58 Captain (2/2)

Ling was still frowning while facing Mayari, ”I'm sorry, uncle. Maga can't fly if he carried you too.”

Hearing this, Mayari laughed, ”I see. Maga was still young after all. But I'm not surprised that the both of you were able to see through my disguise. You weren't shocked at all!

”So, these were the men who stole your gems?” When both the boy and the dragon nodded, he turned his sight on the ship's crew again. ”I won't listen to any of your explanations, but I'll assume you already used those gems to have this ship built. Then, that explains why you have a ship this big. That makes things easier for me.”

After saying his piece, Mayari didn't wait for any of the men to answer. They wouldn't be able to anyway. Nobody wanted to be noticed by this man who could even make their captain afraid. How did the kid knew this man?

It only took a few minutes before the real captain of this ship to be called, as he was followed by the crew, now sporting a black eye, who called for him. ”Who's causing a ruckus in my ship?!”

Everybody suddenly thought they were experiencing deja vu. Was this really the captain?

”Hey, Yati, I'm the one causing the ruckus. Didn't your messenger tell you?”

Yati had already reached the front of the group. He was staring confusedly at the 'mist' barrier which was stopping him to move forward. After hearing that joyous declaration had he thought to move his stare to the man in front of them. When he saw the man, it made him move back a step.

”S-sir Mayari!”

Ling thought it was funny that the captain had the same reactions as his crew. It was really fortunate that he met Uncle Mayari here. He wasn't concerned about the lost gems now since he could get help from the Sikat troupe.

”So, is it true from what I heard that you got the money to build this ship from this kids here?” Mayari was smiling as he asked. His stare was trained intently on Yati that the other man could only nod.

”Hmm.. I never really thought you would resort to stealing from kids. So you used up all their gems just to build this? I doubt that. From your personality, thereshould still be some leftovers.”

Yati gritted his teeth as he nodded again. If he knew that the kid was this close to this man, he wouldn't have stolen from him. Or rather, he would have asked his crew to move faster before the man could sense their presence.”

Continuing to smile, Mayari asked, ”Then, where are these gems? Let's at least return those to the real owner shall we?”

After another nod, Yati relaxed his gritted teeth to whisper to one of his crews to get it. Before he could instruct his man further, Mayari spoke again, ”Oh, and I want all the leftover gems, Yati. You know I tell if you were hiding something.”

Yati and the crew could only nod while the other men bowed their heads. They were planning to have fun before setting sail again but that was out of the picture now. Knowing this man's personality, they would be suffering instead before setting sail.

”Lastly, I came here to propose something. We have to go somewhere and I heard you have a new ship. Therefore, we'll use this.” The man's smile continued in the face of the dejected captain and his crew.