Although Yale wasn't injured, he was mentally exhausted after ending the life of the matriarch.
Controlling the Time Law to look all the time to some second into the future while using Water Control, Time Freeze and Thunder Spear was extremely difficult for Yale at that moment and required all his concentration to make his plan succeed. In fact, if it wasn't because Yale was a reincarnated expert, there was no way that his soul could endure until using that combination of skills.
Inside the Storage Space, Yale went to a place where no one else was and rested there for three hours before deciding to go to the ship and report the situation to the others.
Yale knew very well that everyone was waiting to see him, but he needed those three hours of rest before anything else.
While resting Yale had time to check the Quest Menu, but he didn't have any new quest. Yale could only guess that since he finished the previous Quest with so much spare time, the system wouldn't give him a new quest immediately.
Anyway, Yale still wanted to go to the other continent as soon as possible because his intuition told him that reaching that continent would be related to the next quest.
When Yale teleported to the ship, he found that almost everyone was in the deck, including Mercer who was sat in the ground while hugging Merumi who had yet to awaken.
"Is good to see that you managed to retreat safely."
Swordmad had been quite worried that the matriarch would change her decision and attack Yale since the later didn't return quickly to the ship.
"I didn't retreat. The matriarch is dead."
While saying those words, Yale made the corpse of the matriarch appear in front of himself.
Everyone was shocked by seeing the state of that body, but the most shocked was Kaigur, who couldn't believe that the matriarch was killed by Yale alone. However, everyone, except Yale and Aiwai, was on the ship and Kaigur had learned about Aiwai's time limit, and there was no way that she was still outside.
Moreover, Kaigur had already seen Aiwai battling against the matriarch, and he was sure that Aiwai couldn't kill the matriarch, at most she could injure her and defeat her.
"Yale, who are you? How can you have that much power?"
Kaigur had learned that Yale wasn't the strongest in rank, but he couldn't deny that his strength had surpassed the others despite that.
"I will reply that question after Merumi awakes."
Saying those words, Yale neared Mercer who was still hugging Merumi.
"Master, do you know why Merumi is still sleeping?"
Mercer was extremely worried by Merumi, but he didn't understand in which kind of state she was, so Mercer could only hug her body and wait until she awakened.
"Don't worry for her. Merumi's bloodline is evolving right now."
No one expected that Yale would say those words. Everyone noticed that Merumi's hair color had changed, but no one thought that it could be related to an evolution of her bloodline.
"When will she wake up?"
Mercer didn't mind about bloodlines because he only wanted Merumi to awake as soon as possible.
"She will wake up once the evolution of the bloodline ended. Mercer, this evolution of bloodline is a blessing for her. if you really love her, you must remain with her in the process and stop being impatient."
Yale understood that Mercer at that moment only wanted to see Merumi waking up from her slumber and didn't mind for anything else, but that time was very important for Merumi, and Yale didn't want that Mercer found any way to awake her forcefully.
"I understand, but..."
Yale sighed when he heard that. After all, Mercer was still a kid, and he was in love which made him more irrational.
"Mercer, I am serious with this. Just wait until she naturally wakes up. She even gave you her Mermaid's Blessing showing how much she loved you. Replying to her feelings by trying to waste her great opportunity to improve her bloodline is something that I can't tolerate from a disciple of mine."
Yale was very serious while speaking and Mercer finally nodded because he understood that his master wanted the best for both of them.
"Master, what is that Mermaid's Blessing?"
Mercer guessed that it was the reason for his capability of breathing under the water, but he didn't understand exactly what the Mermaid's Blessing implied.
Kaigur was shocked when he heard that Mercer received Merumi's Mermaid's Blessing, but since Mercer was also who saved Merumi's life, he couldn't say anything and just accept it.
In fact, since there wasn't anything on Mercer's body that showed that he had the mermaid's Blessing, it was difficult to notice it, but for Yale's Divine Eyes, that was quite easy.
Yale started to explain about the Mermaid's Blessing to Mercer and the others. Fortunately, he had great knowledge about that topic from the memories he recovered thanks to the last quest and the information the system had from beforehand.
"Master, are you telling the truth? If I stop loving her, will she really die?"
Mercer was shocked when he heard that Merumi's life was in his hands and that at the moment he stopped to love her, she would die.
"That is true, this is something that only pink-tailed mermaids can do, but it is very strange that it happens. I can't believe that Merumi did it... If you someday stop loving her and she dies... I don't care about anything else, but I will make you pay for it."
The one who replied to Mercer's question wasn't Yale but Kaigur.
"I will never stop to love Merumi!"
Mercer didn't hesitate even a second to say those words.
Although they didn't speak after hearing Mercer, some girls were thinking that it would be great if the man of their dreams said those words to them while hugging them in the same way Mercer was hugging Merumi.
"At least you know how to speak. I hope that you can really love Merumi forever."
Kaigur really had mixed feelings seeing how Mercer had obtained the love of Merumi because Kaigur felt that Merumi was still too young to have a boyfriend.
"In any case, I hope that you don't think of doing anything to her. You two are too young, and in any case, it is impossible for humans and mermaids to have children together, so you must have a platonic relationship with Merumi."
Everyone seemed shocked when Kaigur spoke, but Yale smiled before speaking in reply.
"Kaigur, don't speak like that. Although it is true that mermaids and humans can't have children, as long as Merumi changes into a human form the problem is solved and probably once she wakes up, she will be able to do it immediately thanks to the evolution of her bloodline. However, Mercer, I also think that you are still too young for thinking about having children."
Kaigur knew very well that the problem was solved just by changing to human form, but he hoped to remain that as a secret.
Even without an evolution of the bloodline, it was just a matter of time that Merumi obtained a human form, so Kaigur just gave up on trying to interfere in Mercer's relationship with Merumi.
Mercer didn't understand very well the words of Kaigur and Yale since he was too young to be thinking about having children, he didn't even know anything about the topic at all.
"Mercer, if you don't understand it is alright. Just take good care of Merumi for the rest of your life."
Yale had replied to Kaigur's words because he didn't want Mercer to be disappointed thinking that there was no future among him and Merumi, but he understood that Mercer was still a kid and his love for Merumi was completely pure.
In any case, after receiving the Mermaid's Blessing of Merumi, it wasn't different than if both of them were married with the difference that if they divorced, Merumi would die.
The next day, Merumi finally woke up in Mercer's arms.
"Merumi!"
Mercer hugged Merumi with more strength at the moment he saw that she opened her eyes.
"Mercer... Am I alive?"
Mercer nodded his head before speaking.
"You are alive."
Both of them hugged each other and remained like that for some minutes before they noticed that everyone was looking at them.
"If you two have ended, I will start explaining the situation. Merumi, try to feel your bloodline. It has evolved surpassing the limits of the Mermaid Race and the Sea Race; your bloodline now is comparable to a divine beast bloodline. In other words, as long as you are alive, becoming a Law Master isn't difficult at all."
Merumi was shocked when she heard Yale spoke, but she really felt that something had changed on her body and she also noticed that the color of her hair had changed.
However, the most shocking part for Merumi was hearing that she could become a Law Master easily.