Chapter 352: Major Event - Shadow of Coldwater Port

The servants had finished serving the meal and gradually left, leaving only the middle-aged head maid and two older maids standing by. Princess Lecia signaled to Shard that it was safe to talk here, and as they ate, they began discussing the events of the morning.

"It seems the Crimson Cult has long infiltrated Coldwater Port, even the city's establishment is related to them. Those merman and cultists have always existed in the shadows of Coldwater Port, but no one had noticed it before. I suspect the earliest mermaid statues were probably spread by them."

This was the conclusion Shard had deduced based on the clues he found that morning.

"But what exactly do they want to do?"

Princess Lecia asked, puzzled, having taken only a small amount of food, seemingly unaccustomed to eating much at noon:

"The Sea Return ritual, we can almost confirm the steps. But the ritual itself, what is it really for? The last line of the nursery rhyme involves a sacrifice, which is very unsettling."