I was Betrayed then Reincarnated as a Kitsune

Chapter 181: Finding and Following the Pirates

[Luna POV]

Skadi placed one of her hands in the water and closed her eyes.  She was silent for several minutes before opening them again.

Hmm.  Luna, can you give me some mana so I can increase the range of my sensing? (Skadi)

I walked up to her and placed my hand on her back.

Just tell me when to stop. (Luna)

Mm. (Skadi)

She closed her eyes again and I started transferring mana to her.  After another several minutes, she told me to stop.

Found them? (Luna)

Yeah.  Theyre really far off the coast.  Honestly, infinite mana is really convenient, I wish I had it too. (Skadi)

Sure, its convenient, but you have your own thigs youre good at.  For example, youre unbeatable in the sea pretty much and youre physically stronger than me for now. (Luna)

Hey, Ill take what I can get, so it doesnt bother me.  Now, Ill lead the way, come on. (Skadi)

Skadi jumped into the water but didnt sink.  She motioned for us to follow and we did.  It was surreal standing on top of the water without the use of ice magic.  When we were all ready, Skadi started using a skill and we shined in a blue light for a few seconds after which we started to sink.  When we got to the ground, Skadi started speaking to us again.

Now we walk, stay close to me. (Skadi)

We nodded our heads and started following her.  Again, it was a weird feeling walking on the bottom of the sea without feeling the water.  After a while, we came up to the end of the shallows.  We were standing on the edge of a sheer drop that would look scary if we couldnt see in the dark.

Luna, Ophidia, mind blinking us down there? (Skadi)

Alright.  Ophidia, on my mark. (Luna)

Ready and waiting, master. (Ophidia)

Now. (Luna)

Ophidia and I blinked down to the bottom of the drop at the same time.  Once we got our sense of direction back, we started walking again.  If I had to describe what the bottom of the sea looked like, it would be otherworldly.  I almost wanted to stop and look around, but our job took priority, though I did take the chance to freeze and store fish that got too close.  After nearly three hours of walking, we could see the shape of a ship on the surface.  Swimming around it were two wyvern-like things that must have been sea drakes.

So, not one, but two. (Velvet)

The sea drakes must have noticed us since they started swimming toward us very quickly.

Luna. (Skadi)

Dont have to tell me twice. (Luna)

Once the two sea drakes got close enough, I used ice magic and froze them, stored the bodies in my inventory, and created two illusions to take their place.

With that taken care of, shall we stow away? (Luna)

Everyone nodded and we started rising up to the bottom of the ship.  When we got close enough, I pulled out some hooks from my inventory and handed everyone two.  We hooked ourselves to the bottom of the ship and then I started to create mist on the surface.  After a while, the ship started moving and an hour later, we reached shallower waters again.  I expanded my vision with space magic and saw we were getting close to a large cave opening on an island.  It was covered in really long vines that, when the ship got close, started to move to the sides.  While I was doing this, I also noted the time was close to sunset.  When the ship entered the cave and stopped moving, we all unhooked ourselves from the bottom of the ship and went down to the bottom again.

Its close to sunset, so we should wait for a bit so they can all get nice and inebriated. (Luna)

Alright, just make sure to keep up the fog above. (Skadi)

Alright. (Luna)

Big sis, how much fish did you catch on the way here? (Soleil)

I didnt count.  By the way, does anyone know if sea drake tastes any good? (Luna)

Its about the same as wyvern, just a little tougher. (Skadi)

Hmm.  Ill make something with it when we finish here. (Luna)

Looking forward to it nya. (Mio)

Indeed. (Velvet)

Oh right. (Luna)

Since this mission was one of a stealthy nature, I quick changed into some black clothes that were easy to move in and my half mask.  When I was done doing that, everyone looked at me strangely.

What? (Luna)

Whats with the get up? (Velvet)

Ive had the ninja title for a while now, but never really did anything with it.  One day I decided to make myself an outfit fitting of the title just in case I ever needed to go on a quest that required stealth like this, and now were here. (Luna)

Do you have any more like that nya? (Mio)

I do.  Want one? (Luna)

Yes nya. (Mio)

I pulled another ninja outfit out and then made a domain the size of a person over Mio so she could change.  When she was done, she handed me her clothes and I stored them in my inventory.

Wow nya.  This is amazing nya.  Its so easy to move in, but I can tell its almost as good as my usual armor nya. (Mio)

I did have a bit of help from Blake. (Luna)

Dad helped with this?  Isnt he only good at blacksmithing? (Soleil)

Blacksmiths make leather armor as well, so of course he could help with this.  I mean, I have so much wyvern skin that I have no idea what to do with it all, so me and Blake got together and made several sets of stuff like this with some of it.  Heck, for fun we even made several articles of non-armor with it and then sold it to some nobles that were at the village. (Luna)

So thats where all those rumors were coming from. (Skadi)

What rumors? (Ophidia)

While I was in Savanna doing some quests, I was able to hear some gossip from some noble ladies about some of them getting some nice leather accessories.  It caused some uproar from some of them wanting to know where they got them from and if there were more available.  Now I know the source of the source of the rumors. (Skadi)

Hahaha. (Velvet)

Oh, did Velvet finally give up? (Luna)

*Sigh* Never change, Luna, never change. (Velvet)

I wasnt planning on it. (Luna)

Welcome Velvet.  Now that youve embraced it fully, you can finally enjoy everything more. (Soleil)

Glad to be here, I guess. (Velvet)

We continued to chat like this while we waited for the pirates to get plastered.

Chaos Realm:

Hmm.  I'm looking forward to how this ends.

Order: Indeed.  They all seem to be having fun even in what most would call a very dangerous situation.

Well, they have four S-rank adventurers, two on the level of S-rank, and two of those S-ranks are demigods, so they aren't in any real danger.  If anything, I feel bad for the pirates.

Order: You shouldn't, they get in the way of the order of the world, so they are better off dead.

I can get behind that reasoning.  They don't represent the good kind of chaos, so they have no more sympathy from me.

Order: Where did the other two go?

Not sure. *Puts arm around Order and brings her closer*

*Order smiles and snuggles into the side hug*