MTFBMP Chapter 23
by Nikiniks“Can that thing be f4f62641e2 tamed?”61847a75cb9a8342
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Could I pet that giant being? I wasn’t sure, but I knew it wasn’t impossible.65e6752b4f237c8a
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‘So, if I can take Adeline and escape this ship with him, maybe I can…’4d4d2e6b9f02756f
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Taking Adelaine away would a9d72c4a7b mean Dion had failed 62009d9f33 the mission of a 56765840df lifetime.ed9db4f2a3c96948
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The thought was too 20f3032d12 heavy.ea9384dfe8cc8c8e
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Even if Dion couldn’t accomplish what was on his mind now, his foster parents wouldn’t disown him. He would still be the heir to the pirate island.6482def8b1979f4e
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‘But his first captaincy will be a failure.’e42bacc9bc6891f7
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I would 34b09bb3bf be betraying b24aefb988 his faith.d50333a93a4bc616
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‘It’s too difficult.’1defd48c66ccef27
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Of course, my life was more important than anything else, but that didn’t completely ease my burden.b177a7e89be5fcdd
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I paced backward a couple of steps, Adelaine’s cage in front of me. Inside the cell, he was still asleep, his eyes closed.db7862e39369a98a
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Turning to him, c93e229b36 I spoke,“Let’s check the other cages first.”7e4c7f0681dd47a9
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It occurred ede55b0910 to me 8e7d536714 that it 3cacf24386 might not 0573d867e8 be a 77ffa6a516 bad idea 77ab5d0df2 to check c1add91721 out the 60b885adf4 other beasts e7431d78da beforehand.d0852ba7a043f153
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Some cages 8efe3bfacc were empty, 8c8d96a067 others filled 47f56d134d with beasts. Some beasts were small, 03497be1f5 while others were quite 0b3ffdc524 large, though not as 6759ec0ad1 large as Adelaine.311a3aaa70561de9
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None of the beasts 9923ad94e2 tried to attack me, 3722faa842 as though Adelaine had a136aa37a1 been commanded them. 3b2fc246bf0ba198
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Rather, they nuzzled their 47a22d8ede heads in obedience.b110124045d6deb8
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None of them 94c2917010 seemed to be e08bd93991 in pain, but b3cfa96468 just in case, 407334060c I pulled out d0d4f65873 some cookies or 9c080874cc pies from my 334b7213d2 bag and shared da9e0e0a82 them with them. The animals were 1aacabf451 wary for a f7beaba153 moment, but soon beda6cd8f7 accepted the treats.e81f1928d6c083c0
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Once fed, ad102ddb2a the animals f9024f6c78 purred and a52712748b laid their 66626bdc00 heads in b149ff0a77 my hands 2f8009ae1b to be 0b8d54ece5 petted.829edf833a0252d8
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As I 573951a650 went through f3bc8b298e them one e25f55eee6 by one, 5e841f208a I had 5df5e963f8 to accept 604a622961 the reality.39d856b655852149
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‘Adelaine is the only one big enough to carry a person.’e85d29cb58408619
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There was no telling 7edba8eec8 how long the flight 8fa481ef2e would be, so I c2835c15e3 had to be prepared 729e81c4ad to travel some distance, 8a78e08fe0 which meant I would 712431c8c6 have to be able 4691de1f8a to ride on its 013c53cf83 back.b94b8e2cd37bf38c
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‘So if I’m going to have a pet, I guess a griffin is the best option.’2ea1ec77dba5c4cf
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I stifled 0a3906735b a sigh. There seemed 145251e215 to be 97cfb1aa76 no more 02ef01af3f options. All I needed 11e06b5620 now was my a123347112 resolve.552696b66dd5f087
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‘Huh?’bfe0f1d87d6c6b96
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I was about e77a6b1eb5 to take the 2e520754ab last step-up onto 3db5bbde46 the deck.4429c504ce3b31d6
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‘That beast…’ad301201812eeb46
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A faint blue 03a4cf0e7e glow caught my fbc1358cdd eye. It was so far 17e4c9d097 out of the corner 506d475cc4 of my eye, and 31d76acba2 so small, I almost c9912b27b7 missed it.4daed02bb1fa48cc
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‘There it is.’5c5f1aafd7bf39a4
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There it was, 09043c26cc the beast I 6da031abe5 was supposed to cddaee4511 ride instead of 30aaebab57 the main character 2604c136be of the story.c297492c80f53270
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It was Ghostbird.155cad478ede3e66
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‘But why…’ea17bea0bb429f40
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It was small 0fb1dc3e19 enough to fit 75ca26084a in the palm 7e3ded9c61 of my hand, f3a5703a42 let alone a 5a2269ce73 human.31e1743e949bedab
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Something was very foreboding.2c17b491efa35ae9
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The glowing human 8da3347f78 took a moment d86db19727 to examine the 1b35eb13ed other cages, one 1fbfcc342d by one, and 7ecad84641 then quickly trotted f802a831b5 up the stairs.26c9324b6d260ef0
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The beast flicked its df452eb71c claws, though it knew 4a77546514 better. It had freed 19f57db11b a door that 92e5b59098 had previously been f77de14e31 blocked by an 02ce3e2cad intangible force and d8f652afd5 would not normally a0bcd91e17 open.4319e0288e5aba6f
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Watching its tiny body slip right through the door, as if it hadn’t had any reservations, made me laugh.593bcfaa5e13bc7f
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— The dca7bf8db8 idea of 18e7ef3000 taming me…333b09382f06cd1c
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It was both familiar 85e39825ee and exciting. The sleepless d0a8968830 hours began cd52d68ad8 again.597b504fa5949c60
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The only thing e89c6653ad that could feed e558fe0b2d a ghostbird, or 5387a428ee phantom bird as 9bca02287a it was commonly ef7f476d2c called, was the 68378d6ad5 soul it breathes cec15d58de forth before death.2c94306bdbd3dd38
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I kept e7d21af32f thinking about 807318da46 the bird dacbea9ae2 after I 2d6b44b717 emerged from e372ac3649 the cellar.e7fad2b932359949
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‘This ship was meant to be a ghost ship.’bbded9bd92c34e46
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It was 3e08e24fcb a beast 52438fe531 that had eb3a0e5c7f been set 68a15cc621 up to dbe0920a5f match that cd28e08d78 setting.4372d4d77657c9da
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A giant bird that grew in size by eating all the ship’s crew. But when it became a ghost ship and was abandoned, it was locked in a cage, waiting to die.2cac8ab36c20b0bd
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Originally, the protagonist ff48e90e51 would tame it abcfedb178 by feeding it 41c82b8854 while killing the f237b08e3d pirates who were 0e0959a083 chasing him.a673b234fd612cd3
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‘But now, it was a baby bird.’b2eac5383c000676
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It felt like the beginning of the protagonist’s story. I couldn’t imagine what this gorgeous ship would have to go through to become so ragged in a year’s time, earning the name ‘ghost ship’ and being abandoned on the black market.c97f50b0ace33d8c
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But from what cef62fe4d5 I could see 0fd2d6b24d at this point, ffc9505220 I could narrow 867a757031 it down to d6854d7103 two possibilities.ce98fec06fd10c2a
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‘One is that Adelaine, trapped down there, has gone berserk.’10aa03e9a177d78c
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He said 3fa23b4764 it was 2d06cc7dd2 possible to a72cde1969 lose reason 12a79af546 and go 372fe6640b on a 4ab9ada299 rampage.2f4971ed84f70837
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But I quickly 5a54d6997a dismissed this theory. If he had, there c3ef679c40 would be no trace d11335d30e of this ship, and 0e99afd8c2 he would have gotten d6a8d87166 out either before or fd7401c577 after the deadline.db18db248d08eb16
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There was only ef5c8d76b1 one theory left.5c61ea15ef6fc9a7
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…No matter how much I pondered it, I couldn’t shake the premonition that there were people with bad intentions aboard this ship.e1970731d5e1aa6f
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And if anyone would 50d9945e77 do such a devious 7a2f261521 thing…1b556cbe3f77b3b2
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“Come in.”3a069a91548b57f3
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I looked up, 65cea255f1 following the voice f028147be7 that suddenly broke 5acdc464e8 through my thoughts. The door in 7da728236e front of me 39cc3cc8bf opened to reveal e495269ef9 Jade greeting me.cbd54f01c65ce5f8
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‘Someone on this ship could be up to no good.’9d43f6feec19a96d
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The thought fd0c08d825 made my f133d8240d body tense.ccbb843f85270188
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“Excuse me.”d982dc78451202b6
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After giving 2afc5f9ace Jade a b3955b65cc quick nod, e082279056 I made a09817dc6c my way b03b09d1a9 into the 7d960ace39 navigation room.9c5cc5787d440f90
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The navigation room was only slightly larger than Dion’s room. In front of me was a panoramic window. The first thing that caught my eye was the huge map on one wall, the compass and weather vane lined up next to it, and the decorations gave the room an air of luxury.8b90cdafe1784687
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The most ornately framed b223b5fe69 portrait of a stern-faced 83000e2fa8 middle-aged man caught my 734b3a55f0 eye.22f404ac2b618df5
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I thought,‘Wow. I recognize that face.’11774c6c128b02b1
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Dion’s official adoptive father and lord of Pirate Island. Duke Noir, one of the imperial royalty and the only surviving brother of the current king.c1873780358dcef0
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Also known as the 4eb6ca639a Pirate King.69e7d43eea6e0367
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A portrait fea9721ef0 of the d435a13f89 de facto 7a2db69344 owner of c51468deb4 this ship.5a3e074c51e8515f
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As I wandered around, e2d766b936 my eyes fell on 8b30dfe0b3 a table in the 042ef7ed63 center of the navigation 18eec2b238 room. It was no d5bb8a7269 ordinary table, of 9539d02b93 course. The carvings on 5ce81c32ec each leg were 65a22ede70 the work of ec0d2b306e a master craftsman.216859ee506542d6
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Dion was sitting 8d3d4588b6 casually at the bd4a17acfa table, drinking tea, 88f93fe004 and Jade was 7386b758b1 standing by his 81a4b41635 side like a 0fb002965a butler. The two seemed to c45936fd06 have already had several 88fb01df04 conversations.e12b47a320e4b10d
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“Have a seat.”cdcd8a8b53393739
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Dion said as he saw me enter the navigation room. Jade, who was beside him, bowed in greeting and gestured for me to take a seat. It was a decidedly more polite demeanor than I’d seen at the inn yesterday.0ef583d63216c886
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‘Firstly, I don’t think Dion is speaking nonsense.’ce0dc177d3178b37
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Glancing over at Dion, f6ed877a66 he took another sip d4a621976b of tea, his expression 61f30d917c calm. Just then, 5f47aa4a8d Dion looked 2653b868fe up and 836f643133 made eye bb60a2e30f contact. His gaze 27721aa06b was ambiguous.7e2ab2c4899bd9c9
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“I’ve passed your story on to the Master, and I hope you’ll do well.”dbf459998bead713
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Just then, Jade came to my side and spoke to me. The air between us was about to get awkward, so I didn’t mind his intervention.45b57a405d9d628d
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“I’ll do the same for you.”e419cdd64311c5c1
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Jade offered me his ca408323c0 hand, which I shook 73236ebf76 casually before taking my 5ba3c294fc seat.4e504bbdbef5141d
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Dion’s gaze flickered to our clasped hands, but he quickly lowered his gaze back to his teacup.a28173349a215266
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Without another word, 5eb2efd602 Jade picked up 3b38907e35 the teapot next 4e759d243b and poured tea 25abd8b04a into his own 413f8d551b cup.29cccb55c1fa00d1
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“Let us 47b63d02c7 begin to 61d76e6b65 talk about 38bcc945ee the voyage 0e0187a754 ahead.”7031858de6c35e14
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“You’ll have to address the specifics of the voyage to me, not the Master.”c6dccce21d0a7cb1
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Jade cut 55fb7a171c to the b93135df51 chase, not 70b1e44dda even sitting eecfba3438 down, as 4a6624bdb7 Dion spoke a1f0ddc63d up.0b7937475ed10769
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“Then…”a7bfd2c9d393b9b5
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Just as I ce422fc68d was about to 07300cf8b5 speak, a few 1f49a1649e seagulls came to 0954a0b6f2 the window and 43158ee679 perched in a a4c96ff81c row.bf70bf4d5a744011
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A pair 6ef9135263 of eyes e4027f9003 darted around a26ee5925d the navigation 7312991699 room.81e7dba37a48bc0b
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The first seagull 9c56e12dc7 to perch on 86e5f19154 the window ruffled 25f4f00e58 its wings and 9b8e5f1da4 squawked again.b90bd6785ed944c7
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‘I feel like I’m being watched.’9193c9871fe3dbbb
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I’m sure modern surveillance cameras would have been less intimidating.b466343a1003fabe
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Ignoring the gulls’ glares as best I could, I spoke again.9445482e2d80869c
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“What route will you 3d1e920a25 be taking to the fd56ffa4c6 Imperial capital?”afa7ad7571a26ffc
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One of Jade’s eyebrows twitched.c28b612fa1e26a41
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“Are we 75e94c1b83 going to f1ec40e278 stop at 0b6158c54d an island 35e4b257b8 along the 9c03d308c0 way?”7a60c9e6de6e5d5d
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Traveling along 35e2ab41a6 the continent, fec317e961 they had 5b6e3d0626 to pass d1c1363030 a fairly 6c903815e0 large island. More like a d033b65c92 small continent than 7e8c0027be an island.da0593e5919092cc
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The water between the a7814bc250 continent and the island f003071fea was narrow and shallow, 1e60e6b849 with many rocky islands e3e399bdb2 in between. It was reckless 876f84cce5 to use the 5e91552505 passage with such 737e01dbe6 a large ship.a8c12d8af591f40e
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We could either go 93dd27ab5a around the islands, or 0d3a15775b dock and switch ships 6f9d1c6086 on the other side.a5b79700a7525f31
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Their end f7b3968e54 goal would 74191199b6 be to 3d6f3c3e34 trade with c72ecee38f the beasts 9a92ad2d83 down here. If possible, they would e0c73a305e want to move in 19ee3202d1 secret. Transporting cargo fddebc253c was a ef7914d29e risk.d8b6c9f3d285d912
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Still, it was 036c1eeed4 strange to circle 36a85f9d64 without anchoring.ac0b801732b88c4c
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‘Because it’s a pirate island.’f751320f59b3b89c
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It felt disconcerting to travel to an island that was Dion’s home turf without anchoring.254399f833327df4