Smiling, Third Elder Brother continued, “That’s another reason why I sent my beloved mermaid girlfriend to her ancestors right in front of you.”

Off to the side, the Captain smiled enigmatically. He knew that Third Sib wasn’t the kind of person who wasted words. The reason he was saying all this was in the hopes of warming Xu Qing up to him.

Xu Qing looked at Third Elder Brother and thought back to that time in the harbor when he gently crushed the mermaid’s head. Back then, he’d been struck with how dangerous Third Elder Brother seemed. Even now, that sense of danger still remained. [1]

But if I had to fight him to the death, I’d probably survive. With those thoughts on his mind, he clasped hands and bowed.

Still smiling, Third Elder Brother took out a stack of spirit notes and offered them to Xu Qing. “Here, take this. A gift to mark this day. Back at Sealizard Island, you weren’t my Junior Brother, so I messed with you a bit. I hope you don’t mind. I guess I owe you for that.”

Xu Qing glanced at Third Elder Brother. He clearly remembered how there had been an aura that locked onto him when he fled Sealizard Island. He had never identified who it was that was chasing him, but later on he’d suspected it had something to do with Third Elder Brother. [2]

He was actually surprised that Third Elder Brother had just admitted the truth so casually....