The Whisper Of The Sea
Vol 66
She wore black cotton trousers with a black shirt and brown vest, while her pretty face had to be dung on the surface of her skin to make her face look black, so that she doesn't look like a woman.
Leona wore a hat usually worn by the crew, which was commonly used by pirates or pirates. Just this time Leona was above the ocean with a distance already so far from her village. That night the sea seemed to help them with calm waves, until their ship sailed smoothly.
Although their trip was quite long, but Leona enjoyed all the scenery that night, the moon shone on the sea water with the beauty of its rays.
"Oi eat ! this is for you," he gave bread to Jastin and also to Leona. Ronald's rude attitude to Leona made him not like, however Leona a woman, he did not want Leona in the closet by anyone.
"What's wrong?" Ronald said, biting his sandwich.
"Why do you talk to Leona like that?" tanyanya. with a deep frown.
Leona suddenly turned around when her name was mentioned. "Said how? that's how my whole life as a pirate is, I treat men and women the same, don't expect something like being gentle with her because I don't have time to learn to speak politely with a woman."
"I don't care Jastin, no matter how he talks, I don't care." Leona shrugged her shoulders.
The night wind began to shiver the bodies of the three of them, fortunately Leona was wearing a thick jacket so she was not so cold. From a distance, an island was seen. The island is not so big, but there are many giant stones that stand upright, compared to trees like in his village.
"In the meantime we will arrive, I hear that the pirate ship will come this morning, if lucky, they will take us in, if we give us a little gold. You brought gold, didn't you?" The man looked at Leona.
Leona nodded her head. The man looked back at Jastin, "what about you? You'll also come with us to the city of Cambridge."
"Of course I will accompany Leona, the pirate ship is the most dangerous place especially for a woman, even though Leona has disguised herself as a man, but still dangerous."
"Tch, okay it's up to you."
"Is it okay Jastin? you just got married to sarah, how ....
"It's my decision, so don't be burdened by it, Leona."
"All right."
After passing through the waves of sea water, they finally arrived at Rock Island, a small village producing a wide variety of spices and iron, so they mostly sold cookware to weapons of great quality. Ronald gets off the ship, as do Leona and Jastin.
Leona was amazed by the large number of residents in this small village, they arrived at dawn, so the activities of the residents in the village of Rock began to look this early.
"Damn, I'm hungry and sleepy. We'd better find an inn not far from the beach, you guys rest first, I'm sleepy, I'll take a nap." Say it while yawning wide.
Jastin and Leona were stunned by the variety of merchandise in the market, not all of the goods were sold in his village. He followed the man looking for an inn to rest. They had to rest to replenish their power, because soon the pirate ship would be leaning on this island.
"Leona give me your bag, let me take it." Jastin. Leona clucking.
"Sst, what's the point of me wearing this guy's clothes if you've been calling me Leona since." Leona said as she walked wide following the way Ronald walked in front of her, the tall man listening to their conversation even though he looked unconcerned.
"Then what should I call you? Leo?" Said Jastin thinking a suitable name for him.
"Good idea, you can call me Leo, that name suits me." Leona said while clapping happily.
"Are you sure people will believe you're a man?" Jastin said judging leona's appearance, Leona's height is not the same as them, she includes short for a man's size, but also not short for a woman's size.
Leona smiled cynically, "You want proof that I look like a man?? Ok, I'll prove it. He walked among the crowd of women who were shopping and stood among them and he gave a smile to them. The girls looked at him with disgusted faces.
"Do you want you drunk man, go before I call security." Said one of the women who accidentally covered her nose looking at Leona's dirty face.
"Hows it? do you trust me now? don't worry I'll be the best man I can be, Jastin." He said while patting his shoulder hard. "Let's follow him, I don't want to be separated from him."
***
The morning had welcomed them, the sea breeze was so fresh that morning, for the pirates, a quiet morning like this, was simply spending time sleeping. There's no interference whatsoever. From the morning when Captain Lewstin blew something with a little clam, he knew that behind the fog was another pirate ship, if he was lucky, he knew, the pirate ship belonged to Sean Nicholas Hault's men.
"What are you doing Lewstin? You intentionally blew those rotten shells to call them." He took the shell and threw it away. The man named Rojes grinned horribly, he intended to kill Lewstin if it had passed the pirate ship.
Unfortunately, there is no ship behind the fog. He just guessed it. This time he was unlucky.
"Hey, get up, eat this." Said a man carrying a tray of bread and a glass of water. Giving food through a tray for a pirate is quite luxurious. Edmund looked at him sharply.
"How can I eat if you don't let go of these two bound hands?" Her speech.
"You think I'm stupid, want to take your hand off? after that you'll attack me, I won't risk it."
"So I have to use my mouth, don't we see how they'll give you a gift if you treat me so badly." Edmund said as he closed his eyes again without touching the food. The man looked worried, he finally decided to let go of his hand. After she untied that strong bond in her hand, she quickly hit the man's face hard with two punches and he fainted.
Edmud peeked out from the direction of the corridor. They were empty because they were not awake. He stepped slowly until he arrived at the exit and went up to the upper deck where the old man was tied up. They looked at each other and gestured for Edmund to let go.
Fortunately, the two men guarding Lewstin were sleepy and unaware of Edmund's arrival. He's untied Lewstin.
"You better come back, the rest let me take care of it. They're gonna wake up soon, we're still outnumbered." Edmund followed what the man said, he immediately came back and hid somewhere.
***
They were at the inn, Leona sat on the edge of the bed and held the pendant. He hoped Edmund would not be hurt. Leona took her time to clean her body, because if she was on the boat, she would not necessarily take a bath, especially if surrounded by crazy and terrible pirates.
Jastin and Ronald were in one room. Ronald took the opportunity to lie down and rest his body.
"COMPACTS ! THEY'RE COMING !"
At that time Ronald woke up from his sleep as well as Jastin, Leona who was beside his room also came out of his room.
"They come we better get ready, they usually stop by for just a moment and will return to the boat. Ronald runs followed by Jastin and Leona. They saw a giant ship that was leaning, seen some men were chatting on the deck.
"You guys wait here, I'll talk to them." Ronald said, he walked up and got on the boat, he was seen talking seriously with them. Not long after that he came back.
"How much do they want." Ask Leona.
"It seems that it is not just us who will ride on this ship, there are some villagers who will come on board. They asked for 15 gold coins, for the three of us. Everything is complete with food and bed and protection from them."
"Okay, I agree." Leona.
"Wait, aren't those 15 gold coins too expensive? with 15 gold coins you can already live for the next 5 years without having to work." Jastin.
"But it's worth the offer they give. Eating, bed and protection." Leona said, quickly giving 15 gold coins to Ronald. After the ship prepared to depart, the three of them boarded, after handing over 15 gold coins. They were escorted to the rest area, apparently there were 10 other passengers from Rock Island.
"Don't you say women can't get on a boat, look ! there are some women who got on this ship." Leona pointed at them.
"You didn't see their dresses? They're the women of the pirates who were bought in the village." Arnold.
Leona wore a long jacket that covered her entire body, as the sea breeze was extremely cold. The ship had already moved out of the village and was going to the English city of Cambridge, taking quite a long time to get there.
***
At nightfall, a man named Lewstin was finally able to take down the crew of his ship that had betrayed him. He finally took control of his ship again. Assisted by Edmund who sneaked provide a supply of weapons to them, so they finally gave up.
"Can't this ship go back to Zaudetta island?" Edmund said to Leona's father.
"Can't, if you insist on going back, we can all die, it's not easy to change the course of the ship, we'll get closer to the whirlpool and it could be that the ship will be damaged and ravaged if it goes against the water."
"We're going back to Cambridge first, and you can go back to Leona, on a better boat, or take her from that village, let her see a world beyond that island."
Edmund nodded as he looked at the vast, endless sea of blackish color. His memory was fixed on Leona, he missed her so much.
***
Leona was very careful while on the boat, as much as she could not have a conversation with anyone other than Jastin and Ronald. They were robbers his words sounded harsh, and his eyes were fixed on every passenger of the ship.
As the ship was speeding up, Leona prayed for their ship to reach Cambridge and meet Edmund soon. "Prophey Leona, we'll be on the boat for 7 days, after which we'll get to Cambridge." Jastin said cheeringly.
"I told you, don't call me Leona, they'll be suspicious of Jastin, stupid." Leona muttered looking at the two men passing by, it was fortunate that they did not pay too much attention to their conversation.
"Haha, I forgot, Sorry."
Ronald stood next to the two of them, and said something important. "You see the man who's been sitting down at the end of the deck, he's one of the pirates here, and he's been looking at you guys since, be careful with him, especially you, Leona." Ronald.
"Don't scare me, not only is he scary, the pirates are all scary, after all we've hired three pirates who protect us while on the ship, right?"
"Tch, the strongest wins, even though he's paid to protect us, if he's defeated, it's the same as the next target is the three of us."
"Then you step forward, look at the man start to move and look this way, you're a fighting man." Leona said, she pushed him forward to face the horrible man.
The man walked slowly, after which he stood there eerily staring at the three of them.
"Don't stand there, the sea is starting to tighten." Her speech. The man then turned around and reprimanded anyone who was seen standing in a dangerous place.
"Don't judge someone from outside." Leona said while looking at the ocean.
***
The land has been seen, soon they will reach Cambridge. The three of them had been at sea for over a week, Leona was anxious to vomit, she was eager to step on land.
They all arrived at the port. Leona stared left and right, many tall buildings looming, as well as the beautiful woman who was wearing a beautiful dress and had just gotten off the horse carriage.
"Wow, that's great." Leona muttered, she then saw herself, "Ugh I'm like a beggar, I want to take a shower and take off this fucking outfit." Her speech.
"We're looking for an inn, after which I'll try to contact the captain, I know where the captain is, it looks like he arrived two days ago." Leona, Jastin and Ronald walk in the middle of the crowd, the people who see them are annoyed by their dirty clothes and the hood that covers their heads.
"What does Edmund do now? Has he reached his family?" Leona muttered as they walked. Suddenly the clattering of horse legs made people step aside, dozens of soldiers lined up and pushed people aside to pull over on the side of the road, huge trumpets ringing, horse carriages heard along the way, everyone slightly bowed their backs giving their respects.
Leona and Jastin were so confused by this kind of situation, her whole life only this time she saw such amazing things before her eyes. A man shouted loudly.
"GIVE YOUR RESPECT TO THE MEMBERS OF THE ROYAL FAMILY, MR. KENT WINDSOR, KENAN WINDSOR AND MR. EDMUND ALEXANDER."
As the three of them raised their heads, Leona looked at a handsome man inside the horse carriage, she could only see the large carriage through its open window, edmund's face was talking to someone in the car.
"Edmund." Leona muttered.
