125 – Touch from outside the sea (2)
There are many things to pay attention to when setting a ship on an ordinary pier, but even more so if the opponent is a moving island.
A boat tied to by an adventurer who got off the island a long time ago was swept away by the island that changed its direction of travel and was smashed and disappeared.
As such, simply anchoring the ship and landing does not solve the problem, but there must always be someone to watch and move the island and the ship.
Rotin prepared more than the minimum number of people needed to operate the two ships, and after waiting on the ship, got off the ferry tied to the side of the ship and headed for the drifting island.
“Is it okay if I leave this alone? If the weather changes suddenly.”
“It will be fine because they are all excellent sailors who have been picked and picked. More than anything, I left behind the guy I explored with for over 10 years.”
“Ahh. That’s what your brother said. By the way, why doesn’t that older brother take over as vice-captain?”
“I don’t like it because it’s burdensome to stand above someone else.”
A total of 24 people land on the island using two of the three ferry boats.
The ferry boat moved people back and forth between the sandy beach and the boat on the island several times, and in that way, close to 70 people landed on the island.
“I would have been reliable if I had an older brother.”
“right. Because you are strong!”
“I’ve never seen anyone so strong.”
The sailors who overheard the story all started talking about ‘brother’ at the same time.
He was active in all sorts of things that required strength when sailing, and he was already capturing the hearts of all sailors.
If something happens, if he is by his side, he can surely get help and survive. Such faith captured the hearts of the sailors who risked their lives in the rough sea.
“If there is a person who can be called a hero, it must be that person. If I had been born in the old days, I would have made my name known all over the world.”
“Come on, everyone. Concentrate now.”
Rottin got the sailor’s attention.
“First, let’s investigate the traces here.”
At those words, the sailors looked at the sandy field.
There were things lined up that had been on the crew’s nerves a little while ago.
“What is this? It looks strange.”
“This is bamboo. It looks like you split the bamboo in half?”
“bamboo? What a strange name. is this a tree? It’s empty inside.”
“… … .”
One of the sailors dabbed the white crystals inside the bamboo and tasted it.
“ah! It is salt.”
“indeed. Did you receive sea water on bamboo and make salt with it? Although the method is crude.”
“But, on an island like this, where can you get salt in this way?”
“A person named Monia is amazing, isn’t she? Did you say nobility? Are you a noble? It’s a huge life force.”
A few others admired the cottage Chester had made for them on the beach.
Of course, they know that Monia is an aristocrat. There was no way he wouldn’t know since he watched Rotin prepare not only butlers and maids, but also silver tableware on a luxurious bed to serve Monia.
“Awesome. You made a house.”
“Hey, Captain Rottin. Are you really noble? I can’t believe it.”
“Monia is a noble. Excluding the royal family, they are the most noble bloodline in our country!”
Saying so, Rottin looked at the ropes of the villa.
“By the way, where the hell did Monia get the rope from? Not a small amount… … .”
Rotin carefully ran his fingers through the ropes tying the villa’s bamboo together, and also looked at the traces of a nearby bonfire.
A crab was wandering around the bonfire trail, which left nothing but pure white ash.
‘Do you know how to make a fire?’
Then, suddenly, Rotin remembered the existence of a certain person.
“right. Monia said she was abandoned with one of the butlers. Are these all the work of that butler?”
He thought about that possibility for a moment, but Rottin shook his head, saying that it couldn’t be.
‘Nonsense. If you were a son of an aristocrat who would become a butler for a duke’s family, you would have only learned to be a butler from an early age. A guy like that knows how to make salt and a house and make a fire? And how to make a rope? It can’t be.’
Rotin’s head spins hard.
‘The worst assumption is that these are all traces of someone else, and Monia may already be dead.’
Rotin knows of the existence of adventurers who roam around the world in search of floating islands. If you were an adventurer like that, there was a high possibility that you would have such a variety of skills.
‘… … No, Monia will be alive. You have to believe that.’
Meanwhile, Rottin also admitted that his eyes and head were temporarily blurred by obsessing over Monia’s chances of survival.
‘Maybe the owner of the light I saw yesterday wasn’t Monia.’
If Monia is dead, I want to bring back at least the corpse. With that thought in mind, Rotin divided his men into groups of ten and ordered them to explore the island.
“Hey, by the way, Captain. What if Miss Monia and the butler are still alive?”
“Well.”
‘The butler who spent a long time on the island with Monia.’
For a moment, thinking about the two of them living happily on the island with Monia, Rotin felt uncomfortable and said briefly with a twisted smile.
“Kill the butler. because you don’t need Let’s just take Monia with us.”
“All right. Hey! hey! Follow all orders and go!”
* * *
A group of sailors roamed the forest to check their tools.
It’s all about finding one person, but this is a wild island. It was only natural to prepare thoroughly, not knowing what dangers might arise.
One pulled out a cutlass and tested the sharpness of the blade, chopping tall grass or hanging vines, even though it didn’t get in the way of walking, and one looked around nervously, holding a crossbow in hand so he could shoot whatever came along. I was watching.
The others were walking around, each with a weapon drawn. Cutlasses were the most numerous, there was only one crossbow, and more people carried bows than crossbows.
A crossbow is more powerful and easier to use than a bow, but there are many people who use a bow because it is much more economical to buy a bow of a suitable level than to invest expensive money in a bow and crossbow that you will not use while living at sea.
“Don’t you accidentally pull the trigger? If you hit Miss Monia, you will be killed by the captain.”
“I know! I know! Shut up! I-I’m fine!”
“It’s fine.”
“You coward.”
To make fun of the sailor with the crossbow, the sailors imitated the cry of a beast and attacked them from behind, or they gave off a strange atmosphere by saying that they saw a strange shadow.
“Oh, stop doing that!”
The sailors with the crossbow stopped teasing him until he was about to cry and looked at him with amazement.
“How can a guy like that be the best sharpshooter on our ship?”
“Did you see me throw a harpoon last time? You can hit that many fish at that distance, hey.”
“How can you get on a boat when you’re so scared?”
Traveling around the island to find someone who was not even alive was tedious and arduous toil.
After wandering around the forest for more than a few dozen minutes, the tired sailors began to talk less and began to throw dirty jokes to cheer up their tired bodies and minds.
And in this case, the object of the dirty joke was Monia they had to find.
A woman with black hair and purple eyes, who has never seen her face, but whose captain is possessed to the very root of her soul and is said to be the most beautiful woman in the world.
“If our captain was in love, wouldn’t it be just as pretty?”
“Have you never seen the dress the captain prepared? If you want to wear it, your chest or waist is like this, huh? like this!”
When a sailor draws a female line in the air, other sailors admire it.
“Ohhhhh.”
“You kill your body once.”
“Awesome.”
“But you lived on an island like this? Didn’t you eat well and only bones were left?”
“Well.”
“Damn it, don’t break the mood.”
Then, suddenly, a loud noise rang out from the quiet forest.
All the sailors who heard the sound tensed and looked in the direction of the sound. is it a beast? Is he or is it a person? Maybe it’s the person they were looking for.
“Monia? Are you Miss Monia! We are here at the request of Captain Rotin. Oh, well, damn it! Hey, what did the captain say to introduce?”
“do not know. Why do nobles in the country of captains make their names so long and difficult?”
“I don’t remember either.”
“Damn it! Anyway, Ms. Monia! We are from the Kingdom! … … What was the name of the kingdom?”
“It started with ra. The kingdom of la-whats.”
“Can’t you tell by that?”
Then, one of the sailors raised his hand.
“What did you tell me to do if it was the butler’s side, not Monia’s?”
“… … I told you to kill me.”
“Can I just kill you? It’s Miss Monia’s clue.”
“Before we kill her, we can ask her where Monia is or whether she is still alive.”
The sailors slowly relaxed their bodies as they talked.
No matter how long I waited, there was no sign of anything coming out, so I thought of investigating the place where I heard the sound for a while and moving on.
“Did you hear the sound from around here?”
“yes. But nothing.”
“Was it the sound of the wind?”
“Ugh. is it? It was too strange to be called wind noise.”
In the end, the sailors who couldn’t find anything roughly overlooked the identity of the sound and continued their search.
And, above the heads of the sailors walking like that, behind a shield made of raked branches.
“Hmm. What are those?”
“Rather than that, what are they saying? What language is that?”
“do not know. I know I keep calling your name. More than that, I don’t know what language it is, but the pronunciation is really strange.”
“The pronunciation of ‘ㄹ’ and ‘ㅅ’ is particularly strange. Moria is called Morulu’s child… . At first I thought it wasn’t my name.”
“yes.”
Chester pondered for a moment while accepting Monia’s words.
“At least, he must have come looking for you if he keeps calling out your name. Shall we meet? Maybe we can go back to the kingdom.”
“… … .”
I couldn’t understand the language, so I couldn’t tell exactly what they were talking about.
So, Chester and Monia came down from the tree and appeared before them.