Chapter 871 Traveling Across The Seas
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As we sailed into the sea, Charlotte suddenly revealed a truth we didn't expected! He's a Reincarnated person. Seriously, am I a magnet for those? I didn't wanted to Appraise him out of courtesy, but I guess he just revealed us his secret. The power he used to control the ship and enhance it was surely a Unique Skill, and probably a high rank one. It was named [Captain], and probably allowed him to enchant his own ship with magic directly, and more.
"T-To think he's a Unique Skill user…" Said Miranda.
"Boy, you gotta keep that a secret, even if a customer pays you thousands." Said Rakasha. "We have met very bad people out there that has tried to kidnap these people, if you make it too obvious, they'll eventually come for you."
"Bad people? Really?" Wondered Charlotte. "Well, I've met and fought pirates before, and giant sea monsters. People on land don't scare me anymore, haha!"
He's really carefree, his personality kind of just reminds me a bit of Luffy from One Piece… Ah, at least he doesn't have a stretchy ability or something, that would be quite uncanny to see in real life.
"He's hopeless…" Sighed Tisha.
"Well, we gotta protect him because he's a bit too carefree…" Said Pekora.
"Yeah… Huginn, Muninn, come out and fly by our side, alert us if you see anything suspicious in the sea or the sky." I said, as my two enormous crows surged from my shadows, surprising Charlotte.
"Woah! T-Those are HUGE crows! Did you tame them, mister? I remember seeing once Giant Seagulls and Emperor Sea Birds, those things are ferocious! There's a bunch of Rank 6 ones in the coats of Muspelheim, a real pain to navigate." Said Charlotte.
"M-Muspelheim? You went there?" I asked.
"Yeah! No big deal, just to bring a pair of Fire Giants that really wanted to go back home, they gifted me a lot of their stuff, but I mostly did it out of goodwill, hehe." The captain grinned.
I guess this kid has traveled way more than he makes up to be! If he has gone to other continents and dealt with all of that, he's surely not unexperienced. Or perhaps [Captain] is just that good of a Unique Skill. Or both… Yeah, maybe both.
With my two crows surveying the skies, I felt more relaxed as we decided to take it easy and look at the beauty of the sea. Traveling over the sea in a big ship is really something else than just admiring the sea from the distance. The smell of the salty air, the cold breeze coming from the faraway Frost Tower, the cries of the seagulls in the sky, it was all so beautiful and even slightly festive? As if when everything got together, it was a natural spectacle. The beauty of the sea is really something I missed my entire life in my previous life.
But now that in this second life I've forced myself to travel across the world, I can't help but not regret anything I've done so far… This beauty is really amazing. I wish my two little girls could be here to see everything. But it was too dangerous to bring them. Maybe in another occasion, when we are in calmer times.
"Uwah, so pretty…" Benladann said. "The sea is so endless…! I can't even see where the other continents could be…"
"Obviously very far away. You can't see them back on Earth either unless you get very close." Miranda added while looking at the distance, and then smiling a bit. "But yeah, this whole atmosphere is relaxing."
"Uuuggh… Guueeeggh…!"
However, our relaxing and slightly romantic trip to the sea was interrupted by Yuki. She was seasick and ended vomiting into the sea. While feeling all dizzy… Maybe this is why she just wanted to get there by flight, the movement of the ship over the sea was really getting her down.
"Aghh… T-This is the worst…" She sighed, sitting over the floor, all her strength was gone.
"You should had told me you were allergic to the sea." I said while laughing.
"It's not allergy! I didn't knew about this weakness, but I had a fear, a slight instinct… This is why we should had gone flying!" She said.
"I told you that not everyone wanted that, we do what's on popular demand, not what you say… Here, this should get you better." I said, infusing Mana into Yuki and quickly recovering her from the sickly state she felt. I also stabilized her internal balance so she wouldn't feel dizzy all the time. It wasn't anything hard, dream magic and illusion magic had amazing ways to be used.
"Aah! I am alright now?! What was that?" She asked in surprise.
"Just magic." I shrugged.
"Well now, how about we have a small picnic while we are on our way to the Frost Island?" Wondered Benladann, taking out a basket with pre-made sandwiches she made, fruits, and bento boxes made out of wood.
"Sounds good, let's eat something." Said Miranda.
"How can you even eat something right now…?" Asked Yuki while feeling like throwing up by thinking about eating.
"Hm, it wouldn't be bad to have a small snack." Sad Tisha, eyeing the sandwiches.
"I want some green tea~" Pekora said.
"Well, let's get to it-"
SPLAAAAASH!
However, our little picnic in the middle of the sea was swiftly interrupted by the sound of the ocean waves hitting the ship strongly. It has only been around forty minutes since we set sail and something already piqued interest in our vessel.
"Uwaah! This is bad! Flying Giant Squids! T-They're all Rank C or B Monsters! We have to evade them before they get in! It's super hard to get them out of the ship, even with my [Captain's Authority]!" Charlotte said, as we saw a beautiful yet horrifying spectacle, dozens of pink-colored squids, the smallest of at least 5 meters jumped out of the water and spread out their fins and tentacles, showing bright butterfly-like wings, and beginning to fly around our ship!
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