"How could this be?"
This was a meeting of the ministers of the Merman Empire that had been called by the Merman King.
When they entered this meeting, their expressions had been lighthearted.
They were confused and a bit curious why the Merman King had called this meeting, but it wasn't as if they had expected anything big.
There were a few that seemed to have expected something, but it wasn't as if they expected this large piece of news to be dropped by the Merman King.
No one was able to expect something like this…
Many of them looked at the Merman King as if they were hoping that this was some kind of joke, but the Merman King looked back at them with a calm and serious look on his face.
With how long they've known the Merman King, they knew that this wasn't a joke.
But since this wasn't a joke, that meant that this was even more serious than they thought.
None of the ministers were able to say anything since they didn't even know how to respond in this situation.
