Chapter 107

Chapter 107 \nKaiou Pirates Captain Douglas?\nHaving seafood barbecue, sightseeing Esport, stocking up food and storing them with Space magic. And just like that, three days passed while spending the time doing such things.

 

And then, early morning of the fourth day. We headed to the port toward the anchored ship that will go to Kagura. www.ihavesinnedtranslation.com

The morning of the port city of Esport is brisk.

In the early morning, people who catch fish are already moving around busily since morning and went to the sea. There might be those among them who went fishing since the sky is still dark, there are some boats that returned as if to replace the departing fishermen.

Since the fish caught are brought to the market, the market is naturally bustling with people since morning.

This is where the fish would probably be sorted, processed, and preserved.

I can constantly hear lively voices even when I am at the harbor.

『Yes, it’s a freshly caught Dos Tuna!　It’s six big gold coins!』1,2

『Six big gold coins and five gold coins!』

『Seven big gold coins!』

There’s probably an auction happening at the market, that’s why I can hear those lively voices again and again. www.ihavesinnedtranslation.com

I guess there are also cooks who aimed at fresh fish that have just been caught in the early morning.

While hearing the hustle and bustle from the market, I turn my eyes toward the front.

The view in front of me was filled with the sea stretching out as far as my eyes can see, making a gentle sound of waves.

On the other hand, I can see the wide, deep blue sea with the clear blue sky continuing beyond my line of sight, it’s as if they are mixing together on the horizon, at the boundary between the sea and the sky.

The contrast of the green flowers3 and the blue sky is also beautiful, just like the one at Koryatt village, but I guess the view where the sea and the sky met is not bad. I thought like that while squinting my eyes at the light from the sun that had just risen up.

There are three sea birds flying about in the sky and crying – as if enjoying their freedom – in the blue sky which seems to spread out boundlessly with no clouds in sight. Seeing their appearance, I thought that, 『Should I use the non-attributed magic Shield and walk in the sky with them』, but right now I’m just going to enjoy the scenery from the ground.

The sound of the rushing waves is pleasant to the ears.

There are also some irregular sounds of waves among the constant rhythm of the calm waves. The sounds of something hitting something, fish jumping from the surface, the flow of the current changed and the sounds of waves colliding with each other, there are no sounds that are the same.\nEven though those various sounds mixed together, the sounds of the waves are not loud at all, it was more of a harmonious, calming sound.

It sounds just like when you soothe a baby, maybe….? That kind of calming sound.

The sea is the mother of all things. I feel like I can understand why they said that the sea was the source of all living things. www.ihavesinnedtranslation.com

After that, I continue to stare vacantly at the sea.

I feel the air of Esport with my whole body, free from obstructive thoughts.

I wonder how much time has passed since I stare at the sea absent-mindedly like that?

Irvine came from the direction of the ship.

「Ooーi, Alfried-sama!　The preparation is overー. Eh, oi oi! We’re going to go on a sea trip after this, so why do you have that kind of dead-looking eyes! You have the eyes like the Dos Tuna that we ate yesterday, y’know!?」

Saying that a person’s eyes are like a dead fish's eyes, what a rude person this guy is.Irvine peered into my face and started poking my cheek, while I was unable to convey what was in my mind.

「So rude. My eyes are always like this, you know.」

「Ahー, that’s right. You always have that dead-looking eyes, huh.」

Though I’m trying to say that my eyes look like this usually, but I was awfully misunderstood.

Even though my eyes are as clear as the sea of Esport, this misunderstanding is terrible.

I should say a few words here. www.ihavesinnedtranslation.com

So I thought, but then Irvine placed his hand on my shoulder *pon*.

「But, a kid doesn’t have that kind of eyes, y’know?　Alfried-sama is still a kid, after all. There are still a lot of fun things to be done! First of all, let’s enjoy this sea trip with us! Look, a happy future is starting from now on!」

Irvine stood up as he said that, and started to run off energetically.

 

「Oi, hey!　Don’t show your pity on me as you please!　I’m enjoying my life properly, you hear?」

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「This is the ship that we’ll be riding, y’know!」

「Ohー, it looks quite impressive when you look at it from up close, huhー」

There was a large sailing ship when we headed to the place where we were to board the ship with Irvine. www.ihavesinnedtranslation.com

It was so large that we had to look up. We have to use the stairs from where we are to board the ship.

I pretty much thought that it won’t be a small ship, since it’s a trading vessel between Kagura and Esport, but this is much larger than I expected. It also has three masts.4

Sure, the main-mast is the tallest, and the one behind it is the mizzen-mast. Then one in front should be the fore-mast, I guess. I had a quick look at a movie about ocean adventure before, so I remember a little bit of it. However, a ship has various tools with subtle names, so I mostly remember nothing else.

「Indeed, that main-mast snapped in stories and dorama, isn’t it 」

「Oi oi, don’t even say something that will jinx us, we’re going to have a sea trip after this, y’know.」

When I look up, there are ropes hanging everywhere, men who appear to be sailors are climbing those ropes toward the mast.

「What is that diagonally hanging rope?」

「Ahー, the one those sailors are using to climb up right now?　That is a rope ladder to climb up the mast called shroud. That’s a stay, a rope to support the weight of the mast, and behind that is the backstay. A rope to support the mast.」

「I see. I don’t understand it since it’s too messy..」

It seems that Irvine knows about it more or less since he has been on a sea trip before, he pointed to them one by one with his finger, but aside from the shroud, nothing else enters my head.

「Well, we’re not sailors, but I guess it’s fine to call them all, ropes.」

「That's right. We’re not sailors, so we can just call them all shroud ropes to climb.」

Un, they’re all ropes. That’s very easy to understand.\nThey went to the sea just like that.