What should I do if I pledge my life to save a fox?

The second day after entering the seabed, the Mermaid King called them to the main hall.

"You...are you still wearing your mother's bracelet?" The Mermaid King pondered for a while before speaking.

Yu Muhuai was stunned, nodded, and stretched out his hand.

"Have you not seen the photo album I gave you?" Seeing him like this, the Mermaid King knew that the photo album had not been opened yet.

Yu Muhuai nodded honestly.

He forgot the photo album and Bai Huaijing put it away.

The Mermaid King shook his head helplessly, took the bracelet off Yu Muhuai's hand, and opened a small shell on it.

"This is your queen mother." The Mermaid King returned the bracelet to Yu Muhuai.

Yu Muhuai has known since he was a child that he has no mother and does not know what his mother looks like. Once he asks, the Mermaid King who always dotes on him will get angry.

Gradually, he no longer struggled with the role of mother.

Now suddenly tell him that the mermaid in the shell is his queen...

He was at a loss.

Yu Muhuai looked up at Bai Huaijing, who held his shoulders and patted him comfortingly.

It seemed that it took a while for Yu Muhuai to find his voice, and he spoke hoarsely: "Mother... I don't look much like her..."

The Mermaid King nodded: "But your eyes look like hers."

"A mermaid with blond hair and a blue tail?" Bai Huaijing seemed to have mentioned this when she was learning the history of the four ancient tribes when she was a child.

A trace of sadness flashed in the Mermaid King's eyes: "That's right."

"What happened to the blond hair and blue tail?" No mermaid has ever told Yu Muhuai, "I seem to have never seen a mermaid with blond hair and a blue tail."

"Because..." The Mermaid King was at a loss for words, "Their family made a big mistake and were...expelled."

"What mistake did you make?" Yu Muhuai asked, as for being expelled by the entire mermaid clan?

Yu Muhuai did not ask this question.

But the Mermaid King knew, and he wanted to ask.

"They betrayed the entire clan and angered the Poseidon." The Mermaid King lowered his eyes.

The mermaid clan relies on the Poseidon to survive for a long time. Yu Muhuai knows this.

"Betraying the whole clan?" Yu Muhuai leaned into Bai Huaijing's arms, "It's so serious...all the mermaids with blond hair and blue tails have been expelled? Are they all...dead?"

The Mermaid King nodded and shook his head.

"What do you mean?" Yu Muhuai couldn't understand and looked up at Bai Huaijing, "Brother, you know, right?"

Bai Huaijing glanced at the Mermaid King, who shook his head and wanted to tell Yu Muhuai himself.

"Be good, listen to what Father is telling you." Bai Huaijing hugged Yu Muhuai tightly.

Yu Muhuai's eyes turned to the Mermaid King again.

"I don't know either. They were locked in a secret realm. I don't know if they survived." The Mermaid King said.

Yu Muhuai was stunned for two seconds: "So, this is the reason why you never let me go to the secret realm?"

The Mermaid King nodded.

"Then tell me now why?" Yu Muhuai calmly turned his head.

Bai Huaijing noticed something was wrong, hugged Yu Muhuai into his arms, and kissed his forehead: "My dear, I want to ask my father something. Can you wait until I finish?"

Yu Muhuai closed his eyes and approached Bai Huaijing's arms.

"Father, if I remember correctly, the blond blue-tailed mermaid was expelled more than three hundred years ago. Huai Bao is only over a hundred years old and has just grown up. How did your mother give birth to Huai Bao with you?" Bai Huai Jing asked.

"Your mother and I have known each other since childhood. She was the niece of the Mermaid King and the most beautiful female omega of the Mermaid clan. I am the son of the Vice-General of the Mermaid King. We grew up together and they all said that we will be together when we become adults."

"But before we came of age, the clan suddenly began to spread rumors that the mermaid king had betrayed our clan. Then there was an earthquake under the sea. They all said that the mermaid with blond hair and blue tail had angered the sea god, and our mermaid clan was about to be destroyed..."

"Later, my father, your grandfather, was pushed to the throne, and the underwater earthquake ended, but all the mermaids with blond hair and blue tails have not disappeared, and they have become the lowest species of mermaids."

"Later, there were several small shocks, which caused panic. Some people in the tribe began to expel the mermaids with blond hair and blue tails. For the sake of your mother, I told your grandfather that you could give up your right to inherit the throne and begged him not to banish you. The queen mother also expelled him."

"Your grandfather knows my temper. For her, I really don't have the right to inherit. However, the inheritance of the Mermaid King's throne is not decided by them, but by the wishes of the whole clan and the Poseidon. The Mermaid King has been recognized by the whole clan and the Poseidon. The descendant must inherit the throne. And I am the most likely one."

"Your grandfather agreed to my request, but your mother had to hide for life. Two hundred years later, I ascended the throne. Your mother gained some freedom, but the long period of imprisonment caused her psychological problems and gave birth to the child. Huai Bao left after that."

Yu Muhuai was already crying in Bai Huaijing's arms. It turned out that this was how the queen left.

No wonder, the bright-looking mermaid in the photo looks so young. It turns out that she is unhappy most of the time...

Bai Huaijing figured out the timeline and understood why the Mermaid King didn't want to mention it.

Although it was the guidance of Poseidon, in the end, it was their lineage that replaced the mother's lineage, and it was Grandpa's decision to expel them...

Even the mother's subsequent death was caused by a long period of lack of freedom...

"Then...can I go to the secret realm now?" Yu Muhuai asked choked with tears.

"Okay, I'm telling you, I'm letting you go." The Mermaid King said with his eyes closed.

Yu Muhuai held Bai Huaijing's hand: "My brother and I will go together."

"Yeah." The Mermaid King nodded.

Yu Muhuai pulled Bai Huaijing and swung away. When he was about to leave the hall, he suddenly stopped and said, "Father, you don't have to blame yourself. I don't blame you. Queen Mother shouldn't hate you either."

After Yu Muhuai finished speaking, he took Bai Huaijing and left.

The Mermaid King opened his eyes and watched them leave, unable to react for a long time.

Yu Muhuai brought Bai Huaijing to his secret base again.

Bai Huaijing knew that he was in a bad mood.

Yu Muhuai leaned in Bai Huaijing's arms. He didn't know how long it took before he said, "Brother, if it were you, what would you choose?"

Bai Huaijing was silent for a while: "I probably made the same choice as my father."

"Even if it causes such a result?" Yu Muhuai asked.

"Yes." Bai Huaijing nodded, "Because this choice is the best choice I can make."

"That's right." Yu Muhuai nodded, "I want to go back to sleep. You can accompany me to the secret realm in the afternoon."

"Okay." Bai Huaijing kissed his lips, "I will always be by your side."

Returning to Yu Muhuai's dormitory, Bai Huaijing accompanied him and slept in the shell bed together, closing the shell to make Yu Muhuai feel safer.

"Go to sleep." Bai Huaijing kissed him on the forehead.

Yu Muhuai wrapped his tail around Bai Huaijing's legs, hugged Bai Huaijing's neck with his hands, closed his eyes and slept.