power to erode things and take away the life energy of living things. It destroys plants and other living things that it comes in contact with, which is why it's a disaster if it appears."