"Your Highness, please bring Betti away from here. No matter what happens, don't come back here. During this time, I'll have to bother Prince to help take care of Betti. When I am done with my business, I'll come pick her up." XunMi felt the vibrations grow larger and larger. Her eyes narrowed. She hated these kinds of disgusting things, especially when they are in bug form. 

Before Anson could even respond, August gave him a look and pulled XunMi away. He knew with August's abilities, Anson had no reason to be worried. Moreover, there was the mysterious mermaid. 

Anson and Betti entered a suspended floating car. Anson only then had the time to speak with the mermaid. "h.e.l.lo, I am Anson Eyre." He spoke warmly to the mermaid the XunMi was so worried about. 

Betti looked up. She reached out her hand and shook with his. She opened her mouth before closing it again. 

"If you want to ask something, then you can. I'll tell you what I know." Anson spoke up. This mermaid was very pretty, but she didn't have the arrogance of most natural pure mermaids. 

"Earlier, Her Highness called you Prince. Are you Norma Empire's eldest prince?" Then could he be her backer? That way she wouldn't need to return back into the sea. 

Anson nodded. This wasn't a secret. Moreover, there were pictures and news about him everywhere in the empire. 

"Then you have to protect me. I want to follow you. Can I stay with you? Can you help me tell Her Highness that you can protect me? Tell her not to take me back? I don't wan to go back." Betti really didn't want to go back. She didn't actually care who the person was, she just wanted to express her wishes. 

Betti might not have thought that she said much. But to Anson, this was a lot of information. 

Thetis' ident.i.ty was mysterious. He didn't know how many secrets her ident.i.ty covered. 

And this Betti. From one look, it was obvious that she had a pampered upbringing, yet she seemed to be a bit scared and upset with Thetis. 

"Well, Betti. I haven't known Thetis for that long. If I speak up, she might not be affected." After wrestling in his head, Anson decided to investigate. 

"Why do you not want to go back? Natural mermaids are the treasures of the entire family. Your family will treasure you in the palms of their hands when you go back. What's wrong with that?" 

Anson was speaking the truth. No matter in the royal family or with citizens, natural mermaids were all honored.  Betti was a unique red tailed natural mermaid so she would be even more treasured. 

"If I go back, no one will take care of me. All they see is XunMi. I'm always just a shadow in her presence. But I'm also a deep se-" Betti quickly stopped herself and shut her mouth. She coughed quickly, before slowly continuing. "Sorry, I was a bit emotional." 

Anson warmly shook his head. "No worries. But I just don't understand. You are both natural mermaids. Why would there be such a large difference in treatment." Looking down he thought to himself, deep sea…. Deep sea what? He reminded himself again to go look through the royal family annals. 

Miraculously, Anson still hadn't reached the deep sea mermaid conclusion. He only thought they might be coming from an ancient aristocratic clan. 

"XunMi is more outstanding than I am. So they naturally can only see her. Anson, you know I am a red tailed mermaid. If I stay here and become one of you, I definitely can become a glory to the empire. Can you help me?" Betti pulled on Anson's hand pleadingly.  She definitely needed to stay. She didn't want to do what XunMi suggested and leave when XunMi was less busy. 

"Betti, then can you tell me why you call XunMi Her Highness? In the empire, only natural mermaids need to be treated with such respect. But natural mermaids don't need to call other natural mermaids this." Anson didn't promise Betti anything right away. Instead, he asked a question that had him curious. 

Betti's eyes darted away and flashed with a bit of resentment. See, even the t.i.tle allows people to see the status difference. 

In the sea, if Betti referred to XunMi by her name, that turtle and all the sea generals will reprimand her. They all say that the queen of the sea couldn't be said. Everyone needed to refer to her as Her Highness. 

Even if XunMi said that she could call her whatever she wanted in private, Betti still had to abide by traditions in public. 

"This is just one of the rules from where I'm from. The most outstanding person was to be respected." Suppressing the surge of unwilling, Betti tried to make her voice light. She shouldn't be like this. That was XunMi, the person that had always been by her side. 

Anson Eyre pensively nodded. "You seem tired too. Rest first. When we get there, I'll wake you up. Don't worry. If you really want to stay in the empire, I'll definitely help you speak to Thetis. I believe she wants you to be happy. She wouldn't try to make things hard for you." After Betti fell asleep, Anson's smile disappeared. His previously warm eyes also became cold. 

What was XunMi Thetis' true ident.i.ty? What secrets did the surname Thetis hold? 

Glancing at the person laying down on the sofa, his lips curled into a sinister smile. He twirled the mask around in his hand. The peaceful empire was finally going to be lively. He was truly antic.i.p.ating this day. 

XunMi and August had no way of knowing the situation in the suspended vehicle. They were preoccupied with the thing in front of them. The bug clan was like giant spiders. They had too many legs. They had green blood. When they opened their mouths, you could see large yellow teeth and droplets of drool. XunMi could smell that disgusting smell from a mile away. 

"So ugly." She gagged again, stepping back. When the bugs appeared in the auction house, the people at the auction completely quieted down. Compared to human vs human, they hated bugs more. In a moment, those fighting all turned their anger towards the bugs. 

John had already captured the auction house workers and brought them away. Currently it was Jeremy's mech group fighting these bugs. 

After bombarding the bugs with fire, the bugs had only lost a few legs. Meanwhile, the mechs were almost out of energy.