Chapter 84: Flag-like Remark

UOOH?!

I tried to punch the kraken, and yet, my body slipped to the side.

It seemed my punch missed since the kraken’s body was too slimy.

And since we were right under the water, I couldn’t make the full use of my strength.

Even if I managed to punch it, it wouldn’t be that effective seeing that the kraken was over one hundred meters long.

‘Oh, right. Maybe using fire magic from point-blank range will work.’

Thus, I gave up on attacking it with brute strength.

I cupped my hands together, thrust it forward, and shot a fireball toward the kraken from point-blank range. [TL: Kamehameha reference]

The next moment…

KABOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM!!

What in the world was that explosion?!

I received an extremely powerful impact and was thrown very far away.

『~?!』

The kraken was acting strange. It was starting to swim wildly in all directions, scattering countless bubbles which exploded in the sea.

One part of its body was burned by my flames.

After all, could a normal flame still burn brightly even in the sea?!

However, I soon lost sight of its figure since it escaped in a hurry toward the bottom of the sea.

‘Well, I guess driving it away is good enough for now.’

The vortex gradually disappeared, and I swam back to the ship.

The ship was still shaking, but it was safe for now.

「I-IT’S BACK?!」

「THE KRAKEN?!」

Seeing my figure back on the deck, the pirates screamed while clinging to the ship like there was no tomorrow.

By the way, I was once again in my birthday suit since my clothes were shredded to pieces back in the sea.

「No way… did you beat the kraken… in the sea?」

「W-Woow…」

No, no, no, I didn’t beat it.

I only managed to drive it away.

And just when I thought this, I saw a huge shadow come to the surface from the bottom of the sea.

It was the figure of that kraken, burned to a crisp.

It seemed the fire kept burning its body until the kraken used up all its power and died.

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After seeing me beat the kraken, the pirates who occupied the ship became really obedient.

They obediently followed my order and got into the cells in the basement.

「…Thank you for saving all of us.」

“”

Captain Popol expressed his gratitude.

His action seems to be really awkward. Well, that was probably because he realized my identity.

Wait a minute, could it be that he wanted me to… leave this ship?

Right here… in the middle of the ocean?

If that was the case, I needed to ask him to deliver the female Holy Knight safely to land.

I had no problem being left alone in the middle of the ocean since I could fly with wind magic… and I could follow the ship in case I had no idea about where to go.

When I was pondering that…

「Well, I guess it isn’t my place to inquire about your situation. You’re a passenger on my ship, and not to mention that you’re also the savior of this ship and her passengers too. I guess the Hero King has his own reasons for booking a place for you on this ship. So I’ll treat you just like the other passengers of the special room in this ship until we arrive at our destination.」

The captain turned out to be quite a brave man.

Thanks to that, I could still enjoy the trip by ship.

「…Thank you very much.」

After thanking the captain―the absolute limit of what someone with a communication disorder like me could do―I returned to my cabin.

Naturally, I didn’t forget to bring the sleeping female Holy Knight with me, laying her on the bed.

It seemed our tea was spiked with an extremely potent sleeping drug.

By the way, she woke up the next morning.

「…Uh… Eh? Just what ha—」

She raised her body listlessly after sleeping for almost twelve hours.

「I feel really sleepy…」

「It’s the effects of the sleeping drug… You slept like a log.」

「!!!」

Her face spasmed for some reason, and then, she wrapped her arms around her ch*st.

「Y-YOU B*STARD… WHAT WERE YOU TRYING TO DO TO ME BY SPIKING THE TEA?!」

Wait a minute, did she forget about the pirates and jump to conclusions?!

「Y-you’re mis-mistaken…!」

「Mistaken about what?! You changed your clothes!」

「T-that’s why I say that you’re mistaken!」

In the first place, what was the relationship between me changing my clothes and her sleeping?

「I’m not the one who drugged you…! Look, it was the tea! The drug was in the tea!」

「Tea… Ah.」

Yup, she finally remembered what happened.

「You’re right… I drank the tea that was spiked by the pirate who was masquerading as the vice-captain…」

…I see, the pirate wearing sailor attire was the one who spiked the tea, huh.

It seemed he did so to make us completely powerless.

The captain’s overconfidence ended up backfiring, allowing the pirates to hijack this ship.

Well, I guess that was natural since no one expected that one of the pirates would masquerade himself as the crew.

「W-WHAT HAPPENED TO THOSE PIRATES?!」

Thus, I explained the events that happened after she fainted.

After all, the kraken was a much bigger problem than those pirates.

「A kraken, huh… So many things happened while I was asleep…」

The female Holy Knight then looked at me as if she wanted to say something.

「I-is something the matter?」

「No, I just feel that you—for some reason—always get dragged into all kinds of problems.」

「Please stop treating me like some sort of jinx.」

I tried to refute, but I noticed that jinxes wouldn’t even work against undead.

Moreover, I kept having all kinds of strange encounters after my awakening.

…The fight against the Thunder Dragon Emperor, being targeted by the Empire…

Although the female Holy Knight had no idea about this, I did get ambushed by adventurers on the way toward the port city.

「W-Well, there should be no problem after this…」

Despite being undead, I prayed to God that we would arrive safely in the Holy Country.