"All male?!"

In the bottom compartment of the warship, Archbishop Brandon looked at the mermaid in front of him with a cracked tooth and a fierce face, and was stunned in place.

As soon as Ma Wei finished speaking, he knew what was strange.

These merfolk don't look like they had imagined!

Whether it is a local legend or an ancient book, mermaids are beautiful and charming, they have a clear and tactful singing voice, which is what everyone dreams of, why are the mermaids in front of them different?

Look at their muscles and their height of more than two meters. It's a little stronger than the world's top boxers!

"Our luck was so bad."

Archbishop Brandon sighed, "I didn't catch a single female mermaid, only four males." ”

Ma Wei looked at him a little strangely: "We can only catch the male mermaid, it is impossible to catch the female mermaid." ”

"Why?"

"Because they are sirens, the gender is equivalent to the male of the human race."

"It is clearly recorded in the classics that mermaids have genders! The sirens are mermaids, why are they all male? Archbishop Brandon wondered, "Is there a mistake in the text?" ”

"Mermaids do have genders, but the specific situation written by different recorders is different, and more information needs to be consulted to verify, and the content of a book may not be all right."

Licking his lips, Ma Wei explained: "There are two kinds of mermaids, one is the Siren Siren, and the other is the Water Siren Sairan, the Siren Siren lives in the sea, that is, the ones we encounter, and the Water Siren Siran lives in the freshwater area, and only when the breeding season comes, they will leave their homes and swim into the sea along the waterway, looking for mates in the coastal waters to breed and mate. ”

"A merfolk will only have one mate in their life, and when the mate dies, the other will dissipate in a short time, and the Sirens are fierce and murderous, and although they rarely attack ships, any fishing boat that is targeted by the Sirens will be drowned in the sea under their siege."

"This is also the reason why people regard Seran as a mermaid, and most of the humans who saw the Sirens died! A few survivors are not enough to shake the root of the legend! The legend can only be supplemented with an additional note that a merfolk will tempt sailors to drag them into the deep sea to kill, as a reminder to the people living near the sea, after all, the vast majority of merfolk encountered by humans at sea are brutal sirens. ”

"Oh"

Archbishop Brandon understood: "So, these sirens we caught are also mermaids, right?" ”

"Yes, they are indeed mermaids."

"Do they have to have a mate to reproduce? Is it okay to be of the same sex? ”

“.”

Looking at Ma Wei's surprised, puzzled and shocked eyes, Archbishop Brandon snorted: "No, no, don't look at me like this." ”

How can people of the same sex reproduce among themselves?

If the same sex can reproduce, why do the Seran people have to travel thousands of miles from the interior?

This is common sense, but it doesn't seem to apply the common sense of human life to otherworldly beings

"Ahem." Archbishop Brandon cleared his throat and said, "If you can't reproduce, you can't reproduce, although it's a pity, but this is also a matter of no choice, go back and see if there is a solution, um. Nicholas, you have experience in obtaining mermaid tears, so I'll leave it to you. ”

"Me?" Ma Wei frowned: "What do you mean?" ”

"You're going to squeeze tears out of them!" Archbishop Brandon said confidently, "As a potions merchant, you must have had similar experience, right?" ”

"You think too highly of me," Ma Wei shook his head slowly: "A mermaid will only shed one tear in his life, and that is at the moment of his partner's death, and in addition, even if they are skinned and cramped, they will not get tears." ”

"Hmm" Archbishop Brandon stroked his chin and rolled his eyes: "Will the sirens fall in love with humans?" ”

"You mean interspecies love? I think so, after all, there are legends of mermaids and humans falling in love in many places. Ma Wei said calmly.

Archbishop Brandon slapped his thigh and said, "That's easy! We can use the obsession with flowers! ”

Ma Wei was stunned for a moment: "You mean, let the mermaid drink the aphrodisiac potion and fall in love with a human being?" ”

"That's right! Won't we be able to produce a lot of tears? Archbishop Brandon smiled and said, "When these merfolk fall in love with the same human woman, let's kill the woman in front of them, they will definitely shed tears, and the death of their partner will make them cry That's what you said, Nicholas." ”

Archbishop Brandon is definitely a ruthless person, and the reason why he didn't show it in front of Mavi is because everyone has the same interests, and Archbishop Brandon can't do anything to Mavi, but for profitable goals

And he showed his terrible side.

According to Archbishop Brandon, it is clear that he wanted to use the obsession flower to turn the merfolk into tear-producing tools, but this act was so cruel that using it once would kill at least one human and one mermaid.

"Or we can force the merfolk to submit by torturing women, the effect of the infatuation potion is very powerful, it can make the user fall madly in love with himself, well, Nicholas, did you bring the infatuation flower?"

"No, obsessed with flowers in London."

After a moment's hesitation, Ma Wei asked, "As a clergyman, is this appropriate?" ”

"What's out of the ordinary?" Archbishop Brandon disagreed: "There are many female prisoners in the prison, many of whom are on death row, and they are meant to die, so why not shine again before the end of their lives and contribute to humanity?" ”

"As for the merfolk, there is no need to pity them, especially the Sirens, even Nicholas yourself said that they are cruel and murderous by nature, I don't know how many human fishing boats have been poisoned by them, and I am doing this to avenge the dead humans."

Archbishop Brandon's idea is, in Mavey's opinion, an absolute fallacy, because from the very beginning, Archbishop Brandon killed them not for the sake of humanity, but for profit, for the tears of mermaids.

In order to cover up his behavior, he did not hesitate to add the label of justice, which seemed to be fair and righteous, but in fact it was high-sounding and ugly.

Finding excuses to whitewash their actions is a normal operation of capitalists, and Ma Wei has long been surprised.

Without a crush on flowers, and without a female death row inmate, Archbishop Brandon's plan could not be implemented in the short term, so he simply ordered the four mermaids he caught to be transferred to another cruiser, ordering them to return to the Kingdom of Windsor, bring the merfolk back to London, and hand them over to the church.

Ma Wei and Archbishop Brandon, who are in charge of dealing with potions, are not in London, and even if they receive mermaids, the church will not easily deal with them, so maybe things will turn around?

Leaving the bilge, Mavi and Archbishop Brandon went to the captain's quarters to visit Captain Joshua, who was recuperating in bed.

Seeing them, Joshua didn't have a good face, and his expression became more and more indifferent, and he didn't want to say a word.

"Captain Joshua, your contribution to the Church and the Kingdom is evident."

In order not to provoke infighting, Archbishop Brandon comforted him with a good voice: "After carrying out this mission, I will personally report to the king and promote you to rear admiral." ”

Joshua's expression did not fluctuate, and he was still cold.

"Alas, I hope you can understand that it was really a helpless move at that time." Archbishop Brandon sighed: "I am thinking about the church, but your judgment is not wrong, we are not wrong, we just chose to be different, I apologize to you, and I sincerely hope that you can forgive me."

Archbishop Brandon bowed his head and bowed to Joshua to apologize, seeing this scene, Joshua smiled coldly, what could be more false than this apology?

Crocodile tears are no more than that.

After apologizing, Archbishop Brandon left the captain's room, he did everything he could, even if it was spread, his voluntary apology would not be condemned by the public, but Captain Joshua would be labeled as narrow-minded.

"Why aren't you leaving?"

Joshua looked at Ma Wei and said angrily, "I don't welcome you here, go out." ”

Ma Wei walked to the door, slowly closed the door, turned around under Joshua's confused gaze, picked up the silver tin box placed on the table, opened it, took out a cigarette, put it under his nose and smelled it:

"Somme brand cigarettes. Didn't you smoke a Royal Navy cigarette before? ”

Joshua's eyelids jumped slightly, and his eyes were gloomy: "How do you know what cigarettes I used to smoke?" ”

"Not only do I know what cigarettes you used to smoke, but I also know the origin of the scars on your face."

"It's no secret that the scars on my face were from bullets."

"Everyone only knows that the bullet tore the flesh off your face, but no one knows that you poured a bottle of rum on it and ripped off your shirt to bandage it"

"Who are you?! Who told you about this?! ”

Joshua's voice trembled, these seemingly inconspicuous things are actually known to only a few people, and it is obvious that they will not mention this matter in casual conversation on weekdays.

"Let me introduce you."

Mavi picked up Yunia and pinched her little nose, and at the same time lifted the disguise effect of the Siren's Tears and changed back to her original appearance: "This is my daughter, you can call her Emma, Emma, Uncle Joshua." ”

"Brother Joshua is good!" Yunia didn't call her uncle, she only called Levine her uncle.

"Lieutenant!"

Seeing Ma Wei, Joshua suddenly became excited, and suddenly lifted the quilt and got out of bed, perhaps because his body did not fully recover or because of excitement, his legs were weak and he almost knocked on the cabinet next to him.

Immediately after that, Joshua stood up and looked at Ma Wei in disbelief: "You're back. You're finally back! ”

"Long time no see, Joe."

Ma Wei flicked a cigarette over, picked up a lighter and lit it for Joshua, and when Joshua looked down, he saw a few white strands in the other party's hair, and couldn't help but sigh: "You actually have white hair."

"You're still as young as you used to." Joshua smiled rarely: "I can't believe my eyes, you are exactly the same as three years ago!" It's just that the temperament is a little different, and it's a lot more introverted. ”

"After all, he is the one who is the Pope, and he can't be as reckless as before." Ma Wei smiled and said, "Are you okay?" ”

"Everything is fine, but the scar sometimes aches and aches, and the doctor tells me to rest more, but I often can't sleep." Joshua said quietly: "As soon as I close my eyes, Ah Fu and them will appear in front of me, they circle around me, don't say anything, just stand in the distance and look at me, as soon as I look down, there is sea water under my feet, and in the shadow reflected on the sea, the right side of my face is constantly dripping blood, right, do they know that you are back?" ”

"I've met Toure a few times, and the reason why I haven't recognized you is because I'm afraid that there are too many people and the news will leak out, and secondly"

"I guess your worries are unwarranted." Joshua said: "Of all the survivors of the fleet of Saint-Martine, there were no traitors. ”

"I hope so." Ma Wei sighed: "More than a hundred survivors, four full years have passed, everyone has lived a stable life, and it is normal for some people to want to quit, Joe, this time when you go back, you have been promoted to major general, and Toure is just a lieutenant general." ”

"He made a mistake, otherwise he would have been promoted to general a long time ago." Joshua took a puff of his cigarette: "I heard that when you met in the Far North Sea, he did not give the order at the first time, but lost the entire crew and a bishop, and was punished by the church, otherwise he was only one step away from the marshal." ”

"That old thing Onandi is not dead, and Toure is unlikely to be a marshal." Mavi shook his head and said, "It was Ornandi who recommended the Saint-Martin fleet to carry out the king's privateer mission, that old thing."

When it comes to Royal Navy Marshal Onandi Parton, Joshua doesn't have a good face, but they just scold, and everyone knows in their hearts that what really causes their anger is not going out on privateering missions, but the indifference of the kingdom after the defeat of the fleet of Saint-Martine.

If Toure were not alive, Rhodes IV would never have come forward to redeem the survivors of the fleet of Saint-Martine.

"More on the past, Lieutenant, how did you become a potions merchant for the Church?"

Activating the Kraken's Tears, Ma Wei once again turned into the appearance of Nicholas, and said: "The previous identity is useless, I can only find another identity to sneak into London, I have already hooked up with the fourth prince Arthur, and after the formation of the giant alliance, I will go back to run for parliament."

Speaking of the Giant Alliance, Joshua hurriedly asked, "I'm curious, why did you set up the Giant Alliance to promote the Windsor Kingdom to form an alliance with several other powerful kingdoms?" The Church of Truth is the state religion of the Romanov Kingdom, and once the Giant Alliance is formed, the Romanov Kingdom will be isolated, what good is this for the Church of Truth? ”

"The establishment of the alliance of giants is indeed a big blow to the Romanov Kingdom."

Ma Wei said calmly: "The kingdoms of the Central Continent can completely form a deeper alliance and unite with the outside world, and at that time, I am afraid that no kingdom will be able to fight against them." ”

"You know this, how can you pay it back."

"Because the next step for the Church of Truth is not to go to the Central Continent."

Ma Wei flicked the land instrument on the table, and said to the location of the continent: "The next policy of the Truth Church is the Southern Continent, after the establishment of the Giant Alliance, it will harvest other kingdoms with its huge size, which will inevitably attract the dissatisfaction of other kingdoms, this is the opportunity for the Romanov Kingdom to develop externally!" This is also known as a long-range close attack! ”

"Once I take the Kingdom of Windsor, and the Church of Truth concludes alliances with the kingdoms of other continents, then the Church of Truth will form a north-south attack and surround the Central Continent!"

(End of chapter)