"Not a merchant's skill lending, nor an organizer's bestowed authority."
"Game Player... Linsey, the abilities of your skill are simply too all-encompassing."
The crude raft drifted with the waves.
Wala Wala sat in the chair Linsey had just brought out, and the two fished together.
Just as the girl was grumbling about how unreasonable Linsey's skill was, she felt her arm sink—the Fishing Rod was being tugged by something!
"I got one!"
Wala Wala perked up, her eyes widening at once.
She fiercely lifted the Flower Fishing Rod, and a cold, hard object landed in her hand.
"..."
The girl stared at the thing in her hand in silence for several seconds before looking at her lover beside her.
"Linsey, why did I fish up a rock?"
Splash—
Beside Wala Wala, Linsey had just tossed the rock in his own hand back into the Sea of Wandering.
Hearing her call now, he could only turn back with an awkward smile.
"Ha ha—"
"When it comes to fishing, nobody can guarantee they'll catch something every time."
"This is normal. Let's keep trying!"
Wala Wala shrugged and tossed her own rock back into the sea.
"Fine."
They continued fishing on the Sea of Wandering.
But after around fifteen minutes had passed, neither of them had caught anything. Looking at the rocks they kept reeling in, they even began to find them increasingly suspicious. They seemed to be the exact same rocks as before.
"Hmm..."
Linsey frowned slightly.
This sort of situation would have been understandable when he had first started fishing. But now...
He looked at his fishing outfit, then tightened his grip on the advanced Fishing Rod.
"This has never happened before."
"There definitely isn't a problem with the Game Player skill. That means the environment here must be unusual."
Hearing