"That's right! It was me! I've been waiting for this day... the day you would arrive!"
Saint Mjosgard nodded solemnly and continued, still kneeling on the ground, "The late Queen Otohime showed me the way and made me a normal human being! So no matter what, I must repay her kindness!"
Then he gave King Neptune some reassurance.
"For the seven days of the Reverie, I will remain by Princess Shirahoshi's side. If it can help others, I'm more than happy to make use of my status as a Celestial Dragon."
"There are good people and bad people. The Fish-Man Race is no different... thanks to you, Mjosgard, I don't have to lose hope in the World Government."
Fish-Man Island had gone to such great lengths lately precisely because they wanted to move to the surface. King Neptune felt he couldn't let his emotions get the better of him, so after calming down, he didn't take Shirahoshi and the others straight back under the sea as he had just said he would. Instead, he chose to trust the World Government once more.
Well, how should one put it... although it was laughably naive, it really was the choice he would make.
Jinbe and the others seemed to disagree somewhat, but probably out of consideration for Saint Mjosgard, they hesitated for a long while and ultimately said nothing.
Xie Wen, whose original intention had been to make King Neptune give up hope, wasn't in any hurry either. In the original story, Saint Charlos hadn't given up on capturing Shirahoshi even after being beaten to a pulp. Now that he was completely unharmed, Xie Wen had even less reason to believe he would give up.
Even if he stopped causing trouble because of the Holy Knights or some other reason, Xie Wen