Chapter 198
I chose a rocky outcrop opposite from the small pier for my next fishing spot .
It was some distance from where everyone else was swimming .
Why did I choose this place?
「Daichi-san~ around here I feel the presence of a lot of fish . 」
Manaril had said and guided me over here herself .
「Thanks Manaril . Sorry for making you use your sensing abilities for something like this . 」
Her sensing ability was most comparable to sonar, she was able to sense places where fish gathered .
I truly thought it was a waste to just use that ability for playing around but…
「Fufu, it’s fine . I’m enjoying myself helping you search for a fishing spot . 」
She said and guided me .
Then, by the time we got here I wasn’t alone .
「I knew there were rocky places around here, but I never knew about this place………」
Dianeia had followed us .
『I ended up shaming myself with the swimsuit fishing incident this morning! This time I’ll be helpful for sure!』
She had insisted enthusiastically .
I didn’t think she had to mind it, but she was conscientious . I thought as I…
「Wood, transform into a bench . 」
I transformed a tree into a bench on the rocks .
The stones were uneven, but this transformed tree could adjust somewhat adjust itself to the unevenness . Because of that I could sit without worry .
「Here, you should sit too Dianeia and Manaril . Take it easy . 」
「Un, thank you Daichi-san . 」
「Th-then I’ll sit too . 」
Then, as I was sandwiched between the two on the bench, I began fishing once more .
*********************************************
A while later the fish-tank golem was filled with a number of fish .
「I never thought the fishing would be this good… . . 」
Normally fishing would involve more chance .
Right now it felt that whenever I put my line out I just needed to wait a bit and a fish would bite .
「Somehow, it feels like I shouldn’t make light of Manaril’s power . 」
「Uh-uh, certainly there are plenty of fish here, but your line and lure are moving with suppressed magic power, that’s why . I think this is mostly due to your own efforts . I’m not catching too many myself . 」
Manaril had certainly not caught as many, but I think she was doing well enough .
「To begin with I don’t have the skill to get a bite on every cast . I am glad that it’s happening though . 」
Looking at the resulting big haul of fish, I was grateful .
It’s great that our dinner menu has increased, I thought .
「D-Daichi-dono…sorry but…can you help me?」
「Hm?」
Dianeia was pulling strongly on her fishing rod .
「What’s wrong?」
「For some reason it’s gotten hard to pull since a short while ago . I think it might have gotten caught on something . 」
「Caught on something? The line shouldn’t be long enough for that to happen . 」
I muttered while feeling the rod in Dianeia’s hands .
Then, I could clearly feel something pulling from the end of the line .
「Ohh, it looks like you caught a big one . 」
「R-really? B-but no matter how I pulled it wouldn’t move?」
Dianeia had been standing and pulling the line, but it hadn’t moved .
It was definitely something heavy .
「Fumu, then I’ll help you out . 」
「Then, I’ll give you the rod and…… . . 」
「No no, that’s not necessary . 」
「Eh?」
I moved to Dianeia’s back and placed my hands over her hands on the fishing rod .
At that moment Dianeia’s face blushed bright red .
「D-Daichi-dono!? W-What are you… . . !?」
「Well, I’m just lending you some strength . I won’t steal your catch . 」
I was going to lend my strength, but Dianeia should be the one to finish this .
Those were my thoughts when I took up this posture .
「I-is that so? I-i-is that so… . yeah, I just misunderstood! But, thank you Daichi-dono . 」
「No need for thanks . Let’s pull it up fast . 」
「A-ahh, I’ll be in your care!」
「「One, two…!」」
Dianeia and I spoke counted together and pulled with all our strength .
The fishing line started creaking but as expected of dragon string .
Without snapping, it transmitted our strength and we pulled out what she’d caught .
Then from the water surface what emerged was… . .
「Octopus……tentacle?」
A red and golden octopus tentacle .
However, it was incredibly long and thick .
Furthermore, that wasn’t the only thing that emerged .
「D-Daichi-dono, something came out over there!」
「Huh?」
I looked and saw from the opposite of the rocky shore the lake surface was waving and bubbling . Then… .
—SPLASH!—
The water sprayed up revealing a humongous golden and red octopus .
It looks like she truly had caught a big one .
No Comments Yet
Post a new comment
Register or Login