My name is Hendler.

It is a mermaid living in a mermaid country.

Gender is man.

The profession is an arbiter.

I pride myself on being a very common mermaid everywhere.

But.

That hasn't happened somehow lately.

For whatever reason, I am only getting special assignments from Prince Arowana, who will stand on the Mermaid Nation's back in the future.

At one point, I was sent under my sister Princess Prati.

He also swimmed around among each mermaid nobleman to mediate for the Second Princess Angel.

And this time.

Finally, it is the exercise of force.

Burn out criminal elements dissatisfied with the mermaid royalty and capture them simultaneously.

That last finish was for me to execute.

The detractors gathered to abduct Princess Prati, who was taken home.

Finish them off.

I took command of the soldiers.

'That's about it. Can I leave it to someone in the general?' I thought, 'but you couldn't even make a big deal of the operation because you didn't know where the rebels were lurking, and you left everything to me to be sure you could trust.

I'm glad to be trusted, but I honestly don't have a reason to be happy.

I'm an arbiter, not a soldier.

It is the job of an arbiter to be in the field, read the current situation and explain it clearly to the public, while arguing with other arbiters to find a better policy.

Sometimes I do things like advisers to the powerful.

In other words, a profession that moves its mouth but never moves its hands and feet, etc.

outside, such as exercising force.

To me like that, I know why Prince Arowana ordered the soldiers to command him.

About my origins.

I am the second son of a mermaid aristocrat, and the family of soldiers whose home has been entrusted with the army of the Mermaid Nation.

It's called the Beta Family.

My father is an active general of the Mermaid Nation.

His sons had also been promised a thorough military education by young children to become an elite in the military.

I was included in it, too.

But I didn't want to follow the inscriptions.

He refused the same path his brothers would go, and went down to one field and became an arbiter.

Naturally, the house tells me that I'm not allowed to go back even at my parents' funeral.

I thought there was no way to do that either.

Because you have to pay the price to get me through.

So.

It's been a long time since I've been back at my parents' house.

"Yep...!?"

Naturally, the matter is about this simultaneous anti-royalist capture.

Because I have to make a detailed report on the results of the operation, or an apology for the outsider I commanded the soldiers on my own.

That's why the report came from the top of the military.

And my parents are from the military family, so if I throw a stone at the top of the army, I'll generally hit a relative.

I also tried to raise the report this time, and they said, 'Ask at home' and I can't stop visiting you, Conoyaloo.

"I didn't know I was going to go home in this way...!?"

I didn't know Prince Arowana would return to my parents when he returned from his training journey.

No one expects such an adventure.

"Oh Hendler! You're finally here!

It was my brother who picked me up from the front door.

It's my oldest son's wild.

Originally, he was the one I was supposed to raise the report against, and now he's head of the Kingsguard.

"Long time no see, brother. Quickly, but regarding the guilt and treatment of the subject of captivity..."

"I don't care about that! Come on, get in the house!!"

I don't care!?

It won't be good! The cutting off of royal raiders is also an important task for the Kingsguards!

"Nothing to shy away from, isn't it your house from the beginning! Your father is waiting for Ella! Come on!"

Are you even home to your father?

No, wait, you just don't want me to see you or you don't have a face to make me see you!

Wait, I'm just here to report...!?

"You are the worst of my children."

My father, Beta Traditional, said.

Take the helm of the military lineage and the prestigious Betta family and take the seat of the Grand General, which is now exactly the culmination of the Mermaid National Army Ministry.

That is the mermaid who most embodies our home style, whose name will be told to future generations.

"A prodigal who was born as my son and does not take the path of a soldier, chooses the weak position of arbiter, etc., and paints mud on my family name"

There's plenty of this octopus beating to go home to.

That's why I didn't feel comfortable. Even I don't have steel hearts that are cursed and not hurt at all.

That's why I'm not even naïve enough to leave you alone.

"With your words, it is in your father's misunderstanding that an arbiter is weak, etc. An arbiter is the job of risking your life at the tip of its mouth to see the future of the country"

"It is not by mouth, but by hand, that we open the future. At least that's what all our ancestors have done. That's our job in the military lineage."

"I have therefore let myself be cut off from this house. Not as an edge of the Betta family, but as just one, you're on the arbiter's path. You can't be complaining."

"There can't be any"

My father said in a grumpy way.

Nothing had changed from the old days.

Some years ago, I exchanged these arguments with my father and ended up breaking up in a fight and popping out of the house.

I never stopped by the house since then because I knew this would happen again.

"Fair enough! Isn't that about the argument, Father?

My brother advanced to arbitrate.

"You didn't call Hendler back today to talk about that, did you? I guess there's something else we need to talk about, huh?

"Uhm......!

My brother tells me, and my father changes his attitude.

My father has always been sweet to my brother.

The eldest son of an honorary student, the second son of a fallen.

There will be no choice but to treat the common schematics differently.

"... Hendler, I allowed you back home today to honor your accomplishments"

"What?"

"This time the catch worked, it was brilliant"

That would undoubtedly be a matter of rooting out anti-royalty.

"No, that was instructed by Prince Arowana and I had no choice...!

"You don't have to tell everyone. It still means you have the blood of the Betta family, too. There's the blood of a soldier fighting to protect his country..."

Did your father suddenly snort with satisfaction?

A development I never thought I would.

"Your father's been worried about you."

Hih!? Mother!?

Has he?!? That's right, isn't it? It's my parents' house!!

"Father, I always refer to you as' badly done ', but that means' the more badly done, the cuter '. Your father is really stubborn."

"obstinate!? Why!?"

"Because you didn't go down the military road. It was your father's dream to have Crown Tail join the army and occupy key positions in Wild or you or Pragat."

Even if they even give me the name of my brother or sister.

Did your father have such ambitions? But isn't it dangerous to lay custody politics in the military? and the arbiter I think......

"... when I said you were going to be an arbiter, etc., I felt betrayed and hit hard, but you were still my son. I didn't expect to achieve so much while I was outside the military......!

"So I can't help but tell the prince about it......!

"In doing so, I can screw you into any department with this achievement and my recommendation. Now is the time for all my brothers to join the army and let me blow the brave name of the Betta family......!

No. This.

Father is totally in child distress mode!?

Is Father such a change of attitude just to meet expectations? Maybe naturally in a way, but don't wonder if this!?

"Wait, Father."

Brother Wilde, the eldest son, advances there.

"I know your father wants to be proud of Hendler, but he didn't want to be too forthright."

"What do you mean?

"Prince Arowana left everything to Hendler this time because he was in a freer position than the military. Prince Arowana possesses your qualities. You can use all kinds of people endlessly."

"Well... if we put Hendler in the military and make him the same kind as you guys, then rejecting him might narrow down His Royal Highness's options, right?

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Am I hiding or something?

I'd like to concentrate on the work of the arbiter without doing that, for real.

"I see you guys can look at the situation with new eyes. You mean I'm too old..."

"Father?

"It's Hendler. The inability to show a martial arts medal is hard for a samurai, but enduring it is a true samurai testament. Now I need more support for Prince Arowana than shade."

"No, you're not...!?"

"My Betta family will spare no help for you. Do not hesitate to rely on your father or brother when it is necessary to fulfill your more intimate destiny than your prince."

I don't trust you, do I?

I didn't work like that in the first place.

I ask every favor from Prince Arowana because he says he is only a close old best friend...!?

"On the face of it, the arbiter. Behind it is a secret that moves with royal life. Isn't that cool!

"So I guess it's different!!"

Absurd voices did not pass corrections, and our home had become a mood to celebrate the return of our prodigal son with all our might.

"You..., naturally Hendler's allowance is...!?"

"Solve it. Come back whenever you want. Again, there was no mistake in my son......! Hendler, like all the other kids, is a pride to me......!

I can't even force you to correct me if I'm given this at-home vibe.

Cheating.

Thus I ended my return home feeling like I had been buried in an outer moat.