Chapter 232

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Chapter 232: Someone Washes Your Back, What More Dignity Do You Need?

Looking at the girl in front of him who had a brief encounter with him before, Rin instinctively covered his forehead.

This girl, who looks obediently quiet but speaks strange names and words, is indeed the little girl who mooched a meal from him in Yorklando last time.

Remembering how he kindly gave this little girl money for her journey, she turned around and gave herself a strange title like "benefactor".

Rin thought that this little girl was even more difficult to deal with than the hero of the radio wave series.

He didn’t expect to meet her so soon, and on the same boat too.

Oh no, this is too fast!

Rin’s heart skipped a beat, and he suddenly realized.

They were on the earliest ship to set sail. If they hadn’t jumped off, the ship should arrive in the kingdom tomorrow night.

Even if the girl had taken another ship, which was faster than the cruise ship, she shouldn’t have appeared here today.

Thinking of this, Rin squinted his eyes, carefully observing the girl in front of him, feeling very cautious.

"What are you doing here?"

The girl remained calm and said lightly, "The ship I was on encountered a storm halfway, sank, and then I was eaten by a disgusting sea monster, and when it spat me out, I was in that city."

After speaking, she tilted her head slightly and asked, "Why is my brother, who suddenly became wary of me, here?"

Rin was caught in his thoughts by a little girl, and he awkwardly cleared his throat and scratched his face, saying, "Encountering…similar circumstances."

He knew that the disgusting giant beast the girl mentioned was probably the strange teleportation array, but he didn’t expect the accident to also affect the fish pond.

Of course, he thought it was too much of a coincidence, which was quite strange.

"There are no coincidences in stories, little brother."

"Maybe… um, I don’t know your name yet?"

The girl blinked and said, "Betty, my nickname."

Rin curiously asked, "Nickname? What’s your real name then?"

Betty’s smile was faint, like a little lady, but she just looked at Rin with a smile and didn’t respond.

"Forget it, I don’t want to talk about it anymore."

Rin waved his hand dismissively, his mouth turned down in a frown, "Just a little stray beggar, I’m not interested in knowing, why is he still all dirty after falling into the sea."

Emilia, standing beside, kept her eyes on Betty.

This girl made her feel strange too.

Let’s not talk about the name for now, after all, I mentioned it’s a nickname, and it’s normal for it to be different from what Observation Eye saw.

A little girl, running around everywhere, was even tied up, had no injuries on her body, seemed to be in good mood and health, and showed no reaction to seeing corpses and blood.

If just viewed as a strange child, it still felt like something was not right.

But Observation Eye made it very clear to her, Betty has no Rank, just a commoner, with the peculiar feature of being strange plus three question marks.

For Rin’s safety, Waste Hero was also very cautious, but she wouldn’t say anything, looking like a three-nothing puppet standing aside.

"Why are you only with the quiet sister and not the brother who speaks rudely, when the sister who looks like a bad girl is actually nice?"

"Oh, she is still on the ship."

Rin casually said, then turned to look at the other five people who were kneeling and begging for mercy holding their heads.

Pointing at the helmsman, he smirked with a hint of malice, "I’ll give you a chance, tie up these few."

"Me… me?"

The helmsman pointed to his own nose, stood up with joy, "Alright, sir, I’ll do it right away."

Brotherly love was meaningless when faced with danger, Er’hei was now a lifeless body, and A’wei lay on the ground motionless.

He scrambled to the warehouse, took out the ropes, and tied up everyone without any resistance, it went smoothly.

Rin looked at the tied-up group, then glanced at Anan, the quiet little girl standing aside.

He was about to do something bad. Originally, he wanted Betty to go into the cabin, but then he changed his mind. He thought that since Betty didn’t even flinch at the sight of a dead body, she couldn’t handle it like a normal person, so he didn’t say much to her.

Rin gestured to the helmsman and tossed a small bottle to him.

"Go, feed it all to your boss, then throw it into the sea."

"Yes, sir."

The helmsman hesitated for a moment, but still held onto the bottle. He walked over to A’wei and only then realized that he was still alive, his body subtly moving with each breath.

Holding A’wei’s mouth firmly, he poured all the medicine from the bottle in. The helmsman exerted effort to pull him to the edge of the boat, then with a sudden force, pushed him directly into the water.

"Boss, please don’t blame me. Everyone looks out for themselves or faces destruction. Besides, you always bully me, threatening to throw me into the sea as fish food if I don’t obey. Now, it’s time for you to set an example."

He muttered a few words under his breath, but didn’t hesitate at all.

With a splash, the unconscious A’wei fell into the sea. Blood immediately appeared on the water’s surface, but was soon swept away by the waves behind the boat, rising and falling.

I wonder how long it will take before attracting meat-eating fish.

Rin sat down casually, gesturing towards the body and a few others, as if instructing his own servants.

"Throw all of these into the water for me."

Rin couldn’t be bothered to investigate how many wicked deeds the thugs on this boat had done, nor did he want to differentiate whether there were one or two who weren’t that bad.

Just throw them all into the water and be done with it.

The four tied-up people were instantly scared and began to cry out, begging for mercy on the ground.

"Whether you can survive or not, it’s up to the heavens to decide if they’ll take you in. Of course, even if there’s a one in a million chance of survival, don’t let me catch you doing such despicable things again."

"Young master, please spare our lives!"

"Please, untie me, otherwise I won’t make it out alive!"

Several people were still chattering and crying everywhere.

Rin immediately felt annoyed and said angrily, "Say one more word, and I’ll shut your mouth!"

Now, the four people swallowed all the pleas for mercy.

At least, if their mouths weren’t shut, there was still a slight chance of survival by helping each other, but if they were shut, it would be certain death.

The helmsman rubbed the blood on his hands, gritted his teeth, continued to work hard, and started moving goods.

"Don’t blame me, blame A’wei. He brought trouble on us by poking his nose where it didn’t belong. He thought it was easy, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation."

At that moment, he was extremely grateful for learning to steer the ship with his uncle when he was young. Otherwise, he might have ended up calling for help in the sea with no response.

Emilia stood next to Rin, with dull eyes glancing at the people moving goods and the girl sitting on a box lost in thought.

Soon, Miss Hero clutched her stomach and tugged at Rin’s sleeve.

"Hungry, tundere."

Rin also felt a bit hungry, stood up and glanced at the mess on the ground, including the sweaty helmsman hauling away the limp body.

"Forget it, too much trouble. Waste Hero, you take over."

Emilia immediately drew her sword, the wind swirling around her as she swung her sword, creating a tornado that lifted several people nearby into the air.

Seeing this, the helmsman quickly dropped Er’hei’s body and hid nearby, clutching the mast tightly.

Everything on the ship’s deck, including wine glasses and grilled meat, was blown away, and then the helmsman washed everything, making the deck clean and tidy once again.

In just a quarter of an hour, Waste Hero used up his skills and started meowing hungrily, not caring at all about revealing his true nature in front of others.

Rin walked to the surviving grill, where the charcoal was still burning, adding a bit more to keep it going.

So he added more charcoal, took out some marinated meat and vegetables from a storage ring.

Betty came close to him, eagerly scanning the ingredients, and suddenly froze.

"How come… there’s no fish?"

Emilia quickly said, "I, don’t, eat, fish, fish, really dislike it."

Betty’s eyes widened instantly, revealing a look of great astonishment, placing her hand on her chest and stepping back.

"You don’t eat fish?! How is that possible? How can someone not like fish in this world?!"

"Hey hey!" Rin said impatiently, "It’s normal not to like fish, right? What’s with that exaggerated tone of yours?"

"Young man, you don’t eat it either?"

Betty still couldn’t believe it, raising her voice to ask Rin.

"I’m fine with it," Rin replied honestly.

"That’s the way it should be!"

Betty nodded vigorously and pointed at Waste Hero, saying, "You must be a legendary vegetarian elf! Even though you don’t have pointy ears, being a half-elf is possible! Otherwise, no one would dislike fish!"

Waste Hero tilted their head, indicating they didn’t fully understand.

Perhaps she didn’t notice, but this kind of thinking process is quite similar to hers in some ways.

Rin impatiently tapped Betty’s head, grumpily saying, "Eat if you want to, stop being so picky. I don’t want to make an extra serving every time I run into you, always mooching off food and drinks and speaking harshly."

Betty covered her head, standing still in a daze, her gaze fixed on Rin’s profile. A hint of coldness appeared vaguely, but soon was replaced by confusion.

She initially thought that if someone offended her like that, she would surely be very angry and then tear them apart.

As it turned out, her emotions didn’t react as she had imagined. The anger only lasted subconsciously for a few seconds. When she snapped out of it, she instead felt unexpectedly close.

Could it be because nobody had dared to pat her head before, that there was a sense of novelty in this attempt?

Last time and this time, added up together, both times couldn’t get angry.

It’s even more complex emotions than imagined, hard to understand.

Seeing Betty finally quiet down, Rin stopped bothering her and continued to be his own cook.

His skills were definitely outstanding, even the evil gods would praise, let alone a young girl, just had a taste and kept using strange words… Let’s just say it’s really praising Rin.

Full of food and drink, Rin picked up a plate of leftover grilled meat and vegetables, placed it in front of the helmsman who was squatting far away, then took out a mixture of herbal powder he had picked up during a certain Pharmacology class, and sprinkled it on top.

"This is called Three-Day Heartbroken Powder, you can tell from the name, right? Behave yourself before reaching Bicester City, don’t think about running away or else your reputation will be ruined by the poison. Don’t blame me for not warning you."

Bluffing people, Rin was experienced in this matter, he had done this countless times, scaring everyone accurately because his reputation made people believe him.

And now, it was because in the helmsman’s mind, he had become a little devil.

Looking at the brown powder on the grilled meat, the helmsman swallowed his saliva, hesitated for a long time but didn’t dare to touch it.

"Or should I do it myself?"

The threatening tone made the helmsman’s heart race, but without caring much, he grabbed a piece of meat and stuffed it into his mouth.

Grilled meat is naturally delicious, sprinkled with Heartbroken Powder which has a slightly bitter-sweet taste.

Just one bite made people feel like it must be poisonous.

Seeing the other person obediently following orders, Rin nodded in satisfaction, stood up and stretched lazily.

"Ah, it’s troublesome to be away from home, we have to find a place to sleep again. Hey, that kid named Betty, where are you going to sleep?"

Betty absentmindedly touched her round belly, lost in thought, then turned her head and pointed to the box she was sitting on.

"？"

"Although troublesome and tsundere, the guy who cooks deliciously is worried about me, so I can stay inside."

Rin looked at the big box under her butt, then looked up at her serious expression, feeling speechless.

"Don’t play around, if I let you stay in there, others might think I’m mistreating children. What if they report me for having children locked up?"

"Where to sleep isn’t that important, as long as it’s comfortable. I think the size of this box is just right, and it’s very safe."

"Hmm, I can’t be bothered with you. Sleep wherever you want, just don’t fall into the sea. When we get to Bicester City, hurry up and get lost."

Since they weren’t familiar with each other, Rin couldn’t control her, so he let her be, then led Waste Hero into the room that was supposed to be their cell.

They threw out all the boxes, then laid out a thick, bouncy mattress and arranged clean sheets and blankets, preparing the bed on the floor.

"Too bad, this old ship doesn’t have a way to take a bath."

Rin lifted up his shirt and sniffed it. It was fresh at dawn, but now it had a slight smell of seawater. Although he didn’t have any body odor, not taking a bath made him feel uncomfortable.

Then, he slapped his head, thinking again.

"Yes, you can take a bath."

Rin checked the spare water in the room, and washing up wasn’t a problem. His face immediately lit up with joy.

He untied his tie and was about to take off his shirt when he suddenly remembered Waste Hero was still there.

Turning around, he saw that the guy was staring at him without blinking. Rin quickly frowned, pointed to the door, and said, "What are you staring at? Leave!"

"I’ll help you with a tundere."

"I don’t need it, go away!"

"It’s okay, I’ll give you a back rub."

"I said I don’t need it."

Rin impatiently grabbed her shoulder, trying to push the hero out, but she seemed rooted to the spot and wouldn’t budge.

"If you don’t go out now, I’ll get angry!" He had to threaten.

"Anyway, I won’t really get angry."

Waste Hero, who had long seen through Rin’s true nature, behaved recklessly and even reached out to start removing his clothes.

"Oh no! Let go! You promised me earlier that you would behave!"

Angered, Rin swatted away her claws, then reached over and swatted them away again, firmly defending his dignity.

However, not long after, Rin, who was kissed by Miss Hero while sitting together on the ground, quickly lost his so-called dignity and was left with only his Four-cornered trousers.