Chapter 313 - Kingdom Of The Deep Sea (V) (1/2)

The authoritative voice echoed in the place that will make anyone distinctively feel the pressure that they emit.

Everyone quickly prepared for combat but the two siblings stopped us.

”Everyone, be at ease. Lifera, it's us.” Sera ordered also with a hint of authority in her voice.

I saw guards approach and appear before us. They looked like normal guards but they looked like golems to me. They are not looking like merfolk or a human or anything other than a golem due to how they move stiffly despite looking like people. Along with them is a handsome merfolk that I can only describe to have a bit of an arrogant-looking face. In my experience, these guys are the first people to get the girls and they are usually the playboy types. Still, who knows how this guy is.

”Wha! Sera-sama?! Li-sama? H-how come?” the authoritative owner of the voice stopped when Sera and Li stepped forward.

”Heh, we are back. What else?” Li smugly answered.

”This... this must be a miracle! Sera-sama and Li-sama returning is a sign that the gods have not abandoned us just yet!” He knelt down to the ground and burst out crying making my first assumption on him broken.

”Lifera, we need to go to the kingdom and announce our return,” Sera ordered.

”I apologize Sera-sama but that shouldn't be the best course of action you need to do. If I didn't spot you all here and jump straight to the portal, you guys would never be able to see the light of the day again,” the handsome merfolk, Lifera grit his teeth as he looked at the two siblings.

”What is going on Lifera?”

”This is not a good place to stay. If we loiter here more than we should, the enemies will find us here. Follow me. I will explain once we reach our destination.”

Although he still didn't say anything just yet, Sera and Li seems to trust him so we decided to follow along. He snaps his fingers and all of the following golems have been reduced to dust before disappearing completely.

”How many years has it been since we were sealed?” Li asked.

”If you are talking about how many years have passed by after the sealing of the Ice Devilfish, it should be 300 years already since then. I made sure to count the years and days in case you two will be free from the seal. And I was right.” Lifera smiled while looking at the two.

”Wha? 200 years? I heard merfolk has at best around 120 years at best to live. How the hell are you still alive if it already passed you to the point where you are old enough?!” Tina was bewildered.

”Please calm down, Tina-san. Lifera here is not a real Merfolk. Although he is part of the merfolk race, he is not a pure one. He is a half automaton. Half of his body is an automaton. All of the necessary things for him to stay alive are already converted to automaton parts. I don't know what changed these past few years when we are gone but he is still the same as ever,” Sera explained.

”Your father has tasked me to guard this secret entrance and prepare for the two of you to return. Your father is hopeful that you two would still be alive and will return someday. And he was right. The two are here right now.”

Soon, we arrived in a small closed space of the cavern. We went inside and we saw a similar portal of water inside the cavern's interior.

”Masters, I know it is rude, but would it be appropriate to bring the humans and the other species inside? They will drown once they are inside since they are not the same as us merfolks who can breathe underwater.”

”Yes. They are fine to enter since they already received my blessings to breathe underwater,” Sera explained.

”You gave the blessing to them? But they are humans and we are restricted-”

”Screw the rules, we are not even on the kingdom's grounds, why would we care about that? Anyways, may I ask if we are going inside the kingdom once we pass the portal?”

”No, this is a separate place made by your father a few years ago to be used as a refuge. I will explain carefully once we are inside.”

Everyone followed suit by entering the portal. Entering it felt like you are dipping into the sea with your whole body submerging straight into the water without preparations. My instinct quickly tried to hold my breath but I quickly stopped it as I can breathe underwater. There is no need for me to hold my breath to enter the place. Everyone entered the water portal and we arrived at a place that looked like a view from what the divers underwater usually see on a sea filled with sea life.

”This place is...” Sera was surprised as she looked around the surroundings.

”It's a bit of small size but this is the imitation of the reality of your father's home back when he was still a prince. This was his home before he became the king of the Kingdom of the Deep Sea,” Lifera explained.