Chapter 2413: Social Suicide

“Don’t worry, you’re definitely not the Mermaid Queen’s type!” the Mermaid Queen said with a frown.

This guy really needs a good beating!

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“You’re the Mermaid Queen?” Zu An suddenly looked at her.

“Of course not!” The Mermaid Queen was startled.

Did I end up giving something away?

“Then if you’re not, why are you so sure that she won't be into someone like me?” Zu An grinned. This feeling of hiding his identity really was great. He didn’t have to worry about a thing no matter what he said. There was no psychological burden at all.

The Mermaid Queen was stupefied. She couldn't say that she was the Mermaid Queen, but she couldn't concede that the Mermaid Queen would like him either.

“I am the Mermaid Queen’s maid, so of course I know what preferences she has.” She was a bit flustered for a bit, but she quickly found a suitable pretext. Either way, she had to return to the palace after this, so she needed a proper excuse for that too.

I’m really a genius. I found such a great explanation.

“A maid?” Zu An looked at her with a weird look. “It seems the reputation of your Mermaid Queen’s beauty is a bit exaggerated.”

The Mermaid Queen was stunned. “Why would you say that?”

In all these years, she had never cared so much about someone else’s evaluation of her beauty.

“Just think about it. If that Mermaid Queen really was that beautiful, why would she choose such a normal-looking servant like you to offset her own looks? Others might think she’s beautiful because she always has you as a comparison next to her. She really should be increasing your salary for all of this.” As Zu An said that with a deadly earnest expression, he added inwardly,

Please hurry and hate me! I'm someone who judges others by appearances, the type of man who's completely tactless and terrible with words.

The Mermaid Queen was stunned, gritting her teeth. This guy always managed to provoke her emotions somehow! But she couldn't tell him her real identity either, and could only suffer in silence.

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Meanwhile, Mojard caught up to the group of seahorses. Unfortunately, he didn’t see any sign of the two. He grabbed one of the seahorses and forcibly tore it in half out of fury, leaving the rest stunned.

The Dragon King arrived just in time to see the rain of blood that scattered everywhere. His eyes twitched, and he quickly asked with an apologetic smile, “May I ask what happened for the Incestuous King to be so angry?”

Just now, he'd been back in his palace drinking wine with pretty concubines to either side while enjoying the dancing of beautiful clam ladies. He'd been thinking about which of them would be the lucky one chosen to serve him today. But as they moved around in their dance, he'd felt thatthey all had their good points. In the end, he decided to choose them all.

I’m the Dragon King anyway. I’ll be letting this identity down if I don’t properly enjoy myself.

But who would’ve known that there would suddenly be so much noise outside? When he received news of that and left his palace, he'd seen raging flames soar into the sky around the Four Way Palace. That brought him quite the shock. It was definitely no small matter if flames could burn here in the Dragon Palace, all the way in the depths of the ocean. He quickly rushed over and just happened to see this scene.

Mojard gave him a cold look. “That’s something I should be asking you. We are guests of your Dragon Palace, and yet under your protection, an assassin killed our head emissary, and then two more assassins came in to cause trouble. I’m even starting to wonder if you were the one who sent those assassins.”

The Dragon King broke out into cold sweat. The thought of beauties leaning against him completely disappeared from his mind. “Incestuous King, you have misunderstood! Those assassins have absolutely nothing to do with me!” He kicked the military officer next to him to the ground as he spoke. “You useless thing, I put you in charge of the emissaries’ safety, so how do accidents keep happening one after another?!”

The officer was terrified. He was lying on the ground and about to explain when Mojard suddenly said, “Since he’s useless, there’s no need to keep him alive anymore.”

As soon as he said that, his hand moved in a blur. The next second, the officer’s head reappeared in Mojard’s hand, blood immediately dyeing the surroundings red.

Everyone present was speechless.

The Dragon King swallowed with difficulty.

The Incestuous King’s cultivation is terrifying, as expected. But if it was enough to appease his anger, the death of a guard captain will have been worth it.

Mojard tossed the head away to the side and said indifferently, “The Dragon King won’t blame me for taking matters into my own hands, right?”

“I wouldn’t dare! He neglected his duty and his punishment was fully deserved,” the Dragon King said submissively.

The Dragon King’s other military officers exchanged a look. Then, they silently hung their heads.

“This humble king will personally lead my troops to track down that assassin.” The Dragon King was worried that he'd really offended Mojard this time, and quickly spoke up to express his sincerity.

“There’s no need for that. I already have a rough idea of who the assassin is this time.” Mojard took out a handkerchief to wipe away the blood on his hands.

“Who?” The Dragon King was stunned. He was also very curious. Just who was this person, for them to be so incredible and daring that they would cause trouble in his own territory?

“The Dragon King can follow me if you are interested," Mojard said, then headed straight toward the Mermaid Queen’s palace.

Meanwhile, the Mermaid Queen stopped after bringing Zu An near her chambers. She warned him insistently, “Once we go inside, you will pretend to be a guard of the Mermaid race. Don’t say anything and don’t give anything away, or else not even the queen will not be able to save you."

Zu An was getting a bit of a headache. He'd already tried so hard to piss her off, and yet she'd still grabbed his wrist so firmly without any intention of letting go. He couldn't just use his cultivation to shake off her hand, right? Otherwise, no matter how slow she was, she’d still realize that something was wrong.

“You don’t seem to be in a good mood,” he remarked, wondering if it was because his words from earlier really had hurt her.

That shouldn’t be, right? She isn’t really some ordinary palace maid. Why would she be hurt because I said she looks plain?

Sometimes, it wasn’t lies that hurt, but rather the truth that was merciless.

“I wasn’t able to successfully save the Peacock Princess. There will be even less of a chance in the future.” The Mermaid Queen sighed. She wondered just how the Peacock Princess was doing right now. And what was that ritual that the monster had been talking about?

“The Peacock Princess...” Kong Nanwu appeared in Zu An’s mind. How had he even ended up up meeting her ancestor? He asked, “Was she the earlier assassin?” After collecting all of the various clues, that wasn’t difficult to guess.

The Mermaid Queen gave him a suspicious look. “You are a Dragon Palace guard, but you didn’t know?”

Zu An was alarmed.

I was too careless!

But he reacted quickly and said, “That kind of top secret information isn’t something a lower-level guard like me can know about.”

The Mermaid Queen didn’t continue to suspect him too much. The Dragon King must have deliberately kept this matter a secret. This lesser guard really was pitiful. He was sent over to guard the Four Way Palace, but he didn’t know a thing.

She answered, “That’s right. She was indeed the assassin and killed the monsters’ head emissary. She wanted to use this chance to fracture the relationship between the Ocean races and the monsters. Unfortunately, she didn’t anticipate the Incestuous King being among the emissaries.”

When he heard about all those things, Zu An could no longer remain as calm as before. He didn’t want to influence this piece of history too much, but how could he just stand by without doing a thing when he learned that the Peacock Princess was actually so brave?

I should be fine as long as I keep my real identity hidden.

“The Ocean races and the monsters have formed an alliance?” Zu An asked this crucial question. If the Ocean races sided with the monsters, he really couldn't see much hope of this world turning things around.

The Mermaid Queen opened her mouth, but in the end, she didn’t answer the question. “These aren’t things a lesser guard like you should know. Sometimes, the more you know, the more dangerous it will be for you.”

Zu An was speechless.

This is bad, my acting was too good.

“Aren’t you just a maid too? What are you acting all cocky for?” He deliberately provoked her.

The Mermaid Queen’s eyes twitched. “Hmph, my cultivation is much higher than yours, you know?”

Zu An didn’t have anything to say in response to that.

Zu An, you’re so good at acting, aren’t you? Now you have nothing left to say in response, right?

“Is that the intent of your queen? Is she more inclined to ally with the monsters?” he asked directly.

“How wise is someone like the queen? Why would she participate in something like that? This was just something I personally chose to do. You absolutely cannot blab about this in the future,” the Mermaid Queen warned him.

Zu An gave her a complicated look.

You’re really getting into the act. But if you find out the truth, it’ll be social suicide...