Deep Sea Mystery
Partial Translation Disclaimer: This is a partial translation of the Deep Sea Mystery scout story.
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Chapter 1
Hah~ Come on, come on.
Class dragged on longer than usual, so I’m falling behind the time we said we'd meet.
I might be able to make it if I start running from here…
… My phone’s ringing? Hm? This number’s…
Going to the trouble of giving me a call— What’s the matter?
Oh, the date today isn’t gonna work?
Mhm... mhm... I see. If your mom’s not feeling well, there’s not much you can do, y'know. So, we’ll just reschedule for another time.
Ah, don’t worry about it. I hope your mom feels better soon. Well, talk to you later.
… Now then. Where should I go from here, huh? I don’t really feel like inviting someone out for a date, so maybe I’ll just head home.
No no, it’d be better to show my face for club activities instead, huh~
I haven’t showed up for a while, so how about I take a li~ttle peeksies ♪
Yoohoo. How’s everyone doing~?
… What business do you have with us, Disgrace of the Marine Life Club?
Oh, a pleasure as always, you~ We’re in the same club, so let’s be a little more friendly with each other, ‘’kay ♪
You’re not going to be very popular with women if you furrow your brows like that, you know~
I have no intention of being friendly with someone who only ever talks about women. Begone with you, Disgrace of the Marine Life Club!
Hahaha. Souma-kyun really, really hates me, huh~ Honestly, it might be a little refreshing to be hated this much ♪
puka, puka… ♪
It is almost time for [field day] you know ♪ plenty of my [friends of the sea] will be participating in [field day]...♪
but, fishies cannot swim [above ground], so it seems i need to [devise] a way for them to do so?
kaoru, souma, you do not have any good ideas, do you...?
Er—rr, before that, just one thing first?
yes, yes, go on ♪
I did catch word about field day, but... Are you really going to participate, Kanata-kun?
yes, i will be~ actually, everyone in class invited me to do so, but...~?
when i asked "could i do it with all my [friends of the sea], too?" there was resistance.
it would definitely be fun, though. it is a lonely thing being misunderstood, hm…?
No no no. When you say “friends from the sea”, you mean releasing all the fish you bred here for field day? That’s impossible no matter how you look at it.
impossible no matter how you look at it…? i would like to participate in [field day] with all my [friends of the sea].
because all of them are my most precious [family]. it is lamentable to be separated from your family, isn’t it…?
Gh… Buchou-dono is in mourning, but I can’t think of anything…!
Buchou-dono is the precious person who showed me the sacredness of the ocean. That being the case, it is my duty as a samurai to repay that favor!
And yet, if I can’t think of anything, I must make up for it with my life! With seppuku, I atone!
Okay, that's enough~ The violence of your assumptions are kinda impressive in a way, Souma-kyun.
Not that I’d ever want to follow his example, of course ♪
Chapter 2
You…! Don’t touch my sword with those filthy hands! How do you intend on taking responsibility if it rusts because of you?
… Is your sword really that shabby, Souma-kun?
I mean, carrying a sword is a thing of the past, y’know. Isn’t there that whole Act for Controlling the Possession of Firearms or Swords and Other Such Weapons, anyways~?
You’ve angered me. I won’t allow you to disparage this blade— one bequeathed upon me, one that has been handed down generation-to-generation— as [sha-bee].
I’ll pluck that life right here.
Oop, how dangerous. What are you gonna do if you swing your sword and hit a water tank?
If something were to happen to the water tanks Kanata-kun takes such great care of, he'd be pretty sad, huh?
Gh…! You— Using a water tank as a shield— such a cowardly act is aganist the way of the samurai...!
Well, good thing I'm not a samurai, so~
Anyways, shouldn't we be talking about the sports festival now? It seems like Kanata-kun is thinking of something outrageous in order to participate in it.
You have a fair point...
Well, it’s as you say. I’ll sheathe my sword just for a bit.
Just a bit? I'd like it if you sheathed it for life.
Err, anyways, Kanata-kun? Everyone in class invited you, and you turned them down, right?
So are you participating as a unit? Or as a club?
i am participating as a [club] of course~♪ i am the [head] of the [marine life club] after all.
under the authority of club [head], i thought i would participate alongside my [friends of the sea].
If it's a club activity, then Souma-kun and I have to join in too, huh...? (Sigh) What a pain...
The general student body is gonna be participating in the school festival, so it might be a chance to meet some girls? But when I think about all the preparations we have to do, I lose all motivation.
You dare defy the will of Buchou-dono?
Buchou-dono has said that he hopes to enjoy the school festival with us. Given that, it is our duty as club members to obey his will...!
Mn~mm, looks like Souma-kyun looks up to Kanata-kun like he's a master, but it's a bit much to force that onto me too, right~?
Besides, it seems it's more that Kanata-kun wants to have fun with his "friends of the sea", rather than him looking forward to participating in the festival with us.
my [friends of the sea] are also precious to me, but kaoru and souma are my precious [friends]...♪
so i want to do the sports festival with my [friends]. the ones who love the [sea]~
Buchou-dono…!
I understand.
If you go so far as to say that, this Kanzaki Souma will think hard and thoroughly for ways that you can participate at the school festival with your "friends of the sea"...!
Wait, no matter how hard you think about it, it's just not going to happen. Unless you're thinking of carrying the water tanks yourself.
A water tank is no handicap with the amount of physical strength I have. You've come up with a good idea, against the odds.
Eh? I was just joking... Uwahh, I didn't think you'd take me seriously.
You didn't think I was serious, right Kanata-kun?
i had thought it was a great idea to carry the [water tanks]... how very disappointing...
So you took it seriously too.
Well, look here, it's a miracle enough that we're all going to be participating, so don't give up on participating with your "friends of the sea"
We love the sea too. As long as we have that feeling, it's enough, right? Am I wrong? Kanata-kun? ♪