Chapter 3
「Mars-nyan! There's a strange fish-nyaa! It's amazing-nya!」
Mars, who had been buried in the sand by the three and sleeping, was awakened by Nemu, who came in with a panicked look on her face.
His face was smacked several times, waking him up.
The time passed before he knew it, and it was around evening.
The sea breeze was chilly and the sand covering his body was cold.
Lilia, who was lying on a reclining chair under a parasol next to him naturally gave off a strong sense of celebrity, but before he knew it, she was gone.
「Hmm ...... strange fish?」
「I-It's a big one-nya......! A-Anyway, look at it-nyaa! Nemu can't say it well enough-nyaa!」
Mars got up from the sand, still sleepy and unsure of what was going on.
He decided to head for Lilia and Hazuki, brushing the sand out of his hair.
There were three sand castles around.
It seems that everyone had a lot of fun while Mars was sleeping.
Nemu's was the most upright, and Hazuki's was the messiest.
――Probably a giant fish that wandered in from deep in the distance. ...... I hope it's not a shark or monsters, though.
「I heard there was a big fish, though. ......?」
「Master! A-Anyway, look at it!」
Even Lilia was panicking. Mars wondered what in the world she was so surprised about.
But the next moment, he understood the reason for everyone's panic.
A woman with pink hair was on the beach.
She looked to be in her mid to late twenties.
She had large breasts and a thin waist.
At a quick glance, she appeared to be a glamorous woman similar to Lilia.
However, it was not these feminine features that caught his attention the most.
「Eh, could it be, a mermaid?」
Her lower body was a fish.
Her lower body was firmly covered in scales and had magnificent fins on its ends.
The mermaid did not move, but it seemed that she was not dead, just fainted.
「P-Probably(?) ......! I didn't think they were real. ......!」
Even in this world of non-human races, the existence of mermaids is a category of fairy tales.
The fact that Lilia, with all her knowledge, was more surprised than anyone else was not surprising.
「Big fish are delicious-nyaa. Are we going to eat this one today-nya?」
Nemu said, poking the mermaid's cheek with her fingertip in a curious manner.
Since she has never heard of mermaids, she categorizes them as rare fish, even if their upper bodies are human.
「If you show this to me, do you count this as food already!? (?) You're more concerned about the upper body than the fish part of the lower body! Nope, nope, nope, you mustn't eat it!」
Mars regretted that he had made a mistake in her education.
Taking care of food and turning everything into food are two very different things.
It's just a murder scene, like dismantling a mermaid.
「W-What should we do ......?」
「――Isn't this mermaid injured in various ways? Let's heal her for the time being. I'm here now, so if something happens, I'll do something about it.」
Mars pulls out a sword from the 【Treasury of Dreams】.
「I don't know much about the real mermaids, so I thought I would wait for Master's decision before I healed her. She might be enemies.」
「Yes, that's a good decision. I never thought they are real. If the surroundings are non-interfering, it's quite possible that they are exclusive in nature and may have strong aggression. It's a little sad, but it shouldn't be treated right away.」
Mars thinks that no one should not unconditionally help anyone, even if it seems a little cold.
――As long as my surroundings are fine, that's all that matters. Well, I know I'm the worst human being.
Honestly, there are too many people in need in this world, and there is no end to it, and there are many situations where people are not always grateful and there is nothing to be gained.
And mermaids are mysterious races. There is a good chance that this mermaid is an intelligent creature that will attack you as soon as she is healed.
The ideal time to heal her is after Mars and co are ready for battle.
「By the way, why is Hazuki-chan so silent all the time? Did the mermaid do something to you?」
「――Isn't this mermaid has amazing boobs!? They are as big as Lilia-san's, if not bigger!? Everyone I meet has big boobs!? Isn't there some kind of big-breasted fruit!? I just don't know about it, but everyone else must be eating it!」
「That's the reason why you're so grumpy, huh. ...... Hazuki-chan is rather cute without them. There's something good about not having it.」
The fact that Hazuki recognizes mermaids as people is a boost to the healing process, even though she is dismayed.
「All right, let's help her. It doesn't look like she's that deeply wounded, so it should heal quickly. Can I ask you to do that?」
「I-I'll help her! I was just a little envious of her!」
Hazuki, looking quite depressed, began to heal the mermaid.
A little later, the mermaid wakes up.
After looking around with her dim eyes several times, the mermaid opened her mouth.
She mumbled a few unintelligible words, and when it became clear that they could not communicate, she began to speak a language that Mars and the others knew.
「――Please help me! D-Do you understand my word?」
「Y-Yeah, the healing was done by Hazuki-chan here.」
――This is going to be a real pain in the ass. After all, we've already cured her. What more does she want us to help her with?
Mars' intuition kicked in.
There was no way that nothing would happen to them after encountering a legendary being.
「Will you come to the bottom of the ocean with me!?」
――Yep, I knew it was going to be a pain in the ass.
Mars looked at Lilia and nodded once.
「...... Can you tell me your story first?」
Without asking, there is no way to judge.
However, the only thing that comes to mind when Mars hears the word "bottom of the ocean" now is one thing.
The undersea city of Critias, one of the Seven Great Dungeons.
Mars remembers its name from an ancient map.
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