[Time slipped by, and in the blink of an eye, the day arrived for Prince Xu Que and the Mermaid Princess to formally get engaged.]
[During that time, it wasn't as though you hadn't searched for the Mermaid Princess and the Mermaid Kingdom.]
[But whether someone was deliberately obstructing you or not, you never found them, no matter whether you sent others or went yourselves.]
[Everything pointed to a single message-the Mermaid Princess didn't want to see you!]
[You could only wait until the engagement ceremony to get a look at this Mermaid Princess.]
[Meanwhile, envoys from countless countries arrived at the palace to witness Prince Xu Que's engagement firsthand.]
[You had to admit, the greatest nation in the mortal world certainly knew how to put on a show. The occasion was as grand as grand could be!]
[The Mermaid Princess was the last to arrive. You didn't have to wait long before she made her entrance-]
[Her arrival was just as magnificent, with countless carriages sweeping in on the waves.]
[Many merfolk and other sea creatures escorted them along the way...]
[At the very center was the Mermaid Princess, a beauty without equal in the mortal world!]
[As expected of someone who practiced magic-strictly speaking, none of them were ugly!]
[Even Xu Que couldn't take his eyes off her...]
[What surprised you, however, was that the Mermaid Princess actually had legs!]
[This was truly good news, the first since you learned the plot had gone off the rails!]
[That meant she had still gone to the witch to bargain for her legs!]
[There was nothing wrong with that. But did that mean she had lost her voice?]
[And indeed, that was the case. The Mermaid Princess never made a sound from beginning to end.]
[Xu Que didn't care about