Chapter 1: Tales of the Prostia Empire

Allen and his party were in the Prostia Empire, the land of merfolk, thanks to the help of the Crevelle Kingdom, a nation under Prostia’s rule. They were searching for Beku, who had incited a riot in Albahal, stolen the Symbol of the Beast King of the royal family, and gone on the run. Under the guise of Princess Carmine of Crevelle heading to meet the emperor, Allen had been granted the title of special ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary, and had accompanied her to the ocean floor where the empire was located. The No-life Gamers had spent the past two weeks infiltrating the imperial capital of Patlanta, a city built upon a giant crystallized flower, but they had not found any trace of Beku. Moreover, Princess Carmine had not been given the opportunity to meet the Prostian emperor.

Hoping to learn the reason the audience had been delayed, Allen had snuck one of his Summons around the palace. In doing so, he had discovered that Prostia was experiencing a revolt of its own, and that the ringleader, General Ignomasu, had succeeded in his coup and claimed the throne. Allen and his party had then slipped into the palace, now under Ignomasu’s control, and carried out a secret mission to rescue the empress and her children, but this had not helped him with his search for Beku. He needed to extract more information from Ignomasu and his goons, and so the Summoner had cooked up a plan to use Princess Carmine’s audience with the emperor to sneak deeper into the palace.

Ignomasu, having seized full control of the Prostia Empire, had a new goal in mind: invading the land above water. To do so, he required military funds, and Allen was more than happy to use that opening to cozy up to the emperor. Once he had done so, he had been permitted to enter and leave the palace as he pleased.

Allen had then learned that the Songstress Contest was around the corner. The winner would receive a Holy Orb of Macris, a precious item that could strengthen his party. He had coincidentally bumped into Rosalina, a merfolk and singer, and struck a deal with her—he would help her win the contest.

At the same time, Allen had pretended to cut ties with Princess Carmine and her servants, who were actually Cecil, Sophie, and Shia in disguise, and the ladies had been banished to the annex, where they would snoop around. They had met Princess Rapsonil of Prostia and discovered that the blood of Holy Fish Macris coursed through her veins. She closely resembled a typical mermaid, as she was a fish from the waist down. Ignomasu would not officially be recognized as emperor if he did not marry her and have children, thus the princess had been confined in the palace.