249 247 Route Talk (1/2)

The day after sailing.

”Warehouse again”

”Well, a merchant ship.”

”Smells good”

”Oh, you look like groceries around here”

We were embarking on an expedition on board. In the meantime, I decided to head downstairs from the deck, but at first I had little place to see it.

Whatever it was, it was a sailor's quarters, and all the rooms were inaccessible. Well, I guess the room is concentrated at the top of the hull so that we can react safely.

And when it came to the compartment below it was mostly a warehouse. In part, the room where the valuables were stored was locked, so I couldn't get in, but otherwise I was able to get in normally.

It's a dusty normal warehouse with boxes and bags stacked up, but Fran seems to enjoy it a lot.

I certainly never get tired of watching unusual ingredients and strangely designed crafts that I don't know where I'm making them.

”Next go”

”Ooh.”

As I walked through the warehouse compartment and into a room close to the side of the ship, a huge chunk of metal came into my eyes. It is a dark, cylindrical, intimidating object.

”This, what?

”You're a demon cannon. Shoot these iron balls out with magic.”

”Going out of your way to fly balls of iron?

'Mm-hmm. I guess it's because you can use less magic to produce power than using magic for direct attacks. When I say it's going to run with magic, it's not going to work indefinitely.'

Moreover, this demon cannon is superior because it is also possible to attack with magic. Artillery shells for hostile ships, etc. I guess I'll use it separately from magic bullets for warcraft in the sea, etc.

Even so, you're big. In addition to the normal cannon body, it is fitted with a demonic guidance engine, so it will really be bigger than the Earth's cannon.

Further down from that room, it becomes the bottom compartment. Most of them are ballast tanks that store water, but the next largest room was equipped with this huge magic device. There is a heavy, low noise that echoes in my belly: goung goung.

”Big time.”

”This must be the guy with the propulsion system.”

”Mm. It's so loud”

'Heh, you're spitting water out of there. This one looks like a pump.'

If I wondered how it worked, they were aquajet methods. I guess he's sucking in water with a huge pump and gaining propulsion with the momentum of spraying it backwards.

Moreover, there are many places on the hull where water can be spit out, and they can be made to change direction. The ships of this world are likely to be small circles.

Has this turned the general place around? We decided to go back to deck once. Fran seems to want to move her body, so I thought I'd give it a light, bare gesture.

Out on deck, the sailors were moving in a hurry. Apparently, he's opening the mast. Jerome gives a lot of instructions.

”I left the bay! Prepare to sail!

”Ugly.”