Chapter 199: The Sea and Makoto are doing well

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“I have been nailed down…”

The contact of Limia was as expected.

They unreservedly called me regarding the schedule.

Come as fast as possible(in the time that Senpai is at Lorel), and my thoughts were splendidly shot down.

They probably have a lot of things to prepare, so the date and times that were proposed were all reasonable.

The fastest one will probably have Senpai in Limia already.

In that case, I feel like I will have Mio stay.

Luckily, we have the sea, so she probably won’t get bored. That part is a saving.

“Well, it is good that a day has been decided. It will clear one pain after all.” (Makoto)

Deliberately voicing it out, I make myself think that something good has happened.

With this, the troublesome country visits will be over.

It seems like Rembrandt-san is doing his moves, so the Aion Kingdom isn’t calling me.

I have interest in Lorel Union, so I actually want to visit it once.

Maybe because the Goddess is being docile, the Church seems to be docile as well.

I just have to endure a bit more.

Even so, the talk finished faster than anticipated.

The reason was because I compromised fast though.

I am slightly interested in the details of the growth of Jin’s group, but returning to the Academy is just…

Yeah, let’s confirm the work in Asora.

I take out the documents I wanted from the desk.

Shiki puts together the documents that I should be seeing, so it is a great help.

“For now, it seems like the races that will be going to the sea have been decided.” (Makoto)

I turn over the documents.

This time, before having an interview with me, I had Tomoe and the others do a trial and have them do a survival for a set period of time.

It may sound excessive when calling it survival, but the point is, it is just to try living there.

Even if I say sea, the environment is varied, and we will test if the various races are actually able to live in the sea of Asora.

Tomoe is the one in charge of this trial and she is also the advisor.

So long as there’s no excessive actions in the period of time she is in charge, she doesn’t need to show herself.

“It would be ideal if there are races that can accommodate in land as well though.” (Makoto)

As expected, things won’t go so smoothly.

The large sized aquatic demonic beasts are far from being able to relate to land.

And the mermaids are fish at their lower half.

Even if they are hyuman-like, it is obvious at a glance that even trying to walk would be a difficulty.

In terms of race, the Lorelei that seem to be a variety of demons have hyuman shaped bodies, so instead of in the sea, they live close to the sea, which makes them able to adapt easily to land.

The reversed race that has hyuman limbs and fish body are able to run in land as well.

Because of that, the name of the race is Neptune Sea Lord. I feel like their very existence is a joke already.

There’s also a race called Sahuagin that is half hyuman-like, and even when it is not their specialty, they are able to move in land.

About them, what left the most impression was actually the plate that was shining at their head.

I thought they were kappa. Sea kappas.

And so, While having the races that can go in both land and water at the port, it would be ideal if they were to interact with the other races that are only able to live in the sea.

I thought that it would be nice if that port and my house were to interact with a certain town.

And so, I left the detailed parts to Tomoe and the others.

“Mermaids, Lorelei, Sahuagin, and Neptunes. Sea horses, Kelpie, Sea Serpents, Blue Moons…” (Makoto)

When I confirm them in order, I could tell that there were quite a lot.

There are more than 10 races.

It is not like they are competing for a spot in the migration, so as long as they are able to adapt to the sea of Asora, I don’t mind having them all migrate.

And as long as there’s no clear hostility between the races.

The sea is vast, so they are able to find a place to live anywhere.

If they are preyed upon, or are about to become prey by the living beings that were originally in that sea, I can just have them retire.

Will I have to do an interview with all the races, or are all the races going to retire?

…No, the latter would be problematic, so I want them to do their best.

◇◆◇◆◇◆◇◆

A pleasant report came in.

Almost all the races that are trying to live in the sea are able to adapt to the lifestyle of Asora.

There were about two races that retired because they felt danger towards the sharks and giant octopuses that were originally there, but it seems like most of the races are able to safely live.

At this rate, we will be able to obtain residents for both the cold sea and the warm sea.

Asora has a lot of land compared to the population.

This also applies to the sea, so if they live in a lot of places and gather information, there’s nothing I would be more grateful for.

It would be incredibly troublesome if we were to investigate every nook and cranny by ourselves after all.

“And well, it seems like all in all, there’s no problem. There’s also people that are beginning to communicate with the pre-existing living beings there. The fear we had about quarrels between races has not occurred.”

With no real problem, Tomoe finishes her report.

“That’s great. It is regrettable for the races that retired, but tell them that if there’s a time when they need the Kuzunoha Company, we will cooperate.” (Makoto)

“I have already told them. If a problem were to occur at hyuman territory, we will hear them out.” (Tomoe)

“As expected. Is Sari doing well?” (Makoto)

“Because it is her first job, she is full of vigor. There’s no strange movements.” (Tomoe)

“I see.” (Makoto)

A few days have passed since my lecture at the Academy.

The migration test in Asora has been progressing smoothly.

It is peaceful like the calm of the sea.

“By the way Waka, I heard from Shiki that the students of Rotsgard have grown quite a lot.” (Tomoe)

“Hm, ah yeah. It is impressive. Every single one of them have become great. It feels like it would be overdoing it if we were to train them as we first planned, so…I think that it would be okay to let them be on the teaching side.” (Makoto)

“The teaching side, is it? They will probably come pestering that they want to become even stronger though.” (Tomoe)

“There’s growth in teaching as well. Also, even if they want to become stronger, they are already the strongest in the Academy, you know? If we are talking about the same year, they are easily the strongest. There’s no need to train them more than this and increase the difference, right? I think that they will be able to contribute plenty enough in a war between hyumans, or against most of any fight against other races.” (Makoto

“…I see. I am slightly interested, so do you mind if I have Shiki show me the information later?” (Tomoe)

“Of course it is fine. Just don’t go doing any weird interference with the students, okay? Because you trained Misura, he has learned some weird power after all.” (Makoto)

“I will be careful.” (Tomoe)

Seriously.

Tomoe training Misura became the trigger, and Jin and the others have grown an incredible lot.

Every one of them learned a special ability fit for them, and made their own trait more prominent, and the result was that they have gotten stronger.

When they were in Rotsgard Academy, they were originally kids with talent.

When someone aims high, in a sense, it is normal for them to grow.

When thinking that way, Shiki and I only helped out in it.

I will only have the new students increase their levels to where Jin’s group is, and after, I will just let them grow up on their own and they will most likely become plenty strong.

As a teacher, I have found a standard of how strong I will train my students and am doing well.

Truly good.

“Then Tomoe, do you have time now?” (Makoto)

“Again? I have to look after the races that want to migrate, so I think that it would be hard to accompany you today.” (Tomoe)

“…I see.” (Makoto)

Too bad.

“Reproducing the environment of Waka’s world tired me a lot after all. The next time I am available would be the day before Waka leaves for Limia. Sorry.” (Tomoe)

“Understood. I know that I am asking for too much when you are busy after all. It is fine.” (Makoto)

“…Ah, Waka, do you have time?” (Tomoe)

Tomoe?

Tomoe suddenly makes a bitter face as she asks me.

Ah, thought transmission huh.

I want to learn how to skillfully utilize thought transmission while speaking as well.

It is hard to concentrate in both of them.

If I am able to do something about it by practicing, I should try.

“What? Is it thought transmission?” (Makoto)

“Yes, it was from Lime.” (Tomoe)

“Heh~, he was together with Senpai and her group, right? What did he say?” (Makoto)

“…Yeah, it wasn’t anything big. It seems like that purple cloud didn’t disappear completely with what we did the other day.” (Tomoe)

“…As I thought. I felt like the resistance was way too thin. It hasn’t been that long since then. Is it already doing evil?” (Makoto)

“Yes. And it seems that Lime and Hibiki are currently dealing with it, but it seems like it is not going well.” (Tomoe)

“Even Hibiki-senpai?” (Makoto)

“Seems so.” (Tomoe)

I can’t believe it.

Even though it is Hibiki-senpai.

Even though she should be able to do something about an opponent of that level.

Is it because her methods of long ranged attacks are low?

She does use a sword after all.

“I said that I would be helping Lorel, and yet, it was so half-baked. That’s not cool. Troubling Senpai would be bad, so I will do something about it.” (Makoto)

“…Can I leave it to you?” (Tomoe)

“Yeah. Just that, I think it will be useless to deal with that group with the previous method. The response was thin after all. I do have something in mind, but I have to get relatively close or I feel like it won’t work.” (Makoto)

I would like to at least get an approximate location of it.

“Then how about using the strategy that the winged-kin utilized in last time’s mock battle with Waka? The one about sharing information with a third party from a faraway location.” (Tomoe)

“Ah, I see. It will definitely be useful. Let’s go with that. Then I will have to move to a location where I can aim.” (Makoto)

“There’s a mountain with good view. It has a bit of distance from the location, but if it’s Waka, there shouldn’t be any problems, right?” (Tomoe)

“I do have Azusa and magic after all. I actually don’t have to worry about range.” (Makoto)

“Well then, go ahead. I will send the winged-kin there, so while confirming with the information share, try to tackle it.” (Tomoe)

“Understood.” (Makoto)

“Waka.” (Tomoe)

“What?” (Makoto)

“Lime and the hero are floating close to that area, so I don’t mind if you gift them a few shots, you know? Especially to Lime.” (Tomoe)

“Why do I have to do something like that to Lime?” (Makoto)

Calling me to a stop when I was about to enter the created gate with Azusa in one hand, she said something strange.

“…That’s because he has slacking slightly you see, so I thought that it would help for discipline.” (Tomoe)

“You say some scary things.” (Makoto)

“It could serve as good motivation to Hibiki, you know?” (Tomoe)

“I don’t want to. If it gets discovered later, just how do you think we would be able to apologize? Seriously.” (Makoto)

“…Have a safe trip.” (Tomoe)

“Yeah, I will return soon.” (Makoto)

The other side of the gate was as stated, the summit of a mountain.

Truly a panorama of 360° degrees.

What a superb view.

And in the faraway sky, there’s one clearly visible thing.

I could tell that that purple stain was the problematic cloud.

“It has become quite big. It is not as big as before though.” (Makoto)

I prepare my bow.

I set an arrow.

The target cloud is quite a distance away, but maybe because I am using magic simultaneously since coming to this world, I don’t feel like I will miss.

I have stopped worrying about whether it will reach or not.

If I can see it, I can hit it.

I am beginning to naturally think in this way.

Just that, in the case of that cloud, it is a united form of many individuals, so I feel like I can’t consider it as just a single enemy.

It is something that I felt after reflecting on last time though.

“Now then, the link with the winged-kin…” (Makoto)

While I wait for the arrival of the winged-kin, I could tell that they appeared at a place a bit further away from the purple cloud.

Two huh.

A thought transmission soon came from them, and asked for confirmation if it’s okay to send information.

Of course, I said okay.

After finishing a short thought transmission and waiting for a bit, a strange scenery as if looking at the purple cloud from a closer place appeared in my mind.

What was in my eyes was the cloud far in the distance, and the gap between distances made me feel slightly nauseated.

It was as if looking at it from afar, and at the same time, looking at it from a monitor.

But if I get used to it, it might be convenient.

Thanks to it, I was able to clearly tell where Hibiki-senpai, her comrade magician, and Lime were floating.

‘I will give you the coordinates’, is the follow-up report that came from the winged-kin.

The scenery of where the cloud and Senpai’s group were, was shown to me like a grid, and several numbers appeared.

Hmph~.

So this is how the winged-kin exchange information with each other and getting their aim huh.

It is certainly easy to understand.

It is not that necessary for me who snipes by relying on my senses, but I think that it is an advantage to erase the measurement errors in the attack.

I give my thanks to the winged-kin and tell them to be in standby.

“I will pierce that purple cloud in my sight. At that scenery that’s in my mind, I only pierce the cloud.” (Makoto)

It was a mysterious feeling.

It was the same sensation as aiming straight.

But at the same time, it was as if I was placing my aim at the scenery in the monitor.

In my time at Japan, this would be an incredible stunt, and yet, I was able to lock the target.

No, not yet.

It is no good to just avoid Senpai’s group.

And it is also no good to just pierce through the part that seems to be the cloud’s core.

More, more, more, more…

Concentrating in each live that comprises the cloud, I target everything of it, all the links.

Not shooting vaguely.

And for that sake…

“…”

While maintaining my concentrated state, I lower the arrow I set up.

This time, I won’t use this one.

What I need right now is not an arrow, but a catalyst for my spell.

To pierce through several targets at once, I need both archery and magic.

From the variety of arrows that I had the Eldwas make, I choose an arrow that has the most ability to inject magic power in, and once again, I set it up.

An amber colored arrow.

“Avoiding Senpai’s group, I will pierce the core, and kill all the clouds in a chain.” (Makoto)

The cloud that appears in my mind is being filled with countless numbers of aims.

I can do it.

I silently release my arrow.

For a while, the arrow continued on as a normal arrow, but the amber arrow soon broke, and in exchange, it turned into a big mass of light that could take up the whole field of vision, and flew towards the purple cloud.

And then, after a while, the mass of light bursts.

Okay, I did it!

Avoiding Senpai’s group, it pierces through the core of the cloud, and at the same time, it pierced through the scattered portions that I placed my aim on. I could tell that it was effective.

I have killed it.

Different from last time, this time I actually felt it.

“Fuh~, I have defeated it.” (Makoto)

It seems like the winged-kin have witnessed it as well.

They face this way and are flying here.

Even though one is carrying the other, they are incredibly fast.

Thanks to their help, my possibilities with the arrow increased more.

I am happy.

I felt like I once again confirmed that the bow is something irreplaceable for me.

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  • Thanks for the chapter Reigokai, it was a nice surprise.

    And yeah, Makoto is clearly showing off his OPness as his ability to strike down anything from almost any distance so long as he has spotters like the winged-kin, is becoming clear. I hope Hibiki was taking notes, since this a very clear sign that she shouldn't do anything that will piss Makoto's side off.
    And I see that the comments on Makoto's dumbness for trusting Hibiki are still being spammed, but I already talked a lot about that last chapter so I won't go into it again.
    Still, it seems we've got the Limia visit coming up and senpai will definitely be there, so something might happen to change their current dynamic then. Makoto might learn to take a better look at the real person he's dealing with and not the ideal self she projected to everyone back in Japan. We can only hope.
    Whatever the case, I doubt Hibiki will be able to stop herself from using her connection with Makoto to try something with the Kuzunoha company. So if it ends with Makoto being played and walking off with a smile without noticing anything again, I'm quite sure the comments will go up in flames.........

  • Hibiki realizes Kuzonoha company's great war potentials... Being a politician with charm power, She tries to shave off Makoto's war potential and use it as her own - in the case of Lime and even Mio back then.

  • I am dying to know who the new contract person will be someone said that he's gonna get another follower he has a dragon ,spider, undead Who each are ridiculously strong I'm curious what the next one going to be

    • Since the new contract is from that trio or at least hinted by one of them, I guess it would be some related to them (minor Gods,servants etc...)

  • Just a bit more then it will be the goal of 600!!

    Go go go guys! XD

    I wish there is a book or something similar that would depict the pov of sari after joining in asora hahaha daily life of sari xD

    • Honestly, there are a bunch of side-stories that could function as decent spin-offs.

      Mio's Kitchen Journal
      Root's Hyuman Observation Diary
      The Musings of Asoran Migrants Collection (Vol. 1)
      Merchant Raidou's Curious Class
      The Fairies(Magical Girls) of Kuzunoha
      Fall of the Mad Gritonian Princess
      Tales of The Devil's Witnesses

      Anything else?

      • True!! That would be so nice to read xD haha i dont care if those books have less chapters but atleast we get to know their side and the mystery would lessen a lot xD haha

        Mio's kitchen journal seems interesting.. Haha

        • Oh man! I forgot a few of the most important ones!

          Legends of the Seven Great Kamen Eiyuu!
          Lime Latte in: "Goldtouch"
          Heart-throbbing Affair With Kuzunoha's Maiden Euryale

      • Interesting. How would the Journal sounds like?
        "Today I tried cooking purple cloud. It doen't taste nice".

        ... something like that?

        • Actually, I was imagining the book to be more about her explorations. Sort of a Mio POV compilation with a focus on cooking.

          That said, your idea works for a short notebook, I'm imagining something something kinda like what you put, only in a tone like Louie's Notes from Pikmin. Off the top of my head...

          Purple Cloud Organisms: "Harvesting is a pain. Evaporates under heat and thus can't be cooked. Recommend mixing into a juice, then freezing. Also, toxic to consume."

          Hydra: "Regeneration allows for long meals, but taste is blandly sour no matter the preparation method. Only useful in compensating in quantity."

          Manticore: "Chewy. Best sauteed with finely cut leeks to bring out flavor."

          Curse Wraiths: "Inedible (to the others). Consumption causes (others) hallucinations and a period of high agitation. Also, highly poisonous."

          • Using deductive reasoning, I doubt Manticores are poisonous to eat.

            Well, firstly, it depends what incarnation of manticore we're talking about(especially since there are other similar chimera mixes that get mixed up with it). But as far as I know, any poison-using version does so through a scorpion(sometimes dragon, but dragons obviously don't use poison in this world) tail. If it's just scorpion-esque venom, eating it is no problem so long as you remove the glands and cook it properly. Heck, people on earth do eat scorpions after all, so it can't be too hard.

            As for how it tastes, I assume it doesn't taste too bad. It's various forms(including alternate names) are compiled of some mixture of: lions and tigers(large felines have been compared to pork loins), shark(obviously a delicacy), antelope(venison), scorpion(presumably crustacean?), and bats(Google tells me they can vary greatly but good ones are in goosey taste area). So yeah, Mio might be able to make a huge variety platter from just the one creature. It'd be great. :D

            (I should probably also mention that "old man" is one of the creatures mixed in sometimes, but let's just splendidly ignore that part.)

          • *splendidly ignoring the idea*

            Did I seriously just spend 5 minutes working out a 2.5 paragraph comment explaining the feasibility of eating a Manticore?

            Clearly, I've gotten invested in the idea of "Mio's Notes". In my defense, preparing and eating things has been a popular aspect of fantasy for a long time now.

          • Better than me. I can go through my day without any weird thoughts, then the most random things pops into my head. Usually whether or not dragon or hippogriph are edible, and what they taste like.

          • ...Yeah. I think I'm going to try to make it a thing where I try to make Mio-esque comments on preparing strange creatures to eat every chapter.

            It'll be Dungeon Meshi all over again.

          • Maybe they do, maybe they don't. I'm not sure. When it comes down to Arthropods, it includes everything from crustaceans, arachnids and insects like ants and many others.

            However, Arachnids aren't Crustaceans. They belong to a different branch of Arthropods.

            See here for more info(if you're interested):
            https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arachnid#Phylogeny

          • So I just did a quick Google, and it seems scorpions and crickets taste like nuts or chips when they're small and friend. Bigger ones though, taste like crawlfish and shrimp.

            So yeah. Crustaceans is a good comparison.

      • Can you write the journal and post it here? I'd live to read that. 😍
        That being said, it reminds me that the method Mio use to 'eat/consume' is rather unconventional. She didn't really put it in her mouth.

        • What? You mean a "Mio's Notes" project?

          I could probably make a short comment up once(or a couple times) every chapter. I'll quickly run out of ideas for "ingredients" though.

        • For all intents and purposes, it is. That's the idea behind the list.

          I'm not sure which one I would like to see the most, but the "Mio's Notes" idea is actually growing on me very quickly. Second place would probably be...the Asoran Collection. Just a series of whimsical adventures of a variety of creatures in a wonderful, yet scary land.

          The Devil's Witnesses sounds like a compilation of Lovecraftian-styled stories about some mysterious, monstrous creature, so that could be fun too.

      • Those are great ideas. I'd read them.

        But do you have ideas for the following characters:
        -Zef
        -Rona
        -the merchant dude(the friendly one) and his family(the butler, the wife, the two daughters)
        -Lime
        -The two sisters from Tsige who are friend with Makoto
        -Zara
        -Trashmoki
        -Hibiki

        • Well...the thing is those characters all already have their own backstories that can be explored. I already painted a picture of Lime's spy story.

          Hibiki's "Reform Hero" Story
          Tomoki's "Wish Fulfillment" Story
          Toa and Rinon's "My Nee-chan is a Stupid Adventurer" Story.
          Zef and Rona's "Race Governing" Story as well as a bit of their relationship drama.
          Rembrant and Zara's "Shrewd Business" Story.

          They're all adventures in their own right, but...how do I put it...kinda uninteresting in comparison..

          • Oh, and also, I really like how you added "(Vol. 1)" for "The Musings of Asoran Migrants Collection" one.

            But, would it be a volume for each big migration? Or a volume per migrating race?

          • I sorta just imagined it to be volumes with no particular order.

            Sure, stories about the High Orcs and Mist Lizards might come before Gorgons and Winged-kin, but we might also still have stories about the Arkes in the volume about the sea races. And Sari might be the first entry of Volume 1 to introduce this mysterious place that is Asora(because Ema is too busy and has too much going on in her mind).

            Very slice-of-life, with a little adventuring due to exploring new territory. Who knows? Maybe Volume 3 will start featuring movie nights using Tomoe's mist that the residents can gather to enjoy. Or there might be a merry festival. Or fighting tournament.

          • Well, so far, I'm very interesting in all of them... though I'd still probably give priority to the following ones:
            -The Musings of Asoran Migrants Collection(all volumes) (for some Asora awesomness)
            -Tales of The Devil’s Witnesses (for eldritch madness' sake)
            :3

          • Well the former would probably be good supplementary material that gives the races' thoughts on Makoto, his followers, and the new land.

            The latter would truly be a bit of a spin-off series where we mostly see the slightly insane actions of the cults that form around the Devil's Lake. Ooo...It might be slightly Silent Hill-ish, actually. Only without the "evil god" itself present.
            .....XD Sorry, but this is turning into a comedy for me. A bunch of cultists are doing all kinds of crazy things for the blissfully absent devil.

  • Tch ! Took me quite the time to read all the comments !

    Well, on the chapter, I don't have much to say since that's basically as the one before.
    However, you guys sure are pumped up ! AHAHAHAHAHAHAH !

    Oy, next time is the 200th chapter ! Let's make our very own popularity contest for the 200th !
    (Details on next the chapter)

    Thanks for your work !

    • haha, I'm actually just waiting for him to duke it out with other Gods... he's only real challenge in this world is the politics XD

      • This was mentioned last chapter, but that would be kind of an interesting direction to go.

        Since Makoto has virtually nothing to fear from mortals anymore, if we have evil gods(actual evil ones and not just grossly incompetent Bug types) invade this world, it would give us some more interesting conflict and fights. Maybe the focus will shift to Makoto's followers who can't keep up with it.

      • To me it seems like currently Makoto is avoiding direct confrontation with the goddess because he does not want to draw any attention from other gods.
        So it is perfectly possible there will be gods involved, eventually, but probably not anytime soon.

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