Is this really just an RPG? !

Chapter 5 Wang's Set Sail (2)

Where there are sea routes, there are pirates, and there are bandits where there are mountain roads.

The name of the pirate group published in the newspaper is "William". It is an active pirate organization in the North Sea. It often targets ships with nobles on board. Although doing so will offend the surrounding countries even more, once the robbery is completed, it will be enough money to keep them well for quite a while.

Brown probably felt that his ship, the Grace, would be targeted.

"What are the odds?"

"It was very low, so low that I planned to ignore it, but after learning that you, the brave man, were on board, I had to think a little more."

"..."

What she said seems to make sense?

I have no way to refute, what should I do!

Heroes of all ages have a physique that is particularly prone to accidents, and even I am no exception. Things that have a very low probability of happening, once a brave person joins in, the probability will be greatly increased, even to the extent that it will definitely happen... Maybe the incident is not too difficult to solve, but some unexpected things happen inexplicably , always feel very troublesome.

Even I, as the person involved, feel this way.

"However, why did you suddenly think of showing me this?"

"You are also a brave man!"

"..."

I don't know if it's an illusion.

I've heard this phrase more and more recently.

William Pirates is a group with a certain history. It appeared around 1940. The leader is Heywood. He was originally a retired navy soldier. For some reason, a group of people were recruited to work as pirates. They would rob some expensive-looking ships. Although no one was killed, it was not a robbery, but they were pirates after all, and they were thrown into prison after being caught.

What a bunch of weird guys.

What is even more surprising is that he was caught and not sentenced to death?

Anyway, now that this group of people has escaped from the prison, they are probably planning to make another wave to hide and avoid the limelight of the arrest warrant. For such pirates, this ship is indeed a good choice - from the sea route from Yvette City to Vis Harbor, only the passenger ship Grace will pass by, most of which are nobles, and it is unlikely to exist What a powerful force.

It is simply a big cake that you can grab and take a bite.

"Speaking of which, doesn't the captain have firepower comparable to that of a battleship?"

"Oh, indeed, but I always feel that it is better to have more backup players. This is my habit when I was a soldier."

"Understandable."

A few more players will never suffer.

As long as you don't get too confident because you have a back hand, it's fine if you accidentally get rid of it in the end.

However, I really didn't expect that the captain of the Grace is a young woman. Although I can feel it from her tone, behavior style and temperament, but in terms of appearance, I think she is a noble lady, or the kind Women who have experienced many occasions and are quite experienced in socializing.

"uh-huh?"

"Ah... sorry, I'm sorry."

When I came back to my senses, I realized that I had been looking at the other person's face.

Hastily lowered his head to apologize, but unexpectedly heard a burst of laughter.

"It's nothing, those bastards often look at me like this, and I'm used to it... Or rather, it's an affirmation of a woman's beauty! In contrast, Neil, your eyes are much more pure than the bastards on the boat gone."

"..."

Some don't know how to answer.

Unexpected generosity can also make people feel a little headache.

"Aren't you really interested in being my deputy? Not only can you enjoy the sea voyage for free all year round, but there are also many exciting activities!"

"Prick, stimulate?"

"Actually, the sailing speed of the Grace is not slow, so every time we complete the mission as a passenger ship, we will also act as treasure hunters."

"ha?"

"Don't you feel very moved?"

Brown asked me back, then stood up, walked to the bookshelf, took a book from it, put it in front of me, pulled out the papers inside and spread it out, only then did I realize that it was a chart, although It's very simple, but according to the many notes, it can be judged that Brown has probably determined where the chart is, and even deciphered all the code words on it, leaving an "X" mark in the center of the chart that has not been noted.

That should be where the treasure is.

"It was just cracked recently, isn't it very exciting?"

"Oh, somewhat."

I have been to many various relics, and I am not too excited.

However, there are still some expectations.

Traveling is to visit the places you want to go and see the things you want to see. There will be no shortage of adventures during the travel process, and adventures will always happen in some remote places. Perhaps, probably because of the class of the brave, I couldn't help being curious about these unknown things.

Speaking of which, where did Lilith go?

Are you going to the hall to talk to those nobles?

Knowing that because of her status as a princess, she will complete these necessary things regardless of whether she likes it or not, but since she is here to visit Brown, there should be no need for her to leave in such a hurry! Or maybe I sensed from the previous conversation that Brown had something to do with me, so I habitually avoided it.

"Thinking of Your Highness?"

"Um."

Why can these people guess my thoughts.

I feel a little stomach ache.

"Oh! Neil and His Highness already have that relationship!"

"...No, I was just wondering why she was in a hurry to get out, as if she deliberately left a space for me to talk to Captain Brown."

I countered.

And why is it an exclamation sentence? If you are not sure, please use interrogative sentences for me!

"Because that's His Highness."

"Eh?"

"She is not just a simple princess, but also a witch who can read people's hearts."

"The witch...sees people's hearts...such a statement?"

"It's not a derogatory term, it can be called a compliment! The people of the entire Alexander Empire feel that they are lucky to have such a princess, and the vase princesses in several nearby countries are completely incomparable."

"Isn't there a princess next door who saved the country by singing?"

"Ah, idols are a special case, besides, His Highness's singing skills are also very good, hasn't Neil heard of it?"

"not at all."

Ever since I met Lilith for the first time, I have been dealing with various incidents. I think today is such a leisurely situation... probably the second time? After all, yesterday was also a vacation. Except for the fact that he always loses his temper easily when talking with Roy, overall it is very relaxed.

Seems off topic?

Folding the drawing in front of me and handing it to Brown, I stood up and prepared to say goodbye.

In the end, he was grabbed by the other party.

"Don't be in such a hurry."

"Eh?"

"How about accompanying me to the cab for a while, although I can't keep you as a long-term assistant, but it's fine in the short term! I believe you will be interested."

"……good."

Should I tell him that I was still convulsing in bed before the meds?

Just because of seasickness.

However, I am really curious about the cockpit, after all, something like sailing is somewhat expected.

"Want to wait for Lilith?"

"No, Your Highness probably isn't interested in this aspect."

"Eh?"

Isn't the most famous witch is curiosity? The group of women who created all kinds of strange things with the power of the demons can compare with alchemists in terms of curiosity and imagination, and there will be an existence who is not interested in certain things... Or maybe she knows too much ?

"No, you probably think too much."

"..."

"His Royal Highness is always interested in small objects, of course! She also proposed to create a super-large manned mech, but she seems to be just joking, and has not yet started to implement this idea."

"That's it."

I sigh.

By the way, I complained in my heart.

Is this Miss Captain's ability to read people's hearts too strong?

Follow Brown to walk slowly in the corridor, along the edge of the hall to another passage, all the way to the end to a door, after Brown opened the door, I saw several people dressed similarly, busy. I thought that driving a boat was a simple matter, as long as the steering was controlled to ensure that the boat didn't hit anything.

It seems that this is not the case.

Not to mention those next to the rudder.

I couldn't react to the lines of "adjust the weapon", "keep the buoyancy-enhancing magic circle running", "the magic cannon is in good condition" and so on.

Am I on a passenger ship or a battleship?

"captain!"

The first to salute Brown was a middle-aged man.

Seems like a deputy?

"Thank you, how is the situation now?"

"Everything is normal, and tonight will be a calm night."

"Then keep it up, pay attention to the surrounding situation, don't touch strange ships, just avoid them."

"clear!"

It could be seen that there was a vague expression of incomprehension on the man's face.

But he didn't ask.

They were more like a navy with many battles than a liner crew. But as far as I know, the only ex-marine on this ship is Captain Brown next to me. Maybe it was her previous experience that made her subconsciously cultivate her subordinates in this way? It feels quite handsome.

"Surprised?"

"Surprised."

I didn't hesitate and gave the answer directly.

"Do you want to keep it on board?"

"No, even so, I still have to refuse, I have a lot of things to do."

"Is that so, what a pity."

Having said that, I didn't see regret on Brown's face at all.

I don't know how this female captain thinks, but it probably doesn't have much to do with me. It's just a captain's habit to keep me to communicate alone... Maybe it's the kind of person who can't help but talk more when he sees someone he likes. It's best to keep the other party.

"It's almost time, I think I should go to Lilith."

"Well, say hello to Your Highness for me."

"No problem, then I will take my leave first."

"Um."

Saying goodbye to Brown, I left the cab.

The moment I opened the door, I saw Emily standing outside holding Roger.

"Ah, brave."

"Ah, senior."

"..."

"Would you like to have lunch together?"

Emily said so, let go of her hands, and let Roger jump on my shoulder.

"no problem."

I replied.

Then follow Emily towards the hall.

Probably because the atmosphere in the aristocratic circle was really difficult for people to adapt to. Both Emily and I gave up the idea of eating in the hall, and returned to the room after saying hello to the waiter. I wanted to talk to Lilith at first, but seeing that she seemed tired from dealing with all kinds of people, I didn't go up to bother her.

When she returned to the room, she saw Qiuqiu who was studying the board game. Since she learned this game at the hotel in Yvette City last time, she was completely addicted to it, and she was familiar with most of the character cards with the information in the endless library. By the way, the person who made this game is Nancy Warren, the noble girl who always tells dirty jokes.

When I first learned about this, I miraculously accepted it immediately.

Probably got used to it.

Roger and Ron huddled into two balls on the bedside table. If I didn't know in advance that they were two cats, I would have mistaken them for some kind of decorative fur balls. One black and one white together are fine. Very harmonious. Although Roger was full of energy when we were together, for some reason, as long as he saw Ron, he would sleep in endlessly like that lazy white cat.

Cat habits?

But they are not cats.

It is a magical existence called Supporting Familiar. I don’t know the details yet. I hope Qiuqiu can explain it to me in detail... Oh, yes! I almost forgot what I had been planning to ask all this time! Up to now, I haven't asked Qiuqiu clearly what is supporting the familiar.

Although I have already signed a contract with Roger, I also know that he has a powerful combat skill like [Comet Flash].

But what kind of familiar is that?

Simply split the noun into the words "support" and "familiar".

If it is "support", I can still barely understand the origin of this title. [Comet Flash] The two major features are locking and annihilation of non-living bodies, so at that time, it will kill the manager of the clock tower with one blow, but this kind of combat technique must be ordered by the contractor before Roger can release it.

Just like Cowper did back then.

But I can't draw any more reliable conclusions about the term "facilitator".

Generally speaking, familiars are often the creations of spellcasters. They belong to the creator and are used to deal with various things. The most representative of them is the "golem", which has excellent anti-magic ability and self-regeneration Ability, which will be used by most spellcasters as a guard.

The supporting familiar is probably a little different.

Qiuqiu once mentioned that they are a race that has disappeared for a long time. It is said that they exist but no one has seen them.

"Meow?"

"Roger? No, nothing."

"Ahem, can you stand at the door in a daze?"

"Ahhh... sorry sorry."

I quickly came back to my senses and took a step back to the left.

Emily stepped forward and opened the door, and then a waiter pushing a dining cart came in, said "Excuse me" in a low voice, and began to tidy up the only table in the room and put the food on it one by one. Then he left the room after saying "Have a nice meal".

It turns out that this is how Emily doesn't want to stay in the hall after dinner and get along with each other!

"Want to eat? It's silly to just stand there motionless."

"Oh... a little bit unresponsive."

Maybe it's because I was just thinking about something.

I'm a little slow to react right now.

Emily didn't care about this kind of thing either, she greeted the elf who was addicted to games and the white cat who was about to roll off the bedside table, and asked those two guys to come over for dinner. Ron got up immediately after hearing it, and jumped onto Emily's lap a few times, but Qiuqiu didn't respond after a while.

"call……"

"..."

It turned out that the guy was asleep.

"Sister, she fell asleep."

"Then there is no other way, the brave should put her on the bed."

"Too."

She fell asleep in the position of sitting on the hard bedside table and holding the cards, and she didn't know how Qiuqiu did it. Putting her on the bed and sorting out the cards, I hugged Roger and sat across from Emily, staring at the dinner plate in front of me in a daze. I'm not very hungry, and I don't really want to eat. Now I have too many things I don't understand, but I haven't had a chance to ask.

Maybe there is an answer from Emily?

I am not sure.

But would love to try it.

"Sister! Can I ask you a question?"

"Um?"

With her mouth full, Emily gave me just a single syllable, leaving me completely confused as to whether she agreed or refused.

Can't you just swallow it and talk?

"Are you asking me about supporting the familiar?"

"Eh!"

"Oh, the message on your face, Brave, is too obvious. It really wasn't something you accidentally said before."

"..."

Always feel.

She seemed to be perfunctory.

But after realizing that she was perfunctory, why did I feel even more tired?

"I intend to ask this, but it's not just this."

"oh?"

"Captain Brown told me something before, and I think I should tell you too."

When I was talking, I pointed to Qiuqiu who was lying on the bed.

"What's up?"

"Recently, a group of pirates escaped from prison. It seems that they are planning to make a large sum of money before avoiding the pursuit, so that they have enough funds to support them to hide for a while."

"So the captain thinks the ship might be a target?"

"...It is said that it is because of me."

"Oh, it's reasonable, after all, the heroes of all ages have been like this."

Emily acted extraordinarily calm, as if she wouldn't be surprised by this. When I made a decision, I considered that Emily would probably accept this matter calmly, but I didn't expect that the reason for her calmness seemed to be a bit different from what I imagined...why the way I look at her is always expressing " It's only natural for a brave man to encounter even the most bizarre incident" What does that mean! Don't act like I can't see it, okay?

Let go of your hands and let Roger continue to run to Ron to pretend to be a hairball.

I pushed the dishes away and lay down on the table.

"I know a little bit about supporting familiars."

"?"

"By the way, have you signed a contract with your black cat?"

"Well, it was just yesterday."

When I went to see Roy.

I add one sentence in my heart.

I hadn't made this decision at the time, but because of the accident that Roy made, I somehow managed to sign the contract. After the matter was over, the guy didn't explain the existence of the supporting familiar to me at all. Expired beverages drive me away.

Later, I learned from Roger's words that it was expired milk, but with a little disguise that made it difficult to distinguish.

A real black-hearted businessman.

"It's really slow. Lilith signed the contract when she first met Ron."

"I'm really sorry for being slow."

"However, I can understand that if you don't know the creatures called 'supporting familiars', you really can't sign a contract with them. After all, it is a very unique and little-known contract method."

Having said that, Emily suddenly pointed at me with the knife in her right hand.

"Compared to this, I am more curious about how you met Roger, who is a twin familiar with Ron. This cannot be explained simply by luck, not to mention that you are still a lucky F. Only your magic weapon can become Lucky E."

I have a little stomachache.

# We are still good friends without mentioning the lucky value #

But speaking of Roger.

"To be precise, he found me!"

"Meow."

Roger, who has been pretending to be a dumpling, nodded at the right time.

This relieved Emily's doubts.

"Ah, there's nothing I can do about it. After all, I'm not like you, the brave man, who can understand cats at level ten."

"...Why do I always feel that there is something hidden in it when it is obviously a compliment?"

"You think too much."

Emily waved her fork to stop my thoughts from wandering.

"It is said to support the familiar, because this kind of creature has a great characteristic, that is, they will find someone who is compatible with them as their contractor, and then provide help to the contractor in various aspects... But They are also strange creatures, so they are not simple familiars, and saying that they are 'supporting familiars' is just a misnomer left over from ancient times, and it has not been changed until now."

"I see."

I subconsciously looked at the two hairballs.

One of them looked up at me, and asked me if I was okay with a "meow".

"There is no fixed shape, no fixed personality, no fixed ability. Even the same support familiar will have differences in ability and personality due to different masters. In short, they are the most suitable existence as partners... Of course, Qiuqiu is also in this category, but Qiuqiu is a kind of elf."

"Well, the most unique family of elves, each one has unique abilities and has the characteristic of immortality."

This is what I know about Qiuqiu.

She can consult the ability of the "endless library" at any time, as long as she is willing that most of the life cannot discover her existence, and she will not really die anyway.

"There are many incredible lives in this world."

"Eh?"

Emily made a sudden sigh, which made me unable to react.

She seemed to think of something and didn't go on. I want to ask but I don’t know how to ask. Roger ran to my lap and looked up at me. He seemed a little hungry, but none of the food on the table was suitable for him, so Roger tried to ask me for help. .

what will he eat

What will the support familiar eat?

Or what would cats eat?

"Do you want to eat fish?"

"Meow!"

It's really easy to understand, probably not only the appearance of a cat, but also the behavior and hobbies are developing in the direction of a cat.

I put him on the seat and prepared to call the waiter to bring in a fish dish.

"Boom!"

At this moment, the hull shook violently.

Like hitting something.

Unexpectedly, I fell directly to the ground, my head was dizzy, and my thinking was interrupted for a moment.

When I came back to my senses, I realized that there seemed to be some kind of loud noise just now.

Came from the deck.

"Brave?"

"It's okay, senior, are you okay?"

"I'm fine, something seems to be happening outside..."

"Well, I'll go out and have a look, and the senior will stay inside and wait for me to come back."

"No, I mean..."