Sea Swallow!

For Merlin, she had practically watched him grow up.

Yol knew Merlin very well. As a child, Merlin was well-behaved but also a bit withdrawn. No, it should be said he was precocious. Because of this, after his parents passed away, Merlin became mature beyond his years, not like a typical boy.

At that time, she had also worried that the precocious Merlin might go astray and learn bad habits from the delinquents on the streets.

But as it turned out, she had worried for nothing.

Because of this, the methods she had thought of to educate Merlin at the time were completely unused, which always made her feel frustrated.

And now, upon hearing Merlin's words, Yol sighed helplessly. With a hint of annoyance in her eyes, she said:

"I watched you grow up, and Lucia always took good care of me when I was young. As her son, of course, I have to take good care of you too!

But you never pay much attention to me. And sometimes when I want to talk to you, you often disappear without a trace."

As she said this, Yol's eyes held both anger and helplessness:

"But now, it's clearly you who are taking care of me. This makes me feel like a complete failure!"

Merlin was about to retort.

But at this moment.

Footsteps approached. Merlin turned his head and saw Rainer's figure coming up from the stairs, walking towards them.

Seeing Merlin's gaze, Rainer smiled apologetically:

"Did I interrupt you?

Oh right, I came to deliver Abyss's bounty."

Rainer walked up to them. Merlin watched as he held out the briefcase and took it, then handed it to Yol:

"You count it."

Yol rolled her eyes charmingly and took it. She then carried the briefcase into the cabin and placed it on the bed to begin counting.

Meanwhile, Merlin noticed Rainer seemed to have something to say but hesitated, so he asked:

"Just say it if you have something on your mind."

Rainer gritted his teeth and then asked about Gerard. Merlin's expression remained unchanged as he calmly replied:

"Are you here to interrogate me? To blame me for killing your crew members?"

"No, no."

Rainer quickly shook his head, his expression somewhat helpless: "I'm not an idiot. Gerard was thrown out from your side.

I just want to understand where he offended you?"

Rainer's survival instincts were fully engaged.

He didn't want to come and provoke Merlin for a dead crew member who wasn't even well-liked.

He just wanted an explanation.

A reason to shut the mouths of the people below. After all, he was the Guard Captain, managing a ship full of sailors. If he did nothing, how could he manage them in the future?

Having said that, he believed Merlin would understand the underlying meaning of his words.

Merlin wasn't an idiot and understood his implication. So, he calmly recounted the events from Gerard's entry into the cabin, Yol's mention of pirates, to his own return and elimination of Gerard, without any embellishment.

Rainer knew he couldn't defeat Merlin, and there was nothing on the passenger ship that could threaten him. Therefore, Merlin had no reason to lie to him here.

As he listened, cold sweat broke out on Rainer's face, and his expression became unpredictable. He gritted his teeth: "That damn, backstabbing dog.

I was wondering why the Blood Wolf Pirates were wandering in other seas recently and suddenly appeared here.

So there was an inside mole!"

Saying this, Rainer looked at Merlin with immense gratitude:

"Thank you. If you hadn't stepped in to help us eliminate this scourge, we might have run into trouble again someday."

Merlin glanced at him. Those words were a bit too much. "I don't like owing people favors, but I also don't like people owing me."

Hearing this, Rainer's eye twitched, but he immediately put on an even more grateful expression, saying excitedly:

"Thank you so much this time! I'll go find our captain now. I'll definitely have him prepare a thank-you gift for you?"

At this moment, Yol came out, looking at Merlin with some confusion:

"The total amount is 11 million? Is that 1 million too much?"

Merlin looked at Rainer, who gave an awkward smile:

"I mentioned earlier that I would refund your ship fare. Plus the bounty of 10.5 million, it adds up to this."

That stingy captain only gave an extra 200,000 Belly.

He was extremely embarrassed and immediately found an excuse to leave awkwardly.

Merlin made no comment, but Yol looked at Merlin with a strange expression, clearly having heard what Merlin had just said. Seeing this, Merlin rolled his eyes at her:

"I can't be stingy with raising you all, so of course, we have to make money at every opportunity!"

Yol chuckled helplessly and walked behind Merlin, placing her white porcelain hands on his shoulders and massaging them with care:

"Mhm, mhm, I understand. It's just that you have to play the bad guy, and I feel bad about it."

Merlin was speechless. Her tone was so sarcastic. He shook his body impatiently.

He shook her hands off, And Yol chuckled, "It's almost mealtime. The passenger ship's restaurant should have food ready. Shall I go get us some food for our great hero?"

Merlin pouted, "Hurry up and go! I'm starving, and I want meat."

A smile played on Yol's lips.

She nodded with a smile and then called out to Lami, who was closing her suitcase in the cabin:

"Lami, let's go! We're going to prepare a delicious dinner for our great hero."

Lami cheered happily:

"Yay! Then let's go get the food."

Lami ran out and took Yol's hand, and the two left together.

Merlin hadn't expected much from the so-called thank-you gift. He hadn't even seen the captain during these two days on the ship.

But he had heard from the sailors that the captain was an incredibly stingy fellow.

And so, after dinner.

When Rainer came over again, he was only holding a thin envelope filled with Belly. He awkwardly picked at his foot and said:

"Sorry, the captain only gave you three hundred thousand Belly. Please don't be offended."

But he quickly added, "However, you can choose any deluxe suite on the fourth floor to stay in, and all your dining expenses on the ship will be free from now on."

Merlin glanced at him and chuckled, "You don't need to be embarrassed, because I didn't have many expectations to begin with.

I don't need to change rooms. I'll accept the thank-you gift."

However, upon saying this, Merlin smiled and added, "Mr. Rainer, I can see that you are a capable person. If you have the opportunity, you should find a new job as soon as possible!"

Merlin said no more.

Smart people would understand.

As for fools, there was no point in saying more.

Hearing this, a wry smile appeared on Rainer's face:

"Thank you for your kindness. Then I won't disturb you any further. You should rest early.

If you need any help, feel free to come to me. As long as I can do it, I will definitely help you solve it."

Rainer left Merlin's room.

Merlin closed the door and smiled somewhat boredly. He opened the envelope in his hand. It was a stack of Belly, ten thousand per bill, totaling thirty bills.

He took out ten bills and handed them to Yol, then gave five to Lami:

"This is your pocket money!"

Yol accepted them with some emotion:

"This is the first time anyone has given me so much pocket money."

After receiving them, Lami said with a sweet smile:

"Thank you, Brother Merlin. This is also the first time Lami has received so much pocket money."

Merlin folded the remaining one hundred and fifty thousand Belly and put them in his pocket. It was good to have some money on hand when traveling.

As for the total of fifty million Belly in the remaining three suitcases, they had all been consolidated into one suitcase.

The two empty suitcases were used to pack personal clothing.

Time flew by.

Another day and a half passed.

At one o'clock this afternoon.

After lunch, they looked into the distance and saw a strangely shaped island appear.

The island, as a whole, resembled a lifelike, incredibly huge, emerald-green sea swallow connected to a base.

It was incredibly magical and beautiful.

This sea swallow was an entire mountain range.

It was called Sea Swallow Mountain by the people on the island.

The mountain was covered in dense vegetation, like an ancient giant beast that had lived from the primordial era until now.

Gazing at the island, Merlin's thoughts wandered. He mused that if so many ancient creatures the size of islands existed in this world, could this island itself be the fossilized corpse of an unimaginably colossal Sea Swallow?

Shaking his head, Merlin dismissed the thought. Not long after, the passenger ship docked at the port by the island's coast, and a bustling port town appeared before them.

Sea Swallow Town.

With a Backpack on his back, his left hand, clad in gloves, carried a suitcase.

Amidst the awe-filled gazes of the ship's sailors, Merlin, Yol, and Lami disembarked from the right side of the passenger ship via a gangplank.

As his feet touched the bluestone street by the shore, a sense of relief washed over Merlin, and he couldn't help but exclaim:

"It really is the land that gives one such a grounded feeling!"

"Indeed, after all, the places we've always lived in were on land too."

Yol, beside him, chimed in with a smile. Today, she wore a blue-striped dress that reached below her calves.

Over the dress, she had a brown cotton jacket, and beneath the hem, her shapely calves were covered by black stockings.

A pair of delicate black leather shoes adorned her feet, making her appear both youthful and radiant.

At this moment, Lami looked at Merlin curiously, "Brother Merlin, where are we going now?"

Hearing her voice, Merlin looked at Lami. Her body was wrapped in a dark blue trench coat-style jacket that reached her thighs.

However, from the end of the coat, a red plaid pleated skirt could be seen, and cotton black pantyhose covered her slender legs and feet.

On her small feet, she also wore a pair of black leather shoes.

"Around the port, there are usually some well-informed individuals.

They generally provide some conveniences for those who come and go here."

"Are these people really that nice?"

Lami asked in surprise.