101 Vol 2. pt. 38 Patch 7.0: The Defiance of a Wolf and a Serpen (2/2)
”Holy – so this is what you two have been up to?”
”That's right. With his luck, we got into the closed alpha testing of the game, and things just sort of snowballed from there. Now, here are we. He leads a faction of pirates, and I'm known as the Lightning Witch of the High Seas. Now, what I am here to say is this: because of you getting onto Blackstache's good side, some old relations, and pissing off that creep – as far as I am concerned, the scholars were not able to tell who commandeered that cannon.”
Now Fenrir knows why he felt an instant connection to Blackstache when he first saw him getting bossed around by Rachel. They are not only in arms in having to deal with tsunderes, but they used to be good friends!
”How long have you known?” Fenrir asks.
”Since I first saw you up close. Anybody who has spent enough time around you would be able to recognize you right away. Only John would never be able to recognize you, and I am fairly sure that he will not even recognize our child when I give birth to her,” Rachel explains.
”It's going to be a girl?” Oleander asks.
Rachel nods which makes Oleander squeal.
”To think that John was threatening to string me up – I bet he'll get a kick out of that once he figures out who I am,” Fenrir says. ”I'll have to scold him for threatening his old leader.”
”He cannot discover who you are until after the tournament is over. If he learns it beforehand, I am not sure that I would be able to keep him from acting too biased in your favor around Ull. He has already helped you as much as he can,” Rachel explains, pointing at the three crates on the pier.
”Is this really alright? Isn't it unfair to be supplying us with—”
”Ull is doing the same for his champions and those traitors on The Steel Tiger. This is evening the playing field if anything, and even then, they are receiving more than you are.”
”Got it.”
”Ryouta, bring out the Divine Brigade leader in you to kick their asses. I know that you still have it in you or else you never would have pulled off that maneuver to save Morven. Nobody, including John and I, wants to see either of those crews win.”
”We'll win, don't worry. Then, after we win, we need to grab some drinks together.”
Bonekraka steps up. ”You helped us before, but not forget I beat you in all our duels,” he says.
Rachel looks the orc over. ”I knew you were going to be Viktor. After the tournament is over, I would be happy to duel you again to prove which of us is stronger,” she says while tapping on the handle of her rapier beneath her cloak.
Bonekraka steps back.
”I must go back now,” Rachel says. ”One last thing,” she looks at Serra and Cassiel, ”try not to get too jealous if a bunch of girls start following him. He always had a habit of making girls fall in love with him without even meaning to, but he'd always end up dating the girls who just wanted to use him instead of his fangirls.”
Serra gives a thumbs-up, and Cassiel has been speechless with blushing cheeks this entire time.
”I'll see you sometime after the tournament,” Rachel says.
”Thanks for the help, and I'm happy to hear that you and John are doing good. I've still got to yell at you sometime for abandoning us without saying anything, though,” Fenrir says.
”We'll see.” With that, Rachel hides her face with the cloak and leaves The Shoebill.
”Come on, let's get these crates onboard.”
Taking the three crates below deck, Tabitha looks through them with excited eyes.
”I can make a new engine! And we've got a new, even better hook for the ballista!” Tabitha explains.
”So, you'll be able to get us in proper fighting conditions for tomorrow?” Fenrir asks.
”We'll be in even better condition! Also, I was thinkin'… it's probably too risky to take our girl here out right now, but if somebody wants to go rent a rowboat or kayak to go grab some debris out there, I might be able to get us another upgrade that'll really help.”
”What debris would help?”
”Steel oak. Some of it was blown off from that explosion, so I'm thinkin' that we could salvage some of it and get it installed on here. If I fuse it with the Yiggy branch, I might be able to make it so that this baby replaces the current hull with a steel oak one.”
”Yeah, we're definitely doing that.”
”We'll go!” Oleander says, grabbing onto Corwin's arm. ”A nice, nighttime cruise underneath the stars with the two of us in a private rowboat! Come on, doesn't that sound nice?” he asks Corwin.
Corwin nods, but Tabitha looks suspicious.
”Don't be gettin' any fluids other than water on it, ya hear?” Tabitha orders them.
”No promises!” Oleander happily says before leading Corwin above deck to go and find a rentable rowboat. He shouts back down to them, ”There's another crate up here, by the way!”