Makoto and Prince Leonardo’s Little Adventure
◇ Prince Leonardo’s Perspective ◇
After gathering my courage, I called out, “Makoto!”
“Prince Leonardo?” he answered, looking quizzically back at me. The two of us were standing atop the sea, quite far away from the area where our holiday villa was located.
“What’s up?” he asked. “We’ll be past the barrier soon, and that’ll be dangerous for you. Maybe you should head back... I can escort you.”
When Makoto grabbed my hand, it made me jump a little.
“No... Please take me with you! You train in the dungeon every night, and I want to come along!”
My statement elicited a dubious expression from him.
“I’m heading for the Seafloor Temple,” he stated.
It was just like I’d heard from my sister... Makoto goes to one of the last dungeons every night. It was one of the hardest dungeons in existence, and no human had ever conquered it, but Makoto was always sneaking out and devoting himself to that task. It had only been a few days since he’d saved the capital... Just how dedicated was he?!
I want to be a brave warrior, I thought, one just as strong as Makoto!
Ultimately, my request was granted—I got him to bring me along.
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Eep!
I was already regretting my decision. The sea was pitch-black at this time of night, and awful monsters were swimming through the waters past the barrier.
“W-What was that?!”
“A sea serpent, I think. A pretty big one,” came a nonchalant answer from my side.
Makoto was currently holding my hand as we swam through the water using magic. He was managing to hold a conversation along with his water-breathing spell.
What even...
“T-There were ten of them!” I exclaimed. “And they’re coming this way!”
“Weird. They normally ignore me. I wonder what’s up?”
Makoto! Don’t stay calm! We need to run!
“Well, since you’re with me, we should probably get away,” Makoto suggested.
“Wawaa!”
Instantly, our speed shot up, and we rushed away from the sea serpents. However, we soon encountered more monsters.
“Makoto!” I pointed in front of us. “There’s a swarm of kelpie!”
“Ooh, I haven’t seen any of those before.”
Kelpie were evil spirits said to roam the seas. They were dangerous monsters too... I’d heard that they would drown mortals on sight. Also, kelpie were far faster than sea serpents.
“They’re coming toward us,” I warned.
“Huh, they’re kinda pretty,” mumbled Makoto.
“Is now really the time?!” They did have beautiful fur, but they were also known to attack people!
“Come on, over here.” Makoto was beckoning them. The kelpie must have seen his gesture as provocation because they were all swimming in this direction now.
“This is bad!” I said. “They’re going to catch us.”
“I guess it’s a race, then.” As Makoto spoke, he used his magic to speed us up even further.
W-Was he playing around this whole time?! If I tried to speak, I’d certainly bite my tongue, so I could only scream that mentally.
“Oh, there’s some more,” Makoto observed.
I looked, and yes, there were other monsters interested in the prey the kelpies were chasing...aka, us.
Eeeep!
Scary, scary, scary, scary, scary, scary, scary, scary...but...
“Wow! Sirens as well!” Makoto exclaimed. “Oh, wait, you shouldn’t hear their song.” He quickly covered my ears.
But you can?!
We ended up spending the night being chased around by monsters, though none of them managed to even touch Makoto.
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“Man, that was fun,” Makoto said, laughing like a mischievous kid. “I usually just stick to Deep Scar, so that was a nice change of pace.”
I laughed weakly. All night, we’d been dragged around by his water magic, escaping attacking monsters. I felt like I was on the verge of collapse.
But now I knew—it wasn’t courage that Makoto possessed...he just lacked any semblance of common sense.
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