12. Goodbye!

In passing the door my eyes widened in surprise, never had seen such a beautiful scene, the soil it was covered with stone slabs, that fit perfectly with each other without leaving a single extra space.

In the center of the area, there was a huge mansion made of white stone, surrounded by ponds decorated with plant and with fish of all kind, its walls were adorned with wood windows the most high quality.

In one of the corners, there was a stable where you could see some horses, some fruit trees covered the walls, I was breathless looking at the scene I couldn't help but remember the words of Luke that damn bastard.

"They are just dirty pirates, they are not at our level"

I sighed depressed, with mixed feelings walked behind the maid to enter the house, my heart is squeezed one more time, beautiful carpets covered the floor, a huge chandelier made of gold hanging from the ceiling, paintings embellished the walls, pretty armchairs they were dispersed everywhere, exquisite furniture, magnificent sculptures, wherever he looked everything was ostentatious.

The maid guided me down a hallway until she stopped in front of a room and spoke.

"Young miss, young master Dan is here "

"The door is open you can enter" Keira's voice sounded from the other side of the door.

"Go ahead young master Dan," said the maid as she opened the door.

I entered the room and a strange emotion arose in my chest erasing all the thoughts that I had previously, the room had the same ostentation as the rest of the house.

But there were some things that surprised me, on the furniture and the table there were all kinds of objects, I could see a compass, a tricorn hat, a wooden sword, and scale ships.

The walls were covered with maps and paintings related to the sea, there was also a wooden rudder, I smiled ironically, this girl did like the sea.

"Why did you come?" Keira's voice brought me out of my thoughts.

"I came to apologize," I replied.

" Why do you apologize? You are the one who was beaten, now you must hate me "

"I would never hate you, however, your friend is stupid"

"You know, Luke is not a bad person," she said after a while.

I smiled wryly

"Do not laugh, he's good, he always cared for me, I don't know why he hit you"

"Maybe because he likes you" I answered

She reddened.

"Clown, Luke is my friend, he has been by my side since I remember"

"He clearly likes you, he was jealous that you spoke to me" I replied with a smile

"It's not like that, he doesn't know you, if he knew you he would know that you are very funny and they would get along well"

I don't think that's possible, but I didn't say it, I knew that if I said it she would only be sad and I did n't want that.

"if that's what you want I'll get along with him"

"Seriously, that would make me very happy, you know when I cry all day I don't want my friends to fight each other"

" Excuse me, I don't want you to cry again," I said while smiling.

"I forgive you, but you must get along better with Luke, I want to go out and play with all of you guys," she said happily.

"Okay, I will do everything to make you always happy" I answered firmly

Keira had a beautiful smile on her face, that smile is the one that should always be on her face

"Then it is a promise"

"It's a promise" I replied " Well let's stop talking about those things "

"Okay, so tell me stories of the sea," she said with a smile.

"Well, I will tell you the story of how Mr. Garald found an incredible treasure and had to escape from an island full of beasts"

Keira listened attentively to my stories for a while until Mr. Samir came to pick me up when I said goodbye she promised to go to the weapon store with her father tomorrow, to keep listening to my stories, I left the house with a smile on my face.

The Mister Samir made fun of me all the way, why do all the old men like to bother me?

After returning the day passed calmly, nothing worth mentioning happened, the next two days I trained with Marcus in the morning and in the afternoon I went to the Gosling weapons store to meet Keira, we talked until Mr. Gosling took her home.

The third day, the members of the crew arrived at the port, one meeting was carried out to inform the details of the trip, they started to load supplies in the cellars and some came to see Marcus and I were training.

Among them was Mr. Ignite the weapons master of the crew and Ronan Maester, Ronan Maester is the second man 's forte of the crew and the oldest of all.

All of them began to make bets on who would win between Marcus and me, some of them even intervened with comments on how I should move or how to block Marcus, we listened to some advice and others flatly ignored them, this case that the fights between Marcus and I was more unpredictable.

After finishing fighting some of the crew began to fight each other, this was a lot of fun, unfortunately, today I promised to visit Keira.

I went to the weapons store and when I entered the room, the receptionist already knew who she was and she let me in without asking much.

I when entered the room she had a wooden sword in her hands as she made movements and spoke to herself, apparently she was the most feared woman in the seas and now she was fighting against a higher grade beast, she was so focused on her game that she doesn't notice that I was already in the room.

After the "dodge" hit the beast with a twist she saw me standing at the door and froze, his face changed to a deep red while tears piled up in her eyes were torn by the shame they felt.

"When did you get here," she asked, as she clenched his fists tightly.

" I would never mess with Captain Keira Gosling the most feared woman of the seas," I said trying to suppress my laugh.

"Idiot," she yelled angrily.

The wooden sword flew towards me hard I dodged but the pillow punch has crashed on my face, I could dodge but I wanted to bring joy to the most feared woman of the seas.

" Hahaha, that is not enough to defeat me Keira Gosling, I Dan Balam challenge you to a duel," I said with a smile while doing a fight pose.

Keira despite being red from head to toe followed the flow os the situation.

"Fool, you think that I Keira Gosling the Queen of the sea, will lose to a nameless pirate," he replied.

After that we played for a while until we were exhausted, without a doubt that was a lot of fun, I had never played this way, I think I will try more often, I will ask Marcus if he wants.

That reminds me Keira doesn't know yet that we will set sail in four days, I think it's time to tell her.

Look at Keira who was lying on the carpet.

"Today was a lot of fun"

" I have never had so much fun, we must do this every day "

"It was a lot of fun, but we can't play every day, " I sighed.

Keira rose instantly with a sad expression

" Why? are you bored with me," She said.

"No, when I am with you I am very happy" I answered

"Then why?"

"Keira, you know that my grandfather is a pirate and we will always go out to sea to earn a living"

"I know, " she replied, she seemed very depressed.

"Keira we will go out to sea in four days, I do n't know how long it will take us to return"

At the hearing that Keira's eyes misted, dammit I swore I would always make her laugh.

"Keira I ... I'm sorry, I did n't want to make you sad "

"I get it, you don't have to say anything" her reply

"Keira Ask me for something I'll do whatever it takes to make you smile"

"A gift" she murmured

"A gift?" I asked confused.

" Bring me a gift from your adventure and tell me more stories and play more with me, if you do that I will forgive you," she said while drying her tears.

"Okay, I will bring you a gift and I will also tell you the stories and play with you," I said with a smile.

"Start now, tell me stories," he said pouting

I smiled ironically and began to tell her about everything we did on the ship today, after finishing she insisted that she wanted to see the crew fight and also wanted to see me train with Marcus, I told her I would ask Grandpa and she should ask her Father, with that we say goodbye.

The following days passed very quickly and today is the day we will set sail.

Keira came the last two days to see me train while the crew was betting, then they fought among themselves and continued with their bets.

Mr. Ignite challenged me to a duel and as I did not want to look like a coward in front of Keira I accept, those bastards gambled what would be the number of seconds would hold before I was defeated, those who bet that I would only endure two seconds won.

All the crew were in their position, I was in the stern of the ship observing the way to the port, Keira did not come to say goodbye, I felt a slight pain in my heart.

"The candles get up, let them all be unfolded" the grandfather's voice sounded

"Pull hard"

"And one and two"

"Pull hard"

The screams of the crew could be heard everywhere, Marcus had his eyes fully open, he had been waiting for this moment for a long time, little by little we move away from the port of Verf Blauw.

"raise the anchor" the grandfather shouted

"That the chains do not get tangled" shouted Mr. Garlad.

"Pull hard"

I looked for the last time towards the port and there she was, she had a white dress with prints and a yellow hat, standing next to her was fat James.

"Dan, don't forget our promise, I'll wait for you" she shouted.

I could swear I saw a tear fall down her cheeks, I let out a long breath, every second we move further away from Verf Blauw, I looked at the sky, only heaven knows when we would return to this place.