Ch 174: There Always Has To Be An Accident On A Trip, Right? Otherwise, Is It Even A Vacation?

A group of people arrived at the dock, each carrying their own luggage, except for Bal, Phia, and Philia.

“Where’s the ship? Where’s the ship you booked?”

Nia looked around the dock, but didn’t see a single ship.

“Don’t worry, it’s not time yet.”

Bal patted Nia on the shoulder.

“You didn’t call it out until it’s time, making us stand here and freeze?”

At this time, Phia walked to the two people.

“Just don’t talk about him, Nia. Your brother was so excited last night that he couldn’t sleep.”

Nia glanced at Bal and showed an understanding expression.

“I thought you only couldn’t sleep because of field trips when you were a child, I didn’t expect you to be the same as a child at this age.”

“This is called having a childlike heart, you don’t understand.”

Bal scratched his head, looking a little embarrassed.

“Okay, okay, you have a childlike heart. So when will the ship you booked arrive?”

Nia stuffed her luggage into Bal’s hands, and she sat by the dock waiting for the ship.

“Don’t worry, there’s still half an hour.”

Bal took out a pocket watch and glanced at it, then put Nia’s luggage aside.

“Father, I’m hungry.”

Philia walked to Bal’s side, tugging at Bal’s cloak.

“Perfect, Father will show you a trick!”

Bal asked Philia to take out her fishing rod; he planned to fish on the spot and make grilled fish for Philia.

Phia took out a fishing tackle bag from the extradimensional space and handed it to Bal. After receiving the fishing tackle bag, Bal took out the fishing rod, he wrapped the bait worms on the fish hook, and then threw the hook out with a strong swing.

“Can you really catch one?”

Phia and Grey walked to Bal’s side and sat down, watching the float bobbing on the sea.

“What do you mean, I’m a fishing expert!”

“But the last time the fishing expert went fishing with me, they didn’t catch as many as I did.”

Hearing Phia’s words, Bal panicked.

“That day I was just unlucky, anyway, I didn’t have a blank, a catch is a victory!”

“Chirp! Chirp chirp!”

Moony landed on Bal’s shoulder, blinking its dark eyes, as if wanting Bal to get some for it too.

“Don’t worry, you and Snowdrift will both have some.”

“Chirp!”

Moony rubbed against Bal’s face, then flew to Philia’s head and perched there.

About twenty minutes later, the sea was calm, and Bal’s group was also very quiet, but this quietness revealed embarrassment.

“Where’s the fish?”

“Don’t bother me, I sense a fish.”

After saying that, Bal’s float reacted. Bal was overjoyed, and he immediately reeled in the rod.

“Look, I told you there were fish!”

Bal showed off, then continued to wrestle with the fish.

“Little fish, don’t struggle, come up quickly.”

Bal pulled the rod hard, and a big fish flew into the air.

“Fish! Such a big fish! Father is amazing!”

Philia ran to Bal’s side; she wanted to take a closer look at the fish.

“Humph, small feat!”

Bal dragged the fish ashore, and he used his short sword to gut the fish. Just then, Bal’s booked ship arrived.

“Is this Boss Buck?”

A young man wearing a triangular hat on the bow of the ship shouted to Bal, who was carrying the fish.

“It’s me! Just a moment!”

After Bal finished processing the fish, he borrowed a long stick from the sailor, hung the cut fish on the stick, and boarded the ship with everyone else.

“Wow, Boss Buck caught a big fish.”

The young man wearing a triangular hat helped everyone carry their luggage onto the ship before walking to Bal’s side. He looked at the fish Bal was carrying, looking somewhat envious.

“Nothing much, just over a hundred catties.”

“Haha, Boss is really humorous, it’s rare to have a fish of over a hundred catties in this near-sea area. You hit the jackpot!”

“Nemo, I’ll borrow your ship’s kitchen for a bit, I’ll make some fish fillets for my daughter.”

“Go ahead, Boss has chartered the whole ship, it would be impolite of me to refuse.”

After Nemo explained the way to the ship’s kitchen to Bal, Bal carried the fish and left, Moony and Snowdrift also followed Bal into the kitchen.

After a while, Bal came out carrying a large plate of fish fillets; at this time, the family was already sitting in the dining hall waiting.

“Come, everyone try some.”

Bal picked the largest fillet and put it in front of Philia, then poured himself a glass of beer and began to watch everyone’s reactions. Philia cut a piece of fish with a knife and fork and put it in her mouth, then she widened her eyes and danced.

“How is it, delicious?”

“Hot!”

“Pffft……”

Phia, sitting next to Philia, burst out laughing, which made Bal a little embarrassed. He poured Philia a glass of cold water, then helped Philia cool the fillet a little.

“Try it again now.”

Philia cut another small piece of fillet, she tasted it a little, confirmed it wasn’t hot, and started eating.

“Delicious!”

Hearing Philia say it was delicious, everyone else ate with peace of mind.

After eating the fish fillets, Bal came to the deck.

“Sea, I haven’t seen the sea in a long time.”

“When have you ever seen the sea, why didn’t I know?”

Just as Bal was still lamenting, Nia walked to Bal’s side and started complaining.

“When you were a child, we were both in the orphanage, and when we grew up, we were top students at school, and when we joined the army, we went on campaigns, when have you ever seen the sea?”

Bal was speechless, Grey walked to Nia’s side.

“Don’t say it, men need dignity too.”

After getting rid of Nia, Grey handed Bal a glass of beer.

“I hope this trip won’t have any accidents.”

“Don’t say that. I specifically chose Nemo’s ship to pick us up for safety.”

“That’s good. I’m going to rest, it’s my first time going to sea, I’m a little uncomfortable.”

“Go ahead.”

After taking Bal’s wine cup, Grey returned to his room. This voyage would take at least three days, Grey was afraid he would suffer.

The second day on board, an accident happened.

“What do you mean pirates are coming to hijack the ship?”

After hearing the bell on the deck, Bal ran to the deck, and after understanding the situation with Nemo, Bal began to wonder.

“Don’t they know you’re someone who has connections with both black and white sides? So brave, how many dishes did you drink?”

Nemo scratched his head; he hadn’t seen pirates hijacking his ship for a long time. At Nemo’s command, the sailors picked up their weapons and prepared to resist the pirates.

“Nemo, let us do it.”

Bal stopped Nemo, he cracked his knuckles, then drew the short sword from his waist. The others also walked to Bal’s side, they all had their weapons in their hands, those were weapons that Philia had previously put into the extradimensional space to hide.

“It’s boring to be idle on the ship, it’s good to have someone to let me move around.”

Bal enhanced his body, he ran and jumped, the war god fell into the water.

“Splash, save the emperor!”

Everyone was stunned by Bal’s actions, they had seen stupid people, but they had never seen such a stupid one. Although Phia didn’t want to save him, considering that Bal and she had a life link, she still saved him.

Phia used water magic to create a water column to lift Bal up, then she used wind magic to transport Bal back.

“The pirates are stupid, but you’re even stupider than the pirates, is this the war god jumping and the war god falling, right?”

Just as Phia was still drying Bal’s clothes, the pirate ship not far away also boiled.

“Boss, should we go up? Seeing that idiot just got rescued by a magician, it feels like that magician is very capable.”

“Go, why not go. Are the magic items that I, your boss, spent so much money on fake? A mere magician, as long as we get close, they’re trash. Go, get close to that ship, let’s make a big profit!”

At the pirate captain’s command, the sailors cheered, they prepared the ropes and prepared to board the ship.

Bal was still drying his clothes, he saw the pirate ship getting closer and closer, he took off his shirt, picked up his short sword and ran out. Phia sighed, she put away Bal’s clothes and hung them on the mast, and picked up her spear and went to the bow of the ship.

“I hope I don’t fall into the water this time, it’s too embarrassing.”

Bal, shirtless, came to the bow of the ship, this time he calculated the distance, and when the pirate ship got to the right distance, he ran and jumped again, this time he successfully jumped onto the pirate ship.

“ohhhhhhhh！I succeeded!”

Nemo and his crew watched Bal successfully jump over, and they exclaimed.

“Captain, is the Boss’s brain okay?”

“Don’t ask me, I don’t know.”

Just as Nemo and his crew were still worried about Bal, Bal had already started killing wildly.

“Crazy, this man is crazy!”

On the pirate ship, Bal, with a short sword, surrounded one ship at a time, using his flexible body skills to dodge the pirates’ attacks, then using his short sword to sever their tendons.

While Bal was killing wildly, Grey was providing support for Bal with a bow and arrow.

“Damn! Doesn’t he look behind him?”

After shooting through the arm of a pirate who was trying to ambush Bal from behind, he turned to Philia.

“Aren’t you going to help him?”

“No need to help, if he can’t solve these little guys, then he can’t marry me, just watch.”

Although Phia said she wouldn’t help, she still cast an enhancement magic on Bal.

“Not playing anymore, time to wrap it up.”

Bal enhanced himself, he kicked hard, and jumped onto the crow’s nest on the mast.

“People down there, those who don’t want to die, run away!”

“Boss, he told us to run away.”

“No……Don’t be afraid, we have more people.”

Seeing that the pirates were still not moving, Bal sighed.

“Sigh, don’t say I didn’t warn you.”

After saying that, the short sword in Bal’s hand began to glow, the light made the short sword longer. Bal swung the short sword, and the huge light blade cut the pirate ship in half. Many pirates fell into the sea, and Philia asked Nemo to pick them up.

“Arrest all these people and lock them up, and hand them over to the guard unit when we land, we can still earn a bounty.”

“Madam is so smart, I’ll go get people to pick up these pirates.”

After the battle, Bal returned to his ship stepping on the fragments of the pirate ship.

“Phew, that was a good workout. Achoo!”

Phia put the already dried clothes on Bal.

“Be careful not to catch a cold, go take a hot bath.”

Bal picked up Philia and walked to the cabin.

“Let’s go together.”

“Put me down, lecherous dog!”