MTFBMP Chapter 23
by Nikiniks“Can that thing be 0c5d47fdbc tamed?”4f2ef1ecaa0f3c4a
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Could I pet that giant being? I wasn’t sure, but I knew it wasn’t impossible.7a17507f37612210
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‘So, if I can take Adeline and escape this ship with him, maybe I can…’9b44872df1cfcf8d
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Taking Adelaine away would 0cde304893 mean Dion had failed 8a0ef6e8d3 the mission of a 27550aa3d0 lifetime.ba07d0aed6147d0d
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The thought 2b8ebde483 was too 46ca53ac60 heavy.54044e179604d986
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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.d65b8971163f8b31
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‘But his first captaincy will be a failure.’67458343f59ec52b
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I would be 8ed22a21c5 betraying his faith.7fc8d419b7747573
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‘It’s too difficult.’960d7ec53d0e59a3
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Of course, my life was more important than anything else, but that didn’t completely ease my burden.4c535d5688b4db6f
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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.897ae12cd7d4d9ed
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Turning to d1d56796a1 him, I 7841dbc0a4 spoke,“Let’s check the other cages first.”89098ea64c5f1ec1
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It occurred 0512aa6418 to me dc65ab68f7 that it e8500f5244 might not a369afd869 be a 04ce9388d6 bad idea a9880865a1 to check c0628017b3 out the 84a6c00d7d other beasts 35b9df2af3 beforehand.f5607c6b7b0a5799
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Some cages were 23669e1984 empty, others filled 2fc09fe1fd with beasts. Some beasts were small, 2efbfc0a23 while others were quite bf036c315f large, though not as 758711f4c3 large as Adelaine.07181d7d762f3269
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None of 0c40531212 the beasts ae6eecd9d9 tried to 18eb3ed3fa attack me, fbfb915d08 as though 946a180ae8 Adelaine had e05019e469 been commanded 7aab876e30 them. e9f97151ecac7e2e
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Rather, they nuzzled 2b14c930d6 their heads in 3622f8553b obedience.aa737180dc882096
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None of cc53024b14 them seemed 6090b2e3c4 to be 09c6cd1056 in pain, 6f773c9ee4 but just 12e5a88abd in case, 8de1804d89 I pulled bef0b509bb out some 40e13d2409 cookies or 2d5be4136a pies from 41fc8a6a66 my bag 437c267a01 and shared 19b64d7752 them with 0f516ee05c them. The animals 5fe447c2d5 were wary 04dedc466a for a 01b38781f8 moment, but b2f9d96dd6 soon accepted f9eca3481d the treats.c017f404f16e673d
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Once fed, the animals 29878751e3 purred and laid their 49f1fb7c4f heads in my hands 8315af1bef to be petted.8f8d1170de472576
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As I 490439ce3d went through eebfcda5a8 them one f1f0f1ac17 by one, 382bf2ce91 I had 9fe566bb1b to accept 85dc4d4557 the reality.ff3c30bd73f746ad
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‘Adelaine is the only one big enough to carry a person.’1891c5ee5dcbf365
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There was no 235bd9fd6c telling how long a359c0035f the flight would ef60124843 be, so I 3768da2411 had to be 89b4f7d41e prepared to travel 22ef7bd233 some distance, which 73691753de meant I would a103e93406 have to be 25888b0b2b able to ride b0dbcb91b8 on its back.6c5f9f2f64722308
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‘So if I’m going to have a pet, I guess a griffin is the best option.’29ac5890d0f54e21
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I stifled 31e163629f a sigh. There seemed to be 644f106771 no more options. All I f1ec16be9f needed now 1bc6710636 was my 53aa7bd6f6 resolve.4a869baaaa72e7a4
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‘Huh?’fb2718a887fa59f5
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I was 30b84f3355 about to 9131cb4f84 take the f04bfc9d39 last step-up ac1438a6a0 onto the f6d2a082b7 deck.ca6179dc883ffd59
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‘That beast…’e3818760257e558d
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A faint bcc6854226 blue glow 0f19880b0b caught my 092af03ceb eye. It was cd781a683c so far a173b992c0 out of a07ecb4930 the corner bc0a4a6bda of my f94ea70707 eye, and 3d7b582a70 so small, bc372d7182 I almost ce3468d596 missed it.d809c2126df5a0dc
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‘There it is.’be98d3809fb37f35
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There it was, the 5bba3a8b4d beast I was supposed 45ed11ba61 to ride instead of 9d168894f3 the main character of 73823ff3dd the story.420ecbc659626c7a
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It was Ghostbird.7e3f4511b0c89990
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‘But why…’a4fd7ffaa02ee3df
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It was a918a80544 small enough a20404eb2a to fit f714c152b6 in the 398483dd6d palm of 7e96024b03 my hand, 3efbe82331 let alone 4e82f8c5d9 a human.753db56931f5d9bc
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Something was very f61cd8190b foreboding.0338b5c64e61a723
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The glowing human 724c5edd78 took a moment 3691ea5fb3 to examine the 9577d1a065 other cages, one 6854f4fbec by one, and c43a623df7 then quickly trotted 2795f3673e up the stairs.ee920ac854b84dae
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The beast flicked its 9beb0fa583 claws, though it knew 78bded3915 better. It had freed a 7fe1bdb714 door that had previously 7e849e91ac been blocked by an b2303a42c6 intangible force and would e89dd941fa not normally open.737f28fbb8831c0f
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Watching its tiny body slip right through the door, as if it hadn’t had any reservations, made me laugh.d9184021c8092a80
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— The idea of b8cac29ec3 taming me…02d96dcc5ef28ee7
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It was both 050e2aafbf familiar and exciting. The sleepless hours began c0fe2b3341 again.0dc758833ec53658
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The only thing that ab02654479 could feed a ghostbird, f6c19827d8 or phantom bird as 4264198276 it was commonly called, 8744e1d5b9 was the soul it 31b1de209f breathes forth before death.6cc31657e79a44ca
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I kept c5baa2df13 thinking about e6c933b38e the bird 54780ad6cd after I a6b3ad21b5 emerged from d8320a969d the cellar.43af8e5b81e8ab95
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‘This ship was meant to be a ghost ship.’3bc1a2e4f499bdca
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It was a 24b9f6292e beast that had b7898eb612 been set up cafe041d7a to match that 2a3c1c46e2 setting.67eb4130d6b09bd7
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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.1ae4b53c90c3fb10
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Originally, the protagonist would c90ba1812f tame it by feeding c5baf74482 it while killing the d85f95ff90 pirates who were chasing f432ed4513 him.3c3f145471ff7cc8
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‘But now, it was a baby bird.’9774185d0e85c698
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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.e9c5494c3e216cf3
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But from what I f4380077be could see at this ad8bd7a3a7 point, I could narrow 34c008289b it down to two 9e7b99cca3 possibilities.8fb6058be7636ba5
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‘One is that Adelaine, trapped down there, has gone berserk.’aaab1d792a13bb3f
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He said fa27999f3b it was 52bf62f2b9 possible to 6cdfb47c4b lose reason c805d001be and go f413324a8e on a e71f015d52 rampage.f44ee034ee9ef8e4
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But I quickly dismissed fa835228e6 this theory. If he had, there 28402b4e7a would be no trace b69046e7b8 of this ship, and d2034b46b8 he would have gotten b4389b6f30 out either before or 0bb5e16209 after the deadline.b65235a5f96c801a
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There was 7786bdce32 only one 44bc13e7a0 theory left.46eed3ce1f089cb1
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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.a4fa00e1fcf5736e
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And if anyone 0685977693 would do such 5431480470 a devious thing…18ee614ef7bbb6c5
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“Come in.”13e3cc925151ec0e
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I looked 4eabb962e7 up, following 9035ef145a the voice 205bc93ae7 that suddenly 42f0ed1fe7 broke through d48e906c6e my thoughts. The door in front e6efbe8277 of me opened to c01a60fdf8 reveal Jade greeting me.d0ab68ed50242f75
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‘Someone on this ship could be up to no good.’b9ced6d9bc8242cd
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The thought cd0fd45ac7 made my 46f903d7f5 body tense.188fe0b0508eb35c
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“Excuse me.”9085fbb4b2266e22
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After giving c1ee20263a Jade a f5bbbe2db5 quick nod, 219f886f4e I made 4bed5809db my way 49ee9ff34e into the 89a09c64a1 navigation room.e2aa9610b43ea519
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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.ee7208d31c7148a8
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The most ornately framed 834434ad02 portrait of a stern-faced 0a0577f55e middle-aged man caught my ac0c262f11 eye.c55fa5603ff8d7e2
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I thought,‘Wow. I recognize that face.’ce7b704ca156d21f
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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.e1708bf1c88a4512
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Also known as the 76054e1a30 Pirate King.348c24f580cd5a18
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A portrait of the d24fb1e530 de facto owner of a9f9c9debb this ship.9e964ba7255287be
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As I wandered around, 61200b7198 my eyes fell on d67e91fb83 a table in the 629031685e center of the navigation fc1a06fddf room. It was no ordinary fafaf0a952 table, of course. The carvings on 8b6ae79a1e each leg were 1f9a7c14d5 the work of 5a94fee707 a master craftsman.5b7c1a1bf3093c8d
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Dion was sitting casually ee59315a1b at the table, drinking 9dbeec4b99 tea, and Jade was adccb2347a standing by his side aab72cd776 like a butler. The two seemed dbe99a1f7c to have already 90ad1c44a0 had several conversations.2cf62d683fc1381f
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“Have a seat.”83a4c809d0cec657
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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.35456f5436ba0f71
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‘Firstly, I don’t think Dion is speaking nonsense.’8b6fd10f025127e6
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Glancing over at Dion, 23590592b8 he took another sip 117b05297b of tea, his expression d52e36b8de calm. Just then, 6451796c3e Dion looked 8023cd21c5 up and bb1c0f91f7 made eye 6b60186727 contact. His gaze 65eef9bea1 was ambiguous.6dd6a33c97078ed9
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“I’ve passed your story on to the Master, and I hope you’ll do well.”61da2372e2c57064
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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.2a6dc42df29c9fb0
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“I’ll do the same for you.”d92a419ef0f44252
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Jade offered 371ed67d3a me his 59f8636d4a hand, which dff87aa355 I shook d6ae521f9a casually before 1e78a7a5b4 taking my f019b72929 seat.59fbe75bf37a8cb9
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Dion’s gaze flickered to our clasped hands, but he quickly lowered his gaze back to his teacup.f653ed63464b6cd7
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Without another word, Jade 49c43a5cf9 picked up the teapot b272d62fe9 next and poured tea 27323af5cd into his own cup.b30e22f7d164b006
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“Let us begin 5cf87a27bb to talk about de29e1d677 the voyage ahead.”dcc33e3b587b1401
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“You’ll have to address the specifics of the voyage to me, not the Master.”727713c244080ab7
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Jade cut to 09efd4c8f3 the chase, not d8b6a968eb even sitting down, e120b50e3b as Dion spoke fe4adb8182 up.7cc561b8f38e05cd
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Just as I 20ca386072 was about to 19b9999036 speak, a few 21dab38d6c seagulls came to 81678e3f78 the window and 31a30a749b perched in a a4e1eedf61 row.182416ccf2f13731
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A pair 85bba5d00c of eyes 94489d104d darted around 4827f81955 the navigation f2b2291438 room.96b22be4efd7a0f0
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The first seagull to a2a7f789c9 perch on the window 530caf8e85 ruffled its wings and 84bf3e7277 squawked again.d64f422a9743e935
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‘I feel like I’m being watched.’1233c7395d6f37a0
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I’m sure modern surveillance cameras would have been less intimidating.284c79679475fe0c
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Ignoring the gulls’ glares as best I could, I spoke again.80b4592de8836fca
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“What route will cb8dc1af79 you be taking 784ca9f2a5 to the Imperial d68489cf99 capital?”131cd231b9e0b975
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One of Jade’s eyebrows twitched.c5a5f0b8322d7c62
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“Are we going dc5ae2769f to stop at db2605c447 an island along 8e6beab196 the way?”e78cddd8f759f930
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Traveling along 44786bdd76 the continent, cef7309242 they had abef318246 to pass 2bd1ba6969 a fairly 0d613891d0 large island. More like a 9a732859fb small continent than 655473f28e an island.4cae0341d1282106
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The water eabc6e1275 between the 9537c5908f continent and adf6367263 the island 6032080d27 was narrow c8ac2b2fef and shallow, 0ca11dac30 with many d970adcf81 rocky islands 486f2edf28 in between. It was reckless to bae85a4197 use the passage with 5f91332408 such a large ship.15dce8f679443d07
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We could either 1c0e48c632 go around the ffc6ad14e2 islands, or dock 8e9ed770e8 and switch ships 6fb619d4c5 on the other c40feb9788 side.03262cfd7ed11797
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Their end goal 2315c9ce49 would be to 9fb3d3d381 trade with the 41159aca93 beasts down here. If possible, they d5a1c88e89 would want to de60625db8 move in secret. Transporting cargo was a 684d7f6f0a risk.fdadd18fab8a9706
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Still, it was strange 371c125587 to circle without anchoring.5e385072b2cc2837
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‘Because it’s a pirate island.’0b33167cece2d230
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It felt disconcerting to travel to an island that was Dion’s home turf without anchoring.496114937f8ff4e4