100 Selkie Village (1/2)

Dark Knight Kroki

Take the Aspidokeron and continue on to the North Sea.

In the North Sea, there is a place called the Ice Island, a place with strong ice spirit power.

The winds that blow from there turn the northern part of the central continent into a cold region.

Many Krakens live in the vicinity of that ice island.

They are on their way there now.

It's been three days since we left the orc country of Nosoy, and we are making good progress.

We are making good progress, I would say.

A fleet of ships led by the orc Ezasa is sailing around Aspidochelon, guarding it.

These orc ships have no sails or turrets.

How does it navigate, then, is because a sea monster named Orca is pulling this ship.

Orcas are huge, scaled, with fangs and snouts like pigs, and bristly hair.

They are sometimes called sea orcs because of their resemblance to orcs, which is why they are called sea orcs.

It is said that Ezasa and the other Orcs tame these orcas and fish for them.

Looking out the window on the third floor of the mansion built on the back of Aspidokeron.

There is glass in this world, so you can see the outside world without opening the windows.

Glass is expensive, but it is fitted in all the windows of this mansion, which is the villa of the Demon King.

If you look out, you can see ice floating on the sea.

The mansion is not cold because of the winter barrier that has been set up around it.

However, with the power of the frost dragon, I can operate outside the warding.

I stop looking outside and look inside the room.

''No~. I'm sure you'll be able to find something to do with the cold weather. Poo-chan.

Totally. Your Highness.

Polen and Puchina are eating the cheese pot.

They have been eating a lot since a while ago.

I wonder if Polen in particular is eating too much?

I think you have a disease that will kill you if you don't eat something.

But I can't tell you if you're not eating too much.

Polen had been reluctant to go out and catch Kraken at first. So I can't tell her that she'll be offended.

I look at Pollen with that in mind.

She's eating the pot with a very happy look on her face.

And she has this smile on her face.

You can't say anything if she's eating that happily.

'Kuroki-sensei~. Would you like to eat with me too~

''No, Your Highness: ....... As expected, I'm already full, so I'll refrain from doing so.

Pollen invites himself, but as expected, he can't eat anymore, so he softly refuses.

'I see. ......'

Pollen looks lonely.

I feel bad. As expected, I can't eat anymore.

I was with him at first, but I can't do this anymore.

'Nufufufu. If you won't eat it, sir. I'll eat it instead.

'Ah! That's not fair!　Poo-chan, that meat is mine!

Pollen and Puchina seem to enjoy eating.

By the way, Puchina eats well, too.

I've never seen it before, but it seems to be a huge bear, so the amount of food it eats may be the same when it's a human girl.

I look outside again.

Then I see a block of ice floating in front of me.

It looks like we've arrived near the ice island.

Your Highness. It looks like we're getting close to the ice island. I'm going to take a look outside for a moment.

Huh.

When I say this myself, Polen replies with his mouth stuffed full of things.

He leaves the mansion and goes towards the head of Aspidokeron, where he finds Librum, the High Lizardman general.

'This is my lord. What can I do for you?'

Librum notices him and curtsies.

'No, General Librum. I've come to check on you as you seem to be approaching the ice island. How is the voyage going?

'Yes. Lord Ezasa will be leading the way.

Myself and Librum look ahead.

The orc fleet, led by Ezasa, will go ahead and find us a route that doesn't hit the ice floes floating in the sea.

'I see, by the way, General Riburm. I've heard that Kraken live in this area, how do we find them?

That's all right, my lord. I'll have the selkies take you to Kraken.

Selkie?　I mean, that seal?

Yes, sir. 'Yes, sir. The Kraken prey on the selkie. So wherever the selkie is, the kraken is there.

A selkie, as Riburum calls it, is a beastman in the form of a seal.

Selkies live as seals in the sea, but when they go on land, they shed their skins and take on human form.

In their human state, selkies take on a very beautiful appearance and are said to be very skilled at seducing humans.

The selkie then seeks out and seduces humans who are dissatisfied with their husbands or wives to make love to them.

However, it is only for one night. In the morning, he goes back to the sea.

This is because the selkie can only spend a short time with one person and then must return to the sea immediately afterwards.

Incidentally, it is said that if a human being wants to meet a selkie, he or she must drop seven tears into the sea.

Also, if the selkie steals a skin that she has taken off, she will not be able to return to the sea and will have to become a mate.

However, since her real home is the sea, it is said that she often looks at the sea with a pining look on her face even after she is married.

However, when they find the stolen skins, they immediately return to their real home in the sea, and sometimes to their selkie mate.

The selkie is said to be the result of a seal demon beast that mated with a human.

Normally boys would be of their father's race, and girls would be of their mother's race, but in rare cases, a new race is said to be born with traits of both races.

That is the ancestor of the selkie, it seems.

A similar race is the hippogriffs. The hippogriff is a race that was born as a result of a cross between a griffon and a horse.