Chapter 160: Desert Country
With a team of less than half a ship, Komak's flagship sailed towards his hometown, and after that, life on the ship basically returned to the usual way.
Komak is getting acquainted with his body little by little, and the exploitable realm of the flame is far more than he can imagine, and in addition to attacking, it can also facilitate a lot of things.
As for his body, if he didn't want to be scary, he might have to keep in touch with the bandages for the rest of his life, and it was already luck that the burns could pick up a life.
As before, Elle went out to blow the sea breeze occasionally, and most of the time she shrank in the house to mend her body; When it was time for dinner, he went to the officers' quarters with Hull.
Soon, a week passed.
"It's finally here..."
Komak, wearing a hat, stood beside the rudder, along the riverbank, looking at the city in the distance.
The city of Nahana, a port city rich in flowers and one of the naval bases of Alabastan, is prosperous, natural and populous.
"Your Majesty, your appearance..."
Hull looked at his king, including Komak, whose face was bandaged, and he must have been very conspicuous when he disembarked from the ship.
This is very bad for the image of the royal family, and it is not known whether it will have an impact on the future interests of the country.
According to Hull's intentions, the ship should sail directly to the vicinity of the capital, and then be closely guarded by the army to avoid unnecessary trouble.
"What? Can't I see people like this? β
Looks like he's in a good mood? There is no consciousness of his appearance at all, and he doesn't know whether it is his own mind, or the casting of the fruit's ability, or the exercise, and the top of the scepter he holds is also burning.
It was as if the scepter itself was meant to enshrine the flame, but Ellie looked at him with a strange expression.
Because Komak is like the Zoroastrian priests he saw in Persia, he suffered a lot when he dealt with them at the beginning, and now this scene brings back a lot of bad memories.
"You... What do you think? β
"Just go back normally... I'm afraid Coco will be scared by me..."
ββ¦β¦ As you wish, Your Majesty. β
The ship approached the perimeter of the harbor, gathered the canvas, and dropped the anchor before the planks protruded from the hold.
Although this is a port city, most of the citizens should be busy, but the crowd around the flagship is still endless, as if the whole city is on holiday because of this.
However, it was not a good day for the guards, and the only man who had them could not coordinate such a large security order, and every fifty meters ensured a road that was not too wide for the king to reach the carriage there.
The carriage had been waiting there early, and perhaps the crowd had gathered together because of that.
Today, the crowd was one of the few who did not hail the return of their king. The destruction of the battleship was clearly visible to the naked eye, and the lower two floors were completely unusable, and the blackened wooden planks contrasted sharply with the relatively clean oak of the upper floor.
Moreover, when the flagship returned, it was already flying the flag at half-mast, and if there was no previous notice and refutation of rumors from the city, I thought that His Majesty the King had been assassinated.
The first to step out of the hatch was naturally Komak.
But the first one, with his striking presence, was covered in bandages, revealing only his eyes and mouth, and this time he had his own crownβnot so much a crown as a headdress.
Of course, even more eye-catching is the King's Scepter that burns with endless flames.
While everyone was whispering, the second man stepped out of the cabin.
Naturally, it was Hull, which was not too surprising, after all, as the king's aide-de-camp, in a sense, he was the king's spokesman.
However, looking at the way he needed support, everyone wondered what His Majesty's flagship had gone through, and the whole ship had become like this.
The third is Erlie.
This is quite surprising, no one thought that this girl had such a high status, but it seems that she has also suffered a lot of injuries, no legs, and a lot of injuries on the left side of her face.
Someone behind Elle pushed her down, after all, it was a slope, and if she slid straight down...... Let's not talk about how easy it is to fall, and it may be easy to fall off the ship.
Of course, according to normal people's thinking, it is impossible for such a weak little girl to control the wheelchair.
After that, there were some officers and some sailors, most of them wounded, but compared to the previous three, they were much better.
"You let her do it herself, Lieutenant."
Seeing Elly's expression, Cormac immediately asked the officer who was pushing Ellie to do his own work, while the three of them headed towards the carriage.
"Your Majesty, you go first."
Hull, who was on crutches, persuaded Komak, but the latter shook his head, he didn't think anything would happen on his own soil.
"Let's go together, you and Erlie are about the same speed, you might as well be slower."
"Uncle Hull, will you slow down too?"
A strange trio slowly moved in the direction of the carriage, looking a little strangely funny, but the townspeople did not make any commotion, but watched the king and the three of them in an orderly manner.
It didn't matter to them what the people around them were talking about: Cormack didn't care, and Ellie didn't care, so Hel had no reason to care.
"How long are you going to recover, Hull?"
"It's hard to say, Your Majesty.
But at least for a few months, I probably won't be able to fight anymore. β
"It doesn't matter...... When I go out, you can take care of Coco for me..."
"Coco? Uncle, who is that? β
"Ahh My daughter... You might be shocked when you see it..."
The three of them slowly moved to the carriage as if they were walking, and Ellie realized that there were two huge ducks in front of the carriage.
And the ducks, with their hats and decorations, were looking at Komak with a puzzled expression, as if they knew him before, but they didn't know who the mummy was now.
"Mana, Swann A, it's me, I'm a little hurt."
He briefly addressed the two ducks, who also saluted Komak. Then he got into the carriage and carried Elle inside, and the wheelchair was secured to the roof of the carriage.
It was spacious enough to sit four people, so they sat on each side. Hull sat with the driver, and I don't know why, but he obviously had a serious back injury.
"Uncle, what are those ducks?"
Half-pretending to be a curious baby, she asked Cormack. Komak tapped on the plank that was close to the driver, then grabbed the carriage, or one of the handrails of the duck cart, and said.
"They're called Karui ducks, and they're the fastest creatures in Alabastan."
"The fastest?"
"Well, you'll find out later, remember to hold on."
"Hold on?"
She looked at the armrests of the car, wondering what this thing was for.
Suddenly, Ellie's back slammed into her seat, and Komak closed her eyes as if she were thinking about something.