Death March kara Hajimaru Isekai Kyusoukyoku (WN) - Volume 7 - Chapter 18

Chapter 18: 18

7-18 . Ship Travel (2)

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"Bird~?"

"Bird-san nano desu!"

A birdman who's flying near the water surface as if gliding passes over the ship .

Pochi and Tama are waving their hands to the point as if it'd get torn off . It seems the birdman is also giving a service, he makes several turns and do a full revolution before flying away .

I'm afraid that the two will fall since they lean forward too much while waving their hands, but since Liza seizes the girdle, it's probably alright .

Even if they fall, there's [Float] that I've learned recently so it's fine, but there's no need for them to fall in the first place .

It's basically a leisure on the ship .

Yesterday, the ship was attacked by two aquatic monsters, but before we could go out, the gillmen soldiers who were escorting the ship cleaned it up . There was also a pirate group, river version, that was going to attack on the river branch, but I attacked them with Short Stun from afar, and their boat got capsized, the end .

Since it's generally peaceful like that, I continue practicing signal magic with Nana like before .

Mia and Arisa look dissatisfied, though they're not being hindrances because I persuade them that having someone that can receive the signal anytime is important . This person is being a nuisance instead .

"You're all clingy again this early in the day!"

"Karina-dono, I've thought that it's normal for married humans couple to get clingy? Besides, the two seem to be doing training for receiving signal magic . In my humble opinion, you should not disturb them . "

Raka remonstrated Karina who was picking a quarrel . As expected of magic creature . It understands that we're doing signal magic .

"I want to do training too!"

"Since Karina-sama has Raka-dono, there is no need for training . I'll contact Raka-dono if anything happen . "

Good grief, if lady Karina is going to be my practice partner, my line of sight would be at her breasts no doubt . Arisa and Mia would say [Seiza] again .

"Right, right, it's unnecessary for young lady Karina who has the convenient magic tool . Now then, it's Arisa-chan's turn . "

Arisa declares so while breathing heavily . What's this, card game!

When lady Karina was intruding, that Arisa took my short cane and did something on the deck's corner, it seems she was using [Signal] magic . The reason why she was breathing heavily was probably because used [Signal] even though she didn't have nature magic skill . She's a rash girl like always .

Mia claps her hands when she sees Arisa, takes a short cane from my bag, chant nature magic spell, and casts [Signal] . Mia is following Arisa huh .

It seems that Mia has successfully casted the magic, but far from breathing heavily, she falls from anemia . I was going to put her on the cabin to sleep, but she insisted to be here and slept on my lap .

Lulu who's beside the tea set looks at Mia enviously . I don't think it's something that warrant such envy . I feel that lady Karina's expression looks like Lulu, but I ignore it .

"Hey, I've struggled to be able to be the receiver, so start the training~ . "

"Okay, first, let's see the receiver's state using [Signal] . Give me your hands . "

"Uy~ . "

Come to think of it, it's been awhile since I join hand with Arisa . They're small . I'm squishing it . When I'm playing with the small hands that have nothing to do with the training, Arisa is letting out strange voices like, "Au", or "Iyahn" . She seems to be shy, like always, I don't understand the point that would make Arisa shy .

Since Mia scratches my knee while irritated, I stop playing around and go back to the training .

"First, it's a brief signal . Then, next is long signal . "

"Okay, I know, I know . "

"I know . "

Oh, Mia is also participating huh . Please don't overdo it if your anemia is painful .

"Then, from now on is the real thing . Activating [Signal] . "

"Hoi . "

"Nn . "

I've tried it for many times, but they can't receive it as well as Nana after all .

At that time, Pochi and Tama who have been looking at the birdman on the ship's broadside come back .

"Pizza~?" "Lap pillow nano desu~ . "

It seems Tama and the others are still affected by Arisa who eats 10 pizzas when I make mock pizza the other day . Looks like it's still stuck on Tama, she still says pizza while pointing at my lap .

Maybe they want to mimic Mia who's sleeping on my lap, they gather both hands on the opposite knee and lie on it face down . No . That's not how you do sleeping on the laps .

Since the two who look at me poking Arisa's and Mia's hands say that they want to do it too, I make them spread their hands in line and poke it too .

I try to send various signals' interval and strength .

Ton, ton .

Piku, piku .

Oh?

This time, I try to send the signals without poking their hands with my finger .

Piko, piko .

Pochi's and Tama's ears are twitching matching the signal, they lean their heads while looking puzzled .

"Pochi, raise your hand if you receive my signal . "

"Roger nano desu . "

Ton, swoosh .

Silent . . . . Ton, swoosh .

This is a bit interesting . However, it seems that she could only grasp short wave signal .

"Next, Tama okay . "

"I'll manage somehow sir~"

That's wrong .

She got the vocabularies that Arisa had taught her mixed . She must have wanted to say, "Aye aye sir . " .

Ton, swish .

Ton, swiswish .

You don't have to take strange poses when you get it .

Looks like Tama can receive both types of signals, but strangely her sensitivity is weaker than Pochi's, the range of signal strength that she could receive is narrow . That reminds me, Tama did find magic traps in the labyrinth eh .

I don't know if it's due to her race characteristic or her individual ability, but she's quite reliable .

With this, I could communicate with them even if we're separated . At the very least, the signal could be received from end to end of the ship, I'll check on the range when we get down from the ship .

I decide on several urgent patterns at once . I'm worried Pochi and Tama wouldn't be able to remember signal that's too complex, but Arisa proposes to make Tama talks the signal out loud to Arisa, and so I agree with it . Afterward, Arisa would decipher the Morse signal .

I've thought that it's quiet, but it looks like Karina has shut her room and sleep while sulking . The maids seem to be free too, they're dozing off .

Ah, it's peaceful .

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"Now then, honored guests . Please close your eyes and wait . Please do not open it until I give you the signal . "

The tour guide is making a speech to us who are sitting on the seats that have been prepared on the deck . The ship is going to enter a 3 kilometers-long cave soon . There's a legend that says this cave is penetrated by the ancient empire's magician who've made the canal using magic .

The reason why we're asked to sit and close our eyes is to make our eyes get accustomed to darkness to see the tourist attraction in the cave ahead .

"From now on, Meeru the batkin will steer the ship replacing the captain . "

That was the man who was patrolling during the night yesterday . I've thought that he's an escort soldier, but he would steer the ship huh . They're probably using demi-human who could use echolocation to steer through the terrain in the unlit cave .

A small boat that comes out of the harbor in front of the cave is guiding our ship entering the cave . A person is using light signal to tell the people on the other side of the cave .

I see, since it could only hold one ship, they're regulating the traffic .

The sails on the ship are folded when it approaches the cave .

Warm wind is blowing from the frontward . If this is a fairy tale, it'd feel like entering cave straight into the stomach of a giant monster .

Of course, such thing doesn't happen and we uneventfully enter the cave . Soon after we enter the cave, the light dims . Of course, I'm the only one who open my eyes and observe various things . Everyone is obediently closing their eyes following the tour guide's instruction .

Since I have light intensity adjustment skill, I immediately get accustomed with dark places . It's truly convenient .

Ooh!

Even though the tour guide probably doesn't know the astonishment in my mind, he gives the signal .

"Now, everyone, please open your eyes slowly! This is the famous Phantom Firefly Cavern of Oak!"

I've seen it one step ahead, but it's quite a spectacle . Mosses on both sides to the ceiling of the cavern are casting faint lights in various colors, drawing mysterious gradation . It's like a nature's painting . Moreover, there are crystals located here and there reflecting the light, making it never dull . It's already quite beautiful with those alone, but there are even a lot of lights that look looks like fireflies flickering and dancing around .

What happen if emotional girls and little girls see such thing, it goes without saying .

"Glittering~? Flickering~?"

"Amazing nodesu! Master! Amaaziing nodesu!"

Pochi and Tama who are sitting beside me are getting too excited, they grab my shoulders and begin shaking it . My eyes is spinning .

"Beautiful . "

"Amazing . "

Arisa and Lulu are watching this magical scene as if their souls are stolen . The two get off the sofa and sit beside my feet . Of course they're not sitting directly on the deck's floor, but on soft feather cushions that the tour guide has prepared .

I think they're unaware that they've grasped my feet near them . It's a bit painful .

"It's beautiful, yes, truly beautiful . "

Mia is muttering feverishly while watching the fireflies dancing wildly . She occasionally becomes talkative huh .

Thud, with such sound, Liza's spear fell on the sofa nearby . Liza who comes to her sense from that sound picks up the spear . Everyone's line of sight gathered for an instant but it scatters away again . Liza apologizes for her impoliteness and returns to standing by posture, but she looks obviously embarrassed It's rare to see embarrassed Liza . It might be the first time even .

"Master, my vocabularies are insufficient . I request installation of the second language set . "

What the heck is the second language set .

"You don't need to mind about vocabulary . It's enough with the word, beautiful . "

"Yes, master . It's beautiful . "

Nana leaks out a sigh of wonder and hugs my head from behind while watching the boisterous dance of the light . I'll say the important thing once again . Nana is hugging my head from behind with her breasts . Of course, she's not doing such boorish thing like wearing armor since we're on the ship . In other words, it's direct .

What a happy day .

I'd like for time to stop while it's like this .