Nozomanu Fushi no Boukensha

"... I can't dive into the ocean right now. I missed my way home."

The fishmonger girl replied that way, eating up her critical teeth.

"Can't dive? Why?"

As I leaned my neck, the girl began to explain with a reluctant expression.

"Even you... if you know the story of the Fisherman returning to the sea, you also hear the demon king's men wandering around, don't you?

I did hear that story.

I haven't been able to get a ship out of the ocean because of it.

I nod and answer.

"Oh... I see. I see, so you're saying you can't dive into the ocean?

"That's right. Those guys... the demon king Kang Hel's men are a bunch of guys who have the ocean as their territory. It was too late for those guys to wander around the middle of the ocean as well... when they wanted to go home. They're just gonna get caught and kill me on the way back."

Relatively, there is not much damage specifically, as much as has been said about not being that big a problem in Lucalis, or about the appearance of demon king's subordination offshore.

As a result of not being able to ship to the sea, I am sure that I am quite distressed with securing seafood......

But it seemed to be a more serious problem for fishermen.

"That's... what it is. I'm sorry. But there won't be as many fishermen left in Lucalis as you, will there? Why don't you just rely on those guys temporarily? I've heard fishermen have strong ties to their species."

Or maybe it's more right that people have weak ties.

Subhumans and subspecies, such as fishermen and beasts, are basically all those with strong lateral connections.

People are... somehow, that kind of thin?

It's the same race, so I don't have the air to help each other.

Nonetheless, sometimes there are religions and so on that list the supremacy of the people trying to exclude other races is the strange or stupid part of the people......

It's hard.

The girl seemed a little surprised by my words,

"... you know a lot about fishermen? Sure, but...... but I'd worry extra if I relied on it. I..."

"What about me?

I asked, curious to say something, but the girl shook her neck to the side,

"... no, that's fine. What are you gonna do with me after this? I returned my wallet. Can we go now?

That's what I've been asking, so I'm a little worried.

I wish I'd let her go, but I was afraid I'd do the same thing again.

If I hand it to the government constitution... I know that there is subethnicity in this city of Lucalis.

Doesn't that turn out very well......

That's all I've been thinking about, and I've decided to rely on people to say that these things seem like you should ask someone familiar with this city.

Diego, to be specific.

That's why I tell the girl.

"We can't let it go yet. I'm just not gonna do anything wrong, so just follow me."

…… I knew you were a slave?

"He said he wouldn't. Let me ask you something, once the Demon King's men are gone, we can go back to the middle of the ocean and do it without stealing, right?

The girl looked surprised at my words, but nodded once,

"... ah. Originally I made a living doing what you just said. But I couldn't do it, so I looked for something to do..."

I couldn't find it in this city, could I?

You're talking about subhuman discrimination.

If that's the case, can't you help it?

Sometimes it just wouldn't have been the right way to look.

It doesn't mean that all the humans who live there do.

Normally I work for Diego or something, and there are quite a few subpeople who own stores.

However, because it is often in discreet places, it seems difficult to find if you are not familiar with the city.

"So you got your hands on the burglary at the end?

"Oh. I smelled the ocean from you... and I don't know what I was up to. But... you're not a fisherman, are you?

"Hmm? Smells like the ocean...? Oh, I couldn't take it because I was diving until yesterday...?

Does it smell like me?

Though I thought that, for the most part, subpeople often feel different from people.

Thousands or tens of thousands of times more smelly.

I can't tell you which is necessarily better, because that can be a weakness instead, but it would be true that the girl felt the smell of the sea.

It's not like I haven't washed my body, but I guess I couldn't get rid of it.

That's why I've been diving so deep and long, naturally.

"Were you diving in the ocean?

"Ah. I'm an adventurer. In the Labyrinth of the Daughters of the Sea God..."

"... heh. You got a good arm, don't you? That's... that's where a lot of demon king's men wander."

"Really? I didn't meet him inside."

"You were around, weren't you? There's a cup at sea around there. Kelpy Rider."

"I wonder if I got lucky. I didn't even see him at sea... Well, if that's what you mean, you're gonna have to keep your mind on him the next time you go..."

"They weren't there...?

to the girl who leaned her neck wonderfully toward my words,

"What, is something wrong?

and asked, the girl shook her neck to the side,

"... no. That's what happens. More than that, where are you going?

The girl asks as she arrives at me walking out.

"It's where I know him. Now... you're supposed to be in the training ground for the Adventurers' Union Guild, so there you go."

I should be training with Capitan.

You can wait at the store, but it would be quicker to decide on the treatment.

"... you know, making me bumpy there...?

"Do something about that suspicious ghost. I don't know how you feel. But... Oh, yeah. You, what's your name?

"Me? I'm Perusa. Perusa, Son of the Old Sea"

"Right. I'm Lent the Bronze Adventurer. Say hello."

When I offered my hand as casually as I could, Perusa still grabbed the hand and shook it with an odd look.

Then,

"... I don't know, you're a weird guy. Well, okay. I just have to let myself go..."

That's what he said.