Shota's Isekai NTR Adventure-Chapter 974: Movement of the empire (1)

The Merman Empire group stayed for a week before heading back.

As they left, they all looked at me with guarded looks as if they still didn't trust me.

At the same time, it seemed that the Merman Queen was saying something private to Ariel while looking at me from time to time.

It was clear that she was telling her to be careful of me.

I had been able to convince them that their worries weren't founded, but it seemed like they didn't want to take any chances at all. They had even deployed a few of the mermaid royal guards to stay here on land to watch over Ariel.

Though the excuse that they gave was that they were here to help her.

It made sense since those members of the mermaid royal guards were female in the first place. They seemed more like maids rather than royal guards, but there was no mistaking the aura that they released.

One was able to easily tell that they were skilled with the dangerous aura that they released. There was no doubt that they would be able to protect Ariel if something happened.

Though I certainly didn't like the way that they looked at me.

It was hard to miss it since they released this feeling when they looked at me.

The feeling that they released definitely wasn't good. It was as if they would hurt me if they had a chance.

I was sure that it was because the Merman King and Queen had given them this order...

Though it certainly wasn't a good feeling.

Once it was over, all that was left was for the next shipment of Glowing Seaweed to come.

Before that, it was time to go back to running the country.

Though it seemed that the prime minister had something to discuss with me.

Once the Merman Empire group was gone, the prime minister pulled me away as if there was something that he wanted to talk about. There was no one else that was allowed to come with us, even the regent was left behind.

During this time, it seemed that the prime minister and the regent had gotten even closer and it didn't seem like there was anything that they hid from each other.

With how close they were, I had even wondered if they were...butt buddies.

But of course, I would never say that out loud.

So for the prime minister to leave the regent behind to talk to me, I was certain that he had something important to talk about.

Once we were in the study, the prime minister sat down with a heavy look on his face.

I raised a brow as I looked at him, but I still sat down in front of him and waited to see what he had to say.

The prime minister just sat there in silence with that heavy look on his face, as if he was thinking about something. He didn't seem like he was planning on saying anything with the way that he sat there.

I just took this chance to go and get some tea for myself, but he spoke before I could pour the tea.

"We have a big problem." The prime minister said with the same serious look on his face. I didn't say anything since I already knew that this was the case. After all, he wouldn't have brought me here and done all of this if this wasn't the case.

I just continued pouring the tea, one for myself and one for him before pushing that cup to him and saying, "Well, what is it? There's nothing to gain from worrying ourselves, so let's talk and see if we can come up with a solution." freeweɓnøvel.com

The prime minister didn't pick up the cup of tea that I placed in front of him as he just looked at me with knitted brows. After seeing that I was sipping the tea, he picked it up and chugged it down in one breath before saying, "It's the empire, they are making a move."

I put the tea down and looked at him before saying with a nod, "Which empire?"

There were many empires in this world, so this alone wasn't enough.

There were four human empires, but there were also empires that belonged to different races as well. So just saying that an empire was making a move wasn't nearly enough for me to understand what the situation was.

I was waiting for him to explain more.

The prime minister saw the way that I was looking at him, so he said, "The Holy Empire wants to make a move."

I gave a nod in response before revealing a thoughtful look.

The Holy Empire was one of the human empires and what they depended on was the power of religion. It could be said that they were one of the highest powers when it came to religion in this world, but that was mainly because they gathered the most followers.

The humans had the advantage of being able to reproduce quickly, which gave them a large population.

The number of followers gave the Holy Empire more power as it gathered more faith, which pleased the gods.

That was why the Holy Empire was able to use powerful holy magic with the blessing of the gods. That was also what the Holy Empire relied on to become one of the four empires of the

human race.

The headquarters of the religion of the priest from my town was also in the Holy Empire. That was just how influential the Holy Empire was when it came to religion in this world.

After thinking about it, I suddenly said, "Is it the monsters?"

The prime minister was surprised to hear this, but then he gave a simple nod of agreement. After that, he reached under the table and pulled out a folder that he placed on the table. It seemed that he had been prepared.