After hearing Zezgard-san’s words, everyone immediately left the inn. . .
The people who we passed seemed to be running away from the wharf while talking about the magic fish.
We rush to the wharf against the crowd.
Unlike the sandy beach where we were staying, the wharf has land that juts out into the sea so that boats can dock there.
There were no large boats parked, but many small boats were lined up.
And what was there was. . .

“It looks like a whale. . .”

“Yeah, but it’s creepier than a whale. . .”

After confirming what was in the sea, I talked with Shizuku-chan.
It’s size is so large that it is reminiscent of whales and killer whales.
However, it does not have a cute form like a mammal, but it was in the form of a fish!
A fish the size of a minivan. That’s in the sea at night, and it’s a spectacle that makes people want to run away from the city, with it’s dorsal fins and eyes sticking out.

“He suddenly appeared at the wharf, but he’s just looking around like that. Now that the guy from the city has gone to call the security guards, they’ll arrive right away.”

Zezgard-san seems to have encountered the scene where he found the magic fish, and tells us about the people in the town.

“The people in this town know how terrifying magic fish are, so there are no onlookers. They immediately ran away.”

There is no one at the wharf except us.
It’s rare, so it’s probably not a situation that you should take a look at.

“Is it confirmed that there’s only one?”

“I tried flying around with Gyabussh, but I could only find that one from the sky. I won’t know unless I dive.”

“Alright.”

Zezgard-san answers Hurst-san’s words.
Only one in the sea.
But if it hits a boat with that size, it would quickly sink a small boat parked at the wharf.
Even the flickering teeth are jagged and very sharp.
Right now we are on land and the other side is separated by the sea.
And the ocean is so vast that it can swim anywhere over there.
If you call the guards, how will they defeat it. . .

“That’s a magic fish. . .”

“That’s right. Originally, it should not be possible for it to get out of the Magic Sea.”

When I whispered, Thruster-san answered while looking down at the dark sea.
You can’t see into the sea from land.
It makes me uneasy. . .

“I’ll do it.”

When Hurst-san said so, he prepared a wooden stick with a sharp point.
. . . . Yes. Maybe that’s why it’s a skewer. I understand. You use it like a harpoon. I understand. It will absolutely stab. No matter how much it swims away, Hurst-san will kill it. I understand. He’s going to do it. I understand. There is nothing but understanding.
Anxiety disappears, and the future can be read in an instant.
I stepped back so as not to get in Hurst-san’s way.
Then, the magic fish started trembling on the spot. . .

“Gyo!”

. . . .Eh.

“Shina-sama. . . . .!”

“Shina-san!”

“Shina!”

“Isarai Shina!”

“. . . Shina-san!”

“Shina-kun!”

Everyone calls me.
That’s because the magic fish looked at me with googly eyes and jumped.
It goes straight to me. . .!

“Oh, be delicious!”

At times like this, it’s good to have the Kitchen Knife (Holy Sword).
I got a little impatient, but just in case, I took it out of the kitchen and held it up towards the magic fish.
Then, the body of the magic fish that jumped up glittered and became smaller.
Then it appeared. . .

“Skipjack Tuna.”

Skipjack tuna.
It’s the autumn season right now. It is more fatty and delicious than the first tuna of spring.
The body length is about 80cm. Quite big. It has a spindle shape and the black color on the back becomes white as it goes to the stomach. The horizontal stripes on the sides are beautiful.
The real skipjack tuna moves north along the Kuroshio current and moves south in autumn. It’s called skipjack tuna because it’s caught in the place that goes south, so it’s a little confusing to describe this tuna caught in another world as skipjack tuna.
But I’m sure it’s skipjack tuna.
It seems to be fatty. Skipjack tuna!

“Hurst-san! can I have you catch it?”

The skipjack tuna washed up on the wharf and bounced.
At this rate, it’s going to hurt itself. . .!

“Yes.”

At my request, Hurst-san moved quickly, grabbed the tuna, and thrust a wooden stick between it’s brows.
The tuna twitches at the moment of being stabbed, and then stops moving.

“Do you want me to draw the blood too?”

“Please.”

It’s delicious.

“Actually, I wish I could do it, but I’m not confident about such a big tuna. . .”

“Rampaging fish are dangerous. Please leave the preparation to me. And. . .”

Hurst-san laughs softly.

“. . . I would be happy if I could be relied on by Shina-sama.”

Hurst-san, who told me not to worry, really relieved me.
My uneasy heart from looking at the magic fish is now exhilarated.

“Shizuku-chan, it’s tuna. I’m sure it’s delicious.”

When I think of food, I can’t help but laugh.
That’s why Shizuku-chan must be happy too, Shizuku-chan was looking at me anxiously.

“Um. . . Shina-san. . .”

It seems hard to say.
I suddenly realized something.

“No, no! That’s not true, Shizuku-chan. I wasn’t thinking about cooking fish at all!”

Yes. When I think about meat, I attract magic beasts, so there is a possibility that I will also attract magic fish.
As for the magic bests, Shizuku-chan set up a very strong barrier, so the problem disappeared.
Also, even if I say ‘I want to eat meat’, it’s okay to say ‘I want to eat XX, so why don’t you come to XX?’ I thought about bird-type magic beasts and boar-type magic beasts in that way.
So I’m innocent.
I wasn’t thinking about tuna dishes.
Innocent. . . . .!
But, Shizuku-chan’s face was still clouded. . .

“That’s right. . . but that fish. . .It looked straight at Shina-san and seemed happy. . .”

Certainly.

“. . . After it yelled, it jumped at me.”

Not wrong at all.
When I couldn’t object, Thruster-san raised the right corner of his mouth and laughed.

“As expected, you are interesting.”

Thruster-san laughing and everyone staring at me.
Then Hurst-san, who was taking out the internal organs from the tuna, said in a low voice.

“. . . It’s a pearl.”

Hurst-san opens his hand.
There was a shining white pearl.

 

Because of the title I was kind of expecting the magic fish to talk. . . What a misleading chapter title.

I hope you enjoyed this chapter and thank you for reading!

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