38 Galley-La Company

Having snatched enough money to satisfy their ship customisation and have enough to spare for another three years of repairs and supply costs, Akane and Ban followed the kind road direction towards the best shipwrights on the island.

They ended up at the dock with the number one painted on it. Working there were a lot of men, building and testing their crafts and weapons that were meant to be added onto the ship.

Looking around in wonder, Akane slowly but steadily made her way over to one of the shipwrights.

Standing closest to her was a man with slicked back blonde hair, kept in place by orange goggles. In his mouth was a freshly lit cigar. He wore a demin jacket with flame prints, a yellow shirt and denim jeans.

"Yo, blonde-ossan. Can I ask you something?"

Akane said as she asked the working shipwright.

The man didn't look up and continued working.

"This is no place for kids."

"I am not a kid. I am almost eighteen!" Akane yelled.

The man finally looked up from his work after he finished what he was doing and glanced at Akane, taking a long drag from his cigar.

"I only see a kid."

"Mou! Ban! You talk to him. I don't think he will listen to what I say."

Akane said, a bit despondent over the fact she couldn't be taken serious.

"Sure, little fox~"

Ban stepped forward and began to speak with the shipwright.

"I am Ban and this little kid look-a-like is my captain, Eldertale D. Akane. We're here to order a customized ship. The one we are using now is a bit unfit to continue using."

The shipwright laughed.

"Then you've come to the right place. We're the best at making ships. My name is Paulie, nice to meet you Ban-san."

Paulie shook hands with Ban as he took them to one of the drawing offices.

Entering the office, Paulie sat down behind the desk and grabbed a pen.

"So, what do you have in mind?"

Paulie said, ready to write down the requirements.

"Hnn~ First would be a decently sized map room, a fully customized kitchen, food storage, Training facillity, Tool storage, a highly advanced Medical bay, experimentation laboratory, A greenery room, pet room, and decent cleaning facilities. Secondly, while also being the most important, the ship must be fast with high defenses. It must be easy to opperate and steer with while also being able to use a special kind of cloaking. My captain will show you after this how we planned it to be capable of the latter. It has to be durable enough the withstand explosions, as every member in our crew is a bit of a loose canon when attacking."

Paulie was already writing down the priorities, while a price tag was written beside every demand.

"Thirdly, it has to be capable of moving about on itself if there are no wind or currents. Other additions might be added later, but for now and the time being, this will be all."

Ban said, glancing at Akane if she wanted to add something else.

"I want trees to be capable of growing on the deck, so we can have an emergency supply. We'll add the trees ourselves."

Akane added as she imagined dozing off underneath a Sakura tree.

"You all have a pretty wide scope of what you want to add. How are you going to pay for it? You do have enough I presume?"

Paulie showed the amount it was going to cost, reaching above the six hundred millon beri.

"Ah, we can pay. Is it alright if we pay after the ship is done, or do you want us to pay upfront."

Ban smirked as he could already see what could happen if they payed up front.

"We prefer to pay after. We don't want our money to be stolen or cheated from us after all."

Paulie nodded as well, though he couldn't help but think about the amount of beri they must be carrying. He could pay of all his debts if he had that much. Still, there was nothing to do about it if the client wanted insurance.

"It's fine to pay after. Just make sure you pay. We at Galley La are strong and we won't be working for free."

Paulie said.

Afterwards he called all the foreman and began to show them what Akane and her crew wanted for her ship.

They all nodded as they got back to work.

"The ship will be ready in a week. I'm sure you have accommodations for the time being. We'll notify you when the ship is done."

Paulie said as he showed them the way out.

"Sure. We're docked at Harbor eight. The ship is hard to miss as it isn't that big and it is well maintained. Is it alright if we could sell it here after you finish or ship?"

Paulie didn't seem to see any problem with that.

"Sure. There are always people searching for a ship. It shouldn't be hard to sell your ship. We will send one of the workers to see if there are any damages and estimate the price afterwards."

"Sure."

Ban and Akane left Paulie behind and they started to wander around on Water seven. There should be a lot of things that would catch their interest. Maybe some medical books for Shinobu, a few Maps and log poses for Laffitte, while a few pieces of clothing wouldn't hurt as well.

Ban was looking around for spices and other supplies for the ship, while he went out to 'play' in the back alleys. Akane went to some peaceful canal, one where there weren't any stalls as she could feel the egg in her back began to wiggle around a lot. I was surely ready to hatch and she didn't want to miss it!

Sitting down on a corner, Akane took the blue egg out of the bag. Cracks were already spreading across the surface. Looking on in anticipation, a piece of egg shell fell from the egg as a small scaled snout was visible through the cracks.

The creature inside seemed a bit exhausted, but continued to smack the shell until it completely broke apart. While shuffling around the broken shards, the blue snake like reptile with a lot of fins and barbs growing from its back, looked Akane in the eye as high pitched yelp came from its throat, clearly asking for food.

Akane was a bit stunned at the creature that was now nesting in her lap, while she slowly fed it some water meat, which it gladly gorged up at an increasingly fast pace.

While continuously feeding it, only one though remained in her mind.

[What the F*ck!? Shouldn't Leviathan's only excist in legends???]