Chapter 118 – Underwater City Under the Sea (1)
I complimented Renia while controlling my facial expression as best as I could.
Even though Lenia was embarrassed by her behavior, seeing her happy after hearing my praise made me feel good about her too.
“Really… Sister Lenia, can’t she change into a man’s swimsuit?”
“Rachel, you look good in that. If anything, it would attract more attention if you wore it as a men’s swimsuit. Don’t you think so too, Jinu?”
Lenia, who was talking to Rachel, turned her head towards me and asked for my consent.
“Rachel?”
“Yes yes?”
As I placed my hand on Rachel’s shoulder and saw Rachel flinch and look surprised, my thoughts became more certain and I quietly whispered:
“Just give up. I’m just sorry for everything.”
“But… I understand, master.”
Rachel tried to say something, but it seemed like she had quickly accepted reality.
I’m sorry, Rachel.
This is all entirely my fault.
Ellie came next to Noah and held out the swimsuit she had brought.
“Here are Jinu’s swimsuit and Noah’s swimsuit.”
The swimsuit Ellie presented to me was a regular boxer suit.
And the swimsuit Noah received next to it had a leopard print on it.
The interesting pattern of Noah’s swimsuit drew my attention to it, and Noah spread her swimsuit with her hands to show me.
Then the swimsuit unfolded in the air and I could see what shape it had.
Noah’s swimsuit that Ellie brought was a slingshot swimsuit with a single V shape on the front that covered important parts.
The thickness of the two lines was so thin that it barely seemed like they would cover important parts.
“What is this? You too… Did you buy something like this?”
“I didn’t choose it. Renia chose everything. I almost wore something more than this, but I barely changed it.”
Was this all Renia’s work?
Honestly… It’s a nice choice.
I think it’s a swimsuit that shows off everyone’s individual charms.
Except Rachel…
No, when it comes to Otokonoco concept Rachel, should I say it was a good choice?
I don’t know about Rachel anymore. Isn’t this the stage where she needs to let go and accept it?
“But where do I change into this?”
I looked around and saw that there was no place to change as I spoke.
“I’ll make a space for you to change.”
As Lenia spoke and flicked her fingers, an earthen wall rose up around her, creating a makeshift dressing room.
It was probably made using earth spirits.
“If you go into the changing room I made, I will block the entrance. Please let me know at any time when you are done changing.”
I entered the makeshift dressing room that Renia had made, and the earthen wall rose up behind me, leaving only the roof open.
After putting all the equipped equipment into my inventory, I took off the clothes I was wearing, opened the boxer swimsuit that Ellie had given me, and put my legs into it.
Even though this is obviously not where I used to live, the swimsuit had a similar texture and stretched out enough to be mistaken for a swimsuit from the original world. It was amazing.
How did you make this? As far as I know, swimsuit material isn’t something that can be made from simple materials.
Feeling the fit of the swimsuit that was tight and clinging to my lower body, I shouted to Renia that I had finished changing, and the entire wall of dirt around me came down.
“As expected, Jinu! There’s nothing wrong with my choice. It suits you really well!”
“You look good on me, my lord.”
“Jinuni~~! You’re awesome!”
Even though I had simply changed into a swimsuit, the sight of everyone complimenting me somehow made me feel good.
Looking to the side, I saw another wall made of dirt, which was probably a makeshift locker room where Noah was changing.
But… What about my clothes? You can put equipment in your inventory, but you can’t put clothes in it.
While I was thinking about that, I heard Noah’s voice from the makeshift locker room next door.
“Sister Renia! I’ve changed all of my clothes, so please take this away!”
“Okay!”
The locker room wall disappeared, revealing Noah inside.
Noah, wearing the same slingshot swimsuit we saw earlier, created a charismatic impression with the combination of his sharp facial features, eye patch, and leopard print swimsuit.
Her well-proportioned and slender body shows off her charm with her sling shot and her swimsuit. Unlike her usual red hair left loose, she tied her hair in a round bun while changing into her swimsuit. Making her dango hair gives it a different feel than usual.
I think it’s a really well-made character.
“You didn’t take off the blindfold?”
I thought of course he would take off the blindfold, but I was surprised to see him wearing it, so I asked.
“Oh, this? Still, it’s the first thing the owner gave me. I keep it as a treasure, right? Hehe!”
Noah responded by pointing her hand at her own eyepatch and smiling.
I thought she wouldn’t care much about such things if she had Noah’s personality, but she seemed to have seen something unexpected.
“If that’s the case, I’m grateful. What happened to the equipment you were wearing?”
“Oh, that? I put it there, but what should I do?”
When her Noah saw her finger pointing behind her, the gear that she usually wore was placed in the locker room where her Noah had been.
“Cherry has all your luggage, right?”
Everyone who had changed out of their swimsuits before answering my question nodded.
“Then it would have been better to leave me and Noah’s equipment with Cherry.”
“If this was going to happen, I should have brought Cherry with me. It was my mistake.”
Lenia said, gently hitting her own head with her fist, cutely.
“Then I will run and come back.”
Lien stepped in front of her, picked up Noah’s equipment, and then ran away at high speed.
And not long after that, Lien came back.
I briefly explained the conversation I had with May to those who had not heard.
“I roughly understood the situation. When I heard the description of their appearance, they were Kraken, Crocodile, and Moray, as Jinu said.”
“That’s right, I think so too. I don’t think it would be a problem to deal with those demons. You guys have some experience with underwater combat, right?”
I don’t know if I can say that the underwater battle in Elion was a proper underwater battle, but it is highly likely that my characters have actually experienced underwater battles.
Assuming that my characters had progressed through all of the dungeons in the game, there was no way I could have caught the Kraken on the ground.
I’m sure I caught the Kraken in a dungeon that looked like it was under the sea, just like in the game.
“Hmm… I, Ellie, Noah, and Lien have tried it, but I don’t think Yuria and Rachel can.”
Oh, now that I think about it, since I was going through a level 85 raid dungeon, I didn’t have to go hunting down the Kraken with Yuria and Rachel, which I made when my max level was level 100.
“But I heard a lot from you, so I can do it well! Even if Mine goes into the sea, it won’t be a big problem.”
“Well, I think it’s okay too!”
Is it because I thought I might leave it behind? Both of them react immediately and appeal that they can fight well.
“When we go, we will all go together. I have no intention of leaving anyone behind.”
As May described, the Kraken may be our opponent, but we must be prepared for other situations as well.
“It’s an underwater battle… I remember going through a lot of hardship back then.”
“Rhenia and Noah were still better, but it was a difficult battle for me and Lien because we had to attack from close range.”
I vaguely thought that might be the case, but it seems to be true.
In Elion, underwater combat was not much different from hunting in a regular dungeon, but in actual underwater combat, movement itself was restricted, let alone breathing.
To move, you have to swim, which would be completely different from moving on land.
Leni and Noah can each do their own thing, so she can attack from a distance, so she might be okay, but it’s a pretty bad situation for melee characters.
Still, it doesn’t mean you can’t attack from a distance at all, so there’s nothing to worry about.
“Um… Are you ready now?”
While we were talking, May interrupted in a hushed voice.
“Uh, okay. I guess we can leave now.”
“Then let’s go quickly. You got Brancho, right?”
After hearing May’s story, Ellie took out the brancho she had brought and the equipment to use the brancho.
The equipment Ellie took out had a similar shape to the gas mask she often saw in the military, and only covered her nose and mouth.
Also, the presence of the right-hand purification tank was similar.
It seems that this is called an underwater breathing apparatus.
“You brought it well. If you insert Brancho into the breathing tube next to you, you will be able to breathe underwater with it!”
It seems that something like a purification tube is called a breathing tube.
Put brancho in here? After removing the breathing tube, I separated it and saw a gap where I could insert the brancho.
At first glance, the brancho, which looks like a regular green onion, was inserted into the breathing tube, reassembled, and then the breathing tube was reattached to the underwater breathing apparatus.
It was amazing that I could breathe underwater with just this.
Everyone, including me, put Brancho in a respirator and then put it on our face.
“Then would you like to come into the water?”
May retreated towards the deep sea and told us to enter the sea.
With a plop!
We all jumped into the sea with all our might.
When I wore an underwater respirator, strangely enough, sea water did not enter my nose and mouth, and I could even breathe comfortably.
After seeing for myself that they were breathing, I looked around and it seemed like everyone was able to breathe underwater without any problems.
Uh, but how do we convey words to each other?
“Oh, you can say it with words. Branchos not only allow people to breathe underwater and on land, but they also allow people to talk. Please tell me.”
Isn’t this too much of a scam item?
“Can everyone hear me?”
After hearing May’s words, I spoke loudly and everyone nodded to make sure they heard me.
If you think about it, you wouldn’t be able to do business with the fishmen under the sea simply because they allowed you to breathe under the sea.
“Now then, follow me!”
May started swimming ahead and we all followed her.
