62 - The Magic of Lucky and Domorte






Sun, do you recognize those men?

"No, I've never heard of half-fish trading with humans."



 We look at the sailboat from a distance in the water.

 There seem to be quite a few people working inside.



"How close is it to land from here?"

"It's pretty far. I don't think we would be able to find the half fisherman's village if we were going about our business as usual.



 A small boat is lowered from a sailing ship, and a half-fisherman appears.

 After some sort of conversation with the sailor, he dives into the water.



"What the hell is he doing?"

"I don't know, but he seems to be talking to the half-mermaid. That half-fish can communicate with us.

"It seems so. That half-fish is very suspicious.



 When the half-mermaid returned to the boat, she found a tied-up mermaid.

"They've sold the mermaid to the humans!"

"I'll go and stop them."



"No, wait a minute. If they've taken others we'd better find their hideout and destroy them instead of catching them here. Ciel, come on out!"



 Ciel was just eating a banana and had a banana in his mouth.

"Sorry to interrupt your meal. I need you to follow that ship from the sky and find out where the mermaids are being taken.



 Ciel nodded and flew into the sky.

 The bird is originally flying at a very high altitude, so it will not be spotted by the other party.



"Well, I'll leave the tracking to Ciel, and we'll go to the half fisherman's village..."

"Let's go. I've bartered there a few times, I can lead the way.



 Madeline says yes, but I don't like the idea of letting a woman go first.

"I appreciate the sentiment, but I don't want to put the women at the front of the line, so you can lead from behind us.



"Thank you, but I am a warrior of the sea. But I am a warrior of the sea, so you don't have to worry about me. ......

"Oh, I haven't introduced myself yet. I'm Rock. Nice to meet you. I don't have time to introduce myself in detail, but I have other followers, so please don't attack me by mistake."



"Squires? Please take your time and introduce yourself when you're done."



 He gives a brief introduction to the mermaids.

 After that, I share some information about the village of the half-mermaids.



 The village of the half-mermaids is not enchanted like the mermaids' village, but is a hole in a rugged rocky terrain where they live.



 Some of them have holes in two directions, while others have holes in only one direction, so if you are not careful, you may be trapped.



 We see a sailboat heading toward land from above the half fisherman's village, and we head toward the village.



"It's nerve-wracking."

"Don't the mermaids fight?"



"We hunt fish in the sea, but we don't fight against half-mermaids. I'm quite nervous in practice.



"Don't worry. I'll take care of it, because I'm ...... so nervous."

 May interrupts our conversation, but Sun takes the liberty of twirling her tentacles around her mouth.

 The mermaids are used to this, and they all just laugh and don't say anything.



 There is no entrance to the half-mermaid village, so we walk up to it and check it out.

 There are some half-fish who stand guard at the entrance to the caves, but not many.



"What are we going to do?"

 I ask, and San wraps Mei up in a circle so she can't move.



"The most suspicious place is that cave with the guards. It's difficult to get there from the back, so I think the only way is to get as close as possible and go through the front door.



"Also, Sun told me that there was some kind of a manipulator, right? That's the most suspicious thing. We have to get that guy."



 I call my followers and Shannon into the water.

 The mermaids were quite surprised.



"Mr. Locke, you have a lot of followers.

"No, I don't. I'll introduce myself when I have time. Let's go then.



----Rock, Domorte and I have a really good idea, can we go first? ----

"What? You want Lucky and Domorte to go ahead by themselves?"



"I think it would be better if you let me and Lucky take care of it first."

---- "Wait a minute. I trust you, Mr. Locke, but I'm not sure I'd trust her and her cute little doggy to handle this.



--Rock, she said I'm cute--.

 Hey, you were mad at me when I called you "doggy" when you were Mei, but now you'll call me "cute" if I call you "cute.

 Lucky, you're a bit of a softy, aren't you?



"Madeline, I think you can trust those two. They are stronger than me.

What? Are they so ...... much ...... stronger than Ms. Sun?






 Sun explains to Madeline, but she's not convinced.



"We have to be active too. You mermaids wait here. Rock, right?"

"Well, they're two of our best, so I'm sure they'll be fine.



I think it's best if the mermaids just stay away. I just heard the plan..."



 Shannon warned the mermaids.

"Does that mean we're slowing you down?

"No, that's not what ...... means."



"No, that's not what I meant. We don't want to waste time arguing about this, so let's all go to the nearest place and let Lucky and Domorte go ahead of us.



 The mermaids looked a little confused, but since Lucky and Domorte wanted to go ahead, they must have a plan.



"Please be careful, mermaids!"

"Are you still saying that? We are warriors too. We won't be surprised if something happens.

"Okay. We're going to fight together now, so let's not be afraid.



 Shannon seemed genuinely concerned.



 We walked along the rocks until we were as close as we could get, and Lucky and Domorte were ahead of us.



 As soon as the half-mermaid notices us, Lucky howls!

--Wow!

"Look at our power and be amazed!"



 As the two cast a spell, the winds rise around them and the sea gradually breaks apart.



 Oi, oi, oi. How out of the ordinary is wind magic to break the sea?

 The mermaids are flailing about like fish on land.

 Why didn't you tell me before you went this far?