Chapter 219: Kazu-kun has become incredibly popular with our crew

"Slow ahead! Steady as she goes!"

As Uraka’s instructions, Guadalbaroja that was temporarily stopped began slowly advancing. Already Guadalbaroja at the front of the empty seventeenth pier... about three hundred meters area, so state of being able to enter port just by going straight.

The reason temporarily stopped was because at the seventeenth pier planned for Guadalbaroja’s port entry, the cargo ship’s containers that entered port until just before remained and under work. Until work ended and containers cleared, Guadalbaroja temporarily stopped and waited.

Since containers cleared, from Virgo port’s control tower port entry permission issued. The giant Guadalbaroja gradually approached the pier.

"Begin deceleration! Stop ship in ten seconds! Ten, nine, eight, seven, six, five, four, three, two, one, zero... stop ship!"

After countdown, Uraka issued stop ship instructions. At that timing, Guadalbaroja’s giant body stopped advancing.

"Begin grounding! Extinguish jet flowers!"

Uraka put the word extinguish in mouth, but jet flowers not using fire. Just, at jet flower startup ignition, at stop extinguish and such, like Uraka, expressions using fire ordinary.

The momentum of air jetted from jet flowers gradually weakened. Then, Guadalbaroja’s hull floating at more than five meters height began slowly descending.

Carefully over dozens of seconds, Guadalbaroja’s giant body grounded on the ground. At the moment of grounding, the hull shook like a light earthquake, but nothing.

On unstable land or on water, cases of anchoring, but land ports made on stable land, so no need to anchor. To move terrestrial ship’s giant body needed jet flower output, so ordinarily not moving even without anchoring.

"Raise stop ship signal flag!"

The pole’s signal flag exchanged to red signal flag.

"Begin right side bridging! As soon as bridging finished, begin unloading!"

The bridging Uraka said was hanging the ramp connecting the pier and terrestrial ship’s deck. Since deck a little higher, the ramp gently inclined.

"Me go to terminal and finish procedures and payment! Leave ship for a while, but leave the after to you!"

When using port for terrestrial ships, need to perform procedures at terminal and pay usage fee. During the earlier temporary stop, Virgo port’s staff visited Guadalbaroja and finished port entry procedures.

After that, the terrestrial ship’s captain needed to visit the terminal and perform various usage procedures after port entry and payment of port usage fee. After port entry and before departure, the captain had to visit the terminal.

The door leading to the bridge opened, and Uraka showed face.

"Kazu! Let’s go together near the terminal!"

"Ah, yes!"

He replied, shouldered his own backpack placed on the deck, and shouldered the large red disc-shaped backpack from on his own backpack. The red disc-shaped backpack made to be shoulderable from on ordinary backpack was the adventurer use tent set borrowed from Uraka.

Entering the bridge, he was called by the crew such as Liz who already became familiar faces.

"See you again, Kazu!"

"Thanks variously!"

"Bye bye! Don’t forget on return too, ride our ship!"

He also returned greetings to the crew.

"Me too, taken care variously!"

When passing near Liz, he whispered in a small voice to Liz.

"Magic Trinkets, thanks. Will properly come return."

"When returning to Aquila, return in my room, so don’t do reckless, properly safely... come back to this ship again."

At Liz’s whisper voice, he nodded.

"Then everyone, again... around one month later!"

Saying so, he turned back to the crew and together with Uraka in combat clothes holding a red attaché case went down the stairs in the bridge tower.

"Liz, now... what talk?"

"Secret."

"Eh, curious so teach!"

From the bridge side, lively female crew voices heard. Going down the stairs, the voices that began becoming familiar to ears distanced, and he felt a little loneliness.

Other several crew who became familiar faces, he faced and exchanged farewell greetings, then exited to the deck together with Uraka. On the deck, already golems like humanoid robots appearing in SF anime began work.

The part magicians boarded to operate exposed, so easy to understand who operating. Near him, the golem Clio operated was performing bridging work.

Marisa’s side doing some other work near the containers. Since during boarding he not doing container work, not knowing what Marisa doing.

Other several crew who became familiar faces also on the deck.

"Everyone, taken care! Goodbye!"

He called to Clio and them.

"Ah, Kazu! See you again!"

While waving the golem’s hand, following Clio who returned greeting, Marisa replied in a loud voice.

"Promise... don’t forget!"

"Won’t forget! Looking forward!"

He replied to Marisa. Continuing, with other several deck personnel too, he exchanged farewell greetings.

Then, following Uraka, he began crossing the ramp. To get off Guadalbaroja and move to the seventeenth pier.

Finished moving to the pier like a platform of a giant station, he headed toward the direction the walls were and walked together with Uraka. While hearing on the back the farewell greeting voices still heard from the distancing Guadalbaroja.

"Became super popular with our crew... Kazu."

In an enjoyable tone, Uraka talked to him walking on the left side.

"Not that."

"Frankly, how many kept company?"

"Eh? Company?"

He was surprised and asked Uraka. Roughly speculated what asking, but thought should confirm at least.

In a casual tone, Uraka answered.

"How many... held. No, maybe Kazu’s side held."

"That kind of thing, seems something shouldn’t talk to people..."

"Bad for Kazu, but our crew... casually talking."

(Since entered Clio and Marisa’s ears too, that way probably.)

He who felt awkward unintentionally right hand extended to the cowlick.

"From the amount heard from crew guys, the ones who did with Kazu including me and Liz become ten people, more than that?"

(Ten people, everyone talked! Mouth light!)

He became a little exasperated inside.

(Well, but... if everyone talked, fine to talk the number.)

Thinking so, he frankly confided the number.

"Ten people correct."

"Less than thought, thought more."

"If ten people in seven days, think too many though."

"Since Kazu can deal with two or more in one night, thought become about fifteen."

Uraka added.

"Thought more guys accumulating frustration."

Hearing such Uraka’s words, he recalled. The faces of several crew members who sexual frustration accumulated known by Sexual Appraisal but no chance to keep company.

Of course, the faces of Clio and Marisa who promised to keep company when reunited, he also recalled.

(If kept company with all the ones in frustration state, become fifteen maybe?)

Such a doubt floated in his head.

"Well, on return... more probably, our guys becoming Kazu’s company."

Hearing Uraka’s words, he felt awkward so decided to switch to another topic.

"Speaking of many... magic stone reward, not too much?"

Actually earlier, he received from Uraka the reward of magic stones obtained by defeating monsters while boarding Guadalbaroja. When confirmed, the reward quite more than he predicted.

"Not particularly too much, defeated three corporal rank."

Uraka added answer.

"Moreover, among them one rare like red armor, and hellhound effectively same as defeated alone, so becomes that degree."

"No, but... talk of being given ride without reward, but even if magic stone share, if received that much amount, feel bad..."

"Not particularly much. In labyrinth city during Reverse Festa, amount that disappears in one week."

"In one week?"

He really raised a surprised voice.

"With that much, in Aquila can live one month?"

"Said, prepare for prices several times ordinary autonomous city."

After considering a little, he opened mouth.

"...Won’t hold back, gratefully receive."

"Yeah yeah, no need to hold back, and not situation to do."

In an enjoyable tone, Uraka added.

"In the case of Kazu living in Virgo during Reverse Festa from now."

As if by the way, Uraka put other advice to him living in Virgo in mouth. Not only things not yet talked, but already talked things too, in the meaning of emphasizing.

While talking with Uraka, he distanced from Guadalbaroja. While feeling the loneliness of separating from an existence that became used to and familiar, though not to the degree of Aquila’s time.