( Yuuki's POV )
After leaving the Magedome, I flew towards the Porpos-kin city, but while I was in the sky I thought I'd make a few stops. I had forgotten to get some souvenirs for my Sekirei, that's vital when visiting a new world.
Despite those stops I made, I arrived at the porpos-kin before the expedition team. Naineneis, The capital of the Porpos-kin was built inside a giant seashell, a little offshore and only accessible by a long bridge, I suppose there must be an entrance from the ocean, but that should only be viable for porpos-kin or others that share their size and swimming capabilities.
Cougar: wow Is that... a giant seashell?
I heard the exploration team's voices of admiration coming behind me when they saw the Porpos-kin city, but there will be time for site seeing later.
Yuuki: Hey Cougar, are you ready?
Cougar: Sure, let's go inside.
???: You are planning to enter the city of the Porpos-kin, then you should turn around.
As we were about to begin our mission, a woman who was coming from the direction of the city entrance spoke to us, she was a woman dressed in wanderer's clothing, and since she seemed to have information, Liu seized the opportunity.
Liu: Why do you say that? You come here often.
Wanderer woman: Yes, this is the best place to get sea related goods, but about six months ago the Porpos-kin started saying that humans were evil and they locked themselves in their shell, I think this happened after a group called the Order or something like that appeared.
Seig: So this is really the work of the order, those guys annoy me more and more. Hey, thanks for the information.
Wanderer woman: It's nothing, just buy my goods next time we meet.
Yuuki: I'll do you one better, Come here tomorrow and you'll be able to do business again.
I walked towards the city entrance and Cougar walked beside me, I transformed into my half-dragon form as I moved and soon we came across a solid gate that was made to look like a coral formation blocking the entrance, on the other side of that, the voice of a porpos-kin was heard.
Porpos-kin: Stop right there! No humans are allowed in the city.
Yuuki: [ Brother, look at us closely, we are not human. ]
We were denied entry, but when we said we weren't human, a porposkin guard approached the gate to give us a second look, the guard wasn't afraid, but he was cautious, but he quickly came to a conclusion.
Porpos-kin: It's true, you're not human... I think you're allowed inside then.
Cougar: That was easy.
Yuuki: [ Yes, the people of the order are something else for having managed to annoy people like this. ]
Upon entering the city, we went straight to the point; we told them that we wanted their support in the battle against the order, and I said in the end that we were going to help them recover what the order stole from them.
Thanks to Grimm's research, I knew that groups of Porpos-kin soldiers regularly went to a mysterious cave, so I came to that conclusion.
???: Is that true? You want to offer help against the order.
The porpos-kin who was most excited about our declaration of support was someone I recognized; he was the one who had been leading their previous attack on the castle.
Yuuki: [ It is our mission to stop the order; that attack on our castle earlier was not of your own volition. We can work together. ]
When we mentioned that we were affiliated with the Alba castle, the doubt grew, but at that moment Cougar acted.
Cougar: These people are trustworthy, they are not evil. When I met Seig and I was running from the order to save my life, without knowing me and without caring about my appearance, he only cared about treating my wounds.
Upon hearing the story of how Seig and Cougar met, the porpos-kin contemplated their recent hatred, the one who approached us was the one who attacked us earlier, holding his head high.
???: My name is Nimni, I sincerely apologize for our attack on your castle. I believe your words, and I will do everything I can to arrange an audience for you with Priestess Neira.
The porpos-kin Nimni moved with all the speed his small legs could muster, which was more than one would expect, and he went to their leaders to deliver our message, again, this seemed very easy, but I chose to believe that our character was able to convince them that we were trustworthy instead of them being too trusting.
Nimni returned a while later and now he was all smiles; I must assume his mission was a success.
Nimni: This is a wonderful moment! We must hurry, you and your companions must accompany us to the temple of the sea god Ninulneda.
The city gates opened for the rest of our companions and we headed to a temple in the center of the city, where the spiritual leader was the highest authority.
Priest: Welcome to the temple of the sea god, the priestess Neira will see you now.
After receiving her official entry, the representative of the Porpos-kin appeared, she was an albino Porpos-kin and her white and gold clothes suited the position she held.
Neira: Welcome to Naineneis, first I must apologize for the barbaric act we committed, believe me we would not take that dangerous current without a good reason.
Liu: I was wondering about that; I heard that the Porpos-kin are usually very friendly and open, so why did you attack us like that?
Neira?: Humans! Don't act like this isn't your fault! You're the ones who pushed us into this.
Nimni: Oh Ninulneda has descended! This will be a day to remember.
I saw a strange fluctuation in Neira's aura, and then she changed the way she spoke and acted, The Porpos-kin said that their god had descended into Neira's body, but the people on our side were not very convinced.
Seig: their god has descended, really?
Liu: That sounds kind of fishy.
Yuuki: [ There are as many deities of different levels as there is infidelity in worlds out there; things like this are very common if you think really about it; When you say that we started that, you're referring to the order, right? ]
Ninulneda: Um, a ruler of the sky, I didn't expect to see one of your kind, much less helping these humans.
Yuuki: [ Yes, my people aren't known for being charitable, but let's just stick to the matter at hand. ]
Ninulneda: Yes, those who call themselves the Order of the one true way, stole the beads of the maiden; something that might have no value to outsiders, but this is invaluable to us.
Yuuki: [ No problem, we'll bring your treasure back from you. ]