A Late-Start Tamer’s Laid-Back Life: Volume 9 Part 1 by Yuu Tanaka

Author:Yuu Tanaka
Language: eng
Format: epub

Striped Eeltail Catfish: A type of catfish that dwells in saltwater. Their dorsal and pectoral fins are venomous. They travel together in ball-shaped schools to protect themselves. These fish remain venomous even after they die, so let’s all be careful. Their stings really hurt!

That was what was written in the event encyclopedia. And of course I had seen these things before—they had been mentioned in a special feature on dangerous creatures that had played on the news or something during summer break.

“This description... It feels like it’s written as a warning for kids.”

Having players register dangerous animals that lived by the seaside—was this an effort to warn children about those same creatures in the real world? They weren’t just thinking of the second wave players when making this event, but also about the children that were playing this game.

“And the reason for the venom not being very strong is also because it’s just meant to act as a warning?”

“Mm?”

“Well, all right. From now on, let’s all be careful about not touching unfamiliar animals! Got it?”

“Mm!”

“Hm!”

“...!”

Olto and the others enthusiastically raised their hands up. Himka was making a face that suggestd he wasn’t planning on doing something like that in the first place. He had been hugging that dog so affectionately, but it looked like he was not a lover of sea creatures.

“I’ll have to warn Reflet and Perca when they get back.”

As I was saying that, I heard Perca shriek.

“Hyoooonk!”

“Oh no! Maybe I’m too late!”

Right after I heard his shriek, he and Reflet returned. Reflet was looking at Perca with concern. Perca himself looked super dejected.

“Honk...”

“Humm.”

Just a moment before, he was having fun cheering and poking his head out of the water. But his bad mood was unavoidable.

“A-Are you okay, Perca? You got poisoned?!”

“Honk.”

He hadn’t taken much damage, but his marker did show that he was poisoned, same Olto’s had earlier.

“What happ— Wait, what’s that?”

“Honk honk!”

Perca slammed something wet he had been holding in his hand down on the ground. Is this what caused Perca’s bad mood?

At a glance, it looked like a blue plastic bag. But when I took a better look, I saw I was wrong. A bunch of tentacle-like things were sprouting from it. I appraised it and saw it was called a man-of-war. I knew it was something venomous. Its disturbing description noted, among other things, that it was also called an electric jellyfish.

“Is this part of the warnings about dangerous creatures?”

Perca must have gotten in this thing’s way while swimming.

“Honk honk!”

“Yes, yes. I know you’re mad at it. But thanks to you, I registered it in the encyclopedia, so well done.”

“Honk?”

“Yup. I’m saying you did a great job.”

“Honk!”

“Okay, let’s return this back to the water. It’ll die out here.”

“Honk.”

Having me praise him and pat his head seemed to have lifted his mood. I gingerly picked up the man-of-war and tossed it back into the water. As long as I didn’t touch its tentacles, I’d be fine. In any case, was this ocean filled solely with venomous creatures? Even if they were only slightly venomous, it was a little scary.

Download

Copyright Disclaimer:
This site does not store any files on its server. We only index and link to content provided by other sites. Please contact the content providers to delete copyright contents if any and email us, we'll remove relevant links or contents immediately.