Vol 4 Chapter 3 (1/2)
Chapter 3 - Charmer/ssǝɹdɯƎ
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Part 1
- 「Oceande」…the underwater city where both the Seirens and Dhampir
reside
It did not carry out trade with any other nation, being a truly self-providing
hermit country
Being at the bottoh normal means
And exactly because of this, a bunch of people came forth with abnormal
means
Jibril parted the sea, and the place she teleported to was a tower high enough
to overlook the whole of Oceande
The depth was about two hundred meters, and if that amount ofseawater
were to flow back in…
“So like this would happen…”
Miko, as standing behind Sora let out a sigh, and what she was looking
at was – the other side of the air bubble Jibril had created
The sand and rocks at the bottom of the ocean were violently tossed and
turned as though they were in a gigantic blender
No matter hoerfulJibril was, she would be unable to use violence due
to the limitations of the 「Oaths」
If the 「Oaths」 did exercise their power, then no harm should have been
caused to anyone…
“…You’re sure that this won’t hit the city or anyone else, right?”
“No, not at all The 「Ten Oaths」are absolute, so it’s fine There won’t be a
problem… probably”
Sora attempted to comfort himself as the tides calmed around him The sand
settled, and the seawater becaain
“- Oh, this really is so”
“…Beautiful…”
Sora and shi+ro spoke their thoughts regarding the huge and wide city below
them
Completely different froht it
would be, it was really a great 「City」
Is that appeared to be built from stones from
the bottom of the sea stood side by side
The walls that were giving off a pearly glow had shells and corals pasted on
theht and fresh colors Possibly due to
the buoyancy of the water, complex formations and reverse cone-shaped
buildings could be seen – which hen Sora spoke:
“…H blue?”
At the bottoht from the sun should be able to
reach The person to answer his question was shi+ro
“…Nii, it’s probably… those”
shi+ro pointed to the countless glowing seaweeds and jellyfish – completely
natural 「Streetlights」
- It was no wonder that the city itself was glowing
“Oh come on, don’t treat
city?”
“…Hah, thanks for the compliment…”
Plum replied with a bitter smile that carried hints of defeat and humiliation
“Because this place was built and maintained by the Dhampirs… haha…”
…Sora couldn’t find any words to say to her, and instead turned around
Jibril, Izuna and Steph were surveying their surroundings curiously, while
Miko appeared as composed as ever
And –
“- Sora-san…what is the …of this…?”
Ino asked painfully, apparently impacted by the noise from their teleportation
“I did adhere to your request since Izuna and Miko appear to be fine, so you
have to thank Jibrilfor this!”
“…Ah~ I have no problem with that, but could you just let me say
so?”
Miko looked at Sora, shi+ro and Jibril in turn, and took a deep breath
“- You people, there’s got to be a linorance…”
“Eh?”
“…Is there…a problem?”
“Oh, does the carnivorous subgenus of ato say?”
The three ignorant people tilted their heads in curiosity at once
While the feith soh
representing Miko:
“P-parting the sea like that, no matter how you look at it it just seems like an
act of hostility doesn’t it!? So, how are you planning to get us to their queen
at this rate?”
“They invited us in the first place, and it was they as ho made us wait,
so since we’re running out of time and in a hurry we came here ourselves
Considering Jibril’s hard work, they should be thanking us and receiving us
with song and dance, shouldn’t they?”
Miko and Izuna’s senses told theain, and
they shut their mouths half-heartedly
The re Werebeast – Ino continued to rub his ears whilein
pain
“…Ah~ about that don’t you worry… look over there”
But as they heard Plum speak, everyone looked in the direction she was
pointing at once
Countless people began darting out of the city and hurriedly began
proceeding in their direction
- Females with the lower half of their bodies covered with scales and
rese fish tails, and the upper half of their bodies human-shaped
Their breasts were shi+elded with small wraps of cloth, and their necks and
hands had what appeared to be leftover jewelry on them
Their reses - 「Mermaids」
“…Ah, so those are the Seirens? Great, luckily everything’s going as
planned”
If the things that cas like Cthulhu Sora would be more than
ready to flip tables, but he felt relieved at this development
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“G-guys look over there, all those people are panicking… they really must be
angry”
Steph spoke uneasily while looking at the Seirens standing in front of their air
bubble, after which –
“Eh, eh…?”
Steph opened her eyes wide in shock
The Seirens were gracefully swi round and round in the
water, displaying their glittering scales
Their incredibly colorful jewelry made of corals and pearls displayed on their
s with the current
No fixed rhythm could be detected from their movements
The glowing jellyfish were lit up by blue rays of light, the schools of fish of
varying colors, not to–
Such a dreaht would attract anyone’s attention, which probably
meant –
“…Nii, this is their grateful and welco…dance”
“- Apparently so… l-look here, Steph, didn’t I say there wasn’t a problem!”
“These people really are nanimous as the ocean is deep…”
After a while, a Seiren that appeared to be wearing the most beautiful jewelry
swam forth –
She waved both her hands, and her mouth opened and closed randomly
Observing heras
going on, while Sora realized as going on
“We’re in the air Jibril created for us, and they’re out there in the water –
sound probably won’t travel”
“Yeah… I’ll go explain and drink so the way so I can use the
power from that to cast a spell that will allow all of you to breathe in the
water, so please remove this air barrier after that…”
As she finished her sentence, Plum immediately sprinted forward, broke
through the air bubble and swam into the water
They glanced at her as she left
“Even if we really are saviors of their species…”
“- They still welcoates to their city were forced
open with an attack like that?”
Hearing Jibril and Miko’s whispers with sharp glances on their faces, Sora
laughed coldly as well:
“…The Seirens, are they really idiots? Or –“
Part 2
“hello~ everyone~, hehe ☆ I am Her Majesty the Queen’s representative,
A’s OK~ ☆”
They’re idiots
Sora ht
After Jibrilremoved the air bubble, a Seiren had rushed up immediately
「This Person」 who called herself Amira, if her words could be trusted – but
the scary part was they probably could be – she was the sole representative
over all the existing Seirens at the moment
She had silky green hair, snohite skin that was almost transparent, and
clear blue eyes
She wore coral jewelry all about her, but she didn’t give off a vulgar air
Considering she was a itimate form of
dressing, but her personality was –
“Thank you allfor co specially, like really thanks a lot~ ☆ ~~~Really,
the only way I can express h a kiss~!
Fufu ☆ Right?”
“No thanks, I’ll cherish your ishes though…”
It wasn’t a h what she spoke
could be considered as Ie
Sora and the others were gaping in shock, while Amira continued to swim
around busily
“Even in the depths of the ocean, rumors of the conquests of both of you have
reached here as well~ ☆Thehere to save the Imanity sounds
like an incredibly handso about him, and your looks
suit Aht ☆”
“…Oh, really?”
It was the first tiirl… but as it?
He wasn’t happy at all… thinking of those s, Sora nodded
in agreement
“Aha ☆ Your voice is so cool as well!! Amira’s so wet~ ah, because I’m in
the ocean~ hehe☆”
Sora glanced at Pluaze while
shaking her head in sadness
Amira didn’t seem to mind that sort of attitude at all, and instead continued
with a smile plastered on her face:
“Oh~ we’ve prepared a feast, hehe ☆ Would you like to have the food?
Or•perhaps•have •me? ♥”
Amira shook her body in an attempt to seduce Sora
While Ino accidentally revealed a lecherous expression on his face, and his
temperature rose –
“First let us see 「The Empress」, your welcome can wait until after that”
Hearing Sora’s obvious rejection, Ino perked his ears up in surprise
But Amira didn’t seem to mind
“Ah, you really are as focused as they say ☆ But ifso Aht like you
even more, you know ☆”
“…Really…anyway please lead us there”
“OK~ ☆ So let’s swim into the city~ follow me, over here~ phew~ ♥”
With A the way, Sora and others descended the tower and
headed in the direction of Oceande
Sora heard Ino speaking behind him
“…Sora-san, it’s a that you could reject her so quickly”
“Huh?”
“No, in the ocean even the senses of us Werebeasts will be limited, so I can’t
grasp Sora-san’s true intentions… but considering that even when being
seduced by such an attractive woman you still can remain composed, Sorasan,
do you have superhuman self-control –“
However Sora glared at Ino coldly in response, and he spoke as though
spitting:
“Old in, what do you
expect o, shi+ro”
“…Mm…”
Leaving behind the speechless Ino, Sora swam towards the city while
carrying shi+ro –
Part 3
Immediately as they stepped into Oceande, they elcomed by
extravagant cheers
Every single Seiren had joyfuls
seductively while playing completely out-of-tune music
As for the language – there was probably no need for them to speak Imanity
anyway, as although they couldn’t understand the Seirens, they could
definitely sense their welco intent
In thecrowds of Seirens, what appeared to be
female Dhampirs could be seen occasionally
Their facial expressions were in contrast with the Seirens, not all that different
from Plum’s
Those were pitiful… tired smiles, and their expressions as they welcomed
Sora’s bunch see this far」
- In exchange for a constant source of blood from the Seirens, the Dhampirs
were to assist the Queen in reproducing
Before their Queen was hibernating the two races were in a state of perfect
mutualism, but now their relations were like a candle in the wind – however –
“I’m curious, how can these people remain so cheerful and lively even when
their race is nearing extinction?”
Yes – leaving out the Dhaloomy in the
slightest
“- Didn’t I explain before … they completely don’t understand what is
happening to them”
Plum replied with a weary smile, while Jibril continued:
“Because the Seirens are so incredibly dumb that their stupidity has reached
legendary status, and in the languages of all the nations the very mention of
their species have become synonymous to 「Idiots」, and even that term itself
has been used to refer to the 「Seirens」as well, even being used as verbs in
sentences”
Sora and others walked along the sea floor with A them
- Walking in water
It didn’t feel like walking nor swi, which caused shi+ro to feel curious at
this new sensation, while Sora walked forhile carrying her just the
same
Ino and Izuna, not to mention Miko – they truly were Werebeasts
They had quicklyunder these circumstances, and
were bounding forward naturally
Even when in the ocean Jibrilstill 「Flew around」
“- Or should I say, Imanity are even more inferior to the idiot Seirens?”
To be perfectly honest, the ones there that were clearly unsuited to
underwater were obviously Sora and shi+ro
“Before I met my Masters, I would reply 「Yes」 - but to put it more
eloquently, they’re only ranked higher because they have special abilities, but
otherwise they’re a really stupid species”
Jibrilspoke allsmiles, while Plum continued wearily:
“These people only kno to eat, sleep, have sex and play, nothing
more… fish do contain nutrition that can make people smarter, but the fish
themselves are rather stupid… isn’t it unbelievable?”
- This world really doesn’t have species that can get along with each other…
Sora thought and looked into the horizon
“…That’s true… even their representative is someone like this”
“No… the fact that Aood
enough…”
Good enough - Sora looked towards Plum sympathetically
When faced with Sora’s gaze, Plum’s expression immediately turned into that
ofsomeone that has accepted his/her fate and spoke:
“Because we’re all in the same boat… I sincerely plead Sora-dono and
others to help them find ways to solve this problem – even the ones that
suggested previous methods were Dhampirs… since the Seirens don’t have
any sense of urgency, they’re only good at h…”
“…It’s really been hard on you…”
With A in Oceande
During the course of their journey, Sora raised a question that had come to
him suddenly
“Speaking of , Jibril, the Seirens mate with males of other species
right?”
“Yes, you’re absolutely right”
“The sixteen races don’t have any 「Hybrids」 between races?”
- Although Sora and shi+ro were only in this world for a short period of time,
but regarding things like half-elves commonly seen in fictional worlds -
「Hybrids」, they had yet to hear of
“That’s perfectly normal” Jibrilreplied
“The reason why they don’t exist is because although the sixteen races all
have certain similarities with each other, their souls are completely different”
- Souls again?
「Souls」 that were yet to be proven to exist in Sora’s original world,
appeared to be coe in this one
Those were probably so like chromosomes, Sora told himself, and
continued:
“But don’t the Seirensbe
Seiren hybrids?”
“No, their offspring will be pure 「Seirens」”
“Even though they are two different types ofsouls?”
“It’s just like how the Dha blood, Seirens
obtain souls fro their own
clones, so their
beings」, sapping the other party dry in the process as well”
“…That really is lethal”
“Really? According to textualrecords – the act itself brings 「Joy paralleling
assumption」”
“So they really go through assumption quite literally… and it’s a 「Journey of
no return」”
But forget it – no matter how you put it
“Because of that, to produce hybrids – to produce offspring carrying
characteristics of two different species is impossible”
Sora thought for a ured – Tet probably let there be 「Sixteen
Races」 since they can’t produce hybrids
“- Jibril, is there so on my face?”
Sora noticed that Jibril was staring at him intently
“I think I’ve told you before that the Flügel aren’t 「Living beings」”
“Yeah, you said that your species aren’t 「Living beings」 but 「Life」 right”
“Yes, and it’s because of that that souls have no fixed shape, so as long as
you extract a part ofsomeone else’s soul and combine it with mine, you could
produce an offspring belonging to the other party’s species – it’s like physical
coitus, but in theory it’s still possible to transcend species and produce a
hybrid”
“- I still don’t get what you’re trying to say”
At this point she lowered her head reverently, moved her halo to the back of
her head, and folded up her wings –
This was a gesture of loyalty to her Master alone, and Jibril clasped her hands
together tightly and spoke as though a prayer:
“As long as Master wishes to have a child, the inferior Jibril is willing to do it
anytime –“
“…Jibril…shut up…”
shi+ro’s razor-edged words, forced Jibril to shut her mouth
“We’re~~~~ here~!”
Sora heard a loud and bright voice all of a sudden, and looked up
“Sorry to keep you all waiting! This is the Empress’ room~ ♪”
Amira stretched out one hand and pushed open the door slowly –
- Light spilled out fro
The Empress’ room was rather wide, and the carpets and atrium were pink
Faintly glowing seaweeds were placed on the walls, and what appeared to be
decorative woven patterns lit up the room
Painted glass was etched onto the tall ceiling, causing sunlight that had
reached the floor of the ocean to spill into the room
Although the faint sunlight see throne
right below the noticeably
No, it was a pretty-looking transparent imitation crystal… a block of ice
“-……”
Everyone was speechless when faced with that sight
At this point Amira solemnly – or at least attempted to act solemnly –
announced:
“Noill introduce to everyone… this is the Empress of the Seirens…
Leila•Lorelei-dono”
- A beautiful wo within the block of ice
Wave-like blue hair fell on her youthfulface
Her snohite body was decorated with blinding strips of gold and the
lower half of her body had attractive scales on it
Those scales reflected the light in the roo extremely colorful
The 「Eold and encased within the coffin of
ice, silently sat on the bivalve throne with her eyes closed
Plu behind everyone as still
speechless
“A-A the Empress… Sora-dono and
the rest said that they wish to challenge everyone here to a game… is that all
right?”
Hearing Plum’s words, Amira appeared momentarily troubled, but then she
replied:
“Alright, no problem☆ But do you have any issues over your side?”
“Nope… s-so I wish to get the help of about thirty people to help with the
spells involved”
“Mm” Amira nodded her head
“OK ☆ So I’ll be off to ~
☆ Since you want everyone to use ht~
Hehe ☆ A to Plum for
now ☆”
“Alright… t-then I’ll make preparations for the spell to enter Her Majesty’s
dream state…”
She took a bow and left the room with Amira
- But everyone else didn’t seem to have noticed her departure
They were
within
“W-what a beautiful woman…”
Steph seeotten that she was a woman herself, and
complimented her passionately
When faced with her stunning appearance, no elaboration was needed for
Ino’s reaction, while Jibril, Miko and even Izuna felt the same way
Their gazes were blindly attracted to her, but –
“Hmm…? Is she that pretty? shi+ro?”
“…I…don’t really understand…”
“”What!~~~?”
Everyone else was stunned by their reactions
“A-are the both of you not right in the head!? I-if this woman isn’t a beauty,
then who is!?”
“…You’re the one that needs to calm down, she’s not beautiful to the extent
where you have to be this shocked right?”
Faced with Steph’s protests, Sora merely spoke with his forehead wrinkled in
impatience
He looked at the Eain
- Leila Lorelei, the Empress of the mermaids asleep within a coffin of ice
Her appearance was certainly beautiful
But Sora could confidently say – she was 「Different」
For example, her beauty was different from Jibril’s that could shame even a
work of art
It was different from Miko’s bewitched, almost holy beauty under the
ht as well
It was different from Izuna’s pure, untainted cuteness as well, not to mention
–
“…? Nii…?”
Sora looked beside hi sister, and he confirmed his
thoughts
“- She’s no contest at all, or should I say, even Steph is superior to her?”
“…F-flattering ry you know!?”
“No, what use is there even if I flatter you…”
Sora looked at her in irritation, while Ino patted him on the back
“Sora-san, no, it’s fine, don’t worry”
He continued kindly:
“Don’t worry about it at all – impotence is curable, I’ll take you to eat softshelled
turtle steamboat next time…”
“It’s not like that at all, stop ruining my reputation!!”
Sora pointed to the block of ice and yelled
“Can you all cally, but when compared to the
likes of Miko-san, Jibril, Izuna and shi+ro, is she really so to fawn
over!? I mean what I say, everyone here are allsupreme beauties!!”
Steph and Ino continued to look at Sora pitifully, but –
Hearing Sora’s words, only Jibril and Miko came back to their senses
“A to earlier, the Seirens’
「Ability」”
“- Ah?”
Miko and Jibril tore their gazes from the block of ice, and Jibril continued:
“The Seirens don’t have special bodies or ic, but the fact that they’ve
reatest and only
weapon, which is –“
Jibril took a deep breath
“As long as they’re in the water – they have 「The ability to attract anything」”
“The Seirens are a species that have received the blessings of the water – the
reason why they stay in the ocean and cannot leave it is because of the large
amount of Spirits in their bodies… 「Water Spirits」, and they can 「Attract」
all other spirits”
“…Ah…”
“Ah, I see”
Sora and shi+ro nodded their heads in understanding, see to have
understood as going on
Before the 「Ten Oaths」, the Seirens reproduced by consu males of
other species
Since they didn’t have any superhuic and couldn’t
leave the sea, how did they survive?
The ansas – they 「Seduce」 others and attract them
This would explain why they could swi with the fishes and could
withstand the water pressure of the deep sea without ic
“Isn’t that like seduction ic?”
“Yes, to put it si like
using nets to attract them, which is the ability of their species… which
wasn’t soinally, but –“
Jibril glared over at the Eain averted her eyes
“But, this mermaid over here – the amount ofspirits she possesses can be
considered an 「Anomaly」”
Jibrilspoke unhappily as she was unable to resist the Empress’ charms
While the other person who should’ve knoas going on as well –
Miko scratched her head with a helpless expression on her face
Changing the subject –
“But… why doesn’t it work on the Masters?”
Jibril asked curiously
“…Hmm…? Jibrilsaid it herself…we don’t have…spirits”
“Yeah, you did say that, everyone in this world has spirits within them, but
shi+ro and I don’t”
When they had first met, to prove to her that they were from another world,
they had let Jibrilscan their bodies for spirits
If their ability was to attract spirits like nets, the fact that it didn’t work on
Sora and shi+ro should have been obvious, but –
“No, as long as there are souls, there should be spirits presents Maybe
Master’s spirits are too faint for me to detect, or maybe your spirits are
undetectable – but ifso, ould there be no effect – this is strange”
Jibrilto Sora and
shi+ro, and she looked at them excitedly
- While Ino as standing beside her spoke:
“Or is it siet erect as a man?”
“You shut the hell up, old man, you only think about the lower halves of the
body, don’t you, but I am a man of reason”
“Sorry to keep you all waiting~!”
- Plum and Amira returned noisily
Was the spell to enter the Empress’ dream state ready?
The two of them approached the block of ice where the Empress was
sleeping
“So noe’ll use Pluic to let you all into Her Majesty’s dreams”
That cheerfulsmile was still on her face
Amira nonchalantly continued:
“To all of you ish to awaken the Empress, please 「Swear to the
Oaths」 and bet all that you have, then touch the crystal~”
-……
“Huh? Hey, what did you say?”
Steph broke the silence and asked
Amira replied with another question in shock:
“Eh? Is there a problem?”
“Of course there’s a proble about!?”
…Bet all that you have?
Does that mean in the sense where the person’s wealth, identity, freedom, life
– everything is put on the line?
“Is there a need for that? We came to help you upon your request!!”
“Sigh~ Plu?”
“Um… I’m sorry…”
Amira prodded her cheek with a troubled expression on her face, while Plum
insistently apologized
While the one that interrupted them was –
“Calm down, Steph, you’re the one that doesn’t understand”
Sora’s tone was calm as always
Seeing how calm he was, Steph turned around and observed everyone’s
reactions
Not just Sora and shi+ro – but Miko, Jibril, Ino and even Izuna had
expressions of understanding on their faces
“We were invited here to – awaken the Eh the 「Empress’
Gaht?”
“The third of 「The Ten Oaths」 states that in gaers will be made on
what both parties decide to be of value – while the Empress 「Swore on the
Oaths」 to hibernate, since the requirements of the 「Game」 to awaken her is
to make her fall in love with the other party, a 「Bet」 of equal value is needed
for her love – right?”
“Coht, handsome man, not only your appearance, but your brain
is handsome as well!”
Areement, but –