Captain – Chapter 710 – You Are Different

The meeting ended, and the room gradually returned to quiet.

The pirates left one by one. Although Richi and his companion clearly understood that if letters needed to be sent, the Nightmare King would certainly have a role to play, since the matter was temporarily postponed, they returned first.

In the end, in the spacious conference room, apart from Roy, Caine, and Gerard, only the master helmsman remained, waiting to confirm the sailing route for the next few days.

Although sailing was something that even the young woman herself couldn’t match the ship spirit in, the spirit was ultimately not a servant, and it was better not to disturb it unless absolutely necessary.

Soon, Ben, who had received instructions, brought back that mystical sea chart from the ship’s tower.

Because the “door” that Gerard spoke of was not located in a constantly shifting space like the exterior of the former Death Silence Triangle, nor was it like the unnamed island in the mist without precise coordinates, its approximate location was quickly marked out.

From what was displayed on the sea chart with the pale mist dispersed, it was an island chain.

The area between the islands was completely barren, without even vegetation, let alone life and human habitation. Only gray-white beaches and low hills could be seen, looking from afar like greatly magnified scattered reefs. Most peculiar was that in the center of the island group…

There was a north-south oriented, extremely regular depression, as if someone had drawn a line across it.

In this area covered by this stroke, the sea was still sea, but those sandy soils and low hills had all disappeared together, with the edges of the rear island shores smooth as knife blades.

It somewhat resembled cliff walls that had lost their waterfalls.

That was where the door connecting the present world and the old sea was located.

Originally, the Ark had sailed out from there and collided with the full sea of ghostly blue that was waiting.

With the destination now revealed, the sailing route was naturally determined. Alexis and Ben took the sea chart and left first to arrange for departure, while Roy curiously asked more questions.

“What does that door actually look like?”

“You couldn’t have just appeared out of thin air or emerged from mountain walls, right? And I always feel… those smooth cut surfaces look somewhat familiar.”

Rеαd οn KatRеаdіngCаfe

Regarding matters the young woman was interested in, Gerard was naturally without reservation.

Thus Roy learned that her sense of familiarity was not an illusion, because those surfaces…

Were left by the great waterfall she had once seen – that silent, flowing waterfall of invisible height. If so, then that door was naturally located in the former depths of the great triangle.

At this point, although there were no further explanations, the young woman had already deduced much about her father’s journey, and naturally, those past mysteries were solved without needing to ask.

After ending that confrontation with the Great Captain and agreeing on various matters, the man had piloted the Ark to the deepest part of the great triangle.

Before finding and passing through the rift passage that the one from the islands had torn open for him, he had first confirmed that the path left by the former Lady and the great ones, leading to Aegis, had been twisted and split by Captain Edward.

It had become a hard-to-find divergent path hidden beneath misty skies and storms.

At that time, Gerard, who should have already turned against the devil and no longer possessed, or had already used up that crystal skull opportunity, naturally knew he had almost no possibility of finding that path, which was why he had climbed Burial Island and written guidance on the stone tablet.

To enlighten possible future arrivals.

Just like Enzo, or Roy who would have to pursue destiny after his own defeat.

Whether to call it coincidental or not, the two who had similarly followed the man’s footsteps, wanting to discover his whereabouts and the old events from twenty years ago, met at that place.

And without hesitation, they plunged headfirst into the god-slaying game, opening the curtain of this journey.

Even though it was nearly two years ago, Roy still couldn’t help but feel emotional remembering it, while wondering with slight melancholy whether that step into madness beyond all reason…

Had it been destined to fall from that very moment?

The young woman didn’t know the answer, and no one could tell her, because the answer lay at the destination.

Rеαԁ оո KаtRеаԁiոɡСafе

Before that, she had to first determine whether that door still existed after more than ten years, and this was also the greatest prerequisite for all speculations and deductions to come true.

It was also an opportunity to see clearly the true intentions of that one from the islands.

On this day, after determining the sailing route, the giant ship, the Nightmare King, and the Ark, now taken over by the survivors of the Ghost Scythe led by Wyatt, set out on their journey.

Heading toward that barren island chain.

Although the man had said that place was not far from here, when placed on the vast ocean, it was still a journey of more than ten days, and that destination was already extremely close to the north.

But although they had been sailing north the entire time, even the ship’s most sharp-eyed sentries, when looking northward, could not see even the slightest trace of hazy pale mist.

What they saw was either clear skies or the brilliant starry sea no different from the present world.

Very tranquil and peaceful, yet this made people’s moods increasingly heavy and tense.

Because even the captain, who could spread her perception extremely far, could no longer determine where that mist had retreated to, whether it only shrouded isolated islands or had almost completely dispersed.

Naturally, she also couldn’t determine… how much longer that seal could hold.

All they could do was quicken their pace.

Faster, and faster still.

Whether due to the urgent atmosphere or because the recent wind direction was truly excellent, the journey originally estimated to take more than ten days had already neared its end after barely ten days, with arrival expected at dawn.

It was also on that night, perhaps because she didn’t know how to get along with her father, Roy, who had rarely left the captain’s cabin since that meeting, came up on deck.

Stepping through the gradually weakening starlight, passing by the sleeping giant dragon, she walked toward the figure at the bow.

Rеaⅾ оո KatRеαdіոgCаfе

But the crows and first mate who were usually inseparable, did not follow tonight, and even the night watch pirates, seeing this scene, consciously moved farther away.

Giving space to this father and daughter pair who would leave heavy colors in pirate history books.

And this was also the first time the golden-eyed devils of two generations had been alone together since their return.

Both were somewhat nervous.

Coming to the bow, feeling the man’s gaze that turned toward her and never left again, the young woman leaned against the ship’s rail like him, looked into the distance and said what a coincidence.

The man responded with a somewhat awkward low hum.

He looked at Roy, who was not wearing her captain’s uniform and tricorn hat, but only a short shirt and long pants, dressed like an ordinary pirate, and naturally knew this was to discuss private matters.

And the private matters between him and her were naturally family affairs.

After simple greetings, the bow fell into quiet, as if both didn’t know how to begin, because whether talking about the past or easing relations was very difficult.

There was always a shadow blocking between them, impossible to get around no matter what.

Finally, it was the man who spoke first, still those same words.

“Child, I’m very sorry for making you and…”

But this time, Roy didn’t let him finish, saying in an emotionless tone: “Enough, over these years, I’ve heard this kind of apology too much, I’m really sick of it.”

Hearing these light words, Gerard naturally stopped speaking, the light in his eyes dimming somewhat.

Although not looking at him, the young woman could naturally guess his complex emotions now, but after interrupting him, she didn’t fall back into silence to torment him with it.

Rеαd οո KatReaԁіոɡCαfe

Because no matter how much resentment or hatred, in that chaotic realm, hearing him speak those words hidden deep in his heart, seeing him pull out the black blade piercing his heart, much of it had already dissipated. Even if she wouldn’t forgive him, there was no need to continue like this.

Since he had already used his life to repay once, and would likely carry eternal guilt, why need to pain him further? After all… she should give him a chance to atone.

After nearly ten days of calming down, Roy had thought through many things, which was why she came to see him.

The purpose was to speak openly about the past.

“Do you know, throughout my journey, what I’ve heard most is not vicious curses.”

Brushing away the hair covering her eyes, the captain looked at her father, looking straight into his eyes, her gaze no longer evasive: “But apologies, apology after apology.”

“What’s ridiculous is that those who apologized had all deeply hurt me, only knowing to try to make amends afterward. What’s even more ridiculous is that those apologies were all fake.”

“Either hypocritical deception or sweet traps, always like this.”

“In my view, although you’re not quite like this, the reason for your apology is no different from those people. But… when everything has already happened, does this still have meaning?”

Saying this, Roy inevitably fell silent for a while, her mood tangled like a ball of thread.

The man’s gaze naturally became increasingly dim due to these words and this silence, but just before those gray tones could completely transform into pain and regret, the young woman collected her emotions, slightly lowered her eyelids, and whispered a few sentences like a dream.

And that light whisper, like the dawn slowly emerging in the distance, climbing the sky to drive away the starry sea, shone into the man’s heart, finally dispelling those shadows.

“So old man, don’t say such things anymore in the future, it’s really somewhat weak and troublesome.”

“You just need to know that compared to those people, to me…”

“You are always different, and that’s enough.”