Endless Silver Machine

The Sea Mist Fleet sailed for three days in the sea where no land could be seen in the surrounding area. It is said that it is now very close to the territory of the Gods.

"Mari, give me this box and you go push the cart out."

"Okay, okay, thank you..."

The girl who was working together in the cabin obediently handed Aika the small wooden box she was holding in both hands, then turned and walked into the depths of the warehouse to find the trolley Aika needed.

The same small wooden boxes were piled up in the cabin's warehouse. It is said that these are all ingredients stored by the Sea Mist Fleet for its voyage around the sea. On sunny days, they will all be moved from the dank warehouse to the deck.

The sound of wheels rolling could be heard deep in the dark warehouse. It seemed that Mari had found the old pallet truck that had been gathering dust for a long time.

"It looks like it can hold quite a lot. With this, the place can be emptied out quickly."

"Brother, do you really don't need to ask others to help?"

"Mari has already helped me a lot just by being here."

"Is that so? Hey hey..."

Originally, emptying the warehouse required the concerted efforts of the girls on the ship and took more than half a day to complete.

This is caused by the fact that in order to provide more living space for the girls, the space left for the warehouse is too small.

But now the only young man on the ship, Aika, has taken over this physical work, so only Mari, who is responsible for daily management of the warehouse, is left to help.

Aika climbed up the ladder that was set up and lifted the small wooden boxes out one by one from the top. Mari, who was waiting below, took it with both hands and placed it on the cart next to her.

Probably to take care of the strength of the girls, the wooden box used to store the ingredients is not large or particularly heavy, but this is only compared to Aika.

The petite Mari often wobbles unsteadily when carrying boxes, which looks very distressing. There are many girls with weak strength like her.

During these three days of doing nothing, Aika didn't know if it was because the girls on the boat were already familiar with him, and they no longer avoided him like they did on the first day.

"It seems we can only transport so much at a time..."

Aika tried pushing the cart, and the stacked small wooden boxes didn't seem to place much burden on the four supporting wheels.

"I...I'm here to help too!"

"Oh, please."

"No, no! This is what I should do!"

Blushing, Mari shook her head in denial, then carefully got into the space between Aika and the cart, and helped push the fully loaded cart out of the warehouse.

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As soon as Aika and Mari pushed the cart onto the sun-drenched deck, the girls waiting to unload swarmed up and snatched away the small wooden boxes on the cart.

Around the deck, there were several small teams carrying out fishing operations.

After living in the sea for such a long time, the girls have become completely accustomed to seizing every opportunity to replenish various supplies needed for daily life.

Fishing nets are still a common tool for fishing operations, and girls work in groups to cast fishing nets onto the sea.

Suddenly, bursts of cheerful laughter came from a certain group, and the girls in other groups were attracted and put down their tools and gathered around.

"What happened over there?"

"Ahaha, maybe someone got entangled in other groups' fishing nets when they went into the sea..."

"Get some rest, Mari. I'll go over there and take a look."

"OK, all right."

Aika touched Mari's head and walked towards the side of the ship where the girls were gathered.

The fact was just as Mari had guessed, the girl caught in the fishing net was floating on the sea in full swing, waving her hands in protest.

Not far from the "accident scene", another group of children and girls who did not use fishing nets were sitting quietly on the side of the boat. The slender fishing rods raised high were their favorite tools.

Aika found Wei Xi among them. Today she wore a big straw hat to block the sun.

Wei Xi didn't seem to notice Aika approaching and yawned quietly.

There was not a single ripple in the small bucket placed next to Wei Xi. It seems that she has found nothing so far, so it is natural that she would be bored.

Wei Xi narrowed her eyes slightly and glanced to the side inadvertently. Only then did Wei Xi notice that Aika was beside her.

"Ai, Brother Aika!"

"It doesn't seem to be going well."

"Woo..."

"Although I want to help you, I have no experience in fishing."

"I've been sitting here for a long time..."

“The most important thing is to have the confidence that you will definitely catch it!”

"What are you talking about here?"

Ling, who had just finished practicing swordsmanship with Feili, probably only heard Aika's last words.

"You're here just in time. You should know a lot about fishing, right?"

"Not at all. Why would you think that?"

"Isn't there the sea near your hometown?"

"Do you think that everyone who lives by the sea should know how to fish?" Ling said, picking up Wei Xi's fishing rod, "...I knew it would be like this. It would be a miracle that I could still catch fish like this."

"Eh?"

Wei Xi looked at the missing bait and blinked hard to make sure she saw it right.

Ling sighed, took out a new bait from the blue storage box, hung it up, and then swung the fishing line into the distant sea.

"Oh! Isn't this impressive?"

"Stop making sarcastic comments here. Aren't you going to help move the goods?"

"That kind of work can be done in three strokes, five divisions, and two. Mari needs to rest too."

"...I didn't expect you to become so popular after just one day."

"Don't make it sound like I was annoying before."

"After all, you are the only one here... huh?" Ling slowly retracted the line, "It seems that I caught something."

"Did you catch it..."

Wei Xi lay down on the railing of the boat with excitement and watched the winding trajectory of the fishing line.

Ling intuitively judged the time when the pole could be closed, and suddenly pulled the pole out of the water.

The fishhook was raised high in the air and was directly illuminated by the sun. It dazzled the eyes of the three people who followed the fishhook.

After her vision was restored, Wei Xi was delighted to see a plump sea fish lying on the deck and flapping its tail.

"ah……"

After a while, Wei Xi came back to her senses from the joy of harvest. She quickly trotted over to the quiet fish with the bucket in both hands, carefully holding its slippery body and putting it into the water.

Ling didn't seem to think that she could really capture a living prey in a few seconds. Her face was filled with disbelief.

"Maybe this is talent. Ling, how about fishing for the ocean overlord as your lifelong goal from now on?"

"...go to hell."

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