Chapter 885: First time on land

Chapter 885: First time on land



We hadn't spent that long on the river, so the chubby dock manager was still there when we came back.

Seeing the ship come back, he immediately ran over to check on it.

Though the way that he acted, it seemed like he was more worried about us than the ship.

It was just that we could see his eyes drifting over to the ship from time to time as if he was checking up on it. No, even without that, there was something else that gave him away.

"My lord, I'm so glad that you're...back. I was so...worried this whole time!"

There were those strange pauses in between his words that came when he looked over at the ship to check on it.

It seemed that this chubby dock manager really didn't know how to divide his attention...

We just ignored it since we knew why he was worried about the ship, even more than our lives. It was his job to care about these things and even before that, the ship was something that many people relied on to make a living.

If it was damaged, then many people would have suffered for sure.

So it was only normal that he checked that the ship was alright.

It was just that he couldn't do it openly while we were still here.

However, he didn't get to keep going for long as someone lost their patience.

"Move out of the way!"

I heard this soft and beautiful voice coming from the ship.

It wasn't just me who heard this, but everyone else heard it as well.

Shaking my head with a sigh, I said, "Stop messing around and come over here."

It didn't seem like Ariel heard me the first time that I said this as she kept running around, so I had no choice but to say it a second time. This time, she heard me and slowly walked back over with an unhappy look on her face.

It was like she was a child that was unhappy that her playtime had been interrupted.

I shook my head again and gave another sigh before saying, "Don't get lost, we're going into the town now. You can see many more different things later once we go into town."

The unhappy look that was on Ariel's face quickly disappeared when she heard this and she just as quickly gave a nod of agreement before looking towards the buildings in the distance. I gave another sigh before saying to one of the shadows, "Take care of the ship." He gave a nod before going over to the chubby dock manager. He wrapped his arm around the shoulder of the chubby dock manager and started bringing him over towards the office.

The chubby dock manager was still in a bit of a daze because of Ariel's voice.

Seeing this, I realized that I should probably take care of this before anything else.

So I pulled out a notebook and a pen which I handed over to Ariel.

"What is this?" she asked in a confused voice, but she still took them and looked at them carefully. She looked even more confused when she saw that this book was blank.

I said, "Don't speak from now on. Just write what you want to say in this book."

Ariel was naturally unhappy about this, but I explained it to her.

"If you talk and expose yourself, don't you think that it'll cause quite a bit of trouble. You won't be able to enjoy your time on land when the time comes."

Ariel had to admit that I was right, but it still looked like she was unhappy about this.

So I comforted her by saying, "It's just a temporary measure. We'll think of a way to solve this

later, alright?"

She just gave a simple nod, but it didn't seem like it cheered her up.