episode_0235

What I caught saying it was a fish was a great white shark. It was a situation where I couldn’t help but laugh, but I tried to keep my composure and approached Hermel.

“Let’s release it into the sea first. We can’t even eat it all together.”

“Ah… . that… .”

At my words, Hermel picked up the great white shark with one hand and touched its neck.

The fact that Hermel reacts so indifferently means that it is either too late to do anything, or that the matter is out of his hands… .

just as expected. When I looked at the great white shark that Hermel was carrying, I noticed that its forehead was concave and its eyes were open. It wasn’t like he fainted, he was dead.

“… How did you catch it? No, where did a guy like this come from around here in the first place?”

“Huh? Alas, it wasn’t right in front of me. As I was looking around the sea, I went a little further away. He suddenly ran towards me, so I was surprised and punched him, and as you can see… . Oh, that’s right. It was so pretty under the sea! Let’s go see Charles too!”

“Are you really trying to speak naturally?”

“Hehe… .”

I chuckled at Hermel’s bright smile and lightly cupped Hermel’s cheek with both hands and lightly pinched it.

“So? How far did you go?”

“Up to that point.”

Hermel said that and pointed toward the sea with his finger. There was an island floating in the direction Hermel pointed.

Feeling that it wasn’t an ordinary distance at first glance, I looked at Hermel and thought, ‘I couldn’t believe I went that far.’

“Where are you?”

“I went to the island over there! It was so big!”

I touched my forehead as he smiled brightly and spoke as if it was no big deal.

Should I at least praise him for swimming a distance that would have been more than 10 km in a short period of time? .

No, absolutely not. Even if it’s Hermel, it’s not like that.

I looked straight at Hermel and frowned. Of course, he wasn’t really angry, he was just frowning slightly as a warning.

“The sea is dangerous, so you shouldn’t go too far. Got it?”

“It wasn’t that dangerous… .”

“My heart is in danger. Unlike on land, you can’t breathe under the sea. Don’t do anything dangerous because you never know what might happen. Got it?”

“Yes! Hehe, I won’t do it because Charles is worried!”

I’ve thought about it over and over again, but seeing him smiling so brightly makes him look like a puppy.

It’s not a bad sound, if only it had real ears and a tail… .

“Why? Is there something on my head?”

“Ugh, no. Because there was a seaweed stem attached.”

“Ugh! where? Where is it attached!?”

Hermel threw the great white shark he was holding aside and began shaking off its head.

They caught a shark so casually that they were startled by a single seaweed stalk… . What kind of unbalance… .

It was very cute to see him shaking his head in a hurry, but I couldn’t keep watching him wrestling with non-existent seaweed stems, so I said with a chuckle.

“Just kidding.”

“Ah. It’s too much!”

“Do you hate seaweed stems that much?”

“Ugh… . I don’t know anything else, but strangely enough, I really hate that. It’s soggy and slippery… . It’s not scary, I just don’t like it. Also, if it gets tangled in your hair, it doesn’t seem like it will be able to be resolved… .”

“I see. I guess my prank went a little too far. I’m sorry.”

As I hugged Hermel and said that, Hermel, who was hugging me with a pouty face, wrapped his arms around my waist and said.

“For something like that, you don’t look sorry at all.”

“Kuhuhuh… . The sight of Hermel getting flustered was so cute that I couldn’t help but stop.”

“That’s right… !!”

After saying that, Hermel tightened his arms around my waist and held me in his arms.

Surprised by the sudden increase in visibility, the feeling of floating, and the feeling of the thing I felt on the cliff slowly lifting its head, I hugged Hermel’s head and shouted.

“Kyaaa――!?”

“Ahaha! Even Charles is surprised like that sometimes!”

“Now, just a moment! Hermel!”

“Gandaaa――!!”

Before I could properly stop her, Hermel picked me up and jumped into the sea.

Of course, Hermel didn’t throw me into the water or hit me hard. He literally just picked me up and went into the water.

As soon as I touched the cold water, my startled heart calmed down, and only then was I able to smile as I watched Hermel splashing in the water while holding me.

“Really… . You were surprised.”

“Hehehe. I wanted to get into the water with Charles as soon as possible!”

“Hehe. I had some work to do, so I was delayed in getting into the water. By the way, doesn’t your arm hurt?”

“Charles are light so it’s okay!”

I really wonder what happened to the strength I gained… . It’s amazing, but it’s also heartbreaking to think about how hard it must have been to gain this much power… .

I laughed bitterly and shook my head. okay. Isn’t good something good?

“Let me down now, I can at least swim.”

“Yes, okay! It’s deep below, so be careful!”

It was great to see them smiling and talking all the time, as if playing in the water was quite enjoyable.

I smiled happily and nodded at Hermel’s words, and Hermel gently let me down.

Before it sank into the water, it magically created air bubbles and wrapped them like a tube. It’s not that I don’t know how to swim, but the moment Hermel dropped me off, I felt that the depth below was considerable.

Even though I only felt it for a moment, I was able to tell that the depth was not something I could swim at for the first time in over 100 years.

“Oh… . My heart rises… .”

“… Is that so amazing?”

“Yes. If your breasts are big, you float like this… .”

Hermel, who had been staring at my chest while muttering that, looked down at his own chest.

Hermel’s body, trained through a long life as an adventurer, was a smooth, muscular body without any flab that could be said to be perfect, but on the other hand, it was a poor body without even breasts.

It’s unfortunate… . That was reality. Although it was not as flat as a cutting board, Hermel, who was massaging his chest, which could not be called large, soon relaxed his body and floated on the water.

When Hermel lay down on the water with his arms and legs outstretched, his face and chest naturally floated on the water.

“What are you trying to do?”

“Practice to float your chest on the water?”

“… ?”

After confirming this, Hermel took a deep breath and held his breath, perhaps because he was still not satisfied or because he wanted to raise his chest as much as possible.

As air filled the lungs, the chest naturally stood out, and upon seeing this, Hermel snorted and smiled in satisfaction.

“Me too! The chest! It’s rising!”

The way he said each word, stopping for fear of losing his breath, was so cute and trivial that I couldn’t help but burst into laughter.

“Puhahaha!”

“There’s no need to laugh like that!”

“Ahahaha! Ah, haha… . Ahahaha!!”

I couldn’t help but keep laughing until Hermel pouted and puffed out his cheeks.

It’s really against the rules to be this cute.

* * *

I took a moment to comfort Hermel, who was upset on the sea, but fortunately, Hermel quickly calmed down.

what… . In return, I’ll have my breasts massaged all night tonight, but whatever. It’s not a bad story for me either.

“I’m starting to get hungry… .”

“Well, I did run amok before going into the sea, and it was natural since I played around in the sea for a while.”

“Oh, that’s right. I caught a fish! Let’s eat that!”

I smiled bitterly at Hermel’s twinkling eyes. Shark meat probably isn’t that tasty… . Seeing them looking so excited, I can’t bear to suggest that they eat something else.

“Okay. Then I guess I should go to the beach first.”

“I’ll take you there!”

“Then can I ask you a favor?”

“Of course!”

After looking at Hermel for a moment, I smiled and stretched out my hand to Hermel. When Hermel saw my hand, he smiled brightly and swam towards the beach while holding me.

Hermel’s swimming speed was so fast that it took some time for him to go back as he went quite far during our brief conversation.

When I lifted the straw hat that was covering my face and looked at Hermel’s face, thinking about having a quick chat while I was on my way, Hermel, who was looking towards the beach, widened his eyes and made an angry noise.

“Huh?”

“What’s wrong?”

“The fish is gone.”

“What?”

It’s not even a minnow, but a great white shark the size of three normal adult men is gone?

If it had been someone else’s comment, I would have said what nonsense that was, but there was no way Hermel was lying, so he lifted the straw hat that covered his face and looked toward the beach.

There really wasn’t. It was a great white shark about 5m long, so you couldn’t go wrong with it. The great white shark that had been thrown on the beach had disappeared.

“It’s true… . Where did you go?”

While I was looking around the beach with my eyes closed, Hermel stopped swimming and started looking around.

“What’s wrong?”

“… It’s dangerous!!”

With a sudden cry, Hermel threw me upward, and a feeling of floating enveloped my body.

what? What happened? As I was thrown upward, I blinked as I looked at the sky getting closer, then turned and looked toward the sea.

“That… ?”

I couldn’t help but widen my eyes when I saw the huge shadow that had appeared beneath the blue sea beyond the wide-open field of view.

Even if you can’t do it, it’s 10m. There are as many as eight shadows of that length. And two even longer legs were flailing beneath the surface.

“Hermel!”

“I’m fine――!!”

Hook, and do it. One long leg snatched Hermel and dragged him into the water.

I couldn’t help but be astonished when I saw it clearly while floating in the air. crazy. Why is it here?

No, it’s not unusual for there to be marine life in the sea, but why on earth is a giant squid here?

“Hermel――!!”

No, now is not the time to discuss such things. Now is the time to help Hermel.

After falling from the sky to the water again, I focused on creating an ice spear rather than trying to shake myself from the shock that shook my body.

After creating dozens of ice spears as quickly as possible, I was about to dive into the water to shoot them.

――!!!

A column of water rose up with a tremendous roar, like a bomb exploding.

“What――”

Before I could figure out what was going on, I created a makeshift wall with ice spears to block the waves that were trying to sweep me away.

Huge waves hit the ice with a loud crashing sound, and I had to cover myself with air bubbles to keep from drinking the water.

Eventually, the water column that rose above disappeared and the rising sea water poured over my head.

Shootaaa!!

Thanks to the hat I was wearing, I could see even through the pouring water, but I couldn’t help but smile at the sight that unfolded before my eyes.

“Charles!! I caught a bigger one than before!”

As we looked around and our eyes met, Hermel smiled brightly and shouted.

A giant squid large enough to make you nod in agreement that it was a kraken was caught.

“Haha.”

I don’t know anymore.

Good things are good, right… . Let’s not think about it… .