Sitting in an elegant coffee shop on Fashion Street, XunMi contentedly enjoyed the warmth of the sun.
Compared to the July and August heat in her world, where people were sweating profusely, there was only a slight heat here.
"Sorry, I'm late." Just as Xunmi closed her eyes and pretended to be asleep, a gentle male voice sounded.
Xunmi turned her head and opened her watery peach blossom eyes. She didn't seem surprised at the appearance of the person in front of her.
"Your Highness, you're finally here." It was just a simple conversation, but both of them knew what was going on.
"Let me formally introduce myself first. My name is Anson Neritus."
Anson sat in the booth across from XunMi. This was the first time they had officially met.
He also finally knew why he was puzzled when he heard Thetis. It was because they were of the same origin.
Xunmi's eyes finally wavered. She had thought of many outcomes, but this was the only one she didn't think of.
"You are the son of Poseidon. Who is your father?!"
She really didn't mean to be surprised, but she couldn't help it. In her inherited memories, there was such a thing.
It was impossible for Poseidon to have descendants unless they exhausted their divine power to give birth. Once a descendant was born, it also meant that Poseidon was about to die from exhaustion.
Was it because of this that the previous Poseidon's souls finally returned to the sea?
"No, I don't have a father. I only have a mother. My mother was a very beautiful and gentle mermaid, a deep sea mermaid."
Anson seemed to be immersed in his memories, and his brows overflowed with gentleness that couldn't be ignored.
"She was always by my side for as long as I could remember. Then she disappeared, and I was sent to the palace.
I became the next heir, and then I had a sister. They all said that my mother gave birth to her. She couldn't be with me because she had something to do.
I was still young at the time, so I believed it. When I gradually grew up, I never saw my mother.
I had doubts and secretly followed the medical officer of the Mermaid Research Institute who took care of me when I grew up. I found that he would avoid me and go to a place.
That place happened to be the former Mermaid Research Institute, now the Mermaid Academy. I thought that my mother was sick and needed to recuperate.
Since then, I studied hard and worked hard to grow. Finally, when I had the ability to take care of my mother and sister.
"The people at the Mermaid Research Institute told me that Mother has left, left forever."
"If that's the case, then so be it. I can understand life and death. After all, I've been taught to let go."
"But I never thought that I would accidentally see such a scene."
"Mother has already stopped breathing. She was chained to an experiment table, and the scales on her tail have all disappeared."
"Not a single part of her body is intact. Her most beautiful purple hair has become dry and yellow."
At this point, Anson's eyes were already bloodshot. He didn't even need to suppress his hatred.
Xunmi could understand this feeling very well. She thought that perhaps the hatred between the deep-sea mermaids and human beings was even greater.
However, it was not the entire human race, but the person who was leading all of this!
"I rushed up to question them, but they told me that the mother was willing."
"I don't believe it. Although mother is gentle and kind, I know how much she cherishes her fishtail."
"She would never allow anyone to do such a cruel thing to her fishtail, so I unleashed my power."
"My spiritual power and physique rose directly from S to double S, and I destroyed the laboratory."
Xunmi could clearly see the joy and happiness on Anson's face, but in a moment, it turned into resentment.
"Those people were temporarily unconscious. I took my mother away and accidentally saw the name hanging on the bed."
"At that time, I learned that my mother's surname was Nerites, but I didn't know what it meant."
"I just silently memorized it until I met you. I was stimulated by your name and all kinds of things, so I went to look up the forbidden books."
"Including the military's volume of information about the deep-sea mermaids. Only then did I know that Nerites means the god of the sea."
"And Thetis means the goddess of the sea. You, Xunmi Thetis, are this generation's king of the sea, and also the goddess of the sea."
Anson's eyes were fiery, and the cup he was holding in his hand cracked.
"What do you want to tell me?" Xunmi picked up the coffee and took a sip gracefully.
The taste of the machine was still not as good as the artificial one. It was a little astringent, and adding milk candy didn't make it much better.
"I want revenge. Let's cooperate." Anson didn't hide it. He wanted revenge.
Xunmi put down the cup and raised her eyebrows. "Your Royal Highness, let me remind you that you are now the empire's eldest prince."
"You represent the entire empire. You say you want revenge. Well, give me a reason to convince me."
"Also, in my memory, there has never been an empress. Your mother may be a deep-sea mermaid, but she can never be the king of the sea."
Of course, there was another situation that Xunmi didn't say, and that was that the mermaids who betrayed the deep sea had their names removed.
If this was the case, then the identity of Anson's mother was even more worth investigating.
She could believe half of Anson's purpose. He definitely had some truth that he hadn't told her.
But he dared to ask her out directly and point out the deep-sea mermaids and the king of the sea, which showed that he had done his homework.
Originally, Xunmi didn't intend to reveal her identity so early. After being forced to eat by Angus last night, she slept until the afternoon.
Then she received an unfamiliar invitation, which also mentioned that Thetis represented the goddess of the sea.
Xunmi immediately sent a message to Angus. After receiving a reply, she came out to see who the person hiding in the dark was.
Anson immediately exploded. "Impossible. My mother's name can't be wrong."
"What if I told you that the royal family isn't as powerful as they seem, and that they don't have the right to be independent at all?"
He took a deep breath. Now wasn't the best time. He had to wait, wait.
Xunmi raised her lips in a shallow arc. She narrowed her eyes, hiding the sharp light inside.
"Anson, do you think I'm stupid, or do I really not know anything?"
"Are you trying to tell me that the royal family only looks impressive on the surface, but is actually controlled by the research institute?"
His fingers tapped on the table, appearing absent-minded, as if they were just talking about what to eat later.
The research institute … She needed to see this place in person.
Maybe there would be unexpected gains.
"Oh … Sure enough, you're worthy of being the mermaid who can become the goddess of the sea. But now we're on the same boat."
"I'm not lying to you. You can check it yourself. The result will definitely be the same as what I said."
Anson appreciated Xunmi's clear-headedness, but he was also annoyed.
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