Chapter 62 : Looking For Island Starting From Eighteen
「Who is that？ 」
Kanon asked as she looked at the unconscious woman.
「So………… she isn’t your acquaintance? 」
「………she’s not.」
Hearing that, the strained air around us loosened, but it was soon replaced with bewilderment.
I was almost sure that this girl was Lilith, Kanon’s big sister. However, Kanon herself denied it. If that was the case, who in the world was this girl who I carried under my arms?
「Uhm, could she be one of Lilith-san party members? Remember, that HelloWork staff said that NONE of her party member had returned.」
「I see, that’s possible.」
Mop-san also gave the same opinion with Yukihime-san. And if that was true, then we have no choice but to wait till she woke up first.
「,,,,,, Uhn.」
「Ah, this woman has woken up.」
Without a need to wait for long, they saw the woman’s eyelids stirred as her lips moved slightly. Seeing that, Yukihime cautioned us not to shake her, before she greeted her gently, trying her best not to spook the woman.
「Hey, can you understand what I say? 」
Her eyelids opened slightly when Yukihime-san spoke, and Yukihime-san immediately entered her line of sight.
「I………. Understand. 」
At the beginning, her voice was frail, but soon life gradually returned into her eyes, and she could reply with an almost normal tone for the last part of her answer.
「Then, can you explain the reason for that thing before? How did your body ended up being hijacked by that UFO-like-ogre-head and why did they attacked you?」
「Yes…it’s not only my body who’s hijacked by that ogre-head, but also Lilith’s. After that…we…were used to kill the other members of our party…in this place.」
「I see………」
Though I felt relieved knowing that Kanon sister, Lilith, was safe and sound, I couldn’t bring myself to finish my words. After all we didn’t make it in time to save other people.
「Please don’t make such a sad face, I’m grateful that you saved my life. Moreover, we were adventurer. We were already prepared to lose our life at anytime.」
After that, she only looked at me with a stiff smile on her face. And, even though I understood that she was just pretending to be strong, I couldn’t do anything but to accept what she said as face value.
Without further words, we escorted her back until we reached Sasebo. During our escort to Sasebo, we asked about more detail surrounding the event that unfolded in that place. According to her story, it seems that she was fully conscious even when that UFO-Like-Ogre-Head hijacked her body, she even remembered her battle with me.
It seemed that after being hijacked by that UFO-like-ogre-head, and killing the other party members, she and lilith separated. The ogre hijacking her left the forest whilst the ogre hijacking Lilith’s body disappeared somewhere unknown. As for the reason they were being ambushed in the forest, and why both of them took separate action, all of this was unknown. Though the woman herself didn’t seem to understand the reason behind such action, from her story we found out the way to save Lilith.
Now we knew what to do, it’s time for action. After all, while I really wanted to explore the mountains area, our happy time was almost up.
「It’s vexing but we have to stop for today. I’m gonna log in from tomorrow evening, but―― Was there any of you who couldn’t make it?」
Thus, after confirming with one another, we decided to meet in this city again tomorrow evening before going to see Kanon. Then, we logged out from the game.
■ □ ■ □ ■
「I’m home, Kanon.」
「…… Welcome back, onii-chan.」
Next evening, we met up with Kanon again in one of the inn’s room that we’ve chosen as our meeting point beforehand.
Ahaha, hearing her call me that felt wonderful! No one but Ruri ever called me in that way after all. However, that call also tempted me to hug her tightly, and combined with the way she’s looking at me with upturned gaze, made it a truly irresistible move! Really made me want to hug her tightly! Nevertheless, if I suddenly hugged a 10 years old loli, I would definitely be sent straight to jail. But! This temptation was just too powerful!
「Sorry to make you waiting, Kanon-chan.」
「Yukihime-neechan……..」
Yukihime-san gently hugged Kanon. Seeing such tender scene, my eyes moistened, feeling touched…
「Kanon-chan.」
「Blue-oneechan……..」
On the other side of Yukihime-san, Aoi-san was also hugging Kanon. T-This is bad. B-Because of this spectacle……. I………….
「Leave it to me, Kanon.」
「Shut up, you human garbage.」
UOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOI! ? W-WHAT IN THE WORLD YOU SAID JUST NOW, KANOOOOOOOOOON! ? THIS ONIICHAN TEARS DRIED UP IN A FLASH YOU KNOW! ?
「Thank you very much！ 」
SO YOU’RE THE CULPRIT OF KANON’S MESSED UP EDUCATION! What the f*ck did this hentai bastard taught to a pure girl like Kanon?! Whoops, that’s a nice lariat, Yukihime-san. 10/10 for you. Unfortunately, that only ended up as a reward for this sort of pervert. And, this kind of scene and exchange happened so often that it had sunk deep into my psyche that it felt like normal to me now. Though, I think I wouldn’t see a delighted expression of Mop-san that would surpass his current expression.
「Kuuh, I really want to know what in the world is this pervert weak point……..」
I understood your feelings Yukihime-san, but I don’t think this person had any weakness. I mean attacking his weakness would only make him even more excited instead.
「Please, scold me more severely! 」
Look.
And, maybe it’s because she had finally arrived to the same conclusion as I had, no thanks to the series of events that had just happened, she turned to look at Kanon after sending a glare at Mop-san.
「Listen to me. Kanon-chan. Next time this pervert ask you for something, you must not follow along recklessly, understand?」
「U-Uhm」
After tidying up the messed up scene from before, we spread out a map on top of the table then discussed the matter that we have to do from this point.
「Which left us with main question. “Where is Lilith current position?”, let’s discuss that now.」
Despite what she said, Yukihime-san didn’t give her opinion. To me, she looked very confident and now she’s only waiting for someone to give their own opinion first on where we should go to in order to find Lilith.
Well, I was the same with her in this case.
Anyhow, I got a full day to look for the clue of her location. Whether it’s PE, lunch break, or lesson, I investigated in minute details about various legends and folklores in Nagasaki area in the website for capture guide. Well, for as long as the time permitted me to do so that is.
After all those efforts, I finally discovered it. The existence of head-only ogre.
But upon a closer look, it’s not just me and Yukihime-san, Mop-san and Aoi-san face were also brimming with confidence.
「It seems that everyone was doing their investigation. Well it’s decided then, our destination is――」
Matching with Yukihime-san voice, our fingers were pointing together at a certain point in the map.
「The island where there’s legend of Ondako, IKI」 [TL : Iki Archipelago — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iki_Island ]
Thus, all of us decided to head for Iki island where we expected Lilith to be located.
■ □ ■ □ ■
There’s 2 big city in Nagasaki area. The port city Shimabara which linked us to Okinawa and slightly northeast of that was Sasebo. Though Nagasaki does have several small villages which spread around the maps with the inn acting as the login point for us [players], those villages were the limit where most players were willing to go. The so called [players] area of operation.
And right now, we were currently heading slightly away from that scope.
「SOU-ANIKIII! We can see the island ! 」
「Ou, do your best, you low life! 」
「「「OOOOOOOOOOOOH! 」」」
A few of the brawny dudes replied to my order in tandem. They’re the NPCs of a certain quest. They work in the sea, lives there, and were the true men of the sea. Right now, we were on their boat to sail toward the Iki archipelago.
「Sou-kun, I did say that we need a boat to go there but……」
「I’m in the same opinion. This is definitely a premium boat. A splendid one that wouldn’t even budge by the likes of a stormy sea. Even so……..」
「「WHY IN THE HELL DID YOU CHOOSE A PIRATE SHIP! ? 」」
「Well…….. It just………. Turned out this way……」
「Just turned out this way……… Oh well, I should have said “As expected of you, Sou-kun “.」
「…… You’re welcome」
Even though that didn’t feel like a praise at all, I would just play along for now.
While I was not sure whether Iki archipelago exists in this world, for the time being, we headed to the direction where our world’s Iki archipelago is located. I was sure that Iki archipelago of this world is located the same like our real world. While I had considered the option of swimming to that place, there were ships in this world that could be used to cross there. Therefore, we decided to go to our destination using ship. It’s the safest route available for us after all.
But then, looking for a ship that could bring us anywhere was proven to be too much of a task for us. First, the NPC of this world who owned their own boat didn’t just nod their heads when they heard our request. Since the negotiation had never bore a fruit even with Yukihime-san seduction technique, we might as well as see this case as if they were trying to protect something. And since our “Lethal Weapon” called Yukihime-san couldn’t even make those men of the sea budge an inch, those things they were protecting must be so great.
Thus, we resorted to look for a quest in HelloWork. And since we found one job whose content related with escorting the fishermen who were going fishing, we took that quest. But then, it didn’t go well even after we racked our brains for several days. After all, we couldn’t speed up the ship on our own.
Thus, our progress was halted by a great wall even though we had managed to find the clues to Lilith’s location. That’s why we’re progressing at turtle pace, and this pace greatly irritated me by days.
It was at that time that I saw them. Their figure that was standing on top of the pirate ship appeared in front of my eyes when I was in the middle of doing my job as the escort of the fisherman.
In the eyes of those pirates who held naked blades, those fisherman was a sitting duck, as for me, they, those pirates were―― Just like flocks of delicious ducks carrying around green onion stalk, offering themselves on a platter.
What happened next wasn’t something that could be described for under age kids. After various things happened in those indescribable moments, the pirates were reduced to a bunch of guys who would willingly do anything I ordered them.
「Boss! I brought you a beveraGEEEEEEEEEEE.」
「Sou-aniki! Let me to massage your shoulders.」
Well, honestly I think I overdid it this time…but everything turned out to be fine so who cares. Though I felt sorry for Aoi-san and Kanon for having to be with these frightening chaps, luxury were not something to be refused. Just wait for a while. We would arrive on the archipelago without fail.
And then, we disembarked on the land of Iki archipelago, which probably had never been visited by any players up until now.
Chapter 62 : Looking For Island Starting From Eighteen
「Who is that？ 」
Kanon asked as she looked at the unconscious woman.
「So………… she isn’t your acquaintance? 」
「………she’s not.」
Hearing that, the strained air around us loosened, but it was soon replaced with bewilderment.
I was almost sure that this girl was Lilith, Kanon’s big sister. However, Kanon herself denied it. If that was the case, who in the world was this girl who I carried under my arms?
「Uhm, could she be one of Lilith-san party members? Remember, that HelloWork staff said that NONE of her party member had returned.」
「I see, that’s possible.」
Mop-san also gave the same opinion with Yukihime-san. And if that was true, then we have no choice but to wait till she woke up first.
「,,,,,, Uhn.」
「Ah, this woman has woken up.」
Without a need to wait for long, they saw the woman’s eyelids stirred as her lips moved slightly. Seeing that, Yukihime cautioned us not to shake her, before she greeted her gently, trying her best not to spook the woman.
「Hey, can you understand what I say? 」
Her eyelids opened slightly when Yukihime-san spoke, and Yukihime-san immediately entered her line of sight.
「I………. Understand. 」
At the beginning, her voice was frail, but soon life gradually returned into her eyes, and she could reply with an almost normal tone for the last part of her answer.
「Then, can you explain the reason for that thing before? How did your body ended up being hijacked by that UFO-like-ogre-head and why did they attacked you?」
「Yes…it’s not only my body who’s hijacked by that ogre-head, but also Lilith’s. After that…we…were used to kill the other members of our party…in this place.」
「I see………」
Though I felt relieved knowing that Kanon sister, Lilith, was safe and sound, I couldn’t bring myself to finish my words. After all we didn’t make it in time to save other people.
「Please don’t make such a sad face, I’m grateful that you saved my life. Moreover, we were adventurer. We were already prepared to lose our life at anytime.」
After that, she only looked at me with a stiff smile on her face. And, even though I understood that she was just pretending to be strong, I couldn’t do anything but to accept what she said as face value.
Without further words, we escorted her back until we reached Sasebo. During our escort to Sasebo, we asked about more detail surrounding the event that unfolded in that place. According to her story, it seems that she was fully conscious even when that UFO-Like-Ogre-Head hijacked her body, she even remembered her battle with me.
It seemed that after being hijacked by that UFO-like-ogre-head, and killing the other party members, she and lilith separated. The ogre hijacking her left the forest whilst the ogre hijacking Lilith’s body disappeared somewhere unknown. As for the reason they were being ambushed in the forest, and why both of them took separate action, all of this was unknown. Though the woman herself didn’t seem to understand the reason behind such action, from her story we found out the way to save Lilith.
Now we knew what to do, it’s time for action. After all, while I really wanted to explore the mountains area, our happy time was almost up.
「It’s vexing but we have to stop for today. I’m gonna log in from tomorrow evening, but―― Was there any of you who couldn’t make it?」
Thus, after confirming with one another, we decided to meet in this city again tomorrow evening before going to see Kanon. Then, we logged out from the game.
■ □ ■ □ ■
「I’m home, Kanon.」
「…… Welcome back, onii-chan.」
Next evening, we met up with Kanon again in one of the inn’s room that we’ve chosen as our meeting point beforehand.
Ahaha, hearing her call me that felt wonderful! No one but Ruri ever called me in that way after all. However, that call also tempted me to hug her tightly, and combined with the way she’s looking at me with upturned gaze, made it a truly irresistible move! Really made me want to hug her tightly! Nevertheless, if I suddenly hugged a 10 years old loli, I would definitely be sent straight to jail. But! This temptation was just too powerful!
「Sorry to make you waiting, Kanon-chan.」
「Yukihime-neechan……..」
Yukihime-san gently hugged Kanon. Seeing such tender scene, my eyes moistened, feeling touched…
「Kanon-chan.」
「Blue-oneechan……..」
On the other side of Yukihime-san, Aoi-san was also hugging Kanon. T-This is bad. B-Because of this spectacle……. I………….
「Leave it to me, Kanon.」
「Shut up, you human garbage.」
UOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOI! ? W-WHAT IN THE WORLD YOU SAID JUST NOW, KANOOOOOOOOOON! ? THIS ONIICHAN TEARS DRIED UP IN A FLASH YOU KNOW! ?
「Thank you very much！ 」
SO YOU’RE THE CULPRIT OF KANON’S MESSED UP EDUCATION! What the f*ck did this hentai bastard taught to a pure girl like Kanon?! Whoops, that’s a nice lariat, Yukihime-san. 10/10 for you. Unfortunately, that only ended up as a reward for this sort of pervert. And, this kind of scene and exchange happened so often that it had sunk deep into my psyche that it felt like normal to me now. Though, I think I wouldn’t see a delighted expression of Mop-san that would surpass his current expression.
「Kuuh, I really want to know what in the world is this pervert weak point……..」
I understood your feelings Yukihime-san, but I don’t think this person had any weakness. I mean attacking his weakness would only make him even more excited instead.
「Please, scold me more severely! 」
Look.
And, maybe it’s because she had finally arrived to the same conclusion as I had, no thanks to the series of events that had just happened, she turned to look at Kanon after sending a glare at Mop-san.
「Listen to me. Kanon-chan. Next time this pervert ask you for something, you must not follow along recklessly, understand?」
「U-Uhm」
After tidying up the messed up scene from before, we spread out a map on top of the table then discussed the matter that we have to do from this point.
「Which left us with main question. “Where is Lilith current position?”, let’s discuss that now.」
Despite what she said, Yukihime-san didn’t give her opinion. To me, she looked very confident and now she’s only waiting for someone to give their own opinion first on where we should go to in order to find Lilith.
Well, I was the same with her in this case.
Anyhow, I got a full day to look for the clue of her location. Whether it’s PE, lunch break, or lesson, I investigated in minute details about various legends and folklores in Nagasaki area in the website for capture guide. Well, for as long as the time permitted me to do so that is.
After all those efforts, I finally discovered it. The existence of head-only ogre.
But upon a closer look, it’s not just me and Yukihime-san, Mop-san and Aoi-san face were also brimming with confidence.
「It seems that everyone was doing their investigation. Well it’s decided then, our destination is――」
Matching with Yukihime-san voice, our fingers were pointing together at a certain point in the map.
「The island where there’s legend of Ondako, IKI」 [TL : Iki Archipelago — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iki_Island ]
Thus, all of us decided to head for Iki island where we expected Lilith to be located.
■ □ ■ □ ■
There’s 2 big city in Nagasaki area. The port city Shimabara which linked us to Okinawa and slightly northeast of that was Sasebo. Though Nagasaki does have several small villages which spread around the maps with the inn acting as the login point for us [players], those villages were the limit where most players were willing to go. The so called [players] area of operation.
And right now, we were currently heading slightly away from that scope.
「SOU-ANIKIII! We can see the island ! 」
「Ou, do your best, you low life! 」
「「「OOOOOOOOOOOOH! 」」」
A few of the brawny dudes replied to my order in tandem. They’re the NPCs of a certain quest. They work in the sea, lives there, and were the true men of the sea. Right now, we were on their boat to sail toward the Iki archipelago.
「Sou-kun, I did say that we need a boat to go there but……」
「I’m in the same opinion. This is definitely a premium boat. A splendid one that wouldn’t even budge by the likes of a stormy sea. Even so……..」
「「WHY IN THE HELL DID YOU CHOOSE A PIRATE SHIP! ? 」」
「Well…….. It just………. Turned out this way……」
「Just turned out this way……… Oh well, I should have said “As expected of you, Sou-kun “.」
「…… You’re welcome」
Even though that didn’t feel like a praise at all, I would just play along for now.
While I was not sure whether Iki archipelago exists in this world, for the time being, we headed to the direction where our world’s Iki archipelago is located. I was sure that Iki archipelago of this world is located the same like our real world. While I had considered the option of swimming to that place, there were ships in this world that could be used to cross there. Therefore, we decided to go to our destination using ship. It’s the safest route available for us after all.
But then, looking for a ship that could bring us anywhere was proven to be too much of a task for us. First, the NPC of this world who owned their own boat didn’t just nod their heads when they heard our request. Since the negotiation had never bore a fruit even with Yukihime-san seduction technique, we might as well as see this case as if they were trying to protect something. And since our “Lethal Weapon” called Yukihime-san couldn’t even make those men of the sea budge an inch, those things they were protecting must be so great.
Thus, we resorted to look for a quest in HelloWork. And since we found one job whose content related with escorting the fishermen who were going fishing, we took that quest. But then, it didn’t go well even after we racked our brains for several days. After all, we couldn’t speed up the ship on our own.
Thus, our progress was halted by a great wall even though we had managed to find the clues to Lilith’s location. That’s why we’re progressing at turtle pace, and this pace greatly irritated me by days.
It was at that time that I saw them. Their figure that was standing on top of the pirate ship appeared in front of my eyes when I was in the middle of doing my job as the escort of the fisherman.
In the eyes of those pirates who held naked blades, those fisherman was a sitting duck, as for me, they, those pirates were―― Just like flocks of delicious ducks carrying around green onion stalk, offering themselves on a platter.
What happened next wasn’t something that could be described for under age kids. After various things happened in those indescribable moments, the pirates were reduced to a bunch of guys who would willingly do anything I ordered them.
「Boss! I brought you a beveraGEEEEEEEEEEE.」
「Sou-aniki! Let me to massage your shoulders.」
Well, honestly I think I overdid it this time…but everything turned out to be fine so who cares. Though I felt sorry for Aoi-san and Kanon for having to be with these frightening chaps, luxury were not something to be refused. Just wait for a while. We would arrive on the archipelago without fail.
And then, we disembarked on the land of Iki archipelago, which probably had never been visited by any players up until now.
