The Heroines Want to Confess

Chapter 458 458: Blue Sky, Sandy Beach, Seawater, and…

The wooden shipwreck emitted a rotten smell.

As the two of them approached, some small fish living nearby panicked and fled. Quite a few even crashed straight into Sakurai Saki's chest, then, dazed, changed direction and continued to escape.

Two "two-legged creatures" suddenly appeared in the deep sea, something they had never seen before—if these fish weren't scared, that would be strange.

"The depth here is over one thousand meters. The deepest part of this sea area is around four thousand meters. Tracing back to the mid-19th century, there has never been any news of a treasure ship sinking in this area." Sakurai Saki stated the information he knew.

"It's fine. If someone really knew, they would have salvaged the treasure long ago."

Fujiwara Chika tried to pull her hand out of Sakurai Saki's. She was already very impatient.

Treasure, treasure, I'm here, yay!

"Yare yare."

Sakurai Saki was confident he could protect her; he just wanted to remind her not to do dangerous things out of curiosity.

"It's because Saki-kun is by my side that I dare to do this."

Fujiwara Chika added another sentence.

"…Let's go over there." Sakurai Saki didn't know what to say for a moment.

The two dived into the shipwreck, pushing aside a large layer of seaweed that blocked their view. Chika continued moving according to the guidance of the detector.

"It was probably a ship that sank at the end of the shogunate…"

Sakurai Saki was still observing the structure of the ship. At this moment, they were in the cockpit area, where the steering wheel was.

Fujiwara Chika paid no attention to those things at all. She only cared about the treasure and charged straight toward the cargo hold.

Because it had been submerged for too long, many structures had become extremely fragile.

Seeing her somewhat hasty movements, Sakurai Saki's heart pounded wildly, afraid she might get hurt.

"Aaaah——!!"

Suddenly, Chika screamed, "Bones, there are human bones."

"They're probably crew members who didn't manage to escape in time." Sakurai Saki observed and said.

Chika pointed at the skeleton. "He, he's blocking the entrance to the cargo hold."

So that's what you're afraid of?

Even after being by her side for so long, Sakurai Saki still sometimes couldn't understand Chika's way of thinking.

A chaotic, unpredictable lifeform—Fujiwara Chika.

After moving the skeleton aside, the two entered the location of the cargo hold.

As soon as the door was opened, Sakurai Saki saw quite a few mollusks lying motionless on the ground, while Fujiwara Chika focused her gaze on the stacked cargo inside. Unlike the treasure she had imagined, these wooden crates were all completely rotten.

Only a few iron crates were still intact.

Sakurai Saki also began to feel interested and swam deeper into the cargo hold with her.

"What's inside all these things?"

"The wooden crates might contain provisions. As for the iron ones, I'm not sure."

Fujiwara Chika decisively ignored the wooden crates and rushed straight to an iron one in front.

"There's no key."

"No problem." Sakurai Saki directly used force to break the iron lock protecting it.

With a clack, the contents inside were revealed—somewhat unexpected.

They turned out to be iron matchlock guns, also called teppo.

The army of the daimyo Oda Nobunaga liked using teppo very much. At the Battle of Nagashino, teppo were used to rout the cavalry of Takeda Katsuyori.

"Five-petaled quince..." Sakurai Saki picked one up and saw the family crest engraved at the butt of the gun.

That was the family crest of Oda Nobunaga.

Miku would probably like it; after all, she was a hardcore history otaku.

Chika also picked one up. "It's just iron guns?"

"These are antiques. Their value is not low at all." Seeing that she seemed not to understand, Sakurai Saki reminded her.

Even antiques don't satisfy her—what exactly is she expecting?

Or should we time-travel back to the 19th century and salvage the Laurentic? There were 3,200 gold bars weighing 44 tons on it.

"Can we sell them for money?"

"…After selling them, we'd probably get arrested."

"Umu." Fujiwara Chika threw the gun down.

If the treasure was only this, it was really boring.

"Beep beep beep—"

The detector in her hand made a sound again.

Following the guidance, Chika moved toward another crate beside it.

"Saki-kun, come over here, this one looks really impressive."

"What is it?"

Sakurai Saki swam over to her side and examined the crate she was talking about—gold-inlaid edges all around, extremely luxurious, just short of directly writing "I am treasure" on it.

After unlocking it.

Fujiwara Chika excitedly opened it, then tilted her head.

What is this?

"I didn't expect it to be porcelain." Sakurai Saki thought for a moment and felt it actually made a lot of sense.

"There isn't even any gold."

Chika had thought she would see something glittering with golden light.

The result… that's all?

"This is much more expensive than gold. If taken to auction, each piece could sell for nearly a billion yen at the very least."

"Then we..."

"Let's just leave them buried here. Their origin can't be explained." Sakurai Saki also didn't understand why Chika was so obsessed with money.

He was even planning to help Chika become the female Prime Minister of Japan one day—being too greedy for money wouldn't be good.

"Alright then."

After hearing that these porcelain items were very expensive, Fujiwara Chika already felt that her treasure-hunting desire had been satisfied.

After flipping open a few more crates.

The two ended their exploration and swam back up toward the sea surface.

The final result.

There was absolutely no progress on the confession matter.

Sakurai Saki felt that it was all Chika's fault.

This girl was really way too impulsive!

That's why, up until now, nothing had happened between Sakurai Saki and Chika—the problem on Chika's side was really not small.

As for things like that, especially the first time, Sakurai Saki wanted to do his best to leave the girl with a good impression. Unfortunately, Chika didn't give him the chance.

Hopefully, this seaside vacation would allow them to find a suitable opportunity.

...

The next morning.

The group arrived at the seaside island at their destination.

Sunlight, sandy beaches, pale blue seawater.

Private property of the Shinomiya family, still not fully developed, with only a few villas built close to the shore.

The yacht docked at the pier.

Sakurai Saki was the only male present, carrying a lot of miscellaneous items.

The girls each carried a small suitcase with clothes and daily necessities, dressed lightly in summer outfits, walking ahead of him.

From time to time, a gentle breeze blew past, lifting the hems of their tops and skirts, revealing fair, smooth thighs.

Shirogane Kei adjusted the straw hat on her head, slowed her pace, and walked over beside Sakurai Saki. The white one-piece dress on her body gave off a pure and fresh feeling, like a lily quietly blooming—

"Saki-nii, do you need help?"

"These things aren't heavy, it's fine."

"Sigh, if aniki could come along, that would be great. He could carry things for you, so Saki-nii wouldn't get tired..." Shirogane Kei thought of her good older brother who was all the way in America—mm, mainly because she didn't want Sakurai Saki to get tired.

Sakurai Saki didn't know how to retort for a moment.

Shirogane Miyuki wasn't a luggage-carrying tool.

"Speaking of which, Kei-chan will be entering high school next year, right?"

"Umu."

Shirogane Kei nodded.

Unfortunately, by the time she entered high school, Sakurai Saki would already be in college, and the senpai she knew would be as well. In the end, only Iino Miko and Ishigami Yuu would remain.

"I've already made plans with Iino-senpai. When the time comes, I'll join her student council."

Very soon.

The group arrived at the villa.

After tidying up their luggage.

Fujiwara Chika picked up a volleyball, looking like she was about to play beach volleyball.

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