VS A Giant Octopus Or Squid?

We boarded a ship and headed toward the southern island nation of Fotiatuyah.

Since it would be a voyage of several days, I splurged and secured the best room.

“Waa! Even though it’s a ship, the bed is fluffy!”

The first-class cabin was as spacious and luxurious as a hotel suite.

It even had a shower room and a huge bed.

Daphne-chan and Sui-chan—the little sister slave duo—ran around happily and jumped onto the bed.

Boing boing! The two bounced while lying on their stomachs.

“Ohh, looks fun! Then I shall too!”

Toka-chan also dove onto the king-size bed and bounced around.

“…You three, if you get too excited the bed springs will break.”

“But it’s fun!”

“….” nod nod

“Zenith, bounce together too!”

The three of them kept bouncing.

Adorable. Zenith-chan sighed in exasperation and looked at me.

“…Seyi-sama. Thank you for preparing such a wonderful room even for us slaves.”

“It’s nothing. We’re all companions. Besides, a room this big would be lonely alone.”

“““Yay! Thank you!”””

Hehe, heartwarming…

“Master. There’s even complimentary drinks here. Over.”

“You should show at least a little restraint, robo-maid…”

Cherge occupied an empty bed and drank while propping herself on an elbow.

“Two king-size beds and one sofa, huh. Then the slave girls split 2-2 on the beds. I’ll be fine on the sofa.”

“Master, what about me? Over.”

“You only go into sleep mode anyway, so the floor is enough, right?”

“I will report this to the labor standards office, over.”

What’s a labor standards office… never heard of it…

“No! Big sister should use the bed!”

“Indeed! A master on the sofa while attendants take the bed is unacceptable!”

“Eh… really? When I worked at court I slept on the sofa a lot, so I’m used to it.”

“““No!”””

And so, I ended up using the bed…

“I-It’s cramped…”

To my left and right were Daphne-chan and Sui-chan. Then Zenith-chan and Toka-chan…

With the slave girls plus a spirit, my bed became quite a situation.

Well, the bed was big to begin with, but five people was still tight…

“Master, very popular. Woo-woo. Over.”

“Don’t hog a bed by yourself, seriously…”

The trouble happened late that night.

Hearing a commotion outside, I came up to the deck.

“Don’t falter, fire, fire!”

“Damn! I can’t hit it… what speed!”

Seriously, so noisy…

What is this ruckus?

“Seyi Falt-dono!”

“Oh, you’re… Brockes-san, right?”

The handsome desert elf approached, drenched in sweat.

“Seyi-dono! Please return inside the ship! It’s dangerous here!”

“Dangerous? Did something happen…?”

“Yes. This ship is currently under attack by a mysterious giant monster.”

“A mysterious monster?”

Being attacked by a monster I understand.

There are sea-dwelling ones after all.

But what do you mean mysterious?

Then…

Something large slithered up from the sea and grabbed someone on deck.

“Gyaaa! Help—heeelp!”

“Those are… tentacles?”

A massive tentacle protruded from the sea.

With suction cups, a huge one.

“A squid… no, an octopus?”

“It never shows itself from the sea. We see its presence, but nothing more!”

“Ahh… I see… It’s attacking us from underwater.”

But mysterious? Not really.

It has to be octopus or squid.

The crew fired cannons from the deck.

But the enemy moved swiftly underwater, so none hit.

“Damn it! My precious subordinate! Uooo!”

Brockes-san rushed to save the captured desert elf.

He slashed with his massive greatsword…

“Gyaaa!”

“Lord Brockes!”

Oh dear, he got grabbed too.

“Aim for the tentacles!”

“Idiot! You’ll hit Lord Brockes and the others!”

“Damn it! What do we do?!”

Soon the tentacles began wrapping around the ship.

Ahh, this is annoying.

“Robo-maid.”

“You called, over.”

Cherge appeared in pajamas.

She wore something like a mascot suit with cat ears.

Despite being a cat, it had a pouch on the stomach.

A flying squirrel? A marsupial?

“Give me Number 13.”

“Fine, fine. Over.”

In a strangely hoarse voice, Cherge stuck her hand into the large pocket on her lower abdomen.

“Number 13~ Over.”

“Hurry up and hand it over.”

A high-grade potion. Also called the Numbers.

A special potion imbued with magic.

I swung and threw the Number 13 potion.

“Stop making noise at midnight! My cute girls will wake up!”

The potion bottle flew through the air.

The squid-or-octopus tentacle smashed it.

At that instant…

GAKIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIN…!!!!!!

“W-What!? Th-that’s impossible! The sea… froze!?”

The desert elves including Brockes-san stared in shock.

Because along with the monster beside the ship, the sea itself froze solid.

“Y-You did this… Seyi-dono? How in the world?”

“Yes. A Freeze Prison Potion. A potion that freezes the surroundings instantly.”

If the squid or octopus stays underwater and moves quickly, freezing the water solves everything.

Since I didn’t freeze the direction of travel, navigation should be fine.

“I’ll leave rescuing the captured people to you.”

“And you, Seyi-dono!?”

“I’m… going back to sleep!”

Seriously, don’t wake me in the middle of the night.

“…To neutralize that monster instantly. As expected… she is… incredible. If it is her, then surely our nation’s crisis…”

Brockes-san muttered something to himself.