Diablo Destruction

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While I was sweating coldly and looking at the scene in front of me that made my eardrums ache, the little mermaid finally put away her trident again and touched her mermaid father. Her ears were cute and cute, and she started to giggle coquettishly.

"Daughter, why do I feel like my ears on both sides are penetrated?" Mermaid King Exia said helplessly, covering her aching ears.

Is it really a miracle that you can still live like that? Or is it that the brain structure of the mermaid tribe is very different from that of humans? I rolled my eyes while complaining secretly.

"Eaaaay! Eaaaaaaa-!!"

Aelia shook her little fist vigorously and said a few words, then she pulled her father's ear and blew gently, making the King of Exia who was lamenting helplessly just now happy.

Probably only Elijah can make the majestic Mermaid King show these expressions. Seeing this scene of father and daughter's family happiness, I can't help but feel a little envious. I haven't enjoyed my father's love much.

"Ahem——"

After teasing for a while, King Exia seemed to realize that I was still there next to him. He couldn't help but cough a few times and retracted the fatherly expression of playing with Elia.

"You are an outgoing girl. Boy, it seems that Aelia likes you very much. How about you? Do you want to consider becoming a potential son-in-law for us and the royal family?"

As soon as he opened his mouth, King Exia said something that made me break out in a cold sweat.

"Err-?"

Elijah, who was on her shoulder, tilted his head in confusion and asked - Dad, son-in-law... what is that?

"Daughter, son-in-law, it means we will always be together."

After touching his chin and thinking for a moment, King Exia chose an explanation for his young and ignorant daughter that she could understand.

"Eeeah! Eeeah!!"

Elijah cheered happily. She looked at me with the majesty of the sea and beautiful golden-blue eyes. She raised her two little hands high in the air like "Long live" and looked very satisfied.

"Yeah, it's pretty good, hahahahaha..."

Seeing that his daughter liked it, King Exia seemed to feel that he had done something right. He laughed proudly. With his hearty laughter, the entire sea seemed to be shaking and boiling like an undersea volcano erupting.

"Well, what's my opinion..."

Seeing that the two father and daughter seemed to have decided on this matter after discussing it themselves, I couldn't help but ask.

"What? Do you have anything against my baby girl?"

As soon as the majestic bearded face turned away from Elijah, he immediately changed from the role of a loving father to the king of Yama. It was the first time that he changed his face so quickly.

"No...it's not..."

I quickly shook my head. I really want to say that there is really nothing to criticize about Elijah. As a mermaid, she has a beauty that is even better than an angel, an innocent and kind character, and a lovable temper. There is simply no such thing. Any flaws, the question is…

"Okay, I get it now!!"

The King of Exia looked as if he had found the answer before I did.

"That's probably why you are."

She pointed to her daughter on her shoulder, laughed loudly, and looked like it was so weird, and said something that made me scratch my head.

"Don't worry about this. Even though my daughter is small, after a few more years of sleeping, she will be able to become the size of an ordinary human when she has enough strength."

Well, how many more years of "sleeping"? I wiped off the cold sweat a little, and it felt like I was sweating a hundred times as much as usual when talking to this mermaid king. I hope I won't be dehydrated.

"Can I ask? Is the true body shape of your mermaid royal family what you are now, or what you were just now?"

I asked cautiously, if Elijah suddenly gets a whim and becomes as big as King Exia when he first appeared, no, even if it is only one thousandth of the size, it will be enough to burst the space in the necklace. , this has to be guarded against.

"Are you talking about this? Don't worry, now is the true posture of my golden mermaid clan. As for just now, it was the ultimate fighting posture, hahahahaha!!"

As he said this, King Exia laughed inexplicably again.

"..."

The ultimate fighting stance... I understand, when you first appeared, you did have the plan to "just kill the damn murderer who kidnapped your precious daughter without saying a word," right bastard! !

Elijah, who was on his shoulder, seemed to be dissatisfied. She took out her trident again and made a few babbling gestures, which made her mermaid father's loud laughter stop in shock, and she explained profoundly. The principle of one thing descending from another.

"How's it going? Now it's time to feel at ease as our golden mermaid's potential son-in-law."

“What does preparation mean?”

I looked around at his question and never thought about it at all. Although I liked Aelia very much, I didn't like her that way at all.

"Of course preparation means to be prepared. As a mermaid royal family, of course you must be prepared in case your precious daughter meets a man she likes more in the future..." King Exia crossed his arms and nodded.

"..."

You are really a good father in terms of feelings. You have even thought carefully about this for your daughter. Although with your noble status as a mermaid royal family, such strict selection is not too much. However, as the person involved, I was selected as if I were being shipped. I still feel unhappy in my heart.

"I'm sorry, King Exia, I think it's better to forget it." I said straightforwardly.

"What, you really still have a problem with my precious daughter, right? You bastard human being. You know I am just such a precious daughter. She is destined to be the king of the entire sea in the future. It is your honor to be her potential son-in-law. !”

King Exia was immediately furious, and the aquamarine world filled with earth and sky began to fluctuate violently.

Elijah, who was sitting on his shoulder, also looked disappointed when she heard my refusal. In her innocent mind, my refusal probably simply meant "the other person doesn't want to be with me." Bar.

Look, King Exia, can you bear to marry off your ignorant daughter right now?

Although she was disappointed, Elijah immediately pulled her father's ears and babbled a few times in frustration, telling the Mermaid King not to be angry with me. He is indeed a good child. At this moment, I was deeply impressed by Elijah's well-behaved kindness. Deeply moved.

"Sorry, King Exia, I already have a wife." After thinking about it, I came up with the simplest answer.

"Already have a wife? That won't work. Then he can no longer be the son-in-law of our mermaid royal family."

Sure enough, Exia immediately shook her head and said regretfully and firmly, but then she thought of a compromise.

"If you can get a divorce, you can still consider it. How about it? I am very confident. My baby daughter is definitely not comparable to other women. You will never regret it in the future."

"Mermaid King, will you divorce your wife for another woman?"

I rolled my eyes and asked without politeness at all, this guy is so smart, he wants me to divorce Vilas and the others, even if he is the daughter of God, there is no way.

I thought that King Exia would be angry because of his rude question, but unexpectedly, he folded his arms and thought for a while, then nodded: "That's right, if you do this, I really don't trust you." It's really annoying to leave it to you, Elijah seems to like you very much."

It is difficult for an upright official to deal with household chores. The mermaid king Exia, who has always been honest, is now worried about the future of his precious daughter. Seeing his current appearance, I am even more sure that he has fallen asleep.

"Actually, there is no need for King Exia to find a husband for Eria now. She is still young. It is not too late to talk about it later." Seeing King Exia's distressed look, I had a good impression of him and I had a good impression of him. suggested.

"That's right, you are right."

Only now did Exia finally realize that she was too anxious. She couldn't help laughing a few times and gently touched Aelia's smooth face with her fingers: "This is better. My precious daughter, I can spend more time with you." I some days.”

"..."

Another daughter-controller, I sighed in my heart, by the way, why did I say "again"?

"King Exia, I would like to ask, why do you let Elijah wander around the continent?"

I learned from Elijah that she can communicate with Exia no matter how far away they are through a strange method that I named "mermaid radio waves" without permission. The looted fake magic communicator of poor quality is much easier to use.

Therefore, Elijah often uses her "mermaid radio wave" to talk to her father. This is why when introduced at the beginning, King Exia would bluntly say, "It's Druid Wu Fan, Elijah has already Words like this have been whispered in my ears countless times.

But because of this, I wonder, Eria is the only future heir of the mermaid clan. Isn't Exia afraid of any accidents if something happens (although I will never let such a thing happen), the mermaid Is the royal family extinct?

Probably understanding what I meant, Exia explained in a slightly lower tone: "It is precisely because he is the heir to the mermaid royal family of Eria and the future ruler of the sea that he must go to the mainland to experience and understand the ways of the world before he can become one. An excellent king."

Are you familiar with the ways of the world? This makes sense, but can't we understand this kind of thing in the sea? Do we have to run to the mainland?

"The sea? As a human, you don't know something. The countless races in the sea are much purer than you think. Most of them follow the law of the jungle. As a naturally powerful golden mermaid, in the future, Eli Ya's strength is worthy of his status as the ruler of the sea, but as a ruler rather than a strong man, strength alone is not enough, I believe you can understand this."

"So that's it."

I nodded suddenly. Although I had imagined King Exia's answer, hearing it with my own ears still made me feel enlightened and eye-opening.

"This is the tradition of our mermaid royal family. Every ruler of the sea has to practice on the mainland for decades. Only after he has mastered human relations and passed the test of the previous king can he be qualified to be the king of the sea."

"Has King Exia experienced training on the mainland before? If that's the case, why haven't I heard similar rumors about a strong man like you?"

Probably because I flattered him a lot, Exia laughed a little proudly: "Of course, that time was thousands of years ago, and I also forgot about the time (Me: Yes (My head is covered with sleep)). At that time, several other partners and I had been practicing on the mainland for forty-six years. However, we were not trying to show off, but to experience the sophistication of the world. Naturally, we had to hide our strength and not show off. Dew, making others think that we are just ordinary adventurers, this was one of the training purposes we set for ourselves at the beginning, so it is natural that we did not leave a legend."

How many other partners? I noticed a few of the words and couldn't help but become confused, but I couldn't bear to ask questions rashly.

"However, Elijah is also a bit younger. Generally speaking, our mermaid royal family's kingship training can only be carried out at least until we reach adulthood. At this time, we mermaids can grow to the size of ordinary humans and be able to deform our tails. , not to be discovered by the races on the mainland, but also have enough strength to protect themselves."

After saying this, under my questioning gaze, King Exia paused and continued hesitantly: "But to be honest, Elijah is too simple. Her beauty is extremely outstanding even among our mermaid clan. , so I have been worried about whether it will be too dangerous for her to travel to the mainland when she becomes an adult."

"indeed so."

I nodded in agreement. It is completely conceivable that when Ariya grows up, she will be even more beautiful than Sarah. Such beauty is enough to infinitely expand the evil thoughts in people's hearts.

The seven emotions and six desires are emotions that humans can never get rid of. Among them, power, money and beauty are the most attractive. Even I don’t want to but have to admit that when I first saw Sarah, I was actually just innocent. Attracted and moved by her beauty.

Seeing my expression of understanding, Exia continued with satisfaction: "So, on the night when Eliya was abducted by you, I chatted with her for a while and finally made up my mind. Although it was a little early, but this It might as well be a good opportunity, otherwise, I would have brought Elijah back at that time."

"..."

Why are both Exia and Vilas obsessed with the word "abduction"? I have explained it many times, and it was Elijah who insisted on following me.

However, from the perspective of a father, whether it is a man seducing someone or his daughter taking the initiative, as long as it becomes an established fact, it can be understood as "abduction". I can empathize with this feeling.

"If this is the case, King Exia, will you still let Elijah continue to follow me?"

When I said this, my mood was quite complicated. On the one hand, my adventure path was not smooth, and the various dangers that accompanied the protagonist's aura were like the boogers picked out by the goddess of luck and hitting me. The same thing appears above my head from time to time. From a safety perspective, I really hope that Elijah can return to the sea, which is safer.

But from a selfish point of view, I wanted Ariya to stay with me. Of course, my liking for Ariya was not that of love from beginning to end, but as a member of the family.

If a cute and well-behaved little guy like Ariya leaves suddenly, her noisy play with the dead dog, her cute and happy smile when eating fruit, and her cute and cute voice of holding her fingers and coquettishly babbling, will be lost. The graceful and touching mermaid song, the sweet sleeping face curled up in a shell under the water, etc. These daily scenes can no longer be seen or heard, and everyone will feel lonely and dejected.

"Well, I originally asked you to come here today because I wanted to see with your own eyes what kind of person the brother Aelia often mentioned is.

Only then can we make a judgment..."

Amidst the uneasy beating of my heart, King Exia stared at me closely, as if he wanted to see through all my internal organs, and then he pulled a majestic smile from the corner of his mouth that made me feel a little reassured.

"Although Elijah exaggerated hundreds of times, which made me a little disappointed, as the guardian of Elijah, you still barely passed the test and passed the test."

Hundreds of times? There's no need to hurt people like this, I said sadly to myself, but I felt a little unspeakably complicated and happy in my heart: "You mean, Elijah can continue to be with me?"

Exia nodded, and the sound was loud, as if humming a heavy "um" from his nose, as if to tell how unwilling, depressed and helpless he felt in his heart.

My daughter, sooner or later, like a fledgling with full wings, she will fly to the outside world.

"But let's talk about it. You already have a wife, so don't try to take advantage of Aelia. Otherwise... I will leave a place for you as a tribute at the Poseidon Festival..."

"Of course not, just rest assured."

I immediately replied loudly. Anyway, I am not afraid of shadows as I am upright, and I am not afraid of knocking on the door in the middle of the night.

"Well, that puts me at ease."

Probably because of my firm look, Exia's aura relaxed slightly.

"In this case, I can go back to sleep with peace of mind (Me: You are still sleeping, pig!!). By the way, I almost forgot to ask, where do you usually place my baby girl? Have you wronged her? Let me tell you, Elijah, a giant golden shell that is more than ten thousand years old cannot sleep."

Is there such a thing?

I broke out in a cold sweat again, thinking about the fish tank where Elijah usually slept, and inside the fish tank, her royal bed (which no one else could sleep on except her) - a huge shell as bright as jade, surrounded by other things. Embellished with many pearls and sparkling coral like gems.

At that time, I still lamented the luxury of the mermaid. Now compared with the "ten thousand-year golden giant shell" that Exia said, even if I have never seen what the ten thousand-year golden giant shell looks like, I can guess without using my brain. Now Eri Compared to her before, the fish tank where Ya lives and the shells she sleeps on are no different from the cowshed.

Under Exia's sharp gaze, I trembled and pulled the fish tank out of the necklace bit by bit, but I didn't notice that because of my trembling, a golden plush object also followed the fish tank. After being dragged out, Exia's sparkling eyes fell firmly on the fish tank, not noticing this golden object...