As a few very widely circulated fairy tales that taught children what tragic love stories were from a young age, Su'er had naturally told Think and Jibril the story of the Little Mermaid. And when this man suggested catching a Siren to have a look, they instantly saw through his curiosity.
"...The Siren... are just like this all the time?" Su'er's face was blank, and he kept gesturing in the air. "Besides playing, they're just... playing?"
He emphasized a few words.
What was this feeling of being so comfortable in all aspects?
Are everyone really living under the same sky?
Why do the Siren look like they're living such a great life??
Damn it! I'm so envious!
"Ah~, pretty much~," Think nodded and said, "The Siren are such idiots. They have no concept of labor, and the thing they are best at is mating. They are a race that can produce many offspring at once, and the entire ocean is their territory."
"...Uh," Looking at the guy in the water ball who didn't get angry at all even though Think had called her an idiot to her face, and was instead swimming around and playing, Su'er really didn't know what to say besides exclaiming that the world was so big.
He was willing to call the Siren a race from an erotic anime. No problem, right?
If this was another show, they would be the best in the world.
"What? Su'er, are you envious?" Jibril zipped over to Su'er's side, bumped his shoulder with a grin, and said with a mischievous expression, "Don't pretend. You've definitely thought of that, right? After all, even though these guys are idiots, they definitely fit your taste in terms of appearance?"
This Flügel spoke without any hesitation. She didn't even think about whether Su'er would admit it.
Or was it enough to just ask the question?
"How could that be?" Su'er shook his head with a firm expression on the spot. He looked at the continent and continued to ask, "Let's stop joking. The 'fluffy' she mentioned, I'm guessing they're the Werebeasts, right?"
They could also build ships, which ruled out many other fluffy races. As for the other races, they had nothing to do with being fluffy. And if Su'er remembered correctly, the Werebeasts were compressed to the eastern coast in the latest map of the continent's forces.
What are these guys trying to do by building ships? Could it be that they are also looking for something?
Is it the secret Okein spoke of?
His heart stirred. Su'er turned to look at Think, only to find that Think was looking at him. Then she nodded at him, which meant they had thought of the same thing.
"Let's go and see," Su'er said concisely and looked at the Siren. "Can you take us to the place where those fluffy guys often appear?"
"Huh? You want to play with the fluffy guys too?"
"We won't play with them!! Ahem, I mean, we just want to see the fluffy guys' ships," Su'er almost couldn't keep his composure. He even felt his face hurt from all the pulling.
"What's so fun about ships? They break with a single slap~," The Siren mumbled while lying on the edge of the water ball. Her eyes, which looked a little dumb, suddenly lit up. "Then if I take you there, will we be that... um, is it called 'allies'? Is that the word? Will we be allies?"
The water she slapped with her suddenly excited hands flew in an arc and fell back into the water ball. Su'er took a small step back, wary of this inexplicably excited Siren, to prevent her from lashing out and hurting someone.
But what kind of question was this?
"Allies?" Su'er looked at Think and then at Jibril, and after confirming that they didn't have any special reactions, he asked in confusion, "How did you know that word? Why do you want to become our ally?"
Just by looking at the way she recalled the word with uncertainty, he knew that this Siren had just had a sudden thought.
"Because the guys on land are all forming alliances! Why didn't anyone come to us to form an alliance!!" The Siren spat bubbles in the water in dissatisfaction. Her regret was sincere. She really wanted to play "allies" just once... oh wait, no, she really wanted to try what it felt like to form an alliance.
And as for her question, even though he had only been in contact with her for less than half a day, Su'er could answer without hesitation—why didn't anyone form an alliance with you? Don't you know?
People form alliances to become stronger. Do they need an alliance with you to hold them back?
Of course, the kind Su'er wouldn't be so blunt on the surface.
"Maybe no one can bear to drag the Siren into the war. Look, after all, you can't survive on land, and the ocean is so big," Su'er smiled friendly.
But this was a lie.
The great war was for the Suniaster and the throne of the One True God. It had nothing to do with the land or the sea. However, considering the carefree attitude of the Siren, their God must also be a lazy bum who had no interest in the great war.
"Oh, so that's it!" The Siren believed Su'er without hesitation and suddenly realized. "The guys on land are so nice~"
Yeah, they're also nice besides loving big explosions.
"How about this? You guide the way for us, and I'll form an alliance with you. Is that okay?" Su'er said, placing his palm on the surface of the water ball.
"Oh! Okay!" The Siren slapped Su'er's palm without being taught and swam in circles excitedly. "Then let's set off quickly!"
"Okay, then we'll have to trouble you," Su'er said while motioning for Think to throw the water ball into the sea, and he also sent a message—if anything happens, kill her!
What's an ally? Think and Jibril haven't signed anything anyway.
Before witnessing it with his own eyes, Su'er could hardly imagine that a guy who looked so stupid and actually was so stupid would undergo such a huge change in just a few seconds.
Watching this Siren fall into the seawater from the water ball, Su'er clearly felt that the nearby sea had been activated and had its own life. The seawater rolled up into translucent flowers that surrounded her, allowing her to float on the surface of the sea.
From time to time, fish and jellyfish made of water would emerge from the sea, smoothly transforming and jumping around this Siren. The seawater, which should not have had life, seemed to have its own will at this moment.
He looked down at the gem on his wrist. It had turned back to its ordinary green color after the Heavenly Smite. It wasn't an abnormal gathering of spirits using magic. The strange phenomenon around this Siren was just her instinct, something that was easier for her than breathing.
Even the flow of spirits was so natural.
Could this be the power that guaranteed the continuation of the Siren with such a low IQ in the great war? A power beyond the protection of their Old Deus.
Su'er's eyes sparkled.