Everyone finished cleaning up after the BBQ, and we all left to get ready for the next day.

May and her friends didn't come back until after the BBQ, but we didn't worry about them because it was their field.

When we returned to the box yard, we found Chad's big boat floating in the sea, which was supposed to be sunk to the bottom of the sea. Some of the masts are broken, but there are no holes in the bottom of the boat, and it still looks usable. But why is it here?



"Why is this here?　Didn't you sink it?"

"Mr. Locke sunk it, but it was a waste, so I picked it up.

　Apparently it was Mellow who did this.

"Picked it up?" "Picked it up? ......



"Don't worry. We rescued all the crew on board and it would have been a waste to leave it sunk there if it was not used, wouldn't it?"

"Well, I understand it's a waste, but..."



"Well, I understand that it's a waste, but once the boat is sunk there, the water is too deep and there is no way to retrieve it. Besides, they won't be coming back."

　What happens to Chad and the others is none of our business, but at least they won't be able to come back as slavers. The trust he had built up shone through the gap between the slavers' profession and the slavers'.



　Now that the slavers are no longer trustworthy, it will take a long time for him to gain enough trust to turn it around.



"Did you get this when you said you had something you wanted to pick up as soon as you joined us?"

"Yes. I found many useful things in the mermaid village and I have them all on that boat. You can do whatever you like with them, since they belong to ...... Locke-sama, including me."

"Oh, ...... thank you. I'll think about it.

You're welcome.



　Mellow had been gone once since he became a sacred beast, and he had recovered Chad's sunken sailing ship. With the Holy Beast's ark, it is hard to imagine that a ship of this size would be needed to cross the sea, but the ship floating in the ark is so magnificent that it makes one feel as if one has wandered into a painting.



"May I board?"

"It's your boat now."



　Mellow brought a baby boat next to the sailboat and brought it close to me.

　As I use it to get closer, I realize that it is quite large.



　When I jumped on the sailboat, it was even more beautiful inside than I had expected. As I had seen from below, there were some broken parts due to the fact that it had sunk once, but most of them seemed to be usable if they were repaired.

　All of the water and other objects that had been inside had been drained out cleanly.



"Did Mellow drain the water out of these?"

"Yes, this is no big deal.



　A ship sunk by a demon belongs to the person who pulled it out of the water, but ...... this time I think it is indeed a match pump. But if you ask me if I'd sink it again, I'd be grateful for the ...... use of it. I will be thankful to use it, though I will rarely use it outside.



　When we went inside the ship and looked at the treasure room, we found a lot of money.

　Chad was a very successful slaver.



　Many of the paintings and other works of art had been soaked in salt water and had become slightly peeled and worthless, but there was one painting in particular that really moved me.



　It was a mysterious painting that showed no sign of having been wet even though it had been submerged in water.



　In the painting, there was a river flowing in the middle of bright and beautiful trees, and a girl was waving her hand to me with a big smile on her face.

　It was a very impressive picture. I decided to hang it in a place where I could see it better.

　I don't know much about the painting, but there was something about it that fascinated me.



　By the way, the rescued illegal slaves will be returned to their families and places of origin with the help of Drakul and Griz.

　Chad's property in that house is said to be worth a considerable amount of money, which will be used for the reconstruction of the people who were attacked by the Wonder Wolf White Wolf.



　By the way, this picture is beautiful. I wonder how they can use such beautiful colors.



"Mr. Locke, would you like to keep the painting?

　Apparently I had been frozen for a long time as I looked at the painting. My thoughts were scattered, but I don't know...I guess I liked it a lot, considering I didn't take my eyes off the painting for the whole ...... time.

"No, I don't want to do that. I'm going to leave it here."

　I don't feel like I'm being attacked or anything, so I guess we have a good feeling about it.



　We got off the boat and walked back to the beach.

　There was a beautiful full moon in the sky.

"Mr. Rock, do you like to sing?

"Yes, I do. Yes, I do.

Well, I'd like to play you a song about a mermaid who can sink ships.

"Well, this time she did it by force."



　Mellow smiled and sat down on a rock, with the full moon and the sailboat in the background.

　It was a magical scene. Mellow's singing really touched my heart.

　I have heard bardic songs before, but his voice touched my heart more than any other voice I have heard.

　It is easy to understand why one would fumble the controls of a ship while listening to it.

　Mellow's singing gently soothed my tired heart.