Chapter 626 Seagull Kate

"Hairal, why are you drinking secretly again!" The seagull wearing a sailor cap suddenly spoke out, with a crisp voice that sounded like a young girl.

"It's not that I want to drink, Sister Kate. I made a new friend today. If I treat my friend to dinner and don't order some wine, wouldn't it make me look mean?" Hailaer blushed and secretly winked at Joan, signaling him to cooperate with her. Lie, he seemed a little afraid of the female seagull dressed as a sailor.

"Good afternoon, Ms. Kate, it's an honor to meet you." Before Joan could speak, Holden struck up a conversation with Seagull very familiarly. First, he took off his hat and greeted her politely, and then asked curiously: "Forgive me for being presumptuous, you are a druid, aren't you?"

Ordinary seagulls don't know how to wear scarves and hats, and they don't know how to speak out. Holden naturally suspects that the other party is a druid who uses the ability of "wild transformation" to become a seagull.

Kate glanced at Holden indifferently, did not answer his question, and turned to Hailaer: "This gentleman is also your friend?"

"Him? It doesn't count!" Hailar didn't show Holden any mercy.

Joan was worried that this would trigger a new round of quarrels, so he quickly changed the subject and said hello to Seagull Kate.

"You are Hyrule's friend, and you look like a mage, so you should have good eyesight, so do you think I was transformed from a druid?" Seagull Kate stared at Joan, as if wanting to test him.

Joan looked at Kate carefully, and answered after a few seconds.

"I don't think you are a seagull transformed from a human druid, but a druid transformed from a seagull."

Kate looked up and laughed, but she didn't really laugh out loud, and looked at Joan with a look of admiration.

"Young man, you are very good, keep talking."

"Uh, this is just my guess... Ms. Kate, you seem to be a seagull endowed with high intelligence by the 'enlightenment technique', so you can learn human language. As for how you obtained the druid inheritance, that's a question I can't figure it out."

"In fact, Kate was my mother's 'animal companion' during her lifetime. The Druid inheritance was also obtained from my mother. After my mother died of illness, Kate stayed by my side to take care of me, just like my own sister." Hyrule caressed the seagull Smooth feathers, eyes full of warmth.

After listening to her explanation, Joan and Holden suddenly came to their senses. It turns out that Hyrule's mother was a high-ranking druid who unfortunately died of illness many years ago. Before she died, she used "enlightenment" to open up wisdom for her animal partner, Kate the Seagull, and became even smarter than most humans. Kate Druid inheritance, asked her to take good care of her daughter Hyrule for herself.

Hailaer told Kate about her plan to accompany Joan back to school early, and Seagull nodded, as if she was not surprised by her temporary decision.

"Father has long guessed that you will not be staying in Freeport for long. Instead of sneaking out to play, it is better to return to Midgard City as soon as possible."

"Oh? Dad sent you to give me a message?" Hailar asked in a low voice.

Seagull nodded solemnly, and then said: "Father told me to tell you to study hard when you get to school, and stop causing trouble. He also reminded you to beware of revenge from Messinger's subordinates."

"Aren't you going back to school with me?"

"My father still needs my help to deal with urgent matters, and I can't get away for the time being. Besides, you are not a little girl anymore, so you don't need me to be a nanny by your side all the time."

Kate lowered her head and sighed, looking a little sad.

"I will write down your instructions, Sister Kate, and get on the boat tomorrow morning. For the sake of convenience, I will not go back to the castle tonight. I will stay with my friends in the hotel. When you go back, say goodbye to Dad for me. It's summer vacation. I will come back to visit his old man sometime.”

"Got it, I wish you all the best of luck." Kate jumped onto Hailar's shoulder, pecked the girl's cheek lightly with her head, as if sending a farewell kiss, and then spread her wings and flew out of the window, disappearing into the depths of the clouds over the harbor in a blink of an eye.

Joan watched Seagull Kate fly away, and remembered what she told Hailar just now, so she asked Hailar, "Messinger's subordinates, do you mean the three thieves headed by 'Sniper' Nelson?"

Hailaer nodded, and his face became extremely serious: "The three street gangsters are nothing to worry about, but their boss, Messinger, is not to be trifled with."

It was the first time Joan saw this fearless girl showing an uneasy expression, and asked curiously, "Who is Messinger? Does he have a lot of influence in Freeport?"

"It's a long story. Although Freeport looks free on the surface, there is actually an institution that establishes order, that is, the city's municipal council. Since most of the members are pirate leaders and smugglers active in the nearby waters, so This council is also known as the 'pirate council'." Hyrule explained to Joan from the beginning.

"Every member of the 'Pirate Council' has his own privateer or armed smuggling ship. The cannons on the ship are fierce. Their strongholds are scattered along the east coast, ruling an island or port. Midgard The colonial regular navy dare not easily provoke these ruthless characters."

"Herrell, the lord of Freeport, is recognized as the speaker of the pirate council, and has a stronger armed fleet than other councilors, but he can't act arbitrarily in the council, and he doesn't have the power of a 'king'." disputed authority."

"There are a few powerful members of the parliament who respect Lord Herrell on the surface, but secretly often do things against his will. Francis Messinger is a representative of such people."

"This man made his fortune by smuggling and plundering, and later started the bloody slave trade. From Alfheim to Midgard, and then to Jotunheim in the north, his business spread all over Wilnoa. Coast, do you know how he got rich?"

"Attacking coastal villages and even island residents, kidnapping and loading them on ships, and selling them as slaves to plantations in the south or mines in the north—this is the secret of Francis Messinger's fortune!"

Hailaer asked and answered by himself, revealing his disdain for the pirate leader and slave trader in his words.

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· P.S.

The "magic warrior" in the PF setting is an intellectual spellcaster. This book is changed to a charm spellcaster, and the spellcasting method is closer to a warlock than a wizard.

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