Chapter 6
「Legs!?」
「They're growing, like "nyoon"-nyaa!」
When everyone came out of the bath, Sion, who was indeed the lower half of a fish just a few minutes ago, was walking around. She seemed to have borrowed Lilia's clothes.
As usual, Nemu jumped at him soaking wet and naked, and Mars looked at Sion while catching her.
――Magic really can do anything. But still, a mermaid getting legs is just like the Little Mermaid, isn't it?
I'm getting used to it without realizing it, but I think a little calmly that this one doesn't seem to be magic.
「Nemu-chan, you need to wipe your body and dry your hair. You'll catch a cold, you know?」
After taking a bath, Nemu would definitely hug Mars.
Nemu might be clinging to Mars to overwrite the smell that has been lost in the bath.
This is something he noticed after Lilia told him.
Nemu rubs her own scent and attaches the scent of Mars to herself.
In short, it is one of the attachment behaviors.
Nemu was expressing her affection in her own way.
「It's troublesome, nyaa!」
「I went to the trouble of making ice cream for dessert. There's no share for the girl who doesn't do it right, okay?」
「Hazuki-nyan, dry Nemu off-nyaa! Hurry up-nyaa!?」
Lilia and Mars laugh at Nemu and Hazuki as they run to the changing room together.
The kind of ice cream is quite rare in this world.
It is also very difficult to prepare, so it is not served very often.
The ice cream Mars makes is more like a sorbet than ice cream, but it has the best reputation among his friends. Everyone has an insatiable appetite for sweetness. Here, a single sugar cube costs the equivalent of one day's food for the whole family, and it is a luxury item.
Sion opened her mouth, a little reluctant to say anything.
「If it is possible, could you take me on an adventure with you?」
「I don't mind. I'd like to ask you to do the same. There are too many things we don't know. It's our first time in the ocean, and we don't know anything about the inside of the ocean.」
Ask what you can do and incorporate it into your strategy to increase the certainty of the attack as much as possible.
Mars says that the outcome of most things is determined in the preparation stage.
The same is true for the dungeons they have conquered in the past.
In this case, the game could be over immediately if a monster attacks you while you are moving underwater.
Therefore, the presence of Sion, who can fight in the sea, is a must.
If it were true, he should be the one to ask for it, but it would be convenient if Sion herself told him.
「Well ...... If possible, we were talking about staying together in the future.」
「Oh, it's fine with me, but is Sion-san okay to leave the ocean? Wouldn't your family be worried? It's dangerous and we are living a wandering life, you know?」
「Family...... Actually, I have a husband.」
Mars felt that Sion's tension had blatantly dropped.
The situation would be different if it was "I have," or "I had".
「You're married. Is your husband ......? Well, you know, did you check if he is alive or dead?」
「He is probably in the dungeon. My husband is of the warrior class. I haven't found any dead bodies, at least not around the city.」
「I intend to help all those who can be helped. So if I meet Sion-san's husband, I will help him. In that case, we'd better stay together.」
「――I want you to take me with you in the future, regardless of whether my husband is alive or dead. I want you to take me out of the depths of the sea.」
Both eyes of open gold pierce Mars.
Then Sion sat down on the ground.
「H-Hold it! Don't dogeza, please!」
「Those on the surface do this when they make a plea......」
「I-I got it! I got it, okay, just tell me why!」
Mars stood Sion up and sat her down on the sofa with Lilia.
After making sure she had calmed down a bit, Mars decided to ask her the reason.
「My husband is not interested in me at all. He said that a warrior should have a companion or two, and he chose me, a shrine maiden.」
「It's like an arranged marriage, huh. ...... Do you like him, Sion-san?」
「――I guess I would say that I neither like him nor dislike him. He may be at another house or hunting somewhere, but he never comes back to our house. I am tired of preparing meals every day for my husband who never comes home. I was just looking at the food that no one else was going to eat. Besides, we only met once, at a wedding a hundred years ago.」
「...... Isn't that less than an acquaintance already? Maybe Sion-san's hundred years and my sense of time are different, but even so, that's way too long.」
In Mars's value system, they are less than acquaintances.
Even if they had a life span ten times longer than a human's, a couple that hasn't seen each other for ten years would have already broken up.
What's more, if they had met only once, that would be out of the question.
Lilia asked with a bitter look on her face. Mars also wanted to ask about this.
「Do you have any children?」
「No, I don't. First of all, I have never spent the night with my husband.」
「You got married and didn't even have your wedding night........!?」
「If you mate, you will have children, right? My husband hates it. Because he'll be tied to the house.」
Lilia's expression of disgust was obvious at Sion's words.
Mars swallows his spit, trying to be careful as well.
At least it's family-oriented and you can't blame it. (?)
Of course, when Mars has children of his own, he has no intention of neglecting them, in fact, he is even worried that he might become a foolish parent, but he must be even more careful.
Glancing at Lilia, Mars answered based on what he had heard so far.
「If that's the case, well, ...... we can be together from now on, can't we?」
Even a couple of middle school kids in love would be a little more intimate.
He couldn't very well say that she would rather be with a guy like that.
Or rather, they don't even stay together.
Lilia agreed with Mars' response.
To be realistic, she should pretend to accept the situation, no matter what her true feelings are, because she does not want to offend those who are going to challenge the dungeon with her.
Lilia is surely looking at her with sympathy as a woman.
It would be better to respect this kind of emotional response.
「Then!」
「Yeah, I'm looking forward to the adventure with you in the future, Sion-san. Then, can you tell me what you can do? If you come with us, I'll count you as an asset.」
「Sure!」
Very happily, Sion told Mars and the others about her abilities.
In general, Sion's abilities were far from those of a human being.
At this stage, she is the strongest. Although Mars and the others have the advantage of extensibility and the ability to apply their knowledge, they are no match for Sion in terms of ability value alone.
Although she was humble about it, her total amount of magical power is far greater than that of humans.
It easily surpassed the Hazuki, which was the highest level among human beings.
The advantage of the races is enormous.
In addition, she had many one-of-a-kind abilities and a variety of unique magic that had matured in the special environment of the undersea environment, where there was no communication with any other places.
If he were to point out a weakness, it would be that the enormous amount of magic power is directly related to her lifespan.
And although the total amount of magic power is large, its recovery power is unusually low.
To put it simply, if she uses magic too aggressively, her life is in danger.
Although the initial value is high, she will gradually become weaker and weaker. It is like a machine that cannot be recharged.
――It's only for special cases or when only Sion-san can solve it.
After grasping her ability, Mars thinks about the dungeon once more.
What is worrisome is that the dungeon itself is at the bottom of the sea, which means that the environment is not suitable for humans.
It is said that it is possible to create air, but it is difficult to imagine what kind of monsters are there.
The illustrated book of monsters that Mars has is full of monsters that can be found anywhere, and it is not useful for the large sum of money he spent. The book was useful only as a reference for Nemu's drawings.
For example, only the most orthodox rock golem from the previous mine was included, and the most common and powerful metal golem in the dungeon was not.
The same can be said for sea monsters.
The more powerful the monster, the less it is listed.
This is because you would not be able to live if you encountered such a powerful monster.
――In the end, when it comes to monsters, it's all about brute force. This is the only thing that remains scary no matter how many times I try.
Basically, it's hit and away, and you can run away from all of them except for the boss――who's likely to be the Sea God this time.
The only thing you gain from fighting is wear and tear. The more you fight, the more you lose.
――But if it's us now, it doesn't matter if the environment is a little different.
There are more than forty unused 【Forbidden Magic Book】.
Each one is magic that would take a lifetime to master.
Just being able to use any one of them would be useful to any adventuring party.
If you learn one of them, you will be stronger than Mars was when he was alone. You can even conquer a small dungeon by yourself.
Mars is saving it for now because there is still a high possibility that it will be used to exchange for the Book of Immortality, but he can become as strong as he wants if he uses it appropriately according to the situation.
At best, Mars and the girls were calm.
At worst, they were careless.
This is why there is no tension in their daily lives.
The sweet poison of their successful experience was loosely affecting them all.
Sion, the strongest of them all, is not particularly strong among the mermaids.
The fact that mermaids with such high ability averages can only push the Sea God into the dungeon .......
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