This data in Quick Transmigration has become sentient!

"Alright, let's not bother Your Majesty any longer."

With a dignified male voice, a chorus of protests erupted.

"It's so rare for us to see His Excellency, why won't the clan leader allow us to see him?!"

"That's right, that's right! The clan leader gets to see the Venerable One only occasionally, but we don't!"

……

It was noisy, but because these sounds, whether crisp or sweet, were pleasant to hear, they weren't harsh.

When the male voice rang out again, there was a hint of embarrassment in his tone. He coughed lightly and said, "His Excellency is here, give me some face."

Hearing the above conversation, Yi Yi couldn't help but curl the corners of her lips, cleared her throat and said loudly, "It's alright, I am just passing through this place with a friend, you don't need to be reserved, just do whatever makes you comfortable."

After the words were spoken, there was a moment of silence, followed by a flurry of noise.

The once calm sea surface in front of the sea cave now has specks of different luster.

At first glance, the calm sea was teeming with people, and something was shimmering with strange colors under the clear moonlight.

It was the tails of the mermaids and the mermaid gauze they wore that were bustling about.

A pair of hands clung to the edge of the sea cave cliff, peering out from under the sea with bright, sparkling eyes looking at Yi Yi.

It is a male merman.

His ear fins turned slightly red, and he seemed a little embarrassed under Yi Yi's gaze, his tone full of undisguised praise: "Your Excellency, you are so handsome!"

When merfolk, who are close to nature, face a demon king who is a spirit of nature, it is hard not to feel a sense of closeness.

That is to say, he swam the fastest and got the best spot closest to the Venerable One.

The male mermaid was secretly pleased.

Can't you hear the other mermaids angrily splashing water, complaining about why they couldn't swim faster?

Upon noticing Yi Yi's strange behavior and hearing the whispers around him, Li Yunxiao adopted a defensive stance.

Now that I understand the specifics, I realize that merfolk are indeed rare to see, let alone so many of them.

Li Yunxiao sheathed his sword and walked towards the cave entrance.

"Oh, this young man is handsome too. Is he one of His Majesty's concubines?" A clear, melodious female voice came from the crowd.

Before the two could deny it, the male merman who had swum to the nearest point spoke up: "Why don't you take me into your harem, Your Majesty? I always said the clan leader was biased, only sending his own son in..."

Before they could finish speaking, a giant wave crashed in, sweeping the swarming mermaids back with it.

Then, a silver-haired, blue-eyed man who looked to be in his early thirties came riding on the waves.

He appeared calm, but the slight redness at the tips of his ears completely betrayed him.

Seeing this, Yi Yi thought somewhat inappropriately: You merfolk are all quite thin-skinned!

"Your Majesty, please do not listen to the child's nonsense." The man coughed twice, took a breath, bowed to Yi Yi, and said, "Xi Youhai, the chief of the Merfolk Clan, along with the entire Merfolk Clan, respectfully welcomes Your Majesty's arrival. We have failed to greet you properly, and we ask Your Majesty for your punishment."

Yi Yi helped the merman chieftain up, interrupting the other mermen who were preparing to greet him in unison.

He said again, "I know you merfolk are used to freedom, so there's no need to force yourselves."

She stepped aside, making a half-step, and extended her hand towards Li Yunxiao, introducing him as, "This is..."

"Li Yunxiao of the Shaoyang Sect".

Li Yunxiao took half a step forward and walked to Yi Yi's side. Knowing that Yi Yi was momentarily speechless, he took the opportunity to introduce himself.

“Young Master Li Yunxiao.” Yi Yi nodded, then smiled and said, “Young Master Li and I are just friends traveling together, and we have no other relationship.”

"No, no, no, how could we trouble Your Excellency to explain this to us?" Xi Youhai waved his hands repeatedly, his politeness failing to get to the point.

Yi Yi smiled and stopped dwelling on the topic, simply saying to him calmly, "On behalf of Xi Ze, I send my greetings."

"No, no, I wouldn't dare." As he said this, Xi Youhai's eyes reddened.

Merfolk are indeed very emotional creatures.

After a long pause, Xi Youhai secretly sniffed and cautiously asked, "How is Xiao Ze doing?"

Upon hearing this, Yi Yi looked at Li Yunxiao.

Li Yunxiao understood that he shouldn't participate in the following topic, so he nodded and simply went back into the cave to continue tending to his campfire.

Seeing this, Yi Yi turned her head and said to Xi Youhai, "Something unexpected happened a few days ago, and now he's about to become the Demon Queen."

Beside the fire, Li Yunxiao was somewhat speechless: You told me to avoid people, but you should at least avoid people yourself!

Li Yunxiao thought to himself, then helplessly shut down his hearing.

Hearing Yi Yi say this, even though Xi Youhai already knew the news, he was somewhat dazed and repeated, "It's good, it's good..."

As he read, his eyes welled up with tears again.

It wasn't that she didn't know the crux of the problem. Seeing that Xi Ze's father was almost in tears, Yi Yi awkwardly rubbed her fingers and sighed, "I'm sorry, I should dismiss the harem first."

Merfolk are loyal creatures.

They are absolutely loyal to their partners and expect their partners to be equally devoted.

She subconsciously felt that even in Xi Ze's route, disbanding the harem was a late-game option, and there was no rush to wait until Xi Ze became the Demon Queen.

and……

Yi Yi's eyes darkened.

And to put it bluntly, it's because she's currently following a "career path" called the "Li Yunxiao path".

It's uncertain whether Xi Ze's coronation ceremony will be ready before she dies.

It's not surprising that people naturally overlooked this matter.

She actually agrees with the merfolk's view on love.

But her feelings for Xi Ze...

Whatever it may be, it is definitely not the kind of love that mermaids have in mind, that kind of extreme love.

Xi Youhai's behavior has torn away her fig leaf...

This is a fig leaf to cover up the fact that their contributions in this relationship were completely unequal.

She knew that although she wanted to give Xi Ze, or rather "Ai Yi," the kind of relationship he desired, she was subconsciously ignoring and pretending not to understand.

If someone loves me absolutely, then I will reciprocate with the same affection.

Such thoughts seem pathetic and laughable in the face of her actual actions.

[I'm such a terrible woman.] Yi Yi thought.

[Huh? What? Yi Yi, why is your brainwave so chaotic?]

The cerebellum's voice suddenly rang in her mind, jolting Yi Yi out of her reverie.

The sudden separation left her mind blank for a moment.

Then she realized what was happening and pressed her cerebellum back down.

……

So embarrassing.

she thinks.

The existence of her cerebellum opened up her thinking, or rather, she had always known this, but had just been stuck in a dead end for a while.

She would sometimes inexplicably or unintentionally treat "Aiyi" as a special person, like herself.

But "Aiyi" is essentially data!

No matter how realistic it is, it's still just a piece of data!

Why did she treat "Aiyi" with the same standards she uses to treat other people?

He's just data...

She told herself this, with a hint of melancholy that was not easily noticed.