Captain – Chapter 16 – The Inevitable Path of a Girl Becoming a Woman

Roy wasn’t injured; there wasn’t a single wound anywhere on her body.

This was the conclusion Caine reached looking at that fair skin. As for why he could see her entire body, that was because…

This pirate lady wasn’t wearing anything at all, just sitting naked on the bed, holding the blood-stained pants she had just taken off, her belt and shirt placed among the scattered straw.

Time seemed to freeze at this moment. The two stared at each other blankly for ten seconds, until Roy, whose nerves were extremely insensitive in this regard, came to her senses and asked puzzledly: “What’s wrong? Do you need something?”

Caine suddenly awoke, walking out without looking back, closing the wooden door behind him, and said through the door: “Why are you taking off your clothes for no reason? Put your clothes back on before we talk.”

“But if I put on clothes with blood on them, I’ll have to wash them again, which is such a hassle.” Roy clearly didn’t understand what Caine was afraid of; she was just troubled by the nuisance of washing clothes.

“Put them on first, and I’ll help you wash them later, okay?”

Caine suppressed his irritation, feeling his rapid heartbeat, not knowing whether it was due to anger or nervousness.

In his view, this legendary captain renowned throughout the seas was truly stupid in some aspects. Although women among pirates were generally quite carefree, those as clueless as her were still rare.

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Since her first mate had said so, Roy reluctantly complied. After a slight rustling sound, a muffled voice came from the room: “I’m dressed, you can come in now.”

When Caine entered the room again, that dazzling spectacle was no longer visible, and he finally breathed a sigh of relief.

He sat on the edge of the bed, looking at the captain who was pulling at her pants to prevent the sticky bloodstains from touching her body again. He frowned slightly and said: “Hearing Alfie’s cries, I thought you had gotten into a quarrel with the old man and were bleeding. Who knew it was… But logically speaking, you should have encountered this more than once, so why are you still completely unprepared?”

Roy was already eighteen years old. Generally speaking, that thing would have come by sixteen at the latest. But judging from Alfie’s terrified reaction and the faint bewilderment on the captain’s face, it seemed like she was experiencing it for the first time.

“What thing?” Roy was confused, completely unaware of what her first mate was talking about.

“That is…”

Caine suddenly choked, not knowing how to explain this issue. After thinking for a moment, he vaguely said: “That thing every girl must experience in the process of growing into a woman.”

Roy blinked, then her eyes suddenly widened, her golden pupils filled with disbelief: “You, you, you… don’t talk nonsense! I have never slept with a man!”

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This was clearly a huge misunderstanding. Caine painfully and helplessly confirmed that this captain had not the slightest knowledge about female physiology, so he wearily replied: “I’m not talking about that. Haven’t you ever experienced… bleeding from that place before?”

Seeing the officer’s mortified expression, Roy firmly shook her head, simultaneously uttering words that completely devastated the other party: “No, this is my first time being a woman.”

What did she mean by “first time being a woman”?

Caine couldn’t find any explanation that conformed to logic and reality. Could it be that this pirate captain was a man in the past? It’s worth noting that although the Pronora Federation had such gender reassignment surgeries, which were officially prohibited by law, the side effects were extremely obvious. It would be impossible to be as healthy and natural as Roy.

After a long and excruciating silence, the young Howard master, who had never experienced such torment, finally spoke with difficulty: “First… first menstruation, have you heard of it?”

Hearing the words “first menstruation,” Roy was stunned.

Although she had indeed never experienced such a strange event, she knew this term. In the past, when drinking and making merry with young ladies from noble families, she had learned many secrets about the female body from them.

“No way?” The captain was finally scared, her voice trembling: “You’re saying what I’m flowing… is menstrual blood?”

Seeing the officer nod expressionlessly, Roy almost fainted. After rubbing her aching head, she no longer cared about pulling her pants. She tightly grabbed Caine’s arms, as if clutching the last lifeline: “Caine, you can’t watch me die without helping. Quick, think of a solution.”

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Glancing at Roy’s hands, which still had some warm blood on them, Caine asked confusedly: “What solution?”

“Won’t this blood stop flowing? I’ve heard others say it lasts two to seven days. Although it doesn’t flow much, if it doesn’t stop… I won’t be able to endure it, right?”

For the first time, Roy felt like the sky was falling. This disaster occurring inside her body was more desperate than being surrounded by the Auran Navy in Mosri Bay for three whole days.

“What nonsense are you talking about? This is a very normal physiological phenomenon. It should have come earlier. In fact, having your first period at eighteen is what’s strange.”

Caine shook his head, preventing Roy from continuing to overthink, and said gently: “Pay attention to hygiene and keeping warm these few days. Don’t be as reckless as before. Ask the cook to make more hot food for you, and stop drinking alcohol for now…”

“So… I won’t faint from excessive blood loss?” Roy didn’t heed her first mate’s advice, but gradually realized this wasn’t such a big deal after all. It was still just a small hill that would be trampled underfoot by the great captain. Her eyes gradually regained their brightness.

“Of course not, but…”

Caine withdrew his arm from Roy’s grip, looking at the bloodstains on his uniform. He still wanted to remind her of some precautions, but when he looked up, he found that she was no longer focusing on this issue. Instead, she was grabbing Alfie, who had flown back, boasting about the captain’s yet another great victory.

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“Did you hear that, Alfie? It’s not a big deal. Being cut by the navy might be even more serious than this.”

“Can you please listen to me properly?” Caine’s voice deepened.

“Of course.” Roy alertly noticed this harbinger and immediately adopted a serious negotiation posture, as if she wasn’t facing her first mate, but another equally dangerous and powerful pirate captain.

In the end, Caine poured all the physiological knowledge in his mind and the precautions needed when facing menstruation into the captain’s brain. Then he fetched a spare sailor’s outfit in the male style and asked the tailor on the merchant ship to make several cotton pads with the little cotton and fine linen available, telling her to tie them around her waist with cloth bands so they wouldn’t fall off.

Freshwater resources at sea were extremely scarce. Even for drinking, they were very economical, let alone for washing clothes or bathing. But considering the young Howard’s face and the valuable promises he had made, Eda still prepared some freshwater for Roy to bathe.

The poor-quality wooden door creaked. An empty room not far from the living quarters was used as a bathing room. Occasionally, the sound of water being poured and low humming could be heard. She was humming a song called “Devil’s Treasure,” which was extremely popular among pirates on both sides of the ocean.

“Do you think… she will really remember what I said?” Listening to the cheerful melody, Caine lowered his head and asked the raven who had finally been willing to approach him.

Alfie’s eyeballs shone like two black pearls. It looked at the officer as if looking at an idiot and said matter-of-factly: “Never.”