Chapter 94: On the Sea
Lily stared into Jacques's eyes, the stupid apprentice's cheeks flushed, so cute, she said:
"Come with me to the New World, where no one knows us, okay?
Let's go by boat, and then we'll go to the city of Ryo, first to find your Mithril master, and then to your father.
After that we went to the Pappas Prairie, and I wanted to see where my father fought.
We can also go to Huerduo Pass to see the place where the second son group was famous all over the world.
We can cross the mountain pass to Tavaré, we can go on an adventure in the rainforest, we can hunt strange beasts.
We could go all the way west to Boria and explore the Temple of the Sun.
Or head north to Yorktown, which is said to be the largest city in the New World.
I will become a Grandmaster, you will become a Shaper, and in a few years you will also become a Grandmaster.
When that happens, we'll go back to Port Mousse. Come back to my father, to your friends, oh, by the way, maybe they'll go to the New World, too.
Alyssa will definitely return to the territory of the Pappas Prairie after graduation, doesn't Fabian also want to go on an adventure in the New World after graduation? Maybe Emma and Natasha will go with her.
When the time comes, maybe everyone will meet again in the New World. ”
Lily seduced Jacques step by step, in fact, Jacques had long wanted to agree, but Lily looked at him so closely, he became as if he couldn't speak, and finally nodded with all his might.
Lily happily fell back onto the couch and hummed a strange tune, her feet still on Jacques' lap.
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In the afternoon, the two of them told the others about their plans to go to the New World, and after Jacques's analysis, everyone also thought that going to the New World to avoid the limelight was the best choice, so they came up with the idea of gossiping.
On the second day, Viscount Bernand returned from Port Mousse, bringing with him the president of the Naselli branch.
When father and daughter met, the Naselli branch president burst into tears, two days ago he thought he had lost his daughter forever.
He still endured his grief yesterday and went to the scene of the explosion, and everything on the ground was wiped out, leaving only a large pit more than ten meters deep, and more than thirty transcendents, including two grandmasters, all disappeared in an instant.
If it weren't for the Viscount's repeated assurances, he really couldn't believe that his daughter would have survived the explosion at that time.
Mr. and Mrs. Bernand, Mr. and Mrs. Naseri, and the five teenagers of the Minority Alliance, sat down again to discuss the next steps.
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Ten days later, in the South China Sea.
A three-masted galleon breaks the waves with the help of spring trade winds and sails westward.
Jacques leaned against the fence on the upper deck of the aft building, guarding three fishing rods, and Fat Orange kept an eye on the line more attentively than Jacques, reminding Jacques to reel in whenever there was movement.
Dressed in men's clothes and with her long hair up, Lily sat on the deck beside Jacques, her legs hanging out of the fence in the air, and from time to time waves splashed at the stern of the boat, throwing the water onto her feet, reflecting the crystal sun.
Jacques was a little distracted, until the fat orange stepped on his feet, and then he quickly pulled up a fishing rod with a tight fishing line, shook the shaft and reeled in the line, and a fish bit the hook!
Jacques walked the fish for a while, the big fish gradually lost his strength, the head of the fish exposed to the water, Lily looked at the position, threw a lightning arrow, the lightning hit the sea next to the big fish, the big fish was paralyzed by the electric shock.
Jacques took the opportunity to pull the fish onto the boat, and the harvest was good, a tuna more than half a meter long, with a drop-shaped body, the upper body of the fish back is black and blue, and the lower body of the fish belly is glowing silver, dazzling in the sun.
Jacques pulled out the Mithril dagger that Fabian had given him, cut off the head and tail, emptied the belly of the fish, and threw it into the sea. Then separate the fish, cut off a piece of red and white belly, and then divide it into small pieces and put it on the deck for the fat orange to feast on.
A young sailor ran up to the second deck, picked up half a piece of tuna, and asked, "Master Jacques, is this half a fish still the old rule?"
Jacques replied, "Let's fry it in butter, I want the belly of the fish, Lily wants the middle, by the way, little Ali, Lily should add a spoonful of red wine vinegar before cooking." ”
Little Ali said yes and ran off the deck.
Lily looked at his back with envy, not seasick......
As the most transcendent in the whole ship, Lily was actually the most seasick, and now sitting on the deck and holding the railing made her feel safe.
Jacques cut all the rest of the fish into pieces, and all of them were wiped out by the Fat Orange Wind, and when Lily saw this, she said, "I have never seen such a cat, and it has eaten half of the fish." ”
Jacques smiled smugly and said, "Let me tell you quietly, Fat Orange is a strange beast." ”
Lily reached out and poked Jacques on the waist who was standing beside her, and said with a smile, "Who are you fooling? Help me up until the captain is about to call us to dinner. ”
Jacques took Lily's little white hand, lifted her up, and carried her all the way to the cabin, where the captain's servant, Ali Jr., came running and invited them to dinner.
When they came to the chart room, which doubled as a small dining room, next to the captain's quarters, the captain was already waiting for them at the table.
The captain was in his forties, of medium build, wearing a three-cornered hat, a beard, a linen shirt, and tight sailor's pants.
The captain of the early stage of the Sculptor was nicknamed the Old Leopard, which is relatively rare for seafarers, and Jacques thinks that it is because of the captain's lean and muscular figure.
In addition to the butter-fried fish steak, the plate for two also includes a lobster baked in red wine and half a lime.
The owner of the ship, who had been friends with the Naselli branch president for many years, was asked to set off from the port of Mousse, waited for a day at the mouth of the Rhônal River, and finally picked up Lily and Jacques who came in a small boat.
The other four members of the Minority Coalition were unable to make it together, and reunited two years later in the territory of the Alyssa family in the Papas Meadows. Alysia, who is in the sixth grade, is not in a hurry to return to the New World, and decides to take the opportunity to travel in the empire for a year, waiting for her three fifth-year companions to leave together after graduation.
Lily and Jacques were the Captain's guests, and both were transcendent, so they were warmly entertained by the old Leopard Captain, who not only arranged for them the driest cabins, but also enjoyed the treatment of dining with the captain.
At this time, the old leopard held half a lime in the palm of his thick knuckle hand, squeezed out the juice and poured it on the fish steak, and when he saw that Lily was not interested in the lime, he said: "Miss Julia, don't underestimate the limes, they are the sailor's treasures, if you don't eat them, you will be weak, you will not be able to eat, your skin will bleed, your joints will hurt, your gums will swell, your teeth will fall out, ......"
Before the old leopard captain finished speaking, Lily grabbed the lime and squeezed it on the fish steak, because she had specially told the cook to add a spoonful of red wine vinegar, she wanted to use red wine vinegar instead of lime, this time the fish steak was even more sour, Lily ate this fish steak with a mouthful of relish, and the saliva almost flowed out and ruined the image of the lady.
Seeing that Lily's little face was about to wrinkle together, Jacques almost laughed, but was glared at by Lily, and quickly changed the topic, "Old Captain Leopard, according to the current weather, how long do you estimate it will take to get to Ruio City?"
The old leopard smiled: "The weather is difficult to tell, there are fewer storms on this route in spring, but it is also easy to encounter windless days, if the wind stops, we can only rely on the ocean current to sail slowly." Normally, we'll arrive in Ryo City in mid-March, but ah, you're going to have another autumn when you get there, haha......"
Jacques counted that there were still twenty days left, and thought to himself that Lily's hard life was only a third of the way over.
The old leopard changed his words and continued: "Anything can happen to the sea, except for the storm, if we encounter the sea beast riot and the Stuart privateer, then I don't know if we can get to the port safely." At sea, we have to be prepared for anything. ”
"Sea beast rebellion? Don't we have a seafaring formation? And the privateer is not a pirate?"
"Sea beast riots will occasionally occur, and at that time, no matter whether you have a formation on the ship or not, the huge sea beasts will still attack the ship, no one can explain the reason, the probability of occurrence is also very low, and the area is also irregular, whether you will encounter it or not, it is completely up to fate.
Pirates, as some call them, don't run into them here, and the closer we get to Ryo, the more likely we are to run into those bastards. However, they only robbed property, and as long as they surrendered, they did not hurt anyone. ”
"Then what kind of strength are they? Julia is already at the peak of the plasticizer, can she beat it?"
"If you encounter a small privateer gang, you can deter it, if it is those famous privateers, they all have grandmasters, and the little girl is not enough. ”
Lily and Jacques glanced at each other, revealing a look of worry, the Grandmaster also came out to rob!