34 The Ship

Uh huh... sooo how do I spell that then?

Ughh... nevermind they wont probbably ask me for that anyways, not like somekind of teacher that suddenly says 'its quiz time' right after saying the last word from the lesson

The person herself had a somehow stern expression, so lets gloss it over...

I guess I'll have to ignore the issue of Kraken at the moment, but will they really be alright? her expression doesnt look any better after all

"Oh yea, I remember... Your clothes are drenched and ripped into pieces when we found you so I guess you dont have a change of clothes" she took a side peek on the tub near the bed, trying to avoid the gaze

"R-Right, I'll go look for a spare on the changing area. Just stay here okay, It's not okay to go out now, but I'll promise everything will be alright. So stay, kay', I'll be back later"

"Mhnm..."

She took a step and stood up, then walked out of the door before closing it

Somehow I'm back to being alone. I sigh

Its hard to ignore that weird expression, It left a guilt inside of me when I remember the thoughts I had earlier

Oh I remember, while she's away, since I have the time, I should think of stuff aswell for the future...

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Well, I was now on a boat heading to some Kingdom, whom I forgot the name even after I just heard it

Also, the problem that I also left alot of stuff back home, not even having a chance to say goodbye to the house

And more importantly I'm pennyless... or broke

Uhh what do I do now? This is a rather sudden and unexpected event

The stress given by the higher possibility of dying due starvation in cities is a very heavy burden to me

If possible I should ask her about ways to earn money, since she's a trader afterall

Most cases, due to my appearance, I'll end up in some sort of orphanage, however since this world is no ordinary, then that means an ophanage is most likely a very dangerous path, it might be tied to some sort of conspiracy than solely an act of kindness

At most, I'll end up in seclusion like the way before

Sigh, then the need of guidance is also one thing...

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And what else there...

Right,

"Status"

[{Access: Denied}]

So it was like this...

But well, it would be a lie if I said that I haven't given up on it

By now I have mostly grasped the idea about my total power or skills, none seems to be off so far, even after the absence of status didn't directly affect my abilities

So far for me the guidance would be as follows:

*Magic... it could be activated through mind, or more like 'by the user's will', its like a strange phenomena that is very mysterious or unknown to the former world

*Mana is much like how its used to be, from my core into my body before going into materialization or magic

*Skills by far is about how a person exell in one thing, though the leveling process of it by my standard or experiance isnt that visible, but perhaps it did affect me in some ways that I did not notice

*Abilities...hmm... its probbably at most... a sub category to skills, but this one directly or more like in some cases, visibly affect people's body. One thing is the ability of magic seing eyes or something something... by the last time I used it I didn't use it anymore, its weird cause it should be in my mind

"Magic eyes uhh?... OH yaa!! I remember..." by now I accepted that the system doesnt work anymore, but then in the first place I haven't done anything special or systematic standards whatever when I did it

I felt the mana flows into my eyes

My vision changed into blue like underwater but the visible dark blue ripples in the air was gone, none of them seems to be here, I deducted that its probbably the influence of the mentioned dragon vein before

My eyes wandered around of few bits of time, till I heard a knock on the door, by that time I only said "Its okay" after tightening the blanket wrapping me, its not transparent anyways, though the quality is a lot more different than the modern civilization, although I think this is only equivalent to the low cost ones

Mayrine entered the room, on top of her hands were a one colored cloth

She put it just at the edge of the bed before waving at me

"I'll put it here first... okay, you can change here after I left. Ill go by the deck and check to someone first before I return here again and continue where we left off"

She beacon me with a little smile before she left the room and closed the door

She was obviously on a hurry, and I was at a daze and didn't manage to utter even a single response by the time she had left due to how hurried she was

But since she meant nothing anyways, I decided to just let it be and reached out for the clothes instead

It was a regular styled long sleeve shirt paired with shorts, one that is used by females. The color is of the grayish blue and bit of white, I can roughly tell that it was most likely not dyed or if not, most likely on less cost ones

I was okay with the long sleeves shirt, actually I was in favor on it, but one thing for me is the shorts that comes with it, it was a female version and even if I did exactly wear a one piece type before, I was only okay about it since it was only me myself and my waifu self

Huuh~ but well I wasn't feeling angry either way, at most I was only sad because it didn't include the final strike of long socks which would most likely deal a finaly blow to my remaining self control

Wearing it, aside from the slight discomfort due to the shorts that most likely resembles the length of boxers shorts or whatever, I wasn't keen into being seen like this by people

Anyways I'm done now, a slight smirk floated into my face as I savor the essence of new clothing, I feel the same when I drawn a new skin for my 2d waifu

Anyways I guess its time to move on, past is past probbably, if not for this strange development, I don't think I'll have a reason to leave my self- sufficent living on the forest

But I wont forget the experience I had when I was still there

I have shown an ugly side of me, I surrendered myself to fear, and ended up in misery. I can't blame myself forever, so I guess this time for sure, since I had first hand experienced the worst, then its still much better when I struggled to fight till the end

Thanks for the Giant treant at least, For once I experience how to fight back for myself, if I wasnt forced by fate, God only knows where I'll end up one day, it may not be one of a million possible scenarios but instead one of a million's species stomach

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A man on his 60's was standing on top of the dock, seemingly holding the ship's wheel, when a a woman approached the place

"Hmm?... Hoh? you've come. Sooo... how was it? the girl?"

"She's fine, though she doesn't seem to be injured, shes able to talk properly"

"So it was like that huh... well its better to not let her go around for a bit, I believe her mind could still be having some difficulty adjusting even now. If she ever knew of what happened earlier, her mind would not be able to cope up"

"Well, actually about that... no nevermind. By the way hows the ship now?"

"Hmm? The ship huh, well that damn hit earlier shaved good bit on this rusty ship's hull, its really a close call, this is still the same old ship after all, I might consider getting a new one sooner or later before comes back and bite me"

"I see, then that monster however, wont it be dangerous for those ships that are engaging it?"

"Heeeh, well indeed its dangerous, actually in my eyes, none of those ships could match that monstrosity. At best they could only drive it off"

"So its like that huh" the woman let out a defeated sigh, after all even the lives and effort of those people could only amount to 'driving it off'

"Dont be like that Mayrine, its not like its that dangerous, the nature of that creature lies on its size, it wouldn't appear near a coast or something where people lives"

"Yes, I understand" The man gave the woman a tap on her shoulder, before shifting his gaze back to the sea

This ship is Cargo or merchant type, however much of its design are too different than the common ones

Sporting the size matching the common 18th century ships, on far side it might be mistaken to be a branching or modified type of a brig base, having the Fore and Main topmast and other new modification in accordance to magic

One difference however is the size, it may have been a little bit smaller compared to the former world counter part, but humans deemed this one as the biggest of ever sailing ships. Even the state of naval battleships didn't progress at all due to the degrees of danger lurking under the waters that could even exceed the ones on land

Another difference is on top of the hull, where there are no Gun ports and the likes but has more of reinforced hull

The common type of ships has always been a frigate, the state at which the modern era would shout at them 'at lease have some cannon for fuks sake'

But unfortunately it did not exist as magic took over their place on the history of human seige battles

"Ah, now that I remember, have you given the kid some food?"

"Food?... Ah wait I forgot!!"

"Seriously?, how could you become a parent if you act like that?"

"Geez, I'm not some kind of low life... Besides---"

"Huuppp-Stop!, The food... you should hurry"

"Right..." the old man then squint his eyes

"And her name?"

"Geez okay, ...its Xylene"

She then went down back into the cabin...