Published at 7th of May 2023 7:54 pm

Chapter 319: Two Hopeless Swimmer

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「I wish we can play to our heart’s content in a place much wider than this」

After we’ve done eating the salt-grilled sweetfish and are putting our feet in the water to cool off, Torr - who sits beside me - muttered like that.

「Well, the river in Koryatt village is not that big after all. If there is such a place, then it will be the lake, I guess?」

「But, isn’t it too dangerous if we go too deep?」

Just as Asmo says, it’s a little dangerous to play in the lake. The water is deep and aquatic plants also grow on the shallows. It’s not a very good alternative place for children to play.

「Sooー, I wish there was a river with just the right depth around here! A wide and safe place where you don’t have to worry about things like the depths of the water and the stones!」

「There’s no way there is such a convenient river with that condition, you know」

「If there’s none then why don’t we build it」

「「You can make it!?」」

The moment I said that, Torr and Asmo looked in my direction with surprised expressions on their faces.

It’s not like I have a problem being looked at by people, but there is something visually distressing when the two of them turn around to look at me like that together.

「I can use magic after all」

If you use Earth and Water magic, you can also make the depths of the water fixed, and I can make a pool without having to worry about any obstruction or such.

Having made up my mind, I stand up and immediately take action.

While taking a suitable distance from the river, a flat ground where there are not a lot of trees is preferred.

After walking for a bit, I found a flat ground place where the grass is growing on it but has no trees.

「Yosh, I will use this place then」

If it’s here, it’s going to be fine if I were to build a temporary, fifty meters pool.

After choosing the spot, I hold my hand out toward the ground and cast an Earth magic. Thus, the place where there was nothing before suddenly sink.

「「Ooohhh! Amazing!」」

Torr and Asmo also raise their voice in surprise at this.

「It’s the flashiest among the magic Al used so far!」

「Un, it’s more magical somehow」

Oi oi, I’ve always been using magic, right? So I thought, but I feel like I’ve only used relatively simple magic like making cups, and chairs, or spraying cold air in front of these two.

Well, guess it may be inevitable for them to say that.

Despite feeling a little sad, I continue to dig down and make the shape of the ground into a rectangle with Earth magic. Twenty meters in size should be enough.

Since the simple base is finished, I go down into the pool and hold my hand out to the ground to harden the ground by magically compressing it.

「Ahh, now it looks like the usual Al’s」

「I don’t really understand what happens but it became plain」

「It’s important to compress and evenly harden the ground with Earth magic, you know!」

When it comes to things this big, the magic compression is tough. And, to be able to do it precisely, I can actually do this from a distance, but it’s much better and guaranteed if I properly touch the ground directly like this.

Because of that, my appearance in using magic has become plain as if I move and hold my hand over the ground.

People who completely have no idea about magic like Torr and Asmo appear to not understand the troubles I’m going through, they are laughing foolishly at my action.

Oh well, whatever. People might say that it’s plain, but I will only do what I want to do.

Since I went to the pool floor, I will make pool steps to put one's foot on and handrails on the wall so that it will be easier to go up.

I climb up while checking the ease of putting my foot on it then I make a diving board.

And just to be sure, I also make the area around the pool flat.

「Next is just to fill the pool with Water magic!」

Climbing on the diving board, I cast Water magic. I gather the water in the air, and then I pour it down into the pool all at once.

Perhaps it’s because of a large amount of water pouring in powerfully that it makes a *bwoosh* sound as the water bursts into the pool.

「「Oooohhh!」」

Since it will be kinda frustrating if they’re gonna call it ‘plain’ again, I made them more flashy but their reaction doesn’t seem to be bad.

As the water continue to pour into the pool, the pool was filled with water in no time at all.

However, the bottom of the pool is earthy colored so the color you can see through the clear water is also brown. Since it’s not pale bluish in color like the pools in my previous life, I feel like it looks a little lacking in giving you the feeling of coolness.

「Amazing! If it’s like this then we can play to our heart’s content!」

「There are also no stones or weeds in the water, and it’s also not deep!」

Although, it appears that Torr and Asmo don’t seem to care that much about that, and they are genuinely happy with the result.

Then it was worth making this.

「Now then, shall we swim here」

「Swim?」

When I say that while taking my clothes off, Torr asks with a puzzled look.

「Hm? You want a large space cause you want to swim, don’t you?」

「A, ahh, right. Then, let’s swim」

Torr starts to take off his clothes while looking uncomfortable with it when I ask.

....this guy, could it be he can’t swim?

When I try to glance at Asmo, I saw that he was grinning.

Such a nasty expression was the same as the time when snow piled up that time.

So I slowly nod as I understood what Asmo was about to do after this.

As Asmo nodded and prepare himself with his hands ready, I also prepare myself like him.

After that, we match our timing, and pushed him with all our might into the pool as Torr was about to take his top shirt off.

「「Goー!」」

「Uooh, waaaaahhh!」

Torr screams, but the sound of splashing of water can be heard after as if to drown out his scream.

Then bubbles rise from the water, and Torr’s face emerges from the water's surface.

「Hpbahh! Ababababhh! Help me! I, I can’t swim!」

And as expected, it appears that Torr is someone who is a completely hopeless swimmer.

Torr screams while moving his hands around and splashing water everywhere.

For the normally bullish Torr to have the appearance of abandoning his pride and asking for others' help, how unusual.

Although, from Torr's - who can’t swim - point of view, there would be nothing more terrifying other than being in the water.

Honestly, why did this guy say he wanted to play in a wider space?

「Come on, grab that」

Even if I reach out for him with my hand, it won’t be able to reach his position so I made a board using Earth magic and throw it to Torr.

Then, Torr immediately rely on that board and was able to float in the water.

「Haaーhaaー, you dare did something heartless」

「You said you wanted to play in a wider space after all, so I thought you could surely swim, you know」

「Hahaha, no way, not a chance. There is no deep river here, so there are few villagers who can swim」

Asmo answered while laughing when I said that.

Oh? So that means, Asmo - who is also a villager here - can’t swim?

The moment that thought crosses my mind, I go around behind Asmo, driven by my curiosity, and pushed him into the pool.

「Dowaa! Al, you betrayed me!」

Asmo plunges headfirst into the pool after shouting at me with that kind of parting remark. A huge splash of water rises, I guess it’s due to his overwhelming weight.

I don’t remember ever saying that I’m teaming up with Asmo though.

「H, hiiiiiー! Help! My feet can’t reach the bottom!」

So apparently, Asmo is also a completely hopeless swimmer.

Even though he was pushing Torr into the water as though he can swim himself.

「Board! Give me the board!」

「Idiot! Stop it I say! The board will sink if a fatty like you carelessly puts your weight on it! Grab the other side of the board from me!」

It looks like Asmo was able to calm down now since he’s grabbing onto the board just like Torr.

After that, they move their legs awkwardly and move through the water’s surface and finally managed to reach the pool’s side.

It’s a kinda fresh experience to see people who always make fun of each other cooperate seriously like that. And it’s kinda interesting to see.

「Oraa! You better prepare yourself, Al!」

「Now is your turn!」

As I look at their action while laughing, Torr and Asmo come over and surround me.

Indeed, when I take their smooth cooperation into consideration, were they colluding with each other and going to push me into the water next, huh?

I can actually run away using magic, but I don’t know what they will do next if I do that, and I have to always keep an eye on my back.

And I can swim anyway, so shall I just quietly accept their retaliation?

As I act like I’m going to escape right away, Asmo swiftly goes around to the front and grabs both of my legs.

「Oowaah!?」

And as my legs were raised by him and I fall on my back, Torr catches my body as if to stop me from falling down and grab both of my arms.

Th, these guys are serious. Only at such a pointless time did they are making full use of their high-spec cooperation technique.

「Hehehe, the both of us will cooperate and throw you far away, y’know」

And after Torr smiled with a vulgar smile like that of a delinquent, both of them swing my body left and right as if to get the momentum to throw me while grabbing my arms and legs.

With both of my hands and feet being grabbed like that, I was helplessly being swung around left and right, then they flung me into the pool after gaining momentum.

「「Oraa!」」

I was being thrown into the air forcefully. My sights are filled with the blue sky and white clouds spreading out in the sky, and the green mountains that can be seen in the distance are very beautiful.

The time when I was flying in the air should be just a moment, but it felt like a long time.

And then, my body was pulled by gravity as if to tell me that the floating sensation is over and I drop down hard.

I enter the water, along with the splashing of water that was bigger than the time when Torr and Asmo raised before. It feels good to have the cold water wrap around my whole body.

But, I guess it’s because I was thrown from a high place and hit the water that the area around my stomach hurts a little.

I wonder why it feels this painful when you hit the water from a high place and a wide part of your body struck the water? It looks like the water is soft at a glance, so I just wish that it can also stop the impact of the landing like slime. Really, that’s pretty serious thinking.

I slowly opened my eyes while enduring the dull pain in my stomach.

The pool that I made was strongly built, the shadow is swaying at the bottom of the pool along with the change in the light. It’s very quiet as I can’t hear any sound from outside the water.

I sit still at the bottom of the pool while listening to the faint sound of flowing water.

The underwater world is quite nice. I even feel like I want to stay here forever.

I’ll make a snorkel-like thing next time and shall I also ask Logan to make a goggle?

「Oi, Al didn’t appear y’know! Are you okay Al!?」

As I was thinking about such things, I can hear Torr’s anxious-sounding voice from outside.

It looks like they are worried since I didn’t rise up to the surface at all after being thrown into the pool.

It will be troublesome if they misunderstand and thought that I drowned or something, so I interrupt my immersion in the underwater world and rise up to the surface.

「Fuuh」

「Oh, Al came out!」

When I take a breath and show my face to them, Torr and Asmo hurriedly rush over to my side and bring the board with them.

「Hahaha, don’t worry I can swim, unlike Torr and Asmo」

I perform a breaststroke as if to prove to them that I’m okay.

「What the, so you can swim!」

「……I got worried over nothing」

They usually always did stupid things, but I was a little happy that the two were really worried about me when necessary.

「I was thinking whether I should give the struggling Al the board or bully you by not giving the board to you, you know」

「Seeing you being able to swim is unexpected」

I take back what I said. These guys are trash.

「Rather than that, where did you learn to swim?」

「At the sea when I was on my trip to Kagura」

Actually, I learned it at school in my previous world, even after I reincarnate here I only remember the feeling of being able to swim, but it’s more convenient this way.

「Then teach me how to swim! I also want to be able to swim quickly!」

「Me tooー」

「Can’t be helped then. Well then, I’ll teach you how to swim」

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