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Vol 17 Chapter 9
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Chapter 9 – Eh, Why?
We tried to defeat the great worm the moment it came to the surface, but unfortunately, we failed. Also, for some reason, the great worm got stuck in the ground. If it was stuck, there was nothing we could do about it, so we decided to go in search of Carla-san.
With the sound of the engine roaring, we slowly made our way through the body of the great worm.
We want to find Carla-san as soon as possible, but we have to be very careful because we don’t know what might happen.
We walked carefully through sandy areas and areas where the wall of the worm’s flesh was still intact and slowly made our way to the butt side.
But still, if we were to escape from the butt side or… inside the body, would we have to do so with excrement?
That would be very humiliating… Oh, if it excretes into the ground, will we be thrown into the sand?
That’s such a pain.
Well, how we get out is also important, but we have to find Carla-san first. Let’s meet and figure out how to escape together.
“Carla.”
“Carla-san!
We call out to Carla-san from time to time, but so far she has not responded.
Inwardly, I’m getting impatient, and bad thoughts are coming to my mind, but if I panic, I won’t be able to save what I can. I tried to keep my composure while thinking of a line I’d heard in a TV drama.
“Carla-saaan!”
(Don’t call me with san)
“Eh? Didn’t you just hear something?”
I think my call was answered. Carla-san is usually a relaxed person, but for some reason she was very strict about honorifics.
So I called her “san” with wishful thinking, but I felt like I got an answer to that question.
It wasn’t a hallucination, was it?
“I heard it. I heard Carla’s voice.”
“I heard it, too.”
“Master, I heard it too.”
“…Carlaaaaaa…”
If Marina-san, Ines, Felicia, and I could hear the voices, then it wasn’t an auditory hallucination.
But I have a question. Did Rimu, who was bouncing on my head with excitement, hear it too?
Huh? How does Rimu even hear the sound? Since he’s a slime, does he feel the sound vibrations with his whole body?
I’m curious, but the first priority is to save Carla-san.
As I speed up a bit, I carefully move the Pal forward. We called out for Carla-san in between, and gradually, we could hear her voice more clearly. She seems to be safe.
A huge object came into view beyond the illuminated field of vision.
“Is that the ruler?”
The ruler, the first monster that attacked us in the desert danger zone.
The moment we defeated it, we were swallowed by the giant worm, but not only were we swallowed, but the ruler was swallowed as well.
I thought of the mouth that swallowed the huge ruler and the Pal in one breath—how huge it was! But it was not the standard size when the Pal could run inside its body.
“Did it move?”
As I looked at the ruler and thought about the enormity of the great worm’s size, I saw the ruler’s wings move.
For a moment, I wondered if the ruler was still alive, but no matter how I looked at it, the ruler was dead. That means… With my heart pounding, I focused on the moving part, and Carla-san’s face popped out of the gap between the wings.
Thank God she’s alive.
“Carla-sannn!”
Overjoyed, I ran the Pal toward Carla-san. My call was met with a scolding, “Don’t call me with san,” but even that made me happy.
“Carla-san… is covered in blood! Ca-Ca-Carla-san, are you okay?”
Eh, is she so badly injured that she’s covered in blood? What should we do? At times like this, we are separated from Claretta-san.
Let’s see, I have to treat her anyway. Can Rimu do anything?
“Can you come down, Carla-san? Oh, but if you’re injured, you shouldn’t move. We’re coming, so please just rest! Ines, Felicia, Marina-san, what should we do?”
I quickly stopped the Pal closest to where Carla-san was and called to her who was on the ruler.
“Wataru. I’m fine; I’m getting off now. And you shouldn’t add ‘san’ to my name.”
“Huh? Can you come down by yourself?”
I was getting impatient, but Carla-san’s voice sounded strangely relaxed. Isn’t she badly hurt?
“Yes, I’m fine. I’m going to jump down now, so leave some space in the back. And Wataru, close your eyes.”
“Why do I have to close my eyes?”
I don’t understand.
“Just hurry up. I’m sorry if it’s dirty.”
“I don’t understand, but okay. I’ll close my eyes. And the dirt will be fine, so don’t worry about it.”
Even if the summoned ship gets dirty, if I repatriate it and remind it, it will be as good as new, so it’s not a problem.
As I closed my eyes, I heard a thud in the back seat. I opened my eyes, and there was… Carla-san’s suspiciously glorious naked body covered in blood…
“Carla-san, why are you naked?”
“Wataru, don’t look!”
“Master, close your eyes and look ahead!”
“I’m sorry!”
I apologize and look forward with my eyes closed. What does it mean? Why is she naked? I don’t understand. But I saw something wonderful.
Carla-san’s naked body floats in front of me when I close my eyes. I’m going to burn it into my brain so that I won’t forget it.
“Master, summon a rubber boat filled with hot spring water next to the Pal. Oh, and don’t look anywhere but to the side. And close your eyes when you’re done.”
“Okay.”
Ines told me to conjure a rubber boat filled with hot spring water next to the Pal, but I was not quite sure what to do.
Ines, Felicia, Marina-san, and Rimu are not making a fuss, so Carla-san must be okay, but I have no idea why she is covered in blood or why she is naked. I need an explanation.
…Oh, I close my eyes because I’m not supposed to look, but otherwise, it’s okay to ask questions, right? I heard the sound of water splashing from next to me. It seems that Carla-san had taken a bath in the hot spring.
I wanted to take a look so badly, so tremendously, so unprecedentedly, but misbehaving in an emergency situation like this is life-threatening, and my reputation would fall to the bottom of the barrel. At this point, the right thing to do would be to keep quiet.
“Well, Carla, can I ask you to explain the situation? You’re okay, right?”
Let’s just hear what she has to say. I am very curious as to why Carla-san was naked.
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I heard about Carla-san. And there were some things that made me say, “Eh? Seriously?”
The moment we were swallowed by the great worm, Carla-san was thrown out of the Pal.
Then she was swallowed deep into the great worm along with the ruler, who was swallowed as well.
And the reason why she was naked.
It was a rather unfashionable reason.
We were protected by the barriers and didn’t know it, but it seemed to be the sloshing of bodily fluids and digestive juices from the inner wall.
Even though the great worm is a monster, it eats, so it is natural for a living being to digest the food it eats.
Carla-san, who was not protected by the barrier, was naturally covered in digestive juices.
Her clothes were soaked with digestive juices, and she had to take off all of her clothes because she was tingling.
Even so, she could not get rid of the digestive juices that were on her body. She washed her face with the water bottle she had and thought about what else to do.
Yes, if she washes her body with the ruler’s blood, she might be able to get rid of the digestive juices. That’s what he thought.
That is why Carla-san was covered in blood. It is understandable, but the mentality that carried it out is amazing.
After that, she apparently hid between the ruler’s body and the wings that were still able to escape the digestive juices, avoiding the digestive juices and waiting for rescue.
Carla-san explained in a relaxed voice what she did after she was separated from us, but I think she was in a very dangerous situation.
Well, she was in a good mood now after washing her body and equipment in the hot spring bath, changing into fresh clothes, and drinking cold juice, so I guess it was good that she was rescued in the end.
“Um, so how do we get out of here?”
Now that we had finally settled down after meeting Carla-san, we had to think about what we were going to do.
I can think of a few possible escape patterns, but they’re all fraught with uncertainty and subtlety.
Frankly, it would be easy enough to just kill the big worm. But the location, in the sand, makes escape difficult.
Summon a luxury liner into its body. I have a feeling that it’s possible to get out while breaking through the great worm, but is it possible to summon it in the sand as well as in the water?
The problem is that I’m afraid to do it because I can’t be responsible if I summon it badly and something terrible happens.
Then how do you make it rampage from inside its body?
If we attack the great worm from inside its body without the intention to kill it, I think the pain will cause it to go on a rampage.
It would be a good thing if the worm got confused and came up to the surface… The inside of a rampaging great worm would naturally become very rough, and if it comes up to the surface, that’s fine, but if it goes any deeper underground, that would be a disaster.
It seems manageable, but it seems inconclusive.
“Hey, Master, before we think about what to do, why don’t we dismantle the ruler and secure it for now? Won’t everything melt?”
While I was worrying, Ines suggested an unexpected task.
“Isn’t it okay if we just leave it alone?”
I think it is more important to get out of here than to take the ruler.
It is true that it is a rare monster, and Camille-san will be overjoyed if we take it home and give it to her.
But it’s already covered in digestive juices, and if we need ruler material, we’d better find a new and different ruler.
“But I don’t like the thought of the great worm taking it away from us after we’ve killed the ruler. Let’s at least get the magic stone.”
I see; she is just annoyed that we are being intercepted.
“I don’t know how Ines feels, but this is the body of the great worm, so anything can happen at any time. Let’s prioritize our escape.”
It would be a disaster if the big worm started to move while we were dismantling the ruler.
“Well, I guess it can’t be helped. Let’s get out of here as soon as possible.”
Yes, that’s why I suggested that we discuss how to do it.