I Managed to Bring Down the Entire Family of That Impossible-To-Conquer S-Class Beauty, Completely Filling in Her Outer Moat
“Nozomu! I’ve got a big one on my line—!”
“…That’s a snag.”
“A snag!? Is it a huge fish!?”
“It means your hook’s caught on a rock or something.”
“No way~…”
Even as a couple who looked like total party animals arrived, Koki kept fishing at his own pace.
Meanwhile, Nabatame seemed to be radiating even more anger than before…
“Hey~ I’m not catching anything at all, this is boring~~!!”
“Come on, just wait a little longer, then we’ll go, okay?”
The sound of the waves was drowned out by a shrill, piercing scream.
With all this noise, we will never catch anything.
Then, as if his patience had finally snapped, Nabatame, sitting next to them, stood up.
He walked straight over to the two and began scolding them.
“Hey, you two over there. I’m not saying you can’t enjoy yourselves while fishing. Just don’t bother the people around you.”
“Huh? Who are you, old man? And is there even a rule like that? Hey, hey, lol.”
“It’s an unspoken rule. Make sure everyone can enjoy themselves. If you don’t get that, get out of here.”
“Old man’s lecture is annoying~. Ignore him, ignore him.”
The two showed no sign of backing down from Nabatame’s warning, clearly deciding to ignore him.
Not only were they loud, but taking up too much space with chairs and a picnic blanket was morally wrong too.
As if sensing my thoughts, Nabatame started forcibly packing up the picnic blanket.
“Hey, what the hell!? What are you doing, old man?!”
“…………”
“Hey! Don’t ignore me!!”
If they won’t listen, then force. That must have been his judgment.
But doing that risked the other side getting enraged and causing a fight.
“Koki!!”
“Oh, finally stepping in, huh!”
I’d been watching the situation, but it seemed like it was time to intervene.
I called out to Koki and headed toward Nabatame and the others.
But the next moment—
“I said… stop it!!”
“Guh!”
A tug-of-war had started on the picnic blanket, but the strong party animal pulled hard, sending Nabatame tumbling.
Clang… Splash.
In that instant, the string holding the charm at his waist snapped, sending it plummeting into the sea.
“No… no way…”
“Dammit, it’s not my fault! It’s the old man’s fault for not letting go!!”
“You bastard…!”
A vein pulsed in Nabatame’s temple.
This was bad. No matter how right he was here, using violence would give those guys an excuse to talk their way out of it.
If he was angry about losing something important, he’d get it back!
“Hey, wait! Nozomu—!?”
I stripped down to my tank top and dove into the sea.
Sharks? Who cares. I’ve wrestled with them plenty while scuba diving. Their noses are their weak spot.
…But this wasn’t the time for that.
I had to find that fallen keychain fast.
(Damn it, it’s hard to see without goggles…!)
The sunlight shimmered on the surface, and bubbles got in the way.
But it seemed I didn’t need to be annoyed by them anymore.
“Moggaa!!”
The sinking keychain reflected the light, and I managed to spot it.
I grabbed it firmly and surfaced.
“Bwahh!! Guess the official beach opening’s still a ways off…”
“Nozomu—! Are you okay~~!?”
“I’m fine! Nabatame-san! I found it—!!”
I held up the keychain triumphantly toward Nabatame-san, who had been watching anxiously from the seawall, as if to say, “Got it!”
With a beaming smile, I said that, then collapsed to the ground like a deflating balloon.
“Enough! Get out of the water already!!”
“Aye aye!”
I swam to the stairs, grabbed the hand extended by Koki, and climbed out of the sea.
i walked, leaving wet footprints behind. Then, handed over the keychain I hold
“Here. Take it.”
“—You idiot!! What were you thinking if a shark attacked you, if you drowned, if you got hurt?!”
“…Yeah, you’re right. What I did just now was reckless. But when you look that happy, my body just can’t help but move.”
Normally, you shouldn’t force yourself to retrieve something you dropped in the sea.
Just like Nabatame said, I could drown trying.
But I didn’t think about that. I got emotional, and my body just moved.
That’s something I need to reflect on.
“I really should scold you… But… But, really, thank you…!!”
Without caring that I was soaked through with seawater, Nabatame hugged me and expressed his gratitude.
It probably wasn’t the most commendable action, but I felt glad I did it.
“Speaking of which, what about those two?”
“Ah… They took pictures of Nozomu, laughed their heads off, then just went back to fishing like nothing happened…”
“Seriously… You really do meet some hopeless people sometimes.”
“Those types are practically invincible, so they’re the worst~”
Changing into clothes another angler who’d witnessed the whole thing bought from the nearest convenience store, I shot a stunned look at those two.
Somehow, they felt familiar.
I could really feel that nasty vibe, like Fumihiko’s.
“Whoa, whoa?! Something’s pulling like crazy!”
“Huh?! That’s awesome! Hurry up and reel it in~!”
“Whoa, it’s heavy… Hey, help me reel it in!!”
“Ugh, this is such a pain…”
But despite being jerks, it seems fish bite hooks equally.
The two were wrestling with a big one underwater, but slipped on the haphazardly laid-out picnic blanket at their feet.
And then,
“Waaahhhhh!?”
“AAAAAH!!”
Splash! They fell into the sea with a loud splash.
“Guh-guh-guh! Hey! Someone help meeeee!!”
“This sucks~~!”
You really shouldn’t think that. You really shouldn’t, but deep down, I smirked thinking, “Serves them right.”
And probably everyone else here felt the same.
But this wasn’t the time to be so leisurely. As if to drive the point home, a large dorsal fin approached from offshore.
“Huh!? A shark!?”
Even if he was a total piece of trash, it would be the absolute worst if someone died.
What to do? Jump back into the sea!?
“Huh? Wait, wait, wait—that’s a shark!”
“No, no, no! Do something! Help meee!!”
The two noticed it too and were panicking. They could drown right there.
We have to do something! We have to… Huh? Wait, that…
“Shark… no, that’s a dolphin, right?”
Its swimming pattern wasn’t side-to-side wriggling, and most importantly, only its dorsal fin was visible.
If it were a shark, you’d see its tail fin too.
“Ssoooomeoneeeee!!”
“Help meeeee!!”
The water was unusually clear today. That’s how I knew for sure.
It’s a dolphin. It seems to be swimming and playing around those two who fell in.
The two of them, however, haven’t noticed and are panicking.
“Hey, you know… places like this, the sea gods are probably watching, right?”
“Haha, you’re probably right. Must be karma. Well, no choice then. Let’s save those guys, Kouki.”
“Alright!”
Maiasa