Captain – Chapter 517 – Whether to Journey Together

“Nothing there! Nothing there!”

The raven’s cry drifted down from the mermaid figurehead, startling the bewildered crowd back to their senses.

The pirates, who had originally suspected there might be something wrong with their own eyes, finally had their doubts cleared after hearing Enzo’s question. They all turned their gazes to look at the captain with concern, wondering if she was truly exhausted.

Oh, and the First Mate too—he seemed to have seen that phantom as well.

“This isn’t a hallucination, Enzo.”

Understanding the situation, Roy turned around, leaning back against the rail, turning her face slightly toward the man as she said softly: “That’s the vessel that came to receive the ordained one…”

“Only those who have been chosen can see it.”

After hearing these words, the crew members were still confused, but only a very few authority figures like Lance, who knew the inside story, could connect the young woman’s words with the information received days ago, showing thoughtful expressions.

Not to mention the four who had participated in the captain’s meeting and understood even more.

Knowing the importance of what these important figures would discuss next, under the water master’s signal, the crew members consciously returned to their respective posts.

Soon, only a dozen or so people in the know remained at the Mermaid’s bow.

“Well then, it seems I misunderstood.”

Hearing that belated laughter, Roy gave the man a sidelong glance, resting her arms on the rail, lowering her eyelids slightly as she said: “If my judgment is correct, the current situation is that the clue to that path has been placed before our eyes.”

“But it seems… only he and I can see it.”

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Feeling everyone’s gazes and the faint puzzlement in the young woman’s eyes directed at him, Caine nodded slightly and responded: “Although I don’t know the reason, I can indeed see that strange wooden boat, just like the captain.”

“So there are two ordained ones?”

His gaze moving between the two for a while, Enzo seemed to have witnessed something unprecedented, raising his eyebrows slightly as he said: “Strange, this is truly strange.”

Although when he had initially proposed that the so-called ordained one was a descendant of the devil or someone deeply connected to him, the man had said it was just speculation, his tone had been quite certain, having already made up his mind.

This wasn’t arrogance, but because from any angle, this was the only possibility.

Everyone at the meeting had the same thought.

But the facts showed considerable discrepancy.

“I really can’t think of what connection you could have with Captain Edward.”

Pacing in front of the two, the man used a scrutinizing gaze to look the young man up and down, then lowered his voice and said with considerable malice: “Tell me, boy, you couldn’t be… an illegitimate son of Captain Gerard left outside, could you?”

As Enzo finished speaking, the bow immediately fell into eerie silence.

What broke the silence wasn’t the captain’s bitter smile or the First Mate’s angry words, but Richi’s inappropriate addition: “So you’re actually siblings?”

Another period of silence, neither long nor short.

“What are you all thinking about?”

Finally, Roy could bear it no longer. The corner of her eye twitched slightly as she pointed at the man and said irritably: “Never mind others not knowing, but you fought with him. Don’t tell me your memory is like a fish’s and you’ve already forgotten the situation then?”

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Being reminded by the young woman, Enzo put on a look of “sudden realization,” smiling as he said: “Look at my memory, how could I forget that he’s a cursed one?”

“Cursed by the devil’s lineage, no less.”

Hearing this, not only Ben and the others, but even Richi and Vivian couldn’t help but look surprised, staring at Caine as if seeing him for the first time.

Roy bearing the devil’s curse wasn’t particularly shocking after knowing the truth, since she was, after all, the most perfect descendant of that Pirate King.

But the young man was different.

He had no real connection to that devil, so there was no reason he would be randomly targeted. If anything, the possibility of him being an illegitimate son was higher than this.

“This is our secret, so stop guessing—you’ll never figure it out anyway.”

Exchanging a glance with her First Mate, Roy smiled and wagged her finger smugly at the rather surprised crowd. Regarding that dream, in the entire world, apart from the two of them, only the devil and the cat knew about it.

Now the devil was far away, and the cat was still sleeping soundly. If this wasn’t a secret, what was?

“Back to business.”

Not giving everyone much chance to ask more questions, Roy’s smile faded as she became serious: “Without needing to guess, that broken boat is what the devil specifically prepared for me—the guiding object to step onto that path. Since that’s the case…”

“I’ll go with you.”

Before the young woman could finish explaining her plan, she was interrupted by the calm words from beside her. She looked over somewhat helplessly, but only found the color called “persistence” in those blue eyes, with no room for compromise.

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“No, you, if you come with me…”

Rolling her eyes, Roy searched for excuses for a long time but only found an overused one: “Then what about the Mermaid? You know, this time we might encounter existences on the level of the Drowned Captain. If you don’t hold the line…”

“This question seems to have been discussed already.”

The young man’s single sentence blocked her evasion.

The relationship between the Mermaid, the crew, and the importance of the Golden-Eyed Devil’s banner had already been made clear in front of everyone before they boarded the island.

Bringing it up again now obviously wouldn’t be effective.

The captain knew this too, and was even clearer that the reason her First Mate had taken the pocket watch in the dream was to enter her fate, to prevent her from being alone. So, in a situation where they could travel together, how could he give up?

“Two people, two paths—quite fitting, isn’t it?”

After having her little scheme exposed, Roy pressed her lips together and stubbornly remained silent, like a little cat that knew it had done wrong but refused to admit its mistake no matter what.

However, Enzo, who had been observing this scene from the side, pointed out the key with just one sentence while also attracting the attention of both: “Isn’t that right? Otherwise, Little Roy, can you split yourself in two?”

Yes, there were two paths leading to the divine artifact.

After being reminded, Roy couldn’t help but frown slightly, thinking silently and somewhat troubledly.

Although she didn’t need to guess to know this was the devil’s design—one of the two paths must be illusory while the other should be a deadly trap—who could say for certain whether he had the ability to set up this game?

Sealed in the Cursed Sea himself, only able to rely on the stagnant time on the Satin and the curse inscribed on her body to briefly and reluctantly manifest, did he really have the energy to extend his hand into the depths of the Death Silence Triangle?

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Perhaps… this was just a ruse, meant to make her miss that divine artifact?

If so, traveling together was indeed necessary.

Seeing the young woman’s slightly flickering gaze, the man knew where her concerns lay. To face opponents like undead ships without someone capable of holding the situation together at the helm would indeed be troublesome, so he asked with a faint smile: “Do you think so little of me?”

Understanding Enzo’s meaning, the captain shook her head and said: “It’s not the same thing.”

No matter how powerful the Night Curtain captain was, facing such spectral beings would make it difficult to spare attention, let alone coordinate the overall situation, unless someone could respond to him.

Just like the Blood-Eyed Butcher, who was also a legend.

“Rest assured, I promised you that even if we must be defeated, the Ghost Scythe will sink first.”

Raising his hand, the man gestured to the raven perched quietly on the mermaid figurehead watching the scene. It flapped its wings and landed on his arm.

“As we agreed, you just go ahead and do what you must. I’ll help you hold back those ghostly things. Also, let me borrow your beloved pet—I’ll temporarily take command of the Mermaid.”

With Alfie’s message transmission speed, plus the execution ability of Ben, Lance, and others, presumably command transmission and implementation between the two warships wouldn’t be a problem.

“Then…”

With things said to this extent, Roy naturally had no more reason to object. She looked around at her subordinates, and after receiving their affirmative, supportive gazes, she lightly bit her lower lip and nodded slightly to everyone, finally agreeing.

“Let’s do as Captain Enzo suggests.”