Manuke FPS

Wha?!” 

I moved from my hiding spot as I saw a girl fall down right above me.
She screamed for a moment as she was thrown before losing consciousness  I couldn’t see who threw her.
Maybe he lost interest in her after throwing her and returned to his own dwelling in the cave.
I moved to intercept the falling girl with my head and arms above the waterline.
It was important to protect the head, right? 

So, I caught her – enveloping her head while being pushed into the sea as if to let the water absorb the impact.
The splash should have been loud, yet my sensor didn’t pick up any changes to the environment.
Either it was because I was sinking into the sea, or maybe this was a daily occurrence. 

While submerged, I turned to the girl, who faced me while fainted, and grabbed her from behind.
I didn’t want to wake her and have her freak out while in the water.
Holding her from behind, I moved into the ship’s shadow again.
I poked our heads out of the water, checking the surroundings to see if anyone came to investigate the splash. 

Should I return to the U-Boat now…? 

Careful as to not let her head sink below the water, I moved slowly and quietly away from the island.
I checked many times using my NV and FLIR modes, yet I never saw any pirates keeping watch.
Do you think anyone wouldn’t find their homebase? Or were they just not using a 24-hour surveillance system? 

I was grateful for that.
Using the TSS I took out the lifeboat and a Gift Box from my inventory.
I took out a blanket and wrapped it around the girl.
The lifeboat itself was equipped with a rear motor, but if someone heard an unfamiliar sound, they may investigate.
Thus, I removed the oar attached to the inside of the boat and rowed away.

While I rowed, I looked at the unconscious girl.
She was a normal girl with wet chestnut hair, wearing a piece of garment that I couldn’t call clothes, and no underwear.
Was she in her mid-teens? The overall impression was that she was thin.
What kind of life did you have on that island?

— The sound of cracking could be heard from the oars in my hands, perhaps due to the strong resistance from the waves.
After some distance, I summoned the U-Boat, carried the girl onboard and then laid her down on a bed in the living quarters.
I took off her wet clothes and wiped her down dry.
I then covered her with a thin comforter and left. 

There was a possibility of her getting sick if she remained wet.
She may also wake up confused, so I should stay close to her.
There was something I wanted to do before I went to meet up with Ashley.
I left the submarine and headed back to the island. 

When I returned to the U-Boat, I saw the blip in the living quarters moving about.
The girl had woken up, though I couldn’t hear her, she appeared confused and screaming.
She seemed to know she was in a room, or maybe she calmed down after exhausting herself.
I opened the heavy door that connected to the living quarters, and the blip moved after she apparently noticed the door opening slowly because I saw the blp wandering after jumping from the bed. 

“Yo, did you wake up?”

The girl would be scared after being trapped in a strange room.
I entered the room slowly and gently spoke out. 

“Kyyaaa!”

Oh, I’m still the ghost captain Yona… What should I do… Could she talk in this state? The girl sat in the corner of the bed, wrapped in the blanket.
Her eyes were wide and trembled with fear.
However, she didn’t avert her gaze from Yona’s skeleton face.
It couldn’t be helped, we couldn’t keep this up.

I sat on the opposite side of the bed where the girl escaped, and talked to her while facing her. 

“I’m Yona, what’s your name?

“… Mimi.”

“Well, Mimi – do you want to eat?”

Without hearing her reply, a giftbox appeared from my inventory.
I took out a lunch box and a cup as well as my magical water flask.
The room was silent while the girl watched.
Mimi didn’t understand that had just happened. 

“Here, you’re hungry, right? Eat.”

I placed the lunch box on the edge of the bed, poured some water into the cup, and presented it to Mimi.
Perhaps she couldn’t keep up with me? Her gaze went back and forth between the items and my face.
Fear of the skeleton before her, and her parched throat.
After swallowing some saliva, she reached out and received the cup, but she didn’t drink it.
Her eyes still wandered between my face and the cup. 

Since she took the cup, it should be alright.
I sat back on the other side of the bed and poured myself a drink before drinking it all in one go.
She also drank her water vigorously – perhaps finding relief in my actions.
Will this calm her down a little?

“Eat your bento.”

I pointed to the lunch box that Mimi, without knowing, put beside her.
Sadly, it didn’t seem that the lunch box had reached Amar.
She didn’t appear to know there was food inside of it.

“Bento?”

I opened the box I’d taken out for myself and showed the beautifully partitioned food inside.
Once I did so, she understood and opened her box as well, and began to eat as vigorously as she drank.
I wondered if this alleviated her fear a little bit.
While thinking, I cut to the chase…

“I have some questions to ask.”