Lorraine had never met Xia Nan before.
Everything she knew about the Black-haired Adventurer before her came entirely from Hain and the Twin Warriors' descriptions.
She knew he was an exceptionally young Professional of considerable strength.
But to be honest, before Xia Nan actually walked into the room, Lorraine had not paid him all that much attention.
As the leader of the Oath of Vengeance Blades adventure Ship Crew, she was no longer young, and she had spent many years making her way through Barracuda Bay. She had seen far too many people who shone like meteors.
Perhaps a small few among them could streak across the sky and continue flying into the distance, gaining a foothold in the Southern Islands, or even becoming renowned Big Shots.
But the vast majority were only flashes in the pan. Within a few years, or even a few months, they quickly fell and were forgotten amid the clamor of taverns.
Therefore, even though she trusted the judgment of these teammates of hers, Lorraine had merely noted this young adventurer named "Xia Nan," whose combat performance they had called especially outstanding, in her mind. She had not taken any deeper interest in him.
Until she saw, with her own eyes, the young man Hera led into the room.
He was somewhat unexpected.
Completely opposite to the high-spirited confidence she had imagined from someone whose name was gradually spreading, she could not see the slightest trace of impatience on the black-haired youth with Dual Blades on his back. Nor did his conduct carry that showy arrogance so common among adventurers who believed themselves superior simply because they possessed power.
His bearing was quiet and steady, even somewhat cold, like the sea on an overcast, windless day.
Lorraine could not help raising her opinion of him,