The World of Otome Games is Tough For Mobs - Volume 10 - Chapter 10.5

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The inside of the ghost ship was as old as the outside. 

The squeaky floors crack with little effort, and doors shatter just by grabbing them. 

There were lots of monsters. 

But before it became a place for monsters to live. There were still remnants of the time when people used it, or rather, luggage and other items. 

We reach a room and find an old book on a desk. 

A number of the books were tattered and unreadable, but one was barely readable. 

“This is a sailor’s private room.” 

Clinging to Ange’s back as she read her book, I was aware of my surroundings. 

If someone once slept in this room, there is a possibility that something remains. 

In short, I was worried that a ghost might come out. 

“Ange, let’s get this over with and get back.” 

Ange, who is stunned by my frightened state, turns the pages of the book. 

Some pages seem to fall apart, but some are readable. 

“Are you sure you can’t handle this kind of thing? Hasn’t this happened before?” 

“I am not good with something scary. Aren’t you scared, Ange?” 

“Because I know that the living humans are more terrifying.” 

“Ah, Marie said that too.” 

“Ah? You mention that woman’s name here, you sound like you want to be left behind.” I’ve pissed Ange off, and I cling desperately to her. 

Then Ange gets embarrassed. 

“O-Oi, I’m just kidding, don’t hug me. Kora, where are you touching!” 

“Forgive me! I can’t handle scary things!” 

It is bad enough that there is no Luxion in the first place. 

If that guy had been here, he would have taken care of it somehow. 

There is no such unscientific thing as ghosts~ and so on. 

It’s scary when you don’t have someone you can talk lightly to. 

In the first place, I was also afraid of the dungeon I tried to get that guy. 

There are human bones normally. 

If my life had not been on the line, I would not have actively challenged it. 

Ange flips through the pages and tells me what the book is about. 

“I think I figured out what happened to this ship. It seems to be the ship of the adventurers who tried to settle on the continent.” 

“Adventurers?” 

“It was said that a group of young people who dreamed of a new continent were on board. The owner of the diary was angry with the rude people, and there was a lot of complaining in the diary.” 

“Why is such a ship here?” 

“It’s possible it’s been abandoned. It says they found some great treasure. It must have been a woman who wrote this diary. The last page says she could be with that man.” Did she have a lover? 

Ange looks at the cover of the book and touches it with her right hand. 

“In the end, the name of the book’s owner remains unknown. I can’t find the name of the ship either. If the diary had been in better condition, I could have looked it up.” 

“L-Let’s get this over with and go back. I’ll have Luxion and Creare look into it later.” 

“――You really don’t like ghosts, do you. What’s up with the kingdom’s greatest hero being afraid of ghosts? Those who admire you will be saddened.” 

“Scary things are scary.” 

Ange puts the book down and leaves the room. 

Many of the other cabins had collapsed and could no longer be entered. 

As we walked down the tattered passageway to the innermost part, Ange’s footsteps came to a halt. 

“Here it is. Leon” 

Ange held out her left hand and I handed her the holy water bomb I was carrying. I was now Ange’s baggage carrier. 

I move away from Ange and hold up my shotgun to provide support. 

However, I am not sure if I can aim firmly at the enemy because I am trembling. 

When Ange received it and kicked down the door, we found a mucous-like monster haunting the airship. 

But the biggest problem is the ghost-type monsters around it. 

“It came ouuut !!” 

When I scream, Ange throws the bomb and sprinkles holy water around. 

The ghosts struggled and disappeared, and then some attacked. 

Scared, I use the shotgun, but the shotshell goes right past the ghosts. 

Ange’s was scattering machine gun bullets at the mucus-like monster. 

“Leon, I’ll help you when I get this one down, so wait!” 

I reached out with my right hand to use magic, but I was too frightened to concentrate and could not gather my magic power and the magic was never released. 

“Ange, help me!” 

“I told you to wait!” 

The ghost-type monsters who slipped through the attack, approached my side were muttering some scary words in my ear. 

I can’t hear what they are saying, but I’m scared anyway. 

I get goosebumps and a bad sweat breaks out. 

“Luxion, help me!” 

I didn’t think the name I shouted in a crisis situation would be my hateful partner, Luxion. 

Should I praise myself for not yelling, “Help me, Mom!”? 

Then, Ange, who had defeated the mucus-like monsters, manipulated the flames to burn the monsters away. 

“I told you to wait quietly.” 

It was a dependable sight to see Ange, who had wiped out the monsters, appear with the flames behind her carrying a machine gun that emitted smoke from its muzzle. 

Ange holds me in her arms. 

“The fire is spreading faster than I thought it would. We’re going to get out of here, so hold on tight.” 

“――Yes” 

Ange holds me like a princess. 

I grabbed Ange and put my arms around her neck. 

When Ange kicked through the wall, we saw the deck of the Einhorn. 

“――That’s too convenient. I’ll question that Luxion later.” Ange jumped over to Einhorn with me in her arms. 

Einhorn moves away from the ghost airship as flames begin to spread. 

I was watching the scene while being held by Ange. 

“I don’t want to encounter a ghost ship again” 

Even though I understood that they were monsters, I was really scared when they appeared as ghosts. 

Ange agrees with me. 

“Absolutely. I didn’t expect you to be so useless. It’s troublesome, so I don’t want to encounter it again.” 

“Sorry” 

I apologized pathetically and Livia rushed over to us. 

―― She is with Luxion too. 

“Leon-san! Ange! ―― W-Why is Ange carrying Leon-san in her arms?” Livia is bewildered at the sight of us, but Luxion is as usual. 

[It’s easy to imagine what happened.] 

I glare at Luxion, but I’m still held in such a way by Ange. 

Ange looks at the ghost ship moving away. 

As she watches it crumble, engulfed in flames and burning, Ange murmurs regretfully. 

“Wish I could have gone into more detail”