I used teleportation to instantly snatch Barbossa's sword and returned to Carina. The sailors, who had been laughing heartily, all fell silent at once. A heavy stillness flowed over the Queen Anne's Revenge.
"Barbossa, does it still seem like a joke?"
"How... how is this possible..."
Barbossa, as if he couldn't believe it, groped the now-empty spot on his waist where his sword had vanished an instant before.
"Of course! It's not free. You may not know it, but I've brought your most precious treasure."
As if snapping back to his senses at my words, Barbossa looked at me with an angry face and spoke.
"I don't know how you did it, but how would a sword-thieving scoundrel like you know what my most precious treasure is!?"
"Carina!"
I turned around and called Carina. Startled by the many sudden events and not fully composed, Carina had been standing dazedly behind me. When I called, she hurriedly answered.
"Yes? Me??"
I pointed at Barbossa and said to Carina.
"He's your father."
"Wha, what did you say!?"
"What!!??"
With incredulous, shocked expressions, Barbossa and Carina asked simultaneously.
"Ah, to avoid misunderstanding, let me explain first. Barbossa, as you can see, is a notorious pirate with many enemies. He wanted you to live an ordinary life rather than a dangerous one. So he left you at an orphanage."
"I can't believe it!"
Carina spoke loudly to me, as if she couldn't believe it.
"Carina, you have the diary with the ruby your father left embedded in it, right? Show it."
Carina took the diary from her bosom.
"This one?"
Seeing this, Barbossa, who had been watching, hurriedly approached Carina, snatched the diary she was holding, and checked if it was the one he knew.
"Th-this can't be..."
"What is the meaning of this? Give it back!"
She snatched the diary back from the stunned Barbossa and tucked it back into her bosom.
"What is the young lady's name?"
"Carina."
"Yes... Carina, named after the brightest star in the north..."
"Really... You're my father!?"
Barbossa had no choice but to roll up his sleeve, showing a tattoo of a constellation. Only then did Carina seem to accept the truth, crying as she weakly pounded Barbossa's chest.
"Why did you abandon me! Why!! Sob sob... I've suffered so much all this time."
Barbossa gently embraced the crying Carina, patting her back to soothe her. Barbossa took Carina into the captain's cabin, seemingly to have a long-overdue talk. In the meantime, I used [Appraise] on the sword I had just obtained.
[(S) Sword of Triton] Can control anything related to ships on the sea. (Can seal ships into bottles.)
It's definitely a sword with good abilities. It was the second item to obtain in the Pirates of the Caribbean worldview. With this, I can travel comfortably to any creation related to the sea.
"Now only one remains. Poseidon's Trident."
If the [Sword of Triton] can only control ships, [Poseidon's Trident] can control the entire sea. Once I get this, a worldview like One Piece is practically finished.
As I was admiring the 'Queen Anne's Revenge' and the sea, it seemed their talk had ended, as Barbossa came out of the captain's cabin and approached me.
"Where's Carina?"
"She's asleep."
Well, Carina had many shocking experiences today; she must have been tired.
"I heard the story. They say you saved my daughter's life and looked after her?"
"That's right."
"Thank you. That sword is yours now."
Barbossa seemed genuinely grateful.
"Thanks for recognizing it."
"But what's your relationship with my daughter? She only talks about you. And that strange power earlier, just what is your identity?"
"The man who will be your son-in-law."
"Wha, what!!??"
Barbossa exclaimed in surprise. Well, in the Pirates of the Caribbean worldview, there aren't other girls, so saying this shouldn't matter. Teasing Barbossa is fun too. If we really start dating, I'll have to teach her how to brush her teeth first. Barbossa, seemingly shocked by my words, staggered back to the captain's cabin. Thus, the day passed.
The next day, Carina came out of the captain's cabin energetically and said to me with expectant eyes.
"So, is there something even more amazing now?"
"Yes, now we need to complete what you were researching! Let's go find [Poseidon's Trident]!"
"Alright!"
Carina answered with a bright smile. We immediately went to the captain's cabin and told Barbossa we were going to find [Poseidon's Trident].
"Not now!"
As soon as he heard, Barbossa strongly objected.
"Why not?"
"Right now, a cursed ghost ship is painting the sea with blood. I heard the ship my crew was on has already been attacked six or seven times."
Must be Salazar. And Barbossa, now being with his daughter, would want to avoid even more dangerous places.
"Are you talking about Salazar?"
"Yes! Salazar has returned from death and is attacking ships like a madman."
"I'll handle Salazar."
"Hahaha~ My future son-in-law tells good jokes too."
Barbossa laughed heartily. He must have taken my words as a joke.
"Huh? Son-in-law? That is..."
Carina tried to ask Barbossa, but I quickly cut her off and spoke.
"I'll show you my power. Everyone, come out for a moment."
I cast the advanced magic I obtained from Konosuba at a nearby small rocky island.
Lightning Strike!
Kaboom!
As lightning struck the rocky island, an explosion occurred with a loud noise and flying fragments. It's not as powerful as Explosion magic, but this should be enough. Barbossa and the sailors were so shocked they stared with mouths agape at the shattered rocky island.
"It can't be explained scientifically! Even seeing it, I can't believe it. Just what is your identity?"
When Carina asked, incredibly curious, I made up an explanation.
"I'm the last wizard left in this world. That's why I know about you and Barbossa."
"There's no such thing as magic in the world."
"You just saw it."
True to being a scholar, Carina couldn't believe unscientific things even after seeing them.
"I believe. I've seen all sorts of things at sea. But this one is quite a spectacle."
Barbossa had suffered an immortality curse and seen Calypso the mermaid, so he believed this time too.
"Well, that's a relief. Alright! While we're at it, let me remake your leg too."
Ultimate Transformation
I used [Ultimate Transformation] on Barbossa to heal the leg he lost to Edward Teach.
"This is... unbelievable!"
This time, Barbossa also couldn't believe it as his lost leg grew back, continuously touching the newly formed leg.
"Do you believe I can handle Salazar now?"
"...Alright, let's give it a shot! Boys, set sail! Let's go catch some ghosts!"
Wooo~~~!!!
At Barbossa's words, the sailors cheered and prepared to set sail. Thus, we loaded water and provisions onto the ship and departed.
After moving for about two days based on Carina's constellation calculations, a lookout sailor shouted an alert when he saw Salazar's ship 'The Silent Mary' in the distance.
"Captain!! A ghost ship ahead!"
"All hands, battle stations!!"
Salazar's 'The Silent Mary' approached at high speed. All of Barbossa's crew drew their swords and waited tensely. Undeterred, I stepped forward, took out the [Raijin's Longsword] from my inventory, did a slight jump, and swung it toward 'The Silent Mary'.
Black Flame Storm!!
As I swung the longsword at the approaching 'The Silent Mary', several clusters of black lightning struck down from the sky toward the ship.
Flash!
Crash~! Kaboom!!
A huge explosion sound and water pillars began to erupt from 'The Silent Mary' and the nearby sea. I was also surprised by its power and range.
'Wow~ This is my first time using it, but there's nothing that can match it as an area attack, right?'
Seeing this, Barbossa looked at me with a shocked face and spoke.
"Son-in-law... son-in-law, are you some son of Zeus or something? How is this possible..."
As the water pillars and spray subsided, the half-destroyed 'The Silent Mary' of Salazar became visible. 'The Silent Mary' hastily turned and began to flee. Being a ghost ship, it moved well despite being half-destroyed and not sinking.
"Captain! The ghost ship is fleeing!"
"After it! We must catch it this time!"
We chased Salazar for an hour, but the distance hardly closed.
"Barbossa, can we catch this thing?"
"It'll be tough. Too fast."
Barbossa shook his head and said.
"Is that so? Then wait a moment."
I took out the [Dragon Slayer], Guts's greatsword, from my inventory. There's nothing better for beating up ghost-like bastards. I immediately used teleportation to jump over to 'The Silent Mary'. As I suddenly appeared holding a greatsword, the ghost sailors of 'The Silent Mary' rushed at me like mad, but when I swung the [Dragon Slayer] once, five of them were swept away and evaporated instantly. Seeing this, the ghost sailors seemed to falter in fear, but I didn't stop, moving quickly and began smashing and slashing the sailors and the ship indiscriminately. Swinging such a large greatsword so fast, it was like a small tornado was carving up the ship.
Bang! Thwack! Slice!
Gwaaah~!
As the already half-destroyed ship began to be devastated beyond recognition, Salazar, unable to bear it, shouted.
"Stop!! Stop it!! What grudge do you have against us to do this!"
"Did you kill people because you had a grudge?"
"That's..."
He wouldn't have an answer. Because they took out their pent-up frustration from being trapped on innocent people.
"I beg you. We won't attack other ships anymore, so spare us. I have a grudge I must repay. Once I settle that, I'll sail far away."
Salazar became a ghost due to a curse in the Devil's Triangle because of Jack Sparrow and was trapped for a long time. When Jack sold the compass to someone else, the compass placed a curse on Jack, allowing Salazar to finally be freed. Having found freedom, Salazar, under the pretext of looking for Jack and venting his anger, attacked any ship and slaughtered people.
"What grudge?"
I knew, but I asked anyway.
"Jack Sparrow! That scoundrel is the reason we became like this."
"Is that so? Wait a moment."
I went back to the 'Queen Anne's Revenge' and relayed what I heard.
"Here's the thing. I could just kill you, but wouldn't it be better to have you make Jack pay? What do you think?"
Killing Salazar here might earn more points, but this seemed more fun. Barbossa also seemed to think it would be fun and agreed with a laugh.
"Kehehehe, you villainous bastard! As expected of my future son-in-law! I like it!"
And so, we let Salazar go. Salazar, with five surviving crew members, pathetically drifted away on what could no longer be called a ship, just a piece of wood. We also began moving again, looking at the constellations.
"So, I'm telling you. The map father has is strange."
"No, there's no island there."
Since the island we were looking for wasn't on the map, Barbossa and Carina were arguing. So I mediated.
"We'll know once we go see. We have enough provisions, right?"
After moving for quite a while, we arrived at a beautiful and mysterious island, entirely glittering with crystal.
"It's beautiful!"
"Indeed. Galileo Galilei would have wanted someone else to discover this."
"And you're the one who found it."
"I wouldn't have been able to without your or father's help."
We disembarked and looked around the island. Carina kept staring at one spot.
"Carina, what's wrong.."
"The rubies are glowing in the shape of a constellation, but the last ruby here has no light."
Then Barbossa pointed to the ruby in the diary and said.
"Put that in."
Hearing this, Carina pulled the ruby from the diary.
"This is the missing star."
Thus, Carina inserted the ruby into the empty spot. Then the sea pointed to by the ruby's light split open, and the ground we were standing on also began to collapse downward. I hurriedly grabbed Barbossa and Carina under my arms and jumped, landing safely in the split sea crevice.
"So this is Poseidon's Tomb."
I didn't realize it watching the movie, but as the sea split to reveal coral and the underwater world became visible on both sides, the sight was truly wondrous.
"Wow! It's amazing."
"This way!"
Carina, like an excited girl, ran into the crevice of the split sea.
"Carina, be careful! You'll trip running like that!"
"Hahaha~ Son-in-law, my daughter's a tomboy, you'll have quite a hard time!"
Barbossa, seeing her like that, patted my shoulder consolingly and followed Carina. I also sighed and followed behind. After walking a bit, we saw what looked like a green trident, resembling seaweed stalks, stuck in the center.
"This is it! [Poseidon's Trident]"
"Please help me pull this out."
Carina grunted and strained to pull out [Poseidon's Trident], but it wouldn't come out easily.
"Wait, Carina."
I went over, grabbed it together with Carina, and pulled out [Poseidon's Trident].
[(SSS) Poseidon's Trident] Can wield all the power and curses of the seas. (World-locked item)
Ding~!
Event [Reward for first SSS item acquisition: 5000 points granted]
"A world-locked item..."
For a performance test, I held it and made a fountain show with seawater, and Carina clapped and cheered.
Clap clap clap!
"Wow~ Let me try too."
When I handed [Poseidon's Trident] to Carina, she also made a fountain show.
"Ahem... Me too...."
Barbossa, also finding it新奇, took it from Carina and started playing around the same way.
"Hahaha~ This is fun."
Clap clap clap!
The three of us seemed to have returned to a childlike state. After playing like that for a while, I spoke.
"Seeing its performance, having this would probably make us targets of rumors and navies worldwide."
"I see, I understand. Then what should we do now?"
"I should seal it with my magical power. Everyone agrees?"
Barbossa and Carina thought for a moment but agreed to seal it.
"It's a shame, but there's no other way. It was fun though. We should be satisfied with just finding it."
"Right, I decline fighting the world's navies. I have grandchildren to look forward to now."
Hearing Barbossa's words, Carina couldn't deny it and only blushed. You, I'll teach you how to brush your teeth first.
"Then, with everyone's agreement..."
I stuck the trident back into its original spot, pretended to chant a spell, and simply put it into my inventory.
"Where did the trident disappear to?"
"Here, deep underground."
I pointed at the ground and said to Carina.