Haguka said in a jocular tone: "We should consider ourselves fishermen now, right? With a stroke of luck, we might even have a mysterious encounter like Urashima Taro."
"I'd rather not. I don't fancy only being happy for a few days in the Dragon Palace, only to return as an old, decrepit man."
"No, no, Nakao, you're mistaken." Haguka shook his head, "It was all Urashima Taro's fault. If he hadn't chosen to leave the Dragon Palace, he could have stayed in the sea and been with the Dragon Maiden forever."
"Uh..."
Nakao didn't argue against his superior on this topic.
Although they usually got along well, the senior was, after all, the senior; there was no need to contradict him on frivolous matters.
Thus, Nakao merely commented: "Well, it's just a story for kids, with the treasure-filled Dragon Palace and the breathtakingly beautiful Dragon Maiden..."
