The Unbound World’s “Normal” is Difficult

Kevin crawls on all fours and peeks at the frightening edge of the cliff.

Under the cliffs, which were so high as to remember vertigo, the black waves roared and smashed into the rocks that I had no courage to go down there.

"Mother, I can't see..."

A mother who gave birth to herself in exchange for her life.

The ring was only one bond that connected itself to her without even knowing her face.

And the ring is also a sign of the seat of the next lord.

It was the only thing I wanted Kevin, who was sick and stunted, to be recognized as the Son of the Lord.

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Kevin's cheeky eyes began to weep.

But he didn't do it zero.

--You deserve it.

"... I'm not worthy of a lord..."

Instead, he carved a self-taunting smile into his young lips.

Kevin lost the ring because he had no other weapons and lacked calm.

Then why there was no weapon was because it was attacking Elma, who helped them, and why she lacked calm, because she summoned the moth and hunted down her sister.

All of this was my own fault.

"... I'm sorry for disturbing you... by attacking you"

"Kevin...."

As Kevin turned to Elma and apologized briefly, Deborah glanced surprisingly and lowered her eyebrows.

Lucas and Irene also quickly turned their gaze and shrugged their shoulders to make the aftertaste look bad.

There's a problem.

"--This is the one who apologizes."

For some reason Elma knelt down on the spot and hung her neck deep.

"It was something I could have prevented if I had seized the moth a little sooner."

"... no, that's not true..."

"Thank you. I apologize for the hassle caused by capturing males and females in separate bags, so that they could be more efficient when I put them on duty."

"Did you do that!?

Kevin screams a little.

But Elma heard the burst and held her fist slightly.

"Apologies, I'll look for the ring."

"Ha!?

Not only Kevin, but all of us shouted in dismay.

In particular, Deborah and Irene rushed to stop Elma.

"Nah, what are you saying, Elma! The ring sank in the sea!

"Yes, you're not going to jump into the ocean!

People call it pretending.

Elma glanced at her glasses and nodded.

Yes, I'm going to do that.

"Idiot!

Irene suddenly raised her scream mixed with curses.

"You, you! Do you understand!? The sea!? It's the sea! The sea is huge, it's huge! There's no way they're gonna find us! I won't jump off the cliff right now!

And when she remembered, she finally panicked when she saw an instant, practical Elma begin to take off her shoes and socks.

"I won't show my bare feet in front of you! Oh, don't lift the hem!

"- No, Elma."

Lucas raised his eyebrows and took Elma's arm.

He lowered his face from a close range.

"I'm sorry about Kevin, but you don't have a stepsister to look for. Wake up and jump off these cliffs in the first place. How can you be safe?

Frustration stems from fear.

I know Elma's amazing physical abilities, and I've seen her fly over and over again, but that doesn't stop the girl from jumping off the cliff in front of her.

It's a tall cliff with crunchy rocky skin.

If you throw yourself, you may be able to hit the rock wall on the spot, or you may be penetrated by a rock that protrudes from the surface of the sea.

There is also a risk of being dragged into turbid currents and becoming seaweed.

It was crazy to look for a little ring that could have sunk anywhere in the world.

"But I remember a little bit about swimming..."

"Even so. Look, I'm telling you, it's not normal to swim hundreds of miles in the ocean. If you're going to swim through the ocean looking for a ring, the" Normal "tattoo will soon disappear, but is that okay?

While acknowledging the cowardice, stop it until it flickers the most effective trump card for Elma.

Elma pulled her chin a little and tied her lips. Perhaps the eyes in the back of the glasses are staring up at us.

Lucas was glad that she was wearing glasses right now.

On that beautiful dawn eyes, the day I was stubbornly staring at you, I said, "So I can't help but jump in instead? Because it's going to happen accidentally.

"……………………………………………………"

After a long, long silence, Elma answered.

Lucas and Deborah and Irene stroked their chests with relief.

But the next moment, Elma released an unexpected word.

"Well, I'll look for the other way around."

"Ha!?

Still won't give up?

Poking through Lucas's gap with her eyebrows raised, Elma shakes her arms and retreats a few steps back.

What the hell are you looking at? In front of the surroundings, she lightly applied a preliminary motion -

Ha!

I jumped over the cliff!

"----------------!"

"Kyaaaaaaaaa!

The male side takes a breath and the female side screams.

Beyond their gaze as they hurried out onto the cliff, Elma turned around as she fell, deciding for a smooth inlet (no splash).

"You idiot...."

"Elma, ahhhhh!

"Perfect lip clean entry without a splash! It's numb! That's not it... Elma...!

Only about one person, Deborah, who is completely intoxicated with Elma, can't help but say words of praise to her worried.

Kevin stared stunnedly at the sea from behind three people peering down the cliff as they faded.

And I covered my mouth with my own hands, so I quickly caught my blood.

A black wave that hits a cliff, crushes it, and roars while leaving a splash.

A fierce wave like a canoe that could drag the whole boat to the bottom of the ocean.

A man just jumped in there.

Though older, there is a small girl who is not even an adult. For yourself.

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Kevin chuckled his throat.

Oh, my God.

Oh, my God.

What has she done to herself?

"Idiot, I didn't fall between the waves, but this turbidity, I can't guarantee that I won't drown...! Damn it, I'll go down the mountain and get a boat. Irene, look for Elma from there and shout at me."

"Ha... yes...!

Irene nodded with both hands together.

"Hurry up and pull up Elma...!

Screaming like a wolf is because Elma will never come out of the sea.

Even if it sinks deep and then comes up, it takes too long.

I don't think so. I hope you rushed into the water, but you're drowning beyond that.

Maybe he hit his body against a rock under the water. They are attacked by monsters living in the water.

In an instant, several terrible possibilities ran through his brain, and Irene trembled.

"Elma... you don't have to be 'normal', just swim back to us..."

Grasp and pray with your hands as white as the joints emerge.

And then...

"Ahh!!

Deborah, who was crawling on all fours beside him, screamed as he looked for the Patriarch (Elmael) beneath the cliff.

"Take a look! Over there...!

Not only Irene, but even Lucas, who was about to run down the mountain, looked back in haste at the exuding voice of joy.

Beyond their gaze, between the swirling waves,

"Elma!!

There was an Elma who only peeked at her upper body from the waves.

She raises her hand gently without even shifting the angle of her glasses, without thinking about the waves that raise the splash around her.

At the tip of his slender hand was something shining.

A ring connected to a thin chain that plays sunlight and shines.

It's Kevin's mother's ring.

"Elma...!!

Irene and Deborah screamed with admiration to Elma, who took the ring as declared.

But Lucas noticed something and raised his eyebrows.

…………

At first glance, Elma seems to be just floating in the middle of the waves.

I can see it, but it was moving smoothly to this side.

No, even though it's smooth, it's getting closer and closer at a lot of speed.

As the distance from the cliff narrowed, the whole body gradually rose above the sea surface, and with it, it became clear what Elma was like now.

She was caught (...) in something triangular like a pennant.

No, I was standing on something big (...) with a pennant handle on it.

It's not driftwood.

Nor is it the wreckage of a drifting ship.

Something huge and dynamic, with a glossy, glossy surface.

Kujira.

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Lucas chewed on the cliff and screamed without thinking.

"What the hell are you on...!?"