While Todd was busy settling the merfolk tribe, there was a rare frenzy in Twilight City because of the arrival of a new neighbor.

Tomorrow at the tavern, the guests gather around the captain who has returned from the sea, and listen to the latter boast about the mermaid's peerless face and graceful posture.

"Swear to the scales of fate! What I say is true!" said the middle-aged captain with a handful of stubble, burping his wine, "I used to hear my father say that when sailing on the sea, I occasionally encountered mermaids, and they had soul-stirring singing voices and beautiful appearances. I used to think that this was all nonsense, but the other day I went to Waiheke Island and saw a living mermaid, and I realized that the legend is true!"

A rather young scholar asked curiously, "How beautiful is the mermaid?"

The captain scratched the back of his head with his big hand and said distressedly: "I can't read, and I can't learn the compliments in the book." I just saw the mermaid and felt like my whole chest was on fire. That face, that body, that breasts......"

The young scholar listened enthusiastically: "Those mermaids, will they be more beautiful than those elven professors in the university?"

An elderly man pushed the young scholar with his elbow and reminded him with a serious face: "Watch your words! The Holy Sect Army is a servant of the Dragon God, not the object of your jokes!"

The young man craned his neck and nodded slightly.

Glancing at the old man's clothes and accessories, the captain asked with some concern, "Then if we discuss mermaids like this, will we be suspected of blasphemy?"

The old man touched his gray beard, shook his head, and said, "I heard that the god of those mermaids is an ancient god of the sea named Krakosh...... As long as it has nothing to do with the dragon god, you can say whatever you want. ”

As soon as he heard this, the captain suddenly became energetic: "Then let me continue, I heard that the Holy King plans to build a trading post on the island, introduce some merchants in the city, and trade with the mermaids......"

The young scholar wondered, "Doing business with mermaids? They come from the ocean, where can they get coins to buy goods?"

The captain threw a roll of the scholar's eyes: "Are you stupid to read? Those mermaids, whether they are clothes or accessories, are all genuine pearls and sea shells, and they can be sold for a lot of money in the market if they are taken out casually!"

It dawned on the scholars.

The captain touched his beard and said helplessly: "It's a pity that such a business must be designated by the royal family, and if you want to participate in it, it's just a dream......"

"Don't take money too seriously, these things will not follow you to heaven after you die, and they will not have any effect on the balance of fate. The old man looked at the crowd of onlookers and sighed: "Do you remember what happened three years ago? When mortals have money, they mistakenly think that they have the power of gods, and they try to challenge the authority of gods, but in the end they are just inconspicuous dust." “

The old man's words silenced the people around him.

The captain snorted for a long time, and finally couldn't help but say: "Although money is not a good thing, if you don't have money, you can't live at all." It costs money for food, money for accommodation, money for repairing ships, even if you find a girl to relieve your boredom, it doesn't cost money?"

The old man looked the captain up and down, touched his beard and said, "Judging by your age, I'm afraid you're not young, aren't you?"

Hearing this, the captain was a little annoyed, but considering the identity of the old man, he had to lower his voice and said: "Originally, I was going to marry a wife at the beginning of the year, but after watching the mermaid today, I was bored to look at other women. “

Someone in the crowd of onlookers coaxed, "Hearing you say that, do you still want to marry a mermaid and go home?"

The captain glared at the round eyes and shouted, "What's wrong?!Isn't it rumored that a mermaid came ashore and ended up forming a family with the sailors?!"

Someone else asked in a loud voice: "Let's not talk about looks first, but if you think about the mermaid, how are you going to have children?"

The captain was stunned for a moment, and then said in a low voice: "It's okay to have feelings, it's a big deal to adopt a ...... for a child."

The young scholar finally seized an opportunity and took the opportunity to make fun of the captain: "In my opinion, I'm afraid it's not a matter of feelings at all, you just like the mermaid's face and figure!"

The angry captain banged the table and shouted at the scholar without hesitation: "What's wrong with the love of beauty! Honestly, when you were in school, did you never think of marrying an elven woman?!"

"I'm ......" The young scholar was speechless for a moment, his face flushed, and he was at a loss.

This appearance immediately made everyone around react, it turned out that this kid really had this thought.

"Young man, very bold!

"If you really marry an elf woman and go home, aren't you afraid that when she gets angry, she will burn down the whole house?!"

"Isn't it Gabriel, a professor of paleontology?

"I've heard that elves live far longer than humans. “

"Anecdotal elves seem to be only interested in academics. “

Listening to the miscellaneous discussions, the stereotypical old man had a look of tears and laughter on his face, and he finally simply closed his eyes and pretended not to hear anything.

The bar owner, who was standing behind the bar, suddenly coughed twice at this time.

The crowd followed the sound, and the bar owner turned his head to the side with his round eyes as he wiped his glass.

Only then did people realize that at the innermost table in the bar, there was a human, an orc, a werewolf, and ...... An elf ......

And the beautiful elven woman in the big red bodysuit was now looking at her with an angry face.

The crowd that had originally gathered together was so frightened that their faces were like dirt, and they suddenly scattered like birds and beasts.

Drinking the wine in the glass, Barbara slammed the glass on the table and said angrily, "Really, is it so hard to have a good drink these days?"

Randall looked at the embarrassment of everyone as they fled, shook his head and smiled, "After all, this is a bar, and there will always be all kinds of people gathered. “

The werewolf Aldenan nibbled on the chicken leg in his hand, squinted at the orc beside him, and asked, "Are the mermaids really as beautiful as they say?"

Carol tilted her neck, first poured down a large glass of dark beer, and then responded angrily, "I don't know." “

"You were at the scene on Waiheke Island a few days ago, didn't you take a closer look at the merfolk?"

Faced with the werewolf's questioning, Carol threw a slice of shrimp cake into his mouth and shrugged, "I don't care." “

"I'm ...... If I knew you were like this, I might as well go for you......"

Randall stretched out his hand to stop the two arguing: "Let's get down to business, Isaiah's village, I'm sure you've all heard about it." “

"A group of fanatics from the Church of the Father broke into that Protestant village in the middle of the night, slaughtered and burned it, not sparing even the infant baby!"

Aldenan lowered his voice and said, "The so-called fanatics of the Church of the Heavenly Father are nothing more than the official name of the place. My guess is that the people who did it were the direct troops of the church. “

Randall nodded: "Originally, the dispute between Protestantism and the Church of the Heavenly Father was still above verbal criticism, but now it seems that the Church of the Heavenly Father can no longer sit still, and they have begun to use even more despicable means to try to intimidate and threaten those who want to convert to Protestantism......"

Barbara whispered, "The Holy King can't sit idly by and ignore such a thing. “

Randall let out a long sigh, "In fact, the Holy King has been looking for an opportunity to attack the Heavenly Father's Church, and this incident has given one of the best opportunities...... Wait......"

Suddenly, the four people at the table closed their eyes in unison.

After a few seconds of silence, the four slowly opened their eyes and looked at each other.

Barbara was the first to speak, "Just now in the kingdom of heaven, I heard an edict from the Holy King...... But I heard me right, three days later, there will be a trial against a member of the Holy Cult?!"