Main Scenario/Rescue

Flamarine Episode
9-1	Secret Trial Under the Hot Sun
9-2	Express Train
9-3	The Imprisoned Princess
9-4	Undersea Corridor
9-5	Echoes Below the Depths
9-6	Rescue
9-7	Whirlpool of Doubts
9-8	Pagan Ritual
9-9	Toe the Line
9-10	Catch of the Day

Putra	"............"
Yakutsk	"Putra! What's going on? Wha-why are you trying to take off your clothes?"
A few minutes later, I found Putra standing at the end of the passageway, trying to undress for some reason. In fact, I didn't understand the situation ―― I wanted her to explain.
Putra	"Ah, yeah. That's the thing, Sir Conductor, I'd like you to have a look at――"
Yakutsk	"Wha-what are you going to show? Conductor's here too, stop stripping, it's shameful!"
Yakutsk	"...... Wait, what? Conductor, did you follow me? You don't know what's going on, stay behind with Queensway!"
Conductor	No, I decided that this was more important and accompanied you instead. I can at least cover for you, would that have been bad?
Yakutsk	"Hmm～... Well, I did only told Queensway to 'stand by'. It's probably safer to just join Naypyidaw over there, and it's certainly more reassuring to have Conductor over here, right?"
Putra	"Ahaha. Yakky-tan, you're not happy when things turn out differently than you thought it would♪"
Yakutsk	"Bad? Don't you feel better when things go according to plan?"
Yakutsk	"Well, whatever. Anyway, Putra, why are you seriously trying to take your clothes off? I know the Flamarinian girls are basically skimpily dressed ―― Is it because you don't feel at ease unless your skin is exposed?"
Putra	"Yeah-no, in Flamarine, there's just no point in wearing them. It's too hot. I'm also embarrassed to have my bare skin seen by a man, like Conductor..."
Putra	"Thing is. It's hard to swim with clothes on, it's not impossible, but it's more difficult."
Yakutsk	"Yes? Swimming, why? Aah bozhe, yer explanation is hard to understand!"
Putra	"Soorry～ I live by instinct♪"
Putra	"Let's see. So, look there. You see the waterlogged area at the end of this passage?"
When Putra prompted me to look, I saw that the passage was indeed submerged from the middle. The water did not look filthy, but it was black as if it had been coloured with ink, and it was impossible to see through the water at all.
Yakutsk	"What is this... I wonder if there's a hole in the wall somewhere and the water has come in. The Underwater Temple is surrounded by the sea."
Putra	"Nooo～ idea. I don't know, but the scream was coming from the end of this submerged passage. Meaning we'll have to swim to save them."
Conductor	Okay, I see what Putra is thinking.
Yakutsk	"However, even if it's easier to swim if you strip, I don't think it's safe to abandon your equipment in hostile territory. At least keep a minimum amount of armour and a weapon with you."
Putra	"Ahaha, I usually only wear the bare minimum of those things. The lighter I am, the quicker I can move if something happens."
Yakutsk	"No, so you should refrain from rash actions... Hmm?"
Conductor	What's wrong, Yakutsk?
Yakutsk	"There's a strange sound... No, another scream!"
Dr. Gloria	"NYAAAaaah - gurgle, gurgle!?"
Conductor	The voice now sounds familiar, could it be Dr. Gloria!? I heard that it was the Doggan Gang that took over the Underwater Temple, so it is not strange that she is here――
Putra	"Ah, I'll swim to the rescue! She sounds like she're in trouble... In times like this, it doesn't matter if they're friend or foe!"
Looking pale, Putra shouted and jumped into the pitch black water with a beautiful posture.
Yakutsk	"Wha-what about us then? I'm not too confident in swimming, to be honest...?"
Conductor	It's the same for me. We are the only one of the five major countries... It's only the Flamarinians who have access to safe waters have mastered the special skill of 'swimming'.
Conductor	Among them, Putra is one of the top five people in the world when it comes to 'diving' ―― We have no choice but to leave this to her.
Yakutsk	"Ye, yeah... it's unfortunate. Bozhe, I should have trained more seriously in underwater warfare."
Conductor	It's too late to say that now. We always have to play the hand we're dealt... It will be necessary to check the situation, but for now let's take a look underwater from here.
Yakutsk	"Umm, mhm. I can't swim, but I'm fine with just putting my face in the water."
Yakutsk and I put our faces in the water together and observed underwater. Putra had already swum quite a distance while we had been looking away, and it took us a while to spot her, partly because the water was black and the visibility was poor.
Putra	".........♪"
Putra is sensitive to our movements, and she lightly turned around and waved at us. Despite such futile movements, her posture was not affected at all and she swam as easily as a fish.
Yakutsk	"Pant... Putra's just what she says she is. She's exceptional at swimming, it seems everyone has one advantage."
Yakutsk pouted and blurted as she caught her breath. She was frustrated that she can't swim and go with Putra together.
Putra	".........!"
Meanwhile, Putra was moving swiftly through the water ―― She then suddenly stopped, dexterously assumed a standing swimming position and readied her weapon.
A strange object sits at the end of her line of sight.
Putra	(What is this...? A coral, prison?)
In front of Putra's eyes while she dived, there was a prison-like object made of coral. Clutching the sturdy-looking bars fitted into it, was someone calling out to her.
Puerto Rico	"You there! I need your help no～, if you don't help, lil' Gloria will drown no!"
Strangely, the voice is clearly audible even underwater. The voice reached me as I was looking at the situation from a somewhat distant distance, so I replied, although I wasn't sure if it would be understood.
"We are the Special Steel Squad. We have been commissioned by the court mage Naypyidaw to liberate the Underwater Temple that has been taken over by someone." ―― I said.
Puerto Rico	"What, for Nappy? That girl, I thought I couldn't see her...?"
Yakutsk	"Before that, who are ya? Where do ya belong to? From the looks of you, you seem to be of noble birth...?"
Puerto Rico	"Ah, my name is Puerto Rico no! But, um no, I'll introduce myself later ―― I need your help now no～!"
Puerto Rico. She's one of the politicians who govern Flamarine, who has been mentioned a few times. I looked over to Putra, who would know her face in the same country, just in case, and she nodded her head repeatedly.
Yakutsk	"Apparently, it's definitely her. It's possible that a monster has taken on the guise of a bigwig and is pretending to be one ―― But with Flamarinians' easygoing natures, would it be silly to suspect such a thing?"
Yakutsk	Putra! We can't go to support you, so you have to do something! I don't really understand what's going on, but we need to help Her Majesty Puerto Rico for now!"
Yakutsk does not even need to call out anything, Putra was already swinging her spear with all her might. The sturdy-looking iron grating is struck repeatedly, distorted and snapped ―― Creating a hole through which a human being could pass.
Puerto Rico	"Thanks for saving no!"
Puerto Rico smiled innocently, and a petite girl who seems to be beside her ―― A girl who looked like Dr. Gloria. She then lightly kicked the floor.
Putra	(Walau ya!?)
Instantly ―― Puerto Rico moved through the water at an unusual speed and reached our location in no time. She jumped out of the water alongside a huge column of water.
Puerto Rico	"Shalan~lan~lan♪"
Puerto Rico	"Hmhmm, I've been saved no! If you saved me, it means you saved Flamarine ―― I have to give you guys a lot of thanks no♪"
Yakutsk	"Pfftpft! Bozhe, ya splashed water all over me! I even drank some of it, be careful!"
Puerto Rico	"Ah, sorry for playing around... My apologies, but even though I'm royalty, I'm not very good at behaving myself no. That's why baby Aca often gets angry with me."
Conductor	Baby Aca...? I don't know, but I'm glad you're safe ―― Your Majesty Puerto Rico.
Puerto Rico	"Mhmhmm, that's very kind of you♪ You're not like us, you have good manners. Umm, are you from the SSS?"
Putra	"Pwah...! You're indeed the rule of Flamarine, your swimming speed was not half bad!"
Conductor	Thanks for your hard work, Putra. Thanks to you, you rescued Her Majesty Puerto Rico.
Putra	"Erhem, I'll do it when I have to do it too♪"
Yakutsk	"Yes you do. I'm a little bit more open-minded now... but it's more than that."
Dr. Gloria	"............"
Yakutsk	"The problem is this twerp. She's really that Doggan Gang's, Dr. Gloria or something like that."
Puerto Rico	"Ara, oh no! Gloria has fainted no! Unlike me, people on the ground can't breathe underwater... Did she suffocate no?"
Yakutsk	"Dah, the Flamarinian royal family has inherited something called Mermaid Blood and can breathe underwater... I didn't believe it until I saw it in person, but apparently it's true."
Putra	"Mhm, I'm jealous～♪ I'm confident in diving too, but even I need to hold my breath!"
Puerto Rico	"Hmhmm. It can be quite inconvenient, I get sicker and sicker every time I lose water."
Conductor	Anyway. Instead of chit-chatting, Dr. Gloria should be resuscitated. We don't know how much the Doggan Gang is involved in this case, but it's not as if she, the gang leader, doesn't know anything about it.
Conductor	Let's wake her up and interrogate her. Let me try the life-saving measures we learnt in our underwater warfare training the other day.
Putra	"Hyah, Sir Conductor, you're so bold~♪ Squeeze little Gloria's breasts and take away her first kiss――"
Conductor	This is a life-saving measure, it's a medical procedure, there's no problem. Cut it out with the jokes, Putra, a life is at stake.
Yakutsk	"Mhm. Yer're like that, Putra, you can joke around, but you should think about the time and the place."
Putra	"Erm... Right, I'm sorry."
Yakutsk	"Huh, you're unusually honest. I'm not completely telling you not to mess around, don't get me wrong. As Queensway said before, sometimes your light-heartedness helps."
Putra	"Mhm... Ehehe, I see that Yakky-tan's a tsundere huh♪"
Yakutsk	"Tundra...?"
Dr. Gloria	"...... PHWAH! Cough, cough cough!"
Conductor	"Looks like you're safely resusticated. Are you alright, Dr. Gloria?
Dr. Gloria	"Fweh... Er, um? UYAAAAAH, BIG BROTHER!?"
Dr. Gloria	"Wha, wha, wha, why is big brother ―― in Doctor's bed? Is-is this a dream? Whether it's a dream or reality, brother and sister should not do such naughty things like that～!?"
Putra	"Hey hey, I've been wondering about this for a while already. Why does this girl treat Conductor like he's her 'big brother'? Well-uh, are they normally siblings?"
Yakutsk	"As expected of Putra to ask the hardest questions so easily... They might have a complicated situation, so I didn't rush head on out of concern for them."
Conductor	No, I don't have a sister. My mother was my only family, and she also disappeared shortly after the Mist Train was completed, leaving me alone for the rest of my life.
Putra	"Uuuugh! Don't worry, Sir Conductooor～, all of us SSS is a family! We're the big family of your dreeeams～ you won't be lonely!"
Dr. Gloria	"Family――"
Putra is hugging me for some reason, and Dr. Gloria is looking at her distraughtly... I don't know why, but the atmosphere's strange, so I coughed and suggested we sort out the current situation for now.
Yakutsk	"Well yeah, I want to wrap things up for once. Honestly, it's too chaotic at the moment, I don't understand everything."
Puerto Rico	"Eheh, that's Flamarine for you no♪"
Putra	"Yep yep, that's Flamarine! You're so smart, Your Majesty! You know what we're talking about～☆"
Yakutsk	"Gosh... The atmosphere is getting lighter and lighter with more Flamarinians, I'm really waiting for Queensway to join us by now."
Yakutsk	"I'm sure we've wasted a lot of time messing around, but hasn't she joined us yet? Maybe something's wrong...?"

Flamarine Episode
9-1	Secret Trial Under the Hot Sun
9-2	Express Train
9-3	The Imprisoned Princess
9-4	Undersea Corridor
9-5	Echoes Below the Depths
9-6	Rescue
9-7	Whirlpool of Doubts
9-8	Pagan Ritual
9-9	Toe the Line
9-10	Catch of the Day