Chapter 263 The Story of the Mermaid
"Mermaids are not actually fish; they are just like humans. The 'mermaids' with human heads and fish tails in people's legends can only be called 'mermaids'."
Shia gazed up at the starry sky, her eyes unfocused and unfocused, muttering to herself.
"Mermaids are the royalty of the sea, and they have a natural affinity for water, allowing them to live and play in the water from birth."
"However, the bloodline of mermaids mutated a thousand years ago. The children born from the union of two mermaids are either female mermaids or mermaids. It is extremely rare for them to give birth to male mermaids."
"What's even more terrifying is that if a mermaid and a human mate, the offspring will inevitably be a human merman."
"A hundred years ago, after the death of the last mermaid emperor, the sea race no longer had an emperor, only a queen, because there were no more male mermaids. The mermaid race made a demand on the mermaids who had dominated the sea race's throne for thousands of years, demanding that the mermaid race have the right to inherit the sea race's throne, because there would be no more pure-blooded mermaids in the future."
"But my grandmother was very strong-willed. She would rather take a human as her son-in-law than agree to the merfolk's demands. Mermaids and humans can have mermaids, or at least look like mermaids."
"My father is human, and I was born with the appearance of a human. I am weaker than other mermaids, even... weaker than other mermaids."
Qin Mo was stunned. He knew that Shia was different from ordinary humans, but there were many humans with special talents, especially in the chaotic Western Continent where different races were mixed. There were people who were covered in fire, could become invisible, had superhuman strength, and even had lightning all over their bodies.
Qin Mo had a preconceived notion that mermaids were creatures with long tails. Kaihime and Lin Ruoxi had also experimented on Shia in various ways, but Shia showed no interest in growing a tail. In addition, Shia always insisted that she was human, so they all treated her as human. It turned out that she actually had a close relationship with the sea creatures.
"My grandmother died two years ago. Before she passed away, she passed the throne to my mother. My mother is the most powerful mermaid in the world, but... she was ultimately unable to awaken a second time and could not become a super-powerful being like my grandmother. In the end, she was defeated by my aunt and the mermaid clan."
"I was stranded on a small island with my mother when I was a child. Although life was hard, I was very happy with my mother until... the day I became an adult."
As Shia narrated to herself, Qin Mo finally learned why the sea tribe had disappeared over the past century, and also learned about Shia's origins.
After reaching adulthood, mermaids can find mates, and upon forming a partnership, they have the opportunity to awaken a second power, becoming incredibly strong. This is why mermaids have dominated the sea kingdom for thousands of years; no other race, whether merfolk or sirens, can rival them, let alone other races with lower intelligence.
However, with the disappearance of male mermaids, female mermaids could not find purebred mermaids as partners. If they chose a mermaid as a partner, the chance of awakening their true power was very slim. Shia's mother chose to mate with a human, but she also failed to awaken the powerful fighting abilities of a true mermaid.
The mermaids, along with Shia's aunt Melia, defeated Shia's mother Debilli, but she did not gain the approval of the other mermaids. In order to successfully ascend to the throne of the sea tribe, Melia found Debilli and asked Shia to marry her son Tarson.
Tarson was a fish-man, and Shia found him repulsive, vowing never to marry him. Shia's mother, Debbie, loved her daughter dearly and, through some unknown means, managed to send Shia away, leaving Shia to wander the world.
"Qin Mo... I've always thought of myself as human. Do you... think I'm human?"
Looking at this pitiful child, Qin Mo stroked her smooth, golden hair and said sincerely, "Yes, you are human. As long as your father is human, then you... are human."
Shia snuggled her little head against Qin Mo's arm and nestled into his chest, saying, "Qin Mo... do you think... I need to try a second awakening?"
Qin Mo: "Uh..."
Unable to find its three accompanying escort ships, the Da Yuan 1 had no choice but to head towards Muscat, the port at the entrance to the Persian Gulf. After repairing the ship, it waited for two more days without seeing any escort ships, so it headed to Aden, the last port on this trade route exploration.
They arrived in Aden safely, and upon entering the port, they were pleasantly surprised to find that the three large frigates that had been separated had arrived in Aden and were anchored inside the port.
It turned out that after the three large frigates escaped the storm, they followed Qin Mo's fast sailing ship all the way west to Aden without stopping at a port to rest, thus missing Qin Mo who was resting in Muscat.
“Your Highness, we have successfully arrived in Aden using the coordinates you provided. At first, they wouldn’t allow us to enter the port, but they did so after we paid the local sultan sufficient benefits.”
"Yes, the Arabs are very xenophobic, and their local religious doctrines are also very xenophobic. However, as long as we allow you to dock, that's a good start. No one will be waiting to resist the invasion of our Arab cargo. In the end, they will all become our loyal partners."
Hehehe..
A group of high-ranking officials and merchants exchanged knowing, lewd smiles. As long as they saw the high-ranking officials' silk, tea, and sugar, they weren't afraid that the merchants wouldn't buy them; they were just afraid that the merchants wouldn't open their doors to do business and wouldn't give them a chance to showcase their goods.
"Your Highness, I have something to report."
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