CH 264

February 25, 2023

I was telling everyone how exciting the speed of sound was, and before I knew it, it was around three o’clock.

“I think we should go to the Trillia for now.”

<Trillia?>

<the lake?>

< Aren’t we going to the shrine at the end or something?>

“I mean, my Death penalty is… a whopping four hours.”

<Ah, right>

<a woman with eight times the Death Penalty.>

<It’s scary to think it would have been 48 hours before the update.>

As for releasing the level limit, Melty told me to go to the Shrine of the End, so that’s supposed to be my next destination.

But now I’ve got all my trump cards waiting for their cool time, and my status has been cut in half due to the death penalty.

I heard that the area around the Shrine of the End is a forest map called [Forest of the End], where monsters a little stronger than those in the City of Beginnings appear, so I don’t think I will have a hard time against enemies until I get to the Shrine of the End.

However, before a level limit is unlocked in a game, there is usually some kind of trial, isn’t there?

Even Shuten once said that I should not be in a hurry to reach the shrine of the end.

“That is why I am going to Trillia. I want to the [Diving] skill, and I also want to see the abandoned city at the bottom of the lake.”

<It’s been a long time.>

<Swimsuit time?>

<Let’s eat big buns again.>

<↑Trilia’s waterfront is usually overrun by monsters, so it’s too dangerous to play in the water.>



“Do chat enjoy looking at me in a swimsuit?”

<mmm……>

<actually……>

<No….>

<Not particularly ……>

<Not particularly: ……>

“At least pretend you want to see it a little, where’s the chat who were suggesting it earlier!?”

I’m not sure I’d look good in it with my body type anyway!

But that’s okay! It’s Rin-chan’s and Touka-chan’s job to do that kind of fan service.

“I going to Trillia in either case, but first, I’m going to have to make the rounds to say hello to the people of Oni village and then we’ll go.”

<You already act like this village citizen, aren’t you?>

<As if you are moving out.>

< She’s been here for quite a long time.>

<No players are around on weekdays, so this might be a good time to visit the NPCs.>

<Originally, the only players who came to Oni Village were the Oni folk race.>

<↑There are two rare skills that you can’t get unless you come here, so the Oni folk are required to take this route.>

“I see, commonly players learn oni no mai here, I’d forgotten all about it since Kohaku taught it to me.”

I think you have to fight the Kokuyo and be recognized by her.

“Okay, let’s just do a quick round then fly to Trillia!”

<Lesgoooo>

<oooo>

<Our fight is just beginning!>

☆

We greet Hakuyo, Kokuyo, Akagane, and the other residents, then use the Traveler’s Wings, which was added in a recent update, to fly to Trillia.

Before, I could only fly to the so-called “town of numbers” connected to the town of beginnings, but it seems that the specifications have changed, and I can now fly to almost any village I have been to once. At this rate, it looks like we will be able to fly to dungeon entrances soon.

Trillia, as usual, It’s still surrounded by lakes, and it’s still as spectacular as ever.

<It’s beautiful.>

<A city I’d like to live in.>

<But it’s pretty inconvenient with all those waterways.>

<It’s like Venice.>

<↑it’s a floating city, it’s practically Venice.>

“Well, according to my research, you need the [Diving] skill to go to the abandoned city at the bottom of the lake. I heard that you can get it as a reward for a small quest, but I have the money, so I’ll buy it at the skill store.”

With that said, I quickly went through the checkpoint to Trillia’s skill store and bought the skill book for the [Diving] skill I wanted.

The store was quite crowded. But [Diving] is not the only skill players are looking for. It might sound strange coming from me since I rarely use this store, but skill stores for common skills have a certain demand amongst the players.

“I’m set for now, so… what should I do…? ah, the store owner said I could dive almost anywhere in the lake by the entrance or exit.”

Walking along the edge of the lake, we looked for a good place to dive. The entrance side is not used for boats, so anyone can dive anytime they want.

It may be a little before evening on a weekday, but it’s I could hardly see players using [Diving]. If possible, I would like to use it after seeing how other players use it.

Well, it’s a dungeon with a recommended level of 100, so maybe not many players are willing to try it in the first place.

I’m not sure if there is anyone who wants to try or not today.

“Well, there is a [Diving] point a little further down the road that is often used by players.”

“Oh, let’s go there then…”

“OOOOOOOOOoooooo!”

I was about to head there when something suddenly jumped out of the water and jumped on me.

I didn’t feel any hostility, so I only observed it as I was falling on my butt, and I felt a smooth sensation that I had touched before.

“Kururuuu!”

“Oh, it’s you…… Suiryuu-chan{water dragon-chan}!”

The creature looks like a thick sea serpent with short limbs. And it is as big as a child in size.

The way it happily coils itself around me is adorable.

By the way, they are not monsters and are treated like NPCs, so if you attack them, you will get arrested. In Trillia, water dragons are treated as important beings.

When I came to Trillia sometime ago, I was tangled up with a young water dragon like this. That time, I think it was a hungry water dragon cub that was trying to get at my magical mushrooms, and it was nipping at my heels.

<Hee~~>

<It was different from the water dragon I thought it would be.>

<It’s a snake-type dragon.>

<It’s the one from the time you first met Kohaku, right?>

<it was licking her face so hard.>

<seems to like you a lot.>

“Well… are you the water dragon I gave mushrooms to that time?”

“Kyuruuu!”

“I see. I’m so glad you remember me. Did you come to greet me?”

“Kyururi!”

“I see I see. I came to swim today, so I can play with you.”

“KyuKyuKyu!”

“Are you happy? I’m glad to hear it. You are really cute.”

<From the side, it looks like she’s being attacked.>

<Do you like animals?>

<I’d shiver if I were in this situation.>

<Reptiles are not to everyone’s taste.>

“Animals afraid of me in real world… though I always think them as cute, but I could hardly ever touch them. I don’t know why, maybe because they know my body better than human.”



< It’s not that they don’t like you, it’s that they’re afraid of you.>





<It must be nice to be loved so much.>



<↑That would be classified as business obstruction.>

I always want to pet dogs or cats…

By the way, Rin-chan absolutely hates dogs. It goes without saying that it’s because of the trauma of being attacked when she was little. She is not afraid of them, but she totally hates them.

But she likes cats. It’s true that cats are less lethal than dogs, but I don’t think that’s the problem.

“Let’s give them something to eat…… something to eat…… Oh, how about this?”

I decided to feed something to the water dragon that was coddling me while squealing and took an item out of my inventory.

“Look! This is The [Pupa of Magic butterly Pickled in Chrysalis] that A-chan gave me!”

<Yikes!>

<Oeee!>

<Oh, my God!>

<Gross! gross!>

<Arthur!?>

<Oh, that reminds me…Arthur is also an exotic food gourmet, right?>

A lot of screams were typed in the chat from the moment I took out the item from inventory.

It was a big Tupperware with about 20 cm long and 5 cm thick pupae pickled in honey.

It is a recommended item for A-chan, and although she refrained from eating it during the stream, she ate it heartily at other times. It seemed to be her snack.

If I were to ask if they were tasty, I’d say they were mediocre. The nutritional value seems to be high, but in this world, it doesn’t really matter.

“Want some?”

“Kuru?”

I wasn’t sure if she could eat honey, but she didn’t seem to mind.

The honey itself didn’t seem to be a particular favorite, but the chrysalis seemed to be delicious, and she happily devoured the contents of the Tupperware.

Even after I washed the honey off my face in the water, the water dragon followed me around.

“I wonder if she missed me….”

<No doubt.>



<She has succeeded in taming it?>

<Can they even be tamed? >

<Cannot. They are not monsters.>

<↑It’s a shame…..>

“Even if I could, I wouldn’t be able to take her with me. I think I would regret it if I let her die.”

I talk about such things with my listeners while I cuddle the Water Dragon, who occasionally comes to play with me.

It’s great that she misses me, but I constantly keep fighting a strong opponent. Aside from players who have no problem dying over and over again, I don’t have the courage to take a comrade who will end up dead permanently.

“I think this is the [Diving] point I was talking about earlier. But it’s almost like a beach. ……”

A beach made of white sand. Well, every lake has a place like this.

I don’t know if it’s to practice [Diving] skills or for some other purpose, but I see other players here and there. It’s my first time diving into the water in this world.

<Don’t drown.>

<On the contrary, I’d like to see her drown.>

<I’m looking forward to the underwater camera.>



I decided to go into the water, for the time being, accompanied by the water dragon that was still following me around.

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It’s been more than 200 episodes since we last saw her.