Isekai Nonbiri Nouka Chapter 1054: Yame Meets Ursa

I’m Yame.

I’ve gotten used to life on the island.

I think I’m enjoying myself well enough.

Being alone is lonely, but I have Ivan the doll and the bird, so I’m fine.

I’m okay. No problem at all.

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I’ve missed several ships.

Twice, I managed to get the smoke going at just the right time, but the ships didn’t change course.

Maybe the smoke was hard to see, so I even tried adding color to it.

It’d be nice if some seakins came close enough to notice me.

I’m not going to try building a boat and escaping the island myself.

I can’t swim.

And I don’t know where I’d even go after leaving the island.

Getting swept away at sea would be horrible.

I can’t die, after all.

I’d only suffer.

Just imagining it is unbearable.

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So much time passed that I started thinking I might as well never leave the island.

The bird found a partner, had chicks, and now even has grandchildren and great-grandchildren.

It’s a huge family.

I’m not jealous or anything.

I have Ivan.

That Ivan is already the fourth generation, though.

Wooden Ivans aren’t very durable.

It’s not because I’m rough with them.

Probably.

I blame the harsh island environment.

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The change came suddenly.

A group of seakins appeared around the island.

Judging from their equipment and numbers, they weren’t stragglers.

They were a proper seakin army.

Naturally, I hid.

I thought about asking them for help, but there were too many of them.

I didn’t know what they were after.

They might have been on some secret mission and decided to kill me because I’d seen them.

Fortunately, the seakins didn’t land on the island.

But they came pretty close.

It was a little scary.

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Before that fear had even faded, an airship arrived.

I’d never seen an airship like it before.

Where was it from?

When you’re desperate, it’s hard to ask strangers for help when you don’t know who they are.

I’m a devil, after all.

I’ve got plenty of enemies.

If I were at full strength, I wouldn’t care.

But I’m weak right now.

I figured I could probably handle humans or ordinary demons.

Still, I decided to stay hidden and observe.

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The ones who came down from the airship were Godkins.

The worst kind.

Those guys were no good.

You couldn’t have a conversation with them.

Some threw spears at you out of nowhere, some thought about it before throwing their spears, and some had already thrown their spears before you even noticed. They were all weird.

They had killed me so many times.

There was no choice but to run.

But if I moved in a panic, they would notice me.

Godkins had an uncanny instinct at the strangest times.

And the Godkins who had come down were here to scout.

They were on high alert.

I couldn’t move now.

I would stay hidden and wait until they let their guard down.

That was what I decided as I continued watching them.

It would be difficult to escape if I didn’t know anything about the enemy.

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There were four Godkins who had come down from the airship.

It was an awkward number, but I didn’t want to fight them.

There might still be more inside the airship.

However, the four who had come down were moving as if they were protecting a human woman… a girl.

Godkins were best stationed in the air, yet they were staying close to the girl.

So, is that girl some kind of princess from a certain country?

A country that could afford to hire Godkins must be pretty wealthy.

At the very least, wealthy enough to use an airship.

Hmm?

Is that an ice monster?

I can feel quite a lot of power from it, even though it’s far away.

Should I be more wary of it than the Godkins?

No, no. There was no way I could take my eyes off the Godkins.

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But what was the girl’s purpose?

She was looking around, but she didn’t seem to be searching for anything.

The same seemed to be true of the Godkins and the ice monster.

They weren’t moving very far from the coast where they had anchored the airship.

If I wait, will they go home?

Won’t they go home?

I want them to go home.

Ah, but there might also be a chance they’ll let me leave the island…

No.

The Godkins were here.

Honestly, I didn’t want to get anywhere near them.

Ah, this is bad.

At this rate, they’ll find the campfire I made.

What should I do?

I haven’t used it in a while, so maybe it’ll be fine?

I could get there first and hide the campfire… No, impossible.

If I did that, I’d be found before I could even get there.

I don’t want anything to do with the Godkins.

Wait, great-grandchild of the bird!

What are you doing over there?!

I told you to run away if anything suspicious came!

Ah, no, don’t get close to the Godkins!

E-enough!

I stepped in front of the girl and the others.

If things had come to this, I would have to force my way through!

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You there!

What business do you have in my territory?!

「…………」

Um, I’m going to have trouble if you don’t say something, you know?

I don’t think it’s very nice to whisper among yourselves right in front of me.

Ah, great-grandchild of the bird, don’t come over to me.

Run away already.

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Hmm?

The girl took a step forward.

It seemed they had decided what to do after their whispered discussion.

You are withdrawing?

Did you just say you were sorry for intruding?

……

Wait.

Wait, wait, wait.

I stopped the girl.

The girl seemed like a very sensible person.

Could this be a chance to have her take me off the island?

Even the Godkins wouldn’t attack while ignoring their employer… Would they?

They were Godkins, after all.

But the girl and the ice monster standing behind her both seemed like sensible people.

They were having a proper conversation.

Could this be my chance to leave the island?

Ah, I mustn’t panic.

Carefully.

I had to keep the conversation going carefully and gather information.

Um, before you leave, could you at least tell me what you came here for?

You were looking for an uninhabited island?

Since I’m here, this island isn’t uninhabited, so it has been eliminated from your list of candidates.

………………

What exactly do you need an uninhabited island for?

Ah, a present for your father.

She’s quite devoted to her father.

Though the scale of the present is a little extreme.

She really is a princess.

But wouldn’t it be a little troublesome to receive an uninhabited island as a present?

Not really?

Your father would definitely develop the island?

Until it was as developed as any ordinary town.

Then ships would probably come here, and shops might even be built.

H-huh.

But since I was already here, they were going to look somewhere else.

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Don’t give up!

Keep trying!

I couldn’t help shouting.