Maggie considered herself a reasonable person, so after taking several deep breaths, she finally suppressed the urge to beat Xiu up.
The actions of the main sea god's remnant have nothing to do with Xiu. She hit him without distinguishing right from wrong, so he would definitely feel confused.
In the end, Maggie simply lowered her head to hide the frantic look in her eyes, pursed her lips, and tried her best to behave like a lady.
"I'm fine."
As for the fact that she was seen having a fit of madness earlier, she can pretend she doesn't know anything about it as long as Xiu doesn't mention it.
Perhaps Xiu's emotional intelligence was higher than many people's, because he noticed the unnaturalness in Maggie's expression and did not continue to ask questions. Instead, he calmly talked about his own affairs.
"My rage is cured."
His expression turned noticeably gloomy for a moment as he spoke, but Maggie, with her brows lowered, didn't notice.
"I know."
Maggie was distracted and just gave a casual reply. Since the remnant of the sea god was here, it must be a backup plan he had prepared for his future self.
A god with prophetic abilities is indeed extraordinary.
This also shows that Xiu did indeed see his past self underwater in the comics. Although his rage disorder was cured, it also brought another problem.
His later wariness of the divine body of the sea god, fearing that his personality would be overwritten or replaced, was probably partly due to this factor.
If he hadn't witnessed it with his own eyes, Xiu's desire to resist wouldn't have been so strong.
Although it's unknown when Xiu began to suspect he was the vessel of the Sea God, there shouldn't be any signs of that yet, otherwise his current condition would definitely be worse.
You know?
Xiu frowned slightly, seemingly finding Maggie's answer somewhat unexpected.
"Huh? Haha, no, it's nothing. It's good that you've recovered. Our trip wasn't in vain."
Maggie realized the flaw in her words and gave a stiff laugh, trying to cover up her mistake.
Fortunately, Xiu was very cooperative and did not ask any further questions.
Having achieved their ultimate goal, the man and the fish no longer needed to stay in the Mermaid Kingdom. After a brief discussion, they prepared to search for an exit.
During this time, Xiu looked at Maggie's back, hesitated several times as if he wanted to say something, but in the end he didn't say anything.
"...."
In that symbolic tower, he saw the sea god, who cured his rage, but he felt as if something was blocking his heart, making it hard to breathe.
Because he saw in another dimension that the sea god kissed Maggie.
Although he didn't know why, the moment he left that space, the phantoms of Maggie and the sea god were projected directly in front of him.
"..."
Xiu clutched his chest; he had been by Maggie's side the whole time, and his heartbeat was always clear.
So much so that he can now clearly feel the bitterness and dull pain in his heart.
But... how could a blessing from the gods cause him such distress?
Xiu doesn't understand.
A look of confusion crossed his eyes, but no one would give him an answer.
Even at the very end, Xiu didn't know that the remnant of the sea god had deliberately shown him that image.
...
"You are completely unmoved by the deaths of so many of your own kind. Aren't you curious about why?"
The two, one human and one fish, followed the path and tentatively headed out of the city. To ease the awkwardness, Maggie even started a conversation.
She regretted it as soon as the words left her mouth; she had really brought up a sore spot.
What just happened had such a huge impact on her that her emotional intelligence seemed to have regressed.
"I'm not curious, and besides... it's easy to tell."
Xiu walked ahead, answering without turning his head.
"Hmm? What did you see?"
Maggie was completely confused.
However, Xiu seemed indifferent to the matter, which relieved Maggie.
Upon closer reflection, this style of doing things is indeed quite sophisticated.
"There was a major upheaval among the mermaids that caused many to disappear, and their remains have never been found. As for the reason, there is no record of it."
Xiu seemed to sense Maggie's curiosity, sighed, and decided to explain it to her.
"so?"
Maggie muttered to herself, "There are many mermaid skeletons here. Is it related to the disappearance of the mermaids?"
But this is the Mermaid Kingdom.
"There's not a single record of it, just a simple disappearance. Don't you find that strange?"
A rhetorical question.
"Is it a little...?"
Maggie wasn't sure.
"Considering the disappearance of the Mermaid Kingdom, haven't you guessed any possibilities?"
Xiu continued to ask.
"for example?"
Maggie still didn't understand and was completely confused.
"This indicates that this is an internal riot within the merfolk, most likely related to the rulers at the time. Only those in power have the ability to cover up the truth and rewrite history."
"So many mermaids have died, yet they only reported them as missing. Their power is terrifying."
Xiu sighed and voiced his guess.
"As for which mermaid king it is... that's hard to say. Even the sea god is included, so we can't rule out him as a suspect."
He looked thoughtful, then continued speaking.
"However, it could also be some kind of scandal. At that time, not only the Sea God of the Merfolk obtained the divine title, but there were also other false gods. If something happened that would bring shame to the entire Merfolk race."
"It makes sense that the sea god would personally alter history and conceal the truth."
When Xiu said this, Maggie was stunned. Although his analysis made a lot of sense, his words were really disrespectful to God!
Xiu is now considered a mermaid, but he's just an ordinary mermaid. This is incredibly disrespectful to the gods.
Besides, is it really okay to say that about myself?
"You... don't guess like that..."
Maggie looked weak and spoke in a feeble voice.
I have a feeling that if Xiu regains his divine status in the future, he might kill her to cover up his messy and shady past.
Xiu looked at Maggie's obviously guilty expression and recalled the way the sea god treated Maggie.
His mood, which had been fairly good, suddenly turned extremely bad.
"There's nothing that can't be done."
His smile vanished, and he uttered those words in a slightly cold voice before turning around and swimming forward on his own.
"?"
Maggie was still pondering the possibilities proposed by Xiu when she was suddenly met with such a cold reception, leaving her momentarily stunned.
When she realized that Xiu might be angry, she was completely baffled.
However, Maggie isn't the type to comfort people. Not only does she have no idea why Xiu is angry, but even if she did, she would most likely be speechless and too lazy to pay attention to him.
And so, until the man and the fish successfully left the Mermaid Kingdom, they didn't exchange a single word.
Fortunately, as soon as they left the Mermaid Kingdom and reached the seabed, they saw two red-haired creatures rapidly approaching them.
Upon closer inspection, it was a Gemini who had been thrown to some unknown place by the tide. They looked rather disheveled, suggesting they had been thrown quite a distance.
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