In the end, those in favor of taking the risk held the majority—or rather, those clinging to a lucky hope were still the majority.
There were eight people in total. Five voted in favor. Only the young man, the older woman, and an Old Man voted against it.
"Let me go first." One of the two high school girls stepped forward first.
"Wait, why should you go first?" The other girl refused to give an inch.
This was the Mermaid Prince. She might very well become the Princess Consort—what girl had never dreamed of that? The two of them had inexplicably arrived in this strange place and were already terrified. If they could have a prince to rely on now, that would be wonderful.
"This is bad. I don't think either of you will work." The high school boy clutched his head in distress.
"Why? We haven't even tried. How do you know we won't work?" The two girls glared angrily at their peer at the same time.
"Because the way you two are fighting is way too much like Cinderella's two wicked Sisters!" the high school boy answered without hesitation.
"Uh..." Everyone silently nodded. It really was a little similar. At the very least, neither of them had anything to do with the label of purity.
Purity was always associated with modesty and yielding.
"Hmph, I don't believe it." The first girl stepped forward, leaned over the fish's mouth, and gave it a deep kiss.
The next moment, however, she hurried to the edge of the raft and vomited.
"It reeks of fish!" she said as she threw up.
Meanwhile, the big fish rolled its eyes. "What awful breath... She definitely isn't a pure maiden!"
The high school boy snorted. Of course her breath was awful. They had been