At Miss Apothecary's place, Sifa received two potions, one for external use and one for oral consumption.
More importantly, the two potions were free! Free!
After using the two potions, the burns on Sifa's arm were greatly relieved. Miss Apothecary had guaranteed that they would heal within a week without leaving scars.
Thus, with nothing to do temporarily aboard the ship, Sifa bumped into Roger, the chief mate, and was dragged to the dining hall to drink.
Besides the two of them, Edward, Frank, and Quincy were also in the dining hall.
Quincy sat farther away, drinking alone in silence, while the others sat closer together in a circle, joking around and relaxing.
As they chatted, the subject eventually turned to the Feysac attack.
Roger, the chief mate, lightly lifted a liquor bottle with two fingers. "Do you know that while we were struggling to stop the Feysac fleet this morning, the Intis Republic, Lenburg, and the Feynapotter Kingdom had all deployed troops along their borders?"
"If the Feysac people made any unusual move, they would definitely attack. I bet that even if the Feysac fleet had successfully attacked Pritz Harbor this morning, the airship fleet at their home base still wouldn't have dared to sortie rashly."
Edward said in surprise, "How did the Intis Republic and the others learn of the Feysac Empire's actions?"
Roger raised the bottle and took a gulp of strong liquor. "That's MI9's doing. Their spies and informants in the other countries spread the rumor that the Feysac Empire would use an airship fleet to attack their territories until everyone knew about it."
Sifa smiled faintly. It seemed that MI9 had adopted his suggestion.
Come to think of it, although he had not been the commander during this incident, he had been the one who