Chapter 204： Homecoming II

Mrs. Setia's frankness surprised Captain Quick.

"Uh... I didn't expect that."

He didn't know what to say, no wonder Mrs. Setia said that she had been a seaman at sea before, so she was that kind of "seaman".

"Um... which pirate group are you in?"

Although it felt a little impolite to inquire about someone's past, especially a woman's past, Quick still asked this question out of curiosity.

Mrs. Setia didn't look unhappy, and said directly: "The Red Fang Pirates, have you heard of the captain?"

"Oh! It's the Red Fang Pirates! That's the legendary pirate group that people talked about every day when I was a pirate. Even Edward, the great pirate who used to traverse the Northwest Bay, came from there, and then he became independent and went to the Northwest. Go it alone! I heard that the leader Chiya Gerald later disbanded the pirate group and went out to explore, and then disappeared.”

Quick's eyes are full of little stars, looking longingly.

He suddenly felt something was wrong, "Wait! Chiya Gerald? Ladi Setia Gerald?"

During the few days in Jiaowan, he knew the surname of the female consultant—Gerald. Now that he thought about it, he had the same surname as the famous pirate leader, and the Lady Setia in front of him was Ladi Xiaojie. His mother, who once stayed in the Red Fang Pirates.

Quick's face was full of shock: "Could it be...Could it be...Could it be you?"

"Haha, you guessed right." Madam Setia covered her mouth with a smile and said, "Chiya Gerald is my husband, and Ladi is our daughter."

"This... this is unbelievable!"

"After my husband disbanded the pirate group, the family settled down in the independent leader Messiah in Jiaowan, but I didn't expect him to disappear when he went out to explore alone."

Speaking of this, Madam Setia had a look of sadness on her face.

"At that time, my daughter was still young, and I raised her by myself. One of the reasons why Ladi became an adventurer when she grew up was to inquire about her father. However, after so many years of Jingguo, there is no clue , presumably her idea has also faded."

Quick said with regret, "My condolences, ma'am."

The sadness on Mrs. Setia's face quickly disappeared, "Thank you, Captain. I have already adapted to it after so many years."

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"Huh? I remember that only one ship from the navy went out today? Why did two ships come back?"

"Stupid! That's the Nanfang! The Nanfang is back!"

"Huh? It's Nanfang? I haven't heard from you for so long. I thought..."

When approaching the port of Fulan, the people on the pier had already recognized the ship that returned with the Hope, which was the Nanfang that went south to open a new route a month and a half ago.

The news quickly spread throughout the small dock area, and people gathered to watch the Nanfang's return.

The Nanfang put up its sails and slowly approached the berth. The sailors dropped the cables from the ship, and the trackers on the pier pulled the cables together, dragged the Nanfang into the berth slowly, and then tied the cables firmly to the wooden stakes.

After the Nanfang broke down, a springboard was carried between the hull and the dock.

A loud voice came from the ship:

"Brothers and sisters of the Northwest Gulf, your Southern is back! Your Quick is back!"

Quick was the first to land on the gangplank, and shouted to the crowd with open arms, and the assembled crowd responded with cheers.

"Captain Quick, congratulations on returning home!"

Immediately, someone who knew him stepped forward to hug Quick.

The other members of the warship also came to the pier stepping on the springboard one after another, and people they knew swarmed up, pulling them to ask this and that, and the pier was extremely lively for a while.

Soon some clever people ran to inform the naval headquarters, the city hall and the people in the shipyard.

So the naval commander Austin led a group of officers, the mayor Theodore led a group of affairs officers, the shipyard director Rubin and the old shipbuilder Benjamin and other craftsmen came to the pier.

"Our hero!"

Theodore hugged Quick, several naval officers behind him, and four business representatives one by one, and the surrounding crowd burst into cheers.

"You are the furthest men that Arda has ever traveled!"

This expedition team set off from Huxin Town to complete this "feat". This is an expedition that is enough to be recorded in the annals of history, and it was during his tenure, how could Theodore be unhappy.

"And this great 'expedition' was carried out from the sea in a full-sail vessel."

Rubin and Benjamin were almost weeping with joy. Their efforts were not in vain. The successful return of Quick and others showed that the ships they built were usable and easy to use. This was a distance of thousands of nautical miles. One back and forth.

Among the crowd, only Austin was relatively calm. He encouraged Quick and the others, and then announced that all the members on the Nanfang took a day off He saw the female advisor Ladi and a few people around her, Stepped up and asked:

"Ladi Xiaojie, I didn't expect your identity to be known. Are these two your family members?"

The female advisor said with some embarrassment: "Well, I am really causing trouble for everyone in the navy. Let me introduce you, Mom, this is Lord Austin of the Navy of Arda. Commander Austin, this is my mother Sheila Ser Tia, this is my... my godsister Lisa."

Austin bowed to the two ladies: "Hello, Mrs. Setia. Hello, Lisa Xiaojie."

The second daughter hurriedly returned the salute: "You are welcome, Commander."

Theodore patted Austin on the shoulder.

"Let's go, let's go to the city hall to celebrate our heroes! Arthur, inform the hotel chefs we have made an appointment to gather at the city hall. I hope the celebration banquet will start within three hours."

An officer beside him immediately responded: "Yes, Lord Mayor!" Then he ran away in a hurry.

Austin reminded Theodore: "Mayor, don't forget to inform those merchants. After all, the purpose of the lord to send the South to Horn Bay is to expand business activities."

"Of course! How can I forget them, I sent someone to inform them before coming."

Theodore already knew about the fact that the female consultant went south with the boat to pick up her family, so she also sent an invitation to Ladi's family, and said that the huípài people would send them back to Huxin Town the next day.

So the crowd surrounded the officers and sailors on the Southern, and rushed to the city hall together.

At the same time, Theodore did not forget to send someone to gallop towards Huxin Town on a fast horse, and must send the news of the Nanfang's return to the hands of the lord as soon as possible.