“Okay, have a good trip! I know you’re staying over there tonight, but make sure you come back tomorrow.”
“Leave the defense of this side to me. So, um …… tomorrow, I’d like a reward ……”
Sent out by everyone including Ellie and Neve, along with Sakura and Yudit’s dolls who I’ll be going with, we get on Sophie’s magic train, which slowly begins to move.
Apparently, Yuri, Yudit’s doll, is telling Sophie when to depart via the dolls over there.
We arrived safely at the east resting area and were about to pass through the cave to the Lizardmen’s village…
“Master Alex. May I have a moment of your time?”
Tsubaki, who was directing the activities of the second team, was waiting for us.
“Is something wrong?”
“Yes, sir. There is a little problem in the Lizardmen’s village. Mr. Nooti seems to be troubled, and he wants to talk to Lord Alex about it.”
“I understand. Let’s go to the village right away.”
“No, Mr. Nooti not is there …… I will lead the way.”
Tsubaki passed the village south of the lake where Mr. Nooti, the chief of the Lizardmen’s Village, lived, and went around the large lake, and stopped a little north of the Koto village.
There, I found Mr. Nooti, Mr. Perutt, the young lizardman who had guided us to the village of the rabbit-eared tribe when we first arrived, and for some reason, Mio too.
“Mio? Why are you in this place?”
“Oooh, Alex! Your clones last night were amazing! I hope you can make it that intense again tonight.”
“That’s …… well, I’ll listen later. So, why are you here?”
“That’s the thing. For the time being, I’ve blocked her movements and magic with wards, and I was wondering what to do.”
Mio indicated that there was a mermaid in the lake.
According to them, Mr. Perutt had discovered it early in the morning and hurriedly reported it to Mr. Nooti.
Mr. Nooti called out to her to return to the sea, but she did not listen to him and released attack magic, so he decided to consult with me via the resident dolls.
But since I had already left the house, Meilin dispatched Tsubaki and Mio first.
“At any rate, we should send her back to the sea …… right?”
“Well, Mermaids usually live in the sea. But I think I’ve heard of mermaids living in freshwater.”
“I see. I’d like to talk to them anyway, but …… Does she use offensive magic?”
“Yes. She’s a very violent mermaid. I’ve got a soundproof ward on her right now, but she can’t speak either.”
“She can hear me, can’t she? I’ll talk to her, for now.”
I took off my leather armor and clothes and swam to the mermaid’s side in the lake, carrying only his sword, just in case we needed to talk eye-to-eye.
“I’m Alex. Are you from the sea?”
When I speak to the mermaid, at first she notices me approaching and turns away, but then she suddenly jerks up and starts nodding vigorously over and over again.
Just now …… Did she notice something?
But when I looked back, there was nothing, just Mio and the others looking at me by the lake.
I don’t understand, but we seem to be able to communicate, so I decide to keep talking.
“Do you want to go back to the ocean, but you can’t?”
She shook her head horizontally violently …… I guess that’s a no.
“Did you come here with a purpose?”
Next, she shook her head vertically …… Yes, huh.
We exchange for a while and indicate that they mean no harm.
In fact, unlike right after I spoke to her, I don’t feel the hostile intent anymore, and said that when Mr. Nooti spoke to her, she was so surprised that she ended up attacking him.
Well, I’m sure a mermaid living in the sea has never seen a lizardman before.
When I first met them, I thought they were some kind of monster.
“I’d like to hear a little more about it, so please remove this ward. I don’t want to fight you, so don’t attack me, okay?”
The mermaid nodded her head vigorously, so I asked Mio to remove the ward…
“U-Um. I’m …… I mean, My name is Levia- …… Ahem-ahem. Lavi …… Yes, my name is Lavinia.”