Volume 3 - Chapter 20 – And of the hearts desire (1/2)

Sorry for being late (it’s about 1:30AM here, so I’m at least an hour and half late from my promised time) my plans went awry. I was babysitting my nephew for my sister and her husband (he’s not even 1 yet, I’m not sure how many months old off the top of my head) and they unfortunately had their schedule changed while they were at work. Originally they were supposed to be back around 6PM, but because some other employees called in sick (or something like that) they had to fill in for them and didn’t get back until midnight. Well, either way, the chapter is now out. I will also have one up next week so we can get back on schedule, but don’t expect them that often. Well, enough said, enjoy your chapter.

Falinmer

03-20　And of the hearts desire

（These two bodies are specialized in underwater action, aren’t they?）

Reiko was observing and while analyzing for any signs of hostility approaching.

（Small stature, thin figure, and hands and feet with are webbed.）

Both bodies had the same form.

（The prominence of the forearm seems to have high offensive power, doesn’t it?）

Reiko approached to about 5 meters and hid herself in that place.

The vicinity is a shallow place that is no more than 2 meters deep, but it’s rocky enough to not lack hiding places.

（The sign of Arrow is approaching, isn’t it?）

When it was seen from beneath the water, the order of approach was the shallow bottom boat of Reinhardt and Elsa, the mono hull of the noble man, Valentino, and the catamaran of Marcia.

At that moment, the underwater golems began to move.

One of them went towards Elsa’s boat, while the other advanced on Cygnus.

（I don’t know what you’re going to do, but I won’t let you go.）

Since the opponent was a golem, Reiko had absolutely no hesitation. She bent her body like a spring and kicked off the rocks to move through the water in a moment.

She first grabbed the legs of the closer golem and crushed them at once.

（The interior is hollow? It is incomparable to the golems made by father.）

After crushing its other leg so that its movements were dull, Reiko leaves it in place and goes after the other golem.

（Are you going to tear the boat hull with that protuberance?）

The golem was aimed at the catamaran, but Reiko’s arm quickly caught the golem in an instant.

（The protuberance is steel, it’s soft, isn’t it?）

Reiko finished twisting the arm and water entered through the hollow arm, dulling its movements at once.

（That’s it.）

Because of their dulled movements, the golems were not an enemy for Reiko. Reiko wrenched off the remaining arm and both legs the same way as she did the other one.

Because the Control Core at the heart was fine, they should be able to identify the criminal.

（Well, let’s report to father.）

After leaving the golems which couldn’t move anymore, Reiko returns to the boat that Jin is on.

To her rear, the lead group passed through without incident. (TL: I’m wondering if it’s really Valentine who set those there and he’s just that stupid, or if it’s a setup to frame him.)

「Father, it’s finished.」

Quietly entering from the side, Reiko reported it.

「Is that so? Thank you. By the way, did you take the evidence from the golems?」

「If that’s all, I can go back and grab them.」

Reiko calmly answered.

「Is that so? Then please do.」

「Yes.」

Reiko seems to be happy that Jin depended on her and is acting with a smile.

First, she took the hands and feet she had wrenched off and twisted and stretched them into an unshapely rope. It was a forcible labor and not even engineering magic was used.

She tied the 2 golems together using this rope made of their limbs. As ridiculous of a feet as it is, Reiko is unaware of this since she’s only using 20% of her output.

Well, both father and daughter are birds of a feather. (TL: This sentence was confusing, but they’re saying that both Jin and Reiko are absurd and unaware of how absurd they and their actions tend to be)

With the golems tied to the aft of the boat, Reiko began to push it back.

「What? That boat.」

「It’s moving without rowing?」

Some on the sightseeing sheep seemed to notice this time, but Jin was not pursued in this matter since no one saw his face.

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「The top group that went around the uninhabited island Io, the turning point is in the order of 3, 1, 35, and 28!」

The play-by-play had continued to announce with their usual tension.

「The last stage from here is the high-speed sections with no obstacles, right?」

One announcer says.