Transmigrated to the Interstellar Era to Raise Mermaids GL - Chapter 30

Ten minutes later, Orsha and Hojia appeared before everyone together.

Hojia had changed into an off-white formal suit, a long-sleeved top paired with a knee-length skirt. Her soft black hair cascaded over her shoulders, and her fawn-like, expressive eyes were warm and friendly, making even the woman in the blue military uniform beside her seem a little softer, greatly easing the tense atmosphere in the room.

Orsha led Hojia by the hand to the center of the conference room and said, “Before we begin, allow me to introduce my partner, Hojia. She will be living with me in my palace from now on.”

Hearing her openly announce her intimate relationship with Hojia, the subordinates immediately grew nervous, exchanging glances, unsure how to react.

They originally thought Her Highness would secretly keep a mistress outside. They never expected her to bring the person directly home. Was she this bold?

“She has my flash scale, and you will obey her orders from now on.”

Orsha opened Hojia’s palm for everyone to see. Hojia smiled silently and waved at the people in front of her, blushing slightly, as if being introduced by her girlfriend to her friends.

The younger subordinates all slightly relaxed. Her Highness’s “little wife” was cute in both appearance and personality; she definitely wouldn’t be a difficult mistress to serve.

“Our relationship is a secret for the time being. I will publicly announce that she is my Earth Language teacher, and I will also send her to the Imperial Academy to study.”

Seeing everyone adopt an “I knew it” expression, Orsha frowned slightly, then stated Hojia’s purpose for entering the Imperial Academy.

Wow, so this Earthling is undertaking such an important mission!

Anyone who served Her Highness was their comrade!

The subordinates immediately became respectful, and their gaze toward Hojia held more closeness and respect.

“Finally, since I want to promote Earth culture in the Mus Star System, I naturally need to start with those closest to me.”

Orsha scanned the room, saying seriously, “Therefore, as my close subordinates, you must learn the Earth Language as quickly as possible. This is an order!”

“Huh?” Everyone was stunned.

Not all Mus Star people had learning abilities as strong as Orsha’s. Everyone looked at each other with worried faces. Gano stepped forward and said, “But Your Highness, there is no place to learn alien languages on Mus Prime Star…”

“It’s okay, you have me!”

Hojia smiled brightly at the potential customers in front of her, her eyes shining with fervor: “My profession is teaching Earth Language to aliens. If you don’t know how to learn, I can open a tutoring class to teach everyone!”

“Really!” Gano strode over and firmly grasped Hojia’s hand, instantly abandoning all arrogance and prejudice towards Hojia, and said with utmost sincerity, “Teacher He, thank you very much!”

“Me too, me too!”

The rest of the subordinates also stood up. They didn’t dare crowd around Orsha, so they frantically waved at Hojia: “Teacher He, if you open a class, please make sure to let me know!”

The military code was to complete the orders of the superior at all costs. Their gaze toward Hojia was not just respect for a teacher; it was practically burning with the enthusiasm one reserves for a lifeline.

“Alright, then I’ll exchange contact information with everyone first!”

Hojia readily took out the phone Orsha had just given her, inputting numbers while memorizing names: “You’re Gano… You’re Melli… You’re Joanna…”

Watching Hojia enthusiastically mingling with the subordinates, a flash of sly amusement flickered in the eyes of Orsha, who stood behind her with her hands clasped behind her back.

After Hojia finished recognizing everyone’s names, Orsha motioned for everyone to sit around the round table and got down to business: “Let the meeting officially begin! Gano, report the situation. Melli, be responsible for taking notes. Joanna, sit next to Hojia and answer any questions she might have.”

“Yes, Your Highness!”

The lively atmosphere in the conference room immediately returned to one of gravity and composure. Gano stood up and said, “Captain Dran released a rumor that the extremely rare Purple Whale-Dolphin Beast had been spotted in the deep seas of Nenita. As expected, it piqued Prince Anglu’s interest, and he requested the Navy dispatch a company to escort him for the hunt after lunch.”

It sounds just like humans who enjoy hunting rare creatures in the forest. This Prince is indeed inherently cruel.

Gano turned on the projector, displaying a map of the Nenita sea area on the round table, and pointed to a red coordinate: “This is the coordinate Captain Dran released. Anglu will be patrolling nearby. By convention, the military will form a circular escort around him, about thirty meters away, and he will have four of his own personal attendants with him.”

She moved her finger to a small island near the coordinate: “Our spaceship will land on this island. I plan for all members of the action team to enter the water together, break through the military protection circle from one point at the rear, and capture Anglu and bring him aboard before the Navy from the other directions can surround us.”

A company had one hundred and twenty people, plus Anglu and his attendants…

Hojia quietly counted the number of people present. Excluding herself and Orsha, there were only twenty people.

A six-to-one numerical disadvantage! Even for a surprise attack, the odds were too heavily stacked!

Her heart immediately leaped into her throat, and she looked at the unfazed Orsha with deep concern.

“It seems Anglu has offended quite a few people, considering he’s bringing so many people with him even without needing to guard against me.”

Orsha gave a cold smile and said, “Ten people will descend into the sea with me. The rest will remain on standby in the spaceship.”

“…Yes, Your Highness!”

Since Orsha had given the order, Gano said no more and began counting the members of the action team, dividing everyone into two groups.

Wait! Wait!

Now the disparity was twelve-to-one!

Hojia was as anxious as if she were sitting on pins and needles, but she saw everyone quietly obeying the arrangement, which was very strange. She first asked Joanna beside her, “Won’t ten people be too few?”

“Her Highness the Princess never makes a decision she isn’t confident about. It seems she has fully recovered!”

Joanna was a good-natured girl with a round face. She explained softly to Hojia, “Teacher He, don’t worry. As long as she can swim into the naval protection circle, she can use her mental power to control everyone in that area and make them surrender voluntarily.”

What?!

So, the battles between merfolk were not the 1-on-1 underwater gun duels she had imagined. They could directly launch a group attack and manipulate the will of others!

Hojia had thought Orsha’s ability was just to communicate directly with others’ brains in the ocean, which was already impressive enough. She never expected it could be to control other people’s brains!

That’s too much of a cheat!

Hearing their quiet conversation, Orsha also turned to look at Hojia. A small look of pride flashed in her azure eyes. Across the round table, she mouthed in Earth Language: “Am I impressive?”

Uh… it is genuinely shocking.

Seeing her ask for praise with encrypted communication in front of a crowd, Hojia quickly gave a thumbs-up when others weren’t looking, silently saying, “You’re great!”

Orsha turned back, satisfied, and began discussing the specific route from the island to the sea with Gano and the others.

Hojia asked Joanna again, “Since Orsha can control the will of others with her mental power, can’t the people in the Navy resist with their mental power?”

Even in a battle of wills, it was still quite dangerous for her to go up against a hundred people!

“Ahem…” Joanna suddenly choked on her saliva. Seeing Hojia’s face genuinely filled with worry and anxiety, she was certain Hojia really didn’t know.

“Well… actually, the ability to control others’ will is a very rare ability. Even among the Blue-tailed merfolk, many people lack sufficient mental power and cannot control the will of others. Moreover, the Princess’s ability is currently the strongest among all merfolk. Anglu can’t resist her at all!”

Hojia seemed to understand something: “So, apart from Prince Anglu, are the rest of the people not merfolk?”

“And Lieutenant Colonel Gano is too. Blue-tailed merfolk are the highest-ranking nobles in the Mus Star System.”

Joanna scratched her head and said, “Of course, ordinary people like us are not! However, all races in the Mus Star System originated from the water. It’s just that our ancestors retained primitive characteristics after moving to land, so Mus Star people all love being in the water. When you get to the Prime Star, you’ll see that almost every household has a large swimming pool in their yard.”

A certain Earthling whose species also originated from the ocean felt very envious upon hearing this.

Orsha and Gano finished deploying the plan, and the spaceship also gave an alert that they were about to reach Mus Prime Star.

Orsha walked to the observation window, quietly resting her head on Hojia’s shoulder, accompanying her as they looked at the massive sphere close by.

Viewed from space, it was also a blue planet covered in oceans, but it was immeasurably larger than the glass bead-like Cizer Planet. It took nearly half an hour for the spaceship to descend from entry to landing.

Neither of the two leaning against each other spoke. One was quietly observing the unfamiliar planet, and the other was closing her eyes to rest and conserve energy.

They were both immersed in this rare moment of tranquility where they didn’t have to think about anything, fully enjoying the happiness and serenity of being close to each other. The aura surrounding the two seemed to form an invisible wall separating them from the surroundings, causing people passing behind them to automatically take a wide detour.

Seeing a lush, small island appear beneath the observation window, Hojia couldn’t help but tighten her arms around Orsha’s waist, quietly saying, “Even though you are super, super amazing… I’m still worried.”

“I know, but I must go.”

Orsha said in a deep voice close to Hojia’s ear: “All my preparations are aimed at capturing Anglu with the smallest cost and preventing anyone from getting hurt. Since I possess the strongest ability, I should undertake the most important mission.”

“Mhm… you’re a good Princess, a good superior…”

Hearing the alert that the spaceship had landed, she panicked and turned her head: “Can you take more people down with you?”

Orsha looked directly into her moist, clear black eyes and suddenly asked, “Do you know what merfolk fear most when using mental power?”

Hojia shook her head blankly.

“It’s distraction. It can easily lead to mental confusion, which will hurt oneself.”

Orsha kissed her forehead and said softly, “So, I must leave some people behind to protect you.”

Hojia forced herself not to cry in front of Orsha, but her nose was so congested that she couldn’t speak at all.

Gano opened the spaceship hatch. The members of the departing team stood on both sides of the hatch, silently waiting for Orsha to descend first.

Orsha slowly released Hojia’s arm, took out her phone, set a fifteen-minute countdown timer, and placed it in Hojia’s hand.

“Just watch the time on this, and don’t think about anything else.”

She backed toward the door, saying, “Trust me. Before the timer runs out, I will be back by your side.”

Only fifteen minutes? Can she really capture Anglu, who is protected by over a hundred people, in just fifteen minutes?

Looking at the calm expression on Orsha’s face, the doubt in her heart flashed away. She tightly gripped the phone and said, “Okay, I’ll wait for you to come back!”

Orsha curled her lips, giving Hojia a gentle smile.

She turned and walked off the spaceship, her eyes instantly filling with a sharp intensity that seemed to tear the air. She dashed towards the ocean like a bolt of lightning chasing the wind.