A Chronicle of Life in a Different World

--Severe impact is transmitted to the deck along with the roar that rubs the bottom of the ship.

The rain was still pouring, but Gilba was relieved that the boat had somehow “climbed up" to the shore and stopped.

But it's just for a moment.

Looking around the deck, there was no sign of Reurus. The fact clouded Zilba's expression.

"Oh dear... I've hit my head as hard as I can... because there's no place to park my ship, is this really too much?

"Sara-sama... I'm sorry. There seems to be no nearby river port, and it will be difficult to get to the Valdi river port in this situation... and the flooding was terrible."

Gilba looked sorry for Sarah as she walked in with her head shaken. There was also Eliza next to Sarah, but it looked like Sarah was holding her shoulders and dragging her.

Eliza was stunned, and I don't think she was able to respond positively when the ship got ashore. Still, when Sarah covered up Eliza, she didn't seem to have any scratches. Instead, Sarah slapped her head on the deck, but she dragged Eliza without pain.

"I'm not a sailor, I'm a fireman... boom! Anyway, we're out of trouble alone, so don't complain! You paid for it, but you paid for it and got on the boat! I have a feeling that!

"Ha... there are many things I think..."

Gilba is confused by Sarah's attitude. Eliza was still paranoid, and Sarah's attitude was too “normal”.

--They left behind the Reurus that fell on Lake Mersena.

The delay in responding to the monster's vigilance and the shaking of the ship was also a grudging event for Zilba.

Reurus took Eliza's cover and drowned instead, but if Reurus hadn't made it - or if they had fallen together, what would have happened by now?

From Zilba's point of view, Reurus alone might still be able to handle it. It would have been dangerous if I had put on my armor, but I was lucky to have taken off my armor because I was awake. If it is a revulsion, it is possible to swim and reach the shore by itself.

If she had fallen with Eliza, there would have been virtually no chance of it. Even if only Eliza had fallen into the water, she wouldn't have been saved.

But it is. It is only possible that the Reurus alone can be saved, and the likelihood is not high. Even though that was the case, Sarah's expression didn't have a burning color.

The ship was beginning to flood, the Reurus was swallowed by the stream of the River Lete and quickly moved away, and the monster that was attacking the ship followed Reurus away from the ship.

For various reasons, it was necessary to go to shore immediately in order to protect the lives of the ship itself and other passengers. Meer jumped into the ship and tried to prevent any flooding, but even with Dwarf's arms, it was close.

I decided it was dangerous to sail any further, read the wind and sailed even though the sail broke, and managed to reach the shore.

Strangely enough, there were many monsters along the coast of Lake Mersena.

Gilba, who had entrusted Eliza to Sarah, threw all of the pontoons on the deck with a momentum to consume them and managed to break through while taking further damage to the hull, but the captain said, “Normally," he'd never encountered a monster like this before.

Sarah was also using flame magic while covering for Eliza, but this didn't do much more than restrain her. I didn't think I was worried about Reurus from the beginning of the battle, which was strange to Gilba.

"Hmm? Aren't you worried about Reurus? Of course I'm worried, but if Reurus were dead, I'd be extinct.

Sarah blanketed out. There's nothing to be upset about, and the fact that you're there is proof that Reurus is safe.

"That I'm alive means Reurus is safe. Well, I don't know what's gonna happen now... but I'm more worried that Reurus isn't eating that monster alive! If you're hungry, you'll be fine with it!

"If it's Mr. Reurus... well, I guess it is."

Gilba struggled with Sarah, who was worried about something strange.

The power of Sarah, the Spirit of Fire, has not been able to maintain its connection with the Reurus.

In Sarah's case, she has a strong "contract" that dedicates her name and soul to the Reurus - her “existence” itself. The "contract" didn't expire just because it was physically far away, but it was far too far to accommodate magic.

This distance is troublesome, and even if you can feel the connection in the contract, you don't know where the revus is. As it stands, it just feels terribly vague and blurry.

"I think Reurus will be fine... mmm..."

"What's wrong?

Gilba asks as she checks Eliza's condition. Sarah tilted her neck as she threw her gaze at the rough Lake Mersena.

"Instead of being distant, is something holding you back...? I don't know, I don't like it."

Sarah frowns hard or uncomfortable to explain in words. Gilba couldn't understand what “it” was, so she opened her mouth to try to do something about the current situation.

"Let's get back on board for now. It's hard to get to Valdi in this rain, and if we don't wait for the weather to recover... we'll have to change. I wish my luggage was safe."

"I think the room is better because Meer's on her way, but did you hear me getting on the shore? Mia could be rolling in the boat if she sucks...."

As for Gilba, I want to rescue Reurus, but there is no way to rescue him at the moment. The boats that have come this far are close, and even renting a boat nearby will make it too difficult to find Reurus due to the bad weather.

The only thing I can do now is evacuate the ship without rain and try to recover a little bit of health.

"I'm sure Reurus will be fine. You're my contractor, anyway! That's why Eliza doesn't look like that either... right?

…………

The captain also needs to consult with various people, but Gilba sighs in her heart as she compares Sarah, who doesn't seem to react at all, to Eliza.

Eliza was entrusted by Reurus, who fell on Lake Mersena. Whatever happens, we have to defend ourselves.

Zilba shook her head once and urged Eliza and Sarah to go aboard.

--To be honest, I may have underestimated it.

Even though it was a lake, while swimming on the surface of the water that was rippling with wind and rain and currents, Reurus murmured inside.

Ten minutes have passed since I started swimming. I was swimming using "caloric release" to avoid sinking with the weight of the big sword I carried, but the cold of the water and the clothes that followed my body were very troublesome.

I have little experience of swimming in clothes, including in my previous life. Before, after being sold away from the village of Shena, he ran into Kimira and jumped into the creek to escape.

At that time, the depth of the water was shallow and the bottom of the river was attached, so it did not pose a major problem. However, the resistance of clothing is very disturbing in the current situation where swimming without feet.

I can swim ignoring a little resistance because I use "caloric release", but if I was swimming only with the physical ability of vegetables, I might have sunk by now.

Reurus thinks in the corner of his head whether he should have taken off his shoes at least.

When I encountered a magical existence, I could not swim naked, but I didn't even have any protective equipment. I resisted letting go of my shoes.

(As expected, monsters won't attack us, but it would have been dangerous if we were swimming towards land....)

I don't know where I am, but I don't think there are any monsters nearby, as long as I don't feel the magic of hostile monsters when I swim with all my might for nearly 10 minutes.

It is thankful that there was no monster attack in this situation, but if he was swimming towards the land without aiming for the magic he felt, it is likely that he was dead.

Reurus is aiming for magic, but if the monsters living in Lake Mersena were "running away” from some magic, it would have been more dangerous to be aiming for land.

It was attacked in the first place, but it is possible that monsters have solidified around the coast of Lake Mersena.

(Either way, it might have been dangerous, but if I was swimming towards land, I might have bumped into a lot of monsters... but I'm not scared.)

Sometimes there is no magic to land, but if you fight monsters there, the magic drain increases.

Not if a monster the size of a scaffold can be hunted again, but hopefully there will be too much hitting.

Based on these, I think it was correct that I was swimming with magic eyes, but although the magic I could feel was somewhat stronger, I didn't see any further “changes”.

(The magic... is no longer half. When you run out, you faint, and you only have five minutes left to continue 'Caloric Release'... up to seven minutes? That's not good.....)

It is a revulsion that prioritizes speed and even swims with a crawl, but I am too anxious to check my condition.

Although the magic that I felt was even thin is gradually strengthening, it seems that there is still a distance.

In the first place, the magic that I could feel was spreading over a thin area. Although I think it is approaching as a feeling, it is not confirmed while swimming.

(It's magical, but the water's getting cold...)

It's a revulsion that keeps swimming with a loud sound of water, but it feels like the water temperature is dropping slightly.

I don't know if my body just feels that way because it's too cold, or if the water temperature is really falling, but it may not be strange to think about the elements of winter cold, rainfall, and blowing wind.

The water temperature seems to be dropping sharply due to the magic that is slowly decreasing. As always, the wind and rain are intense, and if you don't feel the magic, you won't even be able to swim straight.

I couldn't help but swim, but there was nothing else I could do. Reurus prays that there will be some kind of change now, but what is changing is that there is no major change in the magic that we feel at about the water temperature.

In this way, one minute passes, two minutes passes, and three minutes passes - the rush of the revus peaks around the time when five minutes pass.

The magic that was turning to "Caloric Release" started poking at the bottom, and it felt like the body that was swimming was getting heavier. It feels like the resistance of the clothes has increased, and even though it is in cold water, I fall into the illusion that cold sweat is spraying out from my whole body.

Should I continue to use 'Calorie Release' in preparation for a Stun, or should I swim 'on my own'? In the former case, if you use up your magic, you sink into the water. In the latter case, if you run out of strength, you sink into the water.

(Use Caloric Freedom until the last minute... you have to do something on your own.)

In order to move forward a little, Reurus decided to use his magic to the limit.

The flow of the lake is much slower, but even if you are swimming on your own, you don't know if you want to move forward. Because it can be pushed back into the flow.

Still believed to move forward - 10 minutes later, there was no realuse on the surface of Lake Mersena.