After getting ready, we headed to the beach.
“Alright. Now I’ll teach you how to free dive.”
Lulu is our teacher today. Although Lulu is a laid-back girl, she’s an active fisherman. She is an expert swimmer too.
By the way, I also changed into thick trunks so I can go for a swim.
“Please change into these shoes first.”
Lulu offered me a pair of tabi-like shoes that could be used for swimming.
“Why do we need this?”
“It’s so that you don’t hurt your feet on the rocks. Here, Char-chan.”
“Char don’t need it!”
Char goes barefoot wherever she goes. Well, with her dragon skin, she should be fine even in those rocky areas.
But Lulu doesn’t really know about Char’s power yet, so she looked at me worriedly.
“Char will be fine. She’s used to running around barefoot.”
“But……”
“Really, no need. I even went barefoot in the cave! I was scolded by Noirdo-sensei for trampling on precious mineral crystals.”
There was indeed such an incident.
It was a beautiful crystal, but Char turned it to dregs. Sensei looked heartbroken that time…….
With the shoe matter settled, we decided to practice first. We went by boat to a relatively shallow area. The seabed was about three meters deep, but the waves are calm, so it is not that scary.
“Now let’s practice free diving. By the way, Cedie, you can swim, right?”
I nodded proudly. The territory of Dantes Family is by the sea, so I have been familiar with the sea since I was a child. Of course, I am also a good swimmer.
I gently get off the boat and entered the water.
“How about you Char-chan? Can you swi—e, eeh!?”
Char suddenly jumped into the sea. And starts moving at high speed.
“Ahahahaha!”
Char swims with great force, splashing water around, but her speed is extraordinary.
Even Olympic athletes can’t swim that fast….
“It’s the first time I’m doing this, but this is so fun!”
As expected, dragons are out of the norm.
“W-wait, is this your first time!? I mean, how do you even swim?”
When she said that, I noticed something. Char barely moved her limbs.
“Char, come here.”
“What is it, Father?”
She swam up to me and hugged me by the nape of my neck.
“Just how on earth did you—eh, a tail?”
A long dragon tail grew out of Char’s buttocks. When I noticed it, Char smiled happily. The long tail is slapping the surface of the sea.
“I can swim faster with my tail. It feels good!”
I see, that was the reason behind it huh.
“C-Char-chan is really a dragon huh……”
“I’m a Yellow Dragon, the strongest species!”
Lulu was taken aback and was left speechless.
“Looks like Char can manage by herself. Lulu can focus on teaching me how to free dive then.”
“R-right. Then, let’s get started. First of all, relax your body and take a deep breath. Take in lots of fresh air into your body.”
“Okay, I’ll try.”
I took a deep breath.
“Now, lie face down in the water. Your gaze should be fixed at the bottom of the sea.”
Again, I did as I was told. The sea is shining in the sunlight. I could see colorful seaweed and small fish swimming vigorously.
Then I heard Lulu’s voice in my ear.
“Try diving your head straight down without changing your line of sight. Bend your waist and be aware that your body should be curved like the corner of a box.”
Oh, I need to bend my waist at a right angle huh.
“Once your head is in, bring your legs straight up and make your body look like a stick. Then paddle the water with your hands. Go ahead and try it.”
I did as I was told.
It was hard to dive against the buoyancy, but the sea was so beautiful that I forgot about it.
“How was it?”
When I looked up from the water, Lulu supported my body.
“I couldn’t dive very deep. I couldn’t hold my breath any longer.”
Lulu can dive more than five meters, but I made it up to two meters at most, I think.
“It’s like that at first, you just have to get used to it. I also use weights when I dive deep.”
“Oh~, then can I dive deeper with weights?”
“Yes. But in Cedie’s case, you can’t do that yet. I’ve gotten used to it for a long time. By the way, I found this.”
Lulu lifted a bag of sea urchins.
Gandalcia’s sea urchin is quite large.
“Oh, those are fine sea urchins. I think it’s going to be worth eating.”
“Are you sure you want to eat these?”
Eating habits are hard to change. For now, let’s start by cooking it and have them taste it.
I’ll eat it raw though.
“Father, I have captured a monster with scissors!”
Char, who was diving freely into the sea, suddenly appeared beside us. She is holding a large creature in each hand.
“Oh, isn’t that a lobster?”
“Yes. That one is delicious too.”
“Oh my, this is delicious!? I’ll catch some more!”
Char tossed the lobster into the bucket on the boat and then she dived back into the water.
Today’s catch was great. We caught eighteen lobsters and four abalones. We found a total of 20 sea urchins. I also caught four by diving.
Next time, I want to be able to dive deeper. It may be useful to have flippers like those for skin diving. I think there was such a piece of equipment in the Island Maker game. But I don’t remember how to get it.
Well, let’s look forward to it in the future.
For now, I’m working my own to improve my diving skills.
“Father, I have plucked the abalone!”
When we catch abalone, we usually use a knife, but Char does it with her bare hands.
Yup, she’s transformed her upper arm into a dragon’s arm. Char’s hands are covered with sharp dragon claws.
“Let’s grill and eat lobster on the shore.”
“I agree!”
Before I could say anything, Char already started swimming towards the shore.
This is translated by Yume Neiji. Kindly read at yumeineijiworks.wordpress.com.
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As is usually the case, dragons are OP. I don’t know what the orientals were thinking when they tried to pin us tigers as their equal. I don’t breath fire!
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