Chapter 1173: Family time (4)

Chapter 1173: Family time (4)

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I helplessly raised my hands before saying, "I just wanted to talk with you."

"With me?" The former crown prince narrowed his eyes.

There was a surprised tone that was in his voice when he said this.

With a simple nod, I said, "That's right. I just want to talk, nothing more, nothing less."

The former crown prince narrowed his eyes even more when he heard this, but he eventually gave a nod.

He wasn't a fool since he was someone that had once been the crown prince of the Merman Empire, he was someone that had been raised with the best resources since he was young.

He was someone that everyone thought would be the wise king of the Merman Empire, so it was only natural that he was able to see that there was something else to my words.

Only he still acted the part of a protective dad as he said, "Sweetie, go with your mommy and help your cousin. I'll have a talk with our guest in private."

Dicus looked like she wanted to say something, but eventually she went over to Zyra's side and followed her up the stairs.

The problem was that since we had merged our air bubbles together, we weren't actually able to separate ourselves without the use of the relic that created the air bubble.

In the end, Zyra brought Dicus who seemed unhappy with all of this upstairs and Ariel came into the living room with me to talk to the former crown prince.

I didn't panic as I calmly said, "How are you so sure that he hasn't changed?"

The former crown prince had been about to stand up to leave when he heard this. He slowly turned back to look at me with one brow raised in doubt, but he didn't say anything when he saw the calm and serious look that was on my face.

After another pause, he finally asked, "What are you really here for? If it was just that, I doubt that you would be going this far for my brother."

"I'm here to broker peace between the Merman Empire and the sea witches." This time, I didn't hide it. I knew that there was nothing to gain from hiding this, so it was better to tell him the truth.

There was a strange look that appeared on the former crown prince's face when he heard this. The way that he looked at me was almost as if he was looking at someone crazy. Though I didn't blame him since I would have had the same expression if someone were to say this to me.

After a while, he said with a sigh, "It seems that it's been a waste of time after all."

I suddenly took out something that immediately made him fall silent once again.

As he stared at the button that I suddenly pulled out, I said, "What if I told you that there was someone else who told me to do this."

He didn't say anything as he continued looking at the button.

With the way that he looked at the button that I was holding, it was as if he recognized it.

I was a bit surprised by this, but the former crown prince alleviated my doubts by saying, "I used to be the former crown prince of the Merman Empire, the things that I've seen are more than you think. If I wasn't able to recognize the aura of something like this, then I wouldn't have been a good former crown prince. I would naturally recognize the aura of the god that is worshiped by the Merman Empire."

Then narrowing his eyes, he looked at me to ask, "It's just I have to wonder, why do you have one of the relics of that god?"