Chapter 427: Sacred Fish Makris
As the crystal seeds popped into being, floating up like bubbles of light, the Sacred Fish Makris made his appearance.
(That's a dolphin. And a really white one too.)
In life, Makris had been called the pig prince, and now he was a 30 meter long creature, of white skin and streamlined body, which seemed to glow under the light of the crystal seeds.
It reminded Allen of a dolphin, pictures which he had seen many times in his past life.
But Makris seemed to be even more beautiful than any of those dolphins.
That beauty had been granted to him for his good deeds, done even before he became Aqua's Servant.
"...How...beautiful."
One of the nobles in the audience muttered, watching the Sacred Fish Makris.
They had probably seen him every year, but such a sight was always memorable.
Back when Makris was forced to cover his face with a hood, he probably never expected so many mermen would want to see him.
But now everyone in Prostia desired to be present there, watching him illuminated by the crystal seeds.
A large number of mermen had gathered in Patlanta again this year.
There were many who could not get up to the event and watched from below the flower's style too.
'Wahh, there's so many cuties gathered for me again. Nyuhuhu.'
The Sacred Fish Makris chuckled in an indecent manner as he surveyed the event's participants.
The participants quickly went quiet and stuff.
They had not expected such a vulgar voice to come from Makris.
"Eek..? What? Lord Makirs..?"
The singers who had gotten pretty clothes were also lost for words, not expecting that reaction.
Makris' voice and behavior could only be described as perverse.
It was said that Makris' personality had remained the same, even after becoming the Sacred Fish.
Allen began to wonder if Princess Rapsonile had forgotten to mention that Makris' appearance was not his only ugly part.
'Well, to start the event, some words from our Emperor Ignomas!'
The starfish-faced host continued, sticking to the arranged schedule.
'O-oh, right. I'm Growdel von Ignomas, your emperor starting this year. Please delight our empire's guardian, the Sacred Fish Makris, with your songs.'
Ignomas gave a slightly nervous and short greeting.
'Huh? Ig...nomas? Who are you?'
The Sacred Fish Makris got close to the noble's seats, looking at Ignomas.
Then he looked at Princess Rapsonile, who looked dreadful next to Ignomas.
"I...I'm Prostia's emperor!"
The empire had not changed its name yet, but Ignomas still claimed he was the emperor to the Sacred Fish Makris.
'Hmmm.'
There had been a different emperor sitting on that throne the year prior, so Makris got closer, opening its enormous eyes wide and examining the new emperor.
After some time, Ignomas started getting nervous.
But the Sacred Fish Makris did not do anything more, resuming swimming around the stage.
In the last 300 years, the Sacred Fish Makris had never stepped into Prostia's politics.
There were many nobles that hoped that could change this year though.
And some of them also wished Ignomas would be executed there, after his insurrection.
'Thank you for your words, Your Imperial Majesty. Now it's time to start the first round of the Songstress Contest!! Is everyone ready? Please display all your abilities and charms to Lord Makris.'
The starfish-faced merman announced the start of the contest.
The participants were also getting nervous.
There were 1000 of them, and they would have to compete until only 5 remained.
The participants spread out, keeping a certain distance between each other, their eyes focused on the Sacred Fish Makris.
'It's time now! Start!!'
Allen also had learned some things about the Sacred Fish's Makris' tears.
In simple terms, there was a great discrepancy between the following:
(1) Sacred Fish Makris' tear
(2) Makris' bracelet
(1) was a crystalized teardrop from Makris.
(2) was an item crafted by a worker in a Magic Shop.
Both were considered Sacred Beads, both were considered valuable gifts for girls, but only (2) could raise stats when equipped.
To get access to (2), one needed to hire a worker in a Magic Shop.
Allen would have liked to take it there right away, hoping the effects were good, but that would mean the worker touched the Sacred Bead.
He had to give up on that, and reluctantly stored it in his Inventory.
As he closed his Grimoire, his eyes passed by the cover.
The logs mentioned demons being defeated earlier, but there was something else there now.
A different entry had been logged.
"Hm?"
(What's this?)
"What's wrong? You've been acting weird all day."
"Ah, it's nothing."
Allen answered with a distracted voice, looking at the new log on his Grimoire.
'A Fish-Type Sacred Bead has been stored. Do you want to convert it into Sacred Bead Points? If converted, your Sacred Bead Points will go from 0 to 15.'
(I can turn a Sacred Bead into points if I store it? And Makris' Sacred Bead is Fish-Type? 15 Points? Interesting, hmmm...)
There were only two lines of text, but they conveyed an immense amount of information.
Rosalina could not see the Grimoire, so she found Allen's reaction odd, but she did not want to compromise on her important break.
She had to get some things ready for the second round.
Meanwhile Allen came up with various theories based on the new information.
Theory 1:
-Depending on the Sacred Beast a bead originated from, the type of Points was different
Theory 2:
-The Fish-Type bead could be turned to 15 Points, which aligned with the number of Magic Stones he needed for Create.
-Beast-Type and Insect-Types gave 1 Point, Bird-Type gave 3 Points, Grass-Type gave 5 Points, Stone-Type gave 9 Points, Fish-Type gave 15 Points, Wraith-Type gave 19 Points, Dragon-Type gave 29 Points.
(I guess that's about it, Kurena currently has the Beast-Type Luvanka's Sacred Bead too. I could try storing that one and seeing if it can be turned to 1 Point to verify this.)
Allen's party currently held two Sacred Beads, turned into bracelets.
One had been given to them by Clebeur's royal family, Makris' Sacred Bead, the other came from Basque, Luvanka's Sacred Bead.
Their effects were so powerful Allen instantly made someone equip them, and now he regretted never putting them in storage first.
Peromus was still missing, so Allen decided to not go too in-depth with his analysis yet, since he still had to think of what to do.
Then a knight aboard a small magic ship rose up to the flower's style.
He looked really flustered, and ran straight to Ignomas' seat.
Allen listened in, through the Bird G summon hidden amongst Cecile's clothes, who sat next to Princess Rapsonile.
"Excuse me, I have urgent news for Emperor Ignomas!!"
"What?! How dare you interrupt this important event?!"
"I'm truly sorry, but it's urgent."
"It's fine. Everyone in the audience is looking, Prime Minister Agiley. Let's not cause a scene."
Ignomas put an end to Agiley's attitude.
He was not sure what had happened, but he did not want to make too much noise.
Ignomas gave the knight a stare, telling him to speak.
"A large army of monsters are headed straight for Patlanta!"
"What?!"
Ignomas replied, his eyes opened wide.