"Who is the clan leader?"
Lin assumed he didn't know because he hadn't been to the palace, and excitedly boasted to him, "The former clan chief made a serious mistake and was taken away by Jiang. The current clan chief is my elder brother, Changji."
The male merman frowned slightly: "What mistake did the former chieftain make?"
Lin found a place to lean against and had a heart-to-heart talk with him: "The chieftain repaid kindness with enmity to the benefactor who brought us to the new world, my mother. He even plotted to cause my younger brother, my father Alvin, to die in childbirth. After my father died, the chieftain and the high priest took away all nine of us children. They even wanted to kill my mother."
The male merman felt a headache coming on and rubbed his temples. "Please say it again. I didn't understand."
Lin hesitated for a moment, carefully choosing his words: "This is what happened. The clan leader repaid kindness with enmity and wanted to kill the merman clan's benefactor. The benefactor and the clan leader's younger brother had nine children. The younger brother was killed by the clan leader, and the benefactor was almost killed as well. It was all because of the clan leader's selfish desires. Do you understand now?"
The male merman nodded thoughtfully, wondering why he had lost a crucial piece of memory.
When the Holy Maiden returned to the Hall of Heroes after finishing her work that day, she saw He Hua bringing Xiang Xie out to talk. After listening to Xiang Xie's words, she knew that she had realized her mistake and was satisfied: "He Hua, you've gone to a lot of trouble. Xiang Xie, go back and rest. Come with me."
The Holy Maiden wielded little power, but her status was second only to the clan chief and the high priest. Her most important daily task was prayer, and she spent her time praying for the Merfolk and conveying the clan chief's requests to the sea god.
They arrived at the Hall of Heroes one after the other. Suddenly, the saintess screamed, startling Hehua, who usually had a stoic expression, so much so that she almost lost control of her emotions.
"grown ups?"
"No...it's gone."
Following the direction the saintess pointed, the lid of a crystal-clear ice coffin was removed, and the merman inside disappeared.
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