Chapter 178


Pirates and Piracy Arc


(178) Prologue


Translator: Tseirp


Under the brilliant sunlight, the sailing ship failed to sail through the ocean . That’s right, failed .


“I totally didn’t expect the lull to continue on for so long … ”


Water could be created using magic while there were vast amounts of vegetables available as a food source in My World . Furthermore, even without a bath, body cleanliness can be maintained using the 「Clean」 magic so it won’t lead to illness . As there wasn’t any danger to our lives, this lull period was extremely boring . Even if I tried to use Wind Magic, they are a type of offensive magic so it would surely break the sail . Surprisingly, magic was hard to utilize apart from the magic of Lifestyle Magic .


Although being impatient won’t change a thing, to be honest, I was extremely tired of having only vegetables to eat .


As such, I was now amusing myself with fishing .


I had Pionia construct the fishing rod, fishing line, and fishing hook . She truly is a dexterous person .


As for the bait, I cut the dried meat into small pieces for now .


Wearing the same straw hat made by Pionia, Carol and I both fished side by side .


“Oh, by the way, Carol, you’ve acquired the Angler job after your Farmer level increased right?”


I suddenly thought of it and asked Carol .


As the Farmer level rises, it will open up jobs such as Whip-user, Angler, Harvester, Cook, and Sickle-user in that sequence .


Even though I still don’t quite understand how the Whip-user is related to a Farmer, since Carol has already acquired the Harvester job, she should have acquired the Angler job too .


Incidentally, her Harvester job level increased as a result of that day’s battle so she acquired the Apprentice Herbalist job but as she didn’t learn a single recipe, she can’t create a single medicine .


“Yes, I have . Angler is a job that can earn experience points by fishing . ”


“Well then, maybe I should change Carol’s job to Angler … My Farmer level has not leveled up after all . ”


My Farmer level was still currently at Lv3 .


I’ve been reminding myself to train it . I wanted to become a Monster-user after getting Whip-user after all .


“Thank you . If Carol’s Angler level increases, Carol will be able to raise the Dismantling skill too . ”


“Eh? An angler can raise Dismantling level too?”


“Yes . Carol heard that there are three types of jobs that can raise the Dismantling level, Hunter, Angler, and Dismantler . ”


I see, I didn’t know that .


Thanks to the rise in level of my Dismantler job, I have quite considerable skill in the art of dismantling but the level can rise even further huh?


“This reminds me of when I went fishing with my family . ”


I muttered without thinking .


“Family … huh . ”


Carol’s expression darkened instantly .


“Ah, sorry . ”


I apologized immediately .


Both of Carol’s parents were already dead . The reason was due to the skill Carol possess .


The topic on family was taboo .


“No, it’s all right . Carol also wish to hear about Ichino-sama’s family and furthermore, to Carol now, Ichino-sama, Haru-san and Malina-san are my family . ”


“I see . Yup, for me too, I have Carol, Haru and Malina so I won’t be lonely even if I don’t meet my younger sister . ”


Conversely, I wondered how my younger sister was feeling … I looked up to the sky .


Miri’s feelings, in a different world, having lost her brother and parents and with only money to accompany her . I definitely won’t forget my sin of leaving her behind alone .


“And so, Ichino-sama . Did this fishing remind you of something?”


“Hn? Yeah . It just reminded me of the time when my younger sister Miri fished up something called a tuna weighing 420 kilograms during a fishing compet.i.tion . ”


“It’s an extraordinary story even when you’re just starting from the introduction!?”


The wind blew just as I started talking .


“The wind is here! Carol, please prepare the sails!”


“Yes, Ichino-sama! Please make sure to tell Carol the continuation of that story!”


“Okay! There’s also a battle story with a giant squid!”


The ship finally started sailing .


Towards Port Kobe .


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It has been a week since we started our voyage .


According to Carol, we should be seeing signs of land soon but all I could see was the shadow of the ship . Turning to look in another direction, I saw something coming straight for us .


It looked like the ship ahead of us noticed us .


“Hard to starboard!”


The ship tilted to the right as I turned right . I don’t know which side is starboard which side is port but I was probably right .


“Carol, we’ve done it! Now, we can find out the exact distance to Port Kobe!”


I shouted loudly but Carol’s complexion didn’t look too good when the opposing ship matched our turn and their sail came into sight .


“Ichino-sama, please prepare for battle just in case . ”


Maybe Carol was holding herself back from pouring water on my joy as she said softly .


” … Eh?”


Preparations for battle?


“Normally, ships won’t change their direction towards another ship they see … unless . ”


“Ah … you mean that possibility . ”


I finally got it after she explained it that way .


In other words —


As the ship in the horizon steadily grew bigger, I finally saw it .


The sail was black and depicted a skill mark .


A stereotypical pirate ship .


How do I put this, what a promising development?


“Hn, I wonder if they will tell me the distance to Port Kobe if I give them a barrel full of tomato and wine?”


I said with a wry smile .


If they are still hostile after I give them tomato and wine, I’ll just have to sink their ship .



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