Chapter 11: Water Bandits
The Rama had been on the road for two days, and during that time it seemed to have made a stop at a port in the country of Loland, and in just one afternoon, a dozen or so people had come aboard. It seems that the transportation in the large river basin is exceptionally developed, and it is indeed worthy of its name.
As a special guest in the deepest special cabin, Brunei had very little interaction with the other passengers. Brunei is not a man of many words - in his opinion, anyone who spends more than a month with the system, no matter how strong that person's original desire to communicate, will start to feel tired, and eventually become a character who can not speak without talking.
In any case, his knowledge of the other passengers was very limited, and all he could notice was that there were twenty or thirty passengers in the ordinary cabin, and there seemed to be none of the merchants carrying a large amount of goods. But if you think about it, I heard that there will be many merchants who want to sail as soon as possible on the opening day of the port, and it may be much less if it is delayed until the next day. And when Ropol greeted him to get on the ship before, he also deliberately asked questions such as "is it a passenger", and it seems that he has also heard topics such as the relatively expensive ship of the Rama. It is very likely, then, that the Rama is a passenger ship that specializes in pulling passengers, and there is nothing particularly surprising.
Other than that, the only thing worth noting is that there is a very arrogant guy who lives next door. Brunei believed that his surname was "Troves", or "Trites", and that he was probably the son of a family in the Commonwealth. There was nothing else to do, for the reason Brunei knew his surname was not because he introduced himself, but because he was shouting at the crew member who had led him the way when he got on the ship, which was heard by Brunei inside the door.
It was probably something like "How dare you do this to me! What kind of family are you disrespecting!", and the reason, which I heard from Ropol later, seems to be because he did not leave the deepest cabin to him, because Brunei already lives in it.
The other party seemed to be quite dissatisfied with Brunei himself, but I don't know if he was worried that Brunei was an unidentified mage, so he didn't take the initiative to come to the door. Although Brunei didn't care which cabin he lived in, under Ropol's insistence and the system's prodding, he gave up the idea of changing cabins and taking the initiative to be a peacemaker.
"You're still too good! That kind of goods, if you take the initiative to back down, instead of showing gratitude, he will think it is evidence of your weakness and kick his nose in the face. ”
[What a standard rich second-generation setting!It's so cute!Little Bruneisi, don't you take the opportunity yet?Talk to him, wait to slap him in the face!It's time to prove that you're really the protagonist!]
Brunei felt that Ropol's words were reasonable, and the system's words completely made him give up the idea of communicating with Mr. Tejo in any form. It's not entirely out of the idea of going against the system, according to Brunei's experience, when the system is excited, excited, fussing about what Brunei is doing, it is often waiting to see him laugh.
Mr. Tejo seems to have brought two maids and a very young housekeeper and escort aboard the ship, and a special cabin could not accommodate so many people, but he seemed to be completely unable to survive on his own, and from time to time he asked for someone to come and serve, so that there were always people coming in and out of front of the door. In order to minimize contact as much as possible, Brunei simply stayed in the cabin most of the time and did not go out.
Fortunately, perhaps because of the relationship between "special passengers", Captain Rama also took good care of him, and the food was sent by Ropol three times a day, with fish and shrimp, not to mention, Ropol would clean up after eating, but there was really no need to go out. What's more, Ropol repeatedly assured that he was originally expected to have a voyage of more than twenty days, and for the Rama, it would only take ten days to reach the port of the Thousand Islands - it was just a dozen days, and it was just a little patience.
That's what he had in mind. It's just that, deep down, he has already vaguely felt that since when, he doesn't seem to have encountered any opinions that can go on smoothly as he expected. This time, it will not be an exception.
At noon on the third day of Rama's departure, Ropol looked particularly excited when he brought him food as usual. And his reason was: "Because we are about to leave the borders of Lorraine." ”
[Psychological test: 91>60, failed.] 】
[Your contact with Ropol is actually very rare, and his habitual exaggerated behavior undoubtedly greatly interferes with your judgment of him. You don't think he's lying, but you're not sure if you're feeling right. 】
Brunei pursed his lips, now he doesn't bother to talk to the unreliability of the system. He had long realized that the system's judgment was just an additional tool that would sometimes save him some time, and now, in order to get rid of his over-reliance on the system and not fall into a desperate situation when he failed, he was trying to exercise his abilities.
"Well, yes. When the port opened before, I thought you liked the country of Loland very much. ”
"Of course. Lorraine is my hometown after all, and the king of today is wise and kind-hearted, and I don't just like Lorraine, I love it - then again, I'm a sailor after all, and my real home is on the boat, on the river, and only when I leave Lorraine, when I leave my hometown, will I really feel like I'm sailing, can you understand?"
In fact, Brunei didn't quite understand, but Ropol's words didn't end, and after sighing like a poem uncharacteristically, he suddenly smiled and showed a sly look: "Of course, the business of our ship can only really make a lot of money after leaving Loraine." ”
"......" Brunei was stunned for a moment, "What do you mean?"
Ropol winked at Brunei and said sneakily, "There is a standard for Lorraine's fares. ”
Brunei suddenly realized, and after chatting with Ropol for a few more words, Ropol withdrew, leaving Brunei alone, and said in his heart while eating: "System, what do you think?"
[What do you think?]
"Wasn't you just laughing? Why?"
[Haha, don't I always laugh? haha, hahaha!]
After eating, Brunei felt that he was somehow extremely tired, and went to bed early - the system had been laughing since he said that, and he couldn't breathe even though he didn't need to breathe, which was really noisy. However, now, the laughter of the system has long ceased to be a factor preventing Brunei from sleeping, not to mention, he is really tired.
Tired......
Tired......
............
"Ahh——!h
When Brunei was awakened by a rapid scream, his consciousness was still groggy, his headache was splitting, and he couldn't exert his energy.
"You, what are you doing! I, I'm from the Telphons family! You think clearly, don't-"
"Don't, ah, ——!"
Brunei coughed and laughed weakly, "I thought it was a woman's scream." ”
[Yes, the value of the standard rich second-generation character is here.] Originally, the more arrogant and slapped in the face, the ugliness when the appearance of the foreign appearance can give people a strong sense of pleasure. But then again, you're still in the mood to joke at times like these, you've grown a lot, my sweet little Brunei. 】
“...... Call. Brunei thought about to stand up, but he was sore, trying his best to hold up a little, but after a moment, he seemed to have exhausted all his strength, his hands were weak, and he rolled to the ground, sweating all over his body, "Since you took the initiative to mention this, then you must know what is going on?"
[Of course.] Who do you think I am? For the great Sun King COC system that is always right, there is nothing that is not known, and nothing is impossible. Haven't you realized how versatile this system is?]
"Less nonsense. Brunei found that it seemed to have really exhausted all his physical strength by taking it just now, and now he didn't even listen to his fingers, and it was difficult to clench his fists into a fist, "What the hell is going on?"
"You are like a ghost, and you drank the water for washing your feet." ”。 Hehe, once in a while, use your intelligence attribute as high as 90, and think about it on your own, or everyone will think you're a fool and question my attribute assessment. That's not going to work. 】
Brunei wanted to pull the corners of his mouth and smile, but now he couldn't even do this: "I've always been thinking on my own, after all, you always can't be relied on." ...... 'drank the water for washing his feet'...... It feels a little nauseous though...... Do you mean the drink -- the food? It's the food that's wrong, then ......."
As Brunei rolled under the bed, the screams and wails of the neighbours abruptly stopped, followed by low sobs, and the sound of growing footsteps, along with the sound of the river rushing to the bottom of the boat, down the hull of the boat over the floor, and finally into Brunei's ears. Footsteps stopped at the doorway, and the door was pushed open.
"......I see," Brunei couldn't help but want to smack his lips, but unfortunately he couldn't do it now.
Captain Rama stood in front, followed by Ropol and several other crew members, all holding shiny broadswords in their hands, many of them naked, and the reason was clear, because they were all stained with red blood and smelled fishy.
Captain Rama paced in the door and bowed slightly, "Good evening, Mr. Brunei." ”
"......" Brunei was motionless and unresponsive, only a slight breath could prove that he was still alive.
Ropol came up, still the same as before, he didn't look loyal, nor cunning, he smiled calmly, but because of the blood on his face, he looked much more vicious, as if he should have been covered with blood, he kicked Brunei's feet lightly, turned his head and said proudly: "Captain, I'll just say, I'll do it, don't worry." ”
"Okay, less to say. Mr. Brunei is a venerable one-turn mage, don't go too far. Rama casually scolded Ropol, walked up to Bruneisi, carefully helped him up, sat down on the chair, and then, pressed his left hand on his chest, and bowed slightly to Brunei: "Mr. Bruneisi, fortunately, I am the captain of the Rama, Rama. ”
"As you can see, we do officially licensed smuggling work in Loraine. ”
"In layman's terms, we are a gang of bandits. ”