Chapter 10

※The author has translated the text from Paranya language into Japanese.

010 "The Maiden and the Pirate"

I am Metty Hilda.

I am a fourteen-year-old who loves books and lives on Environ Island. It’s more accurate to say I am the eldest daughter of the Hilda General Store.

I aspire to become a scientist someday.

Well, it’s not that easy, though.

I boarded a ship to take the entrance exam at a university on the mainland, but I was attacked by vicious pirates.

I managed to avoid being captured by the pirates, but as a result, I ended up drifting on an unmanned ship.

To be honest, I was very scared.

But that man saved me.

A stranger who spoke the ancient language that everyone has forgotten… but he was a very kind man.

Apparently, my Japanese is quite accented, and I’m a bit worried about how he perceives me.

I hope he doesn’t think I’m weird.

Not only did he rescue me, but he also listened to my wishes and helped other children.

The scene at the theater is something I can never forget.

Illuminated by the light filtering through the collapsed ceiling, he smiled on the stage.

It was like a scene from a myth, and it was truly divine.

"It’s okay now, you don’t need to be afraid anymore."

When he smiled and said that, I was honestly taken aback.

Just thinking about it makes my heart race even now.

But despite doing so much for us, he didn’t ask for anything in return.

He simply said, "I wanted to help."

A steel-like reliability that could shatter all the injustice and terror in the world, whether from pirates or slave traders… no, everything.

At the same time, he possessed a kindness like that of a saint from a myth, almost like… well.

He is truly a mysterious person.

He delivered all the captured girls back to their hometowns.

He doesn’t seem to have any specific plans after that.

Oh, right.

What about coming to Environ Island?

If I tell the townspeople that he saved my life, they probably won’t be afraid.

Since he doesn’t seem to have a place to go, I feel like I can repay him a little by providing a place where he can rest in peace.

Also, I want to investigate that mysterious flying ship more… hehehe, that ship is amazing.

Not only in Paranya, but in the neighboring countries, there is no technology to build such a ship. It’s impossible.

So, that man and his ship must have come from a distant world.

They say so themselves.

On Environ Island, there are legends about mysterious travelers who came from a distant world.

Japanese is one of them, said to have been used by our ancestors.

Yes, I am a descendant of those mysterious people who came from a distant world.

So, I might be a distant relative of that man.

Yes, I should definitely invite him to stay on Environ Island.

And if I can learn the advanced science from that distant world… it seems like it would be much more educational than going to university!

Well, the future is looking bright!

Hehehe.

I’m glad I didn’t give up and kept trying until the end.

Thank you, Captain.