Exploring the Dimension After Reincarnation: Academic

Sail

“No!” this is the short answer that the fisherman gave.

“Please, Fisherman...” Szesc fused his palms together with his bowed head. “I need to wade through this ocean to get Jormungand photos closer and clearer.”

This was definitely a false excuse, moreover this reason was also strange. Not many normal people will challenge death just for their careers on social media, and this is what Szesc is currently doing. No, there are still enough people in the sosmed to challenge death to create a viral content. This is what I got from online media.

“Once no, keep no!” Fisherman shook his head. “Which way I might allow you to go to sea when a penny that big is looking for its prey. You will only make yourself into a meatball as food.”

“No need to worry about that, I am very confident in my abilities!” Szesc raised his head spontaneously and placed his hand on his waist. “Also, I will pay for your ship, as well as the cost if it gets destroyed. This is not a bad offer, is it?”

“I told you already, the problem is not with my canoe, but it is with your safety.” The old woman reiterated, “Sampan can still be replaced at a later date, but once you die, then everything is over! I can't let the younger generation who still have a long life like you die right now.”

“Check..,” pinta Szesc.

“Even if you indemnify all the damage done to my belongings, my reputation will be ruined for letting someone go to the ocean just to deliver his life.” He sighed. “I can't do that, and I won't allow you to either.”

“Guh! You're stubborn, Fisherman. I'll find the others!” Szesc stomped his feet on the wooden board along with himself who went away.

‘Am I not the last person you negotiated with?’ The fisherman looked at Szesc's back as he left, before he turned around and continued, ‘Young people today. They do not always endanger their lives just to get a challenge. It reminds me of my old days when people were too enthusiastic about hunting something.’

•••••

“Heh! Less well, yes. Would it be better if you stopped your plan on this one and made another one?” shoggoth asked in a whisper.

“No! I refuse!” Szesc's reply was also slow. “I still have the option to dive. But it would be too tiring if it did get to the middle of the sea. Earlier I did not think too much about it because I would rest after arriving, but this time the next goal was to fight, so doing this would be a little risky.”

“Hehehe..., you have to work really hard to do something safe like this. Something will not move as easily and according to what you imagine. This is an experience I got after living for hundreds of years.”

Szesc headed to the side of the road and stopped there. “What is it that makes you live in a sea cave instead of venturing all over the world?”

Of course, Szesc was not too stupid to stop on the street and interfere with the activities of the people there. Although the tourism business is crowded and beyond fisheries, there are still many fishermen who take advantage of the arrival of Jormungand to get more pocket money by picking up scared fish and heading to the mainland.

“Ya, more or less like that.” Shoggoth. “They had a good ability to create a chain of command and put together a good coordination and managed to hurt myself. Although I am not dead, but having a reduced amount of body volume is very troubling for me to recover. I prefer to stay in the cave and collect my volume before destroying this world in one fell swoop.”

‘Nge-Nger…! It turns out that I have made a cooperation with a creature that wants to destroy the world.’ Szesc shuddered at the thought.

Szesc continued his journey after a brief conversation that felt like the monologue. Shoggoth was silent afterwards because he had no other topic to speak of.The atmosphere between them became calm, with Szesc catching the sound of the crowd around him. In this fused atmosphere, the sky was still bright blue and people were doing their respective jobs.

“Hmm…? What is it?” Szesc's attention was on something.

It was the receptionist he met just a moment ago. The receptionist was sitting on a bench of a food stall and overlooking the blue ocean. In his hand was a glass of cold chocolate and he sucked the contents very quickly. His eyes were blank, unlike before, where he was eager to serve customers and others.

Because of his curiosity, Szesc approached this person even though the relationship between them was very shallow. They only talked to each other for a few minutes. Even their friendship still hasn't established it. But a sense of curiosity about why this person was there led Szesc to approach him, ignoring the relationship between the two of them.

‘This woman is a person who is very determined to maintain his business, even she does not leave the table even though the place becomes quiet without visitors. Strange, why was he there in such a moody mood, huh?’

Szesc stood in front of the receptionist before saying, “Good afternoon. What makes you in this place?” Giving a friendly smile like before.

“Hmm...” He looked flatly at Szesc, and said, “You, ‘kan..., Customers who previously?”

Yep, he had a very flat tone of speech under his deteriorating mood. This made Szesc think, ‘Ah. Honestly, I don't want to talk about what happened to her after hearing her tone. But if I don't talk about this, then I won't be able to help him in overcoming the problem he is having.’

“Se-It looks like you are in trouble, yes,” he continued with a smile but a little doubtful. “If you are in trouble, you can tell me about yourself. I may not be of much help, but this is better than bearing all the burdens alone. And if it's still in my power, I'll help you.”

“No need,” The short-bodied woman shook her head slowly, then continued, “This is my personal matter. You as an outsider need not trouble yourself in this matter.” He fixed his eyes on Szesc's eyes. “I'm sure, at least you yourself also have some busy to do.”