Chapter 93 – Treasure Hidden on the Island!?
When I suddenly realized it, both Skor and I had fallen asleep for a bit. Ah, it seems that I fell asleep drooling on Skor’s lap because it was too comfortable. I was careless.
When I opened my eyes, my face felt unusually heavy. My field of vision was pitch black. What was going on?
Hmm, what is this soft object ―― It’s Skor’s chest!
It was bouncing up and down.
It seemed that Skor had also fallen asleep, and her upper body had fallen towards me. Due to this force majeure, my face was enveloped by Skor’s chest.
What the heck.
Is this all the distant utopia!?
This is not the time for such thoughts. I have to do something about this quickly…! I gently moved away from Skor… Phew, it’s soft… I mean, I managed to escape safely. As I wiped the sweat off my forehead with my arm, I saw a ship from the sea.
“A ship? Could it be those guys from the Empire again?”
As I was on guard, the ship suddenly started firing its cannons with a boom, boom, boom. Whoa, they started firing at us all of a sudden! The cannonballs were flying towards us. This is bad, this is bad, this is bad.
I held onto the sleeping Skor and dodged the incoming attacks.
“――Wow, that surprised me! Rasty-san, what do you intend to do with me!? I think it’s still too early for that kind of thing…”
Even though I was in a situation where I was hugging Skor tightly from the front, I didn’t have time to be conscious of that. I focused on dodging the incoming cannonballs as best as I could.
“Whoa! That was close! We almost got killed. Skor, you didn’t get hurt, right?”
“Y-Yes… or rather, why are we being attacked?”
Now she mentioned it. Skor was frightened and clings to me with a “Gyuu”. It’s hard when she clings to me like that! While resisting this cotton-like sensation, I protect Skor… though I might get too excited!
Fortunately, the barrage of cannon fire stopped.
The ship was heading towards us.
Hmm… that’s a “pirate flag”!
In other words, that ship is a “pirate ship”. This is bad. We’ve caught their attention――No, that’s not it. I suddenly remembered.
When I defeated the Burning Slime on this island, I obtained a “gold coin” and a “mysterious map.” Could it be… did they’ve come to take it back? If that’s the case, it’s dangerous.
“Skor, make sure you hold on to me tightly.”
“O-Of course…! Yay! I can legally cling to Rasty-san’s body…!”
Skor seemed really happy and hugged me even tighter with a ‘Gyuuu’. T-That’s why, being pressed against each other like this is…!
Concentrate, concentrate, me.
Eventually, the ship approached the island quite closely. They dropped anchor at a safe distance from running aground and several pirates emerged from within. They got on small boats and headed towards us. And finally, they landed ashore.
There were several muscular men with rough, rock-like bodies. And the one who seemed like their leader was――a red-haired woman!?
“Captain, it looks like there are kids living here after all. This island used to be uninhabited, with only monsters on it.”
“Yeah, that’s right. We were attacked by a giant slime back then. But now, there’s no sign of it. There are only humans… and they’re just kids.”
The red-haired female captain glared at us.
She was dressed like a pirate you often see in books. However, she had an appearance closer to that of a noble.
” Y-you guys… Did you come to look for treasure?”
“You… Your face looks familiar. And that golden-haired elf you’re holding… Isn’t she the Holy Maiden of Borodin?”
The one called the captain stared at Skor.
Does she know Skor? let alone me?
“Who knows. Sorry, but this island is mine. Please leave.”
“That won’t do. Over there, I can see the Tethys, the ship of the count of Gernsheim Imperial Territory. In other words, it’s evidence that the Empire has entered this island. Before that, we’ll take back the gold coins.”
“Gold coins, huh? Is there really a treasure chest hidden somewhere?”
“That’s right. We have a vast amount of gold and silver treasures that we’ve earned with blood, sweat, and tears. There’s a treasure that could let us live a life of leisure. But we couldn’t recover it due to the monsters. We even lost the map, it was the worst. But when we saw that you guys were living here, we landed again. Now, if you obediently step aside, you won’t get hurt.”
“I see, I understand.”
I raised my left hand.
“What…? Are you surrendering, boy?”
“No, I’m going to give you a warning shot.”
” ――Huh”
The crossbow “identifies” the pirates as enemies and automatically fires arrows. The arrows were fired at a super high speed and pierce the pirates’ feet.
“Uaaaah!” “Arrows are flying!” “That was close!” “C-Captain!” “What’s going on?!” “There was nothing like this before” “R-Run away!”
The men left the captain behind and jumped into the sea. What a bunch of guys, leaving their leader like that. By the way, the crossbow is useful!
――Now, what should I do with this captain?
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