Departure: Toward the New World / Everyday Life: The White Dragon Current

Fukaboshi turned to a subordinate waiting nearby. "Go get a doctor."

"No need." Lin Mo shook his head. The feeling that his head was about to split open had already passed. "I'm fine."

"But you looked so uncomfortable just now, Lord Lin Mo." Shirahoshi still wasn't reassured. "Please let a doctor take a look."

"I said I don't need one. Can you stop pestering me?" Lin Mo said bluntly.

Shirahoshi's eyes filled with tears again. "You're so mean, Lord Lin Mo... Waaa..."

Lin Mo: "..."

"Captain." Kaku still looked worried. "Are you really all right?"

Lin Mo nodded slightly.

Enel wore that know-it-all look again. With a half-smile, he said, "What, you pretended to be sick to get everyone's sympathy? Fine, it worked."

Lin Mo answered with a punch to Enel's face, sending him flying without hesitation.

"Huh? Lord Thunder God!" Shirahoshi looked in the direction Enel had flown, her voice full of concern. "What do we do? Won't he get hurt falling from this height?"

Kaku, long used to it, said, "He'll be fine. That guy can take a beating."

"Are you sure?" Shirahoshi asked.

Kaku smiled. "I'm sure."

Then he glanced at Lin Mo. "Captain, you missed your afternoon nap. Aren't you tired?"

"Not really," Lin Mo said. "Once the banquet's over, you and Enel can finish coating the ship."

Kaku didn't ask why. "All right, Captain."

Just as Kaku had said, Enel soon returned to the Fish Ship, cursing all the way but otherwise unharmed. Only then did Shirahoshi and her brothers relax.

Neptune kept his promise and held a three-day banquet at Ryugu Palace, inviting plenty of the island's residents to join them.

The three days were lively. Kaku and Enel mingled happily with the islanders.

Lin Mo didn't take much part in the festivities. He