Bonds of souls

Meeting at Daguoshi Palace

"I could eat in peace. Or rather, any jiaoren would do that. But since your race is small and most of my kind are large, we prefer larger prey. Now, if a jiaoren is poisoned or weak and there was a human in the ocean, it will most likely attack if it is hungry. We only attack to eat when we feel hungry."

She is stunned by the answer to a question in her mind, realizing that he spoke objectively, bluntly and practically.

In fact, Chang Yi was quite sincere, honest and straightforward.

As she remembered that they were different races, she found that she couldn't be offended. Humans did not belong in the sea. The sea was of the jiaoren and from what she understood, they were a predatory species.

Even if you were to analyze it coldly, what could be considered deplorable were humans attacking other humans because they were of the same race. That was indeed reprehensible as he analyzed without any sentimentality what he heard.

She clears her throat, pulling herself together, then asks, "So is it a meat-only diet?"

"Not because I also eat seaweed as I said earlier. But I prefer meat, preferably tender."

"Indeed, he is a shark demon. But, I confess that the seaweed part surprised me. I thought I heard wrong" She thinks to herself.

"Is it customary for your species to use spoils from killed prey? You mentioned earlier that you like to use their shell to sleep after devouring them."

"Yes. I'm not the only one. Besides, the taste for a certain place to sleep can vary from tribe to tribe, as well as from bloodline as I said before. Those who don't have considerable power and consequently size, can't eat beings. bigger than they are. This shellfish we are can be considered small in relation to the size of my true form."

She sighs and then says, "Well, I think we humans, at least, the overwhelming majority, are still pretty reasonable in some ways."

Chang Yi thought for a while and after reflecting, he replied with his usual sincerity, "I don't lie to them. I won't let them live in the first place when I look at them. We only kill prey when we feel hungry. You don't eat meat too?"

"Yes. But we don't just eat meat. We eat eggs, vegetables, fruits, grains and other foods. We are omnivores and not carnivores. Our diet is very broad. We practically eat everything."

"Is it only use the flesh of the beings they eat?"

"Well, we use feathers to fill pillows and other objects. We use fur and skin to make clothes and accessories, in addition to using bones and organs in food. We even make use of hooves and horns. The beak is also used. Also, we use—" At that, she stops talking while looking at him who smiles discreetly, making the princess sigh, "In fact, looking at it from that angle, there is no distinction in the fact that you use your prey's shell after slaughtering it. la. In a way, we humans do that too."

"It's not right to waste. You have to enjoy everything. There's nothing wrong with that."

So, deciding to bury the subject of food after discovering some disturbing facts, she comments while remembering that she could only stay in that environment and well, thanks to the merfolk's magic, "I never thought that the jiaoren had such practical magic as the one you used on me. But that's not a very useful spell for you and your people, is it?"

"Yes. It's the first time I've used it."

The princess smirks and asks, "Big-tailed fish, in the short time we've known each other, how many firsts have I gotten away from you?" The young woman asks with a smile on her face.

The jiaoren was silent as he thought about the answer.

From the little she interacted with Chang Yi, the demon master knew that he had taken her casual question seriously.