Chapter 186 Rescue
Chapter 186 Rescue
Time retreats to daytime ……
The former proprietress of the Flying Dragon Pavilion, Xyla Sertia, and the store’s waitress, Lisa, had temporarily taken up residence in an inn at the docks.
According to the plan discussed with her daughter, the family would accompany the Southern to the Northwest Gulf when the ship set sail.
But the Southern would still need to stay in Nisborough for a few more days, so Xyla was treating these days as a vacation for herself, ready for some rest.
After her daughter left, Xyla settled her bags in the hotel and led Lisa to where the Southern was moored.
Captain Quirk had wanted to go to a nearby tavern with his first officer for a drink, and had just stepped off the diving board when he saw Xela returning.
“How do you do, Mrs. Sertia.”
“Hello, Captain Quirk.”
Xyla gracefully bagged him, and then made a request that made Quirk’s life a little difficult, “May I have a tour of the Southern?”
“This ……”
Quirk was really in a quandary, in his eyes, Xela, whom he had just met recently, wasn’t quite one of his own, even though she was Mr. Dirac’s mother.
However, he agreed after thinking for a while, after all, the other party was also going to be on this ship in a few days, so it would be good to familiarize himself with the environment in advance.
“Please follow me, ma’am.”
Xela immediately showed great interest after boarding the Southern ship, looking here and touching there.
It made Quirk wonder greatly why a womanizer would be interested in the maritime side of things.
As if she could see the doubt in his eyes, Xie La smiled and said, “To tell you the truth, when I was young, I also worked as a seaman, and often went to sea, but I floated on the sea for a short time!”
Quirk’s eyes widened with incredulity, “Huh-uh-uh! Does Horn Bay even allow women to work on ships?”
The words came out and felt a bit rude.
“Ah, sorry about that. I meant to say that in many people’s minds, women are not fit to be on a ship …… at least in our northwest bay.”
Including myself, Quirk thought to himself.
Xyla chuckled:
“Actually, it’s the same here in Horn Bay then. Alas, it’s not easy for women anywhere. I’m only able to work on the ship because of my husband, too.”
Hearing the other party say that, Quake did suddenly have a question: how come he didn’t see Mr. Dirac’s father, had he already passed away. But his mother looked so young, his father wasn’t too old.
I guess there is some reason that is not known to outsiders, Quake did not want to reveal the scars of others, and held the question in his stomach.
Xyla suddenly became interested in the cannon at the side of the ship.
“What’s this? It must not be something simple to cast out of so much bronze, right?”
“Uh…… uh…… this is a fire-breathing tube, for use against pirates!”
Quake fooled her with the same rhetoric he used against the Harbor Master.
Lady Sertia covered her lips lightly and her eyes narrowed:
“Hmph! Guess there must be some secret that can’t be known by outsiders! Never mind, let’s not talk about it.”
After proceeding to the cabin to check out where her “son” was sleeping, Xyla said goodbye to Quirk and led Lisa back to shore for a tour of downtown Nisborough.
As the capital of the Horned Bay Alliance, the city was naturally very large, and the two of them had only been able to visit two districts in the morning and two districts in the afternoon.
Compared to the Messiah where they had previously resided, Fort Ness had more of a majestic atmosphere, after all, it was the administrative center of the Horned Bay’s number one country.
Only the city guards that frequently passed by on the street were a bit of a scene-stealer, these soldiers not only swept their sights around on the street, but would also randomly call out the passing pedestrians for detailed questioning.
Xela knew why, the sister of the Grand Duchess Eaton had been kidnapped.
The two of them returned to the hotel in the late afternoon. They wanted to wait for Lardy to come back to eat with them, but they couldn’t wait for her to come back, so they had to eat first. As the night fell, Xela began to worry about her daughter, to help her friend’s place does not mean that she will not come so late, even if you have some special means, but they also have so many subordinates, you a little girl can play a big role.
Sheila finally decided to go to the embassy to look for her daughter.
Just as she was putting on her coat to go out, the parrot that her daughter had raised suddenly spoke in human language.
“Danger! Danger!”
The parrot suddenly shouted and became agitated.
Xera was alarmed, “Polly, what did you say?”
“Master Lardy is in danger!”
Xela’s heart clenched, she knew that the parrot had a special mental connection with her daughter, it was as if the two were able to communicate telepathically.
When Lardy had left it at home, it had been to keep her informed of what was going on at home, although what she had sensed in the Northwest Bay was certainly vague and inaccurate.
“Can you tell me what’s wrong?”
This time the parrot was unable to answer, and it suddenly unfurled its wings and flew, circling the room twice before landing on the window sill and pecking vigorously at the glass with its own beak.
“North! North! The forest! The forest!”
“You mean Lardy is in danger in the forest to the north?”
“The northern suburbs! The forest! Master Lardy! Danger!”
Xyla forced herself to be calm and quickly changed into a smart outfit that didn’t match her usual housewife demeanor. Lisa, who had gone outside to fetch water, happened to enter the house at that moment and jumped at the sight of her, she had never seen her boss’s wife dressed like this before as far as she could remember.
How to say it …… is like those adventurers.
“Lisa, take it well in the house, don’t go anywhere. I have something urgent to go out.”
“Hm! You …… you take care on your way.”
“Polly, go!”
Xyla sprinted toward the door, and the parrot on the windowsill whooshed up to follow.
“What kind of situation is it when even Xera can’t deal with it? Not to mention the fact that nine times out of ten, she’s accompanied by that schoolmate of hers, and that’s no ordinary character either.”
“Must find some help!”
Xie La thought as she walked, and with her mind made up, she turned around and ran towards the docks.
She soon came alongside the Southern and called loudly to the ship.
Although it was late at night, there were still sailors on duty on the deck of the Southern who heard the call from shore and recognized the owner of the voice.
“It’s Mrs. Sertia, something must have happened, you put down the diving board and I’ll get Captain Quick up.”
A few minutes later, a disheveled and sleepy Quirk came on deck to meet Xyla.
“Mrs. Sertia, has something happened?”
Xera said, panting as she ran up and down the stairs:
“My daughter …… my daughter is in danger!”
“Please …… please help me save her.”
Quirk puzzled, daughter? Wasn’t she Mr. Dirac’s mother?
“Uh …… sorry, maybe I misheard you, your daughter?”
(End of chapter)