Chapter 1076: Miss Salty Fish's Secret
Chapter 1076: Miss Salty Fish's Secret
"stop!"
Seeing Miss Salted Fish coming out from underground, healing on the spot without saying a word, and then running away with her head down, Leon couldn't help but stretch out his hand and forcibly pull her back from the sea.
"Where are you going?"
Go home! I want to go home!
After bouncing a few times in the invisible fishing net and finding that she could not struggle any more, the mermaid suffered the biggest setback in her life. She could not help but burst into tears and felt grief-stricken.
"Let go! Let me go! Let me go! Uwaa ...
T^T
"..."
You're crying already? Is your mental endurance so poor?
Shocked by Miss Salty Fish's reaction, Leon couldn't help but tighten his invisible fishing net and complained speechlessly:
"How old are you? Why are you still crying?"
"Wow... I'm only eight years old, why can't I cry?"
"???"
Is this eight years old?
Looking at the young lady who was over 1.7 meters tall in human form and had a curvy figure, Leon couldn't help but question:
"Are you fucking kidding me? You were like this at eight years old?"
"If you count by mermaid age, I won't be eight until next month!"
"..."
Okay, you win.
Looking at Miss Salty Fish, who had completely given up and had begun to throw away her moral principles, Leon couldn't help but sigh in his heart and didn't want to pay any attention to her for the time being.
Queen Veronica, who was standing by, took out her handkerchief and handed it to her. She comforted her softly and then asked gently:
"Wendy, what are you going to do now?"
"I...I don't know either..."
After her emotions stabilized a little, Miss Salty Fish stole a glance at Leon, who had a stern face, and then hid behind Veronica, looking a little dazed and said:
"I want to go home..."
"What about the rally the day after tomorrow?"
Queen Veronica blinked and asked gently:
"You're not really planning to just walk away and not even attend the Gathering of the Twelve Kingdoms the day after tomorrow, are you?"
"I……"
After listening to Veronica's question, Miss Salty Fish hesitated for a moment, then couldn't help but glance at Leon again, muttering softly:
“It’s already like this, does it matter whether I go to the rally or not?”
"Of course there is a difference."
Veronica, who had already figured out the character of this salty fish through their interactions along the way, smiled and reminded him:
“Although Leon and I do think the same as you do, we plan to try our best to gain the power to interfere in the situation of other kingdoms at the Twelve Kingdoms Assembly the day after tomorrow.
But what we want is not to turn you into puppets, but to stabilize the status quo between the twelve kingdoms, balance the resources that everyone lacks, resolve disputes before some problems break out, try to avoid large-scale wars, and make everyone live a little better... Don't you believe it?"
"..."
What you are asking is... I am just a little naive and inexperienced, so I am a little rash in doing things. Do you really think I am stupid?
"Okay, let me put it another way." Seeing Miss Salty Fish's eyes starting to look around and refusing to look at her, Queen Veronica couldn't help but smile and continued:
"Wendy, I don't deny that I do have ambitions. I want to bring other kingdoms under my jurisdiction. Although I don't necessarily have to annex the territories of other kingdoms, at the very least I must have enough influence so that the general policies of other kingdoms must be synchronized with mine."
See what I said!
After listening to Veronica's confession, Miss Salty Fish couldn't help but blink, with an expression of "as expected" on her face.
What about exchanging resources and resolving disputes? It's just talk after all. Even if you really do it, in doing so you are also directly seizing the supreme power. What's the difference between that and annexing other kingdoms?
After seeing through her thoughts from her expression, Veronica smiled indifferently, then took Miss Salty Fish's hand and said calmly:
“But one thing I am confident of is that I have the ability to match my ambition.
I may not have dared to say this in the past, but now, I am sure that I can shoulder the responsibilities that come with this identity, and the people under my rule will definitely live more peacefully than those in other kingdoms. I will do better than all of them!"
"..."
"You don't have to believe me now, you just have to wait."
After smiling at Miss Salty Fish who was hesitant to speak, Queen Veronica continued:
"Let's continue with the previous question. Why do I want you to stay and continue to participate in the Twelve Kingdoms Gathering the day after tomorrow... Wendy, you don't actually want to be the queen, right?"
"?!!"
"That certainly seems to be the case."
Feeling Miss Salty Fish's suddenly tense palm, Veronica smiled and said:
“Whether you are a human or a mermaid, you always need a reason to do something. And you are not proud of your identity as a queen. You have no interest in the power that comes with this identity. You have a weak concept of money and wealth. You do not have much sense of identity with the Thousand Sails Sea Nation, and so on.
Since I can't find any reason for you to succeed the throne, I can only think that what you want is not the status of queen, but maintaining the status of Queen Seol, which can bring you some convenience, or something you urgently need, or something that requires the power of the king to do.
I can even guess again that the one who really needs this throne is not you, but the sea people behind you? Do they need to rely on the Thousand Sails Sea Nation to achieve certain goals?"
"?!!!"
Guessed it.
After getting the answer from Miss Salty Fish's heart, Leon couldn't help but look at the "main attacker" Veronica, and initially resolved the doubts in his heart.
From the moment Miss Salty Fish came on board, she revealed a very un-kingly temperament. She didn't care about her identity as a queen at all. She even exposed her own problems without hesitation, and admitted that she might be boycotted because of her identity as a mermaid.
If it were taken out alone, it might not be obvious, but when compared with Veronica, the strange smell on Miss Salty Fish was so strong that it aroused the curiosity of Leon and the others. They discussed the strange things about her a lot while making babies.
And now...it seems that the secret has finally come to be revealed.
"I... the situation is indeed similar to what you guessed. I did take this position for some reasons."
Being frightened by the burning gazes of Leon and the others, Miss Salted Fish subconsciously took a step back, then gritted her teeth and said:
"But I can't tell you! Even if you..."
"Then we won't ask."
"??????"
"Why you take the throne is your business, not ours."
Queen Veronica smiled at the stunned Miss Salted Fish and imitated someone else, smiling and saying:
"Remember to attend the gathering the day after tomorrow on time, and stand with us. Otherwise... you don't want to lose your position as Queen of Seol because your identity as a mermaid is exposed, right?"
(End of this chapter)