I! Cleaner!-Chapter 1205 - 1096: If You Keep Nagging Like That... Sorry, I Won’t Hold Back! (Part 2)

"Then, after fighting until tired, they had a couple of drinks and ended up together in a tipsy mess."

"Ahhhhhhhhhhh!"

Miss Salty Fish was furious.

"You're lying! My uncle and aunt truly love each other! They still miss my aunt and uncle-in-law; it wasn't just some drunken...drunken...whatever that was!"

"Tsk, that's just being attracted to each other! In short, even though the reasons differ, their process was still drink first, then..."

"Shut up!!!"

"..."

(￣.￣)...

Alright, I think I get what's going on...

Watching the mother-daughter bickering escalate after just a few words, Leon couldn't help but blink thoughtfully.

With Miss Salty Fish's addition, her uncle and aunt's situation, though still a little abstract, finally returned to a realm of understanding for normal people.

It seems like the root of these two cross-species romances isn't really about drunken mistakes, as the glamorous mermaid claims, but rather that Miss Salty Fish's uncle and aunt inherently disagreed with her grandfather's views. One regarded non-sea lineage Sea Race as kin, while the other believed the Sea Race should coexist with humans.

And during their interactions with the Clean-up Bureau, they were drawn to people within the Bureau who shared similar ideals, coming together due to their aligned beliefs. As for those two cross-species romances, they might actually be incidental...hmm...or maybe they do relate a bit to drunkenness?

Glancing at the tall, graceful figures, silky white skin, and revealing attire of the mother-daughter pair who even argued captivatingly, Leon felt their remarkable looks also likely played a significant role in these two cross-species romances.

As for the Flowing Vortex Ancestor who "lost" two kids...after hearing all this, it's not hard to understand why he holds animosity towards humans.

Reflecting on the possible situation back then, Leon couldn't help but shake his head, even feeling a slight twinge of sympathy.

From the perspective of the Flowing Vortex Ancestor, two perfectly fine children, after encountering humans, suddenly became "rebellious" and even had the Clean-up Bureau come over, beat them up, and take them away. It would be strange if he had any fondness for the Bureau or humans.

Moreover, considering Sea Races live much longer than humans, Miss Salty Fish's uncle-in-law and aunt have likely been gone for a long time, while her aunt and uncle are probably quite young and might occasionally return for family visits to see the Flowing Vortex Ancestor.

To the Flowing Vortex Ancestor, who initially tried to disrupt these two cross-species romances but was forcibly stopped by the Clean-up Bureau, seeing his two children end up alone due to the Bureau's interference would naturally create a monumental grudge.

The problem is, human lifespans are indeed much shorter than those of the Sea Race. Those who initially had conflicts with him have been gone for who knows how long, and he doesn't even know who to vent his frustrations toward. With that pent-up anger festering for so long, his personality would indeed become twisted.

So, upon reflection, isn't this old man actually quite pitiable?

...

Dammit! What's with that look?!

After a brief exchange of glances with the Food God following the undutiful daughter into the Silver Coral Palace, Leon's expression, a pie chart of two parts sympathy, three parts understanding, and five parts pity, left the old merman feeling a tightness in his chest. A tsunami of rage began to surge uncontrollably!

What's more suffocating than an enemy's satisfaction is when you carefully scheme against them, thinking you've gained the upper hand, only for them to gaze at you with pity, even mixed with understanding and sympathy!

What gives you the right to look at me this way?

Stung by Leon's "arrogant" gaze, the old merman couldn't help but snort angrily, standing from his specially elevated throne, looking down at the three entering the Silver Coral Palace with furrowed brows and a furious expression:

"You all..."

"You brainless old fool, hurry down and give me your spot already!"

"???"

Under the old merman's stunned gaze, the captivating mermaid swam to a higher position in the palace, reaching eye level with him, arms crossed and questioned disdainfully:

"Did you cause the business over in the Sea's Eye? Did you intentionally block news, forcing the Bureau's two directors to risk digging through the ice layer themselves? Are you trying to leverage this against the Bureau, making them come to you?"

"..."

"Hmph! Childish!"

"Evangelin!"

Watching her increasingly pale-faced husband, who turned aside with each word from their daughter, the crowned mermaid sitting in a slightly lower seat quickly squeezed his hand, shouting sternly:

"Don't speak carelessly! This has nothing to do with your father!

He's merely been healing recently, hasn't had time for those directors, and was afraid of causing panic, hence choosing to block the news, not out of any malice towards those directors."

"Heh."

The crowned mermaid's words seemed to hold weight, as the old merman's flushed white face subsided. The glamorous mermaid pursed her lips in silence, tacitly acknowledging the statement, though her look of contempt deepened.

Fine, for mother's sake, I won't expose your flaws...but I thought you were merely stiff and stubborn; turns out aging has made you both timid and evasive... I can't even bother reprimanding you!