Captain – Chapter 84 – Yadris

The scholar did not take the captain’s pen.

Meeting Roy’s puzzled gaze, Bivis said softly, “Captain, it’s been too long since I’ve written anything. I’ve even forgotten how to hold a pen. Could I… could I use a fingerprint instead?”

For a scholar, forgetting how to write was obviously an incredibly embarrassing matter. This explains why the scholar, who was normally as proud of his knowledge as a rooster, would display such an unnatural expression.

Roy didn’t think much of it and casually tossed the quill pen on the table. “Of course, Mr. Scholar. For pirates who can’t even write their names, we’ve always accepted fingerprints as personal guarantees.”

Hearing this, a flush of red appeared on the scholar’s pale face. He raised his voice and shouted, “How could I possibly be illiterate like those fellows? Captain, this is an insult, an insult to my character!”

“Just joking, just joking. Why are you so sensitive?” Roy explained with a smile, showing not the slightest intention of apologizing.

The scholar barely suppressed his indignation. He bit his finger hard, as if he were biting the rogue captain herself, and then with a slightly trembling hand, firmly pressed his forefinger, covered with a layer of blood, onto the contract.

Lifting his finger, the scholar breathed nervously, asking Roy with a strong sense of unreality, “The contract… is the contract complete?”

Roy picked up the contract, looked at it, then rolled it up and tucked it into her belt. “It’s done. Is there anything else we need to do?”

“No, this is fine. This is the end of it.”

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The scholar’s unfocused pupils gradually came into focus, followed by an irrepressible longing. He smiled nervously at Roy, “Captain, shall we go?”

For the scholar who had been trapped on this ghostly ship for hundreds of years, enduring hundreds of years of hunger, thirst, and exhaustion, fresh air, edible food, and drinkable water were now what he craved most.

“Alright then, let’s go.”

Looking at the scholar’s expression—excited yet suppressing it, anxious yet uncertain—Roy somehow felt a genuine sense of sympathy for him. She smiled gently, signaled for Alfie to fly onto her shoulder, and then left the room first.

The scholar followed closely behind the captain. The anxiety and fear deep in his heart completely dissipated the moment he finally stepped onto the gangway. He walked onto the deck with his whole body trembling, then his legs went weak and he fell to his knees on the wooden floor with a “thud,” unable to contain his laughter.

As he laughed, his voice became hoarse and sorrowful, as if he were hysterically crying in pain. Yet his long-dried eyes could not produce any tears, making him look both ridiculous and pitiful.

Roy didn’t laugh. She just stood quietly beside him, watching Bivis release his emotions through both crying and laughing. Only when his emotions gradually stabilized did she ask him gently, “I didn’t expect that just a piece of paper could free you from this eternal prison.”

Thinking about it this way, what Bivis wanted was really very little.

“That’s not it, Captain.”

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The scholar stood up, wiped away non-existent tears, and wore a smile that looked worse than crying. “This is merely transferring me from one cage to another. As long as Lady Annisdora’s curse remains unbroken, I cannot leave your ship for a single day, or else I’ll suffer an even more terrifying punishment. But…”

“This is already enough, so please allow me to offer you my most sincere gratitude, Captain.”

Bivis bowed deeply to the girl and didn’t rise for a long time.

Roy smiled and helped him up. “Don’t worry. Since this captain has promised to help you regain your freedom, I will certainly fulfill that promise.”

The scholar’s body was extremely weak, so Roy had to throw down a hemp rope from the ship and have a sailor catch him on the gangplank. Even so, the scholar almost fell into the sea.

After a great deal of effort, Roy finally brought Bivis back to the Osprey. After removing the gangplank, she ordered the sails to be raised.

Accompanied by the sailors’ increasingly skilled sea shanties, the Osprey raised all its sails and, following a fortuitous passing breeze, sailed in the direction pointed by the Victoria’s bow.

This time, you won’t come looking for me again, so farewell, Victoria.

Watching the majestic giant ship gradually disappear into the white fog, Roy thought silently, then turned her gaze back to the front, smiling as she greeted the sailors, “Gentlemen, it’s time to leave this mist!”

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The sailors’ attitude toward this captain had already changed considerably when she left the Osprey, and then they saw her return safely from that ghostly ship, bringing back a legendary dragon egg as a trophy. Their admiration had reached its peak, and everyone responded to her enthusiastically, or shouted “Long live the Captain!”

“Actually, if they were properly trained, they would make a decent group of pirates.”

The First Mate’s voice came from behind. Roy turned her face slightly, looking at Caine as he approached, and smiled faintly, “If they don’t mind.”

“Alright, I’ll ask them later and see how many are willing to stay,” Caine nodded with satisfaction, having received the captain’s permission.

“By the way, how is Bivis doing?”

Roy remembered the scholar who had been taken away by the First Mate and reminded him, “Don’t let him eat and drink too freely. Although that fellow is hardy, if he falls ill, we don’t have a professional ship’s doctor to treat him.”

“Don’t worry, I’ll control his food intake. But he seems to understand well how to handle his condition. After eating and drinking a little, he went to sleep.”

The First Mate had already learned about the scholar’s situation from the captain’s brief mentions and didn’t seem to show much aversion to this ugly, pitiful man.

“That’s good. I hope our Mr. Scholar recovers soon. This captain is still counting on him to guide the way,” the captain sighed with relief and said with a smile.

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The scholar’s body and mind had been devastated over hundreds of years, so of course it couldn’t be restored in a short time. However, the good news was that with daily rationed meals and water, he gradually began to look like a normal person and was no longer viewed as a monster by the sailors.

Besides this, there was even better news.

After sailing for a full three days and nights, the thick white fog surrounding the Osprey finally dispersed. The bright sunshine poured down on the deck like sweet rain, making the sailors jubilant.

Determining their position by the morning sun, Roy also discovered something fortunate: although they had lost their bearings in the white fog, after wandering for so long, they had still made some progress toward Yadris. This meant they probably wouldn’t exceed their estimated arrival time by too much.

Once again, facts proved that Captain Roy’s judgment was never wrong.

After a journey of nearly two months, the land the sailors had been dreaming of day and night, the free country Roy had been longing for, finally appeared on the horizon ahead of the Osprey under the midday sun.

Gazing at the familiar coastline from afar, Roy opened her arms to the sailors, wearing a perfectly comfortable smile, as if this land still belonged to the Golden-Eyed Devil, rather than those ungrateful traitors.

“Gentlemen, welcome to Yadris, welcome to… the pirates’ paradise!”