Chapter 46

Edited by: EllieKit

Yi Nuo was lying on a coral reef, it wasn’t dark in front of him, but a colorful world. There were patches of jellyfish floating in the distance, like soft clouds in the sky, and there were also flying fish swimming overhead, or drilling into the coral forest.

Hearing a sound, Yi Nuo turned his head and saw Zhang Yu with a group of sea creatures standing under the coral reef, looking at him nervously and expectantly.

Except for Zhang Yu, all the others were like marine creatures, but they showed human expressions, which was very strange.

Yi Nuo shrank back in surprise, and then came back to his senses, understanding what had happened, his face darkened.

When the shrimps, crabs, fish and turtles below saw this, their expressions changed from anticipation to doubt and they couldn’t help whispering, “Why is his highness a little unhappy?”

“It seems that just after seeing us…”

“Otherwise, everyone will turn into a human. After all, His Highness has been living in the Empire and may not be used to the appearance of the Sea Country’s people.”

“Yes, yes!”

“That’s right. Also, don’t you know? His Highness was kidnapped by the Prime Minister.”

“What?!”

All the sea people turned pale with shock and looked at Zhang Yu one after another.

Zhang Yu expected Yi Nuo’s resistance, but he felt it was temporary. After all, the little prince was a mermaid. He was born to live in the sea, so he will definitely like the sea country.

Thinking of this, he stepped forward and said in a soft voice, “Your Highness, this is the Sea Palace. If you are not used to it, we can also move to the underground palace. It is the same as the ground, the city is no different from the empire, and the residents are all in human appearance.”

Yi Nuo pursed his lips and ignored him.

To be honest, he was a little angry in his heart, but more importantly, he wanted to contact Yue Zhan. He couldn’t stop thinking about how the other party would react and how the Empire will deal with it.

He raised his head and looked up.

The Sea Palace was illuminated by lights, so it wasn’t dark, but looking up, it was a dark and dead silence, without any freshness and light.

This was the deep sea, and it was normal not to see light overhead.

Yi Nuo’s eyes dimmed a little. A moment later, his appearance suddenly changed. First, the blond hair turned blue like seawater, then the ears, the hands…

Finally, the azure blue fishtail tore the fine black trousers, and the tail fin swung gently across the coral reefs, making these colorful coral reefs look a bit dreamy.

Under the coral reef, the high-ranking officials of the Sea Country, who had already turned into humans, were shocked at first, and then ecstatic.

“It’s a mermaid, it’s a royal mermaid, it really is His Highness!”

“We’re going to have a King. We’re finally going to have a King again.”

“Hurry up, go ahead and start preparing for the new King’s enthronement…”

Zhang Yu had already seen Yi Nuo’s appearance as a mermaid, so he was not shocked or surprised at the moment. On the contrary, looking at Yi Nuo who hadn’t said a word since waking up, he suddenly felt a little uneasy.

“Your Highness.” He couldn’t help taking another step forward.

Everyone could see that the little mermaid was in a low mood at the moment. The people of the Sea Country, who were still surprised just now, also noticed it, and they couldn’t help but quiet down.

Yi Nuo took a deep look at them, suddenly swung the fishtail, and swam upwards firmly.

Sea Country’s high-ranking officials”!!!”

They all turned their heads to look at Zhang Yu.

Zhang Yu’s face sank. He didn’t have the time to explain, so he just said, “His Highness is not used to life under the sea. You should leave first, don’t scare him.”

After speaking, he chased after Yi Nuo.

As soon as he left, the people from the Sea Country began to discuss.

“How can this happen? Could it be that His Highness, like his mother, doesn’t like living in the sea? Nor does he intend to inherit the Sea Throne?”

“Alas. He grew up in the Empire after all, so he may not have a sense of belonging to the Sea Country.” Someone sighed.

At this time, a deep-sea dragonfish swam out from behind the coral reef and instantly turned into a fierce-looking old man.

He cast a majestic glance at everyone. After everyone was silent, he looked at a round-faced young man and asked, “Zhang Yuan, you went to find His Highness with Zhang Yu. Tell us what’s going on.”

The old man once served as the supreme commander of the naval military headquarters and even followed the Sea King Li Xuan. He has always been very authoritative in front of this group of juniors who had never even met the Sea King.

The round-faced young man, who was named, had a bitter expression on his face, stepped forward, and said, “I was arranged to do support work, so I don’t know the specific situation. But Zhang Xiaowan, who accompanied the Prime Minister, said that His Highness has a lover in the Empire and both of them were about to get married. Moreover, His Highness is pregnant with a little mermaid.”

“What? We’re going to have a little mermaid?” The sea people were immediately surprised.

But then Zhang Yuan said, “However, it seems that the Prime Minister didn’t explain the situation of the Sea Country clearly to His Highness, and didn’t ask about his wishes, so he used the drunken fish potion to stun him and kidnap him…”

“Huh?” The sea people immediately felt lost again.

“Sure enough, he was forced.”

“No wonder His Highness is unwilling…”

“Cough.” The old dragonfish coughed twice, waved his hand, and said, “You guys leave first. I’ll go up and see the situation.”

After speaking, he turned back into a deep-sea dragonfish.

However, the appearance of the deep-sea dragonfish was too fierce and ugly. After swimming two meters, he hesitated and turned into an old man. But when he turned into an old man, his appearance was still fierce. After hesitating for a while, he turned back to the dragonfish…

After changing back and forth several times, Zhang Yuan who followed closely said in a low voice, “Old Commander, don’t change, I feel… whatever you look like will scare His Highness.”

The old man’s face sank, and he turned around and shouted, “Get out, who told you to follow?”

Zhang Yuan hurriedly hid in the rocks in desperation.

When the old dragonfish caught up with Yi Nuo and Zhang Yu, Yi Nuo was still swimming upwards.

Zhang Yu followed beside him, at first, he persuaded him earnestly, but at this moment he was silent.

The old dragonfish hesitated for a moment, but still turned into an old man, and swam up to the two of them, blocking the way.

Yi Nuo was startled by the sudden appearance of a figure, and after seeing his appearance clearly, he backed away in shock.

This, this was too fierce.

Yi Nuo just focused on his anger against Zhang Yu. However, after seeing this old man, he finally felt a sense of fear and uneasiness about coming to a strange country.

Zhang Yu was at a loss at first but quickly helped to explain, “Your Highness, don’t be afraid. He is the old commander of the sea army, and he also knew your mother. He is ugly, but he is not a bad person.”

When the old dragonfish heard this, he wanted to blow him away with a punch. What did he mean by ugly? He just looked a little fierce.

However, for fear of scaring the little mermaid, he endured it, tried his best to pull out a kind (creepy) smile, and said kindly, “Your Highness, let me introduce myself. My name is Long Ya. I used to be your uncle’s personal guard and also took care of your mother…”

“I’ve heard about what Zhang Yu did. He forcibly captured His Highness regardless of His Highness’ wishes. This is indeed his fault. Please rest assured, Your Highness, we will definitely punish him severely.”

Yi Nuo didn’t expect the ferocious looking old man to speak so gently. He couldn’t help putting down his guard and said hesitantly, “In that case, I want to go back to the Empire first.”

The smile on the old dragonfish’s face suddenly froze, and he said in frustration, “But Your Highness, you are from the Sea Country.”

Yi Nuo pursed his lips and said, “But my lover and relatives are all in the Empire. I’m sorry, I’m not familiar with this place… and I may not be able to become what you expect.”

The smile on the old dragonfish’s face completely faded, and he turned his head and looked at Zhang Yu.

Seeing this, Yi Nuo immediately said, “It’s useless if you don’t agree, I will find a way and keep going upwards.”

In fact, he was bluffing. He was tired from swimming and his fishtail was sore.

He couldn’t help feeling a burst of sadness in his heart. He had fantasized about swimming in the sea in his mind countless times, and he would see Yue Zhan with his arms open, waiting for him not far away, just like when he was on the beach of the deserted star.

However, that wasn’t the case now.

The old dragon fish sighed and said, “Your Highness, it is useless for you to go all the way upwards. To let the survivors of the sea country have the last place of peace and happiness, your uncle, His Majesty Li Xuan, used the space power to separate the Sea Country from the outside world.”

Space power?

Yi Nuo’s eyes showed surprise.

Zhang Yu noticed this and explained with a light cough, “Just like His Highness has the ability of thunder and lightning, His Majesty the King of the Sea has the ability of space.”

“That’s right.” The old dragonfish nodded and said, “The Sea Country is now in space…like a mirror image. When you swim to the edge of the space, you think you can swim out, but in fact, you just swim back to the previous position. It’s like swimming from the outside of the mirror to the inside of the mirror, and everything around you is still the same, and you can’t get out.”

“In the same way, people from outside can’t get in, they will only think that the magnetic field is chaotic, causing a phenomenon similar to ghosts hitting the wall.” Zhang Yu added.

Yi Nuo understood and said, “So that’s why people outside can’t find the Sea Country, thinking that the Sea Country has disappeared, but in fact, the Sea Country is still in the deepest part of the starfish?”

“That’s right.” The old dragonfish nodded.

Yi Nuo’s heart sank for a moment. Wouldn’t it be difficult for Yue Zhan to find him?

“So His Highness should settle down here with peace of mind…” the old dragonfish continued.

“Then how did you go out?” Yi Nuo suddenly interrupted.

“This…” The old dragonfish hesitated, he didn’t want to tell him that Li Xuan left a special passage.

But Zhang Yu had already given a bad example. If they keep trapping His Highness, I’m afraid it will only make His Highness even more resistant to the Sea Country. Blocking is worse than sparse¹It means that it’s not good to directly block or suppress emerging things that are difficult to judge, it’s better to dredge and guide them to incorporate them into the right track, so as to avoid the strong rebound caused by the violent blockage., it’s better to…

The old dragonfish’s brain turned quickly, and he said, “Of course, His Majesty left a special passage for the people of the Sea Country, but…”

Speaking of this, he pretended to be embarrassed, “It’s just that when Zhang Yu and the others returned, the passage was broken, and we have been looking for ways to repair it. If His highness wants to return to the empire, I’m afraid it won’t be in the short term.”

As soon as Yi Nuo heard this, he knew he was trying to fool him. This was not the first time he had been deceived.

But thinking about it, the passage should be real, but he didn’t know where it was. It wasn’t a solution to swim around like this without thinking. It was better to promise them first, and then find a way to get the location of the passage.

But he couldn’t agree too easily. Yi Nuo thought for a while and followed the example of the old dragonfish. He pretended to struggle and hesitate for a long time, and then like an excellent actor, he said with difficulty: “Then… okay.”

After that, he quickly asked, “When will the passage be repaired?”

Hearing that he was willing to stay, the old dragonfish was so excited that he almost told the fact that “only His Majesty Li Xuan could repair the passage”. Fortunately, he woke up in time and made up something, “Probably… at least… at least two or three ye—”

Seeing Yi Nuo open his eyes wide and show the intention to swim upwards again, he quickly changed his words and said, “A month, ahem, two or three months.”

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  It means that it’s not good to directly block or suppress emerging things that are difficult to judge, it’s better to dredge and guide them to incorporate them into the right track, so as to avoid the strong rebound caused by the violent blockage. ↩︎