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Located between the mainland and Cheonghwa Town, Pero Island was the new base for the Nachata crew. Abandoned wooden structures, entwined with vines, suggested temporary residences for those who couldn’t reach the continent or Cheonghwa Town. After discovering Pero Island, Nachata selected the usable wooden buildings, refurbishing them into accommodations for the crew. The ship Tuka was anchored nearby to prevent drifting away.
Late at night, in the captain’s quarters of the Tuka ship preparing to set sail, Peira’s Tae Muwon was with Nachata.
“Those bastards are going around impersonating us, it’s a real headache.”
Nachata held a smoking pipe in his mouth, but did not actually draw from it.
Recently, when Peira’s protection allowed Hwang Ran’s merchant ship to head for the 1st Continent, a group of pirates attacked. Typically, upon seeing the Peira, pirates would flee, but surprisingly, they attacked this time.
Two pirate ships were sunk by Peira’s cannon fire, and the remaining five gave up on the merchant ship and fled.
Pirate ships often sailed under false flags for deception, usually bearing the insignia of mainland merchant ships or the Cheonghwa Town Merchant Alliance. There were some brazen enough to openly declare themselves pirates, but such foolish ones quickly met their end.
Of course, only pirates with overwhelming strength were exceptions. Currently, only Nachata and Peira in this area had such dominance. However, the pirates who attacked Hwang Ran’s merchant ship bore the Kraken symbol representing Nachata. Basically, they were impersonating them.
“But will this method really work?”
Nachata asked Muwon, who was silently tipping the bottle.
“Yeah, there must be a spy.”
Peira’s ship accompanying Hwang Ran’s merchant ship to the 1st Continent didn’t have Tae Muwon or Tae Cheonoh aboard. Since the mission was simply to protect a merchant ship and return, it was sufficient for a lieutenant to command it.
“Really? There’s a spy?!”
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All seven pirate ships connected ropes to the merchant ship, but Peira’s crew on standby swiftly cut through them. Following up, Peira’s ship fired its cannons, destroying two vessels. The pirates chose to retreat after their failure rather than attacking again.
Upon investigation, it was found that the impostors had been masquerading as Nachata for some time. Unable to let the impersonators go unchecked, Tae Cheonoh and Tae Muwon took action. However, by the time they boarded Peira’s ship, the pirates were nowhere to be found.
Thus, Muwon spread rumors throughout Cheonghwa Town before the departure; that neither he nor Tae Cheonoh would be on Peira’s ship. As the Peira set sail for the 1st Continent, five merchant ships were also sailing with it. If they attacked again, the guess that there was a spy would be roughly correct. Seeing as they were avoiding Tae Muwon and Tae Cheonoh, they might be a familiar enemy.
Checking the time, Muwon noted it was about when Peira’s ship would pass near Pero Island.
“By the way, when I woke up that day, I was on a rowboat.”
Muwon frowned, wondering what the other man was talking about.
“I heard Muwon saved him… Ah, I said I’d repay the favor, but it’s embarrassing. Maybe I should quit drinking or something.”
Muwon knew they were talking about Cheongyeon but pretended not to notice and got up to prepare for departure.
He hadn’t seen the apothecary in a long while. So many days had passed that he couldn’t even close his fingers. Cheongyeon must have been happy to hear that he wouldn’t come, and the bastard completely ignored his request to brew him some decoction and stole the clothes he had lent him.
After stopping the surveillance, and Muwon had no idea what Cheongyeon was up to, only then did Muwon realize that he had been having a lot of fun with the surveillance reports written by his subordinates. Damn, what’s fun about repeating the same routine over and over again?
On the deck of the Tuka, raising the anchor, Muwon gulped down the remainder of his drink. When he crossed over to the 1st Continent, he planned to stop by Hwang Province. Nachata followed, peering through a telescope into the night sea.
“Got night blindness?”
The Peira ship, passing like a shining dot, was clearly visible without needing a telescope.
“You’re not even a hawk, It’s impressive you can see that far.”
Unlike the Tuka, which flew a flag with the kraken symbol, the Peira flew no flag. Its mere presence was recognizable to all.
The Peira slowed down in the early morning for the other merchant ships following it. The Tuka, speeding up, approached the Peira, and the watchtower seemed unattended during the change of guards.
“These bastards all slipped away.”
One reason Muwon decided to board the Peira ship without saying a word in advance was to tighten his crew’s slack nerves. Despite a near mishap with Hwang Ran’s merchant ship, his crew lacked tension.
His subordinates often mistakenly thought that the Peira was an invincible battleship, forgetting it had weaknesses. Indeed, Muwon had exploited these vulnerabilities to reclaim the Peira ship from Cheonkang.
Muwon grabbed the anchor with a rope attached.
“Don’t tell me, you’re going to throw it yourself?”
Given that there was a device for launching anchors, Nachata was astonished.
“If you don’t want your face blown off, scram.”
Whoosh, Muwon swung the anchor, and the anchor that had been drawing a small circle gradually changed into a large circle. The anchor, which made a menacing sound along with the rope, generated enough rotational force to push away a sea storm. A misaim could result in death, not just facial injury.
The anchor, gaining momentum, flew towards the Peira ship. The rope, coiled on the deck like a snake, stretched out, following the anchor into the air. The anchor then landed on the Peira ship’s railing with a thud.
‘This damn monster.’
While Nachata was glad to get rid of this monster, the crew was speechless at the sight. Muwon sprinted across the Tuka’s deck, leaped, and caught the rope now linked to the Peira. He got close enough to make it easier to change boats, but it was an act that Nachata could never have imagined.
Muwon began climbing up the Peira ship hanging onto the rope. Instead of being pulled up by the Peira crew, he was infiltrating his own ship of all things covertly. His speed in climbing was as astonishing as his speed in running. Holding the rope with one hand and supporting himself on the wall of the Peira with both legs, he turned his head to signal Nachata to turn back.
Nachata waved his arms in acknowledgment. After confirming that, Muwon continued his ascent. Even when he was young, he often played like this, so it wasn’t a particularly unusual behavior for him.
Whenever Tae Cheonoh imitated him, his mother became worried and angry, but Muwon had never been worried by his parents. Neglected like an orphan, Muwon had roamed all over the Peira ship. There was no place on this huge ship that was untouched by Muwon.
He held on with his chin on the railing and lifted his body up with strength in his forearms. Because of the lack of discipline of his crew, he expected no one was there, but he saw a human figure lying in the middle of his deck. However, seeing as he couldn’t properly control his body due to the waves, it wasn’t a Peira member.
Light brown hair fluttered in the wind. Muwon’s gaze sharpened as he climbed over the railing. The guy who was lying down suddenly lifted his head, and he saw the intricately detailed features on his small face.
“Wow fuck, am I seeing things again?”
He only emptied a bottle of liquor, so Muwon wondered if Nachata had brought something spoiled, as the alcohol seemed to hit hard.
Seeing Cheongyeon on the Peira, whom he thought would never be there, was surreal. It was just like when he went out of the Marine Building that time.
Muwon walked in long strides up to Cheongyeon, who was trying to support himself on the ground. Cheongyeon’s pale eyes widened and trembled like petals in the sea breeze. As another wave hit, Cheongyeon, who was trying to get up, stumbled again.
“Ah,” he exclaimed, prompting Muwon to finally admit to recognizing him. Astonishingly, the apothecary from Cheonghwa Town had boarded the Peira ship. He still doubted his drunkenness.
Muwon squatted in front of Cheongyeon and grabbed his cheek. With his face squeezed, his lips protruded out from under his startled eyes. ‘Damn, I’ve never seen a crucian carp like this even though I’ve been traveling around the sea all my life,’ Muwon thought.
“Hey.”
“…Yes.”
Cheongyeon’s voice trembled uncontrollably. Muwon pressed his soft cheeks and scolded, “You dare board my ship without fear?”
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