Shota's Isekai NTR Adventure-Chapter 1160: Sea witches (3)

I was surprised by what the Merman King suddenly said.

I didn't understand how the conversation went to him telling me a story, but I still gave a simple nod for him to continue.

After all, I could see from the look on his face that whatever story he wanted to tell me was related to the matter that we had been discussing.

It turned out that it was more than just related, it was the reason for his personal grudge against the sea witches.

"I had a brother a long time ago..."

The story was that the Merman King had an older brother and he wasn't even supposed to become the Merman King, but something happened to his older brother who had been the crown prince at the time.

Simply put, the crown prince fell in love and eloped.

That left the Merman Empire in a bind and the current Merman King had no choice but to take the throne.

As for where the crown prince ran off to...

It was naturally with the sea witches.

The crown prince of the Merman Empire, the one that was supposed to take the throne had run off with a sea witch and eloped.

There was no doubt that this kind of event would create a rift between the sea witches and the Merman Empire.

In fact, before this happened, the Merman Empire and the sea witches mostly left each other alone because of the balance of power between them. But after this happened, the Merman Empire started aggressively making things difficult for the sea witches.

They didn't go too far that it would start an all out war with the sea witches, but they still did cause quite a bit of trouble for them.

"I just couldn't believe that my brother would do something like that." The Merman King said with a sigh when he finished his story.

I didn't say anything during his entire story, but now it felt like I should say something.

So I reached out and patted him on the shoulder before saying, "Did you talk to him in the end?"

The Merman King knitted his brows before asking, "How was I supposed to talk to him when he was the one that abandoned us? When he was the one that left all of us and went off with that woman?"

The way that he said this made it clear that there were personal feelings in his voice.

"I know that you might not understand why he did it, but I hope that you will at least give him the benefit of the doubt. There are two sides to every story and I hope that you won't let your anger cloud your judgement." I said in a calm voice.

The Merman King knitted his brows even more as he looked at me without saying a thing.

With the way that he looked at me, it really seemed like he was unhappy with what I was saying.

But in the end, he didn't reject what I said.

That was at least a good sign.

After a long silence, the Merman King finally said, "Do you really believe that this is the case?"

I was caught off guard when he suddenly asked this, but I said with a nod, "There's always more than meets the eye when things happen that we can't understand. We should try to keep an open mind..."

Then after a pause, I added, "Especially for people that we care about."

It finally seemed like I was finally getting through to him with the way that he started to show hesitation.

It seemed that there was a part of him that still believed in his brother and wanted to settle this matter.

That was good for me since it meant that I could convince him to go along with my plan. "Then are you willing to talk to him?" I asked the Merman King.

There was a look of hesitation in his eyes, but eventually he gave a tiny nod of agreement.

It seemed like he wasn't to show any more emotion than this.

But that was still enough.

"Then I'll be the bridge between you since I'm someone that they have never seen before. I know of a way to contact the sea witches without causing trouble. As soon as I find your brother, I'll convince him to come and talk to you."

The Merman King deeply knitted his brows as he looked at me.

There was a trace of surprise, but what was on his face more was his doubt.

He didn't understand how I would have a way of contacting the sea witches since I was a human from land.

I shouldn't know something like this after all...

But there was also the fact that I was the human that had been summoned by their Lord

Aquaron.

A human like this certainly wouldn't be normal.

"What do you need from me?" The Merman King asked in a serious voice.

He knew that I wouldn't say all this unless there was something that I needed from him. It was only because I needed something from him that I even talked to him instead of going on

my own.

Though a part of it was because this undersea area was the territory of the Merman Empire.

"Let Ariel come with me. I think that it'll help if she's with me."

The Merman King once again deeply knitted his brows when he heard this.

He was reacting even more than when I said that I had a way to talk to the sea witches.

Though based on the look on his face, it seemed that he could guess why I wanted Ariel to

come with me.

In the end, he slowly gave a nod to my surprise.

I really thought that I would need to convince him, but it seemed that the best way to convince someone was to get their god to appear.

No matter what, god was the best way to convince someone.