Chapter 274: The Giant Baby of the Hard-Shell Tower! Princess Shirahoshi
Inside the Hard-Shell Tower, Princess Shirahoshi was still clutching the plush pillow that seemed like a small mountain to an ordinary person.
She kept her eyes tightly shut, her massive, delicate body trembling violently like a leaf in the late autumn wind.
However, time ticked by second by second.
No earth-shattering explosion of a giant axe smashing through the wall reached her ears, nor did she feel any impact.
Instead, a gentle and soothing voice rang out in the room: "It is alright, Princess Shirahoshi. You do not need to be afraid anymore."
Hearing this completely unfamiliar voice, Shirahoshi stopped trembling.
She cautiously opened her beautiful eyes, which were as clear as giant water lanterns and filled with glistening tears.
At the same time, Tatsuya, who was hovering in mid-air, was looking at her quietly with a gentle, smiling curve on his lips.
On the surface, Tatsuya appeared calm and composed, but deep down, he was mentally exclaiming wildly: "…Isn't this too big?!"
"Seeing it in person, this size is even more exaggerated than it looked in the original work!"
Tatsuya's figure slowly descended in mid-air, landing silently on the edge of the incredibly huge bed in front of Shirahoshi.
He did not hide his gaze at all, unabashedly looking up and down at Shirahoshi's impossibly massive body.
This was not out of any profane thoughts.
He was purely filled with uncontrollable amazement and curiosity toward this unique life form that completely broke the common understanding of human biology.
Looking at that magnificent, long fish tail covered in pink scales, Tatsuya even felt an urge in his heart, unable to resist wanting to reach out and touch the real texture of those scales.
Watching the giant mermaid before him, who was dozens of times larger than himself yet crying pitifully from the shock, Tatsuya suddenly felt that this "giant coward" with such extreme contrast actually had a very strange sense of cuteness.
Shirahoshi looked at the black-clad human who had suddenly appeared and was walking towards her, the fear in her heart that had not yet fully subsided surging up again.
She subconsciously took a deep breath and opened her mouth, wanting to wail loudly to vent her inner panic and unease.
Tatsuya was quick-witted and took action first.
He tilted his head slightly, extended a long index finger, and gently placed it against his lips, making a "shh" gesture: "Although I would be happy to be your listener, if you cry out loud now, the guards of Ryugu Palace will rush in immediately.
"By then, things will become troublesome."
Watching Shirahoshi force herself to hold back the wail that was about to burst out, with tears swirling in her eyes, she revealed a pitiful and delicate expression, paired with her massive yet incredibly fragile body.
Deep in Tatsuya's heart, an inexplicable tenderness suddenly emerged without warning.
This feeling was quite strange… It was as if he were facing a giant child who, despite being huge in size, had not yet grown up mentally.
This also made him soften his tone unconsciously.
The smile full of affinity on Tatsuya's face silently smoothed over the fragile psychological defense in Shirahoshi's heart.
Although she was still sobbing intermittently, the original fear in her eyes as she looked at Tatsuya had dissipated for the most part, replaced by a sense of confusion and a hint of imperceptible curiosity.
"Who… who are you… why did you save me just now…" Shirahoshi's voice was soft, timid, and carried a thick nasal tone.
To further soothe this frightened princess, Tatsuya took a step forward.
He reached out his right hand and gently patted the back of Shirahoshi's hand, which was much larger than his entire body.
"Don't be afraid, I am a friend of your father, and your father sent me here to help you solve your troubles." Tatsuya told a white lie without blushing or skipping a beat.
"Father!" Hearing this word that brought the most sense of security, Shirahoshi's hanging heart finally settled back into her chest.
She patted her ample chest with her huge palm and let out a long sigh of relief.
"So that is it, thank you very much for saving me."
After confirming that the other party was not a bad person, because she had not had contact with any strangers other than her family for ten years, and it was rare for someone to come here to talk to her, the floodgates of Shirahoshi's long-suppressed words opened up like a bursting dam.
Tatsuya sat smiling on the edge of the huge bed, listening quietly to Shirahoshi's intermittent recounting.
She poured out her helplessness and fear from being imprisoned in darkness for ten years; she poured out her lingering hatred for the madman named Vander Decken.
And, that deep longing and yearning for the vast outside world and the "Sea Forest," the resting place of her mother, buried deep in her heart.
Unknowingly, the atmosphere inside the tower became peaceful.
After listening to Shirahoshi's story, Tatsuya slowly stood up.
He raised his head and looked deeply at the heavy door that had been damaged by the aftermath of the giant axe earlier.
"Since the door is already broken, the cage that traps you will no longer exist from now on."
Tatsuya turned his head and looked into Shirahoshi's eyes, which were full of anticipation.
"You want to see the outside world, right? Let's go, I will take you."
Hearing this incredible proposal, a light of disbelief and surprise instantly burst forth in Shirahoshi's eyes.
Just as Tatsuya was preparing to use his ability to take Shirahoshi away from this cage, "Roar—!" A huge grayish-white figure suddenly rushed out from a dark corner of the room.
That was Shirahoshi's pet shark that she had raised since she was little—"Megalo."
As an animal, Megalo possessed an acute intuition far beyond that of humans.
It vaguely sensed that this seemingly gentle man in black before it harbored a terrifying sense of oppression capable of destroying everything.
Out of instinct to protect its master, it mistakenly thought that Tatsuya wanted to harm Shirahoshi and, without hesitation, opened its huge mouth filled with sharp teeth, intending to bite Tatsuya.
Facing Megalo's fierce attack, Tatsuya only glanced sideways slightly.
In his left eye socket, that scarlet Mangekyo Sharingan slowly emerged, with three black tomoe slowly rotating in the pupil.
"Have a good sleep, you loyal little guy."
Accompanied by Tatsuya's low murmur, a gentle mental wave instantly and accurately struck the mid-air Megalo.
Megalo, which had just been fierce and menacing, immediately lost focus in its eyes and became hazy.
Its massive body seemed to have all its strength drained in an instant, and it collapsed powerlessly onto the soft big bed.
What was comical was that this beast even had a look of peaceful satisfaction on its face, falling into a sweet dream just like that without any defense, letting out a slight snoring sound.
Watching Tatsuya subdue the ferocious Megalo so lightly, Shirahoshi couldn't help but cover her mouth with her hands, letting out an exclamation full of disbelief.
This smiling big brother is really amazing!
Tatsuya turned his head and looked at the eyes full of worship and amazement in Shirahoshi's huge eyes, and the corner of his mouth curved into a gentle arc again.
Awesome!
He did not delay any longer, pressed his hands together gently in front of his chest, then turned to face Shirahoshi, palms upward, and made a lifting gesture.
In an instant, a vast and boundless gravitational force quickly formed throughout the entire Hard-Shell Tower.
This invisible force was like a pair of gentle giant hands, steadily lifting Shirahoshi's mountain-like, massive, and heavy body into the air.
Shirahoshi let out a soft exclamation, feeling this wonderful experience of weightlessness, her eyes full of novelty.
Tatsuya moved, flying out first through the dilapidated door of the Hard-Shell Tower.
He passed through the seawater and hovered steadily in the deep blue deep sea above Ryugu Palace.
He turned his head, facing the shimmering light from above, and made a "please" gesture to Shirahoshi, who was still exclaiming in the tower: "Come, Princess Shirahoshi…"
"Go and see the world you have dreamed of."
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