“Do you think it’s cruel to trade with merfolk’s hearts?” the princess asked.
George just nodded without speaking.
The princess suddenly ripped apart the covering on her chest. A shocking wound was displayed on her chest.
“In fact, merpeople have two hearts.”
Seeing the princess’s actions, George felt a little embarrassed because she was a mermaid, after all.
Showing her wound openly in front of him just like that made George a little embarrassed. However, she seemed unconcerned.
Seeing George’s expression, she simply said, “We merfolk don’t have as much etiquette as humans, so you don’t have to feel embarrassed… Showing you my wound is to tell you that most merpeople have lost a heart just to protect our last piece of homeland.”
‘Protect their last piece of homeland?’
‘Did that mean that all the merpeople used to have two hearts, but they had to give up one of them for some special reason?’
“Why did all of you lose a heart?” George puzzled for a while before asked.
The princess replied, ”The humans discovered that the hearts of merpeople can be used as medicine to improve your practice, so some practitioners with ulterior motives attacked us under the guise of networking.”
George finally realized why Zagu, the merman from before, was so resentful upon seeing him.
“Because most of the merpeople have lost a heart, various water monsters in this underwater world are watching us. They have long coveted this ancient ruin.”
As the two chatted, the princess took out a dust-covered stone. This stone was shaped like a book, but its contents were blurred.
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