Chapter 242: Boarding Decision Made

Chapter 242: Boarding Decision Made

We began moving towards the ship we had our eyes on, the massive galleon with the Beastkin’s Country’s crest on it. Its size made it seem like the type that wouldn’t have too much trouble crossing the ocean.

『Hmmm... We’re probably going to need to talk to the captain. What do you think we’ll need to do to get ourselves a meeting with him?』

「Call out to crew?」

『That’s definitely an option, but I’m not really sure if the crew’ll know anything about you...』

The crew’s members weren’t merchants or adventurers, but sailors. They spent most of their time at sea, so I highly doubted they’d know much about Fran at all. That in turn meant they probably wouldn’t be willing to call for the captain just because she, some random little girl, told them she wanted to meet him.

There was no guarantee they’d actually know the ID Fran had was the real thing either. They could easily call it a fake and dismiss us. The captain, on the other hand, probably had the ability to actually discern that it was genuine.

『What do you think of sitting around until we see someone that looks like they might be a bit higher on the corporate ladder and then just calling out to them?』

「Nn... Will call now.」

『Whatever works for you works for me.』

Fran’s method was straight forward, but it still did work, especially seeing as how there wasn’t really a need for us to go into this thing with a plan in the first place. More importantly, Fran wanted to get this done and over with as soon as possible. She really didn’t want to be late for dinner.

「Going.」

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The sailors seemed to be in a meeting of sorts, but both Fran and Urushi ran up to them and attempted to get their attention regardless.

「Hey.」

「Hi there. Did you n—」

「What’s u—」

The sailors had responded to Fran in a light-hearted fashion, but ended up immediately stopping and freezing up when they caught sight of Urushi. They then immediately began looking back and forth between the two without continuing what they were saying earlier.

Both their faces were clearly decorated with expression of shock. Fran didn’t really pay them any mind, and instead, moved onto asking for their boss.

「Adventurer, named Fran. Want to talk to captain.」

I felt like she could’ve been a bit more careful with how she introduced herself. I honestly wouldn’t be surprised if they turned her away because of her poor mannerisms.

But much to my surprise, they ended up doing the exact opposite.

「Alright! Give us just a second!」

「So what’d you need me for?」

「Nn. Looking for ship. Going to Beastkin’s Country.」

「Were you wanting to board our ship as a guard for the trip’s duration?」

「Nn.」

「Hahaha! Great, looks like we’ve got ourselves one hell of a reliable escort then.」

「Okay to board?」

「’Course it is. I can tell just by looking at you that you’re one damned strong fighter.」

The captain seemed to be quite decent in combat himself seeing as how he was able to discern that Fran was strong with just a glance.

With all the pleasantries out of the way, we decided to show him the emblem we’d gotten from Royce.

「Huh. You’ve even got one of His Majesty’s IDs...?」

「Genuine.」

「I’d assume so, seeing as how you’re the Black Lightning Princess, but I’ll have to run it by to check if it’s actually real a bit later on.」

「Nn.」

「The Adventurers’ Guild will get mad at us if we don’t make sure the request goes through them, so we’re probably going to have to get that handled. You mind tagging along?」

It seemed the captain couldn’t actually employ us on the spot, but he was more or less willing to do the equivalent. Having the guild handle the request was also beneficial to him in the sense that it’d allow him to verify Fran’s identity.

「Don’t mind.」

It also seemed like he was planning to hire a few other adventurers as well just so he could have more hands in the case of an emergency. We didn’t really see any problems with it, so we accompanied the captain to the guild and accepted the request the moment it was done being processed.

「Leaving when?」

「We should be setting sail in three days if all goes well.」

He wasn’t too sure about the precise date because it could change based on magic beast sightings and the weather. Storms in particular tended to be a major source of delay.

「Got it. Will go to ship in 3 days.」

「Sounds good to me. It’s good to be working with you.」

「Nn. Same.」

Fran and the captain exchanged a shake of hands before going their separate ways. We probably wouldn’t see him again for another three days. That said, I was already looking forward to boarding that huge ass ship of his.