Not wanting to crush his confidence, An Jin changed the subject, comforting him in a gentle voice. "Third Rank is actually about average for Beastmen. It's not considered weak, just a bit ordinary."
Xi pouted his crimson lips. He lowered his head without a word, his azure ear fins drooping limply.
Far from being comforted, he only grew more heartbroken.
'He wasn't just any ordinary Merfolk.'
'He was a descendant of the Blue Shark Royal Family, and the most purely and beautifully colored of his entire clutch. By all rights, his talent should have been immense, but the truth was, he was the weakest of them all.'
'All beauty and no brawn, which meant that in the hyper-competitive Merfolk society, no females were interested in him.'
'That's why he'd followed the Witch's guidance and decided to come to land to find a partner.'
