101-101. Board the ship

We arrived in the port city of Fas.

'Wow, that's awesome,'

To be honest, when I entered the Kingdom of Rooster, I thought it was a less developed country with no large towns, but I changed my mind when I arrived in Fas.

Anyway, there are a lot of fishermen there, and it's crowded.

Perhaps the inland areas are less developed because there aren't many people, while the areas facing the sea are quite developed.

Originally there was an image that the place facing the sea or the river, it is easier to develop, but it may be even more pronounced in the fishermen.

I think that we go to Moen Island by boat, but a question arises here.

Is there a boat or something in this country?

Because fishermen can swim with gill breathing, so isn't a boat unnecessary?

What if it wasn't there?

I asked a fisherman who was passing by.

A ship?　Yeah, there are. There are some tourists who aren't fishermen, and sometimes the fishermen get tired of swimming in the first place, so the ones who want to take it easy get on a boat.

The shark-like looking fish man replied.

That's good to know.

'If we're going on a boat, do you want to go to an island?

Are there more than one island?

'There's a lot of them. There are more than twenty of them. The most famous is probably Rufus Island.

I want to go to Moen Island.

...the island of Moen, ah, the one with the volcano.

There's a volcano.

That sounds like something hot.

To begin with, it's pretty hot in this fas.

The wind blows well and it's not that humid, so it's still more than the gloomy, unpleasant heat of Japan.

Raina doesn't seem to suffer from the cold rather than the heat.

On the contrary, Luli, who lived in a cold area, is not used to the heat and is quite hefty.

''Where can we get a boat to Moen Island?''

I don't know much about that. I love to swim and I don't get on a boat. There's a harbor. Why don't you go down there and ask him?

He was kind enough to tell me about it.

To be honest, I was hesitant to talk to him because he looked like a shark and I was scared, but I'm glad he was nice.

''It's hot~ Can I use ice magic to freeze the surroundings?''

Luli suddenly made a boisterous statement.

''No. Bear with me........''

I don't know...

If I did that, I'd be a wanted man, and I wouldn't be able to go to the island.

'I mean, don't you have some kind of magic to chill out on your own?

'What?　... uh ... come to think of it, there was only one thing.

With that, Luli uses her magic.

A small ice ball spins around Luli. The area around the ice ball was cool.

'There is, isn't there?'

Oh, don't ever touch that ice ball. If you touch it, it will explode and freeze all around you.

Oh, it's too dangerous!　Turn it off now!

I've got another one, because...

What happens if you hit someone and it goes off?

Uh.....

Reluctantly, Luri deactivated the magic and made the ice ball disappear.

What a dangerous thing for him to do.

''I can't fluff Meku-san in this heat.

Hot or cold, no more fluffing!

Meku refuses to do so, but in fact, he's been muffled several times before he arrives in the Kingdom of Rooster. He tries to mooch off Mek whenever he has a chance, so it seems to be a carefree life for him.

We arrived at the harbor.

There are many boats in the harbor.

There are a lot of fishermen on board, and some of them might be too much trouble to swim.

If you think about it, it is not just because we humans can walk, but also because we all get in cars, ride bicycles, and in this world, ride carriages, so it is not so unnatural for fishermen to get on boats.

I asked a nearby sailor fisherman which boat I could take to get to Moen Island, and he said, "Moen Island?

Moen Island, huh? I'm going to Moen Island in just two hours.　You'll need to pay for the boat, of course, but do you have it ready?

How much?

Hundred gold a head to Moen Island.

You can get in. Let's get in.

We easily found a ship to board.

Two hours later, we paid the 400 gold and boarded the ship. I thought I could get on the boat for a hundred gold cheaper if I fooled Meku into thinking I had a stuffed animal, but I have the money, so I decided not to be stingy.

The boat set sail for Moen Island.