Poseidon in Arknights

"Alright, alright." Yuuki walked over and sat down on the sofa. "Speaking of which, Exusiai, how long has it been since you made an apple pie?"

"Hmm, well..." Exusiai thought for a moment, "...about three or four days, why is that?"

"Oh, it's nothing." Yuuki patted Exusiai's head. "I just suddenly remembered that you said you'd make me two extra apple pies last time."

"Oh, you mean this?" Exusiai stroked her chin. "If you can still eat, Yuuki, I'll make it now. Anyway, there's still plenty in the fridge in Texas's and my room..."

Exusiai shook her head again before she could finish speaking: "No, those quick-frozen ones won't work. Hmm, come tomorrow. I'll go find Kroos and get some materials to make it from scratch for you!"

“Okay~” Yuzuki nodded. “Then I’ll look forward to the flavor of the apple pie you’re making for me tomorrow.”

"I promise I won't let you down~" Exusiai looked at Yuuki with a confident expression. When it came to apple pie, she was absolutely certain she wouldn't lose.

"I'll look forward to it." Yu Yue said with a smile. "Oh, by the way, don't make it too sweet, just the right amount is fine. It won't taste good if it's too sweet."

"Don't worry~" Exusiai nodded, "I understand, don't worry."

“It’s pretty good…” Nian looked at the scene in front of him, wanting to see what Xi thought, when he noticed that Xi had already secretly walked towards the painting.

"Hey, Xi just finished eating, don't go over there~" Nian wouldn't let Xi run away so quickly, so she decisively pointed out the fact that Xi wanted to escape.

"Let's chat more!"

"...Tch." Xi wasn't good at facing so many people, so after finishing her meal, she wanted to hide back in her painting, but now Nian had pointed it out to her.

"I haven't even had a chance to leave yet," Nian said with a mischievous grin. "Why are you leaving?"

"I'm not good at dealing with so many people." Xi pouted. She hadn't interacted with anyone for years, and Nian was forcing her to face so many people.

“It’s okay.” Xi Yue looked at Nian and Xi. “If Xi feels that she is not good at dealing with so many people, she can leave first.”

Unlike Nian, Xi Yue doesn't have a malicious heart. If people feel uncomfortable, they can leave. There's no need to force socially anxious people to face large crowds.

As for Xi's social anxiety, it can be adjusted gradually over time. To put it bluntly, Xi's social anxiety is entirely due to her centuries of autistic life.

After Xi, she should spend more time with people or communicate with them more. However, this process should not be forced; it's best to let things take their natural course.

"Hmph." Xi glanced at Nian, and taking advantage of the moment when Nian's attention was not on her, she immediately entered the painting and disappeared.

"Eh!" Exusiai stared in surprise at the painting where Yu had disappeared. "Just now, Miss Yu, did you just walk right into the painting?"

"..." Texas bit off the Pocky stick in her mouth. "I see."

After Texas saw Xi enter the painting, she immediately looked at Nian beside her. It seemed that Miss Xi and Miss Nian were not ordinary people either.

"Keep it a secret~" Of course, Yuuki knew that Yuuki's open and aboveboard entry into the painting would definitely make Exusiai and Texas understand something.

However, this is something that cannot be said casually. Although Xi Yue roughly knows that Yan Kingdom has tacitly approved it, this matter is not suitable to be discussed carelessly.

"Hmm, I see." Exusiai also realized what was going on, but then she remembered something else. "Wait a minute, Miss Yu, are you staying here?"

"Hmm." Xiyue nodded hesitantly. "Oh dear, for some reasons, Miss Xi has decided to stay with me."

"Wait, wait, let me explain first, let me explain first, don't rush, don't rush."

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"This is really a headache." Yuuki sat on the sofa, pinching the bridge of her nose wearily. She only remembered this matter after seeing Yuuki enter the painting and Exusiai asked her a question.

“I think Mom deserves it.” Hong, nestled in Xi Yue’s arms, complained, “Something that could have been explained in a single sentence was almost left unexplained by the end.”

"Sigh..." Yuzuki sighed and touched her red head. "It's not that Exusiai and Texas didn't understand, it's just that they were unhappy."

Finally, Xiyue looked at Xi's painting again and called out, "It's okay, it's a small matter. Just settle down and stay here. You promised me, and you promised me."

"I'm sorry." Xi's apologetic voice came from Xi's painting. She hadn't expected this problem to occur, but it seemed to have been resolved.

"Okay, sweetie." Xi Yue patted Hong's head. "I'm going out for a walk to take care of another matter."

"As for Hong, you go and take a bath and go to bed."

"Woo~" Hong obediently sat up and rubbed her face against Xiyue's one last time. "Okay, Mom."

——————Rhodes Island · Accommodation Area · Corridor——————

"You came pretty quickly." Xi Yue walked down the corridor, looking at the quiet space with a helpless expression. "It took me a lot of effort to hang up the phone."

As soon as Yuuki returned, she knew that Hai Si had come to Rhodes Island. The reason was simple: as soon as she returned, she could hear Hai Si's babbling in her ear again.

The sounds of the ocean were incredibly clear, though perhaps it was because there were few people around, and the area was still some distance from the sea.

As mentioned earlier, Yuuki rejected the calls from the Sealings simply because she compressed her sensory range to reject calls from outside that range.

Therefore, when a Sea Child enters her perception range and calls out to it, other Sea Children can also call out to her through that Sea Child's mental springboard.

Fortunately, the voices weren't too loud, and since Yuuki had already addressed this issue last time, the Sea Seers' calls to her had changed from a tidal wave to an endless chorus.

Although it was still noisy, it was much better than before. At least the voices of the sea creatures were pleasant to the ear after they gained emotion, so Yuuki let them stop complaining.

"This must be it?" Xi Yue looked at the door in front of her and was about to raise her hand to knock when the door opened immediately.

"Welcome to the pure, supreme, and merciful ocean."

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“I thought the captain and the third captain would fight you guys first~” Specter propped her chin up and looked at Alleri and the other two Sea Heirs in front of her. “It seems the third captain knows something.”

“Yes.” Skadi nodded. “The captain is very smart.”

“We are glad that no conflict has occurred.” Allely bowed to the two men. “We have also informed you both of your current situation and told you about the situation of the three heretics.”

“They are very interested in this and are willing to join us in the search.”

"Hmm, it was the captain's idea, I suppose." Specter stroked his chin, guessing who had given the go-ahead. "Hmm, should we find a chance to go back?"

"Hunting is only fun if you participate yourself."

Now Specter needs to consider whether she should go back to Iberia. After all, if it were the Sealings, she might spare their lives, since she had already said that she would leave their lives to her.

But if it were the captain and the third captain, I would probably only see wreckage when I got there. Well, maybe there wouldn't even be any wreckage left.

“Oh, right.” Skadi, who was sitting on the opposite sofa, looked at Hai Si, who had been sitting there without saying a word, as if she had suddenly remembered something.

"Tell me, Haisi, what are your names now?"

The two sea creatures immediately stood up and looked respectfully at Isamara before them. "We answered the call of the ocean and learned the medical techniques available on land."

"I am a healer," the male Hai Si introduced his current code name, then pointed to Hai Si beside him, "and she is a healer."

"Healers, medicine healers..." Ghost Shark looked at the two sea creatures and suddenly asked with some curiosity, "May I ask what kind of medicine you have?"

"It's not the kind where they just smear your flesh and blood onto someone else's body to restore you, is it?"

“Of course not.” The healer shook his head. The male healer raised his hand, and a puddle of purple water appeared in his previously empty hand in a short time.

"This is an anesthetic we learned from people on land, a modified neurotoxin. There's no need to worry; it won't harm anyone, and it even has a certain therapeutic effect on the nerves of most people on land."

The other medical worker also reached out his hand, but this time what appeared in his hand was not liquid, but a clean white scalpel that emerged from his hand.

"We still have many..." The two Hai Si, who were about to continue their introduction, suddenly looked towards the door and immediately put away what they were holding.

Upon reaching the door, the healer opened it, and the two immediately knelt down on one knee, looking at Yuzuki before them.

"Welcome to the pure, supreme, and merciful ocean."

Xi Yue withdrew her hand, which was about to knock on the door, and looked at the people in the room, saying, "Good evening, did I disturb you?"

Chapter 173: The Gift of the Sea

"Good evening, did I disturb you?" Xi Yue looked at the people in the room with a gentle smile on her face. Her hand, which was raised in the air as if she was about to knock on the door, was awkwardly and furtively withdrawn.

The healer and the physician immediately shook their heads: "Dear Ocean, we look forward to your arrival at any time. You can come here anytime, anywhere. We will always be waiting for you at this moment."

"Really?" Yuzuki nodded and looked into the room. "It seems quite lively. There haven't been any conflicts, have there?"

"Well, there's a slight disagreement." Ghost Shark raised his hand and made the gesture of a galaxy at his fingertips. "But don't worry, Yuuki, no one was killed, and it didn't attract any attention."

Xi Yue glanced at the door to the side and quickly noticed that it seemed to have been reinstalled later. Hmm, it seems that the contradiction has been found.

"Alright." Xi Yue walked into the room, looking at Alleri who was trembling with excitement, "Are you a member of the Deep Sea Church?"

Upon hearing Yuuki's words, Alleli immediately knelt down, his eyes burning with a faith as intense as flames: "Yes, sublime ocean, my name is Alleli, I praise your sublimity and selflessness."

"That's why I never wanted to go to Iberia." Yuzuki shook her head helplessly at Alleli. Yuzuki wasn't good at being looked at like that.

"Never mind." Yuuki looked at the two Sea Heirs beside her. "Would you mind introducing yourself to me?"

However, the two did not seem to be in a hurry to introduce themselves. Instead, they turned around and went into the room under Xiyue's questioning gaze.

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"..." Yuuki looked at the chair made of almost luxurious materials in front of her with a slightly speechless expression. "How did you manage to transport this thing all the way from Iberia?"

"No, more importantly, what were you thinking when you made this thing?"

Xi Yue could tell that the chair in front of her looked stiff and uncomfortable to sit on. It was clearly made of pure gold or even 32D steel, and some of the decorations looked like they were made of pearls or other marine products.

It is no exaggeration to say that this chair would be an ultra-luxury item in any country in Terra.

After all, the Iberians are too busy hunting sea creatures to collect pearls and corals. Perhaps some Iberian villages might have a few pearls that they accidentally found inside clams while fishing for scaled fish.

Wouldn't it be better to use pure gold and 32D steel for trading or other purposes? Besides, both of them are so hard that sitting on them for too long can be uncomfortable.

As for the chair made up of these pieces, its comfort level is self-evident. Therefore, this thing can only be considered a top-tier ultra-luxury decorative item at best, and it cannot be classified as a piece of furniture from any angle.

Regardless of whether anyone else can actually make it, even if it were possible, in most cases, this thing wouldn't be used for making, but rather for show.

Yuuzuki turned her gaze to Allelly. Judging from Hai Si's style, this idea could never have come from them.

“Even if the ocean walks the world in the form of a mortal, we believe you need a chair worthy of your status to reflect your identity.” Allelly replied to Xiyue without hesitation, his eyes shining with faith.

"..." Xi Yue's gaze lingered on the chair that shimmered with golden light under the lamp and on Aleri, whose eyes radiated a golden light of faith.

“I want to be alone…” Yuzuki waved her hand, making Ghost Shark, who had a mischievous smile on his face, move aside a little. “I knew that faith could be a weird thing sometimes, but I didn’t expect it to be this weird.”

Ghost Shark had a wicked smile on her face. It was the first time she had ever seen Yuuki look so helpless and speechless.

“Let this chair serve another purpose.” Xi Yue patted the chair next to her with a helpless expression. “It would be good to earn some funds for your medical organization. There’s no need to waste it on something unnecessary. For example, where would I use this chair?”

"Understood, Ocean." The healer nodded, immediately stepped forward, lifted the chair, and placed it inside. Since Ocean didn't want it and only wanted it as funds or something, then he would obey Ocean's wishes.

However, this thing was indeed the idea of ​​the Deep Sea Cultists.

"Alright, alright, tell me properly." After watching the somewhat unsettling chair being moved aside, Yu Yue breathed a sigh of relief and looked at the healer. "Let's start with the two of you."

“Okay, Ocean.” The healer nodded to Yuuki, then continued his introduction, reaching out again to retrieve the pristine white scalpel.

"It was made from my own bones." The healer picked up the scalpel and handed it to Yuuki, seemingly wanting her to take a good look.