Chapter 312

"Welcome back, Mr . Touya, and my Ladies . "
"Pi . "
"Po . "
"Pa . "
The three bodies of Etoile Graeme bow slightly, following Shirokane who is humanized from silver dragon . The three bodies are in good shape gradually .
A large-scale attack happened recently in Sandra . This time I come to the Reverse World to check if it has affected here .
I haven't discovered any Fraise here, since there is no the core of the "King" . But the mutants are different . I'm a little worried about whether there's going to be a lot of mutants in the Reverse World as well .
So I immediately search the web for "mutants", but there is nothing relevant . Apparently, my worry is unnecessary .
"Touya, Touya . Have I been counted as a 'lady' as well? Right? "
"You are of course not a lady . It said 'ladies and others' . "
"Maybe it's 'ladies and lovers' . "
The doctor who wears a loose white coat is joking as usual .
This time, I come with four others: Yumina, Lou, Lindse, Leen and the Doctor .
Suu, Erze, Yae, Hilda, and Sakura cannot come . Suu helps his parents at home . Erze, Yae, and Hilda are helping the knights . Sakura helps her mother Fiana at her mother's school .
I come here just to confirm the mutants this time, but now the mission is completed . Lindse and Leen want to read books in the mansion's library . The Doctor says he wants to take a walk in the city, because he has not been able to do it for a time .
It's a really pity to just return without doing something, so I want to go somewhere . Yumina and Lou are going to follow me .
"Well, let's go to the King's Capital again!"
"Would you like to have something to eat there by the way?"
"Nice!"
We open the Transfer Gate . It transmits the four of us to a deserted street .
Walking to the main street, we can hear the bustling noise of Graemes as usual .
After a stroll around various places, we buy a newspaper from a news-stand by the street, and head to a cafe which we have been to .
Because it has past the lunch time, we find seats immediately . We order some light meals and have a drink that the people in the next seats are drinking, which is called "Kofi" . Because it smells like coffee .
While we are eating the sandwiches and salad, I read the newspaper . If Leen is here, she may scold me again, for she thinks this behavior is bad .
"It is very convenient for us to learn news by newspaper . Brunhilde can't do this, right?"
"Because the long-distance communication methods are not well developed, so far . It can be ma.s.s-produced in Babylon, but such a thing will inevitably produce misreported news and conspiracy theories . I wonder if the world can be rumbustious with it, but it's really convenient .
I give the newspaper to Doctor, and drink "Kofi", which is served after the meal . Yeah, it is coffee after all . It's a bit acid and tastes not good either . But it's not too bad to drink . . . . I add some sugar .
"Oh? "
The Doctor makes a small voice while he is reading the newspaper . Narrowing his eyes, the Doctor takes something out of his pocket and begins to glance over the newspaper . Ah, he is holding a loupe?
"What happened?"
"It's an article here . "
What the Doctor is pointing at, is an article t.i.tled "Pirate Ship, Drifting into Barkuru Port" .
"An unregistered ship suspected as a pirate ship, drifts ash.o.r.e by Barkuru port .
The 34 mariners are under arrest . This one? "
"Look at the picture of the wrecked pirate ship . It's printed here . Here . Have you seen the crest on the raggy sail? Do you remember it? "
"H'm? Crest?" I borrow the loupe of the Doctor to magnify the black-and-white newspaper photo, and look intently at it . "Half of the ship is broken, right?"
Through the loupe, I can see the black and white image of a unicorn supporting the starlit shield . What . . . !
"Is it the crest of Leaflease . . . ?!"
I'm shocked, and stare at the crest magnified by the loupe . No way . . . Is this the ship missing during the pirate eradication battle? The ship is McLean!!
I hurry to read on . It says that the ship which drifts ash.o.r.e by the harbor is an unregistered ship, whose nationality is unknown . And all the crew members are unable to communicate in the common language, and are now caught by the lord of Barkuru Port .
"What happened to it? Why does Leaflease's ship drift here? "
"I have no idea . . . . I heard that G.o.d often travels among different worlds . . . "
While answering Lou's question, I try to get organized . Is this a coincidence? Or . . .
"Either way, we cannot leave them here . We must help them . "
"Please wait . I don't mind if we help them . But what should we do after that? Will you go back to Leaflease? "
"Oh, of course . . . Yes . . . "
"Usually, if we want to help them, we have to explain this world, not only to the crew, but also to the Leafleas and all the representatives of the Front World . I still think it's too early to make a decision . "
Indeed, things about a different world cannot be accepted by people easily as by people like Yumina . She knows the existence of Fraise, so she is able to understand such kind of things to a certain degree . . . .
" . . . It's true that someone can hypnotize people by using ancient dark magic?"
"Are you talking about 'Hypnosis'? Well, if the magic works, people's memory will become vague . "
In the ancient dark magic, there is also a mental interference system, which includes memory manipulation, coma, confusion, madness, temptation, loss of mind and mental breakdown . It can cause great trouble if any mistake occurs .
Under ordinary circ.u.mstances, it is forbidden to be used on anyone other than a villain or a criminal, but we have no better choice . Besides, they are imprisoned, knowing nothing for the language barrier . So it's better for them to forget this experience .
As to "Hypnosis", I read a magic book at Babylon's library, so I think maybe I can use it .
"Anyway, let's go to rescue them . The location is . . . Barkuru Port of Panaches Kingdom . It's . . . here?"
The location published in the newspaper is displayed on the smartphone map . Because we are in the cafe, we cannot use s.p.a.ce projection .
"Parof and Reinie . . . They are countries on Parnier Island in our world," says Yumina, looking at the map . And as he says, Barkuru Port is on Parnier Island in our world .
It's a little far from Arento .
"It will take me a while to fly there . Everyone waits here . "
"Ok . Please take care . "
If I use "Teleport", maybe I can move there momentarily . But it once caused severe pain, so I decide to go directly . If I fly with full power, it will take less than 30 minutes .
So I rush out of the cafe, quickly enter the back alley, and disappear with the "Invisible Method" . Then I use "Flying" to rise to several thousand meters high at one burst . Then with "Accelerator" for a super acceleration, I move forward above the clouds at high speed .
Finally, I arrive at the sea . A large island comes into my sight . It is Panaces Kingdom, the symbol of Parnier Island .
As soon as I land at Barkuru Port which is located in the southeast, I open the "Transfer Gate", return to the back alley of King's Capital, and meet everyone waiting at the cafe . Then we return to the Barkuru Port together through the "Transfer Gate" .
"So many ships are berthing here . But the shapes are strange . "
While looking at the ships in the harbor, Lou looks around restlessly .
"Welcome back, Mr . Touya, and my Ladies . ".