Chapter 92 Section 92 Questioning the Crown Prince's decision

As spring approached, Verity carefully dispatched his warships and men like laying out a layout on a chessboard.The beacon tower on the shore is always guarded, and a signaling flame burns inside, and a torch can be lit at any time to warn the crowd that the Red Ship has appeared.He assigned the remaining members of the Skill Group organized by Galen to Beacon Towers and battleships, and let my old enemy and the core of Galen's group, Duan Ning, stay at Buckkeep, but I secretly wondered why Verity let her stay. Act as the center of the group here, rather than having each member communicate with him directly.Tannin had taken over Garen's responsibilities since Garen's death and Wyee had been forced to retire from the group, and she seemed to consider herself a Skill Master.In some respects, she is almost a copy of Galen, who not only spreads a stern silence in Buckkeep, but always scowles and frowns, and inherits Galen's violent temper and wicked humor. feel.The servants speak of her now with as much horror and loathing as they once spoke of Galen, and I know she has taken over Galen's former abode.I would go out of my way to avoid her on my return, and I would be greatly relieved if Verity had sent her elsewhere, but I knew I was in no position to question the Crown Prince's decision.

Zegu, a tall, lanky young man two years my senior, was now commissioned as a member of the Skill team on the Lurishi.He's hated me since we've learned the Skill, and because of the spectacle of my failing the test, he berates me every chance he gets.I gritted my teeth and avoided him as much as possible, but it was almost impossible on a closed battleship. This is really a difficult situation. Verity, after a heated argument with himself and with me, assigned Min Coward aboard the battleship Steadfast, Borley to garrison the Beacon Tower in Jieyi Bay, and Will to the far north to garrison the Red Tower of Beans, From there there are sweeping views of the ocean and surrounding countryside.Once the markers were laid out on the map, our weak defenses came to life. "It reminds me of the beggar in the old folk tale who only covered himself with a hat." I told Verity, and he forced a smile in no mood.

"If only I could move my warship as fast as he moves his hat." He made a solemn wish. Two ships in Verity's fleet acted as cruisers, while the other two were on standby. One of them was at the docks of Buckkeep, the battleship Rurits, and the other was anchored at Xiaonan. bay.It was a pitifully small ship, yet it had to defend the sprawling coastlines of the Six Duchies.The second batch of warships is under construction, but I am afraid it will not be completed in the short term.The best dry lumber had already been used to build the first four warships, and Verity's shipwrights had warned him that he'd better wait and use the freshly felled lumber.He was a little annoyed, but he followed their advice.

We practiced hard in early spring.Verity told me privately that the group members delivered short messages almost like pigeons, but things weren't so rosy between us.He chose not to publicly train me in the Skill for personal reasons, and I believe he enjoys secretly observing and listening to the daily life of Buck City with me, and understands that he has instructed the captain of the Luresh to pay attention to my request for an immediate change. heading, or announcing that we must set off immediately for a certain place.I'm afraid the captain takes this as Verity doting on his illegitimate nephew, but he does as he is told.

Next, one spring morning, we reported to the battleship for another drill.We are now at last proficient at sailing the ship like real crews, and this exercise gave us a chance to get acquainted with the battleship Steadfast at an unknown location, yet it was a Skill exercise we had not been able to achieve.This naivety had us all flustered, but Zegu insisted on succeeding, as he was seen with his hands folded across his chest, dressed in dark blue (I believe he thought the blue outfit made him look more Skilled) skills), standing on the deck staring at the thick fog covering the sea, and I had to pass him while carrying a bucket of water to the boat.

"Hey, you bastard, this may be an opaque fog to you, but it's as clear as a mirror to me." "That's unfortunate," I replied politely, ignoring his use of the word "little bastard," but also forgetting to notice the sting in his words. "I'd rather look at this fog than see your face in the morning." A narrow-minded answer, but one that satisfies me.Another thing that pleased me was that the skirts of his robes, which he had tied around his legs when he came aboard, were not as well-dressed as mine.I tucked my trousers into my boots and put on a soft cotton undershirt and a leather jacket over it. I considered chain mail, but Burrich shook his head in disapproval. "It's better to die clean fighting than to fall into the sea and drown," he advised me.

Verity smiled at that. "Let's not burden him with overconfidence," he alluded wryly, and Lien Burrich laughed later. So I forego wearing chain mail or armor.I'll be paddling today anyway, and I'm just comfortable enough in my current attire, with no seam-wrinkled shoulders and forearms that don't touch the sleeves.I was so proud of my well-developed chest and shoulders that even Molly admired it.I swung my shoulders and paddled in my seat, smiling at the thought of Molly.I've been spending so little time with her lately, but I guess only time will heal it all.Raiders will invade in summer, and there will be no time to spend with her, and autumn is still far away for me.Our group of oarsmen and warriors was all at the ready.When the helmsman is in position after the mooring is released, and the oarsman begins to swing the oars regularly, we become one.I've noticed this phenomenon before, maybe I'm more sensitive to this kind of thing, just because I and Verity's Skill Sharing has ground my nerves, or maybe it's because all the men and women on board have the same goal, and this For most people, the goal is revenge.Whatever the reason, it brings us together like never before.Perhaps, I thought, being a member of the Skill group would have felt similarly, and I could not help feeling a pang of regret that I had missed such an opportunity.

You are my Skill Team member.Verity's words sounded quietly behind me, but somewhere farther away, from a distant cliff, came a sigh.Aren't we the same wolf pack?