CH 105

Chapter 105 – I Caught A Big Fish

――The letter ended there.

“Is it over? What a half-baked place to stop!”

“Hero, Busy!”

Just because she’s busy, does it have to end there? I’m curious about what happens next… Also, Brahms was beaten up quite a bit. It seems that something terrible is happening in the empire.

What on earth is happening around the World Scriptures?

While thinking about such things, I felt a “twitch” while enjoying fishing. Oh, something took the bait.

“Owl, sorry. I’m busy with fishing right now. Later.”

“I see. Well then, farewell.”

The owl flew away. Maybe it will inform me about the situation in the Empire from time to time.

That, in itself, is both appreciated and bothersome. It’s also one of the few means to know about the situation over there.

“――Ah… whoa!”

My fishing rod was about to be taken away. What strength! What on earth bit the bait?

Even if I put force into it and try to pull it up, the resistance from the fish is too strong to be pulled up. I’m worried that the fishing rod might break, but it’s a sturdy fishing rod, and its durability hasn’t changed so far.

“Oh, big brother. It feels like something big.”

“This is huge. It’s dangerous, so stay away, Skor and Havamar.”

The two moved away, and I desperately pulled the fishing rod towards me. Then, my strength won out, and the shadow of the fish began to surface.

“Ah, Rasty-san! I can see the shadow. It’s really huge!”

As Skor said, a huge fish as tall as a human was wriggling on the surface of the sea. What is that…? It’s like a monster.

Anyway, let’s pull it up.

I put even more strength into it and raised the fishing rod forcefully. The huge fish was propelled upwards with a thud. ―― T-This is!

“…Huh, a human?”

“…Ugh.”

What I caught was a “human”…? In the face of such a situation, Havamar was surprised.

“Big Brother, this is a ‘Siren’.”

“S-Siren, like the mermaid!?”

“That’s right, it’s that Siren. The upper body is human and the lower body is a fish as you can see. Her chest is unnecessarily large, and her singing voice causes the status abnormality [Sleep].”

Indeed, she’s a cute mermaid girl. She has blond hair and what looked like a swimsuit covering her chest. I never thought I would catch a mermaid.

“I’m sorry, you.”

“No, no, I was just hungry, so…”

“You can talk?”

“Yes, I actually belong to the Guild in the Glaznov Republic.”

“Oh, I see. So, you’re from the Republic.”

“Yes, I usually go on adventures with people of various races. But today, I was searching for the missing princess. Ah, yes, have you seen Blair-sama?”

“Blair? She’s on this ship.”

“R-Really? Please let me meet her.”

I called Blair from inside the ship and let her meet the mermaid.

“W-What’s going on? Rasty… Wait, isn’t that Kate? Why are you on this ship?”

“I was caught just now. Or rather, Blair-sama! It’s really you, Blair-sama! I was worried!”

“I have achieved my goal, so I’m heading back to the Republic now.”

“Is that so? Everyone in the guild is worried about you.”

“I caused a lot of trouble. But it was for the sake of the country, so please forgive me.”

“I-If that’s the case, it’s fine… By the way, who are these people?”

“The boy with the sweet cream-colored hair over there is Rasty Vermilion, the third prince of the Dvorak Empire. The blonde elf is the Holy Maiden Skor, and the one with silver hair and cat ears is Rasty’s sister, Havamar.”

“Eh, he~e… wait, the third prince of the Empire!?”

The Siren, Kate, was surprised when she looked at me.

“We were actually in the middle of escorting Blair to the Republic. Kate, you should come with us.”

“Y-Yes. And, um, it’s my first time meeting a prince. You’re… cool.”

“And you, on the other hand, are beautiful. So, this is the beauty that mermaids possess.”

“Eh, ehehe… I get embarrassed when I’m praised like that.”

While we were having this exchange, Skor covered my eyes with her hand.

“Hmm, Skor?”

“Don’t look at Kate-san anymore!”

“Ah, okay…”

Why would she cover my eyes?