After figuring out the whole story, Eleanor couldn't help but complain, "Your Highness can show off all you want, but you had to make a scene and scare me like that."

Yu Qin and Lucy stood aside, not daring to utter a sound.

Eleanor scrolled through her personal terminal, sensing a good opportunity. "Yu Qin, Lucy, set the pace appropriately, Your Highness..."

Upon hearing Eleanor's instructions, Yu Qin and Lucy immediately became extremely alert; this was a matter of utmost importance!

Since graduating from university, the two of them have been working for Sister Nuonuo for over a decade. Although this isn't a long time in the interstellar era where the average lifespan is 150 years, they are very aware of the public opinion storms that His Highness the Crown Prince has faced in recent years. They also know that His Majesty the Empire is currently in poor health, and that the Second Prince Helian Tu and the Leiden family are eyeing him covetously…

“We understand!” Yu Qin and Lucy immediately replied seriously.

Helian Jue and Qiao You were completely unaware of the subsequent reactions caused by today's ordinary live broadcast.

Right now, a person and a fish are having dinner together in the restaurant.

The seaweed ring on Helian Jue's ring finger, where he held the spoon, was quite noticeable.

Qiao You was exhausted today and only wanted to eat, so he didn't see Helian Jue's eyes, which were practically overflowing with tears.

Little Fish finished her dinner without a care in the world and then dozed off on the table.

Helian Jue did not disturb it, but waited patiently for the little fish to gradually fall asleep.

Ten minutes later, Helian Jue slowly got up and picked up the silver-blue figure.

"Silly little fish."

Qiao You didn't hear Helian Jue's evaluation of him. Instead, he smacked his lips sweetly twice, flicked his tail slightly, changed his position, and slept even more soundly.

I placed the little fish on the pillow and then gently covered it with a blanket with small silver-blue floral patterns.

Xiaoyu personally selected this color using her computer; she really likes it.

Helian Jue sat on the chair by the bed, staring blankly at the little fish, occasionally touching the seaweed ring on his ring finger, lost in thought...

The seaweed has dried out and become very fragile because it has been away from the sea for too long; it will crumble into dust at the slightest touch.

Helian Jue tried his best to remove the ring without damaging the seaweed and took several photos with his computer.

Just as Eleanor was about to go to sleep, she received a message from her superior, the Crown Prince.

Your Highness: Find someone to make a ring exactly like the one in the picture, quickly.

Eleanor rubbed her eyes uncertainly. It was indeed transmitted from His Highness's personal computer, but was the thing in the picture really a ring? It looked like a weed!

Suddenly, a thought flashed through my mind... wait... this feels familiar.

Isn't this the seaweed ring that the little mermaid gave to His Highness?

As a die-hard fan of the couple, Miss Eleanor thinks she's found some sweet moments!

With impeccable professionalism, he replied, "Yes! Mission accomplished!"

To complete the task assigned by His Highness, Eleanor took a spaceship to Bluewater the next day.

In the interstellar era, craftsmen are extremely rare, found only on some remote and underdeveloped planets.

As the most advanced planet in the entire interstellar space, the design and manufacturing of jewelry are all handled by robots.

Two days later, Eleanor successfully landed on Blue Water.

Three days have passed since the live stream incident, but the trending topics about His Highness and the little merman on StarNet are still going strong, and the level of discussion is getting higher and higher.

Eleanor entered a craft shop, which was crowded with people, and the conversations were almost entirely about His Highness the Empire and his little spirit pet.

"His Highness is so doting on Xiaoyu, could we be shipping them for real?"

"But one is human, and the other is just a merman..."

"Hey! Our empire upholds equality. So what if they're merfolk? They're part of the interstellar community too. Besides, there's always been precedent of people falling in love with merfolk!"

"But this is His Highness the Crown Prince, who holds the future of the empire in his hands. It shouldn't be possible..."

A group of young girls began to sigh and complain.

Eleanor, always eager for drama, patted the little girl on the shoulder and said, "Anything is possible, don't be discouraged."

"What if?"

The group of girls' eyes lit up instantly, and they were filled with fighting spirit!

Eleanor exchanged some information with the group of girls in a friendly manner; they were practically analyzing the prince's eyes frame by frame.

"Sister, look! When Xiaoyu put the ring on His Highness's finger, His Highness's eyes definitely betrayed something!"

"And His Highness's facial expressions when the little fish were underwater and hadn't come up yet are truly worth studying!"

...

Eleanor waited at the store for more than two hours before it was her turn. She took out the photos and explained her requirements and details one by one.

"Can you do it?"

The shop owner was an old woman who looked to be at least 120 years old.

The old woman saw the picture handed to her, took off her reading glasses hanging on the bridge of her nose, and looked at Eleanor with her deep eyes.

"Can."

Come pick it up at this time tomorrow.

Eleanor nodded in agreement, and as she left, she added, "Thank you for your trouble, old man. Try to make it look as similar as possible to the picture."

The old woman put on her reading glasses and continued with her work.

Eleanor had no choice but to leave the shop, pick up the finished product the next day, and then return to the capital planet.

It's still early, and the sky on Blue Water Star is just like the planet's name—exceptionally blue, a clear blue that makes you feel much better just looking at it.

Eleanor strolled slowly away along the dilapidated street. The surrounding residents were leisurely, and although their clothes looked worn, their spirits were quite different, unlike the gloomy atmosphere of the capital planet.

After Eleanor left, the old woman in the handmade jewelry shop looked up in the direction Eleanor had gone, and then took out the photo again. It looked like just a weed, but the old woman knew it must be a piece of seaweed.

And this seaweed ring just recently went viral on StarNet's trending topics.

The old woman clutched the photo tightly in her hand, informed the shop assistant that they were closing for the day, and then went into the back workshop on her own.

The workshop was small, with just a few large tables filling the entire space. The old woman didn't stop walking and continued on her way.

Take down a painting from the innermost wall, and turn a small bronze mermaid figurine next to it; a hole inexplicably appears in the wall.

The old woman reached out and took out a black box. She sat down on the ground, her expression solemn and devout, her hands trembling slightly.

The black box was opened, revealing a silver-blue gemstone and a black necklace, pure black but gleaming and very translucent.

"The treasure that the Yu family has guarded for over a thousand years has finally been handed over to me."

"Old woman, I have not failed the ancestors' trust..."

The old woman's wrinkled face was streaked with tears, her eyes filled with both nostalgia and relief, and the corners of her mouth were slightly upturned.

After sitting against the wall for a while, the old woman slowly got up, put the black box back in its place, and went to the workbench to finish the jewelry she had ordered for the day...