Chapter 32: Drag the Royal Navy into the water
The atmosphere became awkward, Elizabeth really didn't expect Ethan to even know this, and the hand holding the gold coin became a little unnatural, as if it was uncomfortable to put it anywhere.
"Of course, it would be great if we could solve this problem today. ”
Ethan provided a proper step, skimming over the question of where the gold coin originally belonged.
"And as far as I know, that one is not the true owner of this coin. ”
Elizabeth sat silent for a moment, then suddenly asked what it was for. She still couldn't suppress the curiosity in her heart and wanted to know the truth.
Looking at her posture, it seems that she will not give up without making it clear, Ethan simply explained the situation in general.
When Elizabeth heard that this thing would be sensed by a group of pirates cursed by treasure once it came into contact with the seawater, some of them didn't believe it, and it looked like they were thinking Ethan was a kid.
"I've already told you about the situation, as for whether you believe it or not, I don't care. Ethan saw that Elizabeth had just put the gold coin in her hand without clenching it, and reached out and gently moved her fingers. The hand of the very skilled mage, who had already practiced, launched silently and took the gold coin from Elizabeth's hand directly.
The sudden strange scene directly frightened Elizabeth, and she was stunned for a while, and suddenly remembered that she was almost suffocated by the shapewear yesterday, and it was after walking next to Ethan in a daze that she was suddenly relieved.
When she got home, she took a look and found that the buckle on the back of the shapewear was loosened a bit, and she thought it was propped up by herself, but now it seems that ......
Elizabeth is not stupid, and can even be evaluated by being smart, sometimes she seems silly and sweet purely because she is not old and has not enough experience and knowledge, which does not mean that she is not aware of some things with clear clues.
"It was you yesterday!"
"No thanks, I've always been helpful. ”
Elizabeth's face turned red, and for some reason, Ethan looked back and forth in his hand for the Aztec coin. I didn't notice it before, but when I got it in my hand, I felt the hidden fluctuations coming from the gold coin.
This kind of fluctuation is rather strange, Ethan can't say what the nature is, and can only conclude that this thing is the real thing he wants.
"What kind of reward do you want to get in return?" was a bit of a forced buy-and-sell, but Ethan wasn't prepared to waste any more time here.
"I didn't promise to sell you the gold coins!"
Looking at Ethan's appearance, he knew that it was impossible to get the gold back, so Elizabeth decisively made her own request.
"But I can bring the gold with me......"
Ethan waved his hand in refusal. This girl is not a peaceful character, I don't know how many times I have fantasized about going to sea on adventures, seeing real pirates and the like, and many times she still takes the storyline she has seen as the truth, and bringing her is purely to make trouble for herself.
"I can ask my father to arrange for a warship. Elizabeth seemed determined to join in the fun, and did not hesitate to trick her father: "You need a good ship to find those pirates, right?"
Ethan, of course, needed a boat, and in fact he had not solved this problem. They say they can buy it, but someone has to sell it. Although there are many ships moored here in Port Royal, they are all owned by owners, and it is not so easy to buy them. As for going to the shipyard to buy a new ship, he didn't know what year it would take for his ship to leave the shipyard, and he really had a headache.
"Warship?"
As the Governor of Port Royal, Swan could not nominally directly command the Royal Navy, but it was not a big deal to mobilize a warship to eliminate a gang of pirates, and Brigadier General Norrington had no reason to object.
"You reminded me that it is indeed a good idea to use warships. ”
He had previously objected to Jack's use of the Interceptor because Jack was going to steal the warship. Now it was different, he wanted the Royal Navy to cooperate with his actions.
Brigadier General Norrington didn't seem to have any objections, and it was in his own interest to exterminate the pirates themselves - a soldier would need countless feats to go further, and the simplest thing to do was to make a war achievement.
The best thing to earn on this side of the Caribbean is to clear the pirates and ensure the interests of the British Empire in the region.
Elizabeth looked at Ethan and fell into deep thought, and did not bother him, but thought about how to get the other party to agree to take her. She didn't want to miss out on such an interesting thing, and she also wanted to see what the so-called cursed pirates were like. Is this guy casually making it up to amuse himself?
Ethan found the idea interesting, and Jack would definitely be pulled onto the ship by himself, and the pirates who would have been captured by Norrington would now stand proudly in the middle of the Royal Navy......
It's fun, but it's not so easy to do.
What's more, the girl in front of her is also making a small calculation, and she will inevitably run out suddenly to cause trouble.
"But it shouldn't be a big deal. ”
He didn't want to take it before, because he considered that he and Jack were two people, and no one had the time to take care of her. If Norrington is really persuaded to send a warship to deal with the Black Pearl, not to mention whether this girl can pass her father's level, even if she is really mixed up on the ship, there is Commodore Norrington who is worried about her safety, and it is not her turn to bother.
"If you can help me convince Brigadier General Norrington and your father doesn't object......"
Hearing Ethan say this, Elizabeth suddenly felt that she had infinite energy, and after living for so many years, it seemed that there had never been a day when she was more energetic than today.
"Deal!" Elizabeth, who was in a state of excitement, finally remembered the method Ethan used before, so she asked the doubts in her heart: "How did you do it just now?"
"Magic. ”
"Magic?" Elizabeth still didn't believe it, but thinking about what she had heard and seen today, it seemed quite magical, and magic didn't seem to be an unacceptable thing: "Is it really magic?"
Ethan nodded.
"Can I learn?"
It wasn't the first time Ethan had heard that someone wanted to learn magic, and he wasn't surprised that he had been like that himself? he understood Elizabeth's feelings very well at this time, and looked at it very seriously: "If it's just some simple little spells, you should be able to learn them." ”
"What do you mean?"
"That is, you can't go too far on the path of magic. "Elizabeth's mental power is very ordinary, similar to Ethan's original situation. Considering that she doesn't have the control that Ethan kept using the pointer to exercise her mental power, her talent in magic is far less than that of Ethan at the beginning.
In this case, learning magic may be able to learn some of the surface with the accumulation of time and the knowledge that Ethan has mastered, but if you want to actually become a magician, it is basically impossible. Of course, if Ethan is willing to put a lot of energy and a lot of rare resources into cultivating her, then nothing is impossible.
Elizabeth didn't feel anything wrong with this, if magic was so easy to learn, she would feel abnormal, as if this answer was now in line with what she knew about magic.
"Where did you learn your magic?"
"Because of some adventures, I met several masters during the trip. "From the Ancient One to Acala and Issandra and Zur to Merlin, the people who helped him lay the foundation of magic are better than the other, and looking at these names, it is really normal for Ethan to have what he has achieved now.
"How many ...... Elizabeth was speechless at this, who was this who met the master on a trip...... Is there more than one? Is it so easy to meet a master magician? Why hasn't she seen one? Even before today, she had thought that magic was only in stories.
In the following conversation, Elizabeth basically asks questions like a curious baby, and Ethan selectively answers some unimportant questions.
He was supposed to leave after getting the gold, but because he suddenly wanted to bring the Royal Navy in, Ethan stayed here and waited for Governor Swan's return.
Fortunately, Governor Swan didn't let him wait too long, and Governor Swan, who had come home for dinner at noon, was a little surprised when he saw Ethan, especially when he found the young man chatting with his daughter.
Through the butler's 'reliable news', Ethan came in the morning and talked with Elizabeth in the parlor until now.
Although Governor Swan, as his father, admired Brigadier General Norrington more for his successful career, he felt that he was a good destination for his daughter. However, he still maintains a relatively open-minded attitude towards how to choose his daughter. It's just that the next conversation seems to be a little different from what I expected?
"Pirate?Black Pearl?" The Black Pearl exists somewhere between legend and fact in the Caribbean, and people like Governor Swan's status certainly know that it exists, but because it has come and gone without a trace and the captain is so ruthless that he has left almost no trace, the Royal Navy has not taken action against it. This has led some low-level soldiers to think that the Black Pearl is just a legend.
"You want to capture them?"
Governor Swan began to wonder what mission this Ethan had come to Port Royal on?
"Isn't it more accurate to say that it is to be wiped out?" The real purpose is to exchange Jack Sparrow's trust and his subsequent help, but there is no need to make this clear to Governor Swan, but there is one point to emphasize: "In addition, I need the Black Pearl to do something, so that the pirates on it can be killed, and the ship must be well preserved." ”
Talking about such things, Weatherby-Swan reverted to the posture of a governor, and did not directly agree or make any promises, except to say that such a military operation would have to be carefully discussed with Brigadier General Norrington, the military chief of Port Royal.
Especially if Ethan doesn't have any official documents or official status at all.