Shota's Isekai NTR Adventure - Chapter 2022: Emergency in the Merman Empire

Chapter 2022: Emergency in the Merman Empire

“Your majesty, we have an emergency.”

We had been in the middle of testing Dorothy’s new powers when a messenger suddenly came into the arena.

I couldn’t help looking at him with a brow raised since I didn’t think that there would be anything that would be this important, but it was clear that this wasn’t a simple matter.

“What is it?” I asked in a stern voice in the end.

“There’s an urgent message from the Merman Empire. It seems like there’s some kind of epidemic that is happening there.”

“Epidemic?” I repeated in a confused voice before saying, “If there’s an epidemic, is there anything that I can do for them?”

The messenger revealed an awkward look when he heard this, but he still relayed the message that he was supposed to relay.

“It’s not an epidemic that is affecting the mermaids, but rather the people that come from that place.” When the messenger said ’that place’, it seemed like there was a trace of confusion that came over his face.

But the moment that I heard him mention ’that place’, I immediately understood what was happening.

After all, there was only one place that they could be referring to.

It was just why was this happening all of a sudden?

It really didn’t make sense that this would suddenly happen to the people that came from that place.

Was it because of stress, was it because of their inability to adapt to the new environment, or was it completely something else?

Could it be that it was something that was artificial?

There were a few of the ministers that didn’t seem like they wanted to accept those other races into the Merman Empire, even if it was temporarily on an exchange like this.

After all, this was something that trod on the very prestige of the Merman Empire.

For these ministers that were loyal to the Merman Empire, it was only natural that they would want to take care of this. But the problem was that they weren’t able to do anything to these members of the other races since they had come as official guests.

If they were to do something, then it would become a much bigger problem.

However, if they were to die on their own because of ’illness’, then it would be much easier for them.

So it would make sense if they were to poison them and make it look like an illness.

In the end, I tossed all of these thoughts out of my mind since there was nothing to gain from thinking about all of this.

There were just too many possibilities and I wasn’t helping anyone by going through all of these different possibilities. The only thing that I could do now was head to the Merman Empire as soon as possible and see what was happening.

Only by being there in person would I be able to pinpoint it down to a single possibility.

Though I knew that the main reason that they had called me was because of my connection to the kraken who was the god’s messenger. As well, this was most likely related to Aestum who had protected these people.

The last time that I had met Aestum, I had felt that there was something off about the way that both they and Aquaron had acted. It was as if they had been hiding some kind of secret from me.

I wouldn’t be surprised if this ’epidemic’ was related to that as well.

“Is there a delegation to bring me to the Merman Empire?” I asked the messenger who quickly nodded to confirm this.

It was only expected that the Merman Empire would send a delegation since there was no way that was faster than going underwater to reach the Merman Empire.

Since I was just a human, this wasn’t something that I could achieve.

I needed the help of mermaids to reach the Merman Empire as soon as possible.

But I didn’t follow the messenger right away as I turned to look at Rose.

She hadn’t said anything this entire time, but the look in her eyes made it very clear what she was thinking.

Even so, she said, “Go and take care of it. Make sure that Ariel is safe.”

When I had left the Merman Empire, I had left Ariel there to be with her parents since I had left early. Even now, she was still in the Merman Empire and I had been planning to pick her up later to give her some time to spend with her parents.

Though now that this was happening, it seemed that I had to go and pick her up sooner.

Not only that, I had to do what I could to protect her.

I gave a simple and firm nod in response to this, but Rose wasn’t the only one that I had to say something to.

I turned to look at Dorothy and the qilin that were looking at me.

Seeing that I turned to look at them, the two of them suddenly revealed determined expressions before saying in unison, “We’ll be alright.”

With the two of them making this connection, it really seemed like they had become much closer.

When I looked at them like this, I couldn’t help thinking of the contract that I had made with the god’s messengers.

Strictly speaking, the qilin was supposed to be a messenger for me even if I wasn’t a god…So the connection that was between us wasn’t the same. The connection that was between us was like the one that the gods and their messengers had.

Which meant that the qilin was still able to form a contract with someone that he deemed worthy.

In this case, that could be considered Dorothy…

But there was no time to think about that since there was something more pressing to take care of.

I gave a wave to everyone before heading out with the messenger who led me to the group of mermaids waiting for me.