Chapter 204 - 87. Condition of the Sea Trench
"I had forgotten to ask before, what race of demi-human are you?"
To avoid others overhearing his conversation with Moli, Fisher stretched out his hand to close all the doors and windows and hung a ’Do Not Disturb’ sign at the entrance.
Fortunately, the sound insulation here was very good. People outside couldn’t hear the conversations inside the office. After all, Saint Nali University was funded by the Nali Exploration Company, and they used the best materials for construction. Otherwise, they would not have allowed Pink Hall to extend its reach into the university through pipelines.
Fisher started with this question as a warm-up for the research. Today, he did not plan to study the biological nature of the Whale-people in depth. He just wanted to understand her reasons for coming onto land and her intentions for enrolling at the university.
After a few research sessions, Fisher had become quite skilled. He understood the benefits of a gradual approach... Elliog was an exception; she was older than him and acted very directly, without any need for courtesies. It felt almost as if he had been tricked into losing his innocence.
For Moli, Fisher planned to be more cautious. Firstly, because she truly seemed naive, Fisher did not intend to deceive an ignorant girl. Furthermore, considering his previous excessive actions toward her, he reasoned that both morally and rationally, he should take extra care of her.
"I... I am a Whale-man."
"Whale-man? Are Whale-people what other Ocean Subhumans call ’royal family’?"
"Eh?"
At first, Moli was puzzled as to how Fisher knew about the royals of the sea floor, but she quickly remembered that Fisher had previously interacted with Lingna, so his knowledge of the sea floor wasn’t surprising,