NOVPUBAzurea snorted at Eren's words, but sheuldn't deny the truth behind them.
Though she remained silent, her lack of response spoke volumes to the sea monster.
Eren had already given the monster a version of events in which his actions were logical and necessary.
This cross-examination wasn't just about shutting Azurea down—it was about ensuring the sea monster placed his unwavering trust in Eren.
And judging by the look in the monster's eyes, Eren had succeeded on both fronts.
"See? You call me a liar, yet you admit that everything I've told my brother so far is the truth. You'rentradicting yourself. How am I supposed to deal with you when you create unnecessary trouble for everyone around you?" Eren asked, sighing dramatically.
"It's… it's not what you said that's a lie. It's how you said it," Azurea tried to defend herself, but her argument only made Eren chuckle.
"Well, I'm sorry if I hurt your feelings. But I'm an honest man when I need to be," Eren said before turning to face the sea monster. "Now that everything is settled, brother, are you ready?"
The sea monster nodded. "I am." But then his gaze shifted toward Azurea and Marina. His expression darkened as he turned back to Eren.
"Brother, before we deal with my problem of overflowing vitality, why not settle our res with these mean dragons? I… I feel angry just looking at them," he said in the same childish manner, releasing a menacing aura once again.
Eren shook his head and stopped the sea monster from taking action against the twin dragonesses.
"Big brother, I had to promise to marry Marina to ensure your liberation. But she told me that she and her sister were inseparable. So I had to promise to marry them both.
Haah! It's a sacrifice I chose on my own for your sake. I can't back out of mymmitment now," Eren said, dramatically sighing again.
"Oh? Is… is that so? I see. I… I understand," the sea monster responded casually.
One had to admit that Eren hadmpletely won him over, making the creature trust him without question.
The pseudo SS-Rank sea monster easily let go of his grudges against Marina and Azurea,nsidering it inappropriate to seek vengeance on his own future sisters-in-law. A childish mind, despite its many disadvantages, was surprisingly malleable.
Ofurse, the sea monsteruld take things lightly because of his bond with Eren. However, Azureauld not.
She was utterly stunned by Eren's words, unable to believe what she had just heard. Shocked to there by what his statement implied, she turned to her sister fornfirmation.
Marina simply nodded silently before looking away, as if something in the distant depths of the sea had suddenly bme the most interesting thing in the world.
Azurea's anger flared once again.
"You… YOU AGREED TO HIS PROPOSAL?" she shouted at her sister, her voice filled with disbelief, as if sheuldn't fathom that Marina had sold both of them out to amplete stranger. What he had done to her innocent sister?
Because she was in her true dragon form and nearly screamed, Azurea's voice created another undercurrent in the depths of the sea.
At that moment, Eren received another series of prompts, allnveying the same message.
[Azurea holds feelings of anger toward you. You have earned 100 Origin Force Points.]
'Damn. This young dragoness is like a divinew with big blessed udders,' Eren thought, looking at Azurea with amusement. 'She keeps giving me Origin Force Points—at such exaggerated rates, too.'
Azureauldn't even be bothered to point out the fact that Eren had once again twisted the truth to fit his own narrative. He had painted a picture where the twin dragons had asked for his hand in marriage when, in reality, it was clearly he who had set his sights on them.
She quickly discerned that Eren's proposal had nothing to do with love-at-first-sight-like romance. It was simply a ploy to strengthen his influence over the seas of Labh Salem through marriage pacts. 𝙣𝙤𝙫𝙥𝙪𝙗.𝒄𝙤𝙢
However, Azurea chose to ignore these details, realizing that she was overly agitated—something that wouldn't help the situation. Taking a deep breath, she calmed herself, closed her eyes, and then shifted back into her humanoid form. Standing beside her sister, she fixed Eren with ald glare before speaking in a threatening tone.
"Listen here, you charlatan. Don't even think about marrying the two of us. My sister hasn't told you anything about us, so let me make this clear in a way you'll understand. If you so much as set your filthy eyes on us, you'll die without a burial ground or cremation."
With those words, Azurea unleashed her drnic aura, an oppressive force strong enough to subdue any ordinary A-Rank entity or even exert pressure on Sages.
However, both Eren and the sea monster remained unaffected. The sea monster merely frowned at Azurea's actions but, out of respect for Eren, chose to remain silent.
'Hm? I was kinda expecting something like this. But not at this level.'
Eren, on the other hand, was surprised. He had expected Azurea to resist his plan, but he hadn't anticipated her opposition to be this intense—almost as if her very life depended on rejecting the idea.
His gaze shifted to Marina, but she avoided his eyes. At that moment, Eren understood—she hadn't been entirely honest with him.
Or rather, she had deliberately withheld certain truths that might have dissuaded him from pursuing marriage with the dragon sisters.
"Miss Azurea, calm down," Eren said slowly, a light smile on his face. Ofurse, his words only made Azurea angrier.
However, the butcher didn't take it to heart. He knew that, across the boundlesssmos, no woman had ever truly calmed down when a man told her to. It was an eternal truth he hadme to accept long ago after dealing with numerous femalempanions and their various moods with practiced ease.
"Miss Azurea. Um… No, wait—" Eren paused as if he had misspoken. Instead of stepping back to ammodate Azurea's mood, he decided to double down.
"My darling Azurea, is there anything you wanna talk about before marriage?"
