Despicable thief?

What does this mean?

Seeing the serious look on this mermaid's face, Carl was instantly dumbfounded. Was there something wrong with her brain or did she want someone to complain first?

It was obvious that she had bitten the bait and was caught by herself. If she had any malicious intentions, it was this guy. What does it have to do with him being a fishing enthusiast who lives in peace with the world!

After thinking about the causal relationship for a while, Karl said:

"Although I really want to tell you directly that I am innocent, looking at you, it seems that you have already determined that I am a so-called 'despicable thief'?"

"Of course!" The mermaid in the barrel nodded solemnly, then looked at Karl's waist and continued: "The artifact of our mermaid family is clearly in your hands, there is no way you can deny it!"

Following this guy's line of sight, the only thing hanging on Karl's waist was the [Siren's Sword].

So he took off the sword from his waist, and Karl asked curiously:

"Could it be that this is the treasure you are talking about?"

Upon hearing Karl's question, the guy showed an expression that was obviously contemptuous.

"Human, stop being so pretentious!"

"Apart from our mermaid clan's artifact [Sword of the King], where else can such a powerful magic sword exist on the sea? Not to mention that you didn't even pretend to be a mermaid. You don't think that I, a mermaid princess, wouldn't recognize my family."

Treasure it!"

…

【Sword of the King?】

Mermaid princess?

Listening to the mermaid's words, Karl couldn't help but take out the compass in his arms and look at it, then pointed to the direction of the pointer and said:

"Your mermaid's home should be in this direction, right?"

See the direction Carl is pointing and combine it with the words he says.

The expression of the mermaid who had just recovered immediately changed drastically, and her rosy face lost its color again in just a few minutes. Then she shouted in disbelief:

"You...how could you possibly know the location of our family's homeland? It's impossible!"

It's done.

Seeing this guy's expression, Karl instantly understood what was going on.

The direction that I just asked the compass to point to is the position of the second sword. If there is no mistake, this second sword is the [Sword of the King] mentioned by the mermaid princess.

The reason why she admitted her mistake and then tried to take the sword away from her angrily was because she had mistakenly admitted that the set of seven swords was wrong, and that was why she made such an mistake.

After thinking for a while, Karl continued:

"This...this Miss Mermaid, I..."

"Ida Woolf!" Before Karl could finish speaking, the mermaid princess interrupted him rudely and said her name loudly.

"Remember, this is the name of the sixth princess in the ocean!"

…

"Okay." After a short silence, Karl looked at the guy who was unaware of his situation and continued: "Miss Woolf, I am telling you very seriously now that the sword you see in front of you is not the so-called sword.

The Sword of the King], but the [Sword of the Siren] that belongs to me.”

"Give up your ridiculous lies!" Still looking very arrogant, the mermaid princess named Ida Woolf continued: "You can't escape on this sea, this kind of

The shameful thief’s behavior will definitely be judged jointly by all the ocean tribes!”

As a result, just when Karl's patience was about to run out, Naiya, who had been silent at the back, started to move.

This guy jumped up and immediately hugged the mermaid princess's neck, and then said in a slightly teasing voice:

"Little cutie, could it be that your clan's artifacts have been entrusted to giants for safekeeping?"

When Naiya just pounced on her, the mermaid had no reaction.

But when she turned her head to see which rude guy was hugging her, she was once again frightened by Naiya who came into view.

The originally aggressive expression immediately froze on his face, and his pale face became even more pitiful. This guy was like a crab that had been stuffed into the refrigerator, and instantly stopped making any movement.

Looking at this motionless mermaid princess who looked like a puppet, Naia poked her smooth and tender face with her hands in an unkind manner:

"Hello~"

"You are talking."

Seeing that the guy who had just woken up was about to faint from fear again, Karl shook his head helplessly, walked over and pulled Naiya up by her collar.

"I'm still here asking questions. Can you play again after it's settled for a while?"

"oh."

Nodding a little aggrievedly, Naia broke free from Karl's hand and jumped to the ground. Then she looked at the mermaid princess with no regrets and said:

"Then we have made an appointment. When you finish asking, you will hand this guy over to me."

"I didn't ask..."

"No!"

Before Carl could finish speaking, the mermaid princess in the barrel jumped out with excitement, her tail splashed with water and began to flutter on the wooden planks of the cabin.

While struggling outside, this guy shouted:

"Help!"

"I don't want to be sacrificed to such a horrible guy."

"Someone come and save me!"

…

Ignoring Naia who was gloating about her misfortune, Karl walked over and hugged the upper body of the mermaid princess in his arms, then firmly locked her arms that were still struggling.

"Calm down, that guy won't do anything terrible to you."

At this moment, the mermaid princess's little face was covered with pear blossoms, and her smooth goose egg-like face was stained with crystal clear tears, which made her already very beautiful appearance even more pitiful.

Looking at Karl who was hugging him tightly, the arrogance and arrogance of this guy just disappeared without a trace, and he said timidly like a wounded little animal:

"Really...really not going to sacrifice me to that terrible guy?"

"Of course." Karl nodded immediately, with a smile on his face that he thought was very friendly, "Listen carefully to my explanation, things are not what you think."

"The reason why we are here is because..."

Then Karl told the frightened guy in detail about their purpose of going to sea and the experience they had faced when encountering giants. After all, according to his idea, they would not be able to do it in the next mission.

Barbarically rush into the mermaids' homes, and then steal their artifacts like a robber.

As time passed, the mermaid princess named Iida gradually let down her guard against Karl, and her eyes gradually became calmer.

Then she thought for a moment and said timidly:

"I...I probably understand."

"Karl, let's eat braised fish tonight!" At this moment, Naiya, who was originally honest, suddenly said this.

Then the mermaid princess in Carl's arms rolled her eyes decisively and lost consciousness again.

Looking at Naiya with a bad smile on his face, Karl couldn't help but said loudly:
Chapter completed!