Helene... It sounds like the name from Intis. Of course, this is hard to say. Loen Kingdom also has many people following the trend and creating names with exotic pronunciations... Angel nodded lightly in response:
"Call me Angelica."
Helene on the sofa seems to be confident in his own strength. He has put away the dagger and even assumed a comfortable posture. His slender legs are very tempting under the moist and close-fitting long skirt.
She doesn't even look like a stowaway... She is even wearing a dress that is difficult to move around. Could she be a passenger on a nearby shipwreck?
Angel became more and more curious and asked:
"Helene Miss, why do you, um, come to my room like this? If you accidentally fell into the water due to a shipwreck and came to this ship, you can ask the captain to arrange a room. I believe he will be happy to help."
Rescuing people in distress is a customary behavior of every regular ship sailing on Above the Five Seas. After all, no one knows whether he will be the next unlucky person.
"I'm not a passenger who fell into the water... Well, you can't say I'm not, I escaped from a pirate ship," the red-haired Helene's face showed distress at first, and then became angry, "Why are you asking so much? There should be room service on this Passenger Ship. I told you, double dinner, don't force me to do anything."
She pressed the dagger sheath on her waist threateningly, exuding a sense of menace that did not belong to ordinary people.
No... It's more like a provocation. She can't be "Hunter" Pathway, right? The Hunter I've seen lately seems to be a bit too much... Angel's mouth couldn't help but twitch, thinking of the various Hunter he encountered before leaving Bayam.
Moreover, Helene said that she was a victim escaping from the clutches of pirates, which did not constitute a reason for her to avoid the captain and other Sailor. It was also the obligation of various ships to rescue survivors who were attacked by pirates, unless she herself was a person on a wanted order and was afraid of being recognized.
But there is no wanted notice for such a red-haired woman in my memory, unless she is a small character worth only a few hundred pounds... Angel thought for a moment and replied with a smile:
"Sorry, there is no room service on this ship. If you want to eat, you can only go to the restaurant. It may still be open, but you can either go there yourself or I can buy it for you."
Obviously he did not expect such a result, Helene opened his beautiful lips, showing a surprised expression.
Seeing that he had gradually taken the initiative in the conversation, Angel continued to suggest:
"Whether you escaped from pirates or were a castaway on an ordinary ship, I don't intend to report you to the captain. Why don't we all have more trust and be less suspicious? I don't mind having one more resident in the suite, and you can also talk about your own experience. I know a few Author, and I just think of it as helping them collect information."
She was really interested in what happened to the red-haired Helene, especially during a boring sea voyage, it might not be a bad thing to have a chat partner, so she brought some power of "Instigation" into her words.
As for Author... Angel does know quite a few, such as Nighthawks from Tingen City, Seeka with white hair, and Fors from Backlund, but this is completely an excuse.
"Okay, I just said that breaking into your room was just to find a place to stay."
Perhaps this Helene is not bad in nature. After hesitating for a moment, she actually agreed to Angel's proposal.
She sat up slightly and lowered her raised feet.
"I come from Intis Republic. My father was a low-income local nobleman. He inherited a lot of wealth, but he was addicted to wine, gambling, and had many mistresses. He soon went bankrupt.
"In order to repay the debt he owed, I accepted funding from my family and became Beyonder. I came to the sea to help them with some shipping business, transporting coal and steel from Dilis to Sevia in Feynapotter, and then transporting the specialties there back to Intis, this kind of coastal route is safe and reliable, but the competition is fierce. I don't know how many years it will take to pay off my father's debt. I can only try to run the route between the south and North Continent, transporting some valuable spices and specialties from West Bayam back to the North Continent. Unfortunately, I was robbed by pirates before I could get familiar with the waterway.
"The family's ship was robbed, and I was taken away by them. Two days ago, I found an opportunity, jumped off the ship with my sampan in my arms, and escaped from them. I drifted on the sea for two full days before I encountered this ship Passenger Ship, and climbed up with the help of the rope that was not completely closed."
After wandering at sea for two days, if he were an ordinary person, he would have died in the low temperature at night, or lost the ability to ask for help due to lack of fresh water... Angel looked at the other party's beautiful but haggard face, withered lips and eyelids, sighed secretly, and took out a coin from his pocket.
She wants to divine whether the other person is lying.
Sympathy is sympathy, but the basic procedures still need to be done.
Seeing Angel tossing the coin, Helene chuckled and asked:
"Seer? You carry a gun and don't panic when you see me. You can't be Intis's intelligence agent, right?"
"No, I am from Loen."
Looking at the falling coins, Angel confirmed that the other party was not lying, but there might be something to hide.
Of course, it is normal to hide part of your experience from someone you meet for the first time. If Helene told everything without any scruples, it would make Angel a little doubtful.
Moreover, judging from her sneak attack skills with a dagger just now, she might just be Beyonder from Sequence 8 or Sequence 7. She also has a simple personality. Maybe she has no secrets to dig out...
"Okay, I've said everything I need to say, and it's your turn to fulfill your promise." Helene licked his dry mouth, and there was a hint of threat in his words again, "I need to borrow a set of your clothes, and then you take me to the restaurant. As long as you don't try to escape or call for help, I allow you to sleep on the sofa in the living room at night."
Looking at the one-bedroom suite, Helene said with a smile.
Well, I'm sure you are "Hunter" Pathway... Angel suppressed the sudden unknown fire in his heart and decided to reposition the dignity and status of the two people in this living room before meeting the other party's request.
Without seeing any movement from her, the invisible threads that had been laid out all around instantly gathered around Helene, binding Red-Haired Lady who had just stood up from the sofa after feeling something.
"You!"
In an instant, Helene could only move her mouth and eyes. She glared at Angel and blurted out a Intisian with unknown meaning, but you could tell by the tone that it was not a friendly communication word.
The long red dress on her body was tighter with silk threads, revealing her not-so-tight breasts and slender waist.
Bang——
The red dress seemed to be burning from the inside, with pieces of golden flames gushing out. The flames licked the invisible threads around it and burned them with difficulty. The owner of the flames exerted force on his hands, as if he was about to break free.
Angel looked at Helene's useless struggle with a smile on her face. More silk threads around her were wrapped in thin ice, and they continued to stretch towards the other party to replenish the parts that were burned by the flames.
If it is Sequence 6, her silk thread may not be so effective when facing "Hunter" Pathway Sequence 7, "Pyromaniac" who can control flames, but after being promoted to Second only to Sequence of Demigod, this Demoness can already use Frost to extremely Earth Mother to strengthen the strength of the silk thread, which is enough to resist the flames ignited by the opponent in a hurry.
"When you get to Sequence 5, you may have the opportunity to burn all these threads."
She mocked in a calm tone, enjoying the expression of despair on Helene's face, and successfully levered the Potion progress of digesting Slowing in her body.
"No, no..." Red-Haired Lady closed his eyes tightly, and the flames beside him disappeared as if they were extinguished by sea water. The red dress was not damaged at all, "Tracy? Why do you do this... No, she can't change her face. Are you her accomplice?"
Tracy?
Angel has heard this name several times today. I know that this Pirate Admiral appeared near Bayam yesterday. He seemed to be looking for something until he was expelled by the navy. Could it be...
She slightly relaxed the control of the silk thread, allowing Helene to move his limbs a little, but the latter had given up all struggle and knelt on the ground after losing support. He opened his eyes and looked at Angel with his green eyes.
"Why do you suspect that I am Tracy?"
Seeing that Hunter Miss gave up her resistance, Angel asked softly. She roughly determined what happened based on the other party's reaction, but she still needed to confirm it.
"I knew how she could really let me go... The woman who taught me how to escape must have arranged it, as did this ship, and so did you. Send me back, but don't expect me to give in..."
Helene seemed not to hear the question and muttered to himself.
With such a damaged expression, what happened to "Vice Admiral of Ailment"... Angel was speechless, so he had to take off "Madness Ring" on his finger, revealing his true appearance.
"I'm not 'Tracy', and I have nothing to do with her," she explained. She looked around and found that she had no means to prove her identity. "I'll let you go first, but if you set fire to the house again, don't blame me for being rude."
She removed the invisible thread and watched as Helene's eyes gradually regained their clarity, and his expression turned to confusion.
"Are you really not a 'Black Death' person?"
"I am also Sequence 5. Do you think there are two captains on a ship?"
"That's right... I'm sorry, I just ran away several times but was caught by her, so I had a bit of a psychological shadow..."
Angel's explanation based on strength convinced Helene. She got up from the ground and sat back on the sofa with some strength. Her long red hair hung on her cheeks and shoulders, and her chest kept rising and falling while breathing. It was in huge contrast to her heroic appearance when she threatened Angel before.
"You didn't lie just now, but you concealed a lot of things. Now let's talk about it in detail. Why did 'Vice Admiral of Ailment' take you back to the ship several times?"
After waiting for a moment, after Helene's breathing stabilized, Angel asked.
This time she had absolute dominance, so she did not use the leading questions just now, but went straight to the point and asked about the key points.
"My, my family is indeed in Intis, but it is not the low-class little nobles, but members of the Former Royal Family, Sauron Family." As if giving up the fight, Helene sighed softly, his eyes blank. Staring at Angel blankly, he added about his life experience, "After my father went bankrupt due to addiction to drinking and sex, the family leaders approached me and agreed to pay off my family's debts, provided that I accepted their arrangement and became a 'Hunter'."
She raised her right hand lightly, and a bright flame emerged from the tip of her index finger, once again demonstrating her Potion Pathway.
Thanks to the leader of the "spiritual Di Ruyan" for the reward!