After walking out of the door of the Naval Sanitarium, Austin took a long breath and cleared away the negative emotions accumulated over the past week.
If there were no sanatorium, Austin would probably really become a schizophrenic.
"Welcome back, Captain, let's go wash away the bad luck together." Oliver, who was standing across the road, waved and then made a drinking gesture.
Austin shrugged and agreed happily. After being stretched for several days, he really deserved a rest.
"The next mission will most likely go to Dofreira." A familiar voice sounded in my heart.
Austin sighed, feeling that he seemed to be the ghost ship that never stopped traveling through the waves.
"Don't you even take a break?"
"Isn't this a week's rest?"
"Tsk, how did you know? You kidnapped Ted?" He knew clearly that Ghost Ship and Sophia had the ability to find out about this kind of thing, but Austin was in a complicated mood now, and he felt really uncomfortable if he didn't raise the bar.
"Her Royal Highness Princess Lysa of Meletni Kingdom eloped with an adventurer named Revry."
"Huh?" Austin couldn't help but stare out his eyes.
Oliver, who was walking in front, turned his head and cast a doubtful look.
"It's okay. When I realized it, I seemed to have been tricked by people from the Ministry of Internal Affairs."
"Those guys from the Ministry of Internal Affairs and the Army are always trying to find trouble with the Navy. Captain, you must be careful in the future." Oliver frowned, not caring about Austin's Army background.
"Well, I will, thank you for reminding me." Austin smiled awkwardly, quickly put the matter aside and continued to communicate with Mariano in his heart: "Lisa? Lysa Stuart? Her Royal Highness the Seventh Princess ?”
"Yes, with her..."
"No, no, no, just wait for me to take it easy." Austin shook his head.
For Austin, Princess Lysa is an old acquaintance, and she can be considered a childhood sweetheart.
More than ten years ago, this naughty princess often sneaked to the back of the orphanage to play with Austin and Vanya, until one time the sisters accidentally fell into the water and were killed by the God's Favored One who appeared instantly. After being rescued, they learned her true identity, and from that day on, Lesa never went to the back mountain to look for Austin and Vanya again.
The last time Austin and her saw each other was at a bar mitzvah at the military academy, where Lysa attended the event together on behalf of the royal family. At that time, she had completely changed her appearance, from a little kid who climbed trees and fished for birds to a graceful princess of a country, but her naughty personality remained the same - after the coming-of-age ceremony, she even sneaked out to drink with Austin. Had a drink.
Therefore, at this time, Austin was just surprised that he could interact with the princess again after so many years, rather than the relatively "reasonable" elopement later.
"Is it okay?"
"Okay, you continue."
"The focus is not on this princess, but on her elopement partner." I don't know if it was an illusion, but Mariano's tone seemed a little unpleasant, "Lavery is not an ordinary adventurer, his full name is Lavery. Jonson’s true identity is the illegitimate son of King Relips II of the Kingdom of Dovreira.”
"Do you even know such private things?" Austin was a little surprised.
Mariano did not answer the question, but continued: "The king is very anxious, but the battle situation on the front line is anxious now, so we can only send a few unlucky guys from your newly formed first fleet to find someone."
"I knew Lysa when I was a kid, and I have nothing to do now, so they will most likely find me." Austin sighed.
"When to set off?"
Mariano said nothing.
Austin looked up and saw that Oliver was already standing at the door of the bar in front. Next to him were Martin and Maffey. The young bosun was shaking his arms vigorously at the moment.
"You're here, Captain, the guys are all waiting for you." Ma Fei saw Austin raise his head and hurried forward to meet him, rubbing his hands excitedly, "The big shots above didn't make things difficult for you, did they? When will we go out to sea for adventure again? ?I can……"
Before he finished speaking, Martin kicked him to the side, put his arms around Austin's neck and led him to the bar: "This kid has no clue, how can he say such things? Come on, let's go have a drink first. "
Austin shrugged, with a smile on his lips, and let Martin drag him into the bar.
It was already early in the morning when he returned to the officer's dormitory. Austin sat at his desk and drank heavily. Only after he had sobered up for seven minutes did he realize that there were several letters scattered on the floor at the door.
He picked it up and opened it. In addition to two letters of inquiry from the Navy and the Poseidon Church, there was also a personal letter from Vanya.
Austin sat back at the table, opened the window in front of him, lit a cigarette, opened the envelope with one hand, and took out the letter that still smelled of the sea breeze.
"Hey, buddy! I heard that you are in trouble? If the problem is too big, just pass the blame to Ted. I have done this before. Don't worry, I often encountered strange things when I first went to sea. Things will get better later, and it won’t matter if you get used to it anyway. Everything is fine with me, and I expect to return home in two months. I’ll see you at the bar then.”
The illogical beginning, the illogical writing, the illogical ending were all undoubtedly written by Vanya. Austin read it back and forth twice, then put the letter on the bookshelf and looked at the night sky outside the window gently. Exhale a breath of smoke.
Early the next morning, Austin was woken up by the guard outside the door. Ted wanted to meet with him. On the surface, he said he was concerned about a subordinate who had just had a "little incident" recently, but in fact it was probably about Princess Lysa.
Ted was still the same, wearing a navy shirt with the cuffs rolled up to his elbows, looking out the window with a world-weary expression.
"Report sir! Austin Doug, captain of the August Lion of the Royal Navy's new First Fleet, is here to report!"
The office door was not closed, so Austin shouted directly.
Ted waved his hand and sighed helplessly: "I didn't expect you to be so energetic."
"Sir! My first mate told me that I can't drive a warship if I don't have energy!"
"Fuck you!" Ted cursed with a smile and threw a document bag on the table towards Austin. "Since you are so energetic, I won't say those hypocritical words and give you five minutes. Finish it in the office.”
"I bet you five gold coins, it must be about Lesa." Mariano's voice suddenly sounded.
Austin ignored her, caught the bag with one hand, opened it quickly, and took out the two pages inside.
"Her Royal Highness Princess Lysa? Elope?" Even though he already knew what it would be, Austin still pretended to be surprised and whispered to himself.
Ted turned his back and sighed: "No need to pretend, you, Vanya and Her Royal Highness are the best friends. Did you receive some news before she left?"
"Huh?" Austin's head and face were filled with questions.
"Sir! This is really unfair! We haven't contacted each other for a long time, and even that guy Vanya just reconnected with me a few months ago."
"Okay, you don't need to say any more. You already understand these things. Her Royal Highness the Princess mentioned you and Vanya many times in the letters she left behind. That's why I came to you this time."
"Mariannu? Is what he said true?" Austin asked in his heart as he was almost overwhelmed by question marks.
Mariano replied angrily: "How do I know? I'm not her maid. You might as well ask yourself if you missed something."
"Vaniya can't leave for now, so I'm sending you to chase her back this time." Ted put his hands on the window sill and tapped the edge with his fingers. "When you catch her, take the man with you." When I came back, people from the Ministry of Internal Affairs found some specific routes, and they were on the second piece of paper."
After hearing this, Austin turned to the next page.
"Gargoyle Atoll?" A familiar place name came into view.
"The man seemed to be hiding something there. The last time they appeared in the sight of the Ministry of Internal Affairs agents was in that direction."
"Is this also part of your plan? Mariano?"
"Frankly speaking, I'm not here. I just want you to go to Doverela and look for Sophia's body."
Austin sighed.
"Have you finished reading?"
"Report sir! I've finished reading!"
"Any other questions? I can answer them if it's within my authority."
"Report sir! I would like to ask, besides me, is there anyone else participating in this mission?"
Austin didn't believe that His Majesty the King would hand over such a fatal matter to a rookie captain like him who was nothing at all.
"You are the only ship in the new First Fleet." Ted said.
"Does that mean other troops may also send people?"
"You are the only ship in the new first fleet!"
"Understood! Thanks for the reminder, sir!"
"Get out of here! Go back and get ready. The battleship is ready and we'll set off tomorrow morning!" Ted waved his hands in disgust, hoping that this guy would set off right away. He felt uncomfortable as soon as this guy came to the office.
"Yes, sir!"
Walking on the coast of the military port area, Austin always felt a little uneasy.
"Mariannu, I always feel like something is wrong with this mission."
"It doesn't matter. Anyway, the main purpose is to find Sophia's body, and other things are secondary."
"But Benjamin's voyage diary also mentioned Gargoyle Atoll, and the content of Baie Island has not been unlocked yet. I feel that this is probably missing."
"That's pretty much the same. Your destiny has been affected by those beings since you identified the owner of that voyage diary. Maybe that's the case."
Austin curled his lips and kicked a stone into the sea.
"Why don't you go back and read the letter? See what your childhood sweetheart wrote to you?" Marianne changed the subject.
"Letter?" Austin was stunned for a moment, then reacted immediately, "The one from the military department!"
He has already accepted so many investigations and tests. In theory, the military department will not send any more letters, and Lesa does have the ability and courage to send her letters into the military department's mail system.
So what exactly did she want to say? Why do you have to use this method?
