The next day, at three o'clock in the afternoon, there were still 11 hours before setting sail.
"This is what you want." Luka took out a piece of paper from the document bag and handed it to Xia Ye.
"Thank you!"
Xia Ye smiled and thanked her, but did not rush to read the content on the paper. Instead, she looked around.
"What are you looking at?" Luka asked curiously.
"I was thinking... It's amazing that you would ask me to meet at a coffee shop. I thought we would meet in the conference room again."
This is a chain coffee shop in the middle-rise area. Although it cannot be said to be very high-end, it can be regarded as having bright and clean windows and stylish decoration. Xia Ye and Luka sat in a window seat. Through the glass curtain wall, you can see tall buildings of different shapes, as well as witches shuttled between the tall buildings like schools of fish. This is the most prosperous area in the middle-rise area.
"Because last time I was at the 'Ocean Boat Charter', I found that you seemed to like drinking coffee." Luka explained.
Xia Ye: "..."
Do I like drinking coffee? Although the coffee was indeed pretty good...but it was mainly to talk to Chris over coffee. I didn't expect that you would invite me to the coffee shop for this reason. I can only say that it is you... Luca.
"What, you don't like it here?"
"Eh? Ah, no." Xia Ye waved her hands quickly, "Why don't you say you invited me here, I'm quite happy."
If you say "I don't like it", maybe the two of you will have to go back to the conference room to meet again next time - that would be too tragic.
"Really, that's good." Luka nodded doubtfully.
In order to prove that she really likes this place, Xia Ye picked up the coffee in the cup and took a big sip. It was a bit too sweet, and the aroma was much worse than the high-end coffee that Chris took out last time, but on the surface, it was The milk foam made with coconut milk is quite delicious.
She wiped off the white bubbles on her lips with a tissue, then picked up the page Luka handed her.
Red Knight, Structural Reinforcement, Giant Killer, Cutting... everything written on the paper is a brief introduction to the contracts commonly used by whalers.
This is something Xia Ye entrusted to Luka last night. Before setting off, she hoped to have a general understanding of what contracts whalers usually sign, and what abilities each of these contracts can bring. Although Yaha also knew this kind of thing very well, it was obviously inconvenient to ask her - after all, she had just let it go not long ago, "If you can't kill the whale, you will kill the entire people on the boat."
Therefore, I had to ask Luca, who was also familiar with whalers.
The reason why he had to hand it over to Xia Ye in person was because of a strange restriction:
All information related to the witch contract cannot be entered into the crystal ball, let alone transmitted through the communication function of the crystal ball.
The witch contract here refers to a contract that can bring special abilities to the signer. Contracts between witches do not fall within this restriction.
It is said that this is a requirement of "Aether Exploration" for all crystal ball producers, so in Debsotta, all crystal balls have relevant restrictions built into them before they appear.
So Luka could only write these contents on paper and give them to Xia Ye.
"Thank you for sorting out so much content in one night." Xia Ye just glanced at it briefly, then folded the paper and put it in the bag, ready to take a closer look when he went back.
"When I come back, I'll treat you to a meal." She said with a smile.
Luka looked at her and was silent for a while before saying, "Actually, I never really understood why you wanted to hunt that whale."
Because of the lack of money, not only to make a big fortune this time, but also to make more magic in the future.
"Because I like to pursue excitement." Xia Ye lied: "I like novel things. Since it is a rare and dangerous white whale, of course I want to see it and help Yaha kill it."
After hearing Xia Ye's reasons, Luka fell into silence again. She picked up the spoon and began to stir the cup of coffee in front of her that she had never drank.
"I said...you don't like drinking coffee at all, right?" Xia Ye asked.
"dislike."
"Uh... let's go somewhere else next time, like eating desserts or something, as long as it's not in the conference room..."
"do you know……"
"Um?"
"Our company has calculated the casualty rate of whalers." Luka stared at the coffee that had been stirred into a whirlpool. "On average, every time they go to sea, 20% of them will never come back. Although the other 15% can When they come back alive, their bodies are severely damaged and they have to borrow money to repair themselves, and they often end up going bankrupt because they can't repay their debts."
"so what?"
"So it is very dangerous to go out to sea to hunt whales, not to mention that what you are going to hunt this time is an extremely large whale." After Luka finished speaking, he finally raised his head and looked at Xia Ye unblinkingly with his dark eyes. .
Xia Ye looked at her for a moment, then suddenly laughed out loud, "Hey, you're not worried about me, are you?"
"Yes." Luka admitted frankly.
But this straight-ball style answer is no longer as lethal to Xia Ye as it was at first. She asked: "Then why are you worried about me?
"Huh?" Luka was stunned.
Xia Ye showed a narrow smile: "Think about it, I am not your team member, I have only known you for a few days, and I am not even a friend. The only time we cooperated was because I needed Moer and you needed help. , at best...a business partner, right? So, why are you so worried about my safety? Could it be because I'm particularly good-looking?"
These words were like machine gun fire, and Luka was riddled with holes all at once. The black-haired girl lowered her head in silence, and even her eyes dimmed a lot.
Uh...did I go too far just now...
Xia Ye couldn't help but feel a little regretful, but only a little.
She didn't know why she suddenly said such words to hurt the other person. Maybe she just wanted to bully an honest person? Maybe because you hate others interfering in your choices, whether well-intentioned or not? Hmm...that should be it...
Just as she was thinking about saying something to lighten the atmosphere, Luka suddenly spoke first: "Do you need insurance?"
"Insurance?"
"Well, our debt collectors often use it. You have also seen its effect. If you encounter any fatal danger, it can revive you once." Luka's tone was calm, as if he was not bothered by Xia Ye at all. The impact of what I just said.
“Is it expensive to get insurance?”
"……Okay."
"It's okay, how much is it."
"500 moles."
Xia Ye calculated 10000-9885 again in her mind, and the answer was 115.
"Then there's no need." She decisively refused.
"I have a ready-made one at no cost to you," Luca said.
"Then there's no need for it." Xia Ye said, showing another smile that didn't deserve a beating, "I'm very powerful, much more powerful than you. You shouldn't have forgotten that a few days ago you guys were beaten by me. Is it a matter of killing all the magic instantly? So, instead of wasting your insurance on me, you might as well keep it for yourself, hee hee~"
"Um."
This time, Luka just nodded calmly and said nothing more.
Seeing that the other party finally gave up persuading her, Xia Ye also breathed a sigh of relief in her heart. She took another sip of coffee and said with a smile: "But no matter what, I still have to thank you. Whether you invited me here or worried My business...ah, sorry, excuse me."
Probably because she drank too much coffee, she suddenly wanted to go to the bathroom.
Even a witch will have this kind of physiological need...
Xia Ye stood up, asked the waiter for directions, and walked towards the restroom set up in a corner of the coffee shop.
Luka looked at her back...
Suddenly he stood up silently and followed him quietly.
