It was a bit unexpected, so I raised my surprised voice.
Kutira-chan wondered rather than nodded. I guessed she understand that we didn’t get the question she just asked.
「Well, just a moment, I will give more detail for that question!」(Kutira)
Kutira-chan declared so and shook his fingers.
She seems about to say the magic word that is necessary to activate magic.
「Dancing with the flow of water!」(Kutira)
Her voice resounded in the water, and something happened.
The flow of water started to drift with clear intention.
The directional ocean current floats many books arranged on the bookshelf in the room and carries it before Kutira-chan.
The language in those books are in different world languages and can’t be read as it is.
However, the meaning of all of them can be deciphered by the effect of language translation.
「Are these…?」(Arge)
It was all kinds of books.
There were many language: the empire, the republic, the kingdom, and even some languages that I haven’t seen yet.
But there seem to be no ancient spiritual language.
Those books are obviously old, probably due to seawater. It is regretful.
In other words, the books here were sunk in the ocean long before this undersea city was built.
「So many books…」(Arge)
「Yes, I have studied, learned, and dreamed, how great was it if I could manage a city just like the world on the ground」(Kutira)
「Kutira-chan, are you … trying to reproduce the outside world’s city?」(Arge)
「Well … You’re right!」(Kutira)
As I heard that, I finally realized the identity of my discomfortable.
The feeling of incompatibility that I had all the time.
It was because this city is too close to that of a human being.
There are many kinds of marine demons with different breathing type, the number of feet is also different. Some are good at swimming, some aren’t, some are carnivorous and some are herbivorous.
For a city with so many diverse tribes live,『It is too neat』
It was as if someone decided this from the beginning, the houses were made the same, the width of the road was exactly the same.
It’s an undersea city like a whole castle city on the ground.
However the place that Kutira-chan live is a mansion rather than a castle.
「I wanted to create it. A place where I can afford a great deal for those who live on the seabed. Therefore I read innumerable books and fish them and apply what I thought was good from there to this city」(Kutira)
「In other words, the reason you invited us…」(Arge)
「Yes, I wanted to ask if this city is really going with the right direction」(Kutira)
It’s like a little child boasting a sand castle made by herself.
Kutira-chan narrowed her golden eyes and laughed proudly.
「And I also wanted to know if it was any good to have an exchange with the other countries on the ground」(Kutira)
「Exchange, is it?」(Arge)
That was a surprising word.
Because this town could complete self-resupply.
There’s no need to exchange anything, it’s peaceful and complete.
A complete environmental city in the deep sea.
There maybe some foreign enemies or problems, but there’s still no need to have exchanges with the outside.
「Queen, I don’t think there’s any need for exchange here」(Zeno)
Yes, just like Zeno-kun said. Which is why we don’t understand the reason we invited us.
Reason why she brought something she doesn’t need.
We were at a loss because Zeno and I couldn’t understand it.
Kutira-chan looked at us with her the golden eyes.
It’s very pure, like an amber swaying between waves.
She told us a small question with that innocent gaze.
「We don’t have to exchange? Who decided that we shouldn’t exchange?」(Kutira)
「Eh…」(Zeno)
「I just want to do it.
I want to see more things than to live quietly in this bottom sea.
I want to know more. I won’t get it from a wet and dirty book, it’s better to see with my own eyes」(Kutira)
「Kutira-chan … Do you really want to do that?」(Arge)
「Well, I can’t say that it’s good for my people …
but still, I want someone to know about this country,
I want it was known somewhere else not just here
There’s a place that people I can live, calmly, richly, freely, even at the bottom of the ocean」(Kutira)
It wasn’t necessity but rather what she wanted.
She is surely longing for the outside world. Just like me was imprisoned.
That’s why this city was built. For her own wish.
Just like I am searching for a place where I can take a nap. The place that I want.