Volume 4 Chapter 80 The Whale
Edited by: Kanaa-senpai
I sensed someone moving, and when I opened my eyelids slightly, outside the slightly opened window, the world was turning white.
It was still too early to get up.
I’ll go back to sleep.
However, suddenly the room was wrapped in the pale light of a Poor man’s lamp.
In the light, Alyona, half-naked, reached her hand toward the Poor man’s lamp on the desk.
Even though she was slender, her well-shaped breasts were heavily ripe and jiggling.
She returned her center of gravity to the bed once and sat on her heels.
It seems that last night, she, I, and Katarina had tangled together, got tired, and ended up sleeping naked just like that.
Alyona, sitting on her heels on the wall side, was looking around, wondering how to get off the bed without straddling Katarina in the middle.
Since only my head was facing the opposite direction, she seemed even more troubled.
Then, when I changed my position from lying on my side to lying on my back to create space by raising my body, I slipped off the bed.
Yes, it seems I was sleeping at the very edge of the bed.
Fortunately, since I slipped off, I didn’t hit my head hard, but I ended up in a shameful appearance, completely naked.
”<Master, are you alright?>”
Alyona hurriedly came to help me up.
Cold skin touched skin, and even without that, a morning physiological phenomenon was occurring in my young body.
I thanked her for worrying about me and sat on the bed, but when I saw Alyona starting to put on her underwear facing away, something snapped.
I stood up and embraced her from behind while she was leaning forward.
”<Work>”
She resisted in the Rus language, but she didn’t raise a loud voice to shake me off.
She is a Slave I received from the Administrator of Hodayn Port (which faces the Red Sea on the Arabian Peninsula in my previous life).
You are my property.
You cannot refuse!
I don’t have such thoughts.
Even though I was squeezed so much last night, my desire wouldn’t stop.
”<This is troubling, I have to go make breakfast>”
Alyona is a slave, but she doesn’t take care of me. She works in the Dining Hall.
”<It’ll be over soon>”
While saying that, I made her hold my groin, which had already transcended the morning physiological phenomenon.
”Harasho”
Eh?
Did she just say “Harasho”?
In what meaning? Is it “Understood”? “Good”? Could it be “Cute”? Or perhaps “Wonderful” or “Splendid”?
Alyona has mana, but only about level 1, so she can’t do Mind-reading.
She suddenly turned toward me and asked for a kiss.
We pressed our mouths together greedily.
”<Put your hands on the desk>”
Yes, I was rushing to finish even to my own surprise.
Just like that, I grabbed the small woman’s buttocks and did standing doggy style.
Even in this state, I was barely able to avoid cming inside.
When it was over, Alyona sat down on the floor.
”Jerk yo”
She said something in the Rus language that I didn’t know, and this time she quickly put on her underwear.
When I glanced at the bed, Katarina was sleeping with her mouth open in a terrible state, enough to make me think she should have slept more modestly.
With a mischievous heart, I dripped a little remaining body fluid into that open mouth.
”I’m going to work.”
When I turned around, Alyona was already dressed.
Since she’s been on this ship for several months, she seems to have become able to speak a little of the Schweilitz language.
”Have a safe trip.”
I said that and saw her off, but when she opened the door, she let out a terrible scream.
When I hurriedly approached, there were several maids outside the door, all looking at Alyona, whose body was stiffened, and me who came later.
Some had their eyes wide open, some had expressions of pure joy, and others were rubbing their bodies against Alyona.
Probably, the one with pure joy has a dog inside, and the one rubbing against her has a cat inside. I don’t know about the others.
They were wearing cotton mantles over their Kuntoui.
”<Wh-what are these children?>”
She said that and hid behind me. But I’m naked, you know.
”<Didn’t you hear? They’re the maids of the Androgynos Group. We’re taking them to Oceanus>”
I conveyed that somehow, even though the words were a bit difficult.
”<I know we’re taking them to Oceanus, but why are these children here?>”
I told her that we share the toilet on this floor.
Also, I told her that ropes are stretched so that we can’t go down to the deck from both ends of the floor, and that when going up and down the stairs in the center, we lock the door.
During that time, several of the maids were rubbing against my body. Hey, I’m naked.
”<Is that so?>”
Alyona didn’t seem to know that it had turned out that way, since she manages the maids.
If it’s because of the language barrier, it can’t be helped, but if there are others who haven’t received the notification, that’s a problem. I’ll check later.
When I tried to return to the room for Alyona, who didn’t have a key, the maids followed.
When I held them back, I unintentionally touched their breasts.
They were unexpectedly large.
I heard that these children are around fifteen years old, so I was a bit surprised.
If it had ended there, it would have been fine, but I also touched their lower bodies.
This side felt a bit disgusting.
I sent Alyona off to the Dining Hall and went back to sleep for a second time.
”Hey.”
When I was shaken and woke up, Katarina’s ample breasts were right in front of my eyes.
”Was I snoring?”
”Why?”
”My mouth feels weird, and it smells a bit.”
”No, you weren’t snoring, though you were sleeping with your mouth open.”
Katarina nodded, convinced by that.
I told her that when she sleeps on her side, she doesn’t seem to snore.
Is that so, it smells.
I parted ways with Katarina, who said she would change clothes, and went to the Dining Hall alone.
There, Sergeant Bebel and Corporal Sabby, who were on duty for the Artillery Department today, were there.
Since the others were mostly from the Maintenance Department except for the medical team, I put my meal on a tray and went to their table.
”You’re annoying from the morning.”
Corporal Sabby made a clearly unpleasant face at me.
”Sorry, but there’s something I want to ask you.”
”Do that during working hours.”
Well, that’s true, but I don’t want to eat alone either.
”How were the maids? You slept there, right.”
I asked directly too.
Then, instead of Sabby, Hebel answered first.
”No no. Those guys only think about putting it in, so even though we weren’t ready, they tried to put in such a thick one, I’m saying give me a break already.”
Well, if the inside is a dog or cat, they probably have almost no concept of foreplay.
But Sabby seems to have a different view.
”I was fine though. The Sergeant was just lying there like a tuna, right? You have to stimulate them properly from our side. You know, when dealing with three of them, it’s like being gang-raped, and they keep putting it in multiple times. My head went blank multiple times in the middle, and when I realized it was morning, I laughed.”
It’s not “like being gang-raped,” it’s that you were gang-raped.
I shouldn’t have asked them about this.
”Isn’t the acting captain going to do them? If you’re doing the Amazoness’s Male-bride, you’re already safe, right?”
I wanted to end the conversation, but a question came from Bebel.
”No no, give me a break. Don’t you guys care about the maids’ breasts?”
”Not at all. Acting captain, you seem to know but you don’t. In the Mage army, yuri is a required subject.”
Is that so?
I’m a bit surprised by Sabby’s words, but I remember the relationship between Louise and Major Sonya.
”Then, is Section Chief Tatyana too?”
I asked Sergeant Bebel in a hushed voice.
”Didn’t you know? She’s doing it with Nikole.”
I didn’t know.
Since I was distant from relationships between men and women even from my childhood in my previous life, there’s no way I would understand advanced yuri relationships.
Just then, Kenze and Kamea entered the Dining Hall.
Kenze was appointed as Kamea’s supervisor, and they decided to sleep in the room that Maria used before, with the three of them: the two of them and Kenze’s child.
”Larry, the eel, the black-roasted one, did it work?”
Kamea asked me that without even saying “good morning.”
I asked Kenze what that meant, but she shook her head left and right.
”You don’t know? Drink the black-roasted one, dk explosion.”
It seems she’s talking about a stimulant tonic.
If she says black-roasted, it’s probably the one where the liver of the biting eel from the Grand Principality is black-roasted and powdered.
It seems that last night, Katarina was holding it carefully, so Kamea asked what it was.
Then, when she heard it worked, she asked for some too, but she was refused on the grounds that it was very expensive.
It’s certainly expensive that it’s expensive.
Even in the Grand Principality where it’s produced, it was expensive, so if you go to other countries, it should become an amazing amount.
Also, it shouldn’t be circulating in Schweilitz, so how did she get it?
But I think it had no effect.
Probably, she put it in the wine we drank in the middle, and we did two shots each, for a total of four shots, and we slept normally, so there was probably no medicinal effect.
The fact that I embraced Alyona just now was also an extension of morning wood.
Maybe it’s a fake?
I need to be careful not to waste money on useless things.
When I stood up from my seat to go to the Bridge (ship), Pole from the Deck crew came into the Dining Hall carrying a large, wriggling fish.
”Acting captain, look at this. Something like this was swimming.”
Even though its head was splendidly pierced by an arrow, it was still rampaging – it was a giant eel.
Its body length was about the same as Pole’s.
Its mouth wasn’t small like a Japanese eel, but opened up to behind its eyes.
If this land is the same as my previous life, then that’s a New Zealand longfin eel.
”Is it okay to eat this?”
Just in case, eels have poison in their blood, so if you drain the blood well and cook it thoroughly with fire, it should be okay.
I told them that some people might get diarrhea from the fat.
”Then, it means we can eat it if we cook it, right?”
When I nodded, he disappeared into the kitchen in great joy.
”Does that also become a stimulant tonic?”
Sergeant Bebel asked, but I could only answer “Who knows.”
I went to the Bridge (ship), received the report on the hull check, and raised the anchor.
We sail quite far offshore, but I always send a fixed-wing drone ahead.
Just in case.
Since we have to go halfway around this planet from here, we can’t overdo it.
At night, we approached the shore and dropped anchor, avoiding night navigation.
There was less wind than I thought, so we burned coal and mainly advanced with the Craft Engine.
As the old Amazoness Mahaka-san said, we occasionally encountered whales migrating south, but we couldn’t find any sharks.
The coastline was monotonous, and there were almost no reef areas.
And, at noon on the third day, we arrived at the northernmost point of the Land of the Fire Ring.
From here on, Kamea serves as the navigator.
She had a special ability.
Despite being surrounded by sea on all sides, she knew where “Izumo” was based on the positions of the sun and stars, and she guided the ship to a desert island for water replenishment.
On the twelfth day after leaving the bay, we arrived at an inhabited island.
From here, five days west by sailing ship, there’s the Eastern Atoll, and there was sighting information of a Seed ship, but the islanders didn’t know about it.
To the north of that island, there’s a long, ridiculously huge island called Kanaki Island that takes a week by sailing ship from the southernmost tip to the northernmost tip, but it’s surrounded by coral reefs, and as “Izumo,” there are few ports where we can come alongside.
Kamea said that we should go to a town where we can call at the northernmost part of Kanaki Island, replenish water, and from there, if we proceed through the middle of the sea with no place to stop for seven days, we’ll reach Oceanus.
”Can’t something be done about this heat?”
Well, it’s at a latitude where there are coral reefs.
It’s not that it’s not hot, but it hardly rains.
”It’s boring, isn’t it.”
On the Bridge (ship), Katarina mutters, but it’s better than having something happen.
That’s what I think, but certainly, the tension had disappeared.
On the evening of the day after leaving the last port, since we had some leeway, we were sailing.
At that time, a white object was flowing toward us from the front.
It was a whale carcass.
Great white sharks-looking sharks with fierce faces, over five meters long, were biting into its flesh.
I was distracted by that bizarre scene.
Before long, the whale’s body slowly sank before my eyes, and the sharks followed it.
But there was no time to indulge in sentimentality.
”Eleven o’clock direction, a ship fleet is in sight! Distance over fifteen kilometers”
A report came from the crow’s nest on the Main mast through the voice pipe, in a voice filled with tension.
”What kind of ships are they?”
Squad Leader Roland shouted, but the reply came back that they were too far away to identify yet.
Kamea, who heard that, jumped up from the hammock where she was sleeping on the Bridge (ship) and hurriedly went out.
Within less than five minutes, there was another contact from the crow’s nest.
”The ship type is Junk ship. There are also super-large ships. It’s undoubtedly a Seed ship fleet.”
”Is it? Then be clear.”
Squad Leader Roland’s angry shout flew.
”Mistake, none, Seed ship fleet, many times, seeing”
It was Kamea’s voice. Her Schweilitz language was poor, but tension ran through the Bridge (ship).
I signaled Section Chief Tatyana with my eyes and had her prepare Suicide drones.
I had ordered the flight team on duty to bring Katarina, when the gong began to ring.
The inside of the ship became noisy.
”To the Seed ship fleet, eleven o’clock direction, ten kilometers.”
”Squad Leader Katarina, confirm the ships composing the Seed ship fleet from above.”
I could have had the team member on duty do it, but in times like this, I can trust her.
I handed the prepared reconnaissance fixed-wing drone to Katarina, she threw it from the Bridge (ship) window, and skillfully avoiding the ropes for operating the sails and the Transfer Gate, it departed from the ship and ascended all at once.
I approached her, grasped her wrist, and shared visual information.
When we reached an altitude of about fifty meters and slowed down, I saw something strange.
At the rear of the fleet, there was a large Junk ship that was about to sink.
’Something is strange.’
Katarina conveyed this through telepathy.
”Report out loud!”
At work, I must maintain proper boundaries. Just in case.
”Ha! The Seed ship fleet consists of one super-large ship and six large ships. Five kilometers behind that, there is one large ship that is about to sink.”
The movement of that large ship that was about to sink was strange.
The ship had split in half and was sinking, but I felt like I saw something like a white shadow.
”The fleet is concentrating.”
Katarina’s voice.
At this point, it’s probably about seven kilometers.
Still room to spare.
I conveyed to Section Chief Tatyana to prepare Dynamite and Suicide drones for each ship.
On our side, we only have “Izumo.”
If a hole is made in the side of the ship below the waterline by a large crossbow, it’s over.
”Everything is ready. Maintain course. We’ll observe the situation until we approach within the maximum range of the Suicide drones.”
When I gave that instruction, Squad Leader Roland repeated it.
Those ships should be carrying female Children who are migrating.
I haven’t made up my mind to massacre them.
But if the concentrated fleet deploys and surrounds us.
Right now, there’s a way to escape without fighting.
The other side has sailing ships. With “Izumo,” which carries a power source, we can escape completely.
Also, the wind is a gentle breeze.
Easy victory.
”Distance to the fleet has dropped below six kilometers.”
Hmm?
Is there a favorable ocean current for them?
”Izumo” continues straight without changing course.
This is, I should have escaped earlier.
That’s what I thought.
BOOM!
With a loud sound, the ship shook violently from side to side, and most people flowed toward the left side of the Bridge (ship).
What happened?
Is it a new type of weapon from the Seed ship?
It tilted considerably, and it’s taking time to recover.
”Report damage.”
Squad Leader Fredys is shouting.
’Larry, that.’
Katarina, who was barely wearing the remote control helmet, grabbed my arm and conveyed it to me.
There, I could see a black, ridiculously huge shadow overtaking “Izumo.”
What is that?
This size, is it a blue whale?
But it doesn’t seem like a whale’s movement.
”Whale eater!”
From the voice pipe connected to the crow’s nest, I could hear Kamea’s shouting voice.
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Summary:
The Izumo’s crew spots a Seed ship fleet ahead, debates engagement, and prepares drones for reconnaissance and defense while the protagonist hesitates to attack ships carrying civilian children, only for a massive sea creature called a Whale Eater to suddenly attack the Izumo from below, throwing the ship into chaos and leaving the protagonist reeling from the revelation.
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Trivia:
Kamea’s navigation ability relies on celestial readings despite being surrounded by ocean.
The Izumo has engine power, unlike the sailing ships of the Seed ship fleet.
Kanaki Island is inspired by New Caledonia and takes a full week to traverse by sailing ship.
Coral reefs surround Kanaki Island, limiting dockable ports for the Izumo.
The Eastern Atoll had Seed ship sighting reports five days west of the inhabited island.
Kamea sleeps in a hammock on the bridge and speaks Schweilitz with difficulty.
Transfer Gates operate the sails in addition to ropes.
Katarina uses telepathy to communicate with Larry during reconnaissance missions.
The sinking large ship at the rear of the fleet is split in two and moving strangely.
A white shadow was glimpsed near the sinking ship before the Whale Eater attacked.
The Whale Eater is large enough to be mistaken for a fin whale but moves unnaturally.
Suicide drones have a limited range that the Izumo approaches before engaging.
Heavy crossbows on the Seed ships could puncture the Izumo’s hull below the waterline.
The wind is light during the encounter, favoring neither side’s sailing capabilities.
Fredys is identified with pronouns in the narration.
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- Harasho: A Russian word meaning “good,” “well done,” or “splendid.”
- Kuntoui: A type of traditional clothing in this world.
- Androgynos Group: A group or organization involving androgynous individuals.
- Male-bride: A term used in this world for a male partner in certain relationships.
Notes:
• Ho – Ho is the family name of Oliver, a 17-year-old deck crew member and comrade of the protagonist. As a member of the military unit that defended Garao Village, the young man was ultimately murdered during a night watch, slaughtered alongside Marx-san.
• Alyona – A slender, devout Russian Orthodox slave aboard the Izumo, she works in the Dining Hall/food service and speaks Russian-influenced Japanese. While appearing timid, submissive, and formal—leading Larry to dismiss her as dead weight—she masks a latent sadistic streak. Formerly held by the Hodayn Administrator and Rhein, she now assists the crew and has an intimate relationship with the narrator.
• Al – Alberto (Al), a massive red‑haired man recently wed to Mary, lives near the Dish Basin. He’s a companion of Hans, helping intimidate and rally elders as a villager and leader.
• Katarina – Katarina, a voluptuous 30-year-old Izumo flight squad leader and volatile telepathic mage, is a complex handful who enjoys teasing protagonist Earnest by listing his exes. An older former Magic School student, she pressures subordinates while advocating for Gida. Often the target of Eida’s frustrations, she is known for being after Larry and refusing orders unless they involve a rescue.
• Master – An old master who serves as a mentor to the protagonist. He maintains a calm and pragmatic demeanor.
• Rus – A neighboring power deeply involved in regional politics and mediation, best known for annexing the Kingdom of Larland.
• Administrator – The official of Hodayn Port who previously held Alyona as a slave and refused to return her.
• Schweilitz – This kingdom, featuring towering academy spires and a full military arsenal of Royal Army troops, forces the protagonist to return. Ruled by a king involved in a hostage exchange, this political power holds a captive feared for execution. It also ordered the confirmation of Princess Rosa’s corpse, driving a scheme that the Queen has caught onto.
• Corporal – A combat engineer with shattered legs and ribs who admires Captain Bours.
• Bebel – Sergeant Major Hagen, a confident Larland War veteran with white teeth, is a high-mana artillery NCO in Earnest’s division. Rescued by Earnest, this woman from his past knows his history, teasingly provoking him while acting protectively. Using rough, informal military speech and crude, dark humor, she bluntly motivates her squad and openly discusses her sexual encounters with servants.
• Sabby – The protagonist’s subordinates include a tall, lanky, curly-haired artillery Corporal with high mana who is rebellious, incentive-driven, and blunter than Bebel, graphically discussing sexual experiences. The other is a polite, anxious Amazoness who speaks formally but acts like a restless country bumpkin, questioning the protagonist’s identity and reporting his condition to Pamela.
• Mage – Elf mage and shut-in engineer who stands watch in the engine department, managing the ship’s boilers. They are highly reclusive, irritable, and fiercely resistant to any orders coming from the Torpedo Department.
• Louise – A tall, rugged, guard-built, red-haired Jutland-born school principal, faction leader, and former 101st Golem Battalion Mage Lieutenant and Type 95 pilot. Earnest’s pregnant partner and mother to his son, her complex bond fuels gossip, while her relationship with Major Sonya is cited as evidence of “lilies being mandatory” in the military. She recently witnessed Larry’s humiliation.
• Major – A commanding military officer with a sadistic inclination toward interrogation. She orchestrates the sessions and utilizes Telepathy to coordinate with her subordinates.
• Sonya – A Magic Armored Division Major, ruthless pragmatist, and strategist, she commands Golems and the Black Ship while teaching Mana control. Her cautious, contingency-based military planning repeatedly endangers Larry, whom she previously commanded. She is also in a relationship with Louise, which serves as an example of the military’s mandatory “lily” relationships.
• Tatyana – A polite, pragmatically blunt 31-year-old divorced mother, Magic Academy Assistant Professor, and former Golems Battalion mage. As the Izumo’s Torpedo Department Head and Section Chief, she coordinates flight crews and weapons (drones/dynamite). Loyal to her Captain and Larry’s superior, she acts on roommate Katarina’s recon reports and is rumored to have a relationship with Nikole.
• Nikole – A Level-3 Nikole medical mage, Bizan graduate, and Izumo health officer, this senior crew member sports silver-streaked hair, a rune-etched coat, and a sailor uniform with a vermilion Rhein insignia. She assists Chulpan, flirts with Larry—a senior colleague she once hoped to marry—and battles alcoholism alongside a haunted past that includes working in a shady establishment.
• Niko – An elderly, dignified former slave, he is a loyal bondservant to the protagonist and the Getys household, helping raise her child alone. As the family’s oldest male servant, he drives carriages and manages groundskeeping, preferring the stable loft. His deep knowledge of the local landscape and the sugar beet business allows him to aid their estate transition with quiet wisdom and steadfast service.
• Kamea – Amazoness sailor and Larry’s physical partner. Brought rice to the trading city. Unrelated to the syphilis outbreak’s origin.
• Kenze – Kenze is a muscular, brown-skinned Amazoness and former Takshurgan operative turned research student. A dragon-tattooed guardian and crew member, she rooms with Larry, whom she would prioritize over any mission. Once deeply bonded with Earnest, she is now quietly wasting away while nursing her egg and larva. Despite declining health and a rural background, she remains a strong, warm, and sea-wary presence.
• Maria – Maria, a heavily pregnant crew member in Earnest’s group with immense mana and a volatile temper, is currently off-screen. The former occupant of the room now used by Kenze, Kamea, and Kenze’s child, she speaks with practical directness. She raises concerns about the acting captain’s loan period and holds a fierce grudge against Larry, opposing any mission that does not prioritize his rescue.
• Mar – A battle‑hardened veteran, clad in worn armor, uses door panels as shields and captures enemy crossbows; Larry’s comrade who teases him about his sister‑in‑law’s pampering, known as Martin to his companion Edmond.
• Larry – Larry is a dark-haired, weary 16-year-old reincarnated Second Lieutenant, cynical Acting Captain of the Izumo, and Associate Professor. A pragmatic, sardonic narrator and Mana user, he founded the Fee Grand Principality, carries Philip IV’s sword, and seeks to protect his companions. Haunted by past trauma and complicated relationships, he struggles with moral conflicts while awaiting his next assignment.
• Principal – The mother of Line and the administrative head of the institution. She exercises authoritative control over research assignments and seeks to trade Larry for Ilse Klein due to interpersonal conflicts in her laboratories. The mother of Sabrina and Rhein who intervenes during Rhein’s violent corridor assault to break up the confrontation.
• Pole – An orphaned Celt soldier and anxious Izumo sail-handler, this youthful, enthusiastic deck crew member guides Earnest and the protagonist. Proficient in Turku, he is a loyal, gossipy aide who rows the landing boat, leads marlin hunts, and once brought a large, same-sized eel to the Dining Hall. A former gambler seeking his first love’s freedom, he counts Rafaela as his childhood friend.
• Mahaka – An elderly Amazoness shipping merchant in Takere, former mercenary, and experienced sailor with deep knowledge of local waters, who predicted whale sightings. Serving as a navigation advisor for a Nyunpai-funded trading company, she is blunt yet full of pragmatic folk wisdom. She speaks with a heavy accent and accompanies Rocani as an interpreter for the Hole-Eater strategy meeting.
• Izumo – The iron-hulled primary vessel, named and personified as a character herself, who loyally carries the protagonist and his crew throughout their journey.
• Roland – Roland is a dwarf bridge squad leader, former ship captain, and indispensable navigator for the Acting Captain’s crew. Practical, cautious, and authoritative, he expects clear communication, uses telepathy, and advises tactical withdrawals. Implied to be gay, he lives with Fredys and a young boy, and is the only male unmoved by bikini-armored Amazonesses. His unmatched precision is proven by his remarkable ship docking maneuvers at Oceanus.
• Fredys – Izumo’s deck crew foreman and squad leader is a battle-hardened former slave with a formal, pragmatic bearing. Related to the Ullmans via Uncle Torge and living with Roland, she serves as the Acting Captain’s voice of reason, calling out his behavior while remaining loyal. Refusing command while Larry lives, her sharp judgment makes her an indispensable advisor focused on rescue operations following the Whale Eater attack.
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