episode_0076

“Okay! I can’t ignore a guest I haven’t seen in a while. He’s stronger than he looks, so come up!”

Squeak-squeak-

She appeared like a large ship and guided us into the ship. Every time we stepped, the deck creaked. She looked so uneasy that we couldn’t figure out how she got out of the water. But strangely enough, it didn’t collapse or break.

There was something else ominous besides the sound coming from the floor, and that was…

“Um, um…”

“Ah! Don’t worry about it! They are my subordinates.”

On the deck, a mop was moving around, cleaning the deck. There were many other objects that seemed to move on their own. However, if you looked closely, there was always a vague figure of a person behind them.

-Eehee, eheeheehe-!

-Tick, tick, tick-!

-He’s a living person!

There were ghosts that looked exactly like their original appearances, as well as ghosts that were completely replicas of the sailors they were when they were alive, and even ghosts that were skeletons.

“Hey, Kuzunoha. Are ghosts real?”

“Of course. I guess these are souls tied to ships or captains. ”

So could these be considered a type of resident spirit? I found it interesting that souls actually exist. And that they can be seen.

“But that person doesn’t look like a ghost.”

“Umm, well, in my opinion-”

As if she had overheard our conversation, she turned around and faced us.

“Ah! Are you curious about that? Well, if you look at it this way, it looks fine.”

Look, she lifted her skirt up in a swoosh. Where there should normally be white flesh and genitals, there were tentacles like octopus legs, oozing a sticky liquid.

“I’m not a ghost, but I’m cursed. As you can see, this is what I look like.”

She spoke nonchalantly, as if she didn’t care at all about her own body. Looking closely, I saw the area between the end of her boots and her skirt. The part that I thought was white flesh was just a large tentacle with smaller tentacles wrapping around it.

Perhaps it was just a bunch of tentacles, big and small, stuffed into her boots. Below her abdomen, there was not a human body, but the legs of a cephalopod creature.

“Hyunho, you shouldn’t stare at another woman’s body like that.”

“Huh? Uh, yeah… right.”

It was definitely a sight that would have made me cringe if I had seen it before. The tentacles, like octopus legs, were intertwined here and there to form legs. But now… To be honest, it felt a little lewd.

Based on the large, thick tentacles, the small tentacles move around… My older sister probably noticed my thoughts and stopped me.

“What, so what if it’s a girl?”

Fortunately, the woman in front of me didn’t seem to notice the gaze. I guess she did notice, but I thought she was just looking at me because it was strange.

Mayhen looked somewhat uncomfortable, but she didn’t ask in front of him because she was in a position where she needed help.

I just quietly whispered to the woman in front of me, loud enough that she couldn’t hear, telling her to just agree. I didn’t want to cause any trouble.

“That’s right…”

“Well, I was a little excited because it was the first time I saw him in a while. It brought back memories from when he was alive.”

– Be careful from now on. After confirming that we were all on board, she ordered the sailors to prepare for departure.

“So, where is the destination?”

A surprisingly cooperative attitude. But we haven’t brought up any business yet. Lina was concerned about that.

“Aren’t you going to ask me something?”

“Well, if you call us, it’s usually one of two things.”

– I want to go to that deep sea, or I want to cross this sea.

The woman who asked me to call her Captain said there wasn’t much difference between the two. After all, we had to get ready to set sail.

“So, what is our little princess’s goal?”

“Oh, me?”

“Those green eyes. Isn’t that proof that royal blood flows through them? Since there’s no one else around, it must have been the princess who blew the horn. Isn’t that right?”

Green eyes? That’s proof of royalty. My eyes just happened to change color.

Then shouldn’t Lina also have green eyes? I looked at Lina for a moment, but her eyes were still red.

“Yeah. Green eyes are definitely a symbol.”

Lina looked a little offended, but didn’t deny what the captain said. The situation was taking a strange turn, but fortunately it was in our favor.

I decided that it would be better to just keep my mouth shut rather than trying to clear up the misunderstanding. Lina must have thought the same, because she only briefly stated the matter.

“The Lord wants to cross this sea and go to the island.”

“Hmm, I guess so. But there’s a condition. No, since I’m going to give you a ride anyway, should I say please?”

She added that it was a simple request, perhaps because she was worried that we would reject her without even listening.

“To be honest, I can take you there. I can help you get back too.”

The captain stroked his beard, which was not there at all, and began to speak cautiously.

“But, whether the princess and her party can survive there is a different issue, right?”

As the captain said, I can’t say that it’s impossible. However, it’s true that some people might find it unpleasant. In fact, Mayhen’s momentum behind him seemed to have become slightly more ominous.

“I hope you brought that up for a good reason.”

“Of course. Looking at their eyes, they’re not people going to die, and they’re not trying to curse me. It’s just that there’s a problem here. ”

The captain threw away his offending boots, perhaps thinking he was ready to give up his unsuitable attire. Instead, he used his characteristically thick, octopus-like tentacles to support himself.

Unlike when he had tried to force himself to keep his legs straight, when he stood up in a comfortable position, the captain was taller than Mayhen.

“Are you referring to the body as the problem?”

When she appeared, she was wearing boots that a human would use. When I recall that appearance, it was natural to think that the captain in front of me had once been human.

Otherwise, there’s no way you’d be carrying around clothes that don’t fit.

“That’s right. It’s really hard. It was good at first, but as time went by, I couldn’t help but think about it when I saw the sailors around me.”

“…But they’re all ghosts.”

Well, all the sailors have human bodies. Even if they are ghosts, their forms are visible. They probably don’t like their alien bodies. It was nice to see, but it’s a shame.

“Yeah… I’m telling you, it’s not easy for me and those guys.”

The captain seemed happy to have someone who understood his feelings after a long time, and he poured out his heart.

From the trivial story that even ghosts can touch each other to the outrageous story that there really are sea monsters living in the depths of the ocean, they chattered nonstop, perhaps because they were bored.

Lina seemed tired of the chatter, so she interrupted him and asked what was going on.

“But we may be able to lift the curse from your body. It’s so old.”

Maybe Kuzunoha would know. She lived a very long life too.

But she tilted her head as if she didn’t understand what Lina was saying, and then she clapped her hands as if she realized something.

“Ah! I see how you could misunderstand. My request is not to lift the curse. Can you look here?”

The captain lifted his skirt again, where the slimy octopus liquid still flowed between his tentacles.

“Can you see the love juice flowing? I feel like I’m going to lose it because I haven’t tasted a man in decades. In the old days, adventurous men would cross the street without even knowing the place…”

…Hyunho realized why he thought that sight was lewd. It was actually the genitals.

“There are no such people these days, and the sailors that exist are…”

She glanced back as she spoke, and the skeletal ghost sailor waved his hand bones and greeted us.

It is impossible for her to have a relationship with a ghost that cannot be touched. It is impossible to use physical force on a ghost unless there is a special method.

“Uh, um…”

“Anyway, can’t you send the princess here by royal command? I promise I’ll treat you well. I’m a woman who even received a title, even though I’m a bit old. Huh?”

It was a dizzying reason beyond imagination. On the one hand, I felt sorry that the captain mistook me for a woman, but on the other hand, I felt fortunate.

Hyunho opened his mouth, deliberately raising the tone of his voice slightly, thinking of a princess-like feeling in his head. It was to satisfy his curiosity.

“Excuse me, what exactly do you mean by being nice to me?”

“Huh? Hehe…”

The captain smiled meaningfully and lifted his tentacles. They wriggled in the air and danced around among themselves.

“After being in this state for hundreds of years, I can now control these legs freely. The princess may not know it yet, but this is really-”

Po-ok

Perhaps because Kuzunoha seemed anxious about my concentration on the captain’s tentacles, her hidden tail spread out and wrapped around me, pulling me in.

A fluffy, refreshingly scented tail that didn’t seem to go with the sea at all. It told me that she usually takes great care of it.

“My lord, you gave in even though you weren’t tempted… Please bear with me.”

I wasn’t particularly tempted. I just wanted to squeeze it out once. I thought it would be okay to try it once.

“Okay, I’d rather you touch my proud tail than the legs of a scaleless fish like that.”

It was definitely soft and warm. Just being wrapped inside made me feel sleepy, even though I didn’t have any.

“Oh, hmm… That monster sister seems overprotective… Well, is it still a little early for a princess?”

“Yes, Princess-”

I decided to leave the rest to Mayhen and go to sleep. I wanted to talk to the captain more, but I thought we would meet again someday.

Wait, but then you were like that from the first time we met? This is total exhibitionism…