Chapter 224 – Pilgrimage.

Priyazen sighed at the sight of Krikaliev, the horse, and the mermaids being swept away.

“Haa, I thought that Luboshi brought a man for some reason, but I never thought it would be such a bomb.”

As she looked down at Usher, she could see that there was still a little lust and regret in her eyes, and she pulled up her underwear, which had been pulled down.

“It’s okay. It’s not that I don’t want to taste it right now… But it doesn’t mean that my life isn’t a waste.”

She had already identified Krikaliev looking this way with her squint, so she led Usher toward him. Fortunately, she and Krikaliev’s horse had stopped running amok, so she was able to get to him through the mermaids scattered about without being swept away by the storm.

“Is this the guy you were looking for?”
“Tsk, yes. I’ll give it back to you when you talk nicely. I took my time and sat down.”
“Are you wasting your time?”

As Priyazen frowned at her in puzzlement, he pointed with his chin at a mermaid lying nearby and biting into bubbles.

“They said they came looking for a child. They say they don’t know and tell them to look elsewhere. This is the only place where mermaids live around here.”
“Did he say that?”

She soon shook the fallen mermaid to wake it up.

“Ugh, Priyazen? Wait a minute, that person!!”

The mermaid Luka looked around and trembled when she saw Krikaliev. Seeing that, Priyazen asked.

“Lucca, when the humans came?”
“They will guide you as kindly as possible, right?”
“You know why?”
“…”

As she shut her mouth and averted her gaze, Priyazen shook her head.

“Oh yeah, you had a lot of rudeness.”

And then she let go of the hand she had been dragging him along, and Usher, afraid that he might be caught again, sprinted up to her side and stood beside Krikaliev and the horse.

“I’m still in a hurry, but I’m dragging the child, damn it.”
“Hehe, if you know about us, you know that there’s nothing you can do about it, right?”

Usher couldn’t understand how the mermaid was so unavoidable. At least they seemed to be able to communicate, but to him they felt like monsters.

“So kid. What happened?”
“That is.”
“There’s nothing for you to worry about. You can rest assured. None of us have ever harbored his seed.”

Usher was about to speak, but Priyazen intercepted her first. Krikaliev asked him suspiciously.

“Hmm, is it real?”
“…Yes.”

Usher pondered and realized that the mermaid who had captured him had never really put his insides. Strangely enough, she wanted him to act directly. It was then. The door of the house Usher came out of was violently opened.

“Uh, where did you go?!”

She was Luboshi who brought him here. She looked around hastily and realized something strange. Soon she found the location of Usher and Krikaliev and froze. As he avoids her gaze and hides behind her horse, he lowers his head with a tearful expression.

“Hmm, there doesn’t seem to be any problem. Get on board.”

Krikaliev seemed to have seen it too, but he didn’t care and was about to take Usher with him.

“Wait for a sec.”

Priyazen’s voice caught them.

“Huh? What is it?”

As Krikaliev looks back displeasedly, she shrugs her shoulders.

“I have a question. Where are you guys going?”
“Why is that…”
“I’m going to the Holy Land.”
“Mister?!”

Usher didn’t want to tell her because he was suspicious of her behavior when he asked where they were going, but she was shocked that Krikaliev answered so obediently. He was held here just a moment ago, so why did he say such a thing to the women who caught him?

“As expected. Well, unless you’re out of your mind, that’s normal.”

Priyazen muttered to her as if convinced, then lifted her head and continued her words.

“Okay, why don’t we make a deal?”

Usher couldn’t figure out her intentions. Trade in this situation. When you’ve been dragging people around. However, her son, Krikaliev, seemed to have no idea whatsoever about them, even though he had been messing around with them.

“Deal. What do you want?”
“Oh, you’re pretty naive?”
“If you want a fist, I can punch you right away.”
“I’ll decline that.”

It seems that it is not necessarily so. Priyazen smiled bitterly and raised her hands.

“All we want is simple. Teach us how to mate with humans.”
“Are you okay?”
“Ah! A mistake, a mistake! So what I want to say to you is that you humans are married, right? I’m curious about that.”

Krikaliev, who was surprised by her words, turned her body completely to face her.

“What? Didn’t you guys just kidnap a suitable man and eat him back?”

Usher knew that too, and she couldn’t believe Priyazen’s words, as she had almost had it happen just a moment ago.

“I did, but it’s hard these days. The only humans roaming around here are either too strong or savages. Now, look. How do we look now?”

She then gestured as if showing off. When she followed her gesture and turned around, she noticed when she came to her senses and gathered, mermaids scattered here and there were watching them. Perhaps because they are mermaids, only their chests are covered and only their upper bodies stick out above the water, making it a dizzying and strange sight.

“I can’t see the child.”
“Yes?”

When I looked at the mermaids again at the words of Krikaliev, I realized that none of them were women or women who looked older than him. There were so many mermaids gathered here and there that I could only glance at them, but it was strange that none of them looked younger, let alone male.

“As you can see, this is the situation. I’ve been trying to sow as many seeds as possible when I bring in a man…”
“I couldn’t even go halfway to the award ceremony and died.”
“Ahaha, that’s the correct answer. As a result, most of us have never done it before.”

Usher turned her head to the action of a mermaid who happened to bump into her and slipped her breasts under cover, revealing her pink tips. I don’t know if it makes it so careless.

“So you’re asking me to teach you about human marriage?”
“That’s correct!”
“What’s the price?”
“Didn’t you say you were going to the Holy Land? If it were us, we could at least take you to the vicinity of Ragado.”

There was something strange about her words. Knowing that they are going to the Holy Land, is there any reason not to take them all the way to the end?

“We have mounts, too.”
– Purrung!

When her words sounded dissatisfied, Priyazen rested her chin on her cheeks.

“He looks a lot like Hilldis Beanie, but she looks a lot slower just by looking at it. Am I wrong with my eyes?”
-Pureuk!

Her horse stamped her feet in fever. She laughed leisurely while the mermaids who had been nearly hit by her hooves flinched.

“Little boy.”
“Yes yes?”

At that time, Krikaliev spoke softly.

“What would you like me to do?”
“Why did you do that to me…”
“Even if it’s near Ragado, if several mermaids pull it, it should be able to go at about the same speed as Hildisbini.”

She’s about the same speed as Hilldis Beanie. Seeing Priyazen again, I could see why she was so laid-back. They had to follow the paladins who took Belka to the Holy Land. According to his words, it seems that there is no need to hurry, but Usher was impatient, so it was true that the girls’ proposal was attractive. However, if you look in a corner, you can still see Ruboshi lying face down in front of the house he came out of and looking at this place.

“How long should I stay?”
“I wish we could stay for a week or so.”

Krikaliev shook his head at Priyazen, who spoke as if he was afraid to wait.

“Five days is the maximum you can stay here. No more than that.”
“Umm. It’s a pity, but I can’t help it. So how about it?”

She asked Usher.

“…How much time will it decrease if the mermaids pull it?”
“Hmm, at our original speed, it would take over a month to reach Ragado. Even if we include the five days we stay here, we should be able to reach Ragado in a week.”

It meant that they could go a distance that would take a month in just two days. From here and there, gazes full of heat are pierced into his cheeks. I wondered if I could stay in a place like this for a while, but I felt burdened and reluctant to stay for 5 days.

“…We make a deal.”

It was something I had to endure in order to meet Belka as quickly as possible. So they ended up staying on an island full of mermaids.

“Do all mermaids live here?”
“Yes, it’s my first time coming here too, but I’ve heard of it.”

So, did Pohati originally live here? Usher shuddered at the thought of the aqua-colored mermaid still clinging to a corner of his head and not falling off. He tried to meet Belka faster, so even if he calmed down, he couldn’t be free from the eyes of the countless mermaids following them, so he couldn’t help but keep floating.

“So what exactly do you want me to teach you?”
“Humans usually do all sorts of weird things before mating, right? Teach me something like that.”
“So, tell me about your relationship?”
“Right. Just mating is enough. I wonder why it’s so complicated.”

Krikaliev was talking to Priyazen, who was directing him to the place to stay, so Usher looked around as if he were passing by. At first glance, the village of mermaids looked like a city submerged in the sea. Considering that there was water in the house, it wouldn’t be too wrong.

“Okay, you can stay here.”

Then, when I turned around at Priyazen’s voice, I saw a small cave. It was a cave made on the seashore, but it seemed suitable because it was not seen to be filled with water. It was a place that reminded me of Pohati again.

“Is there anywhere else besides here?”
“If you don’t like it here, would you like to stay at a friend’s house?”

At that moment, Usher felt the gaze more intense than before. He was the gaze of the mermaids who were following them or spying on them.

“I’ll just do it here.”

Priyazen’s friends would be the mermaids here, but staying in one of their houses was tantamount to asking them to eat them.

“Well, okay. This place is closer to the center than other places, so it will be easy to teach.”
“Huh, I never thought I’d be teaching mermaids.”

Krikaliev said as if he were embarrassed, and he let go of his luggage in the cave.

“So how are you going to teach us? Also with your body?”

Priyazen entered the cave together and watched him unpack beside him. He clings closer to him and smiles on his stomach, which now seems to be aiming at him blatantly. Usher, who watched from the corner of the cave, was worried that Krikaliev would fall for her temptation, but she quickly realized that it was meaningless.

– Kkaaaaang!
“Kyaaak?!”
“Don’t be intrusive and go away! I haven’t eaten a meal since last night because of them!!”

Because he hit Priyazen on the head with a pot he had pulled from among his luggage. Even though it must have been lightly beaten, the sound of the pot resonating in the cave was refreshing.

“It hurts. Aren’t you doing too much for a lady?”
“Ladies are horny.”
“Chii, this usually happens nine times out of 10. Aren’t you having problems with your fertility?”
“It’s okay, we’re going to eat. You guys take care of it yourself.”

She watched Krikaliev with displeasure and opened her mouth sullenly.

“If you’re thinking of finding something to eat, that’s fine. I brought you something humans say they eat.”

At Priyazen’s words, the sound of another mermaid coming up the cave was heard, and when he turned around, the red eyes met Usher, startled and backed away.

“Luboshi, you’re welcome. Did you catch them as your friends taught you?”
“…Huh.”

Because it was the mermaid who had caught him. In her hand, besides the berries Usher had eaten, there were other fish that looked like Dvyaka, and a stone slab with three large ones that looked like Triops. Ruboshi brought it to the entrance of the cave and glanced over at Usher.

“What? Sipanka and Triwavid? There’s also Tebrani.”
“Hick!?”

But as soon as Krikaliev approaches, she immediately withdraws and disappears beneath the surface. He didn’t seem to mind her, so he went back with her stone slab and started preparing her meal. Priyazen’s sigh resounded in the cave at Lubosi’s action as he looked at Usher with his face half out in the water and foaming.