Chapter 627: Kelp Farm (1/2)
Priscilla was a very efficient worker. Truen didn't think that there was a more hospitable host. Their accommodation arrangements were flawless. She did not judge them and maintained a neutral attitude throughout. As the head maid, she was very meticulous. Not a single detail escaped her eye, and Truen was impressed by how she understood their preferences in less than an hour.
The Marrissa was a huge ship, but when it was brought into Indra Seagloo, it looked tiny in comparison. The merfolks were surprisingly good shipwrights. It reminded Truen about the case of fitting a crib into another crib. Indra Seagloo's technology should not be underestimated.
Zero's meeting with Queen Leah lasted for a long time, and Priscilla received orders to entertain the guests. She wasn't completely happy with the arrogant suitor who claimed to be her queen's future spouse, but she tried to be optimistic as the head maid. In the worst case, she would simply dispose of his body and feed it to the sharks she raised just like every other scum who broke her queen's heart.
The sea otters marvelled at their assigned rooms in Indra Seagloo's most prestigious inn. Everyone apart from Zero was given rooms in Indra Seagloo's most prestigious inn as part of the merfolks' hospitality. There was nothing to complain about. When the inn staff saw Priscilla, they treated these land-dwellers with the utmost respect, serving them on fin and tail. Anything these land-dwellers wanted, the innkeeper and his employees would do their best to make it a first priority.
”Please make yourselves comfortable. There is still some time before dinner. Would you like me to give you a tour of our humble city?” the pufferfish mermaid asked.
When the sea otters heard the word 'tour', they quickly jumped at the opportunity. Bob and Truen were equally curious, so the whole group agreed on a timing.
Jermine shared a room with Bob as she felt most comfortable with the dragon after travelling with him. Truen shared a room with Monoman while the sea otters and Pepper had individual rooms, a reprieve from the cramped sleeping arrangements in the Marrissa. Priscilla passed down her orders to the porters to have their belongings moved from the Marrissa to the inn. Everything else they required was provided for, from food to clothes and essentials.
The highly anticipated tour of Indra Seagloo started at the scale wall. As creepy as it sounded, the wall was extremely beautiful. Apart from being aesthetically pleasing, this scale wall served as a very good light reflector for the indoor kelp farm.
”The scale wall started when Indra Seagloo was still under construction. Queen Leah accepted the pledge of any sea creature willing to contribute to building parts of this massive underwater city. We have many kinds of scales here from various citizens. Some of us are still alive, but some of us have passed on. Nevertheless, this wall reminds each and every generation of merfolk what our ancestors had to do to create this safe haven. If you look closely at the scale wall, you can spot the occasional crustacean shell mixed into it.”
As they passed by the huge scale wall, the kelp farmers saw Priscilla and lowered their heads as a sign of respect for the pufferfish head maid. The head farmer in charge of the royal kelp farm rushed over to greet her.
”We're here to tour Indra Seagloo,” she told the lobster merman. ”Could you gather a few crustacean workers to give them a practical experience of kelp harvesting?”
Hearing that the land-dwellers were interested in kelp farming, the lobster merman snapped his powerful pincers in joy.