Yves happily accepted the water-repellent bead from Oxy's hand.
"Is this bead ability limited by time?" Yves asked as he fiddled with the bead in his hand. This bead is a trophy for his victory today!
"Hmph, as long as you have enough power, this thing will continue working for twenty-four hours." Oxy answered while looking a little irritated.
"Ahem, I acknowledge your strength, and you have qualified to be my friend. Let's go for a walk and get some drinks!" Oxy's frustration with this defeat came quickly, and they left quickly too. As if he had forgotten about the previous fight, Oxy burst out laughing while patting Yves on the shoulder.
Accepting this offer of friendship, of course, Yves would not refuse. Being able to befriend the Prince of Atlantis is a step up!
Talking about friendship, Yves wondered when he could befriend the God of Thunder, Thor. Looks like there's still a lot of stuff he can steal from Asgard's treasury… ahem, I mean trading stuff~
When the two came to the living room, Prince Oxy went to fetch a bottle of fine Atlantis-made wine, "Yves, drink it, this is the unique wine of our kingdom. I guarantee you will like it and fly with one bottle!"
The wine was blue in color and exuded a unique and fragrant aroma; looking at it at a glance, Yves could tell that it was made from different ingredients.
Nodding, Yves took a sip of the wine, and sure enough, it was delicious but a bit spicier. The taste of this wine reminded him of seaweed plants.
While drinking wine with the Prince of Atlantis, Yves suddenly remembered something, "Uh, Oxy, do you Atlanteans still need to drink water?"
"Huh? Of course, just like humans, we can't live without water." Oxy answered while taking a sip of sea wine.
"Speaking of which, why is your body so strong? I strongly believe that the human body is unable to reach the strength you display no matter how hard they train their muscles."
"I don't know, maybe I was born different?" Yves answered playfully. Of course, he didn't want to share his unpleasant experience of being forcefully injected by the Red Skull, even though he ended up receiving perfect integration and brought the man's daughter home.
"Sindella is a fine woman as well as one of the most beautiful women in Atlantis, hey, you need to respect that, mate." Oxy nudged his new friend with a smile.
"Of course, she is my woman after all, I will definitely take good care of her."
"Oxy, does Atlantis have any special products? Like ore or rare marine plants? I'm very interested in it, maybe we can do business together." Yves asked curiously. What is not on land will always be in the sea.
Besides ores, there are also various types of energy sources there, such as oil, rare marine plants, and so forth.
"Special products? Of course there are, but I'm not really interested in collecting it. Atlanna really likes collecting these things, maybe you can ask her."
"Haa... sometimes I feel really jealous of you, land people... you guys look more free." Remembering something unpleasant, Oxy sighed while continuing to sip the wine.
"Why do you say that? Isn't the ocean several times wider than the land? The Pacific Ocean is vast, enough for you to swim around. What freedom are you talking about? Wait... are you talking about arranged marriages?" Yves, who didn't understand at first, suddenly remembered something.
If he's not mistaken, Atlanna ran away from an arranged marriage, right? Atlanna went ashore, formed a relationship with a landman, and gave birth to Arthur the Aquaman.
"That's right. Unlike you, we can't decide who we will marry freely, what if we were set up with an ugly woman?" Prince Oxy seemed to want to tell his problems.
Hearing this, Yves' gossipy soul lit up, "Isn't it great to have an arranged marriage? Unlike us, you don't have to go through the trouble of looking for a wife."
"Hey, if you really don't want an arranged marriage, wouldn't it be better to run away from it?"
"?!"
"You, what are you saying?! Running away from the wedding?! Great, what a great idea!" Like receiving a revelation, Oxy's eyes shone!
"Uh, just a small suggestion." Seeing Oxy's enthusiastic answer, Yves wondered if this man accepted a bloody arranged marriage?
"Yves! Don't try to incite my brother to do bad things!" Atlanna, who had just entered, immediately glared at Yves as if dissatisfied with the man's suggestion to her brother.
"I was just talking casually, there was no element of incitement. By the way, Princess Atlanna, you happen to come, I would like to discuss something with you."
"Just call me Atlanna; it's weird to be called Princess by my brother's 'friends.' So, you bastard, what do you want from me?" Even though she was dissatisfied with Yves instigating her brother earlier, she still respected this man; otherwise, how could she even talk to him?
"Do you have any unused materials? If you have, I'd like to trade with you."
"I have a lot of things in my pocket, such as food, scientific discoveries and magic props!"
Waving his hand casually, a pile of objects appeared in the air. Thanks to good magic control, the items stay afloat while rotating.
Atlanna's beautiful eyes flashed; she carefully looked at the rotating items, "You can make magic props? Do you know about Enchanting?"
"Ahem, too bad I am not." Yves felt a little embarrassed.
"For now I still haven't learned it, but I promise I will learn it quickly. For the time being, this is all I can exchange with you."
"Hmph, do you have a device that can deal with seawater pollution? A machine that can remove marine debris is also ok."
Since what Atlanna wants isn't on the item list, Yves puts them back into the Pocket Dimension.
Thinking momentarily, Yves replied, "Such machine needs to be designed according to its target pollution. If it's pure garbage, then it can be recycled; if it's water based waste, they need to be filtered first to remove the poison."
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