"Noah is always that temperamental, always so gentle, always so kind, loves to worry about others, loves to pay for others, and is afraid of others being hurt."

"But actually, what we're most afraid of is that he's hurt—"

"Just like Ann just said, there will always be some ill-intentioned people who like to calculate his kindness, we have been together for so long, we will naturally worry about him, Ives doesn't know how many times he has been defeated, but he still won't listen, he won't change."

"I met Noah at the age of eleven, and he was thinner and more timid than he is now. Seeing the flames of war, the corpses, crying and screaming, a man in the corner with a pale face, his body trembling, but he barely stood still, and finally in the feast of pirate slaughter, he picked me up and was about to die in the pile of corpses, and staggered away. ”

"We had a very difficult time, even fleeing from all directions, but even so, he didn't throw away my burden. His character is so good, I am healed and can leave, and I don't want to leave. Later, we met Avis, who wanted to cheat him out of his money, but eventually returned the money to him, and we became partners. ”

"Because we're worried, we want him to stop helping people like that, but even if Ivis and I get angry, he won't listen. Later, one day I thought, this is probably his character, I was also saved by such a Noah, how can I interfere with him? ”

Frank, who had been talking, smiled, "I rarely figured out the problem, so I told Avis, so we decided not to interfere with him to help others, if someone lied to him, we would just beat that person." ”

The girl pursed her lips in silence.

"So, it really doesn't matter if I was rescued by Noah or not."

"Ann, we have been the best partners in the past six months. You will worry about us, we will worry about you, what is such a friendship if it is not a partner? ”

The little fat man tried his best to speak his inner words in simple words.

"Frank." The girl couldn't help but step forward and give him a hug, "I'm really touched - to have a partner like you." ”

"Hey, hey." He scratched his head embarrassedly, looking honest, "Actually, Ann, there's one thing I'm not right about, I didn't tell you-"

"-When you fainted on the beach at first, I didn't want Noah to save you because he wasn't doing well, but Noah insisted, and we had no choice but to agree."

Noah insisted...... Saved her.

It turns out that she also had the choice to be abandoned?

It was Noah who didn't give up on her.

As Frank said - I was also saved by such a Noah, how could I interfere with him?

Did she really do something wrong?

Is it her, don't you understand him?

Self-blame, doubts, guilt, touching, sadness, all kinds of emotions surfaced in her heart, making it difficult for her to sort out for a while, and even difficult to face the present.

The moon rises higher and higher, and her heart grows anxious—Avis is about to return with Noah.

- If she wanted to flee because of grievances before, now she doesn't know how to face Noah in a bad mood.

Would he have been disappointed in the first place? Or is it ...... At that time, she understood the meaning correctly. She was indeed a stranger, and he was merely stating the facts.

She bit her lip and pulled the only food out of her arms and gave it to Frank.

"That's all I have left, but when I think about it, the rest of the trip is all at sea, and with the food in the kitchen, it's definitely not enough. So I'm going to buy it now, and I'll be back later, Frank, you're here to keep watch!" ”

"Huh?"

"Ann!" The little fat man hurriedly pulled her, "You want to leave?" ”

"No, I'm not leaving, I'm just going to buy food." She had always been expressionless, and Frank looked at her suspiciously for a long time, but he couldn't see anything, so he reluctantly agreed with her.

"Well, but don't go, Heinrich's men are hunting us outside."

"No, Heinrich only knew you, he didn't know me, so — it's best for me to go buy food."

Frank looked at the sky in embarrassment, thinking of the horror of not having food, especially for himself, and the next second, he immediately looked at her seriously, "Okay, then you have to come back quickly." ”

"Hmm!" Sure enough, compared to the cunning Avis, Frank is really simple...... It's a good deception.

"By the way, you must leave before midnight! This must be told to Avis, and he should be back soon. At that time, everyone is asleep, and the searchers will not easily discover this hidden harbor, so be sure to leave early, if you wait until the next day, it will be dangerous! ”

Frank nodded, and then remembered to frown, "Then An, you have to hurry, be careful, and come back if you can't buy it." ”

"I, if I don't come back at the end of the day, you can go first." She said her plan, looked at the little fat man's face that immediately changed color, and lied, "Don't worry, even then, don't worry, I'll go to you, I have a way." ”

As she spoke, she didn't give him a chance to continue asking questions, and hurriedly jumped off the boat with her support on the railing,

"What—huh?"

The girl's movements were fast, and Frank had to watch her run away and shout loudly.

"Ann! You're going to have to come back early! ”

- I'm sorry, Frank.

She wasn't going to come back.

The girl, who was running with her back to the boat, stopped at her feet when she heard the sound, and continued to run without stopping, but no one could see her movements, and wiped her eyes rudely.

……

Ives was smart and sensible, so he knew that in this city full of their wanted portraits, in this city where Heinrich existed, it was only right to escape, as she said.

At this point in the middle of the night, even if she didn't say it, I'm afraid he would design it like this. So it just so happens that she who "accidentally didn't go back on time" and "promised to look for it in the future" will not be waited.

They will leave, and she, will be here.

She wasn't actually worried about her own safety, as she said to Frank, those people didn't even know about her relationship with them, so she could only be considered an ordinary person. And since Heinrich colluded with the government to help - the government here broke the covenant and got the city, then the famous pirate would not do such a thing as slaughtering the city and igniting the flames of war - the vast majority of the people were safe.

So, here she goes, carefully settled, waiting for the days of threat to pass.

Then, it was time for her to really look for her—her way home.