The Otherworldly Adventures of a Super Naive Girl

Chapter 301-302

301: Preparing to Leave Sanye Island

The most pig teammate of all was, obviously, Milty. She hadn’t done anything except stare at the sea waiting for her fiancé since they arrived on the island.

That left Leo and Ink with Little Bun and the nanny beast. Someone had to protect Little Bun, so they couldn’t both dive at the same time. The nanny beast was there, but with so many merchants on the island, neither Ink nor Leo felt good about leaving Little Bun alone with only the nanny beast for protection.

So one of them always stayed behind to watch over Little Bun, while the other dove to find the flowers. This was why they hadn’t completed the mission by the time Ming Xi’s group came over.

Leo blamed himself for poor leadership. He was incompetent and had failed to complete the task assigned by his senior. In order to make up for it, he worked extra hard on the dive.

The other three guys also worked hard, but despite this, the group only found two flowers. Two hours had already elapsed.

Ming Xi was still fine, but the other three weren’t doing so good. Jier was fire, so he was bad in water and had to expend a lot more magic than usual. Because of this, even though his magic was stronger than Leo or Ink, he was basically on par with them in the water. He had to go and rest on shore.

No one would actually stay in the water until they exhausted all their magic at the three-hour limit.

The sea was a dangerous place. It was wise to save some magic should the situation arise where fighting was necessary. Not doing so was just courting death. . . 

The four of them came out of the water to find Feng Wu taking care of Little Bun while the nanny beast was cooking on the grill. There was a lot of variety, with different fishes, crabs and lobsters.

“Little White’s abilities keep getting better and better,” declared Jier after taking a bite of fish. He sat beside the fire and had grabbed a deliciously looking fish that was grilled to perfection.

Little White’s eyes crinkled, pleased with the compliment.

“Compared to her owner, this is indeed amazing.” Ink knew how horrific Feng Wu’s cooking was.

Feng Wu walked over holding a bunch of tri-color flowers in her hand.

“What?! Where did those come from?!” Leo was shocked. They had been searching for so long and only came up with two flowers, but here was Feng Wu with, what, seven or eight in her hand like it was nothing at all. It defied logic!

“These are from a friend.”

Just now, while Feng Wu was waiting by the shore with Little Bun in her arms, several small fish monsters showed up. They chatted for a bit and became friends.

The little fishes knew she was looking for the tri-colored flower so each one of them had brought her one.

Feng Wu solved the problem that had been plaguing them for so many days that simply.

Leo felt arrows pierce his knees. He had to bow down to Feng Wu.

After enjoying the wonderful seafood grill, they all agreed to leave the island after resting for a few days.

Leo rushed into the caving yelling, “Bad news! Bad news! Milty took our boat!”

“What!? That woman dared?!” Jier was stunned.

Ming Xi had hired and paid for both the crew and the ship for the mission to Sanye island, but out of consideration for the crew’s safety, had taken a different boat to go to Demon Wind island. The original ship was left with Leo for his use.

The ship had everything, including all their provisions. The captain was also knowledgeable and an invaluable resource. They needed him to sail them back.

For her fiancé, Milty had driven away their only boat. It was outrageous of her.

“That damn woman! She’s no good, way too selfish!” Ink was so angry he almost saw red.

“How did you discover the boat was missing?” Ming Xi asked.

Leo shook his head in embarrassment. “I wasn’t the one who discovered it; it was an uncle in the village. He knew we hadn’t left yet. He came and reported it because he was worried someone had stolen it.

Once I found out, I went around and asked a few of the villagers if they had seen anything. That’s how I found out Milty took the boat out by herself.”

Ming Xi nodded. “It’s OK. It’s not a big deal. We’ll find another boat. She can use it if she wants to.”

“Milty and her fiancé are just plain bad news. One will do anything for a woman, even go to Demon Wind island. The other is even crazier, stupidly fearless for a man.” Jier was still amazed by the whole thing.

“Bad people.” Feng Wu nodded her head in agreement with Jier.

“Let’s rest for a bit, then tomorrow we’ll go to the trade islands and buy another ship. There should be a boat on Sanye that will go there.” Ming Xi said.

“That’s the thing, I’m not sure if there is one.” While it was true there were boats that sailed between the islands, they didn’t sail every day.

“We’ll ask the villagers tomorrow. It will be good if there is a boat tomorrow, but if not, then we’ll think about it then. We can play here for a few more days while we think of another way to get to the trade islands.”

Ink’s suggestion was unanimously approved. They all found individual spots to rest while they waited to see what tomorrow would bring.

The next morning, Ink went down to the village to ask about boats leaving for the trade islands. The answer was an unexpected five days. After asking about the schedule, Ink returned to the cave.

The cave was quiet after Ink shared the news.

“What should we do? Wait for five days or find another way off the island?” Ink threw the question to Ming Xi since he was their captain.

“How about this, we try to find a merchant ship that’s passing through that’s willing to take us onboard. If there aren’t any merchant ships, then we’ll wait the five days for the Sanye ship.”

No one disagreed. They had completed their mission, so when they returned wasn’t a big deal, as long as they got back to campus before classes resumed.

Fortunately they did find a passing merchant ship. The ship’s destination wasn’t Zhongyang or the trade islands, but a place called Biluo. It was a large and powerful archipelago composed of twelve islands. This, of course, meant there were twelve lords.

302: Merchant Ship

The island lords lived on their own islands. The main lord lived on the main island while the other lords lived on the smaller surrounding islands.

Of the twelve, three were from the Dabu sect, two were dual sword-magic art users, while the rest were either sword masters or master magicians.

The ship the group found was headed to Biluo, and Biluo happened to have regularly scheduled ships that sailed out to Zhongyang. It was welcome news for the group. Now they wouldn’t have to buy a boat or rent one out, they could just hitch a ride.

After they decided to go to Biluo, Ink and the captain finalized their agreement. The captain decided not to charge them for the ride after finding out they were students at Zhongyang Holy academy. Instead he asked they led a hand if the ship encountered any trouble.

Sailing on the sea was dangerous. There were water monsters and pirates to be careful of.

Large merchant ships were often targeted by pirates. In fact, most paid pirates a large quantity of goods every year to ensure that they wouldn’t be attacked while at sea.

Medium sized and smaller sized ships didn’t have that kind of excess resource, so they had to rely on adventurers to guard their ships while at sea.

The owner of this particular ship was named Hart. Hart was your average business man whose family had been in the business for generations. He was luckier than most. Thanks to his acute business sense and hardworking ethics, he was able to move from being a small fisherman to an owner of a small ship.

Hart was a strong man in his fifties, but based on the low amount of inner power he radiated, he wasn’t a very powerful guy sword user. Considering his age, it was obvious he didn’t have talent for training with the sword to become a sword master.

He had an easy going, open-hearted personality. His staff were all kind people. Aside from Hart and his staff, there was also a hired mercenary group on board. He had hired them to protect the merchandise.

The mercenary group inevitably saw Ming Xi’s group board the ship. They were used to it. It was Hart’s habit to pick up passengers as long as they were headed the same direction.

Other than Ming Xi’s group, there was also a brother sister pair, and three other adventurers traveling on a mission.

Since everyone was going to Biluo and there were plenty of empty rooms on board, Hart did not refuse anyone entrance, nor did he charge a fare. He only asked for everyone’s help should the ship encounter danger on the seas.

It was a fair enough request, so everyone agreed.

In addition to the dozen crew members and about twenty hired mercenaries, there were also the adventurers, extra passengers and Ming Xi’s group. There were quite a few people on board.

Because Feng Wu was a girl and had a child with her, she was given a separate room. Ming Xi and the other guys split up into two rooms. The crew took them to their respective rooms afterwards.

Their rooms were adjacent, so that was convenient.

It didn’t take long after everyone settled in for the ship to leave port.

It wasn’t a long journey to get to Biluo island from Sanye island, just ten days. josei

That evening, Hart had the cook prepare a meal for everyone in the dining hall. Naturally Hart would be the host.

“Everyone, no need to be polite. Sit, sit. It’s our fate to meet at sea like this so let’s all enjoy a good meal together. Drink and dine.” Hart laughed heartily.

Everyone sat down.

The hired mercenary group’s team leader was a sword master of some repute. He had two assistants; one was a strong sword master as well, while the other was a strong magician. The remaining twenty odd people in the group were also strong in their own right. Only the three leaders of the mercenary group joined in the banquet. The other members of the mercenary group were patrolling outside.

“Thanks to Boss Hart for the invitation.”

“Thank you, Boss Hart.”

“Indeed, I’m so embarrassed to have Boss Hart treat us.”

They all exchanged a few words with Hart before entering the dining cabin. Once inside, they sat down in their arranged seats and a maid poured the wine.

“Boss Hart is too polite. I will toast boss first.” Ming Xi and everyone raised their glasses in a toast.

Boss Hart was a businessman so he was good at conversation. It was a congenial atmosphere as everyone chatted.

The banquet was primarily for the three mercenary leaders, so Hart mostly chatted with them, however that didn’t mean he ignored everyone else.

A clever-looking girl around sixteen or seventeen came up to Feng Wu and whispered. “Are you going to Biluo for the sea emperor’s tomb?”

The girl was the younger of the siblings who had boarded the ship earlier. They were pretty good. The girl was an intermediate magician while the boy, at twenty-five or so, was an advanced swordsman. He was a promising talent.

They introduced themselves as nobilities from the west. The siblings were traveling together for fun when they heard about the tomb. It sounded interesting so they got on Hart's ship and were looking forward to being part of the exploration team.

Feng Wu was sitting next to Jier, eating a piece of chicken thigh. Unexpectedly someone approached her and started chatting. She swallowed the mouthful of meat in her mouth before replying. “What sea emperor’s tomb?”

The girl was surprised and it showed in her wide eyes. She couldn’t believe there was someone who hadn’t heard the news.

“What?! You don’t know? Then what are you doing going to Biluo?”

“To get a boat back to Zhongyang,” replied Feng Wu with her stiff expressionless face.