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“We need to swim.
Towards the sky.”

It was just as he thought.
The Endless Sky was ‘up there’.

Naphthan nodded.
“The skybirds are a problem.”

“Exactly.
The whalekin may possess great strength, but they are incapable of using it.
You are a race tightly bound by such a setting.”

“Indeed.”

The waterdrakes were a problem for later.
The first thing they needed to handle wasn’t them, but the wyverns.

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Reaper Scans

Translator – Lei

Proofreader – Ash

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“I ask you now.
Was it right that you were expelled from your homeland?”

“It wasn’t.”

“When you look back, was that just?”

“It wasn’t.”

“Was it fair?”

“It wasn’t.”

The waterdrakes were the only ones rejoicing.
What they wanted was monopoly, not coexistence.
The current situation was far removed from terms like justice, fairness, and coexistence.

“In that case, I think I can help you.”

“You, a human, can help us?”

Natalie’s father wasn’t scorning humans.
He was simply stating that they were of different races.

“I think so, yes.”

“How can you help us?”

Hyukjin grinned.
This was the moment he had been leading up to.

“I have a racial trait that allows me to deem the following as ‘just’: regulations or laws created by the majority accord of society’s members, actions tacitly and universally deemed good, or the System’s rules.”

It wasn’t actually a racial trait, but a power that came from an item in his possession.

 

[Judgment of the Law]

Regulations/laws created by the accord of society’s majority, actions tacitly and universally deemed good, or the System’s rules, will be temporarily set as ‘Just’.
The caster will be given the rights of an ‘Arbitrator’ towards all acts that defy justice.
The Arbitrator officially files objections to all acts that contradict justice, can mete out due punishment within set bounds to those who contradict justice, and will be conferred the requisite power and authority.

 

“It’s my first time hearing that humans have such a racial trait.”

“I’m a bit of a special case.
In any case, I’ve judged that helping the whalekin return to their homeland is an action tacitly and universally deemed good.”

His words were specially crafted for the Lady of the Scales.
With her disposition, the Lady of the Scales would want to aid the whalekin.
From her point of view, the whalekin were a pitiful people who were robbed of their homes and forced into destitution.

“I think I can lift the restriction forcefully binding your powers.”

“That would be tricky.
It will be hard for a human to break the vow we made.”

Once again, Naphthan wasn’t looking down on humans.
He was just stating the facts, as simple as saying, ‘You weigh 90 kg, and I weigh 70 kg.’ To a whalekin, it was simply an objective statement free of emotion.

Natalie interjected.
“That’s right.
I hate—I mean, I’m upset about the vow, but there’s no human who can break it.”

“…”

Was that really the case?

“There’s nothing to lose from trying, is there?”

“That’s true, but… I just fear the power of our vow might harm you.”

“That is for me to handle.”

He had to go to the Endless Sky.
And for that, he needed the whalekins’ help.

“Why is it that you would go to such lengths for us?”

To go to the Endless Sky.

“Because it angers me.”

“Angers you?”

“Humans are a diverse race.
Many humans would be angry to see the situation you are in.
I want to help you.”

“Difficult reasoning for us to understand,” said Naphthan.
“But I can see your sincerity.
I see you sincerely want to help us, a sentiment we’re very grateful for.”

He heard a notice.

[Revealing the hidden clear reward.]

 

Clear rewards:

Blessing of the Whalekin

Whalekin Sinew

Contract of the Whalekin

 

Naphthan spoke again.
“If we manage to reach the Endless Sky, I will allow the marriage of my daughter to you.”

“…”

Hyukjin was struck speechless.
He had led the conversation up to this point, but this new development had him gasping to keep up.

‘The contract that’s the third reward is referring to marriage?’

Natalie laughed like she wasn’t terribly bothered.

“I never even thought about getting married to a human.”

I haven’t thought about getting married to a whale! Hyukjin wanted to scream, but he resisted the urge.
Right now, he was a producer.
A content creator.
And he had to resolve the situation like one.

“Thank you for the offer, but I respectfully decline.”

“Decline?”

The mild expression on this man who didn’t look as if he would hurt a fly abruptly shifted.
Hyukjin was struck with the image of a tsunami roaring towards him, threatening to crush him.

It suddenly became hard to breathe.

‘He’s exuding some incredible power.’

Hyukjin had no idea why Naphthan was so mad all of a sudden.
As expected, whalekin were impossible to understand.

“Why are you declining to marry my daughter?”

Natalie looked upset, too.
Apparently, declining a marriage offer was an awfully unpleasant deed for whalekin.
They hadn’t expressed such displeasure or hostility even towards the waterdrakes who stole their home.

‘They cannot harm me anyway.’

That was their vow.
The foreboding aura they were giving off was terrible, but there was no need to be afraid, just like there was no reason to fear a hawk inside a cage.

‘If I do this whale… I should be able to pull some good quality footage.’

It occurred to him that he might be able to produce a development the Guardians would enjoy.
It was good.
It was good content.

Just as he was thinking that, someone else made an appearance.

“Big children, he’s my husband.”

It was Isabel, awake from her slumber.
But this time, she looked… a little strange.

 

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