"Shirahoshi!"
Garen hurriedly tried to stop her.
Too late.
Shirahoshi had already blushed furiously and announced the shocking news before the Den Den Mushi's camera:
"Because Mr. Garen... has already married me!"
The air immediately fell silent.
So silent that it was impossible to imagine they were standing in a plaza packed with over a hundred thousand people.
Then came an uproar:
"Huh?"
The entire island was shocked.
"What?"
Neptune was also utterly stunned, so startled that the royal trident in his hand fell to the ground.
"M-Married already?"
Neptune had previously wondered whether The Promised One and the mermaid princess might share some fated bond from a past life, but he had never expected that bond to come so quickly, so fiercely—
They had only met half an hour ago.
The daughter I raised for most of my life was taken away just like that?
W-What kind of speed was this?
Could this be the power of The Promised One?
Neptune was so dazed that he completely forgot he had personally approved of this before.
As the male lead in this joyous event, Garen was even more dazed.
He looked at the spectacular sea of people before him, then at the giant screen outside the plaza broadcasting everything live.
"Shirahoshi..."
With a stiff expression, Garen quietly asked in Shirahoshi's ear, "How many residents does Fish-Man Island have?"
"Hmm?"
Shirahoshi thought for a moment before softly answering:
"I heard Father say there are around four or five million?"
"Four or five million?"
Even Garen's voice trembled.
"So, the news that we got married..."
"Five million people already know?"
"Mm..."
Shirahoshi gave a soft hum, then lowered her head shyly before Garen like a begonia bud about to bloom.
Seeing such an alluring, bashful display, Garen raised his head toward the