"Who am I?"
A mysterious smile appeared at the corner of Garen's mouth.
"King Neptune."
"Do you know of the legendary 'Promised One'?"
"Hm?"
Neptune's breath caught, and he could not help thinking of the legend that had been passed down through the Fish-Man Island royal family for ages.
Every few hundred years, a mermaid princess capable of commanding the Sea Kings would be born on Fish-Man Island.
And when the Sea King "Poseidon" descended upon the world, a "Promised One" would come to Fish-Man Island in search of the mermaid princess and fulfill an ancient promise.
Eight hundred years ago, that "Promised One" had been named Joy Boy.
No one knew who this Joy Boy was, nor where he had come from.
Even Neptune only knew that his ancestors had once worked with him, attempting to move the entire Fish-Man Kingdom onto land.
Clearly, the efforts of the mermaid princess and Joy Boy eight hundred years ago had failed.
That unfulfilled promise had thus been entrusted to the next mermaid princess and her Promised One.
And now that the mermaid princess had been born, then this "Promised One"...
"Could it be?"
Neptune looked at Garen, his eyes filled with astonishment and delight.
"That's right."
Garen quietly moved to Shirahoshi's side and said without changing expression:
"I am the man who has promised himself to the mermaid princess for this lifetime!"
"It is precisely because I am fated to be linked with the mermaid princess that I can borrow the power of Shirahoshi, the Sea King."
"This, this..."
Neptune was too stunned to speak.
The claim was abrupt, but Neptune could not help believing it, because Garen had displayed far too many extraordinary traits.
He was clearly human, yet he could live freely underwater like a fish-man.
He was clearly