54. Lies Become Truth

"Ugh… It hurts…" Antares held his aching cheek. Blood even came out of Antares's torn lips. Antares must have been surprised to receive a slap so suddenly that he couldn't even keep his balance.

"Insolent! How dare you destroy my daughter's face! I will destroy yours too so that you will never again appear in the Oceana Kingdom!" Rose's mother, one of the mermaids who had bothered Antares recently, slapped Antares with anger that burned her heart.

Hearing these words, Antares immediately remembered the three mermaids who were bothering him. He finally knew the cause that led him to be summoned to the palace court. Apparently, the circumstances of the three mermaids that bothered Antares were already known to their parents.

Antares looked at the three mermaids, who gave him a look as if they wanted to kill him. His eyes reddened as fear filled his heart. "I-I just…"

"Mother!"