Mystery: Mr. Witch and Ms. Hunter

Chapter 147 Small talk
Soon, Wendy hurried back to the box.

"No problem. As a technician, I still have some say in the fleet. After all, no one but me can repair their ironclad ship."

Wendy introduced them to the two of them with some pride.

"Didn't you say you were a watchmaker?" Vinata asked curiously.

"I can indeed repair watches... And, in most areas, watchmakers are equivalent to precision craftsmen. They can not only make and repair watches, but also manufacture the core components of high-pressure steam rifles and create precision instruments."

Wendy said as she pulled up a golden watch chain inside her striped sweater, revealing an antique brass pocket watch underneath.

"Very beautiful." Adele gave a fair evaluation.

"Thank you." Wendy nodded in thanks. "Just now the captain asked me to tell you directly about the precautions for this trip. He was too lazy to explain it again."

"First of all, the main purpose of this trip is to sell whale oil to Feysac. We are taking the route that whaling ships often take, not the shortest route for passenger ships. So although the straight-line voyage takes less than four days, we still have to stay on the ship for half a month. If we encounter a whale on the way, it will take even longer."

Wendy paused for a moment, and seeing that Adele had no objection, she continued, "There are no stops along the way. There should be only four of us women on the entire fleet, so try not to leave the cabin unless necessary, especially not without bodyguards. When the crew takes a nap, we can go to the deck together to get some fresh air. I'll bring in the daily food supplies."

"Finally, although there have never been pirates on this route in the past, since the relationship between Feysac and Loen is still very tense after the war, the warships of both sides will not enter the high seas for patrols at will recently. We cannot rule out the possibility that we will encounter pirates who come to this sea area to hunt whales in order to make extra money."

Wendy's eyes showed fear. "Although we have a large fleet with six ships, ordinary pirates can't get on board. But this also means that pirates who can board the ship under such circumstances must not be ones we can resist."

"So, if the pirates do board the ship, I suggest you not to put up any resistance, especially Miss Sevens."

Wendy said to Adele and the others with a heavy face.

Hearing these words, Sophie shrank back into Adele's arms in fear. Adele patted her back soothingly. After all, no matter how much the demonization had affected her body, mentally she was still a twelve or thirteen-year-old girl.

"You scared the child, Miss Wendy."

Vinata looked at Wendy with some reproach. Wendy knew she had said something wrong and quickly tried to comfort her.

"Don't worry, little guy. There haven't been any pirates here for a long time. Don't worry."

Wendy reached out and touched Sophie's smooth green hair, and exclaimed: "I just noticed that this child has beautiful hair. Is it from your husband?"

"um, yes."

Adele lied calmly, "However, I suggest you don't bring up the topic again. She... you see, you made her cry again."

When Sophie heard Wendy mention her father, tears suddenly welled up in her eyes.

"Okay, okay, I won't talk anymore!"

Wendy was immediately numb when she saw Sophie crying.

"Ms. Wendy is not good at chatting." Vinata covered her mouth and chuckled softly, then walked to Sophie and comforted her softly.

"I...ah." Wendy tried to explain herself, but ended up lowering her head in frustration. "Can we call it a matter of cultural differences, or a matter of not being able to chat..."

Afterwards, Adele and her partner finally managed to calm Sophie down, and Wendy took her to the cabin to store her luggage. During this time, Wendy was cautious and did not dare to speak until she reached the beach, when she tentatively spoke.

"We are here. This is the flagship of the whaling fleet, the Little War Horse."

Wendy pointed to the huge steel battleship parked in the harbor. Although it was not equipped with a main gun but with a pneumatic long spear for whaling, the secondary guns on both sides were still fully prepared. The same was true for other ships, with 12 guns and corresponding gun positions on each side.

"The name is quite surprising. I thought that according to the rules at sea, it would have a more domineering name, such as 'Narwhal' or... 'Fin Whale'?"

Venata asked somewhat unexpectedly.

"If I'm not mistaken, you mean 'back whale'..." Wendy smiled, "The one who named this ship was Captain Basque. Although he is the best whaler in Constanton City, he doesn't like this business. He inherited the related business only because his family asked him to. Maybe he prefers being a knight to whaling."

"But now, whether it's knights or whalers, these two professions are about to disappear from the stage of history."

Wendy sighed. "A few years ago, Loen introduced a bill to reduce the number of whaling. Commercial whaling was limited to less than five whales per year. Only whaling for scientific research was not restricted. He probably wanted me to go with the ship for this reason. Having a marine biologist on board would count as whaling for scientific research..."

"That sounds like a serious topic," Adele commented.

"Indeed, now that the study of whales is no longer valued by scholars in Azshara, I still have to keep writing papers that are destined to be read by few people in order to provide them with reasons to go to sea. In view of this situation, does it sound more serious?"

Wendy smiled bitterly. "By the way, it's the same this time. I might stay up very late at night to write my paper, and I might make some strange noises. Please ignore them. If you really can't sleep, I'll find earplugs for you when we get to the boat."

"Okay, thank you for your help." Adele nodded, indicating that she didn't mind.

"If you don't take the boat often and don't have anything important to do on shore, I suggest you get into the cabin and get used to it before the boat leaves."

Wendy carried her suitcase and walked up the ladder. Her steps were steady, without the sense of uncertainty that ordinary people would have when walking on a shaky ladder.

"Watch your step... Our room is on the ground floor of the Little War Horse and has a separate bathroom. And because it's close to the boiler, the room temperature is guaranteed, and there's also hot water."

After getting on the deck, the three followed Wendy to the engine room below the deck. When the ship was used as a warship, it was equipped with a total of four engineers just in case, so the guest room next to the engine room was relatively spacious, with space for four beds, four wardrobes and a long table, all fixed to the ground and wall with pins.

"You guys stay here for a while, I have something to do back on shore." Wendy said hello to the three people and left in a hurry, fearing that she would say something wrong and make the child cry again.

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