Chapter 883: Many princesses
Chapter 883: Many princesses
Ariel just said this with a proud look on her face, as if this was something that everyone should take note of.
Though it wasn’t as if she was wrong about that.
If it was anyone else, then this was certainly something to be shocked by and to take careful note of.
It was just that it wasn’t that shocking for us since we were used to this kind of thing. Well, it wasn’t as shocking for me since I already knew about this, but it was certainly still surprising for the others since they never expected something like this.
They never thought that the mermaid that we had rescued would turn out to be a princess.
There was a look that appeared on Ariel’s face that made it seem like she was proud of the way that they looked at her, but that look soon disappeared when she saw the calm way that I was looking at her.
Ariel could tell that it seemed like this human wasn’t impressed by the fact that she was a princess, which made her a bit unhappy.
It wasn’t just because it hurt her pride a bit that she was unhappy about this, but also because she wanted to use this chance to increase her value.
After all, a princess would always have more value than someone who wasn’t a princess.
There was something that this human needed from her, so it was always good to have more value.
The hit to her pride came second…
“Why aren’t you that surprised?” Ariel suddenly asked.
The way that she was looking at me made it clear that this question was aimed at me.
A faint smile appeared on my lips when I heard this, but it wasn’t as if I could answer this question in a truthful manner.
The only thing that I could do was give an excuse that I had already come up with.
“Well, there are plenty of princesses here that it just isn’t surprising anymore.” I said in a calm voice.
“Other princesses?” A look of surprise and confusion appeared on Ariel’s face when she heard this before looking around at my wives to ask, “Do you mean them?”
I gave a nod before gesturing to Angela, “She is the princess of this human kingdom that you’ve drifted into.”
Ariel was surprised again when she heard this, but the way that she looked at Angela changed. It was as if she had found someone that she could sympathize with.
Though it didn’t seem like she stopped to consider whether Angela would be able to match up to her. She was the princess of the Merman Empire that ruled the entire underwater world, while Angela was just the princess of a small human country.
Comparing the two, it should be clear who has the greater status between the two of them. But it didn’t seem like Ariel cared at all.
It seemed that Ariel had been raised in quite the free spirited manner.
After introducing Angela, I also introduced Elsa.
“She is the princess of the Dwarven Kingdom.”
Ariel’s eyes seemed to light up more than when she heard about Angela.
She looked right at Elsa and said, “The dwarves! I’ve heard about them before! It’s said that the dwarves are the most talented when it comes to crafting!”
The way that she said this made Elsa feel a bit embarrassed, but she was also a bit proud that her people were well known enough that even the underwater residents knew about them.
Going from there, I gestured to Moon and said, “This is the granddaughter of one of the elven villages in our kingdom, so she is like a princess for the elves.”
Ariel’s reaction was completely different when it came to Moon.
Instead of being excited about seeing her, she just narrowed her eyes to look at Moon before saying, “One of the descendants of the high elves.”
Moon slowly gave a nod without being too surprised by the fact that Ariel knew this.
I was surprised at first at how differently Ariel treated Moon compared to Elsa, but then I
remembered something from the game that explained this.
Simply put, the mermaids already had contact with the elves before.
They had once been allied with each other during the race wars and had been quite close before, so it wasn’t as if the elves and mermaids didn’t know about the existence of each other.
It was also said in the lore of the game that they had broken this relationship during the race wars for an unknown reason.
The unknown reason part was because the devs had been too lazy to put it in the lore, which was why I was a bit worried seeing them like this.
However, Moon just gave a calm nod before saying, “I am indeed one of the descendants of the high elves.”
The two of them just looked at each other for a bit before they looked away again.
It seemed that even if the relationship between the elves and mermaids had broken up, it didn’t seem like there was a bad relationship that replaced it. It seemed that they at least tolerated each other to the point where they didn’t hate each other.
Once she had finished looking at my wives, Ariel slowly turned back to me and said, “Well, it seems that with this group, you really don’t need to be surprised by the fact that I’m a princess.” But then she said in a sharp voice, “Only, who are you that all of these important people would hang around you?”
I gave a chuckle when I heard this before saying, “Well, I’m the king of the human kingdom that you decided to come to.”
“Huh?” Ariel was taken aback when she heard this.
She looked at me as if she was trying to figure out if I was being serious or not, but I just calmly looked at her without turning away.
After a while, Ariel said, “Oh.”
It seemed that she really didn’t know how to react to this.
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