Chapter 1170: Family time (1)

Chapter 1170: Family time (1)



I turned to look at Ariel, but it was clear by the look on her face that she wasn't in the mood to say anything else.

So I just turned back and followed Puffer as we headed through the streets of this town.

The town itself was a fairly normal looking town.

Even if this place was considered the hideout of the sea witches, that didn't mean that it was that different from other places. Even if the sea witches could use powerful spells with their magic, that didn't mean that they were different from other living beings.

They still needed places to eat and sleep just like everyone else.

Which was why the town had all the things that a town would need.

Though there were a few stalls that certainly had the flair that one would expect from a town of sea witches. These were stalls that sold ingredients that they needed for their experiments. There were all kinds of different ingredients that were being sold, but they all were strange looking things that had traces of mana to them, making it clear that they would be used for magic experiments.

Other than that, it was a totally normal looking town.

Well, other than the fact that the children were playing with magic rather than playing normal games...

This was also something that was different about this place, but that was to be expected since this was a place that was filled with sea witches.

The one other thing that was strange was...

There were only women, there were almost no men that were in this town.

That was because the sea witches were mainly women in the first place.

It was unknown what caused it, but mostly women were born from sea witches. It was almost as if there was some kind of curse that was placed on the sea witches that made them give birth to girls.

But it turned out that this wasn't because it sensed us, rather it was because of the person that was waiting behind the door the entire time.

It was a merman who had a friendly smile on his face.

It was clear that this smile was directed at Ariel with the way that he looked at her.

There was a moment of silence that lingered in the air as the two of them just stood there staring at each other for a bit.

In the end, the merman was the one that broke the silence by saying, "My little niece, it's been a long time since I've been able to see you. Though to be fair, you've probably never met me, so it would be strange if you knew who I was."

"You're my uncle? My father's older brother?" Ariel asked in a slow voice.

The former crown prince gave a nod before saying, "That's right, I was the former crown prince of the Merman Empire, but I ran away and left all that behind. I'm sure that you have an idea of why I did this after arriving here, right?"

Ariel slowly gave a nod, but there was still an unhappy look on her face as she looked at her uncle.

Seeing this, the former crown prince said with a faint smile, "How about you come in first before we have a talk? I'm sure that there are plenty of things that you want to ask, but there's someone that I want you to meet first."

Ariel and I both had confused looks when we heard this.

The way that he said this didn't seem like he was talking about his wife, the Great Witch of the Sea that he ran away with. It was almost as if he wanted to introduce family to Ariel.

In the end, Ariel gave a slow nod and started following the former crown prince into the house.

As we walked forward, the former crown prince looked at me with a brow raised, but Ariel stepped forward before I could say anything.

The way that she looked at the former crown prince was as if she was saying, "He's with me. Either he comes, or I don't."

So in the end, the former crown prince accepted my presence and led us into the house.