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58 - There's a dungeon in the water! ?

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On the riverbank, it's a ridiculous situation where people are doing as they please.
It's worse than the barbecues of the modern society where I used to be in.
It's not just the kijins, Zem and others who like alcohol are also drinking all day long in broad daylight. They also have an All-you-can-eat of fish and crabs from the river.
The lack of legislation in this area has resulted in it becoming a lawless zone, but from W Country people’s point of view, they are naturally taking their own local products for free and eating them.

The kijins, when Kicho appears, call out to her “Ojou!”, they dismantle the crabs they have freshly caught, process fishes, light the fires and heat the rice... Well, there's no legal problem about this. Problem that is.
That's why I can't point out that it's bad either.

In this crowded situation, I decided to look for Christoph and Sedoor.
I was hoping that those guys would still be able to have a decent conversation with me, but...

“Oi! Onmyoji!! Come here, this guy is an Onmyoji who serves Toto-sama, Meisen!”* (T/N: ‘toto-sama’ means father, that’s what I previously translated as well, but I think ‘toto-sama’ sounds better.)

Kicho probably wanted me and this guy to meet face to face as fellow magicians.
This kijin, who is considered to be the court magician of M Country, is tall but unlike other kijins, he is slender, and does not drink, probably as a precaution.
He doesn't smell of alcohol.
The black-haired, kijin with an ikemen face called Meisen slightly bows in silence.

I myself said, “My name is Josiah. My Job is a magician and I belong to the guild as an adventurer” as a greeting.
When I looked away, there was no sign of Kicho and I was left alone.

I had no choice but to ask the onmyoji-cum-magician called Meisen.

“Umm... how are they? Are they causing trouble?”

Frowning slightly, Meisen says.

“No. I believe we're building a good friendship.”

The atmosphere isn't bad, in fact it's comfortable.
Everyone is making merry.
Finally, I was able to see Christoph and Sedoor from a distance.
They are drinking sake as they please.
I don't see Heinz here... I guess he's in the field today. Based on his personality.

Then Meisen said.

“I apologize for the inconvenience caused by Kicho-sama. Nonaga-dono and King-dono’s talks continue, which results in Kichou-sama being free.”

“Aah, so that’s how it is. I was wondering why she would show up in the guild. So that's her situation.”

Then, a disturbing voice came from the crowded banquet location.

“Ojou-sama~? Huh, ojou-sama isn’t here?”

“Are you getting too drunk? Ojou-sama was there just a moment ago...”

It can’t be.
I thought, but then I considered, what if, so I sent some Herkovara wand flowers to fly and search for enemies using Scan.
Sure enough, there was a response from Kichou in the river.

For a moment, I thought she was drowning, but that wasn't it!

“What!? A sea demon!?”

Kicho was captured by a B-rank monster [Sea Demon].
That’s right, it was B-rank.
There are no B-rank dungeons around here near the border with E Kingdom.
Reports of other dungeons in the surrounding area are also... no way, there's a dungeon in the water, in the river!?
But that’s not important right now! I came up with a certain idea.

A [Sea Demon] is a monster that resembles a dragon or a snake and is made up of mostly water――toxic water.
Its weak point is the nucleus in the toxic water.
But the nucleus moves freely in the toxic water. Its ultimate strategy is to capture living organisms in the toxic water and take them hostage.
This should make it increasingly clear that it will not be easy to get back those trapped by the [Sea Demon]――in this case, Kichou.

However, I cast [Holy] from the [Wand Flower] that I had sent flying ahead earlier.
Before the nucleus wriggles.
Faster than a nucleus can shield itself using Kichou, the [Holy] which only has power to boast at the speed of light, pierced it with precision.
Of course, the [Scan] assisted this success, but with this, Kichou was released.

Still, she seems to have swallowed the toxic water and is drowning.
While carrying Kichou with my Shield, I faced everyone and shouted.

“Everyone, stay away from the water!”

The next person to notice after me was Meisen.
Perhaps because he heard me shout [Sea Demon], he uses a shikigami to set up a durable shield barrier against the water's edge at the speed of light.
This guy, does he have the same light attribute as me...?

Countless monsters flew from the water, and even the kijins who were in the banquet mood were readying themselves.
Anyway――Kichou who was swallowed by the Sea Demon is more important.
I decided to use the specific medicine enchanted with the [Cycle] that I had created.

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(T/N: ‘an ikemen face’ is actually ‘number two face’ meaning handsome, number three face is ugly but has an interesting personality. There’s no number one face. From here.)

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