"Do you still know Princess Otohime?" Kurumi squinted at Eric, "Is there anything else we don't know? Tell us."
"Yeah." Chitong nodded, "Obviously I was the first to follow Eric, but I don't know at all."
"I have never met Princess Otohime. I guess Princess Otohime has only heard of our deeds? After all, we have done a lot of things that shocked the world."
"She dares to invite the villain who tortured and killed Tianlong people to her home. This woman is very courageous."
"She is a kind-hearted woman with a very fragile constitution."
Everyone: "You still say you don't know her!"
Everyone rides a whale and moves all the way up into the sky.
'Anyway, no one on Fish-Man Island can stop us, so we might as well get to know this respectable woman. The only uncertainty is that Dragon Palace City seems to be full of sea water. There are too many people with abilities and we can easily be caught in one fell swoop. '
Eric leaned close to Bolqi's ear and whispered: "Be ready to open the air door at any time, do you understand?"
Bolqi nodded. Thanks to these days of practice, she could now open the air door to escape and a series of actions very quickly.
Arriving at the entrance to the passage of Dragon Palace City, "Sir Eric, please take this." The guard handed Eric and Esdeath a pink object.
"This is?"
"Bubble coral is a tool that can easily create bubbles. Dragon Palace City is almost filled with sea water, so you must wear bubbles."
Transparent bubbles came out from the tail and surrounded everyone in Eric.
"You're so cool, Captain, give me that to study~"
…
Through the waterway connecting Fishman Island to Dragon Palace City, what suddenly appeared in front of everyone was a beautiful palace in the water. Under the sunlight, the walls glowed with rainbow colors, and a golden dragon stretched out from behind the palace and hovered above the palace. .
Watching the colorful fish at close range through the transparent bubbles is countless times better than in the aquarium.
"It's so beautiful. I've never seen such a beautiful castle."
"I have seen a castle that is bigger than it (Imperial Capital), but it is far less beautiful than this castle. What kind of wedding room does Eric like? I like..."
"Allah, please don't get married without permission!"
"Welcome everyone from the Dawn Pirates to Ryugu Castle!"
A woman wearing luxurious clothes and a tall male mermaid came to the crowd.
"I am the king of Fishman Island, Neptune. This is my wife, Princess Otohime."
As the captain, Eric stepped forward and said: "Thank you King Neptune and Princess Otohime for inviting us to Ryugu Castle."
"Seeing is better than hearing. I learned from the guards that Mr. Eric rescued a fishman from the Celestial Dragons. Thank you for your rescue."
Princess Otohime turned aside and invited, "Please come in, the dinner is ready."
Entering the hall of Dragon Palace City, everyone who originally expected the interior decoration of Dragon Palace was slightly disappointed.
Because the interior of the Dragon Palace is filled with sea water, and it is indoors, the light is not very bright. The interior of the Dragon Palace appears relatively dark, which is far less beautiful than the colorful colors outside.
But if you look closely, you can see that the interior decoration is quite grand, and we can only blame the lighting problem.
The guests and hosts were seated, and the fragrant delicacies were served by the guards on the dining cart.
Eric's head was full of food and drink, and he thought of inappropriate questions from time to time, 'There is so much sea water here, but it doesn't seep into the food...'
In the middle of the banquet, Princess Otohime finally opened the topic and asked her question: "I wonder what Mr. Eric thinks about the peaceful coexistence of humans and mermaids?"
"I admire your idea very much," Eric put down the tableware in his hand, "I think there is not much difference between fish people and humans: they can communicate with humans normally, can live on land, and there is no difference in intelligence, even reproduction. There is no quarantine either…”
Perona whispered: "The last one is what you want to say."
Eric ignored Perona's troubles and continued: "But it is an ideal after all..."
"No!" Princess Otohime retorted loudly: "This is not an ideal, as long as we let go of our hatred..."
"Like collecting fish-men's signatures?"
Princess Otohime was stunned, "You, do you also know about this?"
"Princess Otohime, don't use your title. Let's call each other equals." Eric waved his hand.
During this period, Neptune was like a dull gourd, silent. He didn't like humans, but he couldn't defeat Otohime, so he could only watch his wife having a heated conversation with a pirate.
"Princess Otohime, just signing is not enough. You have not solved the main contradiction. Just solving these secondary contradictions cannot solve the problem." Eric is also talking nonsense now. They can't learn this anyway.
"The main conflict?"
"..." Eric was silent on the spot. He didn't understand the main conflict between fishmen and humans at all!
Seeing that sisters Polqi and Kalenkana were looking at me with big eyes, they realized that their captain was so powerful and knew everything!
If you don't know clearly, the majestic image you just established may collapse in an instant!
Eric considered his words and spoke very slowly, "The main contradiction is the human race's contempt for the fishmen, and the fishmen's hatred of humans. Just asking the fishmen to let go of their hatred will not solve the problem on the human side."
Princess Otohime nodded seriously.
"So it's very difficult to make the humans on land think that the fish-people are very useful, so useful that they can't live without you. Besides, humans have been despising the fish-people for a long time, and changing their minds cannot be accomplished overnight."
Princess Otohime pressed her hands on her chest and said affectionately: "I will definitely work hard to change mankind's view of the fishmen and coexist peacefully with mankind."
Otohime's emotions are contagious to everyone, maybe because her domineering power of knowledge and knowledge can resonate strongly with others? But Eric believed that everyone was moved by her sincere feelings.
"not enough."
Otohime asked quickly: "Your Excellency Eric, what's not enough?" She used to think of ways to collect signatures by herself, but seeing someone giving her advice now, she was very anxious.
"There are many, such as strength issues."
"Strength?" Otohime was a little confused, what does this have to do with strength.
"When the fish-people are of great use, someone will inevitably use dishonorable methods, such as kidnapping, human trafficking, slavery and other problems, and they will all ensue."
The expressions of Lant and the two sisters were fine, but King Neptune breathed heavily. He thought about what happened ten years ago. A large number of pirates entered the Fish-Man Island and began to capture female mermaids for human trafficking.
"If Whitebeard hadn't protected you, your current Fish-Man Island would probably not be so peaceful. But how old is Whitebeard? How long can he protect you?"
Princess Otohime also lowered her head, she couldn't solve this problem.
"Also, you fish-men are not monolithic. There are dark places on Fish-Man Island where evil is breeding."
"It's impossible, we fishmen are all..."
"Humans have good and bad, and so do fish-men!" Eric interrupted Otohime, "Whitebeard is a benefactor and a good person to you, but in the eyes of the World Government, he is a big pirate and a the wanted!"
"Everything has two sides, one that is beneficial to oneself and one that is beneficial to others."
Eric's words silenced Otohime.
"Your main task now is to make the fish people prosperous and united, and then eliminate those evil hybrids."
"I can influence them with words..."
"No, they are just a collection of pure malice. Even your knowledge and domineering power cannot change that."
Princess Otohime was surprised: "Sir Eric, do you know what I am capable of?"
Eric nodded and continued: "There are very poor groups on your Fish-Man Island, and there are also Fish-Man Streets where local gangsters gather. They have accumulated hatred for each other, and one day they will bring this Fish-Man Island to life." Into hell."
Eric thought to himself: 'As a thank you, I will help you clean up these fish residues. '
