Chapter: (182) A person who wasn’t supposed to be there
Translator: Tseirp
After landing at the cove, we starting moving on foot.
I felt a little insecure leaving the ship there like that but well, the ship wasn’t loaded with any cargo and the fishern would remain behind to keep watch so it would probably be fine.
If I was betrayed, I’ll deal with it when the ti cos.
“Carol, are you all right?”
I held out my hand to Carol.
It was a slippery rocky area so it was easy to slip with the shoes we had on and even I would slip too if I wasn’t careful.
“Yes, Ichino-sama — kya!”
“Carol! Uwa!”
Carol slipped on a rock and fell and dragged along with her as she was holding onto my hand.
Then —
My head landed on Carol’s skirt, to be exact, at the place where one mustn’t place their head at.
“Er, erm… Ichino-sama.”
Carol closed her eyes with an expression like she had prepared herself.
I’m begging you, please don’t resolve yourself at a place like this.
“Sorry!”
I cried and got up.
“Sensei, Ma’am, would you like to introduce you to an inn if you want to flirt around?”(Note: They refer to him as Sensei, in this context more like martial arts/skilled Master, since it would clash with him being Haru and Carol’s master, I’ll leave it as Sensei.)
“Shut up! Rather, even if you guys revere , why do you guys call Carol Ma’am as well?”
“Ichino-sama, the fishern recognize as a full-fledged woman because there are many Mini-hu who ride on ships.”
“Really?”
“Yes. Mini-hu can accurately determine their position by looking at the stars and they are adept at reading the movents of clouds and wind to predict storms. Even though Carol’s ability is incomplete as Carol is half human, Carol still appears similar to the Mini-hu present in the seaside town. Carol’s appearance is that of a seventeen-year-old single girl so even if Ichino-sama brings Carol into a room, that… they won’t assu that Ichino-sama has interest in young girls.”
”… We’ll be sleeping in the sa room but we’ll just be sleeping.”
I noticed that Carol’s seduction was increasing by the day. I do consciously see Carol as a single female but her image does overlap with my younger sister and more importantly, I would feel guilty towards Haru.
”… I guess it would be cowardly after all if we do so before we t up with Haru-san.”
As if she read my heart, Carol said that as she stood up.
“Ichino-sama, the footing is bad after all so could you please lend a hand?”
She extended her hand.
“Yeah, gladly.”
I took Carol’s hand and followed after the two fishern in front.
Climbing up the slope along the coast, we passed through a small cave on the cliff and the town of Port Kobe was spread out beneath us.
The town built along the sea had countless small boats stopped along its coast. Among those boats, one ship seed to have just arrived at the port. Did they just return from fishing? I could see many people there the size of sesa seeds.
“Hey, even though they can’t fish for shrimps, the fishing industry is still working fine.”
“Sensei, that is the trade ship from the Southern Continent. Look closely, do you see a large number of people on the ship?”
“That’s true now that you ntion it —”
“The trade ship also serves as a connecting ship to the Southern Continent. You will reach the Southern Continent after 7 days if you take that ship.”
“Then it would take 14 days for that ship to return?”
“No no, there are factors like the tidal flow and wind direction so it would take 17 days.”
Ah, I totally forgot about the wind direction and tidal flow.
“Sensei, do you see that large cedar tree beyond the town?”
“Hn? Ah, that tree on the hill?”
It was easily noticeable as there was only a single tree atop a large grassy hill. I wondered what was it about.
“Beyond that hill lies the forr pirate hideout and is where that Miryuu currently resides. Please make sure to not approach that area — I’m afraid that even Sensei would not co out unscathed if it turns into a battle.”
”… Okay. I also don’t plan to walk into a battle.”
I, of course, did not think I would lose but that Miryuu was annihilating pirates — she was doing the right thing for the public. A necessary evil is not exactly sothing good so — it’s really just doing the right thing. She wasn’t an opponent I should go defeat precisely because I was going to be acting as that necessary evil soon.
“By the way, how do you guys know that Miryuu is currently staying there? Are you guys conducting reconnaissance?”
“No, it’s because Miryuu’s female underling cos to town once a day to buy stuff before returning in the direction of that hill.”
”… If she’s going to do that then she should just stay in town… it’s not like she’s doing anything bad. Why would she continue to stay at such an inconvenient location?”
“Beats , we don’t know why either —”
Now that I think about it, I didn’t even know the reason why that Miryuu was annihilating the pirates.
It was pointless to think about it.
That conversation ended there and we descended to the town.
Normally, one would be charged the town entry tax when entering a town but the tax wasn’t collected for so reason. There wasn’t even a gatekeeper there. And I was thinking it was a chance for to level up my Commoner job.
“It’s because it is difficult to reach Port Kobe by land. Normally the town entry tax is included in the ship transport fee that you pay to enter by ship so they don’t have the practice of collecting tax here.”
As usual, Carol explained it to in a simple manner.
Incidentally, trade ships also pay another round of taxes when they purchase the trade permit so like the fishern said, there would have been a high chance that we got caught up in trouble have we entered Port Kobe’s harbor without any permit. I would have gladly paid it if the fine was triple the usual tax amount though.
The town was filled with the scent of the ocean but since I was transferred to the deserted island, apart from when I was leveling up inside the underground labyrinth, I was imrsed in the scent of the ocean for the whole ti so it was nothing new to .
“There are surprisingly many large buildings.”
“Most of the buildings are warehouses. As this is the sole gateway to the Southern Continent. Also, most company headquarters are based here. Thanks to the taxes they pay, we fishern only need to pay a small amount of tax so we’re grateful for that.”
The fisherman laughed as he comnted.
As expected of the doorway to the continent.
“Can one only reach the Southern Continent through this harbor?”
“No, you can also travel via the westernmost town in this Western Continent, Yggrasib, and the northernmost town, North Leica. North Leica is also the only gateway to the Northern Continent so a lot of Northern Continent goods gather in that town’s harbor.”
The fisherman explained. As expected of a local, it felt like he was really knowledgeable.
That place gave the impression of an exotic atmosphere where all kinds of culture mixed together… eh?
“Ichino-sama, is sothing the matter?”
I stopped as I stared at the back of the street and Carol also stopped and asked.
“I thought I saw an acquaintance but… it was probably my imagination.”
I could no longer see their figure and it was likely to be my imagination so there was no need to chase after them.
There was no way Norn from the Vigilante Corps at Florence would be here.
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