## Chapter 248 – The Beach Butchers
“Ugh, that was fun. The food here is delicious.”
As soon as she got back to the inn, Cloudie threw herself onto the bed. She hugged a pillow as she lay face down. She’d wandered around and eaten so much.
“I’m gonna explode, seriously.”
Wienia also tossed off her shirt as if she felt suffocated and flopped down next to Cloudie. She slowly exhaled, grumbling that her boobs might get even bigger.
What?
“What? Your boobs get bigger?”
“I only gain weight in my boobs.”
Out of the blue.
I felt infinite possibilities in those words.
“Let’s eat more.”
“Are you crazy, Darkie? If they get any bigger, I won’t even be able to walk.”
That’s a bit of an exaggeration.
Wienia’s boobs are big, but not that big.
“I’ll carry you around all the time.”
“You’re such an idiot. Ugh…!”
As I was putting away the clothes they’d taken off, Cloudie, who seemed to be in a much better mood, wrapped her legs around Wienia’s body and started touching her. She caressed her breasts with skillful hands, and now Wienia didn’t even resist.
“Ah, Unnie. Don’t touch my boobs. It’ll be a problem if they get any bigger.”
“Hehehe. Your boobs are so soft? If not your boobs, is downstairs okay?”
“I’m tired… Touch my belly if you’re gonna touch anything.”
“Okay. Good girl.”
“It’s not that I’m being good, I just gave up. No matter how much I tell you not to, you’re gonna grope them anyway.”
“That’s what’s cute about you, Wienia. Should I kiss you?”
“No. Don’t do embarrassing things.”
…How nice.
I was tired too, so I just went in between them and lay down. I gave them a pillow with my arms as they snuggled close to me, and I touched their ears. They made sounds of pleasure and soon fell asleep.
And then I closed my eyes too.
***
Maybe it was because it was a port city, but there were things to see besides the night market. The commercial district targeting tourists was well-established, so the sad feelings caused by the blood-soaked beach that those damn fish-men bastards had ruined were long gone.
I bought some clothes and really got into the mood, and I also bought a lot of those bizarre fish statue miniatures that Cloudie was interested in and wore them around my body like charms.
You can only spend money when you travel.
But it’s okay as long as they’re happy.
“Darkie! Let’s go there today, there!”
“Oh? ‘Grand Marine Monster Exhibition’?”
Wienia grabbed my hand and pulled me along.
There was a building that looked like an aquarium.
“…Is it an aquarium?”
Cloudie was curious too, so we decided to go inside. An otherworld aquarium was a little intriguing. We paid 8 coppers per person for admission and went inside.
What a rip-off.
ㅡBustling.
There were some people, but not enough to be a nuisance. I was about to see how well it was done… when I saw this.
“Oh my god… Kkatt?”
“That’s really fucked up. Darkie, isn’t that Darkie’s dick?”
“What the hell are you talking about.”
I was faced with a challenge from the start.
I doubted whether this was even an existing creature. It was a bucket-sized, apricot-colored cephalopod monster with dozens of twisted spoon worm-like tentacles.
Cloudie stared at it seriously, and Wienia made a sex joke at me. Bullshit. My dick is never that hideous.
“It literally looks like a dick and balls. Let’s go see something else before we ruin our eyes.”
“Yeah… I guess there are a lot of unusual sea monsters.”
“It’s just that one that looks especially fucked up, Unnie.”
The aquarium was better than I thought.
Of course, it was extremely poor compared to modern Earth’s aquariums, but the bizarre and gloomy-looking, deformed otherworld fish that were confined in the decorated tanks gave me a fresh shock in their own way.
Monsters are monsters after all.
The deep-sea butchers, who would make Earth’s deep-sea fish look like cute puppies, were staring at the observers outside the tank with their bulging eyes.
I dared to guess that the dark emotions pulsating in those dull eyes were nothing but infinite hatred and murderous intent towards the humans who had imprisoned them here.
“Oh, look at this.”
“This is really fucking disgusting.”
Cloudie and Wienia were either horrified or impressed as they admired the monsters in the tanks. I was more focused on their happy faces than the monsters.
I really wish I had a camera.
We moved slowly, taking our time to explore.
Then, taking advantage of the fact that they were distracted by a rare, cute creature, I went to see where the people were gathered.
“Hawaawa.”
My jaw dropped.
Like all children, I was very interested in the deep sea when I was young.
Deep-sea fish.
Bizarre, but at the same time possessing the beauty of the beginning, they could be said to be the most primitive form of Venus.
They use the best hunting techniques with their bizarre physical structures that have evolved to the extreme to suit their environment. Deep-sea fish were Venus and Diana at the same time. Their nightmarish appearance and unique habits were enough to set the hearts of boys on fire.
“…What the hell is this?”
What was in front of me was a huge monster that had perfectly adapted to the seabed environment, taking only the advantages of crustaceans, cephalopods, fish, and mammals. It was about the size of a person, so it was kept in a slightly larger tank.
No, I don’t think it’s that big of a tank.
The monster in the cylinder-shaped glass tube, which was just the size of a person, gave the impression of a taxidermied conjoined twin creature preserved in formalin solution.
Anyway, is this the main attraction?
Listening to the murmurs of the people gathered around, it seemed that it had been caught recently. Was it a new species? Some friends who looked like sailors were marveling at the fish they had never seen before.
As I was staring blankly, it reached out its hand to me.
ㅡThud.
“Oh my god.”
I was so engrossed in watching that I almost jumped out of my skin.
“…You little shit. These are your balls, you bastard.”
I was pissed off, so I made a middle finger with my hand and held it up to the tank, cursing. The guy, who didn’t even have eyelids, stared at my finger with a blank look and moved his hand.
Then Wienia and Cloudie called me.
“Darkie, what are you looking at?”
“Kkatt?”
They came over and admired his appearance.
They entered appreciation mode.
“…”
I couldn’t shake off a sudden ominous thought. For some reason, I had the unpleasant illusion that it was trying to talk to me.
I ran away to another tank.
Well, most of the squirming crustaceans looked somewhat normal. There were crayfish and crab-like creatures with tentacles instead of pincers, but anyway.
Are tentacles the default for sea creatures here?
“Would it be delicious?”
“It looks delicious.”
When the docile-looking guys came out, Cloudie started talking about food. It seemed that the seafood she had eaten yesterday was to her liking.
“What. Is it already over? Are you kidding me… Ah, Darkie, there’s something at the exit.”
It wasn’t very big, so I was so busy looking around that I reached the exit without realizing it. There was even a souvenir shop, just like on modern Earth.
As if it were natural, Wienia strode in.
It seemed that amulets modeled after the appearance of the Sea God were the main product here. I had already bought a lot of similar things, so I passed and went outside.
“Darkie. Isn’t there anywhere else to go?”
“Yeah. I’m a little sad to go in now.”
“We’ll find something if we wander around. Let’s look around.”
Looking at the hot sunshine, it seemed like the perfect time to go into the sea, but as I checked in the morning, the soldiers were still stationed there. There hadn’t been any attacks by fish-men since then, but we had to be prepared.
We explored here and there.
Even if we didn’t do anything special, it was nice to just feel like we were traveling by admiring the exotic scenery and feeling the sea breeze.
Well, I guess the best thing is that the food is delicious.
After spending the money I had saved up on various things, I bought food and alcohol and returned to the inn. And after having a fashion show while drunk, we impulsively had sex together and spent several days like that.
It would be a truly beautiful memory to violate them in all kinds of sexy swimsuits and traditional city clothes.
***
“Ah.”
It happened just as I was about to go back after relaxing for a long time. I could see the gathered soldiers moving busily.
They were wearing light clothes with an impressive blue-white hue, and armor that looked like it was made of crustacean shells, and they were carrying cutlasses on their waists.
It was a full-scale armament.
“Did the fish-men reappear?”
Cloudie, who was standing next to me and checking out the scene through the window, said. I thought so too. There was no other reason for the soldiers to move separately.
But besides the soldiers, armed thugs in haphazard clothes were following behind them.
Adventurers or mercenaries.
“…I smell money?”
Instinctively, I could guess that something had happened. The fact that the adventurers, who were just swinging violence around, were moving meant that something had happened. It was linked to the soldiers, and considering the fish-men who had appeared recently, it was easy to infer.
It seemed like I had a chance to replenish the travel funds I had been spending lavishly.
I got dressed.
“I’ll go check it out for a bit.”
“Should I come with you?”
“No. Just rest.”
I immediately went outside with my equipment on. Citizens were moving around busily. I grabbed someone at random and asked them what was going on.
“There’s news that the fish-men are invading! Are you an adventurer from out of town? There’s a guild up there, so go there!”
ㅡMeda-dak!
He ran away busily.
“Fish-men are invading, huh.”
I walked in the direction he told me and looked for the Adventurer’s Guild. Any city of a certain size would have a guild that gave out jobs. The Adventurer’s Guild was like an all-purpose outsourcing company.
I could see the building over there.
There are a lot of people coming and going.
It was noisy, so I guess something had happened.
I avoided people as much as possible and went inside, and sure enough. There was a notice posted on the bulletin board. I read them while eavesdropping on the conversations of the surrounding adventurers.
“Let’s go quickly! They say the fish-men can’t use their strength at all on land!”
“They say if you carry the Sea God’s amulet, they won’t be able to see us!”
“I’m looking for companions to go to the waterway! The fish-men are invading that way!”
They were screaming like baby birds begging their mother for food.
I filtered the information pouring in and extracted only the useful information.
As far as I could tell, the fish-men had suddenly invaded the city. I had been relaxing, so how would I know? The news was that fish-men with sky-blue scales were landing from all directions.
It was judged that it would be impossible to suppress the guys who were crawling out of the sea, invading through the waterways, and stirring up the city with just the soldiers. The mayor of this port city offered a reward for the heads of the fish-men and asked for the cooperation of those who could fight.
“A reward of 30 coppers per head?”
That’s enough to make you go crazy.
That’s a pretty big amount. From what I’ve fought, they weren’t that strong, and if I caught about 10 of them, that would be 3 silver. If the three of us worked together, we might be able to cover all of our travel expenses this time.
And at the same time, I could get revenge on these damn fish-men bastards. I quietly sharpened the blade of my heart and built up my anger. The sin of making my girls feel like shit must be repaid with death.
I quickly returned to the inn and told them the situation.
Cloudie nodded as she listened to my explanation.
“The fish-men are invading… If we kill them all, will we be able to go back into the sea?”
“I don’t know if the restrictions will be lifted right away. But maybe if we kill them all, it will.”
If we earned some money and extended our stay, we would definitely be able to go back into the sea once again. Cloudie, who had grabbed her curved blade, looked at the shining blade with sharp eyes.
She looked like a serial killer choosing her prey. Wienia also grabbed her staff, burning with fighting spirit.
“I can never forgive them. I’m going to burn them all. Those damn useless fish-head bastards. Darkie, I won’t say anything even if you go crazy this time, so kill them all.”
Wienia, who had briefly used her mana, said to me as if she were ordering a hunting dog. I growled lowly and made a “Woof!” sound.
“I will not forgive those who cut out my heart!”
And then she unleashed her anger towards the fish-men.
