Demi-human Girls Completion Manual-Chapter 76 - 6
76: 6.
Famous flowers have their owners
76: 6.
Famous flowers have their owners
Seeing the giant pirate ship, Fisher and the merchant Leba beside him hurriedly walked toward the direction of their rooms, as the captain’s broadcast echoed again and again in the hallway, warning all passengers to return to their rooms.
“What should we do, what should we do?
How did we finally make some money just to run into pirates?
Aren’t these crazed women supposed to appear in the Northern Ocean, how come they suddenly show up here?”
Leba’s face fell into a sorrowful expression; he didn’t even have the chance to lament his bad luck, as he already began scoping out places to hide his cigarettes and money, so they wouldn’t be discovered by the pirates.
After the long hard work, he had only just earned a little money and he certainly didn’t want to return to the Western Continent with nothing to show for it.
Fisher, watching the pirate ship drawing ever closer, remained calm.
Although he didn’t recognize the notorious names of the big pirates, having just heard about the Iceberg Queen’s crew and their deeds from Leba, and knowing that they only robbed Schwali’s ships, Fisher thought the likelihood of them robbing this ship was small.
Considering the regular backstabbing among several countries, there must be a reason why Alagina in the Northern Ocean had yet to be settled for only robbing Schwali’s cargo ships; Fisher did not believe that a pirate could contend with Schwali’s army with just a few stolen cannons.
Excluding some dependent small countries, there are three nations adjacent to the North Ocean.
Firstly, there’s the Sardinia Female Country, which itself is issuing warrants for Alagina, so it’s unlikely to provide her with supplies; secondly, there’s Schwali, infuriated by the pirates, conducting monthly North Ocean naval patrols to deter the pirates.
Under such circumstances, Schwali would not condone merchants secretly selling supplies to them.
So guess who the last neighboring country is?
Right, it’s Nali.
Therefore, after hearing about the Iceberg Queen just now, Fisher, who had a considerable understanding of Nali’s political arena, first thought that there must be people from Nali backing this pirate ship, regardless of the type of support.
Fisher guessed that supplying provisions was most likely, after all, selling weapons to pirates was totally indefensible, but selling supplies could be excused as an act of individual merchants, which would be out of their control.
So why not sit back and watch the pirates in the Northern Ocean rob from Schwali’s shipowners?
“Then, I’ll take my leave now; you take care.”
“Ah, you too.
May the Mother Goddess protect you!”
After bidding farewell to Leba at the door of his room, Fisher walked a short distance to the door of his own room, only to see Renie was not inside.
Instead, she stood by the window in the hallway, holding her face and looking at the pirate ship that was getting closer and closer to the cruise ship.
“You’re back, there’s a ship approaching this way, is it pirates?”
Fisher nodded and took Renie by the hand, heading toward the room,
“Be still, pirates are greedy for profit, and if they find out you’re a Witch, capturing you and selling you to the ‘Witch Research Association’ would be a big payday for them.”
The Witch Research Association, a religious organization established in Kado, was considered a cult in both Schwali and Nali.
They believe that Witches hold secrets to approaching the Mother Goddess and are madly trying to capture Witches for research.
Renie let him lead her into the room, with her other hand playfully touching her lips,
“Would you protect me then?”
Without turning back, Fisher said,
“I’d split the money from your sale, consider it compensation for earlier.”
“Drop dead!”
The door to the room shut, and from outside on the deck, came the intermittent sounds of chains being thrown by the pirate ship and entwined around the railings.
Just in case, Fisher still hid his unfinished thesis in a secure place to prevent his work from being lost.
It was unknown how the negotiations between the captain of the cruise ship and the pirates from the Iceberg Queen were going, but when the cabin doors opened and the pirates walked in, many passengers still inevitably panicked.
“Ladies and gentlemen, Captain Alagina is only aboard to search for a thief, please do not resist; they will not harm you!
I emphasize again, they will not endanger the passengers’ safety!”
The captain’s message was broadcast repeatedly, and Fisher, with legs crossed, calmly sat in the chair in his room reading a newspaper.
Chatting sounds and the noise of opening room doors came from afar, and it wouldn’t be long before they reached his area.
Renie didn’t seem worried at all, idly drawing circles on the table with her finger dipped in coffee.
Outside, larks flew up and down, cocking their heads and scrutinizing the rooms inside the cruise ship.
“Thud!”
After a while, the door was abruptly pushed open, and the rather plump and ill-tempered pirate first mate appeared at the doorway.
She glanced at Renie and Fisher inside, then beckoned the pirates behind her with a hook of her hand, and said to them,
“Get up, we just need to search for our belongings.”
Fisher and Renie reluctantly stood up.
It was only as he stood that Fisher caught a glimpse of Captain Alagina at the door, her captain’s hat now removed to reveal her long silver hair.
Unlike the greasy and grubby faces of the other pirates, her cheeks were clean, as if frequently washed, making the woman look more like a noble than a pirate.
Fisher gave the other party a look, then followed the pirates forward.
They were actually going to be searched, men and women separately, women inside the room, and men outside.
With only a box of cigarettes and two Completion Manuals in his possession, Fisher was not worried about the manuals being discovered by others, so he let them search as they pleased.
When he stepped out of the room, a female pirate seemed intent on searching him, but Captain Alagina raised a hand to stop her efforts.
The tall figure taller than Fisher approached and extended her hand toward him.
“Sorry, just a quick search…”
Her fair hands reached out, first fumbling in Fisher’s shirt pocket, pausing for a moment when she felt the shape of the cigarette case, and then quickly moved on.
Fisher’s pants had no pockets, so she didn’t bother to search them.
After a cursory check, Captain Alagina’s hand lingered on Fisher’s lower abdomen without retracting, and she silently closed her eyes, her breathing gradually becoming rapid.
Fisher had started to realize something was off.
His expression instantly turned to that of a dead fish.
He had forgotten these women were from Sardinia Female Country…
Just as he was about to react, he heard the female behind him draw a breath and emerge from her prior state, addressing Fisher,
“That skinny, short…
female, is she your…
wife?”
She glanced at Renie inside the room, seemingly disdainful of such a woman, but her expressionless face made it hard to discern her emotions.
It seemed she was just simply expressing confusion to Fisher.
Having lived for twenty-eight years, this was Fisher’s first experience of being harassed by a woman.
It left him speechless.
Because of geographical reasons, Sardinia Female Country didn’t have much interaction with Nali, and Fisher had received letters from their schools during his time at Royal College, which seemed quite normal.
He didn’t expect his first encounter with women from Sardinia Female Country would be like this.
“….Yes.”
To get rid of this strange woman’s harassment, Fisher lied to Captain Alagina with a headache.
As expected, as soon as she heard Fisher was married, a crack of disappointment surfaced on her calm expression, and she stepped back a distance, no longer drawing close to Fisher’s body.
The men of Sardinia Female Country were conservative, and the women were no better, all pure-hearted warriors who believed in the unmatched power of fidelity in love.
Naturally, they wouldn’t engage in the act of stealing someone else’s partner.
Although this man was handsome and seemed more robust than the men from her hometown, and his expressionless face appealed to her, she had flickered with interest…
What a pity, he was already taken.
The pirates in the room behind them had finished searching and indicated to the overseeing plump first mate with a shake of their head that they found nothing.
The perceptive first mate glanced at the scene, and seeing her captain had retreated nonchalantly, coughed and said,
“Let’s move on to the next room to search.
We apologize for the disturbance.”
Captain Alagina, casting one last glance at Fisher, suddenly pointed at his chest.
Before Fisher could react, she had donned her captain’s hat and walked toward the next room.
Watching her slowly receding back, Fisher reached into his pocket and found something had been added.
He pulled it out to see a pearl shimmering faintly.
This was a gift from Captain Alagina to Fisher, a token of her favor for him.
“…”
