"This is amazing..."
"It turns out that Mr. Yeruashi is such a strong person."
Shirahoshi was not afraid or wary of Yeruashi, in addition, she had never met people before, so she was very curious and quickly got acquainted with Yeruashi, showering him with a lot of different questions.
Seeing that Yeruashi was very kind to Shirahoshi, Otohime decided to tell her daughter more about him, which greatly amazed her.
"Is Mr. Yeruashi stronger than my father?"
In the view of Shirahoshi, who knows practically nothing about the world on the surface, her father Neptune was the strongest and most powerful in the whole world.
"Maybe a little stronger."
Yeruashi, who was sitting on Shirahoshi's shoulder, smiled gently.
Although Shirahoshi was only nine years old now, but her size was already much larger than that of ordinary people.
Otohime, who was walking next to her, looked at Yeruashi strangely and smiled at Shirahoshi: "Mr. Yeruashi is much stronger than Father, Shirahoshi."
They strolled leisurely through the garden, talking about various things.
With the appearance of Shirahoshi, the atmosphere immediately brightened up.
At first, Otohime was afraid that Yeruashi would be annoyed by Shirahoshi's constant questions, but she quickly calmed down, watching him answer each of them with a smile.
But in the course of communication, there was one small episode when Shirahoshi asked who Hancock was, and she in response demonstrated the icy and arrogant attitude of the Pirate Empress, which greatly stunned and frightened the Mermaid Princess.
Yeruashi couldn't help but laugh as he watched this.
Shirahoshi calmed down after a few words from Yeruashi, but when she looked at Hancock, she still felt fear and showed strong alertness.
During a walk through the garden, Shirahoshi got the impression that Yeruashi is a very kind and easy-going person, Hancock is very cold and heavy, and Robin is about in the middle, not too cold, but also not too friendly.
Soon after finishing their walk in the garden, they returned to the Ryugu Palace.
By this time, a gala dinner had already been prepared in the palace.
Although in the world of Van Pees, most of the area of which is occupied by the sea, seafood can be considered a completely ordinary and ordinary dish, but the cuisine of the Island of Fishmen is still noticeably different from the usual one.
Some of the rarest and most refined ingredients were used to prepare the dinner.
After dinner, Queen Otohime asked Yeruashi a few questions about 'peaceful coexistence with people'.
Yeruashi highly appreciated the development of the Island of Fishmen in isolation, supported the concept of equality of all races and condemned the policy of isolation of the Island of Fishmen, on the part of the World Government.
"Actually, it will not be difficult for me to help you in the execution of this contract, but I have already promised some people that I will not interfere in such political affairs."
Yeruashi, who was sitting in a coral chair, smiled at Otohime: "But if you really want it so much, then there is another way. I can move the Fishmen Island to a New World where you can peacefully coexist with people, at least within my territory, and decide whether the fishmen are ready to fully integrate into humanity."
"Move the Fishman Island to a New World?!"
Otohime was very surprised: "Is this really possible?"
Robin, who was sitting nearby with a cup in her hand, took a sip of tea and said confidently,"Mister has already moved more than one island to a New World."
"This is..."
Otohime was shocked, realizing that people like Yeruashi would not lie about something like this, and hesitantly said, " We need time to think..."
The relocation of Skypia and Amazon Lily did not have a strong impact on the locals, because for them, the islands were the main environment of existence, and changing the environment was not so important.
But the Island of Fishmen is different, because whether they are mermaids or fishmen, their environment is not only the island itself, but also the adjacent regions of the sea, as well as places like the Sabaodi Archipelago.
If the Fishmen Island is moved to a New World, the adjacent regions of the sea will completely change, which will have a strong impact on gathering, hunting, and the like.
"Good."
Yeruashi took a sip of tea and smiled: "I'm going to stay here for a few days, so you'll have time to discuss and think about this matter."
After a while.
Otohime took Yeruashi and the others to several guest rooms in the Ryugu Palace.
The furnishings in these rooms were much better than in the most elite hotels that Yeruashi had met so far.
Although Hancock and Robin also really liked the rooms provided, they were not satisfied with their number...it would be much better if there were two of them instead of three.
The three of them took their rooms, but it wasn't long before Yeruashi sighed helplessly and opened his eyes.
There was a large bulge on the thin blanket next to him, which, judging by some signs, clearly could not be formed by a man.
Yeruashi threw back the blanket, looking at Robin who appeared on his bed at an unknown time: "Why are you here?"
"Ah, it was so restless for me to stay in an empty room on an unfamiliar island..."
Robin, who was supporting her head with both hands, looked at Yeruashi with a smile: "Mister, are you really going to punish me for unauthorized entry into your room?"
"Don't even dream about it."
Yeruashi slapped Robin's forehead with his fingers and continued to sleep, ignoring her.
Sunrise.
Yeruashi woke up.
"Mister, you're finally awake."
Robin looked at the awakened Yeruashi with a smile: "The people of Ryugu Palace have already prepared breakfast."
"Okay, let's go."
...
After a while, Yeruashi left the room.
Hancock was standing in the hallway outside the room, her arms folded across her ċhėst.
She lifted her chin and coldly said, looking at Robin, who came out of Yeruashi's room: "Hmm, it was so unceremonious and brazen..."
Robin smiled back: "I would spend much less time with Mister if I cared too much about manners or something like that, besides, I'm a completely ordinary maid."
Hancock shot an irritated glance at Robin, but the next moment, when she looked at Yeruashi, the irritation abruptly turned to sadness: "Yeruashi...I demand compensation."
«...»
Yeruashi sighed helplessly, " It's breakfast time."
Hancock looked at Yeruashi with her big eyes and came closer, hugging his hand.
She slowly leaned into Yeruashi's ear and whispered, exhaling warm air, " Don't you want to eat me for breakfast first?"
Robin:"..."
She sighed helplessly.
And this shameless woman, just called me brusque?!