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Emery was speechless for a long time before finally saying:

"Luckily, your mother-in-law is one of our own, otherwise you would have died a terrible death."

"Yes, I only just found out why I didn't die back then."

Milain nodded and said with a wry smile:

“I had just provoked them when I immediately got a response—a rotting corpse arm bigger than me came down from the sky and pinned me to the ground. I couldn’t break free no matter what I did.”

"After that, the pirates I had slaughtered surrounded me. I thought I was going to die, but they didn't attack me. Instead, they mocked me with all sorts of vicious words."

"I was held down on the sea by the arms of a rotting corpse for two days before I finally regained my freedom... I knew I had encountered a truly powerful opponent, so I didn't dare to boast anymore and ran away immediately."

"It was this experience that made me realize that there are always people more capable than you and there is always something beyond your understanding. My strength during the integration stage only gave me a certain ability to protect myself, and I am still far from being able to do whatever I want."

"So that's how it is..."

Amelie's curiosity was satisfied, and after thinking for a moment, she asked again:

"Uncle, didn't you ever think about revenge back then? You're Melson's son, after all. Were you just going to swallow your anger and be bullied like this?"

"Of course I've thought about it, how could I not?"

Milaine said irritably:

"After I ran home, I immediately went to the old man to complain, wanting to bring a few more experts and two magic warships to completely wipe out the pirate island."

"In the end, the old man not only didn't agree to my request, but he also gave me a severe scolding... Even the content of his lecture was very similar to what you just said, Ellie. Something about how the navy would collect protection money from merchant ships if there were no pirates, and how our family's fleet would monopolize cargo and make money if everyone could use safe routes, etc... Tsk, what a dirty adult."

"Hey, uncle, do you need to consider our ages before you say that?"

Emery rolled her eyes:

"I'm clearly the younger one, and you're the elder! The elder!"

"I'm only 20 years older than you, Ellie, so what?"

Milaine didn't care:

“We’re both in the fusion stage now. If we don’t do anything reckless, we can easily live to be a thousand or eight hundred years old. When we’re both hundreds of years old, what’s a 20-year age difference? With your personality, little Ellie, people might even think I’m your grandson.”

"You stinky uncle! How dare you call me old?"

Emery couldn't stand it anymore. With a glare, she unleashed a holy ray aimed at Milain's face.

"Haha... This kind of angry look is the expression a young girl should have."

Milion laughed and punched Amelie's Holy Ray, deflecting it. Then he turned and flew towards the Snowy in the air, making his escape.

. . . . .

Having witnessed firsthand the terrifying nature of the old witch Granny Ya, Milain took Amelie's earlier warning to the crew very seriously and repeated it several times.

Milion, after all, was a big boss who had led the fleet for many years, and his repeated admonitions were much more effective than those of Emery, the newly arrived young lady.

Although the crew members still didn't quite understand the order, they all chose to obey it.

The old lich rarely left her room and rarely saw anyone other than Amelie. She spent most of her time studying the mysteries of death and death, and occasionally she would call out some undead artists to perform for her to cheer her up.

Although Granny Ya has been a lich for over a thousand years, when she was alive she was also the young lady of Melson, and her usual entertainment was that of a typical young lady—she liked to watch dances and listen to band performances.

Now, more than a thousand years later, although the old lich's aesthetic sense has changed dramatically, her basic hobbies such as watching dances and listening to music have not changed and remain her daily ways of relaxing and entertaining herself.

Just during the Goddess incident, many of the dead artists were taken into the old lich's undead army and are now part of her roster, playing music and dancing for her.

That was literally a chaotic dance of demons and death rock.

If it weren't for Amelie's foresight in setting up a sacred barrier around the old lich's residence to isolate sound and the aura of death, the crew of the cargo ship where the old lich was located would probably have gone mad or committed suicide by jumping into the sea within two days.

Taking care of the old lich was still quite easy for Amelie.

After all, although the old lich is terrifying, she won't cause trouble unless someone provokes her.

This left Amelie with plenty of free time during the voyage. She spent her days either fishing on the cargo ship's deck or playing with Marcy and Flora in her room.

The fleet's voyage went quite smoothly.

There are indeed many powerful monsters in the deep ocean, but these monsters are not stupid. They also know to pick the weak and easy targets, and Melson's fleet looks like a force to be reckoned with.

Along the way, they encountered several sea creatures, including fish-men and mermaids. They were clearly old acquaintances of Milion, bringing various deep-sea specialties to exchange for land-based specialties, a mutually beneficial arrangement.

"Uncle, are you also familiar with the sea creatures?"

After witnessing Milaen complete another transaction with a group of merfolk soldiers, Emerald couldn't resist her curiosity and stepped forward to ask.

She had long known that her third uncle was very popular and sociable, which was why Baphomet had always wanted to pass the position of family head to Milain. However, after seeing Milain speak fluent sea-folk language and befriend the fish-man warriors, Amelie was still quite shocked.

"It's alright."

Milain shook his head and spoke modestly, but his smugness was undisguised:

“People who frequently travel by sea are bound to interact with marine life. Of course, we had our share of misunderstandings at first, but as we got to know each other better, we gradually became friends.”

"Why didn't you tell the young lady about that, boss?"

One of the two gay fusion-stage mages happened to be next to Milaine at that moment. Upon hearing this, he chuckled and told Emery a dark story about Milaine:

“Young Miss, you probably don’t know, do you? Although our boss has good relationships with both the merfolk and the mermaids, he has a better relationship with the merfolk… Did you notice, Young Miss? The merfolk warriors who came to us before all had a trident symbol on their left shoulder.”

"Yes, I noticed."

Emery nodded:

"I not only noticed those symbols, but I also discovered that the merfolk warriors who came to trade with us were all quite strong, almost all of them possessing the strength of a master mage... Are the average quality of merfolk soldiers really that high?"

"Of course not."

The gay mage chuckled again, then, ignoring Milaen's darkening expression, continued speaking to Emery:

"Those are all royal guards of the fish-men, the elite of the elite... Miss, guess why the boss knows so many royal guards of the fish-men? Because he was almost snatched away by the fish-man princess to become the sea-men's prince consort, hahaha... The queen of Shangying even had a falling out with the boss over this matter."

"Uh...fish...fishman princess?"

Emery was genuinely shocked this time, and her gaze towards Milaine was one of utter astonishment.

Although both the Fish-Men and Merfolk are sea creatures and have similar names, they are actually quite different.

Mermaids are probably similar to the mermaids in the myths and legends of Earth. They have the upper bodies of extremely handsome men and beautiful women, but only their lower bodies are fish tails.

Most people would accept any ambiguous relationship between such a race and humans.

But the fish-men are different. Although they don't have fish tails, they have human-like limbs, but everything above their necks is fish, and their entire bodies are covered in fish scales.

Milaine actually had a fling with this fish-woman princess?

Could it be that some of the rumors about fish on Earth are true?

Thinking of this, Amelie's gaze towards Milaine immediately turned disdainful, and she even took a few steps back to keep her distance from him.

"...Hmph, what do you know!"

Milaine finally couldn't help but speak up in defense:

"Although Aquamarine is a fish-woman, she has a great figure and smooth scales... uh."

Seeing that the more he explained, the more disgusted Emerald looked at him, Milain could only scratch his head and finally conclude:

"Anyway... it was just a beautiful mistake and misunderstanding. In the end, I didn't betray Xiaoxue, and I even made many fish-man friends."

"Yes, yes, yes... I know you're a really handsome guy, Uncle. Even the merman princess is attracted to your charm~~"

Emerald gave a perfunctory chuckle.

In her heart, Emery understood why Milaen and Julia had become friends so quickly; the two actually had quite a few similarities.

Besides both enjoying fighting, they also share similar tastes – Milaine here can flirt with the merman princess, and Yulia in the original game is often defeated by monsters to unlock CGs.

Even now, Yulia seems to have hidden attributes of being weak to tentacles and afraid of being bound. Every time she is bound by Emeryte with invisible ribbons, she is immediately defeated in a flash.

The fleet continued sailing and soon had been on the White Sea for more than 10 days, having completed almost half of the voyage.

That afternoon, the sun was shining brightly and the weather was fine; it was a perfect day for playing.

Along the edge of the cargo ship's deck, a layer of soft, thick cushions was laid out. Amelie was lying on the cushions rather lazily, her head resting in Flora's arms. She would occasionally eat a piece of elven fruit that Flora fed her, while her legs were held by Marcy, who was massaging her feet.

A fishing rod is draped over the deck railing next to the thick cushion. The reel has extended a line long enough for the hook to reach deep into the water, and the small bell hanging in the middle of the rod can clearly detect whether there are any fish biting the hook underwater.

Jingle bell~~

After eating another grape that Flora fed her, the bell on the fishing rod rang. Emery, however, showed no excitement; instead, she yawned and gently pinched Marcy through her black stockings with her big toe.

"Probably just another one of those boring little minions... Go reel in the line and check, Sisi."

"Yes, Miss!"

Marcy responded with a seductive voice, then lowered her head and gently kissed him before putting down Emerald's black-stockinged feet. She walked to the railing, picked up her fishing rod, and began reeling in the line.

As the reel spun, the hooked fish was quickly pulled onto the deck. It was indeed a very small, insignificant fish, probably weighing less than 200 grams.

"Not a single big fish! So boring!"

Emery glanced sideways at the small fry, her eyes filled with disappointment.

"Actually, it's normal that there aren't any big fish~~"

Flora looked at Emerald with amusement, and then leaned down to kiss her:

"After all, smart big fish know that human fleets are not to be trifled with, and they will keep their distance after sensing us from a great distance... Only these small fish with little intelligence will take the bait."

"Mmm...mmm...you're right, ha~~"

Emery kissed Flora first, and as she stuck out her tongue and breathed hot air, her eyes darted around, and a wicked idea popped into her head:

"Using small insects as bait can only catch small fish. You can't catch a wolf without risking your cub. If you want to catch a tentacle monster, you need a magical girl... Hmm, although there aren't any real magical girls here, there are beautiful magical girls. So, it should be okay... I choose you, Flora!"

"Gah?"

Before Flora could understand what was happening, the surroundings suddenly darkened—Emerite had used a magical barrier to block the view of the area, and then she hugged Flora and began to change her clothes.

Flora's designs and creations often feature dresses in a "landmine" style, adorned with a lot of lace, and combining elements of sweetness, darkness, and anime aesthetics.

With just a little styling, this kind of dress can easily give you a magical girl vibe.

Emerald dressed Flora up as a magical girl with almost no effort, then conjured a sacred chain and bound Flora up.

"What...what are you planning to do now?"

Flora twisted her body and struggled symbolically a few times, which made her clothes disheveled, giving her an even more defeated magical girl look.

"It's nothing, just want to catch something big for fun, and besides, it's a form of training for you, Flora~~"

As Amelie spoke, she leaned close to Flora's ear and whispered her instructions, then casually licked Flora's earlobe:

"That's it, keep it up... Didn't you want to break through to become a Grand Mage as soon as possible?"

"Really...really?"

Flora remained skeptical. She didn't think this kind of training was useful; she felt that Amelie was just playing with her in various ways.

But having already chosen to become stronger this way, there's no going back on that decision.

So despite her doubts, Flora took a deep breath and then leaped off the deck, landing with a splash in the water.

The crew members who heard the splash were initially surprised, and some immediately took off their shirts to try to jump in and rescue her, but Marcy stopped them, saying that it was just the young lady playing around.

"...Rich young ladies are all so perverted."

Some of the crew members thought that Emery was deliberately torturing Flora for her own amusement, and couldn't help but mutter a few words under their breath.

Emerald didn't care about this; she simply used the sacred chains binding Flora to carefully sense the underwater situation.

She did intend to tease Flora for fun, but this behavior was actually beneficial to Flora's training.

Flora was right. The truly powerful big fish in the sea are very smart. They will avoid human fleets from afar, making them very difficult to catch.

But just as high-level monsters are seen as mobile resource stores by humans, the bodies of magic practitioners among humans are the most delicious food for monsters.

Most powerful monsters do have the wisdom to avoid risks, but often the huge profits can make people ignore the risks, and this is also true for monsters.

Flora, now that she's fallen into the water and bound by chains, is a delicious treat that would make many sea monsters drool.

However, the human fleet was still too much of a threat to intelligent monsters. Although the monsters who coveted Flora's body were very greedy, they did not make any rash moves.

Flora in the water did not break free of her chains. Instead, she closed her eyes and began to control her mind and circulate her magic power in the way that Emerald had just taught her.

Remove as many attributes and personal information as possible from the magic, keeping the magic pure, and imagine yourself becoming one with the sea.

This is actually a cultivation method that Flora came up with herself later in the original game. It was an insight she gained from exchanging ideas with magic practitioners in the East during her trip to the ancient Eastern kingdom. Now, Emerald has told her about it in advance.