Isekai Yururi Kikou ~Raising Children While Being an Adventurer

Chapter 33

Attack 2

""Made a hole~!""

Allen and Elena were happy to see the hole in the ship.

"... Yes, you're right! But the hole was made a little too high. Well, it should be okay, but!"

The magic of the kids drilled a hole in the bow of the boat, but it was a little too high so that no seawater could get in. I was relieved that the ship did not sink, and the pirates seemed to be unharmed.

"Allen, Elena, you cannot shoot magic as you like."

""Why~? You said to make a hole!""

"Yes, that's right. But that was my job. It wasn't for you to do, right!"

""Ehh~ Erm you see, that!""

"The faster one."

"Wins?"

At any rate, I lightly cautioned them for their selfishness, and they were not happy. And then, of course, they retorted with "the faster one wins". I wondered where they learned that phrase.

"Listen well, okay? Even though the people on that ship are bad people, they are still living people. And the magic that the two of you fired just now could have taken their lives. Do you understand?"

""... Yeah.""

I bent down and looked at them and told them earnestly to make them understand what they had done.

"Oniichan doesn't want you guys to take people's lives. If you are about to do it one day, Oniichan will rush and act faster than you, and even if it happens that we won't have a choice one day... it will be Oniichan's job to finish."

""Uu~...""

I don't want to take people's lives as much as possible, even if they are bad guys. But, if I or the children are in danger then... I will have no hesitation.

"You two are good and smart children, so you understand what I'm trying to say, right?"

Allen and Elena firmly nodded their heads with tears in their eyes.

"It's a promise, then. Don't use your magic against people. Understood?"

""... Yes.""

After Allen and Elena seemed convinced, I turned around to see what had happened to the pirate ship.

"... Huh? It stopped?"

Then the ship had stopped for some reason.

If the children's magic angered them, they would have rushed straight at us, and if they got scared, they would have run away. And yet, it stopped? What the hell was going on?

"Why did that ship stop?"

"Maybe the power source, the magic stone, got broken."

"Is the magic stone located on the bow of the ship?"

"No, it varies from ship to ship. Sometimes it's in the bow, sometimes in the stern, sometimes in the bottom, sometimes in the captain's cabin."

"Heeh~"

So there are fixed locations for the magic stones? I heard that the magic stones used to move ships are of a very high rank, so I guess it's an anti-theft measure?

"So, the pirates won't be able to move again?"

"It's impossible for them to attack us. Even if they abandoned the ship and tried to escape, they would still be a long way from land, and there are monsters in the sea. I guess they are stuck here. If they want to save their lives, they would have to surrender, no?"