Chapter 16: Stowaways, Catching Food Thieves
Go to the Kingdom of Flowers like Tara?
However, Tara said that Qingjiao seemed to have taken the main combat force under his command to the Grand Line, and most likely did not return to the West Sea.
This year is the 1488th year of the Sea Circle Calendar, and it has been exactly 10 years since the Pirate King Roger was executed and the Great Pirate Era began.
However, precisely because the Great Pirate Era has not yet begun, there are many strong people in various seas who choose to go out to sea as pirates, and there is no crowding into the Grand Line. This leads to many masters among the people in the four major seas.
But Lu Kai had no idea where these masters were.
However, for Lu Kai, the most urgent task is to leave the Kingdom of Lafia first, and then return strongly when he is strong enough to make anyone who stands in his way pay the price.
The next morning.
At the southernmost port of the Kingdom of Lafia, a fleet flying merchant flags had just finished loading its cargo and was conducting the final inventory.
On the bow of the fleet's flagship, a handsome young man of eighteen or nineteen and a beautiful girl of about ten were leisurely enjoying the sea breeze.
"Finally we can go back. It turns out that sea voyage is so tiring. If I had known, I would not have come with you!" The girl stretched and complained dissatisfiedly.
"I told you it's very hard work, so who asked you to come with me?" Although the young man seemed to be blaming the girl, his face was full of doting and he said with a smile.
"That's because you didn't explain it clearly." The girl grumbled unhappily. "After I go back this time, I'm going to ask Xinna to cook a hundred dishes that I like to make up for all the food I haven't eaten during this period."
"Can you finish all these dishes?" The young man was amused by the girl and asked with a smile.
"What do you care? Humph!" The girl said rudely, "Besides, I'm going to complain to Xinna when I get back, saying that you didn't take good care of me."
"No, no, no!" The young man panicked upon hearing this and said quickly, "If you really say that, Xinna will skin me alive. Fuya, you must not say that."
"It's okay if you don't tell me!" The girl named Fu Ya pretended to hesitate and said, "But you have to buy me ten beautiful dresses."
"Hey, I don't take it seriously. Just tell me what you need. When has my brother not bought you something? Do you still need to threaten me?" The young man relaxed his brows and smiled.
"It's because you buy me whatever I want, and I don't feel anything at all. Threats are more interesting. It gives me a sense of accomplishment that I have earned myself." The girl stuck out her tongue and said mischievously.
"Okay, okay, our Fu Ya can do whatever she wants." The smile on the young man's face never stopped when he was chatting with the girl, and the overflowing doting could not be concealed at all.
"That's pretty good." Fu Ya said proudly.
Soon, the fleet set sail.
The young man brought out a lounge chair from somewhere and lay down on it leisurely, basking in the sun and feeling the sea breeze. Occasionally, he stared blankly at the blue sky. It was unknown what he was thinking about, and a fleeting loneliness flashed in his eyes from time to time.
Fu Ya also moved out a chair and sat next to the young man, but she was not as lazy as him. Instead, she held a thick book and read it attentively.
The book was filled with dense text and some plant illustrations. It was obviously a medical book, but the girl was immersed in it and was very dedicated.
While reading, sometimes he frowned in thought, sometimes his brows relaxed as if he had a sudden realization, and occasionally he couldn't help but smile.
A day passed just like that, and the setting sun poured down, shining on the sea, dyeing the entire sea red.
The fleet of twelve ships sailed forward on the red sea, with the wind blowing the sails, giving a unique feeling.
But at this moment, the young man who had been lying on the recliner without moving for the whole afternoon suddenly frowned, and then seemed to realize something and sat up abruptly.
Fu Ya, who was concentrating on reading a medical book, was startled by the young man's sudden action and almost dropped the book because she couldn't hold it steadily.
"Olin, what are you doing? You scared me!" Seeing Olin's startled look, Fu Ya muttered in dissatisfaction.
"Haha, Fuya, my brother found a thief!" Olin suddenly laughed, "Do you want to come with me to catch him?"
"Catch the food thief?" Hearing such an exciting thing, Fu Ya immediately became interested, "Where is it, where is it?"
"Haha, brother will take you there right away!"
After saying that, Olin put his arm around Fuya's waist, tapped the deck with his toes, and the two of them floated several feet away to the edge of the ship.
Then Olin tapped the ship's hull again with his toes, and floated from the flagship to another ship in the fleet with Fuya.
However, Olin did not stop, but touched the deck again. The two of them floated to the outermost ship of the fleet and finally landed on the deck.
At this moment, in the warehouse where the ship stored food, a sneaky thin figure was eagerly searching for something.
As several sacks were opened, the figure's eyes suddenly lit up, and he grabbed the food in front of him and stuffed it into his mouth frantically.
"Hahaha!" On the deck, Olin suddenly couldn't help laughing.
"Are you crazy?" Fuya glared at Olin and scolded him.
"No, no, I just think it's so funny. I'll take you over there to experience it for yourself." Olin still had a smile on his face, and he strode ahead to lead the way.
The thin figure who was eating enthusiastically in the warehouse suddenly seemed to feel something and his body suddenly stopped.
Then he stood up carefully, jumped lightly to a corner of the warehouse, and hid his body.
As if feeling that this was still a little inappropriate, the figure picked up two sacks full of goods and pressed them on himself.
The little figure felt a little relieved, and then continued to devour the food in his hand.
However, as the two auras got closer, the little figure's heart rose to his throat, because the aura in front made him feel extremely frightened.
The aura was so strong, like a dazzling sun, that it was impossible to ignore it. It was the strongest aura the little figure had ever felt, without a doubt.
As the door of the warehouse was opened, the figure in the corner immediately stopped all movements and didn't even dare to swallow his saliva.
At the same time, I prayed in my heart, hoping that these two people just came to the warehouse to get something.
The visitors were Olin and Fuya. Olin gave Fuya a look and then walked towards the corner where the figure was hiding in the warehouse without hesitation.
Then Olin seized a sack in each hand and flung open the bags.
I saw a little boy with disheveled hair and tattered clothes holding a half-eaten cabbage in one hand and a half-bitten piece of dried bacon in the other.
The little boy, who looked to be about seven or eight years old, squatted on the floor with his mouth full of food that he hadn't had time to swallow yet, oil still oozing from the corners of his mouth, staring blankly at the two of them.
"Puchi, hahahaha..." The moment Fu Ya saw the boy's look, she couldn't hold it in anymore and burst into laughter, holding her stomach.
"Haha!" Olin also covered his stomach and couldn't help laughing out loud.
Only that thin figure was still staring blankly at the two people who were grinning foolishly, and for a moment, no one knew what mood he was in.