Three years later.

"Ah~" exclamations came from somewhere in the cabin, followed by the sound of scurrying footsteps all the way to the captain's quarters.

This Frank little fat man, who was already famous in the Southern Continent with his strong force, was looking at the girl with a panicked face, and his fat fingers pointed behind him, and said in horror.

"Ann! There are rats in the lounge! ”

"Such a big one!"

He gestured with his hands, swallowed again, and looked at her expectantly with eyes as moist as a lamb born.

An Ningning closed the report on the table with a headache and rubbed her temples.

"Frank, I've told you many times - don't bring food into the break room!"

"And shouldn't you be practicing in the sailor's room now?"

"Hmm-" Frank stammered again, "I won't next time, Ann, but the mouse—"

Life at sea is always inconvenient, and if the rats are left alone, there is a high risk that they will be stolen and eaten by people, and the sailors may be exposed to the plague.

The girl grinded her teeth hard, "Let Avis kill." ”

"Hey, woman, I'm not going." With the sound of footsteps, someone who was supposed to be working hard in the staff room also began to slip away.

"Don't, don't look at me with that damn condemnation." Avis complained, "I only came here when I heard Frank's voice." ”

"Oh, okay." She nodded expressionlessly, indicating that she didn't care about it, "Then you go, the rats in the lounge are still waiting for you." ”

"Ann, don't do that." Avis shrugged, "You know, I've always been soft-hearted, and there's always nothing I can do about the beautiful ladies and these little things. ”

"If your beautiful ladies knew what they were comparing to—Avis, you'd be killed by them." She said coldly.

Avis pursed his lips indifferently and said firmly, "Anyway, even if I am killed, I will not go!" ”

She had to look at someone else—

"Hmm." The man paused, his blue eyes apologetic, "Annie." ”

Okay, okay!

Damn it.

She cursed to herself - she always surrendered in Noah's gentle voice.

It's not good, it's not good.

She grimaced, but shook her head slightly, swearing in her heart that there would be no next time.

Looking at the girl's movements, the three people who had already known each other already knew that this was the last struggle of the other party after compromise, and they were all relieved.

Frank even ran back to the sailor's room rather attentively, took out his beloved sword, and ran it like a small round ball, offering it to An Ningning to use—of course, as long as he killed the rat, he would immediately take it back.

The girl absentmindedly took it and walked forward.

Seeing this, Noah leaned against the door of the captain's room, bent his eyes, and was full of pleasure.

Avis glanced past the girl's figure and then at his friend, looking like a smile rather than a smile.

……

Compared to the eastern continent, where Heinrich provoked the war, the various coastal towns on the southern continent are full of peace and enthusiasm for trade, just like the sun that often shines here.

When they came here, they used the specialties she proposed to buy in the Eastern Continent to make their first business, thus opening up the market in the Southern Continent.

Since then, with her various summaries of market dynamics and popular products along the coast, they have slowly made money here and have been loved by merchants in many cities. As a result, they have become a nascent chamber of commerce force that is not big or small in the Southern Continent, at least not to be ignored.

Well, at Avis's insistence, she admits that their success is also inseparable from some of the "clever" little tricks he sprang up from time to time.

Of course, after all, the originally good cake was given to a foreigner for no reason, and the other party ate it with relish - which undoubtedly made many people blush.

They have also been declared war many times openly and secretly, but they are all completely satisfied with food and clothing, and there is even a snack Frank Little Fat Man with a relaxed face.

Well, although she said it once, she really had to thank the rules of the battle here again - the duel between the stormtroopers, they have Frank not afraid at all, okay!

Of course, Noah also said that he could also play, but seeing that the boy was obviously a big size gap compared to Frank, she still silently decided to let Frank go first.

So I didn't know that Noah, who was secretly despised by the girl, became the deputy captain very easily - in Avis's words, the captain no longer looks very reliable, maybe with Noah, the captain can at least be a little more restrained?

After saying this, the resentment of the girl, who was already insensitive to the troublesome matter of being the captain, surged again, and chased him for three days with the flower scissors that had not been lost.

But it's true that Noah is quite good.

In the past three years, she can feel it completely.

Although she has long understood all kinds of things in this world, she still relies on the knowledge of doing business at sea - a data collation and analysis of various cities and businesses, and guessing their psychology.

But the rest, such as the purchase and shipment of goods, the purchase of ships, and the government's permission to negotiate trade, were all done by Noah alone, and his mind was quite good, and since they entered the sea, there seemed to him that he could not do anything in her eyes—God knows, she once felt as if she had only reached the level of his painting, and it was probably quite remarkable.

And the point is, if the strategy proposed by Ives always needs to be carried out in the "darkness", then Noah's "open plan" has made a lot of benefits for them.

What made her even happier was that last year, when they took a risk to make a business, the middle-aged man who was not good-looking gave them a strange-looking object, and after careful investigation, she realized that this was one of the tokens of this sea area!

In other words, they only need to find two more to become the sea overlord of the Southern Continent!

All these undoubtedly gave An Ningning the confidence to complete the task.

Even her long-standing anxiety was strangely soothed - it turned out that she didn't have to leave, and there was hope that she could achieve her goal.

Whether it's Frank, Avis, or Noah, they have already made her reluctant, and these years together have long made her see them as partners and family.

She was even secretly thinking.

Since her original reality time stood still, could she live here for a long time, long enough to grow old with them, and there would be no problem?

Looking at the boundless blue sea, she looked up at the sun and quietly curled the corners of her mouth.