31 To Our Own Battles

As the knights were being tied, I immediately went to Tiffania, I took off my coat and handed it to her.

"Here… tie this around your waist"

I made sure to sound cold, even though I made a decision to save her, it's her own mistake that brought her to this state. I made a sigh as I looked at the knights that were tied up together with their master, also to prevent them from shouting, the pirates- no, the sailors also gagged them with an unclean piece of cloth they just found in the warehouse where the children were kept.

At the same time, the captain of the pirates set free the children cutting off the ropes meticulously. He was talking to them at the same time, making them feel rest assured, he looks like just an ordinary grandpa this time.

As I was finished observing everything, Tiffania was also done covering her torn skirt.

"Thanks… Walter, I'm sorry"

She looked down and bowed slightly to me, it seems that she knew the gravity of her actions. But seeing her ragged like this, I felt a small sense of remorse for not being there for her at her earliest times of need, and letting this happen to her.

"Are you okay? Did they do something to you? Depends on your answer I'll slaughter that pig over there and feed him to the fishes in the water"

I eyed the fat corrupt noble, it seemed that he heard what I said which made him resist trying to tell me something. However, the gag made him unable to do it, his eyes were red and he was clearly sweating.

Well, if you touched Tiffania, of course you're going to be at the bottom of the sea, becoming fish food.

"It's okay Walter, and this skirt resulted from me tearing it up so I can move faster"

She told me as she regretfully held her skirt, however for some reason I could see a hint of a smile coming from her.

But no matter how I see it, it's odd, Tiffania in the old world liked her clothes so much that she would panic if food stains were on it, and the next day she would knock into my door crying that she couldn't remove the stain by herself.

But… I see, overcoming her old self, she teared up her precious skirt just to save the children.

With this, I felt like a big thorn was taken off my chest.

"Thank god I was just on time… "

I muttered and made a deep sigh.

"What did you say Walter?"

"No… nothing, but you should be aware of your actions next, its not that I didn't want to save these children, but everything would be put to waste if we sprung up into action without planning our steps… "

I then glanced at her and saw her looking down.

"...or so I would like to lecture you, but this would take a long time, I wouldn't want to ruin this trip for us also, and I think you are already reflecting on it so I would leave it at that"

"Really? You're not angry at me or anything?"

"Well… after you just left me there… "

"I'm sorry…"

"It's fine, as long as you learn from this. What matters is what we do from hereon"

I then looked at the pirate captain who have already untied the children.

"Old man, are you done? We also have to deal with the men you've captured on board their ship"

As I said this, the fat noble then started squirming, it seems that he's angry about it.

"Oh, your men? We have captured them all while they were all drunk partying, there were some who resisted but they are no match against my men."

Then I got closer to him and whispered to his ear.

"This way Heinrich will not hear from you again, and if you don't follow my orders… you'll know what happen to you"

Hearing my words he stopped squirming and dots of tears can be seen in his eyes, his pride was crumbled the moment he heard about the horrible situation he was in right now.

I then looked at Tiffania who was holding onto the children, as the pirate captain have made their way already to their newly "stolen" ship.

"Tiffania, I have something to say"

"What? What's with the serious face"

"Thinking about the country we can't leave it as it is, Heinrich is moving faster than we think, and we don't know the actions that will be made by Zack from hereon, so this is just a proposal"

With my words she stiffened a bit, acknowledging the seriousness of the topic, I then continued as I held her at the shoulders.

"I will have to return to Luxenberg the day after, and you who think we really need this trade to be established should continue this journey.

Seeing that these children came from fallen nobles, the situation in the country is deteriorating fast; I need to come up with a countermeasure immediately, so we can maintain our status as a neutral country, protecting our people and making sure that they won't caught up in the middle of the idiots war.

To be honest, this makes me worried, after all, we only succeeded in things that we did together, and I … "

However, I wasn't able to continue, Tiffania already hushed my lips with two of her fingers.

"Shhh… I know what you are trying to say… you don't have to panic in telling me more about it"

".."

Without a response I just nodded, with my face written with anxiety on it, what if something happens again and I'm not by her side this time?

My head became full of thoughts, after all we are in this strange world… anything could happen, and this is Tiffania we are talking about.

Should I just forget about it and embark on the journey together? Do it fast and come back? … No, there wouldn't be enough time.

As I was deep in thought, Tiffania grabbed both of my hands and looked at me in the eyes.

"It's a bit of a waste that I can't see this new world with you, but it can't be helped right? There are lots of people counting on us"

"Tiffania, let's go together after all…"

She simply shook her head.

"Don't you trust me? This time… in our new lives?"

"I do… I loved and trusted you in our past life, in this life as well"

"Then… there's no need to worry about it, I will complete this trade and come back to you as soon as I could"

She wrapped me in her arms and she leaned her head close to my heart. In response, I also did the same and held her back, with an arm at her thin back, and at the back of her head.

"Then… I will make sure you have a country to come home to. So make sure you complete this with haste"

"Yeah… it's a shame, but sightseeing is cancelled for this time"

"Why? It's your chance after all"

"There's no joy from it if I'm not with you"

I felt something tingly in my chest, and I can feel my heart beating times faster than normal.

"Yeah… let's explore this world together next time, when all this craziness ends"

We then happily looked at each other's smiles and together saw the sun that had already risen before us in the horizon, it illuminated the seas and the port slowly came back to life again, people started coming, stores opened and ships arrived.

...

It was just another day at the port and in a few days time, Walter comes back to Luxenberg aboard Heinrich's ship with the figurehead removed, together with the pirates as his crew, making a new deal with the captain of the ship.

Meanwhile, Tiffania aboard Luxenberg's only ship continues her journey towards Luris to continue the journey, this time the noble captain hires another group of sailors, after being traumatized realizing that his previous crew was a group of pirates, he now evaluates them carefully to make sure they aren't pirates like the last one.

Tiffania and Walter embark on their own battles with a long path to reach their goal of having a peaceful life in the new world they were reincarnated to.

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