Chapter 957: Off the table

Chapter 957: Off the table



The entire group from the Tide Empire trembled when they heard this.

Even though the Merman King was asking them this question, it wasn't as if they had an answer for him. After all, there wasn't a single one of them who had expected things to go this way.

Even if the Tide Emperor had expected something to go wrong, that didn't mean that he had expected all of this.

There was no way that any of them would have expected this since they didn't even know of Viper's existence.

So the only thing that they could do now was try to figure out what happened and how to minimize the damage.n/ô/vel/b//in dot c//om

To them, Viper's life meant nothing.

To them, it was better for them if Viper died as soon as possible so that the anger of the Merman Empire was appeased.

Since it was his fault that this mess was created, his death would be the solution to the problem.

Though it wasn't as if they could just kill him in front of the Merman King and the rest of the group from the Merman Empire. If they were to do that, then it would be seen as an act of aggression.

So the only thing that the Tide Emperor could do was...

"I apologize for whatever mess this fool has caused. I hope that you will accept my sincere apologies so we can discuss what to do next." The Tide Emperor even lowered his head as he said this.

That was the only thing that he could do in this situation.

Since he was the emperor, the one that had the highest status, he could only offer his head. Well, it wasn't his head that was being offered, but rather his face.

He would take this humiliation to apologize to the Merman Empire so that they could put this matter behind them.

The Tide Emperor was a bit surprised to hear this, but he didn't push the issue as he just said with a nod, "As you wish. You are the ones that he has offended, so it is your right to handle him however you wish to handle him."

Then after a moment of hesitation, he said in a slow voice with an awkward cough, "As for the other matter that we've discussed before..."

"There's nothing to discuss." The Merman King cut him off right away.

The Tide Emperor was shocked to hear how resolute the Merman King was, but he didn't give up as easily this time. After all, this was a very important issue for his Tide Empire.

It had been a long time since the royal families of the Tide Empire and the Merman Empire had been connected, not since the progenitor of the Tide Empire had there been a connection like this between them.

So even before the matter of the relationship with the Merman Empire, what the Tide Emperor was worried about was the decline in mermaid blood in the veins of the citizens.

At this rate, it would only be a matter of time before all the mermaid blood was diluted and they became normal humans.

If the Tide Empire lost the only thing that they could rely on to compete with the other human empires, then it would only be a matter of time before they were destroyed.

Though it wasn't as if they could go against the Merman Empire and force them to marry into their Tide Empire.

So this time, the Tide Emperor said, "I'm sure that this is just an unrelated matter, there's no need for us to allow this fool to sour the relationship between our two empires."

Then turning to the crown prince, he said, "This isn't something that us elders should be interfering with in the first place. This is a matter between the younger generation, so I think that we should let them decide."

This was the only way that the Tide Emperor could argue since he couldn't force them to allow the engagement.

He believed that the crown prince would be able to win the heart of the mermaid princess,

Ariel.

It was just that...