Chapter 1753

How could it be as exaggerated as you say...

Facing the scolding of the beautiful mermaid matron, Miss Mermaid, who had been poked until she kept leaning back, hurriedly retreated a few steps. She escaped the attack range of her mother's fingertips, covered her forehead—which was covered in crescent-shaped marks from the poking—and protested with a look of dissatisfaction:

"Mother! Your nails are so long! It hurts!"

"Only by making you hurt can you learn your lesson!"

After her plump fish tail lightly patted the giant pearl beneath her and she leaned toward Miss Salted Fish once more, the beautiful mermaid matron said angrily:

"I shouldn't have listened to your Uncle Andy back then and let you go be that whatever broken queen! I should have just locked you up at home! Look at you on this journey... how dangerous it was! If that Food God had a slightly better appetite, you wouldn't have lived to come back and see me!"

"Mother! Didn't I tell you in the letter? Many of those rumors about the Food God are nonsense; he doesn't have the habit of eating whatever he looks at!"

"But it's true that he hits whatever he looks at, right? Those True Gods he caught and locked up in the Bureau of Cleanup are probably suffering more now than if he had eaten them! Don't you know what you are? How dare you get close to him?"

Seeing her troublesome daughter still wanting to talk back, the beautiful mermaid matron pinched her hard on the waist, then said angrily amidst Miss Salted Fish's cries of pain:

"The reason you're still fine is probably because you're still useful to him! Aren't those outrageous agreements you mentioned in your letter things he forced you to sign? If you weren't a human hybrid and didn't have the status of the Queen of Saio, he would have at least caught you and sent you to the Bureau of Cleanup! You still..."

"That kind of thing didn't happen, did it! If it didn't happen, then it's still fine!"

After interrupting the beautiful mermaid matron, Miss Salted Fish decisively gave up on the idea of trying to restore the Food God's image and asked somewhat urgently:

"Mother, what about the things I asked you to bring? Did you bring them or not!"

"I brought them, I brought them!"

Reaching out to touch the giant pearl beneath her, she took out a pair of mother-of-pearl circular objects. The beautiful mermaid matron lifted her wrist slightly, avoiding Miss Salted Fish's reaching palm, and asked with suspicion in her eyes:

"I can give you the items, but you have to tell me first, what do you want this pair of 【Charms of Hill】 for?"

"I... doesn't it amplify one's own charm? Can't I want to become a little better looking?"

"You wanting to look better isn't the problem; the problem is who you want to look better for!"

Looking at her daughter, who had not only signed a pile of giveaway treaties with the Food God but was also speaking well of him the moment she saw her, and even asked for help bringing "decisive shells," the beautiful mermaid matron couldn't help but gasp, saying with a suspicious and uncertain expression:

"Wendy, you... tell me the truth! Is it because of your status as queen that you were also... by that Food God..."

"What are you thinking about!!!"

Snatching away the anomalous object that could amplify her own charm and increase others' favor toward her, Miss Salted Fish said irritably:

"The Food God has killed so many True Gods; this thing has long been useless to him! I asked you to bring it for that Queen of Travel Thrush!"

"?!?!"

After hearing Miss Salted Fish's words, the beautiful mermaid matron was suddenly shocked.

"You! So you are 'that way'? You actually hid it from me for so many years? And... and you actually want to snatch someone from the Food God?!"

"Mother... is there nothing in your head besides romance?"

After rolling her eyes at the beautiful mermaid matron, Miss Salted Fish said irritably:

"Can't amplifying charm and increasing favor be used for negotiation besides finding men?

Although the person who makes the final decision should still be the Food God, that Queen Veronica is different from what we guessed before; she is not a puppet purely controlled by the Food God, but the Food God's partner!

Judging from the contact over the past two days, her influence on the Food God is very great! Even when encountering situations he doesn't know enough about, the Food God will completely let go and let that Queen of Travel Thrush make the decision!

If we can gain her favor, the resistance to what we want to do next will definitely be reduced by a lot! If we can make her feel closer to us, it might even be possible to win over the Food God's attitude!"

"Oh..."

After hearing Miss Salted Fish's plan, the beautiful mermaid matron couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

Thank goodness, her daughter's orientation wasn't a problem, and she hadn't taken a fancy to the Food God's wife; the situation hadn't slid toward the worst direction, but...

"The Food God will find out, right?"

Looking at her daughter who had replaced the shells on her chest with the 【Charms of Hill】, the beautiful mermaid matron reminded her with worry:

"Even if that Food God is as you say, usually gentle and polite to others, and even... a person who is easy to get along with, his heart doesn't seem very big? What if he finds out you played tricks..."

"I didn't play any tricks!"

Miss Salted Fish blinked and said confidently:

"Although this pair of 【Charms of Hill】 is named for charm, its effect is not to influence others' souls; it just amplifies the user's charm, making it easier for me to gain others' favor.

So in others' eyes, I just changed to a pair of shells that are prettier and can better highlight my temperament. Even if the Food God is petty, he can't control what I wear, right?"

"..."

That is true...

Thinking along with Miss Salted Fish's words and finding it was indeed so, the beautiful mermaid matron felt relieved and stopped persuading her, but still couldn't help but urge:

"Wendy, since you've made your decision, I won't say anything... but you must remember, if the situation isn't right, don't force it; you must run immediately!

With Uncle Andy's 【Heart of the Ocean】, as long as you touch any drop of seawater, you can return to the Tidal Realm instantly, and even the Food God absolutely cannot catch you.

As for the affairs of our three sea tribes... you... you try it, but don't force it; do it if you can, and run if you can't! In Mom's eyes, even if all the oceans were added together, they wouldn't be as important as you..."

Looking at her mother, who saw her as more precious than the entire sea tribe and repeatedly urged her to be careful, Miss Salted Fish felt a slight warmth in her heart. She then went over to hug the beautiful mermaid matron and promised softly:

"I know, I won't force it."

"Mm..."

After reluctantly letting go of Miss Salted Fish, who was preparing to leave, the beautiful mermaid matron looked at her daughter, who was already exceptionally beautiful and became even more radiant after changing into a new pair of shells. She couldn't help but bite her lip, then lowered her voice and asked:

"Wendy, tell Mom the truth, do you really want to rely on these two things to negotiate, or have you taken a fancy to the Food God and want to hook up with him?"

"Mom!!!"

"Alright, alright! I won't say it! I won't say it!"

Seeing that Miss Salted Fish was so angry that her eyes were red, the beautiful mermaid matron hurriedly comforted her a few times, then used her tail to strike the pearl beneath her forcefully.

"You've got the things, so Mom will go back first... Start the ship, start the ship! Start the ship quickly! Don't let the Food God find us in a while... Huh?"

(End of chapter)