Chapter 46 - Land!

Feng Mei happily walked around the deck, with Ethan, Aiden and Elle following her behind. After just a few days, the little girl got better and started following her everywhere she went.. and Feng genuinely liked her presence as well.

"Elle, look there. I see a school of fish swimming up the surface." Feng gently pulled her close.

Elle cheerfully leaned up to look past the railing of the ship. "Goodness, it really is. I see a few of them flying!!!"

"Yes, but do you know why they are all swimming up in a group?" she whispered, glancing at the boys as well. They nonchalantly shook their head.

"It's because there is a predator lying in wait right below them. Look carefully, you can see the copious amount of bubbles surrounding them on all sides." Feng pointed to the white foamy ring around them.

Even Ethan and Aiden were curious. They moved closer and leaned out.

"It's a whale's hunting circle," Ethan mumbled unknowingly.

"Correct!' Feng softly caressed his fluffy, blond hair. "Wow, Ethan is so smart!"

"What's whale..." Elle looked at her with a slight blush.

"Oh baby, it's a fish, it's as huge as this ship." Feng said with a small smiled as she noticed Elle's eyes widen in shock.

"This big?"

"Yeah, since they are so big, they need to eat so much. But their diet is so limited in the ocean. So they all join a group and hunt fish together," Feng whispered, pulling them all closer.

"Fishes hunt? I never knew that." Elle astonishingly watched the bubbles.

"Yes, they do, since their prey here is so small a few fishes will not fill their giant bellies. So they trap the school of fishes using their bubbles and just chow down on them." she moved her mouth just like a whale would and tickled Elle.

The little girl giggled and hugged her waist. "I love you so much Meimei,"

Ethan's eyes sharpened.

{'This girl is moving in on our turf.'} Ethan annoyingly sent over his thought.

Aiden nudged his shoulders. {'come on, she is a girl.'}

{'so what? It's all the same. Feng is our person,'} Ethan pouted hard.

Feng on her hind sight saw this and chuckled to herself. "Come here tickle war has to be expanded to you two." she pulled them over and gently tickled their armpits.

"Ah no!" Ethan shouted all of a sudden, and pushed her hand away. His face went beet red. Even his ears were tinged red.

Feng was slightly shocked by his reaction. "Did I hurt you anywhere? Show me." she reached to him but Ethan moved back with a blush. "Oh god, you are definitely hurt," she ran to him and hugged him tight. Her hands were not idle, she pulled his shirt up and glanced in.

"Don't touch~" Ethan said with tears in his eyes.

"Umm... okay." Feng let him down and watched him run away. "Does he need to pee?" she whispered to herself.

Aiden glanced at her with a hidden smile. 'Ha-ha, this is more fun than I expected. Who knew my stoic brother was that sensitive near his armpit. Now I know his weakness,' he chuckled devilishly.

"Why are you laughing like that?" Feng pinched Aiden's chubby cheeks.

"Nothing." he glanced in the direction Ethan ran with a wide smirk.

Feng saw his naught look and sighed. 'Kids will always be the same, huh? Why are they both so cute? Especially Ethan. God, I think he might be too sensitive,' she secretly laughed.

Right then, a loud mechanical chime resounded in her mind.

Biting her lips, she listened to the task message.

{'Adventurer new task has been issued,

Level: 2

Task: Put the unworthy behind bars.'}

Her eyes narrowed. For the main tasks, the game system never mentioned the actual task rewards or anything else. At least last time she had a timer.

'That only means that it's not a time bound one.' But what irks her most was that the first task she got from the stupid game was also a similar. It did not give her enough information on how to complete the task.

'Fuck, I would have to risk my life to complete this...' she bit into her nails with an anxious look.

"Meimei?" Elle clung to her skirt with a worried look.

"What's wrong dear?"

"You say?" she whispered so softly.

Feng knelt down and kissed her cheeks. "I'm not sad, just... I was thinking about something."

"Is there something I can do," Aiden held her cold hand tightly. "Feng tell me,"

Feng smirked and kissed his cheeks as well. "Don't worry; it's not a big thing. I was just thinking about how your brother is just a shy mochi."

"What's mochi?" Elle mumbled to herself.

Feng sighed, not knowing how to explain her blunder. "It... means a cutie for where I come from,"

Aiden turned back and chuckled loudly. {'Brother you were just assigned a nickname,'} he sent over his thought.

{'what?'}

{'You are mochi from now on. Ha-ha.'} Aiden held Feng's hand and slowly helped her up. "let's go look around more,"

Feng was more than happy to follow along. The task still lingered in her mind. The last time she did not do the task properly, she kept being killed and sent back to the saved point. 'But what is my save point for this task?'

Her head started to ache immensely from all the thinking.

"Land!! Meimei, look its land," Elle happily pointed to a distant island.

Feng too was quite curious about this. It was the first time she had seen land after coming into this stupid game.

"That is Otis Island. We shall be docking there for a while," a gently mature voice whispered from behind them.

Feng glanced up at lady Hiliana with a smile. "Are we going down?"

"Do you want to?" she gently caressed Feng's head and Elle's head. She hesitated, touching Aiden's head, her gaze lingering as if asking for his permission.

Aiden lowered his head with a blush and nudged his head to her outstretched palm.

'Oh my lord, he let her touch him. This is improvement!!!' Feng held back her glee and watched their interaction it looked awkward but they both seem to be enjoying it.

Lady Hiliana glanced around. "Where is Ethan?"

"He went to pee," Feng answered.

Aiden chuckled. "Yes, he also might be pooping."

The old lady slightly chuckled with a hand on her mouth. "I think we should have him checked with a doctor if he is taking too long."

"Hmm, we should," Feng agreed firmly. Ethan was indeed gone for a long time. Her sight shifted to the lady's ink stained hand. "Lady Hiliana, you already have so much work. It's okay not to disembark,"

The lady unconsciously wiped her hands. "I might need to buy a new pen. And that island is known for its bustling market. Let's go shopping,"

"Yesh!" Elle happily hopped around. "Shoes too!!"