“That reminds me. Merissa, what kind of place is shore of the abyss?”

“Ah, that place. It’s a small island between the Dragon Continent Sea and the Center Continent Sea. It’s a very dangerous place for people who are not familiar with it.”

“Why have the meeting in such place!?”

“It is the place where pirates receive their baptism, basically, a place where a pirate is officially born through title. It is just a tradition from the oldest pirates but we give our respect to an Emblem left by them. I told you about being the Emperor of the Sea, right?”

“Ah, yes! You said you wanted to be one!”

“Annually, an emperor is hailed through elimination and battles. But the title of the Emperor of the Sea is actually picked by the Sea Saint that embodies that emblem. It has been quite a long time now since someone is actually chosen.”

“So right now, the reason for the conference…”

“Gants wants to conclude the Pirate Game already. I bet this has something to do with your circumstances. I also want to know what kind of plight you and your companions are dealing with.”

“Let us talk about that later with Ichirou!”

“Ah, yes...also…I really have to pee too! Let’s not stand around here!”

Merissa and I proceeded to the restroom. The night hasn’t passed yet and the only thing we could at least do right now is to rest as to not become a burden. After we empty our bladder, we return back and needless to say, he is still standing there like an idiot. We simply passed him and dive into the bed and ferry to dreamland.

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At morning, I mean noon since we woke up very late with the twins as an exception since they are still asleep, we started explaining our circumstances to Merissa from the hero summoning to our involvement with the Order of Arcana and the existence of Nil.

Our endless trifle against the devils and my quest for power to defeat Nil are also emphasized especially Nil because, among all the people I met, he was the most dangerous of all.

And after talking for about an hour, Ichirou mentions about his involvement with the Etherians and the origin of his spiritech limbs.

That’s when Merissa shows her true colors…

“For real?! I mean, you became literally their experiment specimen?!”

“I…would not call it like that…”

“And not only your right arm but also both of your feet?!”

“Yeah…”

“W-Will you show it to me?! I…I want to see them so bad!”

“That’s a bit troubling…I already had some unpleasant experience about it…”

Hey, what do you mean unpleasant?!

Merissa clings her whole body to Ichirou and starts pleading desperately with puppy eyes.

“Won’t you please?”

“T-That’s dangerous in one way or another! Don’t cling too close to me! Asagao, help me out here!”

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Should I help him out?

Saying that our bodies touching him are unpleasant even though he got an erection somehow pisses me off. I get the feeling that my pride about my appearance is dearly mocked because of what he said.

Merissa started pulling down his pants forcibly.

“Asagao!”

“…”

“Hey, don’t ignore me! Help me! Say something to her!”

“Hmph! Idiot, my unpleasant body won’t be any of help, right?!”

“Huh?! Eh?! Wait, I didn’t mean it like that, Asagao!”

Yeah, I never paid him back for that incident and this as might well be the best for revenge. The irony is on a whole new level!

Merissa bountiful chest viciously rubs against Ichirou and the man himself was notified of it since the very beginning. His face becomes flushed as Merissa continues her assault on Ichirou’s pants with teary eyes. I can already see where this is going.

Obviously, Merissa stops for that reason. She felt that ogling bulge of a monster from Ichirou’s crotch. Something like that can’t really be helped by a man. Even I, if I am in my previous gender, would get that kind of reaction too.

Merissa stops arbitrarily as she realized what that is and Ichirou seized that opportunity to distance his self while turning to another direction. I swear, this man needs more ball, but well, we would have encountered a much worse problem if he is aggressive. It’s scary to think of it because he is a friend of mine but he would have definitely done us back then if he is much aggressive.

“Oh…so that’s how it is…”

“Ah…please don’t get mad! This is just…”

“I…it’s…okay…I’m just happy to know that…you can feel that way towards me…”

“Well, you just kept rubbing your body to me so I couldn’t help it!”

“Say, let me have a good look at those spiritech limbs of yours and you can have me! Marry me, make me your slave or anything, as long as I can satisfy this strong urge of mine! Please!”

“You don’t have to go that far! And also…”

“Also…?”

“I already…have someone I love…”

Merissa tilts her head as Ichirou said that. Her gaze wanders towards me and returns back to Ichirou with a bit worried face. I can already read her mind but this is going to be a real hassle so I could at least make Ichirou handle this by himself.

“You mean…”

“No! Why did you just look at Asagao?! I can’t possibly fall in love with her!”

“Thank goodness. I thought you are just like those perverts. I am referring to the other captains.”

Somehow, I feel like I got mocked again but well, as what Ichirou said, he can’t fall in love with me as he already has someone he dearly like and that is Diyu Hellbeing whom I have met in my travel back then when I was traveling with Alstroe, Higan, and Master.

“Ahh…It can’t be helped if you are that stubborn…though, I feel like I really like you even more. I hope you could let me see those spiritech limbs of yours that were made by the etherians!”

“I’ll think about it…”

“So, how was the etherians?!”

“…they are all drunkards and cheese lovers.”

“...Umm…could you…tell me more about what they do?”

“They drink at any given time of the day… that’s what they do!”

“Their work…if possible…”

“Eighty percent drinking and fooling around, ten percent sleep and ten percent work.”

“Please, don’t be cruel…”

“I want to ask you, what do you know about them?”

As those words came out from Ichirou’s lips, Merissa’s eyes widened as if she remembered something. Her complexion pales a little and trickle of sweat rolls down her cheeks.

“Gao…when Ca was sucked in by a whirlpool, I am the one followed. At that time…Ca and I found a cavern with Ether research remnants…”

“This is the first time I’ve heard of it. I can’t blame you, though, it only happened yesterday…”

“I think…there’s a huge possibility that the Ethers…are god slayers…”

“That’s impossible!”

Ichirou immediately interjected with a surprised face.

“Why do you say so?”

“The Ethers travels from world to world, plane by plane, dimension by dimension just to keep their whole race intact. Are you aware of that?”

“No…but I had a hunch since they are using gods and goddesses powers to fuel their research. The reason I assumed that they are god slayers is because solely of that. It was something inscribed on a wall in their research facility.”

“Not exactly god slayers…to be precise, they do not accept that term.”

“Why is that?!”

“Ethers are atheist. No, they are far worse that an atheist. They do not have the knowledge of acknowledgment of gods and goddesses but that’s mostly the majority of their population. They may have seen those beings as a powerful creature but not as a god or a divine being.”

“Ah…I see…how twisted…”

“I think that’s the whole reason they were able to advance their civilization. I only know a handful of ether who acknowledges gods or divine being…no…it’s only one guy I know.”

“Ah…can we stop now? I am feeling a little discomfort from this talk. It feels like its wearing me down…”

“I see. Sorry about that. You must be still tired.”

“Yeah…but please, reconsider my offer and marry me instead. I am going to have a lot of your babies if you let me examine that spiritech limbs!”

“I-I-I-I-I-I refuse!”

“D-Don’t get all flustered by yourself…it’s really embarrassing for me too…”

Stop.

You two need to stop.

“Ah, also, I wanted to ask your permission to take all of you to the shore of the abyss but…”

“But…”

“It seems we’re already here.”

“Ahahaha…wow…”

“I’m sorry…”

“We just have to do it, right? Also, talking with you like this made me a bit attached to you so it would leave a bitter taste if we try to go now.

“Thank you…please marry me.”

“Stop it! I am going to make sure everyone will be safe and I will greatly appreciate it if you could stop teasing me!”

“Are you saying I can sway you?!”

“Wait, no! I didn’t!”

Just freaking stop already…

We are going to attend this assembly so please, stop making more scenes. I hope this won’t be a problem in the future. I am worried that most at Diyu whom Ichirou assumingly said he is in love with.

Please keep your faith strong Ichirou.