The Anti-Intellectualism Demon King’s World Invasion - Chapter 80



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Episode 80

Instead of answering, I showed him my trident.

“Oh! That. Is that the trident I gave you?”

When I nodded, Hyang-i muttered in disbelief.

“That was the real trident. Then the king of mermaids? No, that can’t be. How could he be human?”

Hyang-i was confused.

“Even though it was only mini-sized, Hyang-i gave me a trident. Thanks to that, I’ve been using it very usefully. So I want to repay you.”

I threw the Mermaid Queen’s ring to Hyang-i.

Hyang-i received the ring in a fluster.

“What is it?”

Hyang-i was surprised when she looked at the ring in her hand.

“This is the Queen’s ring!”

“The queen’s seat has become vacant, so I was wondering if Hyang-i could take over.”

“Vacant? Could it be the Queen?”

“No. I didn’t kill her. She just died alone. Natural causes. As Mr. Hyang said. She was old enough to step down as queen.”

I waved my hand in denial to the surprised Hyang-i.

“Hyang-i is the mermaid princess. Now that the queen is dead, the princess must become queen.”

“Hmm.”

She looked down at the ring for a moment, lost in thought.

Then, as if he had made up his mind, he put the ring on his hand.

Unlike Bomi, the ring fit naturally on her finger.

“Then, all those bald people will have to be ruled by Miss Hyang, or rather, the Queen.”

“ah!”

Hyang-i was slightly embarrassed, but soon spoke with a determined expression.

“We need to raise them into healthy and upright mermaids. And we need to produce new eggs.”

I don’t know how to produce eggs, but I don’t think he’ll ask me to help him make them.

Hyang-i has a beautiful and voluptuous body like a mermaid from a fairy tale, but her lower legs reminded me of grilled fish.

“What do you call that thing that humans do? That thing that a male and female do when they meet?”

“You mean the one that starts with S?”

“What are you? Do you know that?”

I looked at Bomi with a surprised expression.

I knew that Bomi knew, but since Bomi was like a niece to me, it felt like I was being told a secret I didn’t want to know.

“I’m at an age where I know what I need to know.”

Bomi answered with a bashful smile.

I turned my head and glared at Jeongwoo as if I was going to eat him.

Jeong-woo shook his head vigorously with a stern expression as if to say absolutely not.

At that moment, Hyang-i said.

“I don’t think so. There are things like meeting, breaking up, and loving at will.”

“Free love?”

Hyang-i nodded at Nurse Jang’s answer.

“I have a mermaid, so I’m going to let the kids have free love. Then they’ll produce healthy eggs. I’m going to raise them.”

Phew~ I let out a sigh of relief in my heart.

I was nervous because I thought Hyang-i was making strange noises and asking for my body.

“And I will help the Mermaid King.”

Hyang-i looked at me with a sticky gaze for some reason.

I don’t think that help is some kind of strange help.

“Then, can you please find out if there are any warships outside the current?”

“A warship?”

“Yes. A long-barreled ship made of iron wire painted gray.”

The Navy’s helicopters and special forces were annihilated, and the artillery fire stopped, but it was not clear whether they had left.

If we resume bombardment by linking up with the naval spies remaining on the island, we could suffer great damage now that the battle with the Ark Church has not been resolved.

“All right.”

After she finished answering, she called the mermaids.

“Kids!”

The mermaids all came to her, instinctively realizing that she had become their queen.

“Your Majesty, I am hungry.”

“Please give me chocolate. I want to eat some cookies.”

“I ran out of cigarettes. Give me some quickly.”

“How about alcohol?”

The children whined like babies asking for milk.

“Children! From now on, you won’t be able to eat such bad food. Instead, you will eat delicious seaweed. Nurse Jang!”

As Hyang-i looked up, Nurse Jang brought some buoyant seaweed and threw it to the mermaids.

The mermaids sniffed it, then grimaced and threw it away.

“I don’t need this. I want chocolate. Cookies!”

“I don’t think this is necessary.”

“I can’t even eat snacks with alcohol. I want alcohol. Give me alcohol!”

The mermaids began to threaten with fierce faces, as if they were experiencing withdrawal symptoms.

It looked like riots were about to break out again.

I struck down the trident hard.

The mermaids were startled, and a huge wave crashed into the inner harbor.

Only then did he scold the mermaids, who had become quiet, in a stern voice.

“You guys! What are you doing so arrogantly when the Queen is speaking?”

“No. That’s because it’s tasteless.”

“Miranda wants to eat chocolate. She doesn’t want to eat grass.”

The mermaids complained.

“The Queen wants you to eat seaweed to stay healthy. But what if you refuse to eat it without even trying it?”

“Just by looking at the weeds, they look unappetizing.”

“Those tasteless weeds are eaten deliciously by those guys and mermaids.”

I pointed to the mermaids, Mary, and Jude.

The mermaids were munching on the floating seaweed, holding it in both hands, as if they were tearing at ribs.

Perhaps curious about the sight, the mermaids began to eat the floating seaweed one by one.

“Thank you. Thanks to you, I was able to feed the kids seaweed.”

Hyang-i expressed her gratitude.

“No problem. But what about the warship investigation?”

“Oh! That’s right. I was going to order the kids to do it. But since you’re eating, I’ll go and do it myself.”

Hyang-i looked at the mermaids for a moment with an expression like she was looking at a child who had eaten his fill, and then set off alone.

Bomi said a word as she watched the scent fade away.

“I thought that if she were a queen, she would be treated well and would be able to command the children under her, but Ms. Hyang is actually taking care of the children’s feelings and running around herself.”

“Isn’t it better than reigning, oppressing, and deceiving?”

“Yes. It’s a hundred times better than politicians who treat citizens like fools.”

Bomi nodded as if she agreed.

It seemed like a good choice for a mermaid queen.

* * *

As expected, human politics is noisy and noisy, but has no substance.

Within hours of capturing the governor, the commissioners were divided into factions, fighting and biting each other.

“No. We need to hold another election and elect a tyrant. And we need to elect replacements for the members who died this time.”

“No. Where is the time for that? Not only have the roads and the Capitol been destroyed by the shelling, but you see people injured and suffering. We need to think about solving this right away.”

“Commissioner Son! Since the Governor and the Chairman of the Committee are both dead, you, as the Vice Chairman of the Judicial Committee, are the first in line to act as the tyrant. Do you think I don’t know that?”

“Listen, folks. Elections and emergency committees are good, but we need to get rid of the tyrant first. There’s no law that says another dictator like the Governor-General won’t emerge.”

Just hearing it made my head spin.

I tried to get out of the tent I had set up, calling it the temporary National Assembly building.

At that moment, Captain Kim banged on the desk and shouted.

“You guys! Don’t you know who saved this island? Isn’t it Detective Kim right over there?”

People’s eyes turned to me as I tried to run away.

Ah! Captain Kim!

This guy has military talent, but he seems to have no sense.

“Detective Kim! What should we do to restore the collapsed island and get it on the right path? No, how about Detective Kim leading the way? Don’t you think that’s a good idea?”

Captain Kim shouted excitedly and passionately.

“Yes. That’s right. Detective Kim is the hero who protected the island. He’s a hero. He’ll lead us.”

There were many committee members who agreed with Captain Kim’s opinion.

I took a quick look at them.

These people are trying to use me as a face and then cling to me to get some kind of bean curd.

“I am not a resident of the island. And I have no intention of becoming one. I have a home to return to. So I cannot lead the island.”

“Yes. Isn’t it in the constitution? Only the island’s residents can become tyrants and commissioners. And if they don’t want to, you can’t force them on the benefactor who protected the island.”

Commissioner Son came forward and spoke.

Commissioner Son’s true colors were clearly revealed.

In any case, the person closest to the current ruler was Commissioner Son.

It was obvious that if I got involved, his position as tyrant would become distant.

He was the kind of man who wouldn’t bleed even if you pricked him with a needle, but he had never acted in a major way up until now.

It made sense, and it didn’t seem like it would be a bad thing to become a tyrant.

And why do I have to get involved in this mess and suffer?

“That’s right. I don’t want to interfere, out of respect for the members and the people who established the Constitution and our unique political traditions. However, I would appreciate it if you would keep your promise to recognize our rights to the eastern district.”

“Ah! Of course. I promised Detective Kim my life, so I have to keep it.”

“No, that’s not a promise you made on your own. You didn’t get the island committee’s consent. Shouldn’t we discuss it again?”

The member who was arguing with Commissioner Son started to argue.

“At that time, I made the decision as the chairman of the temporary island committee on behalf of the illegal governor. And if Detective Kim, who alone caught the governor who turned into a monster with foul language, wants to take the island, who can stop him? You’d be the one to try it. You should be thankful that he didn’t ask for a port while freeing you from the governor.”

The member who had objected to the statement, “That’s right,” couldn’t even say a word.

But Captain Kim seemed unable to let go of his foolishness.

“But what are we going to do without Detective Kim? There may still be remnants of the Ark Church or groups that sympathize with them, and the Navy may have left as well.”

“Actually, that’s why I came.”

I reported the results of my scouting trip outside the harbour.

He said with a serious expression.

“It’s a helicopter landing ship. I don’t see any helicopters, so it doesn’t seem like a big threat. But there’s a cruiser. Even if it’s a cannon, if it fires a missile, it could be completely destroyed.”

The committee was horrified by Captain Kim’s analysis.

“Many people have already been injured by the cannons and the facilities have been destroyed. And now there are missiles. What should we do, Captain Kim?”

“We also have batteries that can counterattack, but their firepower is not as strong as that of the naval guns, and since we don’t know where they are, it’s hard to hit them accurately. Even if we do know, they will move around the sea and evade, so intercepting them is not easy. How do we defeat the Navy? Detective Kim.”

Captain Kim looked at me.

Did this guy leave the solution up to me?

Well, I’ve been thinking about it.

“It’s simple. Just make peace with the Navy.”