Chapter 265
Underwater Gathering
When I was done teasing Vector, I called out to Bolt and Mile as well . I don’t want them to be sulking like Feat .
However, Bolt and Mile seemed to realize that their fur/feathers were not of the same genre as the fluffy ones and didn’t seem to mind . Well, I gave them a good headpatting for being so understanding .
We spent the night on the beach and welcomed the morning .
“So, what do we do today?”
After eating a good breakfast, it was time to decide on today’s schedule .
“”N~?””
(Play! Even though I say that, I have no idea what to play~)
(Let’s search for sea ingredients?)
(We caught lots of fish and seaweed yesterday, though~)
(It’s good to have a big stock! Let’s catch more . )
(Then, how about we go for the fish that are deeper in the sea instead?)
The kids shared their opinions .
“”Fish!””
(Yep, yep . It’s better to have more, right~)
(We could look for sh.e.l.lfish, too . )
(Why don’t we search for medicinal plants too then?)
(Get everything!)
(It’s decided then!)
It looks like we’re going to be doing some kind of fishing today again .
Well, in this world, there are only so many things to do to play, so in the end, we will just end up collecting things .
N~ the ingredients in my Infinite Storage quickly h.o.a.rding . I don’t have to sell much of it because it never goes bad, but it would be better to sell some of it, right?
“”… Can’t?””
“N? I’m fine with it . ”
(Oniichan, you were making a difficult expression, though?)
Apparently, my thinking face needlessly worried the kids .
“Sorry about that~ I’m happy to find new ingredients, but our harvest has been recently far exceeding the amount of ingredients we consume, so I was wondering whether it would be a good idea to sell some of it . ”
(You can’t~! I will eat it so you can’t sell it!)
The first one to react to my words was Vector .
(Indeed~ I have no problems with you using the necessary amount to complete a request, or giving some to your acquaintances, but I would prefer if you didn’t sell the rest~)
(That’s true . They won’t rot in your Infinite Storage, and they won’t become a burden, so I would rather not sell, Aniue . )
(Tak.u.mi Nii, I want you to collect lots of food!)
Feat, Bolt, and Mile were also against selling .
(Oniichan, let’s ama.s.s lots of food to seclude ourselves on a mountain or something!)
“”Ohh~ sounds amusing!””
(Indeed, that sounds fun . )
I see, so living in a place where there are no people like Oswald-san is also a possibility? Well, in that case, I think it will be only for a short period of time, though .
If that happens, I wouldn’t be able to buy things easily, so we would have to save up a lot of stuff . And I don’t want an inconvenient life!
“Okay, I got it . I will not sell even if we ama.s.s a ton of food . A secluded mountain life also sounds good to me . ”
“”(((((Yay~)))))””
“However! Taking every root and branch is out of the question . It would be a problem if we damaged the ecosystem or if the people in need wouldn’t be able to get what they need . ”
“”(((((Okay~)))))””
If my children get serious, I feel they would pick off the entire region, so I could only caution them beforehand .
“Let’s put the mermaid bracelets to use then . ”
Vector was still wearing his, so I put bracelets on the other four .
“Allen, Elena, are you wearing yours?”
“”Is fine! I put it on~!””
Allen and Elena took the bracelets out from their pouches and put them on .
“Alright, let’s swim further into the open sea first then!”
“”(((((Ohh~!)))))””
We entered the sea and aimed for the deep sea .
“This will be the first time you guys enter the sea entirely, right? Will you be all right~?”
They played in the shallows, swam in a lake, and submerged themselves in hot spring, but this will be their first time diving, right?
(Yeah, I’m fine~ It sounds fun~)
(Niisama, I have no problems either . )
(I’m sorry, Aniue . I’m not quite used to swimming itself, so it would be a bit impossible for me to fight . )
(Mumumu~ It’s hard to go into the direction I want to go . )
(I’m good! But I can’t match everyone’s speed~)
Well, there seemed to be no problems in general .
“Bolt, just leave the fighting to me, and get used to swimming slowly . ”
“Allen will fight~”
“Leave it to Elena~”
… Ah~ I don’t feel like it’s going to be my turn anytime soon again~
“Vector, calm down first . You don’t have to flap your limbs so much, just move them slowly . ”
(Like this? Ah, like this, I see! Yeah, seems somewhat okay!)
“Mile, why don’t you hold onto someone . ”
(Got it! I will hold onto you, Feat!)
(Sure~)
Things should be fine like this .
“”Ah!””
Allen and Elena seemed to have found something, and they swam to the bottom of the sea speedily .
(Mu, I can’t keep up with Allen and Elena’s speed in the water . )
(Truly . My, oh my, they are both so lively today~)
With a little more experience, I’m sure Joule and others will be able to swim as well as Allen and Elena .
I’m just getting used to swimming myself, so I have a feeling that Joule and others will be better at it than me in no time .
“Onii~chan, look, look~”
“It’s a pretty flower . ”
“Yes, yes, I’m coming over now~”
Allen and Elena called me to the bottom of the sea, where there was a slowly swaying yellow flower .
“Oh~ it’s a yellow b.u.t.terfly flower . ”
“”Yellow b.u.t.terfly?””
“Allen doesn’t know . ”
“Elena too . Is this medicine?”
Allen and Elena have read a lot of encyclopedias and complete botanical books on medicinal herbs, so they are quite familiar with them . But they don’t know what’s not in the books .
“Erm… yellow b.u.t.terfly flower can be, more or less, called a medicinal plant, I guess? It’s a flower that is mainly used in beauty products . ”
“”Beauty products?””
“They are items used by women . This certainly isn’t described in the books we have . We have not bought any recently, so let’s buy some books when we get at the town . ”
“”Yeah! Let’s buy lots!””
We decided to visit a bookstore when we get to Rubia .
(Hmm, are we taking it?)
“We should, this is something the women of n.o.bility seek, so it might make a good souvenir for Rebecca-san . ”
“”Will make Obaasama happy?””
“Probably . ”
“”Let’s pick lots!””
Hearing that it might make their Obaasama——Rebecca-san happy, Allen and Elena got fired up .
“Just don’t pick too many~”
“”I know!””
… Although I cautioned them, it goes without saying that they collected every root and branch .