Hellbents
Chapter 54: Breakfast Before Sailing
"Ok, who wants to explain why there's some bugs on our table?" Dom did not mince words, the man immediately insulted the existence of the three new people who joined in their breakfast.
"Don't interfere," Hao replied sharply, looking annoyed. They both did not get along from the beginning.
"Well, no insect is as handsome as my face, Wild Cat," Rai also did not want to lose, wrapped around his opponent with the word sinister snake. The man suddenly just decided to one table with them.
"Ah, forgive us for disturbing your breakfast." Only one person looked really bad about the behavior of the other two men. Ava had never seen him, but from her observation skill the girl also knew that the name of the person was Gu Yong, the big brother that Hao was talking about.
River, the most polite among Ava's group immediately chimed in, "Ah, it's okay, you guys don't bother. Food eaten together will taste better."
"It's better if we're just the two of us." Ava ignored the murmuring of Hao who insisted on sitting next to her. The romantic imagination of that morning date instantly broke with the presence of four other men at their table.
Ib this time did not join, although for him losing a ruthless sponsor was a pleasant event, the report he had to make was a manifestation of a nightmare.
Everyone at the table ordered their own orders, "Ah, I'm coming with this girl next to me," so too did the stubborn Hao who ordered exactly the same food as Ava, who had been, corn cream soup and milk tea.
"What's? No!" Yong forbade, but his brother was already a second priority in one night. Hao himself actually knew very well that his body could not properly digest dairy products.
"Imagine farting all day won't impress a woman" Rai sneered. His statement almost made Hao pelt the man with a glass of water.
Lactose intolerance? "I'll eat whatever I want!" Hao began to resemble an adult baby.
In this situation, Ava must give up. "Then the order will be changed to meat soup and apple juice. And you, you better change your order, too" Ava looked straight at Hao's pair of eyes, who couldn't calm down under the spotlight of the woman she liked.
What Ava said clearly made the whole table react. "When I was interested to see Hao who tried hard to hold the fart all day," Rai grinned ignorantly, his cherry fan shaking softly. Yong secretly sends a hunchback thanks to Ava. River smiled proudly. Lorah clenched her right hand vigorously. While Dom snorted exasperatedly.
"So it's true that you will escort the ship to its destination?" After that Ava tried to direct the conversation on a topic that was more useful than discussing cloudy weather.
The incident still makes Hao happy, so the answer is more detailed than it should be, "True, half continue the search for missing people, even though it seems useless. The other half escorted the ship because the nobles were chatty and timid." Yong immediately kicked his sister from under the table, warning. Talking bad things about nobles will not be recommended in most parts of the world.
By the way, Ib's prediction was correct.
"For the first time I agree with your words, the nobles are indeed chatty and timid," Dom half-heartedly supported, completely stemming from the man's hatred with the upper society, not because he liked Hao.
"Just calm down, we also often gossip about parties with high social status," Ava calmed Yong and Rai who looked a little panicked.
"It's been a few days, which means their percentage of survivors is getting smaller, is that it?" River innocently drove the topic back.
"Because they could have been hurt, out of breath, or eaten?" It was rare for Dom to ask without a rough intonation.
"Right, since we're dealing with a flesh-eating amphibious monster, other than that from the list of missing people I've seen," Yong nodded.
"Unless they have useful or high-level skills?" Lorah timidly asked, reminding them that this topic was too horrible to talk about in front of a small child.
But still Rai replied wryly, "If those missing people do indeed have useful skills, they should have appeared from yesterday. Besides, a high level won't help you hold your breath underwater."
Ava only listened to how pessimistic they were about this quest, moreover, there was no motivation in their actions. Just an orchestra to look at though in vain.
"May the families left behind have steadfastness," only River looked at the matter from a humanitarian perspective. Perhaps because of his past as an outbreak survivor who lost a family member.
Although half sincere, their whole table agreed.
***
"Call for the passengers! The ship is leaving soon!" The voice of one of the ship's staff boomed on the coast of the small island without the name. It was time for them to sail again, continuing on to the Feretrum Sanctus.
Ava, River, Dom, and Lorah's rooms were moved to the right side of the lower floor, closer to the staff office. Other empty rooms left by passengers who choose to go home are used as reinforcements group accommodation.
And as expected, Hao insisted on staying in the next room. Ava frowned at the man's blatant act of being a stalker.
Why has Ava become a magnet for freaks lately?
By the way Ava's power bank is done. Bia finished it faster than he expected. Although the shape is more like a pretelan machine without a case, at least now he can charge the phone to play music or take photos and videos as proof, if he had been in another dimension. Things like this require further research. It will be a fun story even though people will never believe it. Maybe Ava can sell the evidence to a television program, magazine, or conspiracy channel.
Just finished, Bia already got another commission from Ava. Fortunately the in-store [System] has a chat feature.
Modification for slave necklace.
Although Bia was very long replying, perhaps because he was hesitant to accept this commission given the system of slavery was not allowed in his home country, Igoceolon, but Ava desperately needed this artifact for herself.
Because of his overly sensitive senses, he lost hours of sleep.