After receiving the mermaid lady's comment, "How despicable!", Herbert was not angry at all; instead, he felt secretly pleased.
"After seeing this scene with your own eyes, you just said I'm despicable... Oh, Fremay, you're still too kind-hearted."
Sister, you scold people like you're acting cute~
Herbert initially refused Sofia for two reasons.
One of them, as Herbert said, was that he didn't need anyone's loyalty.
Even if the true identity of this loyalty is Nenasha, with whom they have no distinction now, he still doesn't need it.
Although this somewhat distant action made Nenasha secretly complain in her heart, Herbert still stuck to his principle.
Loyalty that is not absolute equals absolute disloyalty.
Herbert did not need a loyalty mixed with other emotions.
If it's mine, then it's mine, no need for you to give it, and nobody can take it away.
And if it's not mine, even if I have it in hand, it will eventually be lost someday.
