Pure-blooded Fish-Men or Merfolk could be identified clearly just by looking at their lower bodies. Hybrids, comparatively speaking, were a bit more troublesome.
"You remembered wrong. Besides, when you were little, you couldn't understand fish speech at all, so you definitely don't have Merfolk bloodline."
Although a very small number of Fish-Men could also communicate with fish, so using that as a standard could lead to slight misjudgments, it wasn't really important. After all, whether it was Merfolk or Fish-Men hybrid, the impact wasn't very significant.
At most, the former leaned more toward speed, while the latter leaned more toward strength.
"She could already run at eight months old. Looks like my little sister's talent is pretty good."
Nanamo was sitting cross-legged on the floor, using nearby toys to play some game with Chloe that even she herself didn't understand.
"If you worked a little harder, your upper limit would be even higher."
"I'm helping you and Amphy take care of little sis, Dad! With Chloe's situation, could you really feel at ease leaving her to someone else?!"
A few months ago, ordinary maids and attendants could still help look after Chloe, but a few days earlier, after she ignited the flames unique to the Lunarian race, the number of people capable of caring for her had dwindled to only a handful.
Because she was still young, Chloe couldn't freely control the flames on her back like Amphitrite or Alber could.
As fellow Lunarians, Amphitrite and Alber naturally didn't fear them. In their eyes, a child's flames carried no heat whatsoever.
But for ordinary people, the scorching heat of those flames was unbearable. Nanamo didn't care, and neither did Nereus.
The remaining officers also possessed the ability to resist flames, but Nereus had no intention of letting them raise his child.
So the only ones taking care of Chloe were her father, mother, and older sister. Alber occasionally helped as well. As one of the few surviving remnants of the Lunarian race, he also knew some of their traditions.
After Amphitrite and Nereus had a child together, Alber's reaction had been extremely excited.
Back when he first came here, he had once fantasized that there might still be Lunarians hiding elsewhere in the seas, and that perhaps they too would eventually arrive at Fish-Man Island.
But the greater the hope, the greater the disappointment. As time passed and no other members of his race ever came, Alber gradually gave up on those expectations.
Actually, Hermes could also take care of Chloe. As a cloud, it naturally had no fear of flames, and when assisting Nanamo in this regard, Hermes would even appear unusually enthusiastic.
After all, it was Nanamo's command. No matter what, it would carry it out.
As for Amphitrite herself, she was currently together with Alber, conducting high-intensity training for some graduates. With the help of the Flames of Regeneration, there was no need to worry about casualties during training. No matter how harsh the training became, it would never endanger lives.
Besides the royal guards continuing their training, there were even some graduates. For example, the eighteen-year-old Jinbe was currently undergoing training here.
"Get up! Continue! These are only the fears in your dreams! If you can't even handle this, what will you do when you face real enemies?!"
Alber's current form was somewhat special. The black wings on his back were spread wide, while his neck had become elongated, the entire length of it burning with flames belonging to the Lunarian race.
His head resembled a dragon's, his hands had transformed into dragon claws, and scales covered parts of his skin.
Of the three Devil Fruits brought back from God Valley, the phoenix one had been given to Amphitrite. As for the remaining two, the type of one of them had now been confirmed.
Dragon-Dragon Fruit, Mythical Zoan, Model: Kirin.
Considering the characteristics of Fish-Men and Merfolk, this fruit was eventually given to Alber after some time.
Besides the standard physical enhancement of a Zoan-type, the most basic abilities of the Kirin Form were hypnosis and dream manifestation.
Those hypnotized by Alber would fall into dreams. Whether the dreams became nightmares or pleasant dreams could all be controlled by him, and the things within those dreams could then be turned into reality by Alber.
Food seen in dreams could be eaten, while the "fear" seen in dreams would turn into immortal monsters.
In war, this ability was extremely useful, and even in training it served a similar purpose; forcing people to face the things they feared most in their hearts and find a way to overcome them.
But now, on Alber's training ground, besides all kinds of monsters, there were also many abstract versions of Alber himself.
Because he was always responsible for the devilish training, Alber seemed to have become the object of fear in the hearts of many trainees.
Even for top-tier powerhouses, Devil Fruit abilities provide a significant boost. Although a sufficiently powerful physique and Haki ensure they do not fear most ability users.
But once they encountered strange and bizarre abilities, even someone as strong as Rocks could still fall victim if he wasn't careful.
Against the weak, Devil Fruit abilities were even more like Dimensional reduction attacks.
Even if the manifested nightmare monsters were killed, they would regenerate, and the Flames of Regeneration would also heal them. Amphitrite and Alber used this opportunity to hone their Devil Fruit abilities.
As for the trainees, they were challenging the limits of their stamina.
By the end of the training, although none of them had any wounds on their bodies, the exhaustion on their faces was impossible to hide.
"That Arlong... could it be he sensed today's training was dream training, so he directly asked for leave?"
"Who knows? That brat escaped a disaster... but thinking about it carefully, we're exhausted here while he's sleeping comfortably at home... it really pisses me off..."
Several of Arlong's classmates grumbled among themselves, feeling very much as though Arlong had escaped a surprise classroom test by taking leave.
Even Jinbe agreed with this sentiment. After discussing it for a bit, the group decided to find Arlong. In the spirit of helping each other out, they planned to properly help him make up the lesson so he wouldn't fall behind in progress.
"I know where Arlong lives. Follow me."
Jinbe led several friends toward Arlong's residence, but before they even reached the door, they heard the intense cries of a baby.
"Why is there a child crying?"
"This guy... he couldn't have gone and done that kind of thing, right..."
Their voices turned hesitant. After exchanging glances, all of them became worried. Arlong himself was somewhat greedy for money, and they feared he had been tempted by someone into helping traffic citizens.
If he had done something like that, it would be an unforgivable capital crime.
"What are you standing around for? We'll know once we go inside!"
Jinbe kicked open the door to Arlong's house, only to see the place in complete disarray, with a baby in swaddling clothes crying loudly.
"Arlong, what... is going on here?"
"What's going on? It's all because of that damn deadbeat old man of mine!
No idea where he got me a little sister from. He kept saying stuff like... Fish-Man Island has gotten better now, I can definitely take good care of her, and that he still wanted to go out adventuring. Then he just dumped her here!
Why does she keep crying?!"
This little Mermaid was none other than Shyarly, the most outstanding fortune-teller of Fishman Island in the future and Arlong's half-sister. In the original timeline, she had been dumped on Arlong when she was three years old.
And now, that timeline seemed to have been moved forward...
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