Shota's Isekai NTR Adventure

Chapter 1190: A bit of corruption (2)



With another sigh, the Merman King continued by saying, "We never thought that it would appear again, but now that it has..."

His unfinished words were more than enough to convey what he was thinking, but there were still things that I wanted to know.

"The way that you put this sounds like there was something that made the corruption disappear in the past. So what was it that took of the corruption last time?" I asked in a serious voice.n/ô/vel/b//jn dot c//om

This was the heart of the matter, this was the important thing.

There was nothing to gain from wondering why it appeared again, what mattered now was taking care of this corruption as soon as possible.

The Merman King and the former crown prince looked at each other again in silence for a bit before turning back to look at me.

With a heavy sigh, the Merman King said, "It's written that in the past, the former generations of merman royalty worked with the protector of the sea, Lord Aquaron to expel the corruption. While we don't know how much of that is true, we at least know that the power of Lord Aquaron is required."

"And that's why I'm here." I said as soon as his voice fell.

The two of them were silent for a bit, but they eventually gave slow nods of agreement.

As soon as I heard that Aquaron was involved, I immediately knew why they had brought me to this meeting.

This matter was clearly a private matter for both the Merman Empire and the sea witches, so they should have kept it secret from me. But since I was related to Aquaron to the point where he was even summoning me, that meant that I was very close to him.

If the help of Aquaron was required for this, they naturally wanted me to come along with them.

That was why I was brought into this meeting and told everything.

"Well, what do we do now?" I asked the two of them after they admitted the truth.

The Merman King and the former crown prince looked at each other, only this time it seemed like they were confused about this. It seemed like they didn't know what to do either.

Since that was the case, I could only make one suggestion.

"Should we go to the area of corruption and see what the effects of the corruption are like? If we don't know anything about the corruption, it's not as if we can do anything about it, right?"

The two of them seemed hesitant at first, but then they slowly nodded in agreement.

But before heading out, it seemed like the Merman King had to say something.

"This isn't something that you have to involve yourself in. This is an important matter for our Merman Empire, but that's the only thing that is involved. It's not as if a human like you has to come with us."

He could have made the distinction at any time, but now was when he chose to make this distinction.

But I wasn't confused as to why he did this.

I knew exactly why he chose to make this distinction clear.

It was because he didn't want me to get involved in this matter.

He wanted to keep me away from this as a way to protect me, but I knew that I had to get involved in this matter.

It was most likely the reason why Aquaron had sent me to make peace with the sea witches in the first place.

I would need to help them make up or else I wouldn't be able to receive the other relic. But at the same time, I knew that it was important to see what this corruption was. It reminded me of the dark forces that Solista had mentioned in her prophecy.

If it was related, then it was important that I saw what this corruption really was.

At the same time, it really was strange that this corruption had appeared now of all times. It just seemed like too much of a coincidence.

That was why I had to see just what this corruption was.

"Are you really saying that now? It's too late for that." I said after revealing a faint smile.

The Merman King looked at me with a strange look, but in the end, he said with a sigh, "Alright, it's your choice."

The former crown prince revealed a faint smile, but it also looked like he sympathized with the Merman King. While at the same time, it was as if he was looking at me with a wary look...

Once this was decided, we didn't waste any time at all.

Since this was a matter of utmost importance, it was something that the Merman King had to personally head to.

It was just that as the Merman King, it wasn't as if he was able to travel freely.

He was only able to travel after a group of royal guards assembled to protect him, but it was reassuring to have all of them here.

After all, we had no idea what the corruption was in the first place, so the more people the better.

Following the report, we arrived at the land where the corruption was found.

This was a place that was in the middle of nowhere, or at least the middle of nowhere on the bottom of the ocean.

This place was outside of the whale that the capital was in, it was a farm that was on the bottom of the sea for ocean vegetation. This was part of the system that kept all of the people in the Merman Empire's capital fed.

But at the center of the field, there was something black there.

Even before arriving at the field, we could see that there was something black there.

It seemed like something that was eating away at the field itself.

This black thing had to be the corruption that was mentioned.