Pillar of Yita

He regards the Descendants of Flor as rivals, whereas the Descendants of Flor might only see him as an urgent problem to be solved. But if the problem escalates to an unsolvable level, what then?

Others also disembarked from the ship one by one.

Affia stubbornly occupied Luo Yu alone, chatting for quite a while. Reluctantly, she told him that she was about to leave, urging him that if possible, he must, must visit her in the Royal Capital of Istania. Her father is a good man, and her sister is beautiful, and so on.

Since their last argument, the Little Princess seemed to realize she’s not well-liked on the ship. So, she didn’t bid farewell to everyone, only quietly left with her two servants. Tianlan knew after she left and snorted from her nose:

”How rude!”

She then glanced sideways at Luo Yu coming back.

”When do you plan to visit the Royal Capital of Istania?”

Luo Yu thought seriously for a moment and replied, ”When the Captain has some free time.”

After speaking, he raised his head only to see Fang Hong standing with the Big Catfolk at the side, winking and making faces at him—Luo Yu looked at them puzzledly, ”Have you two got cramps?”

Fang Hong sighed deeply, considering himself to have ’average’ emotional intelligence, but the person before him seemed to be below the human average. Indeed, Tianlan was quite displeased upon hearing Luo Yu’s response, snorted heavily, and gave him a glance before sulking and leading Gita into the city first.

”Little guy,” the Big Catfolk said earnestly, patting Luo Yu on the shoulder: ”You should learn from your Captain.”

Fang Hong felt a sense of pride upon hearing this, but when his eyes turned, he saw Hilveld coming down the platform and quickly went over with a smile to help him with the handbag.

This caused Miss Ship’s Officer to give him a smiling glance and pull the handbag back: ”Lord Captain is clumsy, better not. Inside are Meimei and the drawings, I don’t want to lose them.”

She came over, put the Xiangzi aside, then raised her head and carefully smoothed out his collar, speaking softly: ”Have you forgotten what Hilveld said? Lord Captain needs to look dignified, carrying a Madam’s Xiangzi makes you look like a servant.”

But Fang Hong thought about it and didn’t feel anything was wrong.

Miss Maid came down and gave him a casual look.

”I heard you have opinions about my story?”

Fang Hong blinked innocently: ”No, I don’t?”

”Suspicious.”

Xiesta glanced at him and left, following Hilveld with a stern face.

Then came Diket and Delice, who had just recovered from serious injuries.

He had already discussed everything that happened in Idus with the older Knight — and had even exchanged opinions about the Armor left in Dolifen by Aiertaute and the matter of the Wanderer. Diket planned to take this news back to Elpaxin — but before that, he wanted to meet his son, Sir Roban.

Roban had just been able to walk in the last couple of days, but he seems to be recuperating well.

Fang Hong asked about his plans.

Diket then revealed his plan to take a ship north from here; Tansnier is one of the largest ports in Istania, even to the north of Mist Fjord. The Knight glanced at the sickly Westwood Sibika’s little miss next to him and said: ”I have some friendship with the older generation of Westwood Sibika family, watching their descendants suffer such misfortune is truly unfortunate...”

”I heard Miss Delice has a fiancé; staying alone on the ship is not an option, nor can she go adventuring in such a state. From here to Golande, Fanric is also on the way, maybe I can consider taking her back to Elfendo.”

Fang Hong couldn’t help but glance at Delice.

Ever since Idus, the latter seemed soulless after waking up, constantly remaining in this state, which is worrying.

To know that she was previously quite independent, and also a lively girl, it shows how much her father’s affair has impacted her.

He inquired about her thoughts, and Delice just bit her lip and said, ”I want to see the Uncrowned...”

He had actually talked about Delice’s situation with the Uncrowned, knowing that the latter was in Fanric and preparing to head over to find them. Fang Hong thought about it and considered it a viable solution; comparing to the Uncrowned, Diket was someone with assets.

The Uncrowned cannot afford such expensive intercontinental ship tickets; it was uncertain when he would arrive, so better let Diket take Delice back. Since she didn’t oppose it, he nodded.

The group then split into three paths, entering Tansnier.

Atira, Tianlan, and Tang Xin naturally went to procure supplies, as even with platform reserves, they had nearly run out. From here to Mist Fjord is not a short distance, and afterward, it’s mostly desolate areas, so stocking up on supplies was necessary.

And the procurement affairs, ever since the negotiation with Golande and the Oak Knights, Fang Hong had been stripped of trading rights—according to Tianlan, it was too embarrassing to endure witnessing. To preserve the remaining dignity of the Seven Seas Travel Group’s Lord Captain, it was better to keep Fang Hong away from this.

Fang Hong was naturally quite dissatisfied about this; how was he embarrassing?

Moreover, looking at the trading with the Oak Knights now doesn’t seem that bad either? But such reasoning was ruthlessly exposed by his cousin — Tang Xin had coldly smiled at him at the time: ”If not for luck, the Oak Knights encountering these circumstances, would you still be laughing now?”