269 – Conflict
“Aha, in short, Mr. Cro is trying to save his friend!”
“Exactly.”
Even though she explained it as briefly as possible, Ariel understood it clearly and readily stepped forward to help.
“Of course we have to help! “Cro is the hero who saved us!”
“hahahaha… Thank you.”
Thank you very much, but the more you give it, the more difficult it will be for me to explain it later.
The eyes of the executioners who were probably glaring at me from behind were already pricking my back.
“Then first, would you please share this with others?”
“Ah, it’s been a while since I’ve seen this.”
The name is clear…
It was a crystal gill. It left a deep impression on me as it had the miraculous ability to breathe underwater.
For the first time since she met Ariel, she turned around and handed each of her crystal gills to her enforcers. Even then, she found it difficult to make eye contact, so she deliberately turned her head slightly and recited her mechanical explanation.
“These are called crystal gills, and as long as you have them in your mouth, you can breathe freely even underwater.”
Once everyone was equipped with gills, the cracked sea began to fill up again, as if they had been waiting for it.
Everyone was so busy looking around in admiration at the rare sight that their interest in me seemed to have naturally waned.
Just as I was sighing with relief that I had barely escaped the crisis, someone put a hand on my shoulder and spoke to me in a low voice.
“It turns out that he was a person of great ability, right? The Little Mermaid falls in love with a human. “How did you do it?”
I couldn’t answer Evan’s sly question, so I tried to evade it with a sheepish smile.
As if he didn’t want to ask any more questions right now, he lightly tapped his shoulder and got away from me.
As soon as the sea was completely filled and we were struggling in the water, a carriage pulled by a giant seahorse appeared from a distance.
My expression brightened because I knew how fast that carriage was, having already ridden it once before.
Ariel said, bowing her head to me.
“If you take this carriage, you will be able to arrive in time. This seems like an urgent situation, so we shouldn’t take too long. Instead, please find a friend and call him again when you return. “At that time, I will welcome you with hospitality befitting a noble person.”
I nodded. I helped you this much, so I can’t refuse the offer.
However, I was a little worried about how Ariel would react when she met Sharon, but that’s because it wouldn’t be too late for her to think about it slowly after safely rescuing Sharon.
“Thank you so much. “I will definitely stop by.”
“Thank you! Then everyone, please be careful.”
With the blessings of the mermaids, the Dragon Palace carriage raced towards Ireland at full speed.
Perhaps because we were crossing the sea instead of the land, the speed felt significant as we ran in a straight line without any obstacles.
Time to wait in a daze until the outsider disappears and arrives at the destination inside the carriage.
Of course, the eyes of the executioners began to slowly turn to me.
Among them, Catherine, the one with whom I had the closest relationship, carefully mentioned the topic as if she were leading the charge.
“Morris. “May I ask how you became friends with the mermaids?”
“Hmm… That’s it…”
How should I explain this?
It was impossible to tell the whole truth. The reason I met a mermaid was because I was looking for a thousand-year pearl.
Isn’t it strange that an academy student would come all the way to the Irish coast to look for jewels? If I don’t let people know that I’m a phantom thief, no matter what excuse I make, it’s bound to sound awkward.
As I paused, unable to give an easy answer to such a troubling situation, Evan, who was sitting by the window watching the ocean, spoke in a light tone.
“That’s enough. “What are you going to do by asking about that?”
“Manager. But···.”
“Didn’t you hear what the princess said earlier? They say he’s the hero who saved the mermaids. They haven’t done anything bad, so there’s no reason for us to get involved unnecessarily. If you do that for no reason and your perception of humans worsens, it will be a big problem. Mermaids are already a fairly exclusive race.”
Thanks to her manager’s active defense, Catherine also bowed her head, unable to step forward.
“Yes. All right.”
“In that sense, a boy. Do you have any plans to become an executor after graduation? I think it would be best if I worked in charge of foreign affairs between different races in the future. “Not just mermaids, but also fairies and dwarves.”
The burdensome offer was politely declined. From the beginning, judging by the tone of voice, it would not have been a serious topic.
Anyway, thanks to Evan’s appropriate intervention, we were able to get over the situation without any major problems.
To be honest, I was worried that she would be the one to argue with me the most, but she just let it go without saying anything, which was quite surprising.
“Oh. “I think we’re almost there.”
Just as he said, the Irish landmass has already begun to appear across the coast.
Thanks to her asking Ariel for help, she succeeded in drastically reducing her travel time.
After landing on land, I said thank you to the seahorses that brought me here. It doesn’t seem like they really understood, but after carefully checking what we had landed, the seahorses turned around and returned to the sea.
“Well, we’ve finally arrived in Ireland. “Where should I go now?”
“It’s not that far from here.”
I finally followed them right up to their chin.
Now there is only one thing left.
Defeat Drakan and rescue Sharon.
***
“···Ugh.”
Sharon slowly opened her eyes, drooling.
Her eyebrows naturally furrowed at the feeling of her arms and legs being bound along with the stiff pain felt throughout her body.
“Oh, are you awake?”
A natural question to hear in your ears.
Sharon, who immediately recognized the owner of that voice, raised her head and glared at her opponent.
Despite her younger sister’s sharp gaze, Juliet shrugged her shoulders as if she didn’t care at all and just said what she had to say.
“You must be tired, so get some rest. “I have to go somewhere for a while.”
When I looked around later, I saw that her dark space was filled with damp moisture and a gloomy chill.
‘Cave…?’
It may have been an elaborate decoration on her part, but at least to her, the cave seemed like a real natural environment and not an artificial structure.
Are there caves around the academy?
If there was a cave this large and deep in fully urbanized London, there was no way Sharon wouldn’t have known about its existence.
It would be reasonable to interpret that she was dragged quite far while she was unconscious.
“Then I’m waiting.”
“Wait a minute…!”
“Don’t worry if it’s a little confusing. “I’ll explain everything when I get back.”
Juliet left without leaving behind her one-sided words. Left alone in the middle of her dark cave, Sharon struggled for a while to untie the ropes that bound her own limbs, but soon gave up.
‘The magic doesn’t work.’
I don’t know what he did, but since he had such a defense plan, he must have left me alone.
First of all, don’t panic. The first thing to do is to calmly understand the situation.
‘The fact that I was kidnapped would have been known right away.’
There is such chaos at the academy and a student has been kidnapped, so they will do whatever it takes to rescue him. Otherwise, the credibility of not only the Academy but also the entire Shinbi camp will be shaken.
Perhaps a rescue team has already been dispatched and is rushing here.
But we cannot just wait and hope for help from others. Since we don’t know what will happen here right now, it would be best to escape directly if possible.
To do that, you first need to understand the other person’s intentions. If you know the other person’s purpose, you will be able to think in advance about what will happen in the future and what you will do then.
However, Juliet revealed her purpose directly with her own words.
‘I said I would meet her father…’
Is that really true? From the first time we met in Paris, she had maintained the same attitude, but there was a possibility that it was a lie to deceive her.
Wasn’t the fundamental reason why Sharon rejected Juliet’s proposal because she lacked grounds to believe it?
But if that’s true.
The two people had a common goal.
Sharon has also been working as a detective to investigate her father’s disappearance.
“···I’m curious.”
I know this is a risky choice.
Nevertheless, Sharon could not suppress her boiling desire.
This is something she has been pursuing her whole life. At the very least, if my father was dead, I wanted to at least confirm that fact.
She didn’t want to forget the memories of her childhood without knowing anything like she did now.
She was defeated anyway and was captured by Juliet.
Judging from the attitude shown by the other person right away, it seemed like she had no intention of being hostile toward her.
In that case, wouldn’t it be better to follow her wishes?
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If Juliet’s goal is really not a lie. She may be able to reunite with her father, Dr. Franken.