Fat-Tail II

When we arrived in Mumbai, ship departures at the port were being suspended one after another.

Although it was supposed to be a safe route with weak sea monsters and no pirates, word had spread that a merchant ship had spotted a ghost ship, putting everyone on alert.

In response, the world-famous Blue Witch patrolled the surrounding waters every day. On the third day, she found and destroyed the ghost ship, and peace returned to the seas. An overwhelmingly happy ending. As expected of Hiyori.

We took first class on a steamship bound for Kuwait and headed north across the sea. We would spend the next week being rocked aboard the ship. First class had been fully booked, but cancellations caused by the ghost-ship scare had allowed us to slip in.

It was a blessing in disguise. For the passengers who panicked and canceled as soon as they heard about the ghost ship, only to hear that it had been blown to smithereens and service had resumed right afterward, it must have been adding insult to injury.

Tsubaki went off to enthusiastically explore the ship as soon as we departed, leaving only Hiyori and me in the cabin for a quiet stretch of time.

Hiyori was sitting on the bed, holding Cuanos in her arms and meditating while training—or perhaps developing—her magic, so I decided to find something to occupy myself.

To keep from being bored during our week at sea, I had brought along a Ghost Gremlin β. I spread it out on the desk and fiddled with it.

Ghost Gremlin β was created during India's research into producing large Ghost Gremlins, which were needed to pay the cost of activating resurrection magic.

Ghost Gremlins are completely transparent and invisible. They can be obtained by defeating ghost monsters with exorcism magic...