689. The Faint King
"Ning Shi is the person I brought, and I thank the merfolk for the gift of her." When the words fell, she motioned for Ning Shi to accept these things.
This is the income of her labor, it is what she deserves, although these things can be regarded as a wave of blood for the mermaid clan, but with the strength of the mermaid clan, there must be many things in their treasury, and these add up to only a dozen at most.
Receiving Su Yu's hint, Ning Shi hurriedly thanked the enthusiastic four elders, and then pretended to be busy and put away all these things.
Ning Shi's evasive appearance made the four elders a little regretful, because just like others thought, the reason why the mermaid clan gave a heavy gift was that on the one hand, they really wanted to thank Ning Shi for saving so many mermaids' lives, but more importantly, they wanted to try to recruit Ning Shi.
If someone had helped the merfolk clan before, the four elders would definitely not have this idea, it was because he didn't know the weakness of the merfolk clan, but now that he knew, he knew that the biggest threat to the merfolk clan was pollution, then Ning Shi's existence was equivalent to the antidote to the poisoner, and it was also an antidote that could be used indefinitely!
In this case, even the Great Elder, who was prejudiced against human beings because of the past, chose to remain silent when the Fourth Elder proposed to try to recruit Ning Shi, rather than opposing and refusing.
Ning Shi's attitude of refusal was unexpected by them, but it was also reasonable, after all, she was a human being, and human beings could not live normally under the sea without props.
And if she chooses to join the mermaid clan, although the merfolk will not lock her up so exaggeratedly, her future actions will definitely not be so casual, because she needs to stay in the merfolk clan for a long time to ensure that she can appear in time when the merfolk need her.
"I see...... the fourth elder sighed regretfully, "Since this magician already has something to belong to, then this matter is over." ”
Su Yu's words just now are actually equivalent to saying that Ning Shi is her person, although this is not the case, but in this case, this troublesome matter can be solved with an insignificant lie, why not?
Ning Shi also understood that the four elders had misunderstood, but she didn't want to explain, because she also knew that Su Yu was helping her, and after explaining, she would only continue to be entangled by these mermaids.
With the words of the four elders coming out, this matter was over.
Everyone had been fighting for most of the day, and everyone was very tired, so after the simple banquet, they were ready to go back to rest.
But at the end of the banquet, an unexpected person walked not far away...... Or rather, merfolk.
"What are you all doing here?" The mermaid king approached with an unkind face, and there was a delicate and weak Mrs. Sang by his side.
Although Mrs. Sang is petite, leaning on the tall mermaid king, the difference in size is particularly obvious, and it is easy for the mermaid king to cover her figure, but she is inexplicably extra attracted attention, even if she does not speak at all.
It seemed that he had noticed that everyone was looking at him, and Mrs. Sang didn't know what to say in the mermaid king's ear, and then the mermaid king's face became worse.
"Why don't you speak? Don't you think that if you don't say it, I won't find out that you're holding a banquet here! ”
"This is a banquet prepared for the sacrificial ceremony, how can humans be allowed to sit at the table! Great Elder, this doesn't seem like something you'd do. ”
The Great Elder's physical condition was not very good at this time, so even at the banquet, he had been sitting all the time, and he was just about to disperse, he only stood up for a while, and now the Mermaid King suddenly called his name, and a burst of fire suddenly rose in his heart, and just as he wanted to say something, he felt a fishy sweetness welling up in his throat.
The three elders sitting beside him were the first to notice that something was wrong and immediately supported him, and the five elders also hurriedly took out something and handed it to the three elders, and then the three elders gave it to the great elder to eat.
Seeing this, the eldest prince immediately helped to speak: "Father, this is our celebration banquet that successfully repelled the mermaids, although Miss Su and they are all humans, but if it weren't for them, our mermaid clan would definitely suffer heavy casualties today!" ”
The eldest prince actually rarely spoke in front of the mermaid king.
Because although he is the heir, his position as the heir was jointly elected by several elders, and the mermaid king did not participate, or he was not qualified to participate.
Therefore, although the mermaid king is not disgusted with the eldest prince, he has never had a good impression, after all, he is not his own child.
The eldest prince didn't know the truth, but because the queen gave him enough maternal love, he was actually not uncommon to the family affection given by the mermaid king, especially when there were more younger brothers and sisters around him, there was never a shortage of relatives around him, so he was even more reluctant to contact the mermaid king.
This is also why when the queen had an accident, the eldest prince would directly take over raising Lua, because he actually knew that the mermaid king was unreliable...... However, the mermaid king's love for Lua greatly surprised him, but he didn't think much about it, just thought that Lua was born likable.
After all, the mermaid king is the father of the eldest prince, so after the eldest prince knows that he doesn't like him, he is generally relatively silent in front of the mermaid king, and he doesn't speak if he can.
Most of the time, if something really big, he would discuss it with a few elders first, and then the elders would speak in his place.
However, in that situation just now, the Great Elder was weak, and the other elders were not suitable to speak in the case of the Mermaid King naming the Great Elder, so he could only speak.
After all, the Great Elder is also half of his own teacher, and when he was a child, his combat skills were taught by the Great Elder, and he needed help in both public and private affairs.
But to be honest, it's better not to help him with this favor, because the mermaid king doesn't like him in the first place, and his mood at this time is obviously not very good, so after the eldest prince finished speaking, the mermaid king directly aimed at the eldest prince.
But when the Mermaid King was about to speak, a voice directly blocked his intention to speak.
"Father, Rua thinks we should pay more attention to the fish-man and dark creatures at this time than other inconsequential things."
Lua glanced at Madame Sang, while she was angry in her heart, she didn't show it on her face, she replaced it with timely sorrow, and continued: "There are many fishmen who died today because of the invasion of the fishmen, they are all heroes of the merfolk clan, shouldn't my father have something to say?" ”
Lua said this to remind the Mermaid King of the tense situation of the Mermaid Clan before.
When they were fighting to the death, the mermaid king took Mrs. Sang to rest peacefully, and it is not an exaggeration to say that he is faint.