While Mr. Faust had still not returned from his Italian escapade, and the servants were all on sudden vacation, the youngest princess of the South Sea jiaorens could stay in the Faust residence's outdoor pool.

"I'm going to have to cancel my meetings with my girls from now on." Roland sighed. "They really loved the pool."

Princess Jinzhu suddenly burst out from the water, splashing Roland's face. "I didn't know White Ape had children now. And they're girls too, how unlucky for them. To not have a gentleman

father."

Harker stopped the urge to die laughing. "Pfft... They're not his children, princess."

"Oh, then it's his female friends, then? Usually, when men have multiple female friends, that means they're...." She gave a teasing look at her nails.

Roland looked like he wanted to fry her for dinner. "They're what, exactly?"

"They may have a more feminine heart." Princess Jinzhu said.historical

The blond man could barely stand it anymore. "Are you insinuating that I'm a homosexual!? I'll have you know, I have dived into more trenches than you possibly have in your life. Women's trenches, that is. And those girls I'm worrying about had all their crevices explored deep by my tongue and my—"

"Alright, alright. No need to get graphic, she's just an innocent mermaid." Harker covered Roland's mouth. "Princess Jinzhu is not used to human customs. And she's just teasing you, Roland. No need to get so worked up. I've never seen anyone get you worked up like this."

"Hmph!"

Roland turned and crossed his arms. "Well you should teach Fish Girl some manners and proper attitude. Especially towards her benefactor. I could throw her to sleep with piranhas and sharks if I lose my patience."

"I have never met these 'piranhas' yet, but sharks are fond of me." Princess Jinzhu showed a smile that bared her sharp teeth. "They're my friends, after all. I might tell them to go after ape meat instead."

"At least apes have big brains, while fishes are known to have brains the size of a pea."

"No use for brains when you can barely hurt a fly with your delicate fingers."

"Oh, so you want to know what these fingers could do? I have many experience choking women's necks, and I'm not delicate with it—"

They're bickering was interrupted by a dark voice.

"Can you two just stop arguing for one second?"

Harker's cold, intimidating voice was so unlike him. It shocked the two blondies and stopped their banter. They then looked sheepish, and turned away from each other.

Harker sighed, and rubbed his nose bridge. "Okay. Let's settle this once and for all."

"Your Highness, I want you to apologize to Roland for calling him an ape and making assumptions about his character. He is a good man that helped us, please show some respect. You expect him to act like a gentleman, and yet you're not acting like a 'proper lady' towards him either."

Princess Jinzhu reddened, never expecting that Harker would scold her like this.

She bowed her head and mumbled. "...Sorry."

"Be more sincere, please." Harker said.

Princess Jinzhu took a deep breath. "I'm sorry, Roland sir. I won't call you White Ape again, and I really am grateful for what you have done for us."

Roland scoffed. "I'm not doing it for you. I'm only doing it for Harker—"

"Roland, I want you to also apologize for calling her Fish Girl and making those remarks. You know how I feel when I get called things like 'Oleo' or 'Milk Chocolate', right?" Harker said.

"It may not be considered 'racist', but it still has the same effect towards Princess Jinzhu. Even if she's indebted to you, I know that you agree with me when I say that it's not right."

Roland closed his mouth shut, and bit his lip.

He also apologized, swallowing his pride. "I see. I'm sorry, Princess. I was just having a rough night after everything that happened."

Harker could finally breathe a sigh of relief as he managed to reconcile his best friend and the mermaid.

He then brought out another topic:

"You still have that electroshock device inside you, right, Princess? I also have one. It doesn't feel right with me, we should get those devices removed from us quickly." He told them.

Roland rubbed his chin. "That's true, but I don't see any surgical scars on the both of you..."

The princess explained. "That's because we monsters and qi cultivators can heal ourselves faster than regular humans. A tiny cut would close up instantaneously. Just notice how Harker was all better now despite being crushed by Mr. Xi. His body naturally uses qi to heal his wounds."

Harker observed himself and nodded. "It makes sense now. Monster cells must have a faster regenerative rate. Having access to these cells might help with several human diseases...."

He saw Princess Jinzhu looking worried, so he shook his head. "Ah, but I just mean that as a thought. I know that if humans find out about this, it would put the monsters in more danger. Still, as a scientist, I can't help but wonder about the possibilities."

"Like... What would happen if I transfer my inhuman DNA to someone else?"

All three of them pondered over this for a brief pause. Then, Roland received a call from his Nogia Communicator.

"It's my father. I'll have to take this, excuse me."

As he left, Yan suddenly appeared to cheerfully answer the question.

"If you transfer your DNA to someone else, they may gain the Shapeshifting Ability to a limited degree!" Yan told him.

Harker and Princess Jinzhu's eyes widened.

They both exclaimed at the same time, excitedly. "REALLY!?"

Yan nodded. "Yes! For example, consuming a single drop of your blood could allow someone to morph into your physical features with 50% less Efficiency than what you have for a Duration of 3 minutes. The more DNA it was, the longer they could Shapeshift."

Harker clapped his hands. "This is great news! That means I just have to transfer my blood to Princess Jinzhu to turn her into a human, right?"

"Yes. She would be able to will her genetic code to become more human-like and follow your own coding once she gains the Shapeshifting cells from your body."

Princess Jinzhu's eyes beamed. "I can walk on land, then! I can find the person who sold my kingdom to Mr. Xi!"

And Harker also thought that perhaps he could use this to heal his sister's lupus disease, or allow his father to grow legs again!

But....

When things seem too good to be true, there would often be a price.