"Cardina, the people who saved you just now were from Salante Fief, weren't they?"
Once the wind and waves had died down, the fleet from Salante Fief dropped the survivors off at a coastal port and left ahead of the others.
The captains who had refused to help earlier, however, all ordered their ships ashore, found the rescued passengers, and asked them that question.
"So what if they were? So what if they weren't?" Cardina, the captain rescued by the ships from Salante Fief, replied curtly.
Of course he knew why they were asking, but that fleet from Salante Fief had saved his life. He would never say anything that might harm his rescuers.
Everyone aboard his ship was an adventurer. Since he had been a captain before, he had taken charge of their vessel this time as well. Who could have imagined that disaster would strike as soon as they put to sea, nearly costing everyone aboard their lives? Naturally, his tone was anything but friendly when he saw the men who had refused to help.
"Cardina, surely you haven't forgotten our mission at sea?" The captain who had spoken first sneered when Cardina refused to give him a straight answer. "Don't forget, we came out here to investigate Salante Fief and find out what makes their fleet different. Why can they sail without fearing storms or sea beasts when ships from other fiefs can't? What, have you forgotten?"
"Don't you know why they aren't afraid of storms and sea beasts? Because they're brave enough, of course. They don't abandon their companions and flee for their own lives. When any of their ships runs into trouble, the others don't leave it to its fate. Surely you understand something that simple?" Cardina said with cold sarcasm.
"Cardina, no one would