Rosse didn't speak, just looked at Otohi with a lightly provocative gaze.
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[Otohi]
[Overall Rating: B-]
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Otohi's strength rating was higher than Rosse had expected.
As expected, most of it ca from the blessing of her status, plus the added points from her innate Observation Haki.
Otohi's innate Observation Haki was extrely lethal. She could use her emotions to influence others. As long as her voice could be heard, it could spread her influence, indistinguishable from indiscriminate brainwashing. Only those with firm will or Observation Haki themselves could be immune to this ability.
If speaking purely in terms of real combat strength, even a G-rank ordinary person would be stronger than Otohi.
However... B-... this rating was actually quite fair.
Rosse subconsciously looked at Otohi again.
Unfortunately, no matter how he looked, she didn't have a few extra ounces of flesh.
In terms of aura, Otohi was even more outstanding than Titi and Sora.
But unfortunately, they were approachable while Otohi was not so easy to approach.
But that didn't matter, Rosse considered himself a face-con, and everything else he could accept.
Just that, there was one thing he was a little curious about.
rfolk reproduction, according to rumors, was like fish. Laying eggs, but he had truly never seen it. He was very curious what kind of scenario that was.
Princess Otohi, counting her tail, was only 2.5 ters tall, but Rosse had heard that King Neptune of Fish-Man Island's Ryugu Kingdom had a body and tail length of over 12 ters.
That comparison in size was honestly a bit exaggerated.
A 6:1 height ratio.
That exaggerated ratio was equivalent to the gap between a kitten and an average person.
After a long while, under Princess Otohi's increasingly nervous gaze, Rosse finally opened his mouth and said, "Eternally grateful? How grateful?"
Hearing this, Otohi pursed her small lips, her face slightly flustered.
In other situations, because she could sense others' emotions, she could often take the lead in conversations.
But ever since Rosse stood in front of her, she couldn't sense anything.
Rosse was like a calm lake, with no emotion at all.
At tis like this, she couldn't know what Rosse was thinking, much less how to respond.
"Saint Rosse... I've always advocated for rfolk coexistence. I can feel your kindness, so I'm sure you have similar thoughts. I'm truly grateful to you from the bottom of my heart," Otohi cautiously tested.
"rfolk coexistence?", Rosse chuckled softly, neither agreeing nor disagr eeing, asking rather casually, "Then in your view, what does rfolk coexistence an?"
At this mont, the ship beneath them began to move. A warship led ahead, and Moria's giant sailing ship followed behind.
As for Moria, he had vanished without a trace at Rosse's signal. Around them, only Rosse and Otohi remained.
This place was far from the Holy Land, and with nothing better to do, he might as well witness the diversity of species.
Otohi didn't know Rosse' thoughts. Seeing that Rosse didn't refute her, she grew a bit bolder, "Saint Rosse, because the two races don't understand each other, many misunderstandings have arisen between them. So I hope both sides can co to understand one another, and mutually comprehend each other."
"No slavery, no killing, no harm, no hatred."
"In the world I hope for, humans can communicate and travel freely with fish-n or rfolk. Everyone is equal, caring for and looking after one another."
"..."
During this, seeing Rosse always showing a listening posture, Otohi's words beca more and more fluent, freely speaking the thoughts in her heart.
These ideas, she had spoken of them to others more than once.
But unless she used her special ability, as soon as she started, regardless of whether it was fish-n, rfolk, or humans, they would show sneering expressions.
Not to ntion the inner thoughts, most just showed disapproval.
Even King Neptune and others who supported her, though they appeared willing to listen, she could clearly sense the disbelief in their hearts.
Countless instances of mistrust made her sowhat disheartened.
Her ideals were so simple, why didn't anyone want to act on them?
No matter what it was, you had to try it to know whether it was suitable or not.
Soone like Rosse, who she had just t, yet was willing to listen to everything she said without interruption, this was the first ti Otohi had seen such a person.
So in her heart, she felt even more favorable toward Rosse.
'Maybe, he is a like-minded man.'
After venting her emotions, Otohi stopped speaking and looked toward Rosse a bit anxiously, hoping to see his response.
On Rosse's end, whether on the surface or internally, there was no ripple at all.
What Otohi was saying were just age-old, well-worn topics. Just like those who advocated for racial equality in his previous life.
He had never denied anyone's ideals, always offering the utmost understanding.
After all, just having one's own thoughts already surpassed countless people who simply drifted along with the tide.
As for whether those thoughts were saintly or delusional, that was a matter for later.
As long as it didn't block his own path, Rosse didn't mind any of it.
And coincidentally, Otohi's views aligned with certain parts of Rosse' vision for ruling the future world.
Rosse wasn't so racial supremacist. He was just purely a face-con.
As long as the race looked good, he liked them all.
And coincidentally, rfolk were in line with his aesthetic.
As for fish-n, forget it.
"Princess Otohi, then for this, what efforts have you made?", Rosse asked gently.
In this world, there were plenty of strong people from all kinds of ssy races.
And in the ocean, fish-n and rfolk had huge racial advantages.
Idealism looked at good and evil. Rosse, being a pragmatist, only looked at value.
If supporting Otohi could bring him value, then that would be for the best.
However, Otohi's thinking was still a bit naive.
Naively hoping for racial equality, and using actual strength to strive for racial equality, these were two completely different things.
The forr would only be a burden to him.
The latter, more in line with his interests.
"Effort?", Seeing that Rosse not only didn't deny her but brought up practical matters, Otohi looked excited, "At the last World Conference, I proposed to call for a ban on the slave trade of fish-n and rfolk. It's just that..."
By the end, Otohi's voice had grown much smaller, with a bit of embarrassnt, "In the end, it failed. Everyone rejected the proposal."
At this point, she looked a little saddened.
"You believe slave trade is a problem?", Rosse calmly asked.
"This world shouldn't have slave trade," Otohi gently frowned, "I think that if we want to achieve rfolk coexistence, then fish-n and rfolk can't be enslaved."
"Then do you think there are more human slaves, or more fish-n and rfolk slaves?", Rosse asked back.
"Eh?", Otohi froze for a mont.
This question, she seed to have never considered it.
However, she did know that human slavery existed.
Thinking for a mont, Otohi responded uncertainly, "It should be humans?"
After all, the human population was so large. It had to be more than that of fish-n and rfolk.
"Then do humans not coexist with other humans?", Rosse asked again.
"Coexist... coexist?", Otohi was stunned, her eyes showing confusion.
She wasn't dumb, she imdiately understood Rosse' implication.
Human slaves far outnumber fish-n and rfolk slaves, and yet humans still coexist?
So, whether slavery exists or not, has nothing to do with coexistence?
It couldn't be that even humans don't coexist with each other, right?
If humans don't even coexist, then isn't talking about rfolk coexistence even more aningless?
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