“No!” Bluepool instantly rebutted. After casting a glance at Irina’s tree hole, he hurriedly explained, “I wasn’t bitten by prey, but by a competitor. Originally, I was the most formidable beastman in the waters over there, but a group of floating beasts suddenly came today, and we fought over the territory.”

No idea how the snake beastmen’s sense of hearing was, but he had to change the opinion of Irina’s most formidable snake spouse regarding the merfolk. Only then would he have the opportunity to pursue her.

“And then you lost,” Damien said the truth mercilessly. “So, you were robbed of your territory by a group of wild beasts?”

Bluepool...