Chapter 673: Real and Fake Elders
"You..."
The furious Princess still wanted to argue back, but was rewarded with another kick from Loren that sent her sprawling.
"Cut the nonsense. Get those cowardly elders to crawl out here. They sent you to die, you know that?"
"Die!"
The Princess, her reason completely drowned by rage, drew that terrifyingly powerful Merfolk Sword.
From this brief exchange, Loren had roughly pieced things together. This princess clearly didn't get along with Melody, and after losing the competition for the position of Merfolk Princess to her, had been nursing a grudge ever since. Later, when Melody actually succeeded in finding Loren, the elders grew wary and stripped Melody of her title as princess. Only then did this one become Princess.
She had obtained her position illegitimately, which was why she couldn't tolerate anyone mentioning Melody.
The Merfolk Princess was the public leader of the merfolk race, chosen by the Perpetual Observer's pendant. No one else had the right to make that choice.
The Princess swung the Merfolk Sword. This blade's power was extraordinarily terrifying. Previously, when Melody had given it a casual wave, it had cleaved a pirate ship in two.