I woke up to find myself as the villain's older sister.

To everyone's surprise, the Mermaid King ignored Liang Wu's words once again, looked at Yun Qingyi and the others, and said with a smile: "Before I came here, I heard that you children are descendants of another faction of merfolk?"

After speaking, a hint of guilt appeared on his face: "You have suffered so much these past years, children. I was unable to help you immediately. As the Mermaid King, I have indeed failed in my duty."

Although they didn't understand what the Merfolk Emperor was up to, Yun Qingyi and the others immediately chimed in, "As a Merfolk from another faction, we are naturally elusive. Your Majesty need not feel guilty on our behalf."

Moreover, as the emperor of our merfolk race, His Majesty must be extremely busy. I heard from Liangmeng that His Majesty is currently very concerned about the migration of the merfolk race. We are already very happy that he was able to come to see us so quickly.”

"Oh?" Upon hearing this, the Mermaid Emperor's expression changed. He looked at the Mermaid Palace Princess beside Yun Qingyi with a loving expression and said, "I didn't expect Mengmeng to tell you about this as well. But don't take it to heart. You are all juniors and have just returned. You don't need to worry about this kind of thing."

Mengmeng has been out having fun lately because of other things, and we don't know how wild she's been or what nonsense she's been listening to. If she says anything else random to you, please don't take it to heart.

"Father, I didn't..." Hearing the Mermaid Emperor's subtle hints and warnings, the Mermaid Princess panicked and was about to say something.

The Mermaid King turned his head and faced the group of merfolk, a friendly smile on his lips: "Before I came, I heard that you all wanted to discuss something with me. Now that I am here, you may speak freely to me."

Upon hearing the Mermaid King's words, the older merfolk instantly became excited, and the other younger merfolk also became happy. Although they did not understand the other faction of merfolk, they had seen the attitude of the older merfolk.

Not to mention that they already liked Liangyi and the others very much, they would naturally value things that the elders of the clan valued as well.

So, although they weren't as excited as the old merfolk when they heard the Mermaid King's words, they were still very happy.

Before the Mermaid King had finished speaking, an elderly Mermaid stepped forward shakily, bowed to the Mermaid King, and began to say excitedly, "Your Majesty, for thousands of years, our Mermaid race has lived and thrived in this Western Sea, peaceful and content with our lot. We have been living well for thousands of years."

But several hundred years ago, due to certain events, we were forced to separate a group of more combat-capable merfolk into their own faction to clear away obstacles full of hidden dangers and crises for us.

As compatriots of the same ethnic group, we had occasional contact two hundred years ago, but now we have no contact at all, and even our descendants have forgotten our existence.

This...is truly...a disservice to them!

"Yes, Your Majesty, our pioneers cleared the obstacles for us, but now no one remembers them. Just thinking about it makes my heart ache."

“Your Majesty, even if they are now a different faction of merfolk, they are still our people. There should be no distinction between people of the same race.”

“Our people could have lived carefree lives in the Western Sea just like us, but they selflessly risked everything to eliminate crises for the entire clan so that we could live in the Mermaid Palace. We must never be ungrateful!”

"Yes! We cannot be ungrateful. They are not only our relatives, but also heroes of our entire race. Without them, there would be no Mermaid Palace today!"