Pirate Kingship-Chapter 625 - 445: I’ll Keep Your Secret for a Lifetime (6300 in One)

In fact, as soon as this sentence escaped his lips, Byron sensed a speculation stirring in his heart that he had never dared to contemplate before. His mother might not have been from the Old Continent!

Byron didn't have a very deep impression of his biological mother, who had passed away early in his life. It wasn't until he was pulled back to the moment of his birth at age zero by the Social Clock that he actually saw his mother for the first time. She looked like a young girl. He only ever knew her full maiden name, Heather Tudor, which became Heather Lancaster after marriage. In the castle of the Sorenburg Principality, there were no portraits of her, the lady of the house, and Byron had never met any maternal relatives from the Tudor family growing up. No one but his father, Prince Sorrenberg, ever called her by her name. His mother seemed to have appeared out of nowhere, completely defying the norm of "matched marriages" common among the great noble families. If it hadn't been for his uncle, Henry VI, the Mad King, already having a son, Edward, the throne would not normally have passed to his father. The nobles of the Lancaster Party would have been the first to jump out and oppose his marriage to a woman of uncertain origins. Even to Byron, her son, his mother was a figure shrouded in mystery and enigma. Whenever he tried to learn about her past, Edmund Lancaster would remain tight-lipped, and over time, even Byron's memories of her had faded completely. Because his parents died young, his elder sister Catherine, who had been fostered into their home early on, partially filled Heather's role in young Byron's heart, preventing him from feeling too much of a void in his childhood.

It was only today that an unexpected discovery was made. Byron pieced together a series of intelligence he had previously collected: "The North Sea Region is the terminus of the Third Ring Current Zone, also known as the Canary facing the Eastern Continent. This visitor from the Eastern Continent also has the surname Tudor."

A plausible answer that could explain the anomalies surrounding his mother, Heather Tudor, seemed to be emerging: The Little Mermaid from the fairy tale was actually my mother? The scoundrel Prince was actually my father?

No wonder my initial side effect from learning the Holy Grail of Blood was a tentacle fetish. I thought it was because of my father's Blue Dragon blood, but it turns out the root cause was right here! But didn't the fairy tale end with the heartless Prince marrying the princess from the neighboring country, and the Little Mermaid turning into seafoam and vanishing? And why does Father always act so secretive about Mother's matters? I didn't inherit any special bloodline either. Could it be that there's a secret behind my mother that can't be publicly revealed?

Byron immediately invoked "[Echo of History]" to further read the information on this visitor from the Eastern Continent, Sarant Tudor. However, he found out nothing besides a name. The last time he encountered such a situation was with the Succubus Teris, who was protected by the incomplete Zero-Level Sacred Relic, the Blood Cup. Only a Zero-Level Sacred Relic, a treasure equivalent to a Divine Artifact, could contend with something on a similar level as the "[Nautical Logbook]." He immediately realized that this Sarant Tudor, or rather, the origins of his maternal family, were not simple.

Because water levels differ between continents, Blue Holes appear far more frequently in the Southern Continent, Eastern Continent, and the Sea of Origin Matter, sending a considerable number of Old Continent immigrants. Those Bayfolk headed by Dagon, the 'Bay Exiles,' are not an anomaly. However, cases of reverse transport are very, very rare. My mother and this Sarant Tudor, hailing from the same family, both possessing great treasures, fleeing one after another—this whole situation is practically like having 'I have a big secret' written on their foreheads. For now, I should first get this relative—whose exact generation on my maternal side I still haven't figured out—out of here, help him regain consciousness, and then get the full story from him. Oh yes, the next rule for getting him out is: the Prince falls in love with the Mermaid...

So, Byron controlled the shiny, bald-headed black Mermaid and cast a seductive glance at Sarant Tudor.

The next moment, the "Prince," who had mutated beyond recognition and whose mind was not entirely clear, suddenly stiffened. He stared intensely at the "black Mermaid" in front of him and, with a retch, threw up.

Then, he abruptly reached out and made a light, almost insubstantial pat.

SWOOSH... 𝓯𝓻𝒆𝙚𝒘𝓮𝙗𝓷𝒐𝓿𝙚𝒍.𝙘𝓸𝙢

A torrential current of water roared forth, carrying a shrill shriek, and transformed into a giant palm made of swirling bubbles. With one slap, it turned Team Member Four into foam.

In the last glimpse before his vision faded, Byron saw the figure with a fish's head and human legs, surrounded by a large band of crystalline water, appearing like a majestic "Sea King." Despite the bizarre image, even the leg hair, tousled by the water vapor, seemed particularly imposing.

And this strike allowed Byron to roughly gauge his strength. He's not very old, essentially only at the level of a Third Order non-human. But even the basic water control ability he instinctively used has been enhanced to Fourth Order by some unknown treasure. Even though it seems he can unleash this power but not fully control it, it's at least equivalent to 1.5 Blues. If my true self doesn't personally enter the Secret Realm, it won't be easy to resolve this with force. But if my true self adheres to so many rules of the Secret Realm to come before the 'Prince,' my lifetime's reputation could very well be ruined. The things a man has done are like personally crafting many 'Soul Devices.' If one is unearthed and publicly revealed, it's akin to partial social death. If all the Soul Devices are found, then that person is truly not far from death.