222 Episode 148: Deals and Ghost Pirates

"Perhaps an associate of the former queen...... a child of?

When I asked, the queen nodded.

"Hmm, that's a good guess. Exactly. All the vicinity of the former queen were executed, but only the children's lives were saved by the plea of our subjects. Being a concubine, being or not, is just the right price to pay for it?

"Queen......"

Apparently, the children in the vicinity of the former queen are not counting as nationals.

Hearing that, Mule has a terribly sad look on his face.

Perhaps some of the subordinates who pleaded to save the children's lives were mules.

"So, do you want a mermaid's daughter? Will it pay for the food?

"Yes. Established as consideration. How many are there?

If the head of the organization says it sells children who have no parents and are being treated poorly, there are no problems or obstacles in purchasing them.

It should be noted that I do not accept the scratch that says that trafficking in human beings (fish) is a problem in itself.

The next thing you need to know is the number of people.

Answer me, Mule.

Well, there's no way the Queen remembers the number of orphans.

The queen instructs me, and the mule answers reluctantly.

"... Yes. Of the children who lost their parents, there are 25 girls who are not at work at the moment."

"Is it just a girl?

If you're a child like the Queen neglected, you were going to buy (cheeks) without distinction between men and women, but it sounds like you only have a girl as a premise in the first place.

"The boy... given the ratio of men to women in this country, we're not going to sell him..."

In fact, mermaid countries have a greater ratio of men to women of roughly 3: 7.

Selling a boy here can be a problem in the future.

Conversely, are you saying that an extra orphan girl should be sold?

"Okay. We will buy them all. The question is, how many days' worth of food do you redeem, but I have one suggestion for you."

"You can tell me."

You want the trouble to end in a short turn.

"How about saying that food support is until food distress is resolved?

"Hmm, that would be more helpful as far as this one is concerned, but if you do it badly, you will continue to support them extensively, right? What do you want?

The queen of boulders also seemed suspicious.

This will only damage us unilaterally.

"It's a simple story. We're trying to get rid of the food problem."

"What...?

The queen turns a surprised face.

"We almost know what caused this food crash. If we solve the food problem, the contract will end at that moment. Even if you never handed out food."

"Causes of food distress? What the hell is that?

"If I teach you that, the meaning of this proposal diminishes, so let me tell you after I solve it"

Just because I told you doesn't mean you can fix it.

"Mmm...... But on second thought, that's a proposal that doesn't do the concubines any harm. If they fix it, they won't have to get food. If they can't solve it, food support will continue until the concubines solve it. Either way, the concubines only bear unwanted orphans."

…………

Mule's expression clouds the way the queen says it.

Regardless of the way the Queen put it, there is no disadvantage on the part of the mermaid in this proposal.

The point is, we're just talking about where it's gonna take us.

The Ghost Pirates crush my mood. I do not want food support to last long. I'll take the orphan mermaid.

Combining these elements, I think this is maximum efficiency.

"I have a profit, too. Once you've solved it, in the shortest amount of time, you can get mermaids without even giving them food. And the goal is to solve it."

"I get it. If you say you're so confident in them, let's drink the suggestion. Mule, they will accompany these people to find out what caused the food crash."

"Yes!"

Thus, we set out to solve the causes of food distress.

Neither does the Queen intend to leave it to us alone to solve the food problem, and she will proceed with the formation of a mermaid investigation team. In addition, an expedition has been organized to secure minimal food.

Naturally, it's not risk-manageable to leave everything to us.

For the above reasons, the castle has also been in a hurry.

There's no point in us being in the Royal Castle, so I think we should go hunting pirates soon.

When you take the mule out of the castle, a somewhat vibrant city catches your eye.

However, many mermaids have a sad look somewhere because the impending food distress remains unchanged.

I don't know if we are uncommon, but I can feel my gaze from earlier, but no one came to talk to me. There's a mix of frightened glances somewhere, and it's probably due to my previous reputation for humans.

He arrives at the juncture in no time and leaves the entrance and exit through a story to the watchman.

I'm not going to swim underwater and go to a ghost pirate, so I surf to the surface once.

"Master, please wait"

"Thank you for waiting -"

"Sorry to keep you waiting"

After a while drifting, three daughters of the mobile dragon race (DragonNewt) arrived.

"Is that it? Weren't they back?

"Once I put it back, I called it again because I'm moving to solve the food problem"

"Did you call? Oh, how...?

It's a trade secret.

Answered Mule's question, but it looks like you have extra questions.

Of course, I'm not going to answer any additional questions.

"Mio is..."

"I'm leaving! Mr. Mikazuki, please!

"Yes..."

He doesn't seem to intend to take part in the fight against ghost pirates, so he rides Mikazuki.

"Mio really doesn't like haunts..."

"Not only the actual ghosts, but also the deceased (undead) classified as demons are seriously ill."

"I'm afraid of something that scares me!

It's a clear weakness, so some people want it to be overcome one day, but some people want it to stay this way because Mio is cuter than that freaking out. Distressing.

In the first place, he also thinks it's tough for him to overcome it. I suppose if you're as old as you look, you might be cured any day, but you're actually alive for 24 years. It will also be hard to fix things that won't heal with it now.

"Sounds like it. So, as promised, Mio won't mind if you go home first."

"Let me do that"

It is indeed an immediate answer.

"Needless to say Maria... What about Sakura? Do you want to keep following me? If you wanted to go back, you wouldn't tell me you couldn't do it, would you?

"I will follow Jen to the end...... I'm fine with the haunts..."

"Oh, okay"

That's why Maria and I rode to Blue and Sakura to Leaf.

"Well, the question is, how do you take the mule?"

"You all fly, don't you? Shouldn't I just go after it?

Mule doesn't seem to understand what I'm worried about.

"Well, I got licked, too."

"Blue, don't tell him that. I don't know your maximum speed, so I guess I can't help it, can I?

"I hope your husband says so..."

Blue is Mr. Tundele in dele state, so it is dele dele.

The mule swims fast, but cannot be compared to the speed of the sky dragon (blue).

It's a waste of time to adjust to the speed at which you swim. Except when leading as a guide.

At the very least, if I had the skills to change, I would have been put behind the leaf... I want to avoid it because it is unbalanced in mermaid form.

"Right..."

I wear the Wings of the Immortal (Nosferatu) cape while in my bathing suit. The swimsuit cape is more perverse, but I can't say luxury at this time.

I manipulate the cape and fry the mule. Keep it up, lift it like a princess hug. That said, I hold the reins, so what I hold is part of The Wings of the Immortal (Nosferatu).

"Hey, what is it? Here!?

Mule screams but ignores.

Thus, the picture surface of crossing a sky dragon in a swimsuit and holding a mermaid in a black cape was completed.

"Perfect."

"What!?

Mio's penetration goes in, but I don't care.

Maybe this is the fastest.

"Well, I'll be there"

"Go away. I'll go home first."

"Excuse me first"

Say goodbye to Mio and Mikazuki, and we'll head for the Ghost Pirates crusade.

"Hi-ya-ya-yay"

A mule with no experience flying through the sky raises a pitiful voice.

And leaks naturally, 'Wings of the Immortal (Nosferatu)' gets wet.

This is a rare boss drop from the Estea Labyrinth for once......

Activate 'Clean' with care that the dripping golden water does not hang on the blue.

We flew for a little while and arrived in the area where the Ghost Pirates were located.

Now, how do we crusade the Ghost Pirates...

To supplement, it's closer to thinking about dinner dedication than to saying you're thinking about crusading maneuvers.

That means you can cook as much as you want (full of gags).

It should be noted that the earliest method is the robbery of skills by.

If you take away your skills, you can wipe them out in an instant, no matter how many thousands of enemies you have. It's not even a fight.

Sometimes I choose this when I'm looking for haste.

With that said, are you aware of that ghost pirates? More importantly, can we talk?

A: I can't. I'm also unconscious.

As expected, I guess.

As far as maps go, they're all worn out, and they don't feel the intelligence of shards.

If possible, I wanted to make sure that the motives were distracting, but not very much, but the words didn't seem to make sense.

Ha......

He said he had a chance to go on a sailing trip and fight pirates twice, but neither of them would be the fight I wanted.

You wouldn't accept going into that and offering the captain a ride.

A flock of the deceased (undead) will just come under attack.

Pirate ships are worn out, and there's no reason to catch them because there's no treasure.

Without rare skills and a single hit, you won't be motivated.

It's a hassle, let's take away our skills...

Yeah, but it's smoother to keep your crusade moments on the mule.

If we get to the pirates, the three of us will use our magic to destroy them.

"Jen, I thought you were going to get in and fight..."

Sakura says unexpectedly.

"If you were conscious of ghost pirates, you would have. You don't seem conscious, so crusading is a task."

"I get it..."

Yes, sir.

There is little to learn from fighting a deceased (undead) who does not act intelligently.

It's no use spending time fighting opponents who have nothing to learn. I'm not going to take the trouble either.

As mentioned earlier, there is nothing blind about it, so it would be better to destroy every ship with flashy magic that anyone can understand.

And then the pirates get as close as they can see.

"Are those disastrous people the cause of food distress?

"Oh, they're the Ghost Pirates. It's a group of distracting deceased (undead) people. It looks like the Mermaid Country has suffered food damage as a result of the fish escape."

I answer Mule's question.

"You were here... Because of them, our country..."

A mule staring at the Ghost Pirates as if to stare muckingly at them.

Naturally, there will be 10 or 20 of grudges.

But unfortunately, if we fight properly, the mermaids may not win.

First, the mermaids are basically low-level. I'm not a decent fighting species, so my level is unusually low for a long life.

Plus, the deceased (undead) are unconscious, so < charming singing (charm voice) > doesn't work. It is almost packed at this point.

"There will be grudges, but I will take them down. I won't let you complain."

"It's... I know"

Even if you do extra damage to mermaids, the aftertaste is just bad.

The best I can do is kick your ass.

"Then let's destroy them quickly."

"Uh, what do you do?

"Easy. I'm going to make a series of magic from here."

It's easy, isn't it?

"There's a distance..."

"I will not accept any more detailed questions. Shut up and you'll see."

"Yes, I understand."

Maybe if I had answered all of Mule's questions, the sun would go down.

Ask the mule to understand only the process and the results, and logic ask him to meditate on his eyes.

The blue on me is centered, the sawdust leaf moves to the right, and Maria stands in the air on the left.

At some distance, the magic is activated simultaneously.

"'Fireball'" x3

Well, when it comes to promises, it's promises, right?

- Goo-woo!

The super-enhanced giant 'Fireball' three shots at < Expanded Interpretation (MacroCosmos) > wiped out ten pirate ships to dust in an instant as they flew away with tremendous momentum.

The sea around the hit of the 'fireball' evaporates into too much firepower, pushing the surrounding water into the empty space.

Wait a minute, by the time the sea regained its sight, there was not even a trace of the pirate fleet.

The wreckage of the pirate ship was also swallowed up by the sea.

"Ah, hagga..."

Mule's face was stained with fear and something like a meaningless groan was leaking out of her mouth.

Finally, he seemed to be leaking out of his lower mouth as well. "Clean (Clean)".

Nevertheless, was the mule's reservoir (tank) not yet empty? That's a lot more than I thought.

Now that we've wiped out all the ghost pirates, shall we check on the ocean after that?

The absence of the Ghost Pirates extinguished the temper that was polluting the sea. The temper of this hand is extinguished when the demon causing it is gone.

As in the case of the Immortal King (No Life King), where Serra fought in the Union of Ato Nations, if she continues to be contaminated with air for a long period of time, it will take time for the ecosystem to break down and return to its original environment.

But a short period of pollution in a fluid place called the ocean would bring the ocean right back to its original environment.

While I was thinking about it, fish came in from outside the influence range of my temper.

"Mule, can you go into the ocean and make sure the fish come back? If we don't, we won't be able to accomplish it for long."

"Wow, I get it. That's why I followed you, isn't it?"

Drop the mule off into the sea and wait in the air for a while.

Mule swimmed around and made sure the fish was starting to return.

"Jen, it looks fine! Now we're going back to the original sea!

Mule reports out loud from below.

"Well, do you mind if I say we accomplish the request?

"Yes! Of course!

When I asked, Mule answered with joy.

"All right, now you're clearing the quest safely"

I nod contentedly.

It would be cheap if you could taste massive (fishing) mermaids with just three shots of 'fireball'.

"You just shot magic from a distance, so you're safe and natural..."

"Well, so is that..."

This fight was 0 danger because the opponent did not have any means of ranged attack.

The pirate ship cannons were rusty and useless...

"If Jen is safe, there's nothing better than that. And Sakura, of course."

"Right...... It's best that we're all safe..."

"Safe" is not interesting, so as far as I'm concerned, you're not welcome.

"Nevertheless, your husband is amazing."

"It's not natural, because you're my husband!

"Blue really likes your husband."

"Well, sort of."

Blue illuminates but doesn't deny it.

Blue looks like a deredere to me, as you can see from the eyes of a leaf who's a little pompous.

Poya Poya Reef and Deledere Blue. Good story.

We headed back to Mermaid Country to receive our quest clearance reports and rewards.

Just like before, two members of the Dragon Race (Dragon Newt) have been asked to return to the ship first.

Heading to the entrance and exit of the junction, about 10 mermaids were about to leave the junction.

Probably either an investigation team or an expedition.

One mermaid (man) notices our presence approaching.

"Mule, what's going on? Did you forget something?

"No. I just came back because I solved the cause of the food crash"

"What?"

A mermaid (man) with a face like a shudder at Mule's response.

Mule doesn't know because he passed out most of his travel time, but it hasn't been an hour since he left Mermaid Country.

"I also confirmed that the fish started returning. In the meantime, I think we're going back to the original sea."

"Ho, is that true?

"Yes, I don't know if you believe me, but it's true."

"You're not a joking face.... the mules go to Her Majesty the Queen. We'll get back to the investigation team."

When the mermaid (man) returned to the herd of investigation teams, he began discussing future policies.

Probably headed to confirm that the fish had returned from the investigation of the cause.

We entered the kingdom through the entrance and exit, and asked the watchman fish to touch the queen.

I'm ready to take a look, so I'll swim slowly and head to the royal castle.

And during another glimpse.

"Well, you mean you've already solved the cause? So, what was the cause?

"It's the exasperation of the deceased (undead). That was melting into the ocean and keeping the fish away. The pirates were crusaded by us, so there shouldn't be any more problems."

I answer the Queen's question.

As I said on the first glance, it was after the defeat, so I can give a detailed explanation.

"Mule, is it true what you're saying?

"Yes...... As Jen said, we have confirmed the disappearance (...) of the deceased (undead). Anyway, I think the fish will be back."

"That's the end of the deal with them."

The queen nods satisfactorily.

With 25 unwanted mermaid daughters, it would be cheap if the food distress that rocks the country could be solved.

We think it's cheap, and the queen thinks it's cheap. This is a really win-win relationship.

"Yeah, the investigation team seems to be starting to confirm, too. Shall we wait until we can get that backing?

"No, you don't have to. If the mule confirmed it, the problem is pretty good.... Hey, take the promised daughters. Oh, don't let him in the castle. Collect them before the castle."

The queen gives instructions to a mermaid who looks like she is close by.

"I'm sorry, but I'm not going to let my daughters into the castle. Take your daughters to the castle on their way home."

"... ok"

There's something about how badly the mermaid daughters are treated, but blaming them here won't do you any good.

"After that, may I make a point?

"Hmm, what?

"I think you got the right to tourist this country in the deal ahead"

"You were. Are we going to sightseeing after this?

I shake my head to the side.

"No, we want to postpone that sightseeing. Still, I'm not calm in the country, so I'm hoping to come back after I calm down. Would you mind?

Honestly, it doesn't make sense to tour the rough countries of today.

I want to come back when the fish are back and calm down.

"Sure, it wouldn't be any fun in the present state. All right, I'll tell the gatekeeper, so we can go sightseeing the next time we get here."

"Thank you"

When we finished our purpose, we thanked the Queen and left the Throne Room behind.

In front of the castle were 25 less energetic mermaid daughters.

"Regards, Thank you very much."

"Oh, leave it to me"

After all, I guess Mule has somewhere to think of the mermaid daughters who were orphaned.

I ask you many times to keep in mind.

I'll start Tame the Mermaid Daughters.

"Accept this and I'll feed you hungry"

The mermaid daughters who were bewildered at first, but this one word seems to have cemented their resolve.

Tamed by me one after another.

I can force you to Tame, but if possible, I want you to obey me of your own free will.

This is how we followed Mermaid Country with 25 Mermaid Daughters.

He took 25 tamed mermaid daughters and transferred them to the labyrinth of Estea.

To be exact, we went back on the 'Portal' and the others pulled on the 'Summon'.

Use 'Summon' in front of the lake on the 52nd floor of the labyrinth to drop the mermaid daughters straight into the lake.

"Welcome home" × many

"Oh, I'm home. Quickly, but can I entrust you with the education of these kids?

"Yes, leave it to me"

I'll leave it to the maids who welcomed me to educate the mermaids I brought.

I plan on getting my mermaid daughters a made-up education.

It starts by giving it a human form to remember.

I'm finally about to complete the waste of what I call a maid squad of memorial mermaids (mermaids).

... I know I won't let it go.

We returned to the Queen Sakya after the end of the Mermaid Nation.

"My day...?

I explained the whole mermaid country, but Leila tilted her neck.

Apparently, the feeling doesn't boil down to a hometown I don't remember.

"Where there's a lot of people of the same race as Leila, we'll just have to recognize them."

"I think it might have been..."

For Leila, who has never seen a mermaid other than herself (except in maple mermaid form), it would be an unknown realm to say Mermaid Nation.

I also had companionship with mermaid form maples, and don't worry about how they would react.

Dora will be there!

"Dora, hey, are you okay?

Yeah!

"Dora, if you're here, you're welcome!

It looks the other way around, but Dora is Leila's dependable sister position. Honestly.

"But if I take Leila to Mermaid Country, can't I rub her with the throne inheritance...?

Sakura has questioned the return of Leila.

"Of course, you can rub it if you take him as he is, so I'm going to make him do it in disguise."

"That would be nice..."

"Worst case scenario, it won't be more of a problem than having me around where I found out."

"... right... Jen, you can do whatever you want, even if you rub it..."

"Sakura's way of saying it, you sound like I'm a rampage...... But it's also true that you have all that power and power."

Most rubbing can be done with force, power, or financial power (truth).

"Then, and Serra, when you get a chance, why don't you go?

This time, Serra didn't show up at all.

Serra is a completely land warfare unit, so you can't help but not show up at the sea field, can you?

"I don't really care, but you might want to take a look at it once or so"

"I'm not saying I can't. If you like."

"Yes, I will."

Even Serra, who doesn't like to sink into the water, seems to want to see it for once or so.

A few days after the events (events) in Mermaid Country.

Relax in the cabin. Loving Dora, one of the maids came to report.

"We will arrive in the Land of the Legalian Beasts around this evening"

"Oh, okay"

Yes!

Apparently, by the end of the day, we'll be able to reach the Regalia Beast Nation.

There have been no unusual events since Mermaid Country.

Pirates never came, weather never collapsed, and giant demons of the sea never struck.... boring.

A: If you wish, we will take you to the giant demons of the sea.

I'm interested in that, but it's flavorful that you're attacking me on my journey.

Going from myself is a little different.

A: I understand.

... For once, can you just tell me what kind of demon it is?

A: Yes. I also left a reconnaissance plane (Mr. Tamo) flying in the waters I don't plan to pass this time, a demon that says an island whale (Shimakuru) I discovered in the middle of it. He is a demon about 5 km long and his back is like an island because he is constantly floating on the sea level. The jet holes are mountain-like around and are called seamounts because of blowing salt.

Super, sounds interesting. Super, I want to go.

But even from now on, it will be difficult to enjoy it all by the time you arrive in the Legalian Beast Nation.

I don't have a choice. Too bad, but we'll go see the island whales another time.

Are you going to eat crumbs? Is it delicious?

Did Alta explain that to you? Dora asked me that.

"No, I'm not eating you. Play on island whales."

"Zann..."

"You don't like playing with me?

Daisuki!

But is whale meat delicious?

I heard somewhere once that I came out for lunch, and they still sell whale meat, but unfortunately I've never had it.

A: The maid is on her way to securing it.

Fast! Too soon!

This stream, by dinner this evening, will have whale meat lined up on the table.

"Maybe we'll have whale meat soon."

Wow!

"Wow!"

It's Leila who's happy with Dora.

Seeing me play with Dora, I gradually lost my sense of vigilance towards me, or my bad taste, and now I'm with Dora until I can love her.

She looks beautiful, but the contents are toddler, so she doesn't love her like she has a problem.

At first Dora approached me like she asked me out and said reluctantly, but now she's taking the initiative to come and be caressed. Apparently, it feels good to be able to stroke the scales.

"Leila is playing at sea, but have you ever seen a whale?

"Screw what?

"You were happy you didn't understand..."

Well, that's common for little kids, isn't it?

He doesn't understand the story, but he said he would react the same way as the people around him.

A: Leila plays around this ship, so you must have never encountered a whale.

Is that true?

"Whales are big fish that live in the ocean. Maybe it's edible fish."

Yeah, I understand you say whales are mammals.

It's just a hassle to toddle around explaining that.

"Then Leila will grab it!

"Oh well. There was a Mermaid Princess."

Leila's unique skill, the Mermaid Princess (Mermaid Princess), can give orders against sea creatures.

That would make it easy to capture whales.

A: < The Mermaid Princess (Mermaid Princess) > does not pass in character. And whales are superior to leilas.

An unexpected fact was discovered. Whales, strong.

For once, Leila is up to a certain level, as well as training for combat underwater...

"Leila, Dora, it's so hard for you..."

All right, all right.

Laila gets depressed when she was strained to please Dora, but was told she couldn't.

And comfort it, Dora.

"I gave it up! Leila, it'll get better!

Hang in there!

"But there aren't many demons in the ocean, so if we're going to level, we're going to have to fight on land."

Bad for a raila who decides to be strong, but land is overwhelmingly more efficient if you level up.

Mainly due to problems with encounter (encount) rates.

"Er..."

And Leila is a big bad fighter on land.

Hang in there!

"Ugh, yeah...... Good luck."

But Dora can't seem to back me up and not do it.

Well, it's also unscrupulous inside to tell a kid who's been walking bipedally for weeks to stand and fight.

If you can, I want you to be enough to protect yourself.