Shota's Isekai NTR Adventure

Once that trade deal was settled, it was time for us to depart.

Since we had handled it so quickly, it was still morning when we finished and there was plenty of time to depart.

The Merman Queen had gotten what she wanted, so there were no objections from her. But from the way that she was looking at the Glowing Seaweed on the beach and at the mermaid royal guards, I could guess what she was thinking.

When she was distracted by this and as we were heading to the wyverns, the Merman King leaned in to ask, ”The high end product, what would it take to make that?”

If it was before, then I wouldn’t have been able to answer this question.

But it was different now.

The recipes for the high end products had unlocked when I unlocked three products.

That meant that if I wanted, I could even make another one of The Penetrator.

Though when seeing the materials needed to make one of them, I really couldn’t help shedding a tear.

If it was anyone else, they wouldn’t be able to recognize these things since they were high grade materials. These could be considered legendary materials in this world, so they were very hard to obtain.

Most normal people would have never even heard of them.

It was only because I had my knowledge from the game that I knew what these things were in the first place.

Since he was asking, then I had no reason not to tell him.

Especially since I was afraid that he might ask for some more of it.

If he knew how expensive and rare this was, then it might make him too guilty to ask for more of it.

When I was done listing the ingredients, the Merman King was looking at me with shock. His expression changed a few times, but eventually he looked at me as if he was asking if this was real or not.

I just gave a simple nod in return.

There was a complicated look that appeared on his face before he said, ”Thank you for not telling her.”

I just gave another simple nod in return.

I wanted my relationship with the Merman Empire to be a good one, so of course I wouldn’t do anything that would put them on the spot.

Though there was a part of me that was worried about something...

”Don’t even think about touching my daughter.” The Merman King suddenly said.

I let out an inner sigh of relief when I heard this.

That was what I was worried about.

He might have felt guilty enough to push his daughter onto me, but it seemed like he was still

a doting parent as ever. It didn’t seem like he wouldn’t crumple that easily, which was a good thing for me.

I had no intention of going after Ariel after all.

Mermaids were beautiful, but I wasn’t interested in going after one that had so much baggage.

There was no doubt that I would be caught up in not just the politics of the Merman Empire, but also the Tide Empire if I were to get involved with her. After all, she was a person that was important to both empires.

If I were to get involved in any way...

After this small interlude, we got onto our wyverns and headed off.

Though it was awkward with how the Merman Empire royal family kept shouting at each other to say their goodbyes. Even Ariel was waving and crying as she said goodbye to her parents.

But thinking about it, it wasn’t strange.

After all, it had been a long time since she had been home,

It was unknown how long it took her to come to our kingdom from the ocean in the first place, so it was possible that she had been away from home for a long time. Then because of the contract that she made, she wasn’t able to return home until it was broken, which meant that she was spending even more time away from home.

So it was understandable that she was acting this way.

But eventually we left the range of the island and headed back.

As soon as we were out of range, I looked at Ariel and was about to say something.

Only...I found that it was unnecessary.

It only took a second for her to recover from her stupor and reveal a smile again as she happily rode on the back of a wyvern.

With how quickly she recovered, it didn’t seem like she had been bothered by this at all. It was as if she had been faking for the sake of her parents...

Still, it was better if she was like this rather than actually sad.

No, I could tell that she was just enduring it.

It seemed that she was quite the strong girl.

...

A few days later, we arrived back in the former territories of the Midra Kingdom.

This was where the prime minister was since he still hadn’t finished organizing the takeover,

so this was where we agreed to return.

When we arrived, they immediately came out to see us.

The first thing that the prime minister asked was, ”Well, how is it?”

I said with a simple nod, ”It’s taken care of.”

The regent let out a sigh of relief before revealing a smile, but the prime minister didn’t say a

thing as he narrowed his eyes to look at me.

After looking at me for a bit, he said, ”This isn’t it, is it? What else happened?”

There was a faint smile that appeared on my face when I heard this.

I looked at the prime minister and said, ”You always could read me. You’re right, this isn’t it.”

The prime minister knitted his brows, but he didn’t say anything as he waited for me to say

what I had to say.

”They’ll be visiting us soon.” I said with the same smile.

”Huh?” The prime minister and the regent revealed shocked looks.