At this point, Hela's anxiety finally subsided; at least she no longer had to worry about her Life.
Then she has to consider another issue.
"Excuse me, is there any way for me to get back to the surface?"
As soon as she finished speaking, the three fishmen turned their heads at the same time to look at Hela.
Hela was startled and immediately realized she had said the wrong thing.
"Going up is impossible. We can't let any outsider in, and we absolutely cannot let any creature that comes in leave."
The female shark-woman gave a cold reply.
"I see... Okay, thank you for your answer."
Hela didn't press further, nodded, and politely thanked her.
The female shark-woman's expression softened slightly, and she turned to look at the fish-man still hiding behind the male shark-woman.
"By the way, what's your name?"
"Oh, it's me? Oh, my name is Tang Tang, what's up?"
"I'll leave this person in your care for now. You probably live nearby, right? I can keep an eye on him too."
"Huh?" Tang Tang looked incredulous. "This... this... this isn't right..."
What if she bites me?!
"I won't bite!"
Hela was genuinely annoyed by her unnecessary worry.
"Alright, alright! I doubt she can outswim you. If she's really hostile, just come find me. Don't you trust me?"
As he spoke, he grabbed Hela by the back of her collar and threw her in front of Tang Tang.
"By the way, if you can't find it, I can ask someone else. My name is Spirit Shark."
"Hmm... okay." Tang Tang was on the verge of tears, while Hela felt somewhat relieved.
It's much better to have someone guide you through understanding society than to grope around aimlessly alone.
Moreover, since he seems to have amnesia, he needs someone to help him even more.
"Alright, things are more or less resolved. We'll be going now; we're quite busy with work."
After saying that, the Spirit Shark suddenly swam out of the cave, its body transforming into a pool of seawater, and then into an even larger giant shark that swam away.
The other male shark-man still looked displeased, but didn't say anything. He transformed into a shark slightly smaller than the Spirit Shark and followed him away.
Hela stared blankly at the departing figures of the two fish.
Even though she had just been chased by one of them and witnessed his transformation from a shark into a human, she still found it incredibly magical, like magic.
Tang Tang shrugged and sighed, glancing at Hela, who was much taller than her, and shifted her body slightly in apprehension.
"... I really didn't mean any harm. Besides, I've never been in a fight before, so I wouldn't hurt you."
Hela explained helplessly.
But for some reason, when I said those words, my conscience seemed to ache slightly.
That's strange, I don't think I've ever been in a fight before?
Upon hearing this, Tang Tang relaxed slightly, but her apprehension towards Hela was still evident.
"Um... how about you go back to my place now?"
"Okay, thank you!"
Hela naturally wanted to go out and see what the world was really like.
What if I were to be transported to another world like in some mindless novels I've read before? That wouldn't be good.
"Alright then, come with me."
Tang Tang, swinging her legs, led Hela out of the cave.
Although Hela swam clumsily, she managed to keep up and quickly became familiar with swimming, her speed increasing.
As the two of them passed by a fossil, Tang Tang seemed to remember something, stopped, and pointed at the fossil with great interest.
"Hey, aren't you from the ground? Then you should know what this creature is, right?"
Hela looked in the direction she was pointing at the fossil.
It was a strange creature that was about ten meters tall, with incredibly long legs and neck.
Hela's beautiful eyes narrowed instantly; for a moment, she had no idea what it was.
"Hmm, you didn't know?"
"Well..."
Hela looked at it more closely and then roughly recognized what kind of creature it was.
"That looks like a giraffe."
"Giraffe?"
"Hmm, it seems to be a creature that lives in Africa. Because the trees there grow quite tall, it evolved a very long neck to reach the leaves."
"Oh, I see. It must be really tough for you land creatures to survive. If you were in the sea, you could just swim up and eat leaves."
Hela smiled. "Indeed, but this creature is extinct. I wouldn't have known if I hadn't read about it in a paleontology book."
"Ah... they're extinct, why?" Tang Tang's expression clearly turned somewhat disappointed.
"I don't know the specific reason, but it seems to be related to a mass extinction, where they went extinct along with most other species."
Tang Tang nodded, seemingly understanding but not quite.
Hela looked at the other fossils in the museum and found that many of them were extinct, and some she didn't even recognize.
"Wow, you even have elephant fossils! I've had a hard time finding elephant fossils before."
Hela arrived at the enormous elephant fossil with some excitement.
Gazing at the lifelike fossil, his eyes gleamed.
"I really want to see a live elephant..."
After watching for a while, she returned to Tang Tang's side.
"Sorry, I got a little engrossed in watching. Let's go now."
"It's alright, it's alright."
Tang Tang waved her hand and swam out of the ground museum with Hela.
Upon emerging, Hela was so shocked by what she saw that she gaped, speechless.
Countless species of previously unseen creatures swim in an orderly fashion in the Ocean.
It's as if there are tunnels in the Ocean, allowing fish to swim.
Blue, red, pink—all sorts of exotic fish are available.
Every so often, there are strange sharks, like Spirit Shark, that seem to be guardians of the fish, accompanying them.
Several large fruits floated on the water, like bright suns, covering every corner with their warm light.
It's like another world!
"Are these... are all fish?"
Looking at the dense school of fish, Hela asked in a daze.
"Well, I guess you could count them all, but some turtles and sea urchins shouldn't be considered fish."
"So, can they all speak like you?"
"No, I don't know how to do that." Tang Tang shook her head.
"Only we Sea Herring and Sea Shark Dragon can speak."
"Are those the very tall fishmen from earlier?"
Yes, that's right.
The Spirit Shark are actually Sea Shark Dragon, guardians of our Ocean World, protecting our safety and maintaining order.
She pointed to herself, "I'm like Sea Herring, how should I put it... I just do odd jobs."
Of course, the most important task is to survive! You can think of it as us being citizens!
Hela looked at her incredulously and nodded. "So, can either of you transform into a mermaid like you?"
" Sea Shark Dragon are all fine, but Sea Herring need to grow to a certain size first."
"I'll stop here. Let me take you home first. If you don't mind, you can hold my hand, just be careful not to get separated."