Fisher thought his intentions were quite obvious, yet upon feeling Fisher’s gaze, Alagina subtly hid her right hand behind her back and looked at him with all seriousness, saying,
Like the gentlemen from Saint Nali, who seemed to have a certain level of stubbornness when it came to admitting their own vulnerabilities, the women of the Sardinia Female Country were equally tenacious, almost to the point of obstinance, which made Fisher almost laugh.
In the Sardinia Female Country, a woman could not admit to being incapable; they had to tough it out and press on.
He simply shook his head and pointed behind her, saying,
"Leaving aside the safety of you and Ossie going there, even if you want to go, your crew will definitely not agree..."
Alagina turned her head to look at the deck, only to see Pahetz swinging his harmonica, smiling at Alagina and Fisher standing by her side. Behind him, many of the sailors about to go below deck also subconsciously glanced over, seeming to have heard Alagina’s words, waiting for her command.
In fact, from the moment they left the Sardinia Female Country, they were deeply bound to Alagina. The legendary pirate ship Iceberg Queen had only one sailing goal, which was wherever Alagina wanted to go.
Without Alagina, the ship was no different from one that had sunk.
Having seen the figures of the sailors standing on the deck, Alagina silently withdrew her gaze, and her previously hidden right hand also reappeared,
"I understand... My right hand is injured; I can’t complete the exploration of the island on my own. But I have an inkling that there is an item on that island that is very important to me, related to the Ice Prince. Since the ship is damaged, the Iceberg Queen will first dock for repairs, and then I’ll take some people with me to land on the island."
"I am at your service, my Captain."
After receiving Alagina’s orders, Pahetz twirled the harmonica in his hand and performed an odd Northern Realm gentleman’s bow. Then, his expression changed slightly, and he shouted to the sailors behind him,
"You heard the Captain, get the ship moving, we’ll head for the island’s offshore waters to fix her up! And along the way, we need to figure out how to fill your rumbling bellies for the next few dozen days... get to work! Hurry up! Oh, Mr. Jack, don’t spill those grapes just yet..."
As the Iceberg Queen restarted and sailed toward the island, the tattoo on Alagina’s back grew hotter, as if it were rejoicing more the closer they got to the island.
Looking at Alagina, who was intently gazing at the distant island, Fisher suddenly remembered something.
Previously, Emhardt had told him about the origin of the Ice Prince, but at the time he didn’t tell Alagina, so she probably just thought the sword was nothing more than a family heirloom.
Fisher glanced at Emhardt, who had returned to his shoulder. The little guy had scampered back as soon as it saw he was safe, intending to boast to Fisher about how important its mental support had been, but seeing him flirting with Alagina again, he kept quiet.
Facing the sea breeze, Fisher turned to Alagina and started to tell her the story of the Northern Phoenix Species,
"By the way, I forgot to tell you about the origin of your Thrusting Sword, ’Ice Prince’..."
Hearing Fisher’s words, Alagina’s blue eyes showed her focused attention, obviously immersed in the story... or perhaps it was because the man before her was the one telling it that she was so engrossed?
After hearing the entire history, Alagina summoned the true form of the Ice Prince and looked down at the gracefully thrusting sword’s blade, at the quietly glowing transparent blue feather inside. It turned out to be one of the feathers of the three Phoenix’s Sons, that very feather that had created this powerful relic...
"Phoenixes, seem like a very ancient matter to us; most North Realm people worship them as gods rather than physical beings, much like your Western Continent worships the Mother Goddess. If this sword belongs to the legendary Phoenix Species, could it be that my ancestors had some connection with the Phoenixes..."
She looked at the Thrusting Sword in her hand but received no answers, for she didn’t understand her family lineage well, due mainly to her mother.
She resented her mother and, by extension, her family lineage; of course, she didn’t feel any sense of belonging to it initially. But apart from her mother, there were other kind people within the family who had taken care of her, like Pahetz... without her, she most definitely wouldn’t have been able to escape the Northern Realm.
Not having received an answer, Alagina gently laid the Thrusting Sword down and said to Fisher,
"You know a lot, Fisher..."
Alagina looked at Fisher with a hint of brightness in her eyes. In the Sardinia Female Country, when women chose to marry men, there was always a tendency to seek certain qualities, with "learned and courteous" often used to describe the perfect gentleman. Evidently, Alagina admired this and that was why she initially took a liking to the scholarly aura that Fisher possessed.
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