The Unfortunate Girl Wants an Easy Mode in Her Second Life – Chapter 105

Chapter 105: Unreliable Decoy
ㅤ”Oh, it’s Oceanus!”
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ㅤ”……Eh?”
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ㅤTurning around in a hurry, I saw a giant octopus emerging from the sea on the opposite side.
ㅤIt was about the same size as the Kraken, with a reddish-black body and anglerfish-like eyes protruding from all over.
ㅤIts tentacles, covered in octopus-like suckers, were fewer in number but each one was considerably thicker than the Kraken’s.
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ㅤOne of those tentacles rose high into the air and descended towards the deck.
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ㅤ”Evade━━!”
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ㅤImmediately after the Captain-san’s order, a tremendous impact struck the deck.
ㅤThe octopus tentacle smashed through the deck and even dug into the hull.
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ㅤ”Damn! Ether Shot!”
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ㅤWith a chudodododo sound, a barrage of Ether Shot bullets struck the octopus tentacle.
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ㅤ━━Gyaaaaaah!
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ㅤOceanus screamed and retracted its tentacle.
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ㅤ”Ahaha! I can’t believe it’s both of them…”
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ㅤI guess this is what happens when my misfortune triggers a bunch of flags.
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ㅤ”But this isn’t the time to be laughing! What should we do!?”
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ㅤIf it were just one of them, we could use the tactic of drawing its attention and defeating it, but it’s difficult with two at the same time.
ㅤWhile we’re dealing with one, the other will likely sink the ship.
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ㅤEven the Captain-san was stunned and muttered,
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ㅤ”Unbelievable, both the Kraken and Oceanus at the same time…!”
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ㅤ”Captain-san! I’ll handle one of them! Can you hold off the other one in the meantime!?”
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ㅤMy words startled the Captain-san.
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ㅤ”It will be tough, but we have no other choice…”
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ㅤ”Then, the navy will take on Oceanus, which is on the surface━━”
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ㅤAs I was speaking, I noticed something.
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ㅤOceanus, which had been facing us until just now, was facing slightly away.
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ㅤIn the direction of━━behind the stern.
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ㅤAs I tried to turn my face towards the stern, a marine ran over from that side with a pale face.
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ㅤ（It’s the person I saw earlier.）
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ㅤIt was the marine who was watching Almirash-san.
ㅤI’m not good at remembering people’s faces, but I remember him since it was just a while ago.
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ㅤ”Captain, Minato-dono! It’s terrible, the young lady has lowered the contact boat at the stern and escaped!”
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ㅤ”Eh!?”
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ㅤ”What!?”
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ㅤI hurriedly headed to the stern.
ㅤStanding at the very back and looking at the surface of the sea, I saw a small boat slowly moving away.
ㅤA light blue figure was on the boat, desperately rowing the oars.
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ㅤ”Almirash-san!”
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ㅤI called out, but Almirash-san didn’t respond.
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ㅤThen, I realized.
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ㅤ（Oceanus… is heading towards Almirash-san!）
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ㅤIf I looked closely at the sea surface, the giant bluish-purple shadow also seemed to be heading towards Almirash-san’s small boat.
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ㅤ”Could it be… a decoy!?”
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ㅤBut why are these two chasing after Almirash-san, who hasn’t even attacked them?
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ㅤWhile I was wondering, Oceanus’s tentacle stretched out towards the small boat.
ㅤIt didn’t hit directly because it was still far away, but the boat was tossed about violently on the turbulent sea.
ㅤAlmirash-san fell on her backside and clung to the side of the boat, barely avoiding falling into the sea.
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ㅤThe Captain-san, who had caught up, stood next to me and said,
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ㅤ”W-what is the meaning of this! To go out on a small boat in the open ocean like this… it’s suicidal even if she manages to escape from them!”
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ㅤ（It seems like the Captain-san thinks Almirash-san fled out of fear.）
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ㅤBut that’s not what I think.
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ㅤI said to the Captain-san,
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ㅤ”━━Captain-san, please get the ship out of here now!”
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ㅤ”Wh-what!? Are you saying we should abandon her as a decoy and escape!? Even though she’s a stowaway, to abandon a young girl and run away is not something the Celesta Navy would do━━”
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ㅤ”No, I’ll take care of her somehow. Please escape from this area in the meantime! If the ship is targeted, there’s nothing we can do!”
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ㅤ”Take care of her!? What are you planning to do, Minato-dono!?”
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ㅤ”There’s no time to explain!”
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ㅤWith that, I jumped over the railing at the stern and leaped into the air.
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ㅤThere was no floor beyond the railing.
ㅤThe galley’s hull was quite high, so it felt like jumping off a multi-story building.
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ㅤIf things stayed like this, I would plummet headfirst towards the sea, but
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ㅤ”━━Wind, carry me lightly!”
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ㅤI used magic to negate gravity and simultaneously created a tailwind to fly.
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ㅤIf this were my previous life, where I was bad at sports, I would have frozen in fear, but with the Thief Grandmaster’s Blessing making me agile, it was no problem for me now.
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ㅤI flew over the sea, adjusting the wind, and landed on the small boat being tossed by the waves.
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ㅤ”……Eh, Kyaaaah!”
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ㅤAlmirash-san screamed, noticing me.
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ㅤ”Almirash-san! Why did you do something so reckless!”
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ㅤ”Y-you’re the reckless one!”
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ㅤWell, I won’t deny that.
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ㅤI stood on the small boat, held the Wand of Regret with both hands, and turned to face the Kraken and Oceanus that had overtaken us.
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ㅤ”Those two seem to be targeting you!?”
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ㅤ”Y-yes… I’m sorry, it’s my fault…”
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ㅤ”『Sorry』 is fine, but explain!”
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ㅤ”Uu… Th-that’s something that can’t be explained in a day or two…”
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ㅤAlmirash-san shrunk back as I unintentionally pressed her for answers.
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ㅤI stared at the galley ship visible beyond the Kraken and Oceanus.
ㅤThe Captain-san was at the stern, and after a moment of hesitation, he seemed to have seen me standing on the small boat and gave some orders to the marines.
ㅤThe countless oars that extended from the galley like centipede legs started moving, and the ship began to move away from us with all its might.
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ㅤ”Phew… at least I managed to get them to escape…”
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ㅤHow could I possibly deal with those two on top of this small boat, precariously rocking on the vast ocean?
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ㅤ（Wait… maybe it would have been better to abandon Almirash-san and escape…?）
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ㅤI tried to help her on the spur of the moment, but I have a feeling this situation might be quite hopeless…
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ㅤI asked Almirash-san,
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ㅤ”……Um, Almirash-san. Do you have any plan?”
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ㅤ”……Um, I’m sorry… I thought that if I left the ship…”
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ㅤA face that looked exactly like mine said that with a strained expression, just like mine right now.