Once I'm back in Backlund, I'll ask Fanny about her family... The reason is simple enough. Before taking on an enemy, I need to know what strength we have on our side. Roselle must have said something about knowing yourself and your enemy, right?
After thinking for a moment, Abner took out a Courage badge and handed it to Danitz as a "tip" for coming all this way to deliver a message.
Danitz was one of Edwina's men, after all. Abner couldn't be too stingy, could he?
The badge was an accessory to a Beyonder item called Irresistible Fear, which Abner had sold in Bayam. It counteracted the item's negative effects.
He had made three badges at the time but sold only two. The last had stayed with him ever since.
Back then, he had still been Sequence 6, and items he made by imbuing them with power through the Pure White Eye lasted only three months...
In other words, the badge would expire in less than a week. He certainly couldn't sell it now, but it was perfect for a tip.
Danitz, however, puffed out his chest and politely declined. "I'm already a brave man. I don't need an item to give me more courage... Besides, this was the captain's assignment... It'd be better if the captain gave me a reward..." He said the last two sentences very quietly.
By "brave," does he mean serving as Klein's attendant and then hanging outside the cabin to scare off pirates?
After that silent jab, Abner smiled and said deliberately, "If you don't like the badge, I can teach you a Secret Art instead... Hmm, how solid are your fundamentals? What has Edwina taught you? I can make you a reading list, and if there's anything you haven't learned yet, I can