Atracados

He knew that depending on what he said to the captain, that old man named Ron could blow his head off, so he thought carefully what words to say next.

"I am Lucas Rish, I was on board the Santa Catalina on a religious mission to Las Piedras, but unfortunately we were attacked by pirates"

"When the captain noticed that there was no way to win the battle or escape with the ship, he forced us to burn it down and escape to the sea with the lifeboats, to try to survive"

"I was on board a lifeboat for a few days until a sea beast attacked us, unfortunately all my companions died devoured by the sea beast, I was lucky to manage to fall off the boat that was being attacked before the final attack"

"Thank the gods after getting lost at sea for a few days I managed to find you, and you rescued me" Lucas said emphasizing "they rescued me"

Wiliam listened intently to every word the boy said to see if he could find any clues linking him to the offense against Galion, meanwhile he ordered Roberto to bring some chairs to make himself more comfortable.

".... If I'm honest, Lucas... There are many parts of your stories that I can't understand..." Wiliam said after hearing the whole story.

Lucas fell silent, but his breathing quickened a little as Ron still hadn't lowered the musket after giving his explanation.

When Roberto returned with some stools and placed them on the deck, a few minutes had already passed, but the two parties just watched each other throughout the process.

Finally, Wiliam sat down and calmly continued with the questioning.

"For example, you said you were on a religious mission, so you belong to some religion, which one?" Wiliam said, although he wasn't as nervous as before.

If the sea taught him anything, it is that beasts are much worse than humans.... although the latter tend to be more treacherous.

You could tell that Lucas got a little nervous about the question, but after a while he answered

"I am a follower of Tusha the Goddess of the Sea, although I am only a mere initiate within the church"

"...Well, at least he's not a lunatic..." Ron replied, a bit tired from spending so much time aiming the musket.... "But that doesn't explain why you're so malnourished and wearing those clothes."

"I doubt the church is short of money...."

"That's because I was practicing fasting to worship the great Tusha, and I am from the acetic branch, so I seek to wear the garments of the poorest to be able to feel closer to those who need it" said Lucas in a very spiritual and profound way.

".... That explains a lot...." Wiliam said, like the vast majority of sailors, he was a follower of the Goddess of the sea, although he had never heard of that branch of religion that sought to be poor.

But he wasn't too deep into the interior of the church to doubt the boy either.

"And tell me what kind of monster attacked your lifeboat?" Williams asked in some haste.