"Why... make an agreement like this?"
As Neptune listened to what Maud said, this question instinctively rose in his heart.
But he did not ask it outright. Instead, he stared at Maud in disbelief.
An agreement that had not been honored eight hundred years ago would someday be fulfilled by someone in the distant future.
This was the legend passed down through Fish-Man Island's royal family.
Now that Maud had taken the initiative to propose a similar agreement, what did that signify?
A tempest surged through Neptune's heart.
Making an agreement was easy, but fulfilling it was no different from searching for a needle in the ocean.
"Going to the surface... how could that possibly be easy?"
Neptune suddenly recalled the countless hardships Fish-Man Island had endured during this period.
This made him realize that even if he exhausted himself trying to make the country a member of the World Government, he still could not change humanity's disgust and discrimination toward the Fish-Man Race.
Everything he had seen and heard during this period had made the hopes Neptune had accumulated over the years as fragile as bubbles.
At the same time, he realized that if humanity's discrimination and hatred toward the Fish-Man Race could not be completely eradicated,
then bringing the citizens to the surface to bask in the blessings of the real sun was nothing more than an impractical fantasy!
"What others can't do, I can."
The killing intent in Maud's eyes toward the Celestial Dragons receded like the tide, replaced by an utterly undisturbed calm.
Neptune stared at Maud in astonishment.
He saw no trace of confidence or arrogance in Maud.
What he saw was the composure and calm of a deep pool.
And...
beneath that composure and calm, a certain kind of confidence.
"One day from now,