Chapter 207: Homecoming 2
Chapter 207 Returning Home 2
Mrs. Sertia’s honesty surprised Captain Quirk greatly.
“Uh …… what a surprise.”
He didn’t know what to say, no wonder Mrs. Sertia said she used to be a seaman at sea, so it was that kind of “seaman”.
“That …… which pirate group are you in?”
Although it was a bit rude to pry into someone’s past, especially a woman’s, curiosity still drove Quake to ask these words.
Lady Sertia did not look at all displeased and spoke directly, “The Red Tooth Pirate Corps, has the Captain ever heard of it?”
“Wow! It’s the Red Tooth Pirates! That is when I used to be a pirate every day can others talk about the legendary pirate group ah, even the former vertical across the Northwest Bay of the big pirate Edward is from there it, and then came out independently to the Northwest single! I heard that the head of the Red Tooth Gerard later disbanded the pirate group to go out exploring, and then I do not know where it is.”
Quake’s two eyes were full of little stars, a look of longing.
He suddenly felt something was wrong, “Wait! Akatsuki Gerard? Lardy Sertia Gerard?”
During those days in Horn Cove, he had learned of the female advisor’s patronymic, Gerard, and now that he thought about it, it was surprising that it was the same surname as that famous pirate leader, and that the lady before him, Mrs. Sertia, was the mother of Miss Laddie, and had once been in the Red Tooth Pirates.
Quake was full of shock: “Could …… it be …… could it be that you guys?”
“Haha, you guessed right.” Lady Sertia covered her mouth and laughed, “Red Tooth Gerard is none other than my husband, and La Di is none other than the daughter of the two of us.”
“This …… this is unbelievable!”
“Back then, after my husband disbanded the Pirate Corps, the family settled down in the independent territory of Messiah in Horned Bay, but I never expected that he would go missing when he went out exploring on his own.”
Speaking of this, a look of sadness surfaced on Lady Sertia’s face.
“At that time, my daughter was still young, and I raised her all by myself, and one of the reasons why Lardy became an adventurer when she grew up was because she wanted to poke around to find out more about her father. However, after so many years of warping the country with no clues, I think this idea of hers faded.”
Quirk said with a look of regret, “My condolences, ma’am.”
The flash of sadness on Lady Thothia’s face quickly faded, “Thank you, Captain. I’ve adapted long ago after all these years.”
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“Alas? I thought the Navy only had one ship out today? How come two came back?”
“Stupid! That’s the USS South! The USS South is back!”
“Huh? It’s the Southern? No news for so long, I thought ……”
Neighboring the port of Fulan, the people on the docks had already recognized the ship that had returned with the Hope was the South ship that had gone south a month and a half ago to open up a new route.
The news quickly spread throughout the not-so-small dock area, and people gathered to watch the return of the Southern.
The ship slowly approached the berth with its sails furled, the sailors threw down the cable from the ship, and the slender men on the pier pulled the cable together, slowly dragging the ship into the berth, and then tied the cable securely to a wooden stake.
After the Southern dropped anchor, a diving board piggybacked between the ship and the pier.
A loud voice came from the ship:
“Brothers and sisters of the Northwest Gulf, your Southern is back! Your Quaker is back!” Quake was the first to step on the diving board to the shore and shouted to the people with open arms, and the crowd that had gathered over responded to him with cheers.
“Captain Quake, congratulations on your return home!”
Immediately, people who knew him came forward to embrace Quake.
The other members of the warship also stepped on the diving board to the pier one after another, and the people they each knew swarmed up to them, tugging at them to ask questions, and for a while the pier was bustling with activity.
Soon there were smart people running to notify the Naval Command, the City Hall, and the shipbuilders.
So the naval commander Austin led a group of officers, the town mayor Theodore led a group of officers, shipyard director Rubin and the old shipwright Benjamin and other craftsmen came to the pier.
“Our heroes!”
Theodore gave Quirk and several of the naval officers behind him, and the four merchant representatives, one by one, a full embrace, as the crowd around them rang out cheer after cheer.
“You are the furthest Alda has ever traveled!”
How could Theodore not be pleased that the expedition had accomplished this “feat” from Lakewood, an expedition that would go down in history, and under his tenure.
“And still, this great ‘expedition’ was undertaken from the sea in a fully sailed vessel.”
Rubin and Benjamin were on the verge of tears of joy, their efforts hadn’t been in vain, the successful return of Quake and the others showed that the ships they had built worked, and worked well, and it was a round trip over a distance of thousands of nautical miles.
Only Austin was relatively calm among the crowd, he encouraged Quake and the others for a few moments before announcing a day off for all members of the Southern ship.
He saw the female counselor, Lardy, and a few people around her and walked up to them and asked:
“Ms. Ladi, I didn’t realize your identity was still known. Are these two your family members?”
The female counselor said with some embarrassment, “Well, I’m really sorry to trouble you all in the Navy. Let me introduce, mom, this is Lord Austin of the Navy of Arda. Commander Austin, this is my mother, Xyla Sertia, and this is …… my god-sister, Lisa.”
Austin curtsied to the two ladies, “Greetings, Mrs. Sertia. Hello, Ms. Lisa.”
The two women hurriedly returned the salute, “You are most welcome, Lord Commander.”
Theodore gave Austin a pat on the shoulder.
“Go go go, celebrate our heroes at City Hall! Arthur, notify those hotel chefs we’ve made appointments with to gather at the town hall, I want the celebration party to start within three hours.”
One of the clerks beside him immediately responded, “Yes, Lord Mayor!” Then he flew away in a puff of smoke.
Austin reminded Theodore, “Mayor, don’t forget to notify the merchants, after all, the purpose of Lord Lord sending the Southern to Horned Bay is to expand commerce and trade activities.”
“Of course! How could I forget them, I sent someone to notify them before I came.”
Theodore already knew about the female advisor coming south with the ship to pick up her family, so he also extended an invitation to Lardy’s family and said that he would send people back the next day to send them back to Lakeheart Town.
And so the crowd flocked to the officers and sailors aboard the Southern, and together they surged toward City Hall.
At the same time, Theodore did not forget to send a man on a fast horse to gallop towards Lakewood, and must send the news of the Southern’s return to the lord as soon as possible.
(End of chapter)