Chapter 216

Chapter 216: Similar Sisters

The evening sun set in the sky as the light reflected off the surface of the water .

Dianeia and I returned to the cottage when…

「Daichi-oniisan! Onee-sama! Help~!!」

Athena was being chased around on the beach by a large white snake .

「…… . are you playing tag or something?」
「N-no! It’s a monster! Look over there——!」

Athena pointed at the lake .

There were many strange snakes roiling across the surface of the water .

「Are these sea cucumbers?」

I couldn’t help but say seeing them looking as if their internal organs were coming out of their mouths .

「Hyaaa! G-get away! D-don’t touch me~!」

However they clearly weren’t normal sea cucumbers . They were chasing people around .

In the first place these snake-things couldn’t be sea cucumbers because sea cucumbers didn’t have fangs .
「Dianeia are these also native to the lake?」

I asked Dianeia who looked stunned .

「Y-yes, these are Snake Trepangs . They are abnormally huge… . but these are primitive creatures of this lake . 」
「Ehh~ But with this many and how large they are…they’d definitely stand out . Where could they have come from?」
「They chased me when I was coming back from the dungeon~! S-stop trying to take my swimsuit—!」

The white snake’s fangs caught on the back of her swimsuit and it was quickly stolen away .

It looked like these sea cucumber snakes could also break through the swimsuits’ magic protection as well .

「Actually…where is Karen?」
「She’s in the dungeon exploring things so I came back alone . Then these things came out——hyaaaa! D-don’t grab there! Nuuu~ it’s so slimyyyyy~~~!!」

This time her swimsuit wasn’t the only thing caught, she got caught as well .

「Yesterday was Dianeia and today it’s Athena…you two siblings are well loved by tentacles . 」
「I-it’s not like that! Forget it! We have to do something!」
「Yeah, well they look kind of gross so I don’t want to have to look at them for long . 」

These creatures in front of me looked like a mix of sea cucumbers and eels .

Plus from their mouths emerged long white snake-like tentacles .

It was fairly grotesque so I wanted to hurry up and deal with them but…

「Dianeia should I be cleaning up these creatures? They won’t damage the environment or release poison when they die right?」
「N-no there’s no such thing, but what are we to do with these rampaging snake feelers… . . 」
「n~ for now we’ll stake ‘em down and stop them moving . 」

Certainly there were plenty of white tentacles, but they all originated from those eel looking creatures .

I was thinking to handle them like eels .

I created sand golems and wood golems…

「Sand golem stop its movement . 」

It moved to obey .

First I’d have my sand golems move close to grasp the wriggling creature .

Since their heads would continue to rampage…

「Wood Golem, drop kick and pierce through the head . 」

The wood golem assaulted its head .

It took a running start and leapt into the air… .

「— — !」

It’s legs looked like a stake smashing down on the creature’s head . It was cleanly pierced through . The sea cucumber collapsed to the ground .

With that it stopped rampaging about and the tentacles fell limp .

「Oh, it was unexpectedly easy to stop . 」
「N-no I don’t think you can evaluate this as easy… . The kick blew a small crater there……」

Even if you say that…the golems did it so it was easy for me . Plus Athena was released from its clutches so it should be alright .

「Uu, thank you Daichi-oniisan~…… . I may have lost my swimsuit but at least I didn’t get hurt . 」
「Well you’re very welcome . 」

Since she was missing pieces of her swimsuit I didn’t think she was perfectly okay…but it was good that she wasn’t injured .

「But still what should we do with these sea cucumbers? Even though they stop moving with a single hole through them…it doesn’t look like it’s dead…… . actually are these things even edible Dianeia?」

I asked cause I had nothing to lose, but unexpectedly Dianeia slowly nodded .

「Y-yes . You can, they’re actually quite sought after . They aren’t easy to catch since they live deep in the water so they should be quite high class . 」
「Do you know of any recipes?」
「Ummm, broiled in soy sauce is the standard I believe . 」
「I see……」

So I was right, these things can be handled like eels .

In all honesty I wasn’t especially into this idea…but they were already here and I’d already caught one .

I thought that I might as well challenge it this once since most of the things I’d tried here were delicious .

And so I decided to bring it back to the cottage to give it a shot .