Female mermaids tended to have beautiful appearances by human standards. Even though Vina and Lis were already in their thirties or forties, they looked no different from women in their early twenties. They just had a more mature air about them.
But...
Arlong didn't think it was normal for someone not to be startled by him and Hachi at first sight, and instead only notice the "beauties"!
"You..." Arlong stepped closer, fully revealing the intimidating presence of his two-meter-thirty frame.
"Ah! You're Fish-Men!" Hiriluk finally noticed him.
"Arlong, don't scare the doctor," Lis hurriedly said.
Vina added, "Dr. Hiriluk, please don't worry. We're not bad people. One of our companions is injured..."
"Cough, cough. That's right... Whether they're beautiful women or fierce Fish-Men, none of that matters right now!" Hiriluk coughed twice, then forced himself to get serious and turned toward Sig, lying on the bed.
"Tsk, tsk, tsk..." Hiriluk gave him a quick examination.
Even a quack could tell how badly Sig was injured. He was undoubtedly on the brink of death!
The fact that he was still breathing proved just how tenacious his life force was. He was far beyond an ordinary person.
Hiriluk took off the top hat he'd just been wearing. Inside it was another tall tuft of hair. Together with the hair on either side and at the back of his head, it made him look like a cross...
Setting down the hat, Hiriluk picked up a syringe and drew half a tube of suspicious green liquid from a beaker that was heating nearby.
By now, the room had warmed up, and the rocking had stopped. Sig had finally come around a little. He saw a "cross"-headed man apparently mixing medicine.
"Twenty measures of frog extract, five measures of snail slime, three measures of chameleon