"Camilla!"
Not expecting his wife to suddenly speak, the elderly rman instantly flew into a rage:
"I've already said it! Even if it ans dying, I won't join their cleanup crew…"
"If you want to die, hurry up! I won't stop you!"
"???"
"Go on! Why are you hesitating? Weren't you going to die?"
"I… I just won't cooperate with him!"
"Hmph!"
After a heavy snort, ignoring her husband's desperate resistance, the crowned rmaid took a deep breath… of seawater, gestured with her fingers to bring over the rmaid beauty bound in a ball, and while pinching the soft flesh on her thigh, promised as calmly as possible:
"Lord Aquarius, please move to the outer court and wait a mont. I've prepared all the information regarding the recent underwater icing, and it will be delivered to you shortly by an attendant.
Additionally, please allow half a day, and by evening when the undersea glimr algae light up, I assure you he will accompany you to the seabed to break through the ice layer and rescue the two missing directors."
"Then I'll leave it to you."
After checking and seeing the crowned rmaid's spirit wasn't trying to delay but was truly resolved on sothing, Leon nodded slightly, rose, and entered the waterway to leave.
As for the Miss Salt Fish, who was overjoyed to see the dire situation suddenly reverse, she wisely chose not to stay after seeing the extrely displeased faces of her grandparents. Instead, she glared angrily at the troubleso rmaid beauty and got up to follow.
"Wait! I'll go with you!"
This child… sigh…
Worrying, the crowned rmaid glanced at Miss Salt Fish's back and, withdrawing her gaze, waved her hand to disperse the water snake that blocked the rmaid beauty's mouth, speaking with an annoyed expression:
"Evangelin! What are you up to!"
"Mother, you've really wronged this ti."
After the water snake was dispersed from her mouth, the rmaid beauty imdiately stopped struggling, then resud her usual deanor, twisted her body to sit by the table, crossed her fishtail, and said with a smile:
"I'm saving the entire Sea Race."
"Really?"
The crowned rmaid said coldly:
"Your way of saving the Sea Race is to first make us lose face?"
"Oh co on, compared to survival, what's face worth?"
Facing her mother's sarcastic remarks, the rmaid beauty replied cheerfully:
"Don't tell you didn't notice, after being rejected by that old guy, Lord Leon was about to make a move~ If I hadn't reacted quickly, the result wouldn't have been soone voluntarily going over to help, but being dragged by the neck to work."
"Hmph!"
Upon hearing the sarcastic remarks from the rmaid beauty, the elderly rman couldn't help but snort coldly, his face darkened as he said:
"Let him make a move! This is the Tidal Realm after all! If I fight with all my strength, I may not necessarily lose to him!"
"Ha."
In response to this obviously unfounded tough talk, the rmaid beauty chuckled lightly, even too lazy to mock, directly ignored the old rman's stubbornness, and turned to the thoughtful crowned rmaid, saying:
"Mother, on my journey, I had a good interaction with Lord Leon and felt he's quite different from the rumors, not that overbearing personality that can't tolerate anything but humans."
"I share similar sentints."
After nodding in agreent with her daughter's judgnt, the crowned rmaid frowned and said:
"This Food God doesn't seem as crazy as the rumors. Instead, he behaves calmly and with restraint, preferring communication over brute force. If he can achieve results through negotiation, I feel he might even voluntarily avoid using force, but…"
"But this doesn't match his past actions, does it?"
"Correct."
Recalling the information about the Food God, the crowned rmaid nodded and said:
"If he really is as calm and restrained as he appears, he wouldn't have caused such a commotion everywhere he went, even earning himself the na Food God."
"No, no, no."
The rmaid beauty shook her head with a smile and said:
"In my view, that's quite reasonable… You should understand just by looking at .
I do enjoy being spontaneous and chaotic, doing whatever cos to mind, but it doesn't an I'm not smart~ So conversely, soone as calm and restrained as him can still have a penchant for causing a stir.
After all, in most cases, the issues that can be quietly resolved are usually just surface-level; to truly solve the problems, the best thod is indeed to create a disturbance, exposing all the festering sores otherwise unseen, and pushing the situation to the brink.
From the proposal put forth by Lord Food God during the Twelve Kingdoms assembly, it's clear that he likes to escalate matters because his goals significantly differ from those of the cleanup crew, hence he needs to magnify situations continuously to possibly achieve his own objectives."
"I see..."
Upon hearing her daughter's analysis, the crowned rmaid's eyes filled with recognition, and she proceeded to inquire:
"So, what do you think of him? Is the current cleanup crew worth aligning with? Also, if we truly approach humans, can we receive appropriate treatnt?"
"I think it's quite favorable?"
Furrowing her brow in thought for a mont, the rmaid beauty blinked and said:
"If I had to say, he's quite a kind person, with principles, firm yet not inflexible, and overall moral standards aren't low. As long as you don't make the first move against him, generally there's no need to worry about betrayal or abandonnt.
However, his age is still a bit young, and people change with experience. Although he's quite excellent now, there's no guarantee he'll be the sa a hundred years from now.
Nevertheless, despite his youth and unpredictable future, he's far more reliable than those from Old Soil, and personally, I lean towards him and the cleanup crew."
Choosing the Food God and the cleanup crew...
Patiently listening to the rmaid beauty's complete analysis, the elderly rman looked at his wife, who seed to have made a decision, and then with great dissatisfaction said:
"I'd rather lean towards Old Soil than humans! And as I said before, I absolutely won't help him rescue those two…"
"Haha, we can decide who to align with later, but regardless of which side we ultimately choose, you'd better go over and help him."
"???"
"That Lord Food God possesses more than one thod to discern lies, it's almost impossible to lie before him… thus, before stepping out to help you salvage the situation, I ntally prepared myself considerably."
Raising her hand to disperse the current wrapped sea serpents around her, the rmaid beauty threatened with a smile:
"You wouldn't want to add a hybrid grandchild next year, would you?"
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